In the courtyard, the Spirit Testing Stone monument stood quietly.
"Father, wh-what is going on?" Wang Da Fu asked, staring at his father's old face, which was filled with indescribable shock.
Wang Youcai took a sharp breath, his chest heaving violently several times before he turned to Wang Da Fu. "That's what I should be asking you!
One of you had Triple Spiritual Roots and somehow gained a mutated Lightning Spirit Root, while the other... the other actually went from having the useless Five Spiritual Roots to the legendary Five Elements Spiritual Root!
Judging by this phenomenon, one of you might even possess a special constitution capable of triggering lightning from the monument!
You two suddenly came home and immediately demanded to use this ancestral Spirit Testing Stone monument... Boy, why don't you honestly explain everything?"
Wang Da Fu was somewhat dazed by his father's barrage of questions. But seeing the unquestionable gravity in his father's eyes, as well as Xie Bao Shan's pale and anxious face, he knew there was no way to conceal this any longer.
He licked his dry lips, glanced at the equally nervous Xie Bao Shan, and finally let out a dejected sigh. "Sigh... Father, this is what happened. That day, Junior Brother Xie Bao Shan and I..."
He kept it brief and quickly told him how the two of them had discovered and eaten the "lightning-struck fruit."
After hearing it, Wang Youcai remained silent for a long time.
With his hands behind his back, he paced several steps, his brows furrowed deeply.
After a while, he suddenly stopped. His sharp gaze swept over the two young men like an eagle's, and he lowered his voice, his tone grave. "Other than the two of you, does anyone else know about this?"
"No! Absolutely no one!"