The Su Ling Sect's Spirit Induction test had three trials.
The first was the most complex and broad-ranging.
It tested Spirit Roots and physique, cultivation realm, and true bone age.
Of these, only the bone-age test had a specific requirement. None of the others did.
It seemed anyone with an aptitude for cultivation could join the Su Ling Sect.
The bone-age limit, however, depended on cultivation realm.
Those below Foundation Establishment had to be under sixty.
Those at Foundation Establishment or above had to be under one hundred and eighty.
Anyone past those limits would find it much harder to join the Su Ling Sect.
Luo Chen could understand that.
The Su Ling Sect might claim to open its gates wide and choose disciples by strength of will rather than aptitude, but it still had to consider reality.
If someone had failed to reach Foundation Establishment by sixty, or still had not formed a core by nearly two hundred, they were unlikely to accomplish much on the path of cultivation.
The Su Ling Sect could not devote resources to such people.
The second trial was much simpler by comparison.
If the first was a test, the second was a chance to demonstrate one's abilities.
The Spirit Induction Assembly was open to independent cultivators, most of whom had spent years struggling through the Cultivation World and possessed a skill or two.
Even if they failed the first test, a talent displayed in the second might impress the Su Ling Sect enough to earn them an exception.
That aligned with what Huang Yuanhua had once told Luo Chen.
The Su Ling Sect's chief business was medicinal herbs. An independent cultivator who had already learned some Spirit Planting Art would stand a much better chance of admission.
As for the third trial...
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