Filthy Cultivation: I Pierced the Heavens with the Merit System

Upon hearing this, the leading elder turned to Li Fuyao and encouraged him:

"Now that it's fixed, go and test it."

Having just been reprimanded, Yu Zhenzhen and the others didn't spout any more arrogant words or provoke her as before. They simply watched silently as Li Fuyao stepped forward.

Because this spirit-testing stone was not only broken before, but also surrounded by many elders, apart from Li Fuyao and others, all the other cultivators waiting for the test had already gone to line up in front of other spirit-testing stones, leaving Li Fuyao's area empty.

She walked up casually, first giving Yu Zhenzhen a smile from afar, and then leisurely raising her hand to place it on the stone ball.

Because of the mixed spiritual energy aura around her, even though her brother Bai Suifeng was a shining example and there were rumors that this young girl possessed both wind and thunder elements, the elders still did not take Li Fuyao's talent too seriously.

In their view, Li Fuyao was a good girl, and as long as her talent was passable, it wouldn't be difficult to bring her along for the sake of Bai Suifeng, a peerless genius.

But just as they were arguing about who Bai Suifeng would take as his master, the stone ball under Li Fuyao's hand suddenly burst forth with dazzling brilliance.

A seven-colored beam of light shot into the sky from the stone sphere in everyone's eyes, even more dazzling than Bai Suifeng's attack just now.

The beam of light shot straight up into the sky like a sword, projecting an extremely illusory and brief Tai Chi pattern. Not only did it cause the sound of a pin drop to suddenly fall in the sky and on the ground, but its residual power even pierced a small hole in the clouds above.

Goodness, this color is way too Mary Sue-ish!

Li Fuyao looked up as the extremely faint Tai Chi phantom slowly dissipated. At first, she silently complained with some disdain, but then her mischievous intentions immediately took over.

She lowered her head, rubbing the stone dust from her fingertips, and slowly bent down to pick up the jade ruler she had handed over from the pile of broken stone spheres. Holding it in her palm, she showed off her various spiritual roots, each with a root value of five, and her cultivation level, while looking at everyone with a touch of shyness and saying modestly in a low voice:

"Oh, I'm sorry, I not only broke this stone ball, but I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you as well."

"My affinity is not high, only five in each element, and because I have too many attributes, my cultivation is slow. So I was only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining at the age of nine, which is considered slow among our clans."

Li Fuyao's words weren't exactly a lie.

Compared to the overpowered protagonists in her previous life's works who became emperors upon their first appearance and gods in half a day, her own character, while possessing protagonist-level attributes, wasn't really a fast-growing genius or prodigy. Therefore, although there was some element of showing off involved, she couldn't help but have some genuine feelings.

These words were perfectly normal to Bai Suifeng.

Although his cultivation level is only slightly above Qi Refining due to the injuries he sustained while crossing realms, Bai Suifeng, as a celestial being born with the strength of a Heavenly Monarch, felt that this rate of improvement was not surprising for Li Fuyao, who possessed a Chaotic Spirit Body.

If Li Fuyao's words were like hot oil poured into a quilt, then Bai Suifeng's nonchalant and calm demeanor was like pouring a bowl of water into the quilt already filled with hot oil. Everyone cried out as if their bottoms had been burned:

"Holy crap! What do you mean, only at the mid-stage of Qi Refining at nine years old? If I had that kind of talent, I'd be willing to die right now! And what the hell was that beam of light just now?!"

"Holy crap, is this year's competition really this fierce? The test has only just started and three peerless geniuses have already appeared!"

"This is truly an eye-opener. I thought the Yu family's young lady's fire-attribute heavenly spiritual root was already amazing enough, but who would have thought there would be such an outrageous kid with a lightning spiritual root who blew up the testing jade ruler? And that kid's sister is a seven-attribute spiritual root with an affinity of 5 for all attributes!"

"Seven spiritual roots is one thing, but she's so young and her cultivation is already so high! My god, I can't even imagine how strong she'll become in the future!"

Aside from Yu Zhenzhen and the others who were deeply shaken, the other cultivators around them were all in an uproar, and even the knowledgeable elders were not to be outdone.

The elder, who had just been so dignified and awe-inspiring, disregarded his own demeanor and rushed over, grabbing Li Fuyao's wrist and holding it between his fingers.

Seeing this, Bai Suifeng couldn't help but feel a trace of worry in his eyes. He moved his feet slightly to step forward and stop her, but after receiving a reassuring look from Li Fuyao, he obediently stopped in place, looking straight at his younger sister like a big dog worried about its master.

The elder had no time to pay attention to the little things between the two children; his mind was entirely on the well-behaved, cute, and pretty girl in front of him.

Because this was no small matter, the more he explored, the more alarmed he became, his eyes widening until the skin on his face relaxed slightly.

A few breaths later, he even put aside Bai Suifeng, who had just been fighting with others and was now staring at Li Fuyao with shining eyes as if she were a rare treasure, and said incredulously:

"It is indeed the mid-stage of Qi Refining, but your bone age is actually nine years old! This, this kind of talent, is truly, truly..."

Although Ye Wuxin was somewhat distracted by Li Fuyao's rapid advancement in cultivation, he noticed the eager expressions on everyone's faces. Seeing that his carefully nurtured future disciple was about to be abducted by another wicked old man, he felt a sudden urge to act without thinking and immediately jumped off the flying boat in full view of everyone.

"She's nine years old, of course, but why are you pulling her like that, you old scoundrel?"

"This little girl was personally rescued by my eldest disciple. She's someone I brought with me. You old geezers with ulterior motives, stay away from her and don't even think about taking my chosen disciple!"

A very familiar voice descended from the sky, and Ye Wuxin flew down to the side of the crowd.

Because there were outsiders present, he feared that asking questions at this moment would put the young girl in danger and be coveted by others, so he didn't say much. Instead, he warily watched as the leading elder pulled Li Fuyao closer to him. Then, before the elders, who were full of dissatisfaction, could argue, he immediately and skillfully tapped the young girl on the top of her head, pretending to be angry and laughing as he scolded her:

"You little brat, you're clearly a seventh-elemental being, why didn't you tell me back then? I treated you with all my heart, and you just played tricks on me like this, it really hurts!"

Ye Wuxin didn't say it explicitly, but Li Fuyao knew exactly what he was wondering. Thinking about what she had done recently, she guiltily tugged at Ye Wuxin's sleeve and shook it coquettishly, explaining in a soft voice:

"How could I possibly play tricks on you? Fuyao's feelings for you are genuine."

"Besides, you only had me test the affinity of the five elemental roots back then. You didn't even mention the wind and thunder elements. How could a young girl like me dare to say anything out of turn?"