Chapter 46

"It's just a test activity. It's held once a year. We zhangjiahui will test the physical qualification for the children of Sifang people in Tianping county to see if they have spiritual roots and immortal cultivation qualification. When nephew Liu Xianxue comes to watch, he will know." Zhang Guang explained with a smile.

Liu Yu stayed in Zhangjiakou until the evening before returning to her residence. The hospitality of Zhangjiakou is very warm, with good wine, jade dishes and delicacies. He also had a good talk with Zhang Yuanwai and agreed that Liu Yu would come to attend the spirit Measurement Conference held by Zhang Jia in seven days.

In recent days, the flow of people in the streets of Tianping county has increased significantly, and rural people with children are often seen coming with heavy travel. These people either live in relatives' homes, or in hotels, and some even sleep on the streets.

For a while, people came and went in Tianping County, which was not lively. The idle people in the teahouse also talked about the annual spirit Testing Conference held by Zhangjia.

Zhangjia holds such a conference every year. As long as there are children at home who are six years old and less than 12 years old, they can go to Zhangjia to register and test whether they have the qualification of cultivating immortals for free.

If it is found that he has the ability to cultivate immortality, Zhang Jia will take the child as his adopted son, give his biological parents a large sum of money and settle down properly.

Now there is a steward in Zhangjia called Zhang Zhenshan, who was the adopted son with the qualification of cultivating immortality measured more than 20 years ago. His biological parents were only rural Zhuang family, very poor. Now, because the child was accepted as an adopted son by Zhangjiakou, he has long moved to the city to live a leisurely life.

Such good news has spread all over the country for hundreds of miles. As soon as this day comes every year, you can see many Zhuang families with children from the countryside.

These people are looking forward to their children's spiritual roots. They take great pains to try their luck for their children's future and a rich life, which has created the temporary prosperity of Tianping county.

The day of the spirit testing meeting came in the twinkling of an eye. A wide wooden platform was set up in an open space not far from the Zhangjia courtyard.

Those who signed up for the spirit testing meeting lined up in front of the stage early. County magistrate Lin was also invited to watch on the high stage. A large number of county government constables maintained order in the field. The people who came to watch around the high platform were packed with people. For a moment, there was a great deal of noise.

"Everyone be quiet, noon has arrived, and the spirit testing meeting will begin now!" Zhang Zhenqi announced loudly after being prompted by the patriarch.

After Zhang Zhenqi announced, he opened a huge mahogany box on the wooden table next to him. When the lid of the box was removed, a transparent ball the size of a head was placed in the box.

The ball is crystal clear, just like the Pearl of the moon. At first glance, it is a great baby. People all around have different opinions and speculate about what this treasure is.

"Nephew Liu Xian, this is a magic instrument handed down from his family. It is used to test the spirit root." Zhang Guang introduced it to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu arrived very early and came to watch the spirit measuring meeting. It was strange that such scenes could not be seen in Huang Shengshan.

"Oh! How to test the spirit bead?" Liu Yu asked if she had never seen it.

"Nephew Liu Xian will know if he continues to watch." Zhang Guang sold a pass and turned his head to talk to county magistrate Lin.

Zhang Zhenqi carefully held the spirit measuring bead and slowly came to the center of the wooden platform. In the center of the platform was a long wooden table with a Dharma array engraved on it. There are more than 20 low-level spirit stones in the corner of the Dharma array, which may be used to drive the spirit measuring beads.

Zhang Zhenqi put the spirit test bead on the Dharma array and said loudly, "this pearl is called the spirit test bead, which is handed down by our ancestors. Later, each child who signs up for the test comes to the table alone and puts his hands on the spirit test bead. After a few moments, if the spirit test bead emits light, it means that the child has a spirit root. If the spirit test bead does not respond, it means that the child does not have a spirit root."

Then Zhang Zhenqi waved to the audience, indicating that the first child could go on stage.

The family in the front row is the Zhuang family from the countryside, a dark man in shabby linen clothes and a thin little boy.

Under the sign of the dark man, the little boy lowered his head and dragged his clothes to the high platform. Obviously, the child who had not seen any big scenes was very nervous now.

The little boy went to the table and, reminded by Zhang Zhenqi, put his hands on the measuring beads. After a few breaths, the spirit ball did not respond. The dark man watching under the stage showed a lost look on his face.

Under the sign of Zhang Zhenqi, the dark man went up to the platform and held the tearful little boy down. They didn't stop, squeezed out of the crowd and left without looking back.

After someone started, the children in line for the test went on stage one by one. But after an hour, no one tested the spiritual root. Zhang Guang's face was a little ugly. After half the test, he still got nothing. He didn't report much hope in his heart. It seems that the spirit measurement meeting held in Zhangjia is very beautiful, but who knows the bitterness in Zhang Guang's heart.

As a Xiuxian family, Zhangjiakou is not as good as one generation, and there are fewer and fewer descendants with the qualification of Xiuxian. This is not a good sign. Obviously, Xiuxian's blood is weakening.

Zhang Jia had no choice but to come up with a way, which is also a common way for many immortal families, that is, to find children with spiritual roots in mortal families and accept them as adoptive children to expand the family, increase the number of immortal practitioners in the family and strengthen the strength of the family.

A hundred years ago, the owner of the Zhangjia family spent thousands of low-level spirit stones to buy this second-class low-level auxiliary magic instrument measuring spirit bead.

These two low-level spirit beads can only measure whether the tester has a spirit root, but the quality of the spirit root cannot be measured. The magic instrument with the same effect, as well as the three grade intermediate magic instrument spirit measuring plate. Not only can we detect whether we have spiritual roots, but also what kind of spiritual roots are, but the price is too expensive.

The thousands of low-grade spirit stones purchased to measure spirit beads are not a small number for the destitute Zhangjia. But for the future of the family, the family owner of that generation resolutely took out the spirit stone.

Since then, more than 20 spirit stones have been consumed every year to hold the spirit Measurement Conference. Over the past 100 years, in order to hold the spirit testing conference, Zhangjia has consumed more than 2000 low-level spirit stones. It can be seen how much blood Zhangjia has paid.

But mortals with spiritual roots are very rare, and there is one in ten thousand miles. Whether we can detect the immortal with spiritual roots depends on the will of heaven.

At the beginning of the spirit testing conference, a child with spiritual roots can be found every few years. In recent years, Zhangjia has been plagued by bad luck. For more than 20 years, no child with spiritual roots has been detected.

The descendants of the family with immortal cultivation qualification are also less, which makes Zhang Guang, the patriarch, anxious, and the strength of Zhang Jia has declined to an unprecedented degree. If it goes on like this, Zhangjia may become an ordinary family and lose the reputation of Xiuxian family in a hundred years. This is the last thing Zhangjia people want to see.