Chapter 349: Song Yuanli

Seeing these two rays of spiritual light of different colors shine from the spirit-testing disk, the crowd watching from the side gasped in surprise, one after another casting envious gazes toward the little boy.

The Song family's spirit-testing ceremony is held once every year, and the mortals in Mujiao Town are already very familiar with these things. They know that as long as someone can make the disk in the Immortal Master's hand emit light, it means that this person is a person of talent for cultivation.

However, compared to the mortals present, the two Immortal Masters who came here to be responsible for testing spirit roots showed a trace of doubt on their faces when they saw these two rays of spiritual light of different colors, one red and one green.

"Fourth Uncle, could this child be a dual spirit root?" Song Xingui, who was holding the spirit-testing disk, asked Song Qingrui, who was to the side, with a look of surprise on his face.

Song Qingrui, who had been sitting upright, had already stood up at this moment and walked quickly toward them.

Song Qingrui has governed Mujiao Town for many years and is also a very approachable elder. He basically knows something about these children participating in the spirit-testing ceremony. The ancestor of the child before him once had a senior cultivator who was once glorious for a time, but many generations have passed, and the remaining shade of the ancestors has been consumed almost entirely. Nowadays, the family has also fallen quite a bit. Unexpectedly, after a hundred years, their family has actually welcomed another cultivator.

"Not bad, it indeed shows fire and wood dual spirit roots. Since the spirit-testing disk has reacted, he must have spirit roots. However, whether it is a dual spirit root is hard to say. The family spirit-testing disk has occasionally had cases of mismeasurement in the past. It is better to take this child to the mountain and use other spirit-testing disks to test him again to be sure."

"Xingui, you stay behind to continue testing the others. Xintong, come with me now to take him to the mountain and ask a few elders to test his spirit roots again." After Song Qingrui approached and looked carefully, he said to the two people on the side with a happy face.

Hearing Song Qingrui say this, Song Xintong nodded immediately, took this somewhat shy little boy, and returned to Mount Funiu with him.

Although the two did not speak along the way, their faces were filled with very excited expressions. The Song family has been established for more than two hundred years, and the cultivator with the best spirit root talent in the clan was only a triple spirit root; there has never been a dual spirit root cultivator.

If the little boy discovered today is truly a dual-attribute spirit root, the Song family is equivalent to having one more good seedling capable of Foundation Establishment. In the future, as long as he can be cultivated properly, it is very possible to add another Foundation Establishment cultivator.

In the Mount Funiu council hall, Song Qingshi cautiously led Song Qingrui and the others into a hidden room.

Song Xintong took the new spirit-testing disk that Song Qingshi had specially retrieved from the family's Golden Treasury Pavilion, placed a spirit stone on it, and beckoned to the little boy behind her: "Don't be afraid, just put your hands on it like before."

After changing a spirit-testing disk, as the little boy placed his hands on it, the two rays of spiritual light that were exactly the same as before in Mujiao Town shone in the room again.

"Haha! Big Brother, it seems there is no mistake; this child is indeed a dual spirit root. I haven't made any contribution on the mountain in my life. Unexpectedly, at this age, I can still help the family discover a dual spirit root genius. This time, I can finally be worthy of the ancestors of the Song family."

Seeing Song Qingrui's happy appearance, Song Qingshi, whose hair was also slightly white, smiled and said slowly: "Fourth, don't be in a hurry to go back yet. Come with me to take him to see Li Mu!"

After Song Qingrui nodded, the few of them left the council hall together and walked slowly toward the top of the mountain, soon arriving at Li Mu's cave dwelling.

Since breaking through to the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment, Li Mu has not left Mount Funiu again. Most of his time every day is spent cultivating in his own cave dwelling, stabilizing the cultivation base he had just broken through not long ago. Only in his occasional leisure time would he walk out of the cave dwelling gate to see the place where Song Qingyu was in seclusion.

Seeing that Song Qingshi and the others had brought the little boy, Li Mu placed his hand on the top of his head, letting his spiritual sense slowly enter his body, and only slowly lowered his hand after a long time.

"Fire and wood spirit roots, capable of practicing the family's Red Fire Art, is indeed a good seedling. Has this child been given a name yet?"

Song Qingshi replied: "It hasn't been determined yet. He is the eighteenth cultivator of the Yuan generation. Since he has already arrived at your place, Li Mu, you should help him decide on a name."

"Seeing his gentle appearance and polite manner, I think we should just take the character 'Li' (courtesy). What do you think?" Li Mu asked the little boy, who was still somewhat uneasy, in a soft voice with a smile.

"That's good. From now on, you will be called Song Yuanli. Why don't you hurry up and thank the Patriarch for bestowing the name." Seeing that the little boy did not dare to answer, Song Qingrui behind him hurried forward and let him kneel down and perform a salute to Li Mu.

After Li Mu waved his hand, he turned around and continued to say to the few people standing in his cave dwelling with a serious face: "Yuanli's spirit roots must be kept secret within the clan from now on. Whoever knows about this, whether it is a cultivator or a mortal, if anyone dares to discuss it again, Big Brother, you should deal with it according to the clan rules. From now on, just tell the outside world that he is a triple spirit root."

"Fourth Brother, since this child was discovered by you, you are also more familiar with his situation. Why don't you stay on the mountain for this period of time and be responsible for teaching him. Big Brother, arrange for someone to go to Mujiao Town to replace Fourth Brother for the time being. Also, the few people who went to Mujiao Town to be responsible for testing spirits this time should also be rewarded accordingly, but don't do this too obviously. Just give them some benefits in secret, so that others don't see any clues."

"Hmm! Before I came, I had already greeted Xintong and let her return to Mujiao Town first to look after those who know the truth. I will go to Mujiao Town now to handle this matter. Fourth, this child is left to you." After Song Qingshi nodded, he left here first.

The family had finally obtained a genius cultivator, and Song Qingshi also knew the stakes of this matter. The most urgent task was to go to Mujiao Town to appease those mortals, lest someone publicize this matter, and then it would be very difficult to keep the secret.

"I still need to help Qingyu protect the Dharma during this period of time and will not go into seclusion. If Fourth Brother encounters any problems that are difficult to solve in the future, you can also come directly to me."

After Song Qingrui nodded in agreement, he smiled happily and replied: "Li Mu, you can rest assured and leave this child to me. I will definitely teach him well. After so many years, my old bones can still help you worry about things, which can be considered as still having some use. However, you also know that my cultivation base is not high. In a few years, you will still have to help him find another master, lest it delay his cultivation."

Since Song Qingrui went down the mountain to start a family, he had given birth to eight children in a row, and there were more than a dozen grandchildren. Among these descendants of his, only one child had spirit roots, and it was a five-spirit-root qualification with qualifications not as good as his own. Today, having the opportunity to personally teach the family's future genius can be considered as allowing him to have another successor to inherit his legacy.

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