My best friend asked me if I was still doing system tasks.

Ruan Chayan opened her eyes and looked at Luo Hanying, who had been sitting next to her.

Luo Hanying felt Ruan Chayan's gaze and asked softly, "Are you alright?"

"Although I have some psychological trauma, I'm basically fine."

Ruan Chayan let out a breath, "Just treat it as a dream, it's all fake anyway."

Luo Hanying recalled what happened in the illusion, and her expression was just as ugly as Ruan Chayan's: "I'm still quite scared."

Seeing that the two had recovered, Yun Yanshu and the others brought up the matter of taking them to test their spiritual root aptitude. The group then flew on their swords to the square where the Spirit Testing Pillar was located.

Since the plaza is not far from the mountain gate, no manpower or resources were spent building a teleportation array.

"What's going on with the system hibernation?" Ruan Chayan asked the most important question as soon as possible.

Luo Hanying said: "I don't know either. Not long after I came out of the illusion two days ago, my head started ringing."

It said on 1127 that it had malfunctioned, and then the self-repair failed. It seemed that it had tried to contact the string music, but failed, and then it went into hibernation.

I've tried calling out to it these past couple of days, but there's been no response. If it weren't for the fact that we can still communicate in our minds, I'd start to doubt whether the system even exists.

Ruan Chayan pondered for a moment. She didn't really care about going back. Now that there was no one monitoring her, she was overjoyed, as it meant she had freedom.

But Luo Hanying was different from her; she definitely wanted to go home. Now that the system had disappeared, she must be very worried.

"Did it say nothing else?"

Ruan Chayan looked somewhat worried. "I just came out of the illusion and heard the system announce that it was in hibernation. I didn't hear anything else."

String Song said 1127 was its descendant data, and now something seems wrong with 1127. String Song has no reason not to know this and not to come back.

Luo Hanying's heart skipped a beat: "When you say that, it does say something else."

Didn't I already say that? It said it couldn't contact Xiange, it said it couldn't find the spacetime where Xiange was, and it even said that data was lost before it went into hibernation!

Ruan Chayan looked at Luo Hanying in astonishment and asked, "What data did it lose?"

Luo Hanying spoke helplessly: "I really don't know. I've been trying to contact 1127 for the past two days, but they haven't responded. I don't know how to check what's missing."

Ruan Chayan sighed upon hearing this: "Let's talk about this later. Now that we've landed, let's settle the matter of becoming disciples first."

Luo Hanying agreed and landed in front of the Spirit Testing Pillar with her fellow disciples, recalling her spirit sword.

Yun Yanshu explained how to use the Spirit Testing Pillar, and Ruan Chayan took the lead.

Looking at the irregular stone pillar with the relief of a three-tailed phoenix, Luo Hanying felt a sense of tension, like she was facing an exam.

Ruan Chayan channeled her spiritual power and slammed her palm into the Spirit Testing Pillar. The pillar suddenly burst forth with black light, rising steadily from the bottom. The phoenix on the pillar was illuminated, and with a phoenix cry, a phantom leaped out.

After circling above Ruan Chayan's head once, the phantom of the phoenix swooped down into her body, which was still emitting a faint black glow.

Yun Yanshu and the others stared blankly at Ruan Chayan. Luo Hanying felt that since it had triggered an unusual phenomenon, it must be a good thing, right?

She exclaimed "Eh?" and asked, "How's my friend doing? Is he good enough to get into the inner circle?"

Song Kangnian murmured, "Top-grade water spirit root...and the meridians are also of superior quality..."

Wen Chenrui laughed and said, "It's more than enough to enter the inner sect, and more than enough to be a personal disciple."

A powerful voice resounded throughout the square: "Which disciple! Which disciple tested their spiritual root?! Quickly! Let this old woman see this promising seedling!"

"Liao Qing! What future is there in following you to farm every day? Someone with such talent should be my disciple!" An old man standing on the head of a blue python arrived first and went straight for Ruan Chayan.

"Haha~ It's because my cultivation isn't high enough that I'm a step too late." A middle-aged man who flew in, sitting casually on a bamboo flute, said, "Senior brothers and sisters, why don't you let this junior brother have a turn?"

Two more people flew in from afar. A man with flowers in his hair and a bamboo brush piercing through his hair stood in the middle of the ruler, while a woman dressed as a cook with a soup ladle hanging from her waist sat at the end of the ruler.

The woman laughed heartily, "Tong Wei, I called you here and you didn't come. I told you there was something interesting to see here."

Tong Wei turned to look at Ji Ying, her eyes gentle: "I just wanted to make sure I wasn't leaving my students behind while I was teaching."

Ji Ying snorted twice: "What's the big deal? It's not like those two boys, Aji and Ahan, can't talk."

Ruan Chayan was first wrapped around the leg by a shrunken green snake, and then hugged and had her bones touched by an old woman with a headscarf. No matter how outgoing she was, she became socially awkward and smiled shyly. She wanted to bow, but another person helped her straighten up with a flute.

"Child, I wonder if you like music?"

Xue Shanning immediately played a little tune and asked, "How is it? Does it sound good? We are the most relaxed and happy people on Dance and Music Peak. You probably have many friends who play music and have fun together."

"Go away! What kind of clichés are you spouting? Oh, good child, wouldn't you like to go and tend to the medicinal herbs with Grandma?"

"If you come with me, I'll immediately take you as my personal disciple and give you a piece of fertile land."

Liao Qing held Ruan Chayan's hand, even the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes were smiling, "You have such good genes, it's been many years since I've seen such a clever and beautiful girl."

Seeing his spirit beast lying on someone's lap, Xu Hengzhi felt embarrassed and didn't even have time to say anything. He hurriedly summoned his useless spirit beast back, and the spirit snake reluctantly wrapped itself around Xu Hengzhi's wrist.

Wen Chenrui hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Master, this disciple is named Ruan Chayan, one of the three people that Daoist Yuchen brought back from his travels a few days ago."

Although he had previously heard Luo Hanying mention Ruan Chayan's desire to go to Yuling Peak, it was not from Ruan Chayan herself. Now, he was reminding Ruan Chayan that she was an elder of Yuling Peak.

Ruan Chayan bowed to everyone and said, "Thank you all for your kindness, seniors. However, I have already reached the Nascent Soul Realm and it is inconvenient for me to change my Dao Heart."

She took out the peppercorn from the spirit beast pouch and held it in her arms, then bowed to Xu Hengzhi again: "I see that you have a spirit beast with you, senior. You must be a senior from Yuling Peak."

"I also cultivate this path, and I earnestly hope that Lingfeng will accept me as his disciple."

Xu Hengzhi, who was playing with the spirit snake head, said with delight, "Good, good! Since I'm here today, then we are destined to be master and disciple. You don't need to go see the other two elders of Yuling Peak. Would you like to become my disciple?"

Ruan Chayan immediately bowed deeply and said, "Disciple greets Master."

Sichuan pepper chirped a few times in confusion, then shrank back in fright at the powerful aura around it.

Xu Hengzhi personally helped Ruan Chayan up. He raised his eyebrows at the other elders and said smugly, "Oh my, I was wondering why the magpies outside the cave were chirping today. It turns out that I have another disciple who will inherit my mantle."

Liao Qing, leaning on his hoe, snorted, "He has no respect for his elders at all."