On October 1st, Li Shiming quietly left home before dawn. He did not want to see Si Qin's tears again. Yesterday, Si Qin next door had cried until very late before drifting off in a daze.
He cast the Light Body Spell on himself, then first retrieved the four Monitoring Probes.
If everything went smoothly, he would not be coming back for a while.
After casting the Invisibility Art, he sped through Central Capital City, then climbed over the city wall and left the city.
By the time he arrived at the foot of Temple of Heaven Mountain, quite a few carriages were already making their way toward the Temple of Heaven on the summit.
This Immortal Ascension Gathering was being held at the Temple of Heaven. All the Youths preparing to have their aptitude tested, as well as the Rogue Cultivators who wanted to join a sect, would gather here today.
Li Shiming slowed down. He saw one youth after another poking their heads out from the carriages, looking around curiously.
These Youths all shared the same trait: their eyes were especially bright and lively, but their bodies were very weak.
Generally speaking, those with talent would develop spiritual roots at the age of twelve, and the birth of spiritual roots required a great deal of energy.
This greatly depleted the energy within the bodies of these growing Youths, leaving most of them thin and frail.
Moreover, the fewer the spiritual roots and the stronger the talent a youth possessed, the greater the spiritual roots' demand for energy within the body.
If such talent was born into a wealthy household, that was still manageable. If it was born into a poor household, however, the child might very well die young within a short period.
After countless years of Immortal