Destiny is ashes

Chapter 128 The Worst Generation (33, thanks to the leader, Food Grade Salted Fish)

Noticing An Jing's micro-expression, Nianquan quickly waved his hand and said, "Please don't mind, I have no ill intentions... It's like this, this question is actually common sense in the city, so if you don't know... you must be a wilderness person."

He lowered his head, stared at the table, and whispered in a complicated tone: "Because the spiritual root identification certificate requires money."

"...Isn't it that you are tested at birth? I see that you also know that you have a natural spiritual root."

An Jing was a little confused, and Nianquan explained carefully: "Yes, I am indeed. The appraisal is free, but the appraisal 'certificate' is not - if I want to receive subsidies or go to a higher education college, I must go to the Central Hospital and the General Political Bureau to open two certificates."

"It proves that my spiritual roots are healthy and I have never suffered from any serious illness. There have been no accidents in the past ten years. Even if my spiritual roots are lowered, I am still a good candidate for cultivation in Xuanye City."

"The other one proves that I 'still have a natural spiritual root'. It is a stamp for the previous certificate and has legal effect. This one is the most important. Without this certificate, no college or company will give me extra points because of my natural spiritual root."

——Don’t be so ridiculous!

Hearing this, An Jing still found it hard to believe: "Proof? Heavenly Spiritual Roots?"

"Are you kidding me at this moment?"

"No... you misunderstood."

Seeing An Jing's reaction, Nianquan sighed. He became more and more certain that the other party was a genius from the wilderness who had not experienced much of the world. "This is actually easy to understand. The rules in the city are different from those outside."

The young man looked at the lines on his palm with some disappointment, then shook his head and said, "In the wilderness, a tribe has a small population and insufficient resources. It is rare for a genius to appear. Even if they are not from the same tribe, it is very important."

"The tribes in the wilderness need a genius to lead them to survive under the invasion of demons, monsters, humans, demons and robbers. So as long as they have talent, they don't need to prove anything. They are geniuses and wealth."

"But in Xuanye City..."

He laughed, with a self-deprecating tone: "There are so many talented people, what's the point of having a natural spiritual root?"

"Just because you have talent, you will be valued? You will be spotted by a master? You will be accepted as a disciple? And then you will rise to the top in one step and step onto the pinnacle of life? How is it possible?"

With a light laugh, Nianquan spoke calmly like still water in a pond, telling these words that had perhaps lingered in his mind thousands of times: "Why would those high-ranking immortals accept me as their disciple and teach me the secret techniques and profound principles of Taoism that they have practiced for hundreds and thousands of years?"

"Am I their son or relative? Am I the offspring of their boss's benefactor, or am I some kind of noble bloodline that has been passed down from ancient times and is now reverting to our ancestors?"

"Why should they allow me to embark on the path of cultivation, become a great monk, compete with their descendants, become their enemy, or be forced to be their equal?"

"Just because I have a natural spiritual root? How is that possible? There may not be many people with natural spiritual roots in the rich and powerful families, but there is no shortage of geniuses with various spiritual roots next to natural spiritual roots."

"Yes, those with natural spiritual roots require fewer resources. But precisely because my child does not have natural spiritual roots and resources are limited, I have to cultivate the genius of my family even more."

"My mother always thought that she didn't have enough money to get me a certificate to prove my talent, so I couldn't be recommended to Jiuxuan No. 1 Middle School. But in fact, everyone knows that No. 1 Middle School only accepts descendants of the Immortal Clan, and at worst, they are poor children whose ancestors once graduated from the Purple Mansion."

"I am a person with natural spiritual roots from the Lower City. I don't even have enough spiritual energy for daily practice, let alone any kind of elixir or spiritual tool to help me. Even the family-inherited technique is just a pupil technique. How can I study with them?"

Although Nianquan's voice was calm, one could hear a hint of deep despair in it as he spoke: "Is it so great to have a natural talent? I am smart and perceptive, and I can draw inferences from one instance of magic. I am proficient in Taoism. Can I get resources? It's ridiculous."

"This world is so big, there are always talents. What is lacking is opportunities and resources. There are never enough of those things to share, and it is not my turn."

"Mom...really...she doesn't have to work so hard." "I know she took risks just to save money for me...but really, she doesn't have to work so hard. It's useless...I just want us to be safe together..."

Nianquan did not shed tears, he just covered his eyes with his arms and choked for a moment.

The boy who saw through all of this early on understood from the beginning that this was probably what he had wanted to say to his mother for a long time, but because of his mother's expectant eyes and that face full of hope, he couldn't bear to shatter her hopes, so he suppressed it in his heart.

But before this repression could be released, that hope became the mother's death warrant.

Nian Quan even hated... hated himself for being the one with the spiritual root that gave his mother hope and then made her take risks.

"I see."

But An Jing understood a little.

The Tianyuan Realm was once a prosperous world for cultivating immortals. All kinds of cultivation methods and inheritances were very complete, and there was no shortage of secret methods and techniques. It even achieved the unimaginable "cultivation by all the people", and everyone could practice.

Even if one does not have spiritual roots, cannot refine Qi and is even less likely to build a foundation, but if one cultivates one's essence and Qi, strengthens one's body, and lives to be twenty years old, one will always be able to do so. This is also the realm of most people in the Tianyuan Realm, and one can be considered a cultivator.

But after the world catastrophe, the world collapsed, demonic energy invaded, and all kinds of resources were in short supply.

But the number of spiritual roots is not small at all.

Instead of looking for more geniuses to join your own sect and make it bigger and stronger, it is better to first take care of your own spiritual descendants and consolidate your family's position in this post-disaster world.

This is not a world of 'who is better'.

This is an era that has entered a state of "comparing the worst".

"It's disgusting."

An Jing and the sword spirit said at the same time, the man and the sword resonated extremely well.

"No, no, no, this is actually normal." Nianquan thought An Jing was angry for him, and quickly raised his hand to pour tea for An Jing: "I am too abrupt to say such a deep thing when we are just strangers... Forget these words."

At the same time, the sword spirit was communicating with An Jing.

"Leave a connection?" An Jing asked in his heart with some doubt: "What does this mean? Help this person with a natural spiritual root? I don't mind. His mother and he himself do have a good connection with me. They also gave me some money, but I don't have enough spiritual stones... Not to mention that giving him money would harm him. At most, I can leave some talismans for self-defense."

"No need for spiritual stones. It's not what he lacks."

The sword spirit shook his head and said, "You are the sword holder, so of course you have priority in resources. This young man is actually right. In an era of scarce resources, people will allocate resources based on proximity, just like I will give absolute priority to your growth."

"The world of Tianyuan Realm is indeed a cause for concern, but it is in accordance with the laws of nature. If we are not of the same bloodline, in this chaotic era, who can believe that an outsider genius will not eat up all the resources and then jump to someone else?"

"I was just thinking, An Jing."

The sword spirit 'Subdue Demons and Subdue Evil' said in an unprecedented serious tone: "Can your Seven Evils of Destiny, the destiny that is destined to overturn the world and bring disaster to the world... be used in this regard?"

(End of this chapter)