The rest of the journey went very smoothly, with no further mishaps.
As Xue Fuyao and her group headed back to Heavenly Dao Academy with the last batch of people who had tested as having talent, she stood on the Spirit Boat's deck. Looking at those somewhat stiff-faced people, she turned toward the clouds rolling and unfurling in the distance and said, "It's finally over."
Seeing her like this, Gu Nian reached out and poked her forehead. "Anyone who didn't know better would think you'd been terribly busy."
"Senior Sister, you should know that standing still is much more tiring than walking," Xue Fuyao said with perfect confidence.
At that, Gu Nian laughed. "Twisted logic."
Chu Yunzhe walked over and said quietly to Gu Nian, "I thought finding one water-type heavenly spiritual root and one metal heavenly spiritual root, with three single spiritual roots in total, was already an outstanding result. I didn't expect anyone to do even better than us."
"A spiritual root even better than a heavenly spiritual root?" Gu Nian asked.
Chu Yunzhe nodded. "Chaos spirit roots. And there are two of them, one yin and one yang."
Listening beside them, Xue Fuyao blinked.
She knew about chaos spirit roots, and she had long known that one would appear at this Disciple Recruitment Assembly. But she had never expected there to be two, nor did she know what this yin and yang business was.
Finding herself in unfamiliar territory, Xue Fuyao asked, "Senior Brother, a chaos spirit root is a chaos spirit root, so why divide them into yin and yang? Is there any difference between the two?"
"There isn't really any difference. Their spiritual root attributes are just slightly different."
As he spoke, Chu Yunzhe explained, "In the Cultivation Realm, cultivators' spiritual roots mostly fall into