Xu Qingtong turned his gaze toward the children and said evenly, "Next, I will personally test your aptitude. Jia Yue, you will handle the registration!"
Ding Jiayue nodded, walked over to Xu Qingtong, and stood beside him.
"Line up and come before me one at a time!"
The two groups of children gradually mingled together, forming a long line.
"Wood, metal, and earth spirit roots. Bone age, thirteen. Next!"
"Earth and fire dual spiritual roots. Bone age, fifteen!"
"Oh! A Water Attribute single spiritual root! Good, very good!"
In a little under an hour, Xu Qingtong personally tested the aptitude of all thirty-five children. Aside from one with four spiritual roots and one with five spirit roots, whose aptitude was relatively poor, there were also three children with exceptional aptitude.
Of those three, one had a Water Attribute single spiritual root, while another actually had a rare thunder spirit root. The last had earth and wood dual spiritual roots. Yet Xu Qingtong sensed something out of the ordinary about the boy with earth and wood dual spiritual roots, though he could not identify it just then!
"Elder Zhuang, Elder Du, you have both reached Foundation Establishment and are qualified to take disciples. Thank you for your months of hard work recruiting so many fine talents for our Cloudsky Peak! If any of them please you, you may take them as disciples!" Xu Qingtong said.
Upon hearing this, Du Siwen spoke first. "This little girl with the water spirit root is quite good. Would you be willing to become my disciple?"
The little girl hurried over to Du Siwen upon hearing this, dropped to her knees with a thud, and said softly, "I, Mei Xianghan, am willing to follow you, Master!"
Seeing that Du Siwen was about to choose again,