Start as a Temple Spirit

Taoist Priest Liu nodded and said, "That's true. Every year, our sect recruits menial workers, and the children of farmers always fight for it."

"What about recruiting disciples for the sect?" Yifeng asked.

"It depends on your spiritual roots and character." Taoist Priest Liu said this, and did not hide anything before continuing, "I have passed through no less than fifty villages along the way, but I have not been able to test a single villager's son who meets the requirements for becoming a disciple."

"No wonder." Yifeng suddenly realized that he met the people from Xuanxu Sect on his way back from Jufeng City.

But along the way, he did not discover that there were 100,000 Dashan disciples in the Xuanxu Sect's team.

He originally thought that the Xuanxu Sect did not enter the village village in order to hurry on their way, and that they might be planning to recruit disciples on their return journey.

"If your village allows, I can test the spirits of children between ten and fifteen tomorrow and provide medical consultations to the villagers. What do you think, brothers?"

This is the traditional Taoist style of doing things, opening the hall to ask for medical advice, which can be considered as a favor.

"Shua, shua, shua" Yifeng and others looked at the old patriarch.

"Haha, this is a good thing, of course it is possible. In this way, it can not only solve the illnesses of the villagers, but maybe our Forgotten Village will have a son who can make a great success." The old patriarch said happily.

"The patriarch is straightforward. Let me offer you a drink." Taoist Priest Liu raised his glass to invite him.

"Cheers!" Everyone raised their glasses to welcome the toast.

The next morning, everyone in the Xuanxu Sect was divided into two groups, one group to test their spiritual roots, and the other group to provide free medical treatment to the villagers.

As the saying goes, Taoism and medicine are inseparable, so Taoist Priest Liu has profound medical skills. He provides free medical treatment to the villagers, while Taoist priests and Taoist Kun provide auxiliary services by prescribing medicine.

The psychic testing was led by Liu Taozi, and the testing was conducted on children by Yifeng.

The testing tool is a white crystal ball the size of a fist, called a spirit-testing ball.

Testing spirits is very simple. The tester only needs to put his hand on the crystal ball, close his eyes, and sense the crystal ball calmly.

There are more than 5,000 children aged ten to fifteen in all villages, and most of them are in forgotten villages.

The test was quick and the result was very bland, just like the negligible trace of elemental power in a crystal ball.

The test was conducted on ten, a hundred, and a thousand people, but nothing happened until an eleven-year-old girl appeared. The crystal ball emitted a dazzling blue beam of light, which shot ten feet into the sky, casting a soft blue light and shocking everyone.

People looked up and looked at each other, but the blue light beam came and went quickly.

"Top-grade water spiritual root!" Liu Taozi, who had a bored look on his face, jumped up from his chair when he saw the dazzling blue beam of light rushing straight into the sky. He exclaimed, and the round-faced little girl who was measuring spirits was so scared that she hid in Yifeng's arms.

"Don't be afraid, Mo'er. This is a good thing." Yifeng gently stroked Wang Mo'er's little head, comforting him with a kind face.

Wang Moer, Yishui's second daughter, is just over eleven years old. She has a pink and round face and a pair of bright and lively big eyes. Fortunately, she does not look like her father.

In the white hall of the Huawai Taoist Temple, Shang Liangshan, who was sitting cross-legged to practice, suddenly opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the Forgotten Temple.

The next second, he disappeared from the spot and appeared above the temple.

"Greetings, Seventh Elder." The Leopard, who was maintaining order, was the first to sense Shang Liangshan in the air and saluted with a fist.

"Meet the Seventh Elder."

"Meet the Seventh Elder."

"Greetings, Seventh Elder." The temple guards and children greeted him one after another.

"Get up." Shang Liangshan, who had not yet come out of his training state, raised his hand.

His voice was full of ethereality and peace. As he raised his hand, the people who were greeting him felt an invisible force lifting them up from their bowing positions, and were greatly shocked.

"Fufufu..."

"It's Huang Ling." Taoist Priest Liu, who came flying over on the wind, interrupted Liu Taozi and bowed to Shang Liangshan, saying, "I am Liu Weizi, a humble Taoist priest. Nice to meet you, Fellow Taoist Shang."

Although Huang Ling is of the same rank as him, he is worthy of respect.

"Greetings, Huang Ling." All the disciples of Xuanxu Sect greeted him together.

Temple spirits above the level of palace spirits are worthy of respect from Taoist disciples, because they have the potential to become Taoist offerings.

The reason why Taoism has been able to prosper for a long time has a lot to do with the existence of temple spirits that accept incense and offerings.

"Thank you for your courtesy, fellow Taoists." Shang Liangshan bowed in return and floated to Yifeng's side. He looked at Wang Moer, who was hiding in Yifeng's arms and looking at him with a pair of bright big eyes.

He knew this girl. She was Yishui's second daughter and often followed Wangmu.

"Uncle Seventh Elder." Wang Moer called in a low voice.

"Is there anyone bullying Mo'er?" Shang Liangshan asked softly.

Feeling that Shang Liangshan seemed to be in a strange state, Yifeng quickly said, "No, no, it's a spirit test."

He talked about the matter of spirit testing in detail.

"Da da da" the old patriarch and Wangmu, who accompanied Taoist Liu to provide free medical treatment to the villagers, hurried back.

"What's wrong? What happened?" the old patriarch asked with full energy.

Yifeng felt helpless and could only explain the situation again.

"Haha, I didn't expect little Mo'er's aptitude would be so good." After hearing the whole story, Wang Mu touched the shy little head of Wang Mo'er who threw himself into his arms, and said happily.

"Oh, so that's the case. The old man thought something had happened and was shocked. Look, Liangshan was also blown up." The old patriarch smiled suddenly.

"Ga ga" Heizi came roaring and stood on the remaining leopard head, followed closely by Xiaoli and Xiaocao.

The three of them also ran out from the Huawai Taoist Temple after feeling the fluctuation of spiritual power.

Shang Liangshan exhaled a breath of foul air, shook his head, shook himself out of the temple spirit state, and said softly: "Since it is a good thing, then let's continue, old patriarch, great elder, Taoist Liu, let's go to the temple and sit for a while."

"Okay." Taoist Priest Liu nodded first, whispered a few words to Liu Taozi, and then followed the three leaders of Shang Liangshan to the temple.

"The test continues." Wangmu said loudly.

"Yes, continue the test." Liu Taozi agreed happily, and asked his stunned fellow apprentice brothers and sisters to continue testing the spirits.

"Xiao Tao, Aunt Moermu will take her away first." Wang Mu said to Liu Taozi.

She had to go and host a free medical consultation, so naturally she had to take the frightened Wang Moer away and comfort him.

"It should be so. I hope Aunt Mu and Junior Sister Mo'er can tell me about the situation of our Xuanxu Sect." Liu Taozi bowed.

"Don't worry, just test your spirit carefully, maybe you will find some good ideas later."

"Aunt Mu is right." Liu Taozi's eyes lit up.

They would receive generous rewards for recruiting good talents for the sect, and they made a fortune this time.

Four people sat in the thatched pavilion in the temple courtyard, brewing tea while the old patriarch tried to find a topic to talk about.

The old man formally introduced Liu Weizi and then told Shang Liangshan the purpose of Xuanxu Sect's visit.

"The Hundred Thousand Mountains are about to enter a period of great contention? Draw a line to build a branch stronghold?" Shang Liangshan pondered for a moment, then expressed his thoughts:

"Since the Hundred Thousand Mountains are about to enter a great struggle, then Forgotten Township will be spared. In the eyes of various forces, we welcome the Xuanxu Sect to set up a branch base."