Chapter 23: Spiritual Aperture

Li Tongya pinched the technique, watching the fine spiritual rain drift into the pitch-black soil, and thought to himself with a pale face:

"The Spirit Rain Technique in this spiritual plant cultivation method consumes too much. Even after cultivating the Chengming Wheel, I can barely release it once. This spiritual plant needs to be taken care of every day, which really requires manpower."

Li Xiangping and Li Tongya measured the spiritual fields of the villages, all of which were pitifully small. The spiritual fields of Lijing Village were scattered, but fortunately, the largest one could barely plant ten Bai Yuan Fruits.

So Li Tongya sent people to build a small courtyard at the foot of the mountain, which was originally wasteland. Usually, they cultivated and farmed here, and someone would send supplies, which was quite comfortable.

Because he had not yet entered the Zhou Xing Wheel, Li Tongya closed his eyes and adjusted his breath for nearly half an hour before recovering his magic power. Looking at the time, Li Yesheng had been waiting outside the door for a long time with people.

Seeing the wooden door "creak," Li Yesheng hurriedly bowed and greeted:

"The children from all the villages are here. Brother Tongya, are you going now?"

"Hmm."

Li Tongya responded in a low voice, and walked slowly toward the entrance of the village amidst the enthusiastic smiles of Li Yesheng and several men behind him.

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Under the lush locust tree at the entrance of the village, people sent from all villages had arrived. They were led by the people in charge sent by the Li family, followed by groups of children of all sizes.

The people in charge were still relaxed, standing in twos and threes under the locust tree, talking in low voices. The villagers from other villages appeared anxious and cautious, not daring to speak, standing on the spot. The children were also infected, sitting on the ground obediently one by one.

Learning that he was sent to manage Lichuan Mouth, Chen Erniu kowtowed nine times in front of the Li family courtyard, crying and making a ruthless statement to the old Li master:

"Thanks to the old master's trust, I will definitely make the villagers of Lichuan Mouth obedient."

He fled here and received the Li family's relief, married and bought land with the Li family's kindness, and his wife's illness was also treated with the Li family's money. This kindness had firmly tied him, Chen Erniu, to the Li family's chariot.

What's more, as long as the sky-high benefits were in front of him, he, Chen Erniu, would dare to eat dog shit!

It's just that he, Chen Erniu, and that Xu Wenshan had been at odds since the tenant period, so there was often friction between the two villages. Only Ren Pingan had a transcendent status in the three villages, managing his own village affairs alone every day.

"Manager Chen..."

But an anxious call sounded in his ear. Chen Erniu turned his head and saw that it was Chen Changhu, a villager who came from Lichuan Mouth.

Lichuan Mouth was mostly inhabited by the Chen family, and this Chen Changhu was the eldest in the clan, with high prestige in the village, so everyone recommended him to lead the team.

"Does this Li family immortal really want to accept my Chen family disciples?"

This old man, who was usually calm and prestigious, was full of anxiety at this time, looking at the entrance of the village and asking in a low voice.

"They all say there must be immortal fate! There must be that kind of aperture! Children aged seven to thirteen, as long as your Chen family children have that spiritual aperture, the Li family will accept them all!"

Watching Chen Changhu nod repeatedly, Chen Erniu curled his lips, but felt envious in his heart, secretly hating that his two children were either too old and missed the opportunity, or too young and couldn't come to test.

"The immortal is here!"

Watching Li Tongya appear at the entrance of the village, Chen Erniu hurriedly greeted him with a smile, thinking enviously:

"I don't know which child in these villages will get the immortal fate today."

Li Tongya cupped his hands lightly, smiled at Chen Erniu, and said to Li Yesheng:

"Start."

A wooden platform had already been built next to the locust tree. Li Tongya sat on the wooden platform, and the people below began to call names.

"Lichuan Mouth! Chen Lifu!"

Below, someone from the Chen family brought a trembling child up. Li Tongya put his hand on the child's shoulder, and his magic power twisted in his body for a week, then waved his hand and said:

"Go down."

The two heard this and didn't dare to answer, hurriedly going down. Chen Changhu below flashed a trace of disappointment in his eyes.

"Next!"

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Before long, the people from Lichuan Mouth had all gone down. Chen Changhu's face was ugly, and he looked at Chen Erniu with a hint of pleading.

Chen Erniu rolled his eyes and spread his hands, indicating that he was powerless.

The late autumn weather was cold, and although it was cool under the tree with so many people gathered at noon, the people from all villages were sweating, and seeing that Lichuan Mouth didn't have a single immortal fate, they were secretly drumming in their hearts.

Li Tongya had been mentally prepared for this scene. Those with spiritual apertures are one in a thousand. As long as one child from all the villages can appear, it is considered a return, and two is a profit.

"Jingyang Village! Liu Rouxuan!"

As soon as the words fell, a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old stood up, with curved eyebrows, bright eyes, and biting her lips timidly.

Fourteen years old, considered the upper limit of age. Li Tongya shook his head helplessly, pretending not to see it, and put his left hand on the girl's shoulder to run his magic power.

After wandering around the girl's meridians, Li Tongya gave a light "eh," and the Liu clan members of Jingyang Village below couldn't help but be nervous.

But they saw the airflow in the girl's energy center acupoint surging without end, and a transparent air acupoint kept jumping, as if it were breathing itself.

"Not bad."

Li Tongya opened his eyes and smiled at the girl, gently saying: "Stand behind me."

Liu Rouxuan stared at Li Tongya's eyes blankly, as if she hadn't reacted from such a great happy event. After a few breaths, she suddenly realized and stood behind Li Tongya with joy.

The crowd in Jingyang Village below was in an uproar, everyone with joy, but because of Li Tongya, they didn't cheer. Lichuan Mouth was dead silent, and the remaining two villages were even more uneasy.

Before long, Jingyang Village and Lidao Mouth had all been tested, and sure enough, there were no more people with spiritual apertures.

"Lijing Village!"

Li Tongya's eyes swept over the children below. Li Xuanxuan was naturally not among them. The child was only three years old, his body had not grown up, and he had to be at least seven years old to see if he had spiritual apertures.

Finally, it was the children of the village. Li Yesheng raised his eyebrows and began to call names.

"If Brother Tongya hadn't tested me earlier, I would really want to go up and try!"

Li Yesheng thought hatefully while calling names loudly.

"Ye Qiuyang!"

The father below, Ye Chengfu, suddenly tightened his whole body, his legs softened, and his eyes stared fixedly at the child who looked like eight or nine years old on the stage, constantly comforting himself in his heart:

"My Ye family is also considered a branch of the Li family, how can there be no immortal fate on me..."

Watching Li Tongya put his hand on Ye Qiuyang's shoulder, Ye Chengfu closed his eyes, simply sat on the sand, and listened blankly. ===== CHAPTER 24 =====