Mutated Spiritual Roots

Wei Yunxi's eyes lit up as she looked expectantly at Feng Jiaqing. Her bargain-bin uncle said with a smile:

"Yunxi, place your hand on the sphere in the center of the Spirit Testing Plate. Uncle will test your Spiritual Roots."

Wei Yunxi nodded her little head and impatiently placed her tiny paw on it. There was no need to wait long. Moments later, three pillars of light shot into the sky from the Spirit Testing Plate. Feng Jiaqing reflexively waved his hand and activated the Soul Lamp Hall's Defensive Formation, blocking the purple, green, and blue beams.

When Wei Yunxi saw the three pillars of light, her face was filled with astonishment as well. If she remembered correctly, Wei Yunxi, the female supporting character in the book, had a Mutated Lightning Spiritual Root. What did it mean that two more Spiritual Roots had appeared now?

Feng Jiaqing, meanwhile, said excitedly:

"Yunxi, you have Wind, Lightning, and Ice—three Mutated Spiritual Roots. And every one of them is at full value. They are top-grade Spiritual Roots."

Wei Yunxi was happy too, but inside, stormy seas churned. What was going on here?

In the book, Wei Yunxi had tested as having only a single Lightning Spiritual Root. That was why the Wei Family had sent both her and Wei Yunqing to cultivate at the Haoran Sect. Aside from finding the Wei Family a powerful backer, it was also because the sect had more cultivation techniques for them to choose from.

But now, she had tested as having Wind, Lightning, and Ice Spiritual Roots. Had her transmigration changed the female supporting character's aptitude, or had the female supporting character always possessed these three Spiritual Roots, only for the Wei Family to deliberately conceal or suppress them?

That could also explain why Wei Yunqing had ultimately wanted to extract the female supporting character's Spiritual Roots. Wei Yunqing had Water-Wood Dual Spiritual Roots, and given a special opportunity, Water-Wood spiritual roots could mutate into Ice and Wind Spiritual Roots. If Wei Yunqing extracted those two Spiritual Roots from the female supporting character, she could improve her aptitude without arousing anyone's suspicion.

Wei Yunxi suddenly felt a chill run down her back. Just how many schemes against Wei Yunxi lay hidden within all this? If she had not followed her uncle to the Feng Family this time, perhaps she too would have remained in the dark, just like the female supporting character.

Even if the female supporting character cultivated only a single Lightning Spiritual Root, she could still keep pace with Wei Yunqing, the female lead, in cultivation. That showed just how outstanding her aptitude was. No wonder Wei Yunqing could not tolerate her and always, openly or subtly, pushed this younger sister aside.

Looking back now, there had been traces of it all along. But Wei Yunxi in the book had only been five years old. She had failed to see the signs before they came and could never have thought of such things. She had merely cultivated tirelessly on instinct, yet it was precisely because of her diligence that she became even more dangerous, turning her into the female lead's stepping stone.

These thoughts flashed through Wei Yunxi's mind in an instant. In any case, she definitely would not become the female lead's stepping stone. She had already begun making changes. She understood well that a difference of a hair could lead to an error of a thousand miles. She would proceed slowly and deliberately.

Feng Jiaqing put away the Spirit Testing Plate, then smiled and picked Wei Yunxi up.

"Yunxi, can we refrain from telling your father about your Spiritual Root test for now?"

Wei Yunxi tilted her head and asked:

"Uncle, why? Isn't this a good thing? Yunxi can cultivate now."

Feng Jiaqing sighed softly. He did not know how to explain to a five-year-old child that the tree that rose above the forest would be the first battered by the wind, especially when she no longer had her mother to protect her.

Wei Lingyue might not care much for this second daughter either. Otherwise, he would not have moved so early to take away the things Jiayun had left for Yunxi. Fortunately, the siblings had made an agreement long ago. The things left in plain sight were all expendable; only what was stored in that box was truly valuable.

To evade Wei Lingyue's divine sense searches, his younger sister had specifically hidden the items beneath a stone slab disguised with Mind-Shielding Ore, leaving marks known only to the two siblings. Otherwise, that hypocrite would have searched them out long ago.

Moreover, the Filigree White Jade Box could only be opened with his niece's own blood. If the items fell into Wei Lingyue's hands, he had plenty of ways to draw blood from Yunxi. Then the contents of the box would only benefit that petty villain.

Wei Yunxi was not truly a child. She knew Feng Jiaqing was certainly saying this for her own good, so she pretended to be obedient and said:

"Uncle, Mother told little Xi to listen to Uncle. Uncle must be doing this for my sake."

Hearing Wei Yunxi's words, Feng Jiaqing smiled as well. He brought Wei Yunxi to the small courtyard where she was temporarily staying, instructed the maids to take good care of Yunxi, and then went to find the Old Ancestor.

Wei Yunxi had also had a tiring day. With four maids attending to her, she ate dinner, washed up, and went to bed early.

After lying down, Wei Yunxi once more tried to send her consciousness into the wooden plaque. Previously, she had been unable to move even a step inside, and at the crucial moment, her consciousness had even been kicked out of the space.

Though it had been somewhat unexpected, it had also given her ample time to deal with Wei Yunqing, who had burst in to seize the opportunity. At the time, she had secretly cried, That was close, and had nearly let Wei Yunqing notice something was amiss.

The hairpin she had used to prick her fingertip had successfully diverted Wei Yunqing's attention. Even if Wei Yunqing found every possible way to get the hairpin later, it would not mean any loss to her.

When Wei Yunxi's consciousness entered the wooden plaque, it felt just as it had the first time, as though she had sunk into thick glue and could not take a single step. Just as she was preparing to keep trying, her consciousness was kicked out once again.

Along with the consciousness it expelled, the wooden plaque conveyed a message: she could enter only once she was able to cultivate.

Wei Yunxi turned over to face the inside of the bed, muttered to herself in her heart for a while, then made a preliminary plan. No matter what, she had to begin cultivating first. Only by making herself strong could she deal with every scheme and trick.

In truth, from the day she transmigrated until now, she had remained anxious. Though she had read the novel and possessed a certain advantage, the novel had not been fully serialized when she transmigrated. That meant the future was unknown.

Yet in these mere two days, she had discovered that the events around her both resembled and greatly differed from the novel's plot. Moreover, as her choices changed, the course of events changed along with them.

Still, this at least proved that the future could be changed. She was not living inside a novel, but in a real world. The novel had been written from the female lead Wei Yunqing's perspective, so little had been mentioned about her, the Fortune-Bringing Child. That meant variables existed.

Wei Yunxi's eyes shone startlingly bright in the darkness. She liked the phrase "variable." Perhaps her arrival itself was the variable. As she pushed the plot forward, she was also changing it.

Wei Yunxi suddenly found the courage to survive in the Cultivation Realm. These thoughts passed through her mind, soothing her restless heart, and before long, she drifted into sleep.

Meanwhile, Feng Jiaqing went to see the Feng Family's Old Ancestor, Feng Feng, who was at the early Golden Core stage.

The Feng Family's Old Ancestor looked like a middle-aged man and shared Feng Jiaqing's eyes and brows. Looking at Feng Jiaqing, he said:

"Qingqing, what brings you here to visit this old fellow?"

Feng Jiaqing's mouth twitched. Somewhat unwillingly, he said:

"Old Ancestor, I'm already the Family Head. Can you stop calling me by my childhood name?"

"Haha! I was the one who gave you that childhood name. I think it suits you very well."

Feng Jiaqing gave up resisting. His expression turned solemn as he cupped his hands and said:

"Old Ancestor, I brought Jiayun's child back to stay for a while. Just now, I took the girl to the Soul Lamp Hall and added a drop of her blood to the lamp inside. The Soul Lamp grew a little stronger. It should help my sister hold on for a while longer."

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