Chapter 9

Mowuji hurriedly stepped forward, clasped his hands, and said, "We two are just curious and came to take a look. We heard that opening the spirit root requires a lot of gold coins. We can't even afford to eat, and we don't have a single silver coin, let alone gold coins. We will leave now."

The gaze of the white-bearded man was somewhat terrifying, and Mowuji had a hard-to-describe feeling that they shouldn't continue to stay here.

The woman coldly snorted, her eyes sweeping over the bag of gold coins in Mowuji's hand, a trace of disgust flashing in her eyes. Clearly, she knew that Mowuji's bag contained gold coins, and thus she was very disdainful and disgusted by his lie.

Mowuji, being worldly-wise, naturally saw the disgust in the woman's eyes. He even suspected whether there was a hole in the bag in his hand. Otherwise, how could this woman's eyes see through his bag?

"Don't be in a hurry to leave. Since you're here, why don't you go in and see if you have spirit roots?" the white-bearded man continued in a hoarse voice.

Mowuji calmed down. He clearly felt that the white-bearded man was not targeting him but the girl beside him, Yan'er. If it was for Yan'er's spirit roots, but Yan'er clearly hadn't tested her spirit roots yet, could he really tell? If not for Yan'er's spirit roots, then why? He pulled Yan'er behind him and said solemnly, "Your Excellencies, my brother and sister have no gold coins and do not want to open our spirit roots now. We will take our leave."

The white-bearded man chuckled, "I'm not asking you to open your spirit roots. Testing doesn't cost much. Go in..."

Testing doesn't cost much? Mowuji was somewhat puzzled in his heart. Wasn't it said that the test before opening the spirit root would cost at least several hundred gold coins?

"Brother, I heard that even the test costs five hundred gold coins. Some people test as ordinary roots and, to try their luck, spend at least ten thousand gold coins to open their spirit roots, using the poorest quality spirit medicines." If not for their extraordinary demeanor, Mowuji would even suspect that these two were human traffickers.

The white-bearded man laughed heartily, "Usually, only after detecting spirit roots do they consider whether to open them. Once it's an ordinary root, they say the spirit root tower can't detect some spirit roots, and they persuade others to directly open their spirit roots, as they won't lose anything."

Mowuji fully understood. What was the need for tens of thousands to millions of gold coins to open spirit roots? This was all a money-making scheme by the spirit root tower. As long as you come for testing, if it's an ordinary root, they say they can't be sure if you have a spirit root, and only after opening it can they confirm.

If you want to open your spirit root, then hand over the gold coins. Some people, like him, think that the first time opening the spirit root, the spirit medicine used wasn't good enough, and they didn't develop the hidden spirit root, so they spend more money to open it again.

At this point, Mowuji was one hundred percent sure that his stepfather had been cheated the first time he brought him to open his spirit root.

It must be that he didn't have a spirit root, and the people at the spirit root tower wanted to make money from the spirit root opening fee. Plus, Muguangyuan desperately needed him to cultivate, so he spent a large sum of gold coins to open his spirit root. Of course, only those with money could be cheated.

"Stop." The guard at the spirit root tower seemed not to recognize the man and woman, and similarly stopped them.

The white-bearded man coldly snorted, "Who is in charge here? Come out."

The cold snort of the white-bearded man, though not very loud, made Mowuji feel as if his eardrums were about to burst, and he felt a sense of panic in his heart.

In just a few seconds, a fat middle-aged man rushed out. He arrived at the entrance of the spirit root tower and looked at the man and woman with some confusion, clearly not recognizing them.

The man raised his hand and grabbed a jade token, saying, "Take me to the best spirit root testing room here."

The fat man's hand trembled slightly when he saw the jade token, and he quickly said respectfully, "Yes, yes, I am the responsible steward here, Liu Chunshan. Please follow me, Your Excellencies."

Following, Mowuji felt a powerful force carrying him, making him involuntarily follow the man and woman into the spirit root tower.

Mowuji's face was somewhat grim. He indeed wanted to test his spirit roots again. But being coerced in without any resistance made him very uncomfortable.

The inside of the spirit root tower was spacious. Mowuji saw several people paying gold coins, apparently here to test or open their spirit roots.

Liu Chunshan quickly led the group to the second floor of the spirit root tower. As soon as they entered the second floor, the first thing Mowuji saw was a crystal column about ten feet tall.

"You go test first, stand behind that." The white-bearded man spoke dismissively, pointing to the place behind the crystal column where Mowuji should stand.

Mowuji clearly understood his meaning. He was being tested because of Yan'er. By this time, Mowuji had already guessed that the white-bearded man was very optimistic about Yan'er's spirit roots, though he didn't know how he could tell just by a glance.

Even though he had been tested once before and knew he had no spirit root, Mowuji was still somewhat anxious. He hoped that the previous test was wrong and that he actually had a spirit root. At this moment, he even hoped that the person who said he had no spirit root was trying to cheat more gold coins from his stepfather, making him test again.

Mowuji also knew that this possibility was very small.

"Master, go test," Mowuji's words from yesterday made Yan'er understand that her master was very eager to have a spirit root.

Mowuji nodded, took a deep breath, and walked to the spirit root testing area, standing on it.

A gray light flashed on the crystal column and then stopped moving.

Mowuji didn't know how to have a spirit root, but the crystal column's lack of any reaction clearly indicated that he had no spirit root.

Sure enough, the white-bearded man said impatiently, "The most ordinary root, destined to be an ordinary person for life. Come down."

Mowuji's whole body turned cold, his head feeling dizzy. His strong self-control made him walk down the testing platform as if nothing had happened. His slightly trembling hands revealed how disappointed he was. Even the worst spirit root would be better, why just an ordinary root?

"Master, not having a spirit root is not a problem. The master also doesn't have a spirit root," Yan'er quickly came to protect Mowuji.

Mowuji pretended to be calm and smiled, "It's fine. Without a spirit root, I still have my hands. In the future, we will still eat well and drink well."

He sighed in his heart, but didn't say something. The master, because he had no spirit root, ended up being eaten to the bone in Raozhou.

The beautiful woman didn't even bother to despise Mowuji. Eating well and drinking well, only ordinary people like ants had such lofty ideals.

The white-bearded man paid no attention to Mowuji and smiled at Yan'er, "Little girl, you come test."

Yan'er quickly shook her head, "I don't need to test. I don't want to cultivate. I want to leave with Master."

"Since you're here, test," as the white-bearded man spoke, Yan'er involuntarily landed on the spirit root testing platform.

Mowuji clenched his fists in secret. He indeed wanted Yan'er to test, but now being forced to test made him even more uncomfortable. Mowuji slowly took a deep breath. Even if he was uncomfortable, in front of this man and woman, he was as insignificant as an ant.

As soon as Yan'er landed on the testing platform, in just a few seconds, the crystal column suddenly burst into a series of green lights. Soon, the green light shot to the top of the crystal column, just a foot away from the top. The green light was soft and bright, like a green rainbow.

"Top-grade spirit root!" The white-bearded man and the beautiful woman almost shouted in unison, and Mowuji saw a fanatical look in their eyes.

Indeed, it was for Yan'er. Mowuji felt a sense of helplessness in his heart.

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