Half a month passed in a hurry. The ice spiritual energy in Li Jinzhi's body was already the size of a baby's fist. He was about to enter the second level of Qi Refinement.

Ye Cheng was more hardworking than expected when it came to cultivating. Other than eating three meals a day, he sat cross-legged like this.

Li Jinzhi asked him about his cultivation situation, but he only received silence.

Looking at the increasingly handsome Ye Cheng, Li Jinzhi's heart sank.

He didn't want to see Ye Cheng wasting his time. It would be great if there was a Dharma disc that could test one's spiritual roots.

Li Jinzhi suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a Dharma disc in the Li Family's Elixir Pavilion. As long as the children in the Li Family's Elixir Pavilion reached the age of one, they would use it to test their spiritual roots.

"Let's go to the Elixir Pavilion with me!" He stood up abruptly, pulled Ye Cheng, and hurried out.

After turning left and right for more than an hour, Ye Cheng finally had to lead the way. After crossing the ice pontoon bridge, they finally arrived at the Elixir Pavilion.

This pavilion was located at the edge of the Li Family's Castle, leaning against the ice wall. It was obvious that the Li Family's Castle attached great importance to this pavilion.

There was a towering ice tree in front of the pavilion!

This tree looked like ice but wasn't ice. It looked like wood but wasn't wood. Its leaves were crystal clear and magnificent. It was a thriving scene.

However, Li Jinzhi didn't look at the crown of the ice tree. Instead, he focused on the roots of the ice tree and the countless black pebbles in the flower bed.

"What's wrong?" Ye Cheng looked at Li Jinzhi, who was behind him, and followed his gaze to the flower bed.

Li Jinzhi didn't answer. He walked to the flower bed and rummaged through it. He remembered that the plot seemed to have mentioned this flower bed before.

A few days before leaving home, Li Jinzhi went to the Elixir Pavilion to collect some elixirs. He found a phoenix-shaped jade pendant in the flower bed of the ice tree. Seeing that its shape was strange, he gave it to the Ye Dieer he met later.

This jade pendant was one of the suspense left by the author. It was known that it was valuable, but it didn't mention what made it so special.

Just by looking at the cultivation speed of the Ye Dieer who wore the jade pendant, one could see how extraordinary he was.

Li Jinzhi had a vague feeling that this jade pendant had more uses than this. He had to find it.

Ye Yu stood behind Li Jinzhi and watched as he bent over to search for something. Ye Yu's eyebrows furrowed as he quietly waited and didn't say anything to disturb him.

Just by looking at the roots of the towering ice trees, which were so thick that it would take five or six adults to wrap their arms around them, one could tell how big the flower bed was. It really wasn't easy to find a phoenix shaped pebble among the densely packed black pebbles.

An hour later, Li Jinzhi decided to climb into the flower bed to look for the jade pendant.

"What are you looking for?

Do you need my help? "Ye Cheng couldn't help but ask when he saw the other party's actions.

Li Jinzhi picked up the pebble and said without turning his head, "Go in and borrow a qi-testing disc first. Just say that I want it."

Ye Cheng glanced at the other party, then turned around the flower bed and entered the medicine pavilion. When he came out again, Li Jinzhi was sitting on the flower bed with his back facing him, looking down at something.

After taking a few steps forward, the item in the other party's hand was revealed. It was just a black stone with the shape of a phoenix. The carving was rough and only a few lines were used to outline it. It really couldn't be considered beautiful.

Not to mention that it was covered with frozen soil, which made it even rougher.

Li Jinzhi saw Ye Cheng come out and pursed his lips. He held the black stone in his hand and said carelessly, "Let's go."

Ye Cheng followed the other party onto the pontoon and asked tentatively, "You like this kind of stone?"

Li Jinzhi stopped in his tracks and scratched his head awkwardly. "Yes, it's very clear and even glows."

Then, to prove his words, he raised the black stone high and pointed it at the sun. There were actually red lines flowing where the light shone.

"It looks pretty."

Ye Cheng looked at the youth whose eyes were shining and pursed his lips. He secretly remembered the other party's preference. A clear and glowing stone.

Li Jinzhi looked at the black stone and pursed his lips. What kind of mentality did this guy have to say something so untrue?

Also, what happened to the promised unique appearance?

Male lead, have your aesthetics been eaten by the villain?!

Look at the simple appearance and the black frozen soil, this phoenix-shaped jade was almost no different from a normal stone.

It was rare that Ye Dieer didn't dislike it and even hung it around his neck every day.

After returning to his room, Li Jinzhi casually tossed the black stone in his hand into the basin by his feet. He turned around and took the Aura Measuring Disk from the other party's hand. It was a pitch-black disk with two ends that were pitch-black.

Li Jinzhi, who already knew how to use it, held it with one hand. Spiritual energy flowed slowly along his meridians and finally gushed out of his palm to act on the qi-testing disc.

"Quickly put your hand on it and use the technique to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!" He looked up and urged.

Ye Cheng didn't hesitate. He immediately closed his eyes and placed his hand on the disc.

There was no reaction from the qi-testing disc. After waiting for a while, just as Li Jinzhi was on tenterhooks, a dazzling white light suddenly burst out from the jade disc. There were faint red lines crazily moving within it!

But this light disappeared very quickly. Even Ye Cheng, who just had time to open his eyes, only caught a trace of the quickly disappearing white light.

Li Jinzhi frowned. What were those red lines?

If it was a dual spirit root, then the qi-testing disc should have two halves of light. But there was only one color just now. The red lines struggling within were clearly living things.

They were like tiny snakes.

"Try again." Ye Cheng frowned and said calmly.

But to their disappointment, no matter how many times they tried, the white light never appeared again.

"There's no need to try anymore."

Ye Cheng lowered his head and sat on the chair. His voice was dejected. "I don't have spirit roots. No matter how many times I try, I won't be able to change this fact. I even wasted so much of your spiritual energy."

Li Jinzhi didn't say anything. He frowned and placed the qi-testing disc on the table. However, he thought of something. It was also about the foreshadowing left behind by the author.

The male lead, Li Jinzhi, had just entered the Dao at the end of the month. During the preliminary examination of the immortal sect, the qi-testing disc caused an abnormality. The sudden bright light flashed quickly, like a flash of the night flower.

The disciples of the immortal sect were surprised but didn't investigate further. They only thought that the qi-testing disc was damaged and that there was no result. They suspected that he didn't have spirit roots.

But the male lead had successfully entered the Dao. They couldn't figure it out and could only bring the male lead back to the immortal sect.

But now, such a situation was happening to Ye Cheng. Could it be that something that should have happened to him was taken over by Ye Cheng?

Could it be that the medicine that suppressed his spirit roots had returned?

Li Jinzhi lowered his eyes and stared at the qi-testing disc with a frown. After a while, he said, "I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault that you don't have spirit roots."

Ye Cheng said in a low voice. He was extremely disappointed. He wasn't disappointed that he had no hope of becoming an immortal, but that he couldn't stay by her side for a long time. "When I'm old, perhaps you'll still be as young as you are now."

"You have spirit roots."

When Li Jinzhi heard the other party's words, he felt extremely depressed, "It's my fault, I didn't think things through. That day, when Di Mother sent over a bowl of medicine, I'm afraid that she had put medicine that suppressed the spirit roots in it. It's not the first time she did something like this. Heh, don't worry, there won't be a next time." After thinking about it, he could only feed the medicine that should have gone into his stomach to Ye Yu.

Ye Cheng suddenly looked up. His eyes were shining. He grabbed onto Li Jinzhi's sleeves tightly. "In that case, I, I can also cultivate. I won't die early. I won't …" However, his voice was choked and he couldn't continue speaking.

"Neither will. But …" Li Jinzhi suddenly paused. He closed his eyes and sighed. "I'm afraid that I won't be able to make it in time for the preliminary examination of the immortal sects in a month. I don't know if I can bring a servant with me to the immortal sects."

"It's okay. There will always be a way." Ye Cheng grinned foolishly.

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A month later, the main hall of the Li Family Fort was filled with people. The main and branch families had gathered together to wait for the immortal sects' disciples to arrive.

"Zongyin, your eldest son is going to be in the limelight today. It's rare to see someone with double spirit roots."

A middle-aged man with a square face and an honest appearance sat on the main seat. He was the head of the Li Family Fort, Li Jinzhi's uncle, Li Zongmu.

"You're flattering me.

The eldest son of the head of the family is the one who is extremely talented. He also has double spirit roots and has already reached the third level of Qi Refinement. He's really extraordinary. "Li Zongyin laughed. Although he was praising others, it was not difficult to hear the pride in his voice.

Li Jinzhi stood quietly behind Li Zongyin, pretending to be invisible. He turned a deaf ear to the flattery of others. However, he was thinking about something else.

Ye Cheng refused to come. When he heard that someone from the main family would be coming, he refused to come no matter what.

Li Jinzhi recalled how Ye Cheng refused to let go of the pillar in the house and suddenly felt a headache coming on.

Could it be that he had a grudge against the main family?

He raised his eyes and looked around at the people from the main family present.

The head of the Li Family, his wife, his favorite concubine, his eldest son, his second eldest son, and his illegitimate son.

Who could it be?

Just as Li Jinzhi was deep in thought with a frown, the sound of something breaking through the air suddenly came from outside the door. Everyone looked up and saw a beautifully decorated carriage flying in from the sky. The horse was snow white and there was no one driving it.

When the carriage came to a stop, many people filed out of the carriage. There were three young men in the same clothes and five young men and young women in gorgeous clothes.

Once they got out of the carriage, the head of the family, Li Zongmu, stood up and greeted them. "The three immortal masters have come from afar. Please take a seat."

After letting the servants lead the three to their seats, he looked at the five young men and young women. "The five of you must have come from Extreme Snow City and Extreme Ice City. Come, come, come, take a seat."

After arranging everyone, Li Zongmu then happily returned to his seat.

"It's been a few days since we came out this time. The three of us also need to hurry, so we won't be polite." The leading immortal sect disciple took out a qi-testing disk. "Let's begin. Who will go first?"

"I'll go first!"

Li Jinzhi stood quietly in the corner. When he looked up, he saw that the person who spoke was his big brother, Li Jintang. He curled his lips. In the original work, the male lead stood near his stepmother and was pushed up to be the first one to be tested. After a strange incident happened, the second one to be tested, Li Jintang, had good spiritual roots and was allowed to enter the inner sect.

He looked coldly at the other party who strode forward with his head held high and placed his hand on the magic tool.

In an instant, a red and blue light burst out from the pillar-shaped jade. It was very beautiful.

On the other hand, Li Jingtang was looking at the red and blue lights with a smug look on his face. He couldn't stop the smile from forming on his face.

The disciple holding the magic tool took a look and turned to the disciple holding the jade slip. "Dual spiritual roots of water and fire. Aptitude, uh, low-grade. Enter the outer sect." He then turned to look at Li Jintang and asked, "What's your current level of Qi Refinement?"

Li Jintang was stunned for a long time, then answered slowly, "Second level.

How can it be low-grade? "He seemed to have suddenly reacted and asked with a face full of astonishment," I clearly have dual spiritual roots!

Why am I only judged as low-grade?! "

The examiner didn't seem to want to say much. He only glanced at him and said, "Dual Spirit Veins are inferior to Quad Spirit Veins. The Mortal Realm naturally doesn't understand this. You're also the only unlucky person in the past hundred years. Tsk tsk, who's next?"

"Pfft."

In the quiet hall, someone actually burst into laughter. Li Jintang angrily turned his head to look. It was the Clan Master's favorite concubine. "Oh, so that's how it is. If the clan had known about this earlier, why would they have wasted so much energy to cultivate him?" His bright eyes moved as he glanced at the branch.

"Fourth Mother, don't be unreasonable!" Li Zongmu shouted, but there was no blame in his tone.

"Yes, Fourth Mother knows she was wrong. Jinren, you can go next." The favored concubine named Fourth Mother smiled sweetly and pushed her son lightly with the back of her hand.

Li Jinzhi faintly glanced at his official mother, Liu Shi. The handkerchief in his hand was almost twisted into a rag. It must have been hard on her to scheme for so many years.

This time, if it weren't for Ye Cheng helping him drink that bowl of medicine, he probably wouldn't even have the qualifications to stand here now. Although he felt guilty, he remembered this kindness.

As for Liu Shi, Li Jinzhi narrowed his eyes. He would give her a blow later.

"Wood, Fire, and Metal triple spiritual roots. Mid-grade aptitude. You can enter the inner sect." The immortal sect disciple's cold voice sounded. Li Jinren's aptitude was also tested.

Then it was the main family's legitimate son and the second legitimate son, respectively, with Wood and Earth double spiritual roots and Metal, Wood, and Earth triple spiritual roots.

Compared to the gloomy mood of the branch family, the main branch family was truly overjoyed. That's right, of the branch family, only Li Jintang had tested for a mutually restraining spirit root and received a low grade evaluation. However, the three sons of the main branch all tested for a spirit root.

The master stood up happily, the smile on his face was unusually sincere. "This is the end of the test."

"Wait."

Li Zongyin stood up and pulled Li Jinzhi, who was behind him, out. "There's still my second son, Jingzhi, who has not been tested yet."

"Hey, Zongyin, you're really muddle-headed. Everyone in the castle knows that your son did not have spirit roots that time. Why are you still taking him out?"

The main family's legitimate mother smiled. "Don't delay Master Immortal. The castle has prepared spirit wine and spirit banquets to entertain Master Immortal. If you're late, what will happen?"

Before she finished speaking, the disciple who tested the spirit roots interrupted her. "You've drawn Qi into your body?" He looked at Li Jinzhi.

"Yes." Li Jinzhi looked down and answered.

"But just now, someone said that you don't have spirit roots."

That disciple said thoughtfully, "If you don't have spirit roots, how can you draw Qi? Come and try. In recent years, your city's aptitude has been really average. If it's still the same next year, we'll have to come back once every three years."

Li Zongmu stood up and frowned. His eyes glanced at the five youths. "I wonder what the other cities' aptitudes are this year?"

"Extreme Snow City's Ye Dieer has a heavenly fire spirit root. Extreme Snow City's Ye Miner has dual fire and wood spirit roots. Extreme Ice City's Feng Yan has dual fire and earth spirit roots. The other two have three spirit roots."

The testing disciple smiled. "If you have heavenly spirit roots, you'll definitely be valued by the higher-ups. You might even become a core disciple directly."

Ye Dieer?!

Li Jinzhi, who was at the side, trembled. His expression did not change as he quickly glanced at the girl. Recalling the deceptive ending, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning and his chrysanthemum shrank.

Female lead, hello!

Female lead, why are you here?!

There was no such scene in the script!

However, after thinking about it for a while, he could figure it out. In the original novel, the male lead was the first to test his spirit roots. That Master Immortal did not say those words just now, so naturally, he did not mention the names of the other new disciples present.

"Little friend?" The testing disciple called out to Li Jinzhi. "Let's start the test now."

Li Jinzhi returned to his senses. He took a few steps forward and placed his hand on the magic tool. He closed his eyes and circulated his spiritual power. After a while, he felt that the voices around him had disappeared.

In fact, he was also very nervous. The script only said that when the male lead tested his spirit roots, the light flashed and disappeared, but it did not say what it would be like.

When Li Jinzhi opened his eyes, he saw that the whole room was filled with shocked expressions. Among them, his stepmother's expression was the most interesting.

"This …" The testing disciple looked at the qi testing disk and hesitantly sized it up. "This has never happened before. What spirit root is this?

Is it considered dual spirit roots? "

Only then did Li Jinzhi lower his head to look, only to see that the jade body was glowing with a white luster. It was obviously a mutated Ice Spirit Root, but upon closer inspection, he could see that within the white luster, there were countless green light spots floating up and down, like fireflies fluttering about.

"But shouldn't dual spirit roots be separated in half by white and green?"

The disciple holding the jade slip also stood up and leaned over to take a closer look. "Oh, maybe the wood spirit root is extremely thin, which is why it scattered like starlight."

"That makes sense. Oh, dual spirit roots of ice and wood, superior aptitude, enter the inner sect."

The testing disciple said in a deep voice, "Although it's not a celestial spirit root, I see that your ice spirit root is extremely thick and is a mutated one. If you work hard in the future, you might be able to catch the elder's eye."

Li Jinzhi withdrew his hand and nodded in agreement. He obediently returned behind Li Zongyin, but this time, he could not be the screen anymore. Almost everyone present turned to look at him.

Mixed feelings, resentment, jealousy, unwillingness, and curiosity.

Li Jinzhi felt that he was going to be shot into a sieve, but he did not pay much attention to those gazes. He only frowned. How could he have an ice and wood spirit root?

The protagonist in the original novel clearly only had an ice spirit root.

Moreover, he could only sense the ice element.

Li Zongyin looked at his second son with a complicated expression. That's right, his second son, who had been neglected for many years, suddenly had mutated dual spirit roots. Anyone would be upset.

"Ah, Younger Brother, you've kept me in the dark for so long."

The family head looked gloomily at the branch. "You've been hiding such a big trump card for sixteen years!"

Li Zongyin laughed bitterly. "Elder Brother, you've misunderstood me. Jingzhi did not have a spirit root when he was one year old. This is something that everyone here has seen."

The official mother of the branch, Madam Liu, said sarcastically, "Ah, Jingzhi is really good. He hid it from all of us."

She actually made it sound like Jingzhi was deliberately hiding this matter. She reached out to pull Li Jintang and continued hypocritically, "In the future, you have to take care of your blood-related brothers in the immortal sect. Mother asks you to do so."

Li Zongyin's expression changed, and the complicated feelings he had just now disappeared. With a serious expression, he instructed, "Yes, yes. In the end, we are blood brothers, so we can take care of each other in the sect. Ah, of course." He glanced at the members of the main family, "You and your cousins also need to take care of each other, understand?"

"Hmph." Li Jintang shook off Madam Liu's hand and glanced at Li Jinzhi from the corner of his eyes.

Li Jinzhi looked at the couple who were echoing each other and full of schemes. He was already laughing coldly in his heart, but he did not show it on his face. He only looked down and replied, "Jingzhi will remember Father's teachings."

"Aiya, you husband and wife are really too much. How could you hide such a big matter and mistreat Jingzhi for so many years?"

Li Zongmu rolled his eyes. He was more or less aware of what the branch had done. He reached out and took out a storage bag. "Jingzhi, come and take it. This is a little gift from Uncle to you. When you go to the immortal sect in the future, you have to cultivate well."

Li Jinzhi didn't refuse. He accepted the storage pouch and expressed his thanks.

After this matter was settled, the immortal masters allowed the juniors with spirit roots to return to their rooms to pack their things, while they were led by the elders to enjoy the spirit feast.

Li Jinzhi walked at the back. He secretly pulled one of the immortal masters and said respectfully, "I have something to ask you, immortal master."

The person who was pulled was very amiable. When he saw that the person who pulled him was a junior with two spirit roots, he smiled even more amiably. "We will be brothers in the future. You don't have to be so formal. My surname is Ren. Junior Brother, you can call me Senior Brother Ren."

Li Jinzhi did not stand on ceremony. "Senior Brother Ren, to be honest, I have a personal servant. I wonder if I can bring him to the immortal sect."

He had thought about it before. Ye Cheng's spirit roots could not be detected and he had not officially entered the Qi stage. There was no evidence to say that he had spirit roots, so he could only ask in this way.

"Of course not. How can a disciple who has just entered the sect bring a servant from the secular world with him?"

Senior Brother Ren shook his head. "However, when you enter the Foundation Establishment stage, you will have a position as an attendant. It won't be too late to bring him over then."

Li Jinzhi thanked him and left. He had an idea in his mind.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Ye Cheng sitting on the bed cultivating. He was making complicated hand gestures, but his eyes were open.

"You're back." His tone was very calm, but his face was full of worry.

"Yes."

Li Jinzhi replied, "I'm here to pack my clothes. I'll be late." Looking into the other party's dark and deep eyes, he felt an inexplicable tightness in his heart. Although he had made up his mind, he did not know how to tell the other party.

"I'll help you."

After saying that, Ye Cheng jumped off the bed and opened the cupboard to take out his clothes. From the beginning to the end, he did not ask if he could go with him.

"I'll come and pick you up."

Li Jinzhi looked at the other party's busy figure and said to himself, "You will be bullied here. When I settle down there, I'll find an opportunity to come out and bring you to the foot of Ice Gate Mountain to settle down."

The person who was packing his clothes suddenly paused and turned to look at Li Jinzhi in a daze. He mumbled, "You won't abandon me?"

"Of course not."

Li Jinzhi frowned and said solemnly, "You saved me in the ice cave and gave me a chance to live. I also promised you that when I enter the Foundation Establishment stage, I'll bring you to my side."

"No!"

However, Ye Cheng frowned and refused. He lowered his head and chuckled. The young man's voice had a unique elegance. "I'll cultivate alone at the foot of the mountain and take the entrance test to meet you.

As a man, how can I rely on you for everything? "

Li Jinzhi was stunned. For the first time, he looked at the other party seriously. He was not as thin and out of shape as he was a month ago. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, his face was extremely outstanding. At this moment, there was a lofty ambition on his face. He could not help but chuckle. "You have ambition. Then I'll wait for you to come and find me."

The two of them packed their things. Li Jinzhi pulled the other party to the main hall, but he was rejected again.

"I have some disagreements with the main family, so I won't see you out." He pushed Li Jinzhi out of the door and quickly closed it. His actions were so fast that it was shocking.

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Li Jinzhi had no choice but to go to the main hall alone. However, he saw that the immortal master's carriage was already parked in the hall. Other than the main family's first and second sons, everyone else was already there. Li Jinzhi was used to being the background and did not flatter the immortal master. He stood quietly and no one paid him any attention.

After waiting for another fifteen minutes, the two of them hurried over. When they got on the carriage, the immortal sect disciple recited a spell and a wave of spiritual energy shot into the carriage.

The snow-white colt looked up to the sky and neighed. It kicked its hooves and galloped wildly.

Li Jinzhi looked out through the gauze window and saw a young man standing in the snow in his courtyard, looking up to the sky.

The young man's figure gradually disappeared and gradually blended into the pure white snow.