Transmigrating into a book and receiving a system, cannon fodder rises to power by stepping on schem

The next morning, a large crowd gathered in the village. Chen An stood in the center of the crowd, annoyed by the noise.

Chen Mingde stood beside Chen An, his face growing increasingly pale. According to their schedule, the tests would probably not be finished until dark.

"queue."

With a shout, the villagers lined up in three seconds.

Chen An thought to himself that being a little scary wasn't necessarily a bad thing; at least in the current situation, it was very intimidating.

The woman at the front of the line was named Zheng Lingling, and she was to be married three days later.

Her close friends looked down on her fiancé, but she insisted on marrying him. They pushed her forward in the hope that she had spiritual potential and a chance to find a way out so that they could choose more carefully.

Her slender hands, with slightly reddish fingertips, didn't look like those of a child who had suffered in the countryside. Instead, she resembled a rich young lady, suggesting that she came from a good family and had been pampered since childhood.

Zheng Lingling slowly placed her hand on the crystal ball, and the transparent sphere instantly shimmered with frost.

The elderly and children in line exclaimed in surprise, and even Chen An had a glimmer of hope.

Time passed second by second, and after a full ten breaths, the color of the crystal ball remained unchanged, meaning that Zheng Lingling was destined to be on the path of cultivation but not destined to be one.

Chen An wasn't exactly disappointed, but he did think about himself. He hadn't expected that even the cannon fodder characters in the book possessed talents that ordinary people couldn't achieve. How could that not be considered lucky?

With order established, everyone was able to complete the test quickly, with the longest time being twenty breaths.

In just half an hour, half the people had left when an old man came up.

Just one glance was enough for Chen An to tell him that there was no hope. His hunched body was extremely thin, and if a gust of wind were to blow at that moment, the old man would probably pass away.

"How old are you?"

Upon hearing this, the old man looked up and said, "I'm eighty years old. I don't have many years left to live."

"He had been bedridden for over three years, but when he heard that a sect was recruiting students, he stood up," the old man's grandson interjected from behind.

"Grandpa, be careful." Chen Mingde supported Zheng west's arm and shook his head helplessly. If one does not cultivate immortality, one's talent will only get worse and worse once one is over eighteen.

Chen An glanced at Chen Mingde and began to suppress a laugh.

Chen Mingde looks to be in his thirties or forties, but he has lived for over eight hundred years. It is unheard of for him to call someone over eighty years old "grandfather."

Zheng west chuckled a few times and then slowly placed his hand on it, saying, "I'm fine."

In an instant, frost condensed from the bottom, climbed to the top and did not stop, until it turned red and froze the entire crystal ball.

Chen Mingde's mouth gaped open. What kind of immortal cultivation body is this? At this age, he still has a top-grade heavenly spiritual root. He dared not imagine what his cultivation level would be now if he had gone to a sect in his early years.

Chen An had only asked him to perform the divination to fulfill the old man's wish, but he never expected that such a remarkable person would exist in such a small village. It seems that the saying "masters are often found among ordinary people" applies everywhere.

"What is this?" The old man's expression changed after he finished the test; he looked completely different from the previous person, and his voice became hoarse.

The surroundings became noisy again, and out of nowhere, a young boy shouted, "What kind of spiritual root is this? I heard that these things are divided into levels."

Chen An blinked and said, "A top-grade Heavenly Spiritual Root."

Top-grade! Heavens! Zheng west didn't know these classifications, but once these three words appeared, it couldn't be bad.

"I'm not old, I can repair, take me with you." Two bright lights shot out from Zheng west's eyes, and he knelt down in front of Chen An with a thud, hugging his legs and bursting into tears.

He Chenming and De exchanged a glance, and then the wooden plaque appeared in front of Zheng west.

Although cultivating immortality at this age is indeed unheard of, how will we know it's really impossible if we don't try?

Zheng west took the wooden sign down with both hands, stood up, straightened his hunched back, and once again organized the noisy crowd.

Looking at Zheng west's current energy, Chen An could only think of smugness.

However, it must be said that Zheng Xi was indeed quite capable; under his arrangement, order was restored to normal.

He didn't shout or yell. He used to be a nobody in the village and hadn't accumulated any prestige even in his eighties. But now he's climbing the social ladder quite quickly.

After testing everyone, apart from Zheng west, there was only a pair of five-year-old twins with low-grade spiritual roots.

Based on the principle of selecting the best candidates, Chen An planned to give up on the twins, but Zheng west offered his congratulations in advance: "Although Zheng Chengzuo and Zheng Chengyou are young, they will not be bullied with my protection."

Chen Mingde didn't react much, waiting to see what Chen An would say.

The two children stood hand in hand, staring intently at Chen An, their innocent eyes making it impossible to refuse them.

“Take them to the sect. I was just starting out in my cultivation journey and I have an earth-elemental root. Their potential may be even greater than this.”

Chen Mingde didn't hear Chen An talk about the past, but judging from Chen An's current cultivation speed, the Earth Spiritual Root was a bit too much. He just assumed that Chen An was saying it to encourage the two little ones.

Aside from talent, nothing else matters, and only three people qualified. It is indeed not easy to establish a sect as soon as possible.

Compared to the Zhaoning Sect's disciple-acceptance ceremony, this is indeed unreasonable, but currently, with demonic cultivators running rampant, the Yihe Sect needs to develop rapidly.

The spaceship was retrieved from the storage ring and hovered fifty meters in the air. The villagers' eyes gleamed as they watched their three friends who were about to leave, their expressions complex.

Some people are envious, and some are jealous, but no matter what they think, it's no use.

Staying here and living a peaceful life has been the pursuit of many people throughout history.

The long ladder slid down the side of the boat, and Chen An and Chen Mingde flew up, watching the three people below without offering any help.

Zheng west gestured for the two children to go first, while he followed behind.

After all, he was getting on in years, and Zheng west's movements were clearly a bit strenuous. But if he couldn't even climb up a small ladder, even if he had talent, he wouldn't achieve much in his future cultivation of immortality.

Seeing Zheng west's trembling arm, Chen An felt a little better. Many mediocre people are not that they don't know how to seize opportunities, but that they just haven't encountered them yet.

Half an incense stick later, the three of them finally boarded the spaceship.

Below the spaceship, villagers waved goodbye, watching the enormous object break through the clouds, rise into the sky, and slowly dissipate.

Zheng west stood by the boat, holding two children in his arms, looking at the scenery he had never seen before, feeling a sense of liberation and joy.

Chen Mingde walked silently to Zheng west's side and handed him an introductory-level immortal book.

Zheng west took the immortal book, glanced through it briefly, and a look of joy appeared in his eyes.

"After sitting in meditation, simply use the methods described in the book to draw spiritual energy into your body."

"Luckily, I learned to read specifically for cultivating immortality." Taking the book, Zheng west smiled and picked up the two little ones, heading to the stern of the boat.

The recliner swayed, and Chen An was startled awake by a clap of thunder. He had just run to the stern of the ship when Zheng Da had already reached the first level of Foundation Establishment.

Tianling is even more impressive at this breakthrough speed.

Then, Chen An took out two Royal Essence Pills and said, "Eat these to stabilize your cultivation level."

Zheng west frowned at the filth and stench on his body. Chen Mingde also found the smell unbearable and used magic to clean him up. He then realized that the person in front of him had become more than ten years younger.