Gu Nian also glanced at Xue Fuyao, evidently recalling what had happened back then. "Then let's do as the City Lord says. If something really does go wrong, we won't be able to account for it."
For this round of testing, even beggars on the roadside had to come, as long as they were under twenty.
That was because almost everyone over twenty had already been tested long ago. Some had even been tested more than once and had long since lost all hope.
On the first day, the residents of Lingwu City were tested first.
There were too many people, so they used several Spirit-Testing Stones at once to finish the testing before dark.
After testing more than a hundred people in succession, only three were found to have spiritual roots, and their aptitudes were all the likes of triple spiritual roots and quad spiritual roots.
Still, Gu Nian and the others remained utterly focused from beginning to end.
Those who were found to have no spiritual roots either looked as though their souls had left them or broke down sobbing, while the three youths who had spiritual roots were all over fifteen.
Upon learning that they truly possessed spiritual roots, every one of them brimmed with tears of excitement.
Operating a Spirit-Testing Stone required only one person, with another keeping records. Two people were enough. Xue Fuyao had nothing to do and did not want to stand around waiting, so she simply began wandering through Lingwu City.
By now, everyone in Lingwu City had their attention drawn to the spiritual root testing in the central square. Some quick-witted street vendors had even started doing business nearby.
Xue Fuyao bought a skewer of candied hawthorn, then leaped onto a rooftop and looked down at the people below.
Of course,