Clan Cultivation: The Ye Clan

Ye Zhenzhen ignored the child's departure; her face was filled with shock as she stared in disbelief at her unfamiliar surroundings. "I've actually been reborn as a six-year-old!"

She murmured to herself, "Is this because they saw how miserable my past life was and gave me a second chance?" An indescribable feeling welled up in her heart.

Thinking back to my previous life, on the same day as the Spirit Testing Conference, a small town of Qing Shi, which originally had less than 5,000 people, suddenly saw a population of nearly 50,000.

A large portion of them were children under the age of 15 who came to participate in the Spirit Testing Conference; a small portion were parents who accompanied their children to the conference. They were all people without spiritual roots, unable to cultivate themselves, and were hoping that their children could have spiritual roots; the rest were merchants who saw a business opportunity and took advantage of the large crowd to make some money.

On this day, there wasn't a single cloud in the sky, and the scorching sun relentlessly baked the earth, making the ground scorching hot, as if it were about to burst into flames.

In this sweltering heat, a group of adorable little ones are lined up in a long queue, gazing expectantly at the high platform in front of them.

Several exquisite tables and chairs were placed on a marble-paved platform, where five elegant immortals dressed in moon-white brocade robes were busy at work.

"No spiritual root, next!"

"No spiritual root, next!"

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Unlike the bustling crowd in front, Ye Zhenzhen, who was near the back of the line, collapsed from heatstroke. Her mother, Ye Anxin, was extremely anxious when she saw her daughter fall to the ground. She rushed forward, scooped her daughter into her arms, and ran frantically towards the nearest clinic.

After taking medicine and resting for half a day at the clinic, Ye Zhenzhen was fine.

Ye Anxin then took Ye Zhenzhen to queue up again to continue waiting for the spirit test. The test directly revealed that she had a superior water and wood dual spiritual root. She was taken in as a personal disciple by Master Puxian, who happened to be leading the spirit test on the stage, and thus began the life of the hardworking senior sister.

"Since that's the case, I absolutely cannot join the Ten Thousand Swords Sect again in this lifetime. Let whoever wants to be this sucker senior sister, I'm not playing with you anymore," Ye Zhenzhen thought bitterly.

"Now, I still need to get through the Spirit Testing Competition first. I have both water and wood spiritual roots. If I go directly up there, I will definitely be accepted into the sect. How can I avoid it? The Spirit Testing Plate used by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect seems to involve placing your hand on it and then making a hand seal, allowing the spiritual energy to circulate in the body of the person being tested. This will attract particles with the same spiritual root in the Spirit Testing Plate, thus displaying color and quality. The more particles and the higher the height, the better the quality."

"When I test my spirit, I'll convert my spiritual power into the other three attributes of earth, fire, and metal. Combined with my original water and earth spiritual roots, the spirit testing plate should show that I have five useless spiritual roots. That way, I shouldn't have to join a sect." With this in mind, Ye Zhenzhen prepared to give it a try.

Just as Ye Zhen was about to reach out and form a hand seal, she suddenly stopped. Looking at her chubby little hands, she remembered that she had not yet guided a spirit into her body and was still a little potato without spiritual power.

Ye Zhenzhen immediately jumped out of bed, put on the embroidered shoes placed beside the bed, and ran to the door in a few steps. She cautiously poked her round little head out, glancing left and right to make sure no one was paying attention to her. Then, she quietly closed the door, placed a stool behind it to block the doorway.

Then, Ye Zhenzhen quickly returned to the bed, assumed the five-center-to-heaven meditation posture, silently recited the Qi-guiding incantation, and quietly sensed the green and blue particles in the air. After guiding them into her body, they repeatedly cleansed her eight extraordinary meridians. Finally, she left them in her dantian. With a bang, Ye Zhenzhen reached the first level of Qi Refining.

Ye Zhenzhen opened her eyes and looked at the impurities expelled from her body, the sticky, dark red blood and sludge. "Tsk tsk tsk, it stinks!"

She cast a cleaning spell to tidy herself up, then quickly opened the door and used a wind manipulation spell to dispel the stench in the air.

That should be fine now. We have the spiritual power and the method. Now we just need to wait for Mother to come back.

Just then, footsteps came from the doorway. It must be her mother returning from brewing medicine. Including the time in her previous life, Ye Zhenzhen hadn't seen her mother for a long time. Just as she was feeling happy, she suddenly remembered, "Oh no, I forgot to conceal my breathing. If my mother sees that I've already reached the first level of Qi Refining and have already guided Qi into my body without even learning, there'll be no way to explain it."

Just as Ye Anxin pushed open the door, Ye Zhenzhen quickly made hand seals behind her back, using a concealment technique to hide her cultivation level, making her look like an ordinary person. She secretly thought, "That was close! Just a hair's breadth away."

After Ye Anxin pushed open the door, she saw Ye Zhenzhen sitting blankly on the bed. She quickly put the medicine she was carrying on the table next to her, placed her hand on Ye Zhenzhen's forehead to feel the temperature, and after confirming that she did not have a fever, she looked at Ye Zhenzhen and asked, "Zhen'er, how are you? Are you still feeling unwell? Come on, be a good girl and drink this bowl of medicine, and you will feel better."

Looking at her living mother, Ye Zhenzhen's eyes filled with tears. She was too excited to speak and swallowed the medicine in one gulp.

"What's wrong? Are you still feeling unwell?" Ye Anxin worriedly grabbed Ye Zhenzhen's wrist and used her spiritual power to examine Ye Zhenzhen's body. After a careful examination, she found no problems and assumed that Ye Zhenzhen's expression was because the medicine was too bitter. She comforted her, "Zhen'er, be good. After you join the sect and gain spiritual power, you won't get sick anymore, and you won't have to drink medicine anymore."

"Mother, will you be disappointed if I don't get into the Ten Thousand Swords Sect?" Ye Zhenzhen looked at Ye Anxin with a nervous expression.

Ye Anxin gently stroked her daughter's hair, looking at her daughter's chubby face that was trying to appear mature, and comforted her, "The Ten Thousand Swords Sect is a major sect. It would be great if you could get in, but if you can't, there's no need to force it. You can still cultivate back in your family." However, the resources they could provide were definitely incomparable to those of a sect. She thought this in her heart but didn't say it aloud.

"Thank you, Mother!" Ye Zhenzhen said happily, opening her arms to hug Ye Anxin.

Ye Anxin picked up her daughter and asked, "Are you rested enough? If you are, we'll go out and continue queuing to wait for the spirit test."

"Alright, alright, let's go." Ye Zhenzhen said as she nimbly slid off Ye Anxin and hurriedly led her out, holding Ye Anxin's hand.

As I walked out of the clinic, I saw that there was still a long queue in front of the Spirit Testing Square.

Ye Anxin led Ye Zhenzhen to the back of the line and they slowly moved forward with the line.

As we walked, a commotion came from the entrance of an alley not far to our right.