Eight Extremes Crushing Heaven Fist! Spiritual Root Testing Comes with Techniques?

"Zhou Yun, Inferior Earth Spiritual Root. Award: ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"

"..."

"Luo Xiaoyu, Inferior Wood Spiritual Root. Award: ten Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"

"..."

As the line moved swiftly forward.

The number of young people with Spiritual Root aptitude gradually increased as well.

Nearly one person with a Spiritual Root appeared for every twenty or so.

But so far.

They were all Inferior Spiritual Roots.

Not a single higher-grade one had appeared.

Although Wang Mu had long known it would be like this, the actual ratio still took him rather by surprise.

From the memories of his Previous Body.

From childhood to adulthood, there had hardly been anyone around him with less than a Mid-Grade Spiritual Root.

Even the maidservants and handmaids were no exception.

He had never expected Mid-Grade Spiritual Roots to be so scarce in the outside world!

At the same time.

System notifications rapidly flashed through Wang Mu's mind.

[Congratulations, your investment in Liu Chang has reached 100%!]

[You will receive a 100% return of Liu Chang's future Cultivation Effect gains!]

[Congratulations, your investment in Zhou Yun has reached 100%!]

[You will receive a 100% return of Zhou Yun's future Cultivation Effect gains!]

[Congratulations, your investment in Luo Xiaoyu has reached 100%!]

[You will receive a 100% return of Luo Xiaoyu's future Cultivation Effect gains!]

[...]

[Ding~]

[The Lin Yan you invested in has learned Eight Extremes Crushing Heaven Fist, greatly increasing his strength!]

[Congratulations, you have received Cultivation Effect gains returned from Lin Yan!]

Suddenly.

A crisp chime rang out.

Heat surged through Wang Mu's entire body.

Within his mind.

A fist-art manual appeared.

Eight Extremes Crushing Heaven Fist!

Its might was fierce and unyielding. At its peak, it could split mountains, tear apart the earth, and shatter the heavens!

Though it was only an incomplete volume.

Wang Mu experimentally circulated his Spiritual Power and gathered it at the edge of his fist. He felt an incomparably explosive force, like condensed flames, ready to erupt at any moment and destroy everything before him.

"What a powerful secret technique! Did Dan Xuan teach him this too?"

Wang Mu pursed his lips.

Rather than feeling delighted over obtaining part of such a powerful secret technique for nothing, he felt even more worry and urgency.

After all.

He only possessed thirty percent of what Lin Yan had!

If Lin Yan used this secret technique.

How devastating would its power be?

How long had it even been since Lin Yan escaped Azure Cloud Island?

And he had already learned another powerful secret technique, greatly increasing his strength!

With Lin Yan's talent, fighting above his level with this fist art would probably be as easy as eating and drinking!

Lin Yan was like this.

What about the other Sons of Heaven's Mandate?

Could they possibly be much worse?

Wang Mu swept a complicated gaze over the ongoing Ascension Convention.

Only a little over three thousand people had participated today. By the end, they were expected to identify at most a hundred or so people with Spiritual Roots.

"This efficiency... is too slow!"

"If these hundred or so people cultivate for a day, the gains they bring me are practically negligible. It would be difficult even to increase my mana by a single thread!"

Several sharp glints flashed in Wang Mu's eyes.

This could not go on.

He had to speed things up!

He needed more people to willingly accept his investments!

His mind raced, and he suddenly thought of something. He beckoned to Li Yuanhua.

The latter immediately jogged over, dropped to one knee before Wang Mu, and lowered his head as he leaned closer. "Young Master, what are your orders?"

Wang Mu: "%...%*￥#@!"

Li Yuanhua: "..."

No one knew what Wang Mu had said.

Li Yuanhua froze slightly, then quickly tore through the void and vanished on the spot.

"Chu Qing, Mid-Grade Wind Spiritual Root! Award: ten Mid-Grade Spirit Stones!"

The voice of the cultivator presiding over the Ascension Convention suddenly rose in the plaza.

The scene fell briefly silent.

Then came thunderous cheers.

"A Mid-Grade Spiritual Root! A Mid-Grade Spiritual Root has appeared!"

"Holy shit! Is that real?"

"..."

This was the last young man waiting to be tested. No one had expected him to possess a Mid-Grade Spiritual Root, and the people present were thoroughly stunned.

"Not only is it a Mid-Grade Spiritual Root, but... it's also the relatively rare Wind Spiritual Root! He counts as a genius!"

"If a Disciple like this were in our Cloudbearing Sect, he could enter the Inner Sect directly and become an elder's Disciple!"

"They're actually giving him Mid-Grade Spirit Stones right away? They're really rich!"

"..."

The cultivators from various sects in the crowd were also deeply envious.

But they all knew.

This person could never be theirs.

After all, the Young Master Wang had spent so much money to find such talent. How could he possibly hand him over to someone else for free?

They could only look on with envy.

At the center of the formation.

The young man named Chu Qing was equally taken aback by the result. Overwhelmed with joy, he nearly fainted as he cried out and waved to his Parents in the crowd.

The other Young Boys and Girls whose aptitudes had been detected cast envious gazes his way.

A Spiritual Root just one grade lower was a difference as vast as heaven and earth.

It was the difference of an entire lifetime!

Just when everyone thought today's Ascension Convention was about to end.

Above them.

The void twisted.

Li Yuanhua slowly stepped out and announced in a ringing voice, "By order of the Young Master, everyone found to possess a Spiritual Root shall receive one basic cultivation technique corresponding to their attribute!

"And those who have not awakened Spiritual Roots shall each receive one martial arts technique: the [Primordial Unity Stance Method]!"

As soon as his words fell.

He flicked his sleeve lightly.

One manual after another turned into streams of spiritual light and flew out, hovering with perfect accuracy before every Young Boy and Girl who had undergone testing.

Basic Metal-attribute technique: Gold Origin Formula!

Basic Wood-attribute technique: Wood Origin Formula!

Basic Fire-attribute technique: Fire Origin Formula!

Basic Wind-attribute technique: Soaring Technique!

"The Young Master Wang... what a grand gesture!"

"Though these techniques aren't Top Tier, they're far stronger than the basic Five Elements Breath Regulation Arts sold everywhere!"

"Damn, why am I getting jealous?"

"I remember when I first began cultivating, I clutched a damaged Breath Regulation Art and practiced for over ten years. I nearly suffered Qi Deviation before barely reaching the first level of Qi Refinement..."

"If I'd had a Wood Origin Formula back then, I definitely wouldn't be stuck at my current realm!"

"..."

As the saying went, outsiders watched the spectacle, while insiders saw the knack.

Ordinary people would only think.

The Young Master Wang was so generous—he was giving out more things!

Only those cultivators knew just how precious the techniques Wang Mu had given away truly were.

After all.

Rogue Cultivators were the most numerous people under heaven!

And aside from the few Rogue Cultivators who were exceptionally gifted and powerful yet disliked restraint.

The vast majority lacked talent, possessed mediocre strength, and had no faction willing to take them in.

If these people encountered no fortuitous opportunity.

They would, in truth, spend their entire lives wandering below the third level of Qi Refinement.

Among those with Inferior Spiritual Roots, fewer than one in ten could successfully reach Foundation Establishment.

And the most important reason, aside from talent, was that they lacked proper methods.

The Five Elements Breath Regulation Art found everywhere on the market.

Could only meet the most basic need of drawing in and circulating spiritual energy.

Its efficiency was abysmal.

Cultivating according to it, one would struggle to even draw qi into the body without three to five years.

But the techniques Wang Mu had given away were different.