He's a minor cannon fodder character who transmigrates into a novel and cultivates immortality,

The moment Si Fan's small hand touched the aptitude testing bead, the bead burst forth with a dense black light, making the entire martial arts hall pitch black.

Si Fan seemed startled and subconsciously withdrew his hand from the aptitude test bead.

As he moved, the darkness dissipated, and light returned to the martial arts hall.

Everyone in the martial arts hall, including Prime Minister Si, stared at Si Fan in shock.

They had never seen a cultivator whose aptitude test bead emitted a black light before.

Prime Minister Si stood up and strode forward, grabbing Si Fan's hand and channeling spiritual energy into it to investigate its spiritual root attributes.

To their surprise, the spiritual energy they had channeled into Si Fan's body had vanished before it even reached his dantian.

Undeterred, Prime Minister Si increased the amount of spiritual energy he was inputting, but it still only circulated through Si Fan's meridians for a short while before disappearing.

Upon seeing this, Prime Minister Si reached out and patted Si Fan on the shoulder, laughing heartily, "Good, good, well done."

The Prime Minister looked at the Grand Elder and said with satisfaction, "Qiming, please take good care of Fan'er's cultivation."

The First Elder, Si Qiming, also smiled with satisfaction. He was responsible for guiding the disciples of the clan in their initial cultivation, and naturally he liked those with good aptitude.

Si Ye stood to the side, his gaze towards Si Fan tinged with apprehension.

Prime Minister Si turned to Xiao Xuan and asked, "Fellow Daoist, would you be willing to stay with our Si family and become a guest elder?"

Xiao Xuan shook his head and refused without thinking.

He had no intention of having any dealings with the Si family.

However, he will stay at the Si family for a while to look after Si Fan, and leave only after Si Fan is able to protect himself.

Xiao Xuan thought to himself.

At that moment, he was unaware that he had spent less than ten days with Si Fan at the Si residence before leaving with his entourage.

When Prime Minister Si saw that Xiao Xuan had rejected his proposal, he felt a little disappointed.

However, he didn't say much more.

Now that Si Fan's matter was over, he had no intention of lingering any longer and strode out of the martial arts hall.

The next steps will still be presided over by the Grand Elder.

Si Qiming instructed the guards to send the twenty disciples without spiritual roots back to the side courtyard, and to send them back to their hometown in Qinzhou early the next morning.

The ten disciples with spiritual roots remained in the martial arts hall.

Xiao Xuan helped Aunt Wang sit down on a wooden chair in the corner.

Aunt Wang kept refusing to sit down, but finally, the elder spoke up, and she sat down nervously and awkwardly.

Xiao Xuan naturally realized that Aunt Wang's time was running out.

Even if the other person looks energetic and in good spirits.

However, it was just a brief resurgence before it was fully recovered.

Xiao Xuan channeled his spiritual energy into Aunt Wang's body. Although it didn't have a significant effect, it did make her feel a little better.

Aunt Wang turned to look at Xiao Xuan, a loving smile on her face, her eyes full of gratitude, her voice trembling slightly as she said, "Thank you... thank you so much, fairy."

Xiao Xuan shook his head slightly, indicating that the other party did not need to worry about it.

Aunt Wang turned her head and secretly wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes with her sleeve.

The Grand Elder turned to Si Ye and said respectfully, "Young Master, do you think we should select a few disciples to be his supporters?"

Of the ten disciples remaining in the martial arts hall, apart from Si Qing and Si Fan, all looked intently at Si Ye upon hearing this.

Si Qing lowered his eyes. He didn't want to be a supporter of Si Ye, even if the other party was the high and mighty young master.

The people Si Qing chooses to support must be those he truly admires, regardless of their status or position.

He already had someone in mind.

Si Ye had no intention of choosing Si Qing. He pointed to the dual-spiritual-root disciple from the main family and said, "How about him, Si Quan?"

Si Quan nodded, flattered and surprised that Si Ye knew his name.

Si Quan stepped forward and, amidst the envious gazes of the crowd, followed Si Ye away.