Chapter 15 of 100

Chapter 15: Super First-Class Immortal Root

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Zhou Genwei, despite having to consider public opinion, said, "Since the villagers are pleading for you, Ding Hao, I will give you ten days! If within ten days you can awaken a third-class or higher immortal root, you will still be the Ding family's immortal seed! However, if after ten days you still haven't awakened, then Ding Juncai, the second son of the fourth elder, will automatically take your place! What do you think of this?"

He thought to himself that even if the city lord found out about this judgment, he wouldn't be able to do anything. Moreover, Ding Hao was a very annoying person, and it would be best if Ding Juncai dealt with him, so the matter could be completely covered up.

The fourth elder, Ding, was relatively satisfied with this judgment. After ten days, his second son would become the young master of the Ding family, and everything in the Ding family would belong to him, the fourth elder!

The fourth elder immediately clasped his hands and said, "Great Lord, your judgment is wise."

Zhou Genwei then asked Ding Hao, "Do you accept this judgment?"

Ding Hao replied, "I do not accept it!"

Zhou Genwei thought to himself, "You have to accept it even if you don't want to!" With a cold expression, he said, "Do you think ten days is not enough? Actually, Ding Hao, I've seen many like you. You won't shed a tear until you see the coffin. Even if I give you five months, could you awaken? Don't dream!"

Ding Hao, however, clasped his hands and said, "Great Lord, you've misunderstood. I'm not complaining about the time being too short, but rather that it's too long! Ten days, I don't need it at all!"

This made Zhou Genwei curious. He thought to himself, "Is this kid crazy?" With a cold laugh, he said, "Ten days is too much? How many days then, five days, three days, or one day?"

"Right now!" Ding Hao said, turned around, and faced the crowd outside, clasping his hands and speaking loudly, "Fellow villagers and neighbors, I can awaken my immortal root right now! If it's below third-class, I will willingly give my immortal seed status to Ding Juncai! Please protect me while I awaken!"

"Awakening in the magistrate's hall! Good!"

"Ding Hao, you are indeed bold! We will definitely protect you!"

"Ding Hao, you can awaken with peace of mind, we will protect you!"

Hearing the noisy crowd outside, Zhou Genwei was shocked. He didn't expect this kid to have such confidence to awaken right there in the hall! He glanced at the fourth elder, Ding, and saw that his wife had stepped forward, sneering, "Little waste, you haven't awakened in fifteen years, and now you say you can awaken? You're just dreaming! If you really open a third-class or higher immortal root today, we won't compete with you!"

Zhou Genwei thought it over and agreed; how could it be so easy to open a third-class or higher immortal root?

He then said, "Then awaken in the hall. We will all leave the court and let you awaken. I want to see what kind of powerful immortal root you can open!"

Everyone left the hall, and the fourth elder, Ding, looked back at the tall magistrate's office where Ding Hao was sitting cross-legged alone. He felt an inexplicable worry and hesitated, "He won't really..."

His wife, however, didn't take it seriously and snorted, "What are you afraid of? Let him awaken! Little waste, I don't think he can open any immortal root at all! Our Juncai is the true third-class genius. Do you think everyone can be a third-class genius?"

The fourth elder's eyes flashed with a fierce look, "If only I had killed him a few years ago. Now that he's grown stronger, it's troublesome!"

Ding's wife said, "Why don't we stop him from awakening?"

They wanted to interfere with Ding Hao's awakening, but Boss Shang and the crowd blocked the door, their eyes cold, scaring the two of them from acting rashly.

"To music and wine, how long is life? Mind calm, heart clear, free from dust!"

After entering a meditative state, Ding Hao's thoughts became serene, quickly reaching perfect meditation.

After entering perfect meditation, his body's functions reached perfection. Then, the power he had stored in his meridians began to gather.

Ding Hao's meridians were much thicker now than a month ago, and the power stored in them had increased significantly. Now, gathering it all together, it was like a flood.

"Right now, let's see what kind of immortal root I can open!"

With a thought, Ding Hao directed this flood to rush towards the Ren and Du meridians. This flood was like the Yangtze River opening its gates, surging and rushing out, instantly breaking through the previously difficult "immortal acupoint"!

"So easy!"

Then, these two forces merged, roaring and breaking through the Baihui acupoint on the top of his head, rushing towards the sky!

"Awakening is just like this!"

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At this moment, in the Wu Prefecture City Lord's Residence.

In the grand hall, two people were sitting and talking, and two people were standing below.

The two sitting were one half-draped in a bright silver armor, with a scholar's robe half-exposed, dressed as a scholar-general, who was none other than the Wu Prefecture City Lord, Ling Yunxiao! The one sitting as a guest was a dignified middle-aged man, the Deputy Dean of the Nine Provinces Academy, Min Zhengyuan.

Min Zhengyuan smiled, "Yunxiao, I've been bothering you for these days, I'm really sorry."

Ling Yunxiao laughed heartily, "It's nothing, Zhengyuan. You are a talent from our Wu Prefecture, and we welcome you back for a visit. It's not a bother at all; we can't wait to see you. It's just that your stay is too short..." Ling Yunxiao then suggested, "Why not stay a few more days?"

Min Zhengyuan sighed, "I don't have the time, Yunxiao. Actually, you don't know, this time I came to Wu Prefecture for two reasons: to visit my family and to investigate the whereabouts of a demonic immortal teacher. Now that the matter is settled, I should return."

"An immortal teacher of the demonic path?" Ling Yunxiao was surprised, "What level of cultivation?"

Min Zhengyuan said, "The news came from the Immortal Refinement World. This person was originally a disciple of our Nine Provinces Dao Sect, with the cultivation of a Foundation Establishment True Person. However, he secretly refined a demonic banner, which is against heaven and reason! After being injured by the sect's powerful figures in the Immortal Refinement World, he fled into our Nine Provinces World. Someone discovered his activities in the Earth City of Wu Prefecture, so I came to search, but found nothing. It seems he has already left, so I need to return quickly and inform the other provinces."

"Foundation Establishment True Person!" Ling Yunxiao was shocked. In the Nine Provinces World, most were innate cultivators, and those who reached the Qi Condensation stage were already top-tier experts. If a Foundation Establishment True Person came, they could wreak havoc!

Min Zhengyuan said, "Yunxiao, don't worry. This person is already injured, and his cultivation has dropped by one level. He now only has the strength of a mid-Qi Condensation stage. Even if he recovers, he wouldn't dare to attack the Will of Heaven. The Will of Heaven can easily eliminate him!"

"Is that so?" Ling Yunxiao was relieved, "Then I won't detain you."

Min Zhengyuan stood up, clasped his hands, and pointed to the young man standing below, "The young prince will stay here for three months and will participate in your Wu Prefecture's examination. I leave him in your care, Yunxiao."

Ling Yunxiao smiled, "It's an honor to have the young prince stay here. Three months is no problem, even three years would be fine."

The young prince, somewhat impatient, said proudly, "City Lord Ling, are you mocking me for not being able to enter the Nine Provinces Academy? Rest assured, I will get first place in the examination in three months and leave here."

Ling Yunxiao smiled, "Young prince, with your first-class immortal root, you are a genius of our country. In a small place like Wu Prefecture, you will definitely be the first!"

The young prince looked proud.

Seeing that it was getting late, Min Zhengyuan raised his hand and called his daughter, Min Qingqiu, preparing to leave.

But as soon as he stepped out of the city lord's hall and onto the open ground outside, his expression changed.

"Someone nearby has entered perfect meditation!"

Min Zhengyuan was surprised, "It's not far from here!"

Hearing that someone had entered perfect meditation, Ling Yunxiao was also shocked, then delighted, thinking that perhaps a genius was about to emerge in his residence.

He quickly shouted to the young guard outside, "Find out who in my residence has entered meditation!"

Before the young guard could leave, Min Zhengyuan was surprised again, "This feeling is familiar! Yes, City Lord Ling, do you remember that day in the South Garden's back street, we also felt someone enter perfect meditation, but we didn't find that talent!"

"Could it be the same person?"

At that moment, Ling Yunxiao suddenly turned around, and a wave of spiritual energy emanated from the statue of the Immortal Wu in the grand hall.

Min Zhengyuan's expression changed, "Could it be that the Will of Heaven system has detected an attack?"

Ling Yunxiao was stunned but then overjoyed, "No, it's a genius being born!"

The small statue in the city lord's residence was a projection of the giant statue in the Immortal Wu Square. Any events, big or small, in Wu Prefecture would be conveyed to City Lord Ling Yunxiao through the statue.

"Over there!" Min Qingqiu seemed to have noticed something, lifting her beautiful eyes to look at the sky.

Min Zhengyuan followed her gaze and saw a clear stream of spiritual energy rising from outside the city lord's residence.

"An opening spiritual energy, about eight meters high!"

Ling Yunxiao also looked at the sky, his eyes fixed, "Generally, opening spiritual energy below one meter is below eighth-class; three meters is around fifth or sixth-class; five meters is third or fourth-class; six to seven meters is second-class; eight meters and above is first-class! This is a first-class genius!"

Min Qingqiu, seeing the opening spiritual energy rise, her beautiful eyes widened in surprise, "It's over eight meters and still rising!"

"Wu Prefecture has another genius being born. I didn't expect to witness such a grand event before I leave, truly heartening!" Min Zhengyuan smiled and nodded.

Ling Yunxiao instructed, "Young guard, go out and see which young talent this is..."

He hadn't finished speaking when his expression suddenly changed, "Wait!"

The young guard, about to leave, was startled and stopped.

At that moment, Min Zhengyuan and Min Qingqiu were also stunned, all looking at the sky, waiting for the spiritual energy to burst and disappear. Min Zhengyuan then exclaimed, "Heaven! I didn't see wrong, the opening spiritual energy reached twenty meters high!"

Ling Yunxiao was also overjoyed, "Heaven blesses Wu Prefecture, heaven blesses Wu Prefecture, heaven blesses our Wu Prefecture!"

The young prince, who had followed behind, looked shocked and jealous, "How is that possible, twenty meters! Over ten meters is already a super first-class immortal root, twenty meters! How is that possible!"

Ling Yunxiao was ecstatic, "Young prince, you're right, it's a super first-class! A super first-class with twenty meters, unheard of!"

He then said to the young guard, "Follow me, let's go see which family's young genius this is!"

For a first-class immortal root, he would have asked the young guard to investigate, but for a super first-class immortal root, he had to go personally! After all, a super first-class immortal root would eventually become a great figure in the Immortal Refinement World, and he needed to curry favor with them early.

He then asked, "Brother Zhengyuan, why don't you stay a bit longer?"

Min Zhengyuan laughed heartily, "A heaven-sent genius, a super first-class immortal root, our Nine Provinces Academy offers direct admission. I must go and see! With an opening spiritual energy of twenty meters, if it's correct, I can take him away right away!"

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