A small town.
In the center of the town, a winding river flows past, and the main road is paved with blue stone slabs.
In the misty drizzle, a watchman clangs his copper gong as he goes through the streets and alleyways, calling out, "The annual Spirit Testing Ceremony of the Fierce Sun Dao Court is about to begin. If your child has a Spirit Root, they can be sent to the academy without any costs for food and accommodation, and they might even become an esteemed Immortal Master... Children aged ten must hurry to the town's threshing grounds, don't be late..."
At the threshing grounds, numerous children, accompanied by their parents, were already waiting anxiously, looking at an old man with a white beard and hair who was feeling for bones.
"No Spirit Root."
The elder seemed to be a typical image of Daoist Immortality; however, he was actually just an early-stage Qi Cultivator, too stingy even to use a Spirit Testing Talisman, idly applying the Sensing Spirit Technique himself.
