Chapter 20: Immortal Fate Spiritual Testing

As soon as he saw this girl, Jin Muyun was like a husky who had made a mistake, his head immediately drooping.

Seeing that Jin Muyun was very afraid of seeing this girl, Zhang Xingyu's gossip heart rose. He asked Jin Muyun in a low voice: "Brother Jin, who is she?"

"She is the daughter of the Prince of Pingshan."

Jin Muyun paused and added: "My fiancée."

It turned out that the person who came was Jin Muyun's fiancée, Zhu Yun'er.

The Jin family and the Zhu family were family friends.

When Jin Muyun was just a full month old, the parents of both sides had set a doll marriage for the two.

Jin Muyun admired the life of immortals and had been determined since childhood to pursue the Great Dao and seek longevity.

While Zhu Yun'er had liked Jin Muyun very much since childhood and was determined to marry him as his wife.

This time, in order to avoid Zhu Yun'er's pestering, and also to complete the trial task issued by the academy, Jin Muyun ran to the countryside alone to slay monsters and demons.

Who knew, he encountered two very powerful monsters.

If it hadn't been for the full assistance of Zhang Xingyu and the other two, he might have lost his life.

However, he also had a blessing in disguise, obtaining the inner core of the six-tailed snow fox, and the trial task that he originally couldn't complete was completed just like that by mistake.

It turned out that students of the Nanhua Immortal Academy had to complete trial tasks issued by the academy every year.

Jin Muyun was a third-year student at the Nanhua Immortal Academy, with a cultivation of the tenth level of Qi Refining.

This year, he inexplicably accepted an impossible task: submit an inner core of a monster.

Monster inner cores are very rare, and usually only monsters above the fifth tier have inner cores.

Fifth-tier monsters are not something Jin Muyun can deal with now.

The strength of a fifth-tier monster is comparable to that of a human Golden Core stage cultivator.

Not to mention the tenth level of Qi Refining, even the tenth level of Foundation Establishment is completely no match.

After receiving the task, Jin Muyun cursed the teacher who assigned the task for having no sons and no daughters, while lamenting his bad luck. This task was definitely impossible to complete. If he couldn't complete the trial task, his three years of hard work would be in vain, and the 1,000 academy points he had worked so hard to accumulate would mostly be punished to nothing.

And said that after Jin Muyun was caught by Zhu Yun'er, he had to stand up helplessly.

He was very depressed. He didn't expect Zhu Yun'er's nose to be sharper than his. He had already hidden in Shanyang Cheng, but he was still found by Zhu Yun'er.

Now that there was no way to avoid it, he had to bite the bullet and say to Zhu Yun'er:

"Sister Yun'er, I told you long ago that we are not suitable. I am determined to pursue the Immortal Dao, and it is impossible for me to marry you as my wife."

Zhu Yun'er was not angry when she heard this: "Brother Muyun, pursuing the Immortal Dao and getting married do not conflict at all. The four elements of cultivation, companion, wealth, law, and land, the Dao companion is ranked first."

Speaking of this, she sat down beside Jin Muyun generously and then smiled at Zhang Xingyu and Hu Siping: "Are you two Brother Muyun's friends? My name is Zhu Yun'er, and I am Brother Muyun's fiancée."

Zhang Xingyu and Hu Siping nodded: "Hello, Miss Zhu. I am Zhang Xingyu (Hu Siping)."

Zhu Yun'er pulled Jin Muyun's sleeve: "Brother Muyun, I plan to accompany you to cultivate in the future, so that we can be a pair of immortal couples playing the zither and flute in harmony. By the way, we have both reached the marriageable age. My father said that when I turn 16 next year, he will hold a wedding for us."

Zhu Yun'er pulled the miserable-looking Jin Muyun and chattered endlessly.

Seeing this, Zhang Xingyu and Hu Siping hurriedly buried their heads and stuffed food into their mouths sensibly.

After a while, the two were full, stood up, and said: "Brother Jin, Miss Zhu, we still have to go to the Immortal Fate Pavilion to test for spiritual roots, so we will bid farewell here."

"Good, I will accompany you there." Jin Muyun stood up with a brush when he heard this.

Zhu Yun'er reached out and grabbed him: "Brother Hu, Brother Zhang, you go by yourselves. I haven't seen Brother Muyun for more than ten days, and I have a lot of private words to say to him."

Bidding farewell to the miserable Jin Muyun, Zhang Xingyu asked the shop waiter for the path to the Immortal Fate Pavilion, and then walked out of Baiweiju with Hu Siping.

The Immortal Fate Pavilion is located in the east of Shanyang Cheng. The two walked for two quarters of an hour and arrived in front of the Immortal Fate Pavilion.

The Immortal Fate Pavilion is a three-story building with blue bricks and green tiles, upturned corners and flying eaves. A large golden plaque hangs above the wide lintel, with the three characters "Immortal Fate Pavilion" written on it.

Zhang Xingyu and Hu Siping walked into the Immortal Fate Pavilion. After entering, it was a spacious and bright hall; the walls of the hall were inlaid with shining gemstones, illuminating the hall brightly; in the center of the hall stood a large circular pillar about one meter in diameter and about five meters high. This pillar was made of a milky white stone, and the surface was engraved with curved patterns.

Besides this, there was no one in the hall.

Did they miss the test time?

Zhang Xingyu was secretly guessing when he suddenly heard a vicissitudinous and hoarse voice coming from upstairs: "Go upstairs to pay the fee, collect the card for testing."

The two hurriedly climbed to the second floor. Arriving at the second floor, they saw a futon placed in the center of the empty second floor, and an old man in a green cloth robe was sitting on the futon.

"Hello, old senior! This is my testing fee." Hu Siping bowed respectfully while taking a gold note from his robe and handing it to the old man with both hands.

The old man took the gold note, looked at it, and then casually took out a jade card and handed it to Hu Siping.

This jade card was milky white and transparent, and it was engraved with strange patterns.

"Put the card in the groove in front of the pillar, and then put your hand on the pillar. Remember to close your eyes." The old man reminded.

"Thank you, senior." Hu Siping took the card and thanked him loudly.

"Xingyu, aren't you testing?" Hu Siping saw that Zhang Xingyu had no movement for a long time, so he asked.

"Not testing." Zhang Xingyu shook his head.

He had long known that he had no spiritual roots, so naturally, he didn't want to spend money unjustly for testing.

"You, how can you miss the opportunity to cultivate?" Hu Siping was a bit strange.

"Boss, let's hurry down and test, so as not to disturb the senior's cultivation," Zhang Xingyu reminded softly.

Hu Siping shook his head helplessly: "You will regret it in the future."

The two bowed to the old man and then went downstairs with a thud-thud-thud.

Arriving at the first-floor hall, Hu Siping stepped forward and carefully placed the card in the groove in front of the pillar.

He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and then placed his hand lightly on the surface of the pillar.

As soon as his hand was placed on it, the stone pillar slowly lit up.

First it was a faint yellow light, then a faint green light, and finally a dazzling red light.

"Wood, metal, and fire three-spiritual roots, with fire spiritual root as the main. Spiritual root grade, Profound-tier low-grade."

The old man's voice sounded from upstairs again.

"I have spiritual roots, I can cultivate, I have spiritual roots, I can cultivate..." Hu Siping was incoherent with excitement.

"Congratulations, Boss, congratulations, Boss Hu." Zhang Xingyu congratulated sincerely. Besides joy, his heart was filled with more envy and bitterness.

Cultivation is an ideal. He worked hard to find his ideal, fearing that he would miss it if he wasn't careful. However, the reality placed in front of him was: the ideal had already been shattered before it arrived.

"Thank you, brother. Xingyu, why don't you test? Maybe you can cultivate too." Hu Siping laughed happily.

"Boss Hu, don't ask, I have my own reasons." Zhang Xingyu tried his best to hide the loss in his heart.

Hu Siping shook his head: "Forget it, you decide for yourself. Xingyu, now there are only two of us left, from now on, you call me Fourth Brother. The word 'Boss' must not be mentioned again."

Zhang Xingyu nodded: "Okay, Fourth Brother."

The two walked out of the Immortal Fate Pavilion.

Zhang Xingyu asked Hu Siping: "Fourth Brother, what are you going to do next?"

Hu Siping smiled and said: "Of course, it's to make money. Although I have spiritual roots, I still have to earn tuition. I heard from Brother Jin that the tuition of the Nanhua Immortal Academy is very expensive. Xingyu, I plan to become a monster hunter, hunting monsters to make money. If I'm lucky, maybe I can get an inner core to exchange for money."

"Fourth Brother, catching monsters is very dangerous." Zhang Xingyu reminded.

Hu Siping sighed: "No way, no matter how dangerous, I have to go. If I go to move bricks, I'm afraid I won't save enough tuition until I'm old and die."

After saying this, he asked Zhang Xingyu: "Xingyu, what do you want to do next?"

"Me, I want to..."

Before Zhang Xingyu finished speaking, he heard a loud shout from the side of the road.

"Top-tier monster hunting team is recruiting, top-tier monster hunting team is recruiting. Hunt monsters, make big money."

The one shouting was a skinny bamboo pole.

Seeing Zhang Xingyu and the two passing by, he asked: "Two, do you want to join the monster hunting team, hunt monsters, and make big money?"

"No need."

Seeing him come suddenly, Zhang Xingyu was suspicious, pulled Hu Siping, and walked forward.

"Two, consider it, our monster hunting team is the most powerful in Shanyang Cheng. If you miss it, it will be impossible to join in the future." The skinny bamboo pole seduced again.

"No need. Fourth Brother, let's go."

Zhang Xingyu ignored the tall and thin man and dragged Hu Siping forward.

Hu Siping was suspicious. Although he really wanted to join the monster hunting team, since Zhang Xingyu said "no need," that was it.

Looking at the backs of the two leaving, the skinny bamboo pole's face became extremely gloomy.

"Damn it, these two country bumpkins are quite cautious!" ===== CHAPTER 21 =====