Oh no, I accidentally cultivated three spiritual roots and became an empress!

Zhong Lingxin grew up day by day.

Throughout this time, she remained calm and composed.

There's no way to ask her, an adult with a childlike soul, to act cute and childlike. It's just too much to ask.

Zhong Lingxin's mother's surname was Yin, and her given name was Susu. Her family was a small family in Pingchuan City.

In the world of cultivation, what matters is cultivation level and resources.

Large families naturally seek marriage alliances with other large families.

Smaller families can only find partners in other smaller families through marriage.

Very few marriages transcend established social classes, unless a remarkable genius emerges from a small family.

Zhong Lingxin's family, in this remote Pingchuan town, doesn't even have a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so it's naturally difficult for them to cross that level.

The family of several dozen people lived in extreme poverty, barely managing to survive in the cultivation world.

Zhong Lingxin's grandfather, uncle, and several relatives often went into the mountains and forests to hunt first and second-tier monsters and collect first and second-tier spiritual herbs and minerals.

Only Zhong Lingxin's father, Zhong Luo, has become the wealthiest member of the Zhong family since marrying Yin Susu, thanks to Yin Susu's exceptional business acumen. He often secludes himself for a short period and only occasionally joins his family members to hunt monsters in the mountains.

The Zhong family had no objection to this.

They couldn't wait for Zhong Luoneng to go into seclusion every day so he could advance to the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as possible.

In this way, the Zhong family can be considered a prominent family in Pingchuan City.

And then there are the children of the Zhong family. They work so hard every day, venturing into the mountains and forests to hunt monsters and gather spiritual herbs, all so that a genius can emerge from the Zhong family and lead the family to greater heights.

The Zhong family children also became nervous.

The entire city of Pingchuan was on edge.

The reason is simple: the sect's once-a-decade recruitment of disciples is about to begin again.

In Pingchuan City, children aged five to fifteen were filled with a mixture of excitement and fear as they eagerly awaited their arrival.

Like all the other children, Zhong Lingxin was happy to have the opportunity to cultivate immortality, but she was also afraid of being rejected.

If you are not selected, then you will have no chance to cultivate immortality.

Yin Susu was particularly nervous.

Because she has a pseudo-spiritual root.

She would never forget the day she tested her spiritual roots. When she placed her hand on the testing ball, it brightened noticeably, and her heart filled with joy.

But no matter how many times she pressed her hand, the bright light did not appear.

Finally, amidst the regretful sigh of the person who had accepted her as a disciple, she was declared to have a pseudo-spiritual root, meaning she possessed a spiritual root but could not activate it and therefore could not cultivate.

Such a pseudo-spiritual root is not even as good as a mixed spiritual root.

Even those with mixed spiritual roots can still cultivate.

At that moment, she felt as if the world was dark.

In a daze, she didn't even know how she got off the stage.

It is said that her mother carried her off the stage with tears in her eyes.

She didn't want something like that to happen to her daughter again.

She even thought that if she couldn't cultivate, she wouldn't cultivate; she absolutely couldn't let her daughter also have a pseudo-spiritual root.

She really didn't have the courage to go through that kind of pain again.

She really didn't have the strength to go up on stage and carry her daughter down.

Zhong Lingxin smiled and comforted her mother, saying that if she couldn't cultivate, she could stay at home and keep her company.

There's a saying that goes, "Those who are capable should hand over their wealth, and only those who are not capable can stay and stay with their parents."

In her past life, she never experienced maternal love.

In this life, she has only enjoyed nine years, and she hasn't had enough yet!

To comfort her mother, she took out her mother's dusty guqin (a traditional Chinese stringed instrument) that had been stored in the warehouse and begged her mother to teach her how to play it.

With her musical background, she naturally picked it up very quickly.

In just one month, it can produce melodious music.

Whenever she had free time, Yin Susu would sit down and listen to her daughter play the piano.

Her daughter's piano music always soothed her anxious heart, making her calm down day by day.

Zhong Lingxin also loves this guqin very much. Every time she plays it, she feels as if the guqin can become one with her.

She could even sense the joy in the guqin.

She thought that if she couldn't be accepted as a disciple by the sect, then so be it.

If she takes on a disciple, she will take this guqin with her and play a tune to relax whenever she feels tired from practicing.

The guqin brought even greater joy.

The sound of the piano became even more melodious.

In her spare time, Zhong Lingxin reads a lot of books.

In her past life, she and her grandmother ran a small stall to support themselves.

Therefore, she cherished the opportunity to learn and made the most of every moment to study.

Ultimately, she received an admission letter from a 985 university.

Grandma also held the admission notice in her hands, smiling and closing her eyes.

In this second life, she no longer needs to toil for a living, and she studies even harder.

Regardless of whether one can cultivate immortality or not, having more knowledge in one's mind is much better than having an empty mind.

Her father, Zhong Luo, finally stopped his seclusion and spent every day with Zhong Lingxin and her mother, giving them a huge surprise.

Yin Susu is pregnant again!

Zhong Lingxin breathed a sigh of relief.

Father and Mother finally have things to do and no longer have to keep a close eye on her every hour of the day.

Three months after Yin Susu became pregnant, the flying boat from the sect that came to recruit disciples landed in the main square of Pingchuan City.

A loud voice rang out over Pingchuan City: "Pingchuan City residents, listen up! The Qingyun Sect's once-every-ten-years disciple recruitment will begin in a month. At that time, all children aged five to fifteen in Pingchuan City should go to the square in the center of the city to participate in the test."

Although Zhong Lingxin also longed to be pampered by her parents like other children her age, her extra life experiences made her appear precocious.

Because he was going to participate in the sect's selection, Zhong Luo told Zhong Lingxin more things.

According to Zhong Luo, the Zhong family had also produced a genius who, at a young age, was able to attract spirits into his body.

However, these geniuses all died before the sects could accept them as disciples, for various reasons.

After much agonizing reflection, the Zhong family decided that none of their children would be allowed to cultivate before the sect accepted disciples.

Therefore, in recent decades, the mortality rate of children in the Zhong family has decreased significantly, and finally two children with four spiritual roots have entered the sect to work as servants.

This includes Zhong Lingxin's father, Zhong Luo.

As for the other person, Zhong Luo didn't say much, but from the anger in his words and his admonition to Zhong Lingxin to keep a low profile if she entered the sect, one could imagine that the person must have had a very bad experience, and might even be dead.

Zhong Lingxin nodded, indicating that she had made a mental note. Inwardly, she sighed at the dog-eat-dog world of cultivation. Sometimes, you can't avoid trouble just by trying to keep a low profile.

Seeing that Zhong Lingxin nodded seriously, Zhong Luo continued to talk about the knowledge of cultivation.

According to Zhong Luo, cultivation begins at the Qi Refining stage, and only at the Foundation Establishment stage can one be considered to have stepped into the door of cultivation.

During the Qi Refining stage, one can live up to 120 years old.

During the Foundation Establishment stage, one can live to be three hundred years old.

After that comes the Golden Core stage, where one is said to live to be 800 years old; the Nascent Soul stage, where one can live to be 3000 years old; then comes the Deity Transformation stage, the Body Integration stage, the Mahayana stage, and the Tribulation Transcending stage. As for how old one can live to be, he doesn't know; he's heard that some can live to be 100,000 years old.