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Niubi followed the Third Elder and entered a luxurious and grand room. The Third Elder slowly walked to the soft couch in the middle of the room and turned to sit down.

Niubi stopped a few meters in front of the Third Elder, stood with his hands down, and waited quietly for the Third Elder to speak.

The Third Elder sat on the couch, stared at Niubi for a moment, and a hint of inexplicable meaning flashed in his eyes. But this strange glint immediately disappeared in his eyes. The Third Elder raised the corner of his mouth and said softly: "Niubi!"

"Disciple is here!" Niubi quickly responded, with a humble attitude, but in his heart, he was secretly calculating the purpose of the high-level of the Tian Yun Sect for asking him to come to the inner courtyard.

"Would you like to learn profound immortal techniques and master the ability to reach the sky?"

Uh? Niubi was immediately stunned. Doubts arose in his heart. He never expected that the Third Elder would ask such a question. But in a moment, Niubi still respectfully replied.

"Disciple is of course willing. But disciple is a person with incomplete spiritual roots and cannot cultivate profound immortal techniques at all!"

"Person with incomplete spiritual roots." The Third Elder seemed to be carefully considering the meaning of this sentence. But in Niubi's heart, he was suddenly covered in cold sweat.

"Could he have seen that my spiritual root has evolved?" This thought pierced through Niubi's heart like a thunderbolt, and an overwhelming fear suddenly arose.

"Hehe, it doesn't matter. I saw that you have a stable mind and know when to advance and retreat, which gave me the thought of loving talents. Besides, I have also reached today's position with a third-grade Earth Spiritual Root. As long as you practice diligently, there is no need to worry about having no achievements in the future." The Third Elder finished speaking and smiled faintly.

"Third-grade Earth Spiritual Root?" Niubi was confused for a moment. It seemed that the host he possessed knew very little. Now he seemed to know very little about the immortal cultivation world.

Seeing the confusion in Niubi's eyes, the Third Elder was not surprised. He never expected that a waste in the would understand these things.

The Third Elder smiled slightly and then said.

According to ancient legends, the Central Region is vast and boundless. All kinds of demons and fierce beasts cause disasters in the human world, making the people live in misery and the land full of sorrow.

The immortals in the heaven, feeling sorry for the sufferings of the people, descended to eliminate the demons. But they didn't know that there were so many demons with boundless divine power. The immortals who came were not only unable to eliminate the demons but were captured by the demons to absorb their immortal power.

The immortals were greatly shocked and all dissipated their own immortal power and scattered it in the world. This is the origin of spiritual roots. Some mortals absorbed the immortal power by coincidence and formed spiritual roots in their bodies, and from then on, they could pursue immortal cultivation and ask for the way.

And these immortal powers scattered in the mortal world were not uniform. So there was a classification of spiritual roots.

Spiritual roots are divided into five grades, namely, green Earth Spiritual Root, black Heaven Spiritual Root, red Mysterious Spiritual Root, white Immortal Spiritual Root, and yellow Divine Spiritual Root.

Among the five grades of spiritual roots, they are also divided into nine grades. That is to say, each grade of spiritual root has differences from grade one to grade nine. Grade one is the lowest and grade nine is the highest. The quality of the spiritual root determines the speed of cultivation improvement and also determines the future achievements.

Niubi suddenly understood. If calculated like this, then he should belong to the category of Earth Spiritual Root now. As for the grade, it is probably the lowest grade one.

Seeing Niubi's enlightened look, the Third Elder smiled faintly and said softly: "Niubi, although weak spiritual roots determine a person's immortal path, it is not all like this. In the Central Region, there are many immortals with not strong spiritual roots who have become powerful by chance. So you don't have to belittle yourself. Would you like to worship me as your master?"

Niubi was a little stunned by the Third Elder's words. But after a little calculation, it seemed that there was no loss for him to worship under his door. On the contrary, he could gain some time under his protection to enhance his strength.

Thinking of this, Niubi quickly and respectfully knelt on the ground and kowtowed nine times loudly.

The Third Elder was overjoyed. He got off the soft couch, lifted Niubi up, and looked at Niubi with a smile on his face.

"Good, good, good. Since we already have the name of master and disciple, I will tell you my dharma name so that when you go out in the future, if others ask, you won't even know who your master is. That would be a big joke!"

At this point, the Third Elder seemed to think of something and couldn't help laughing heartily, which made Niubi could only accompany with a smile. But in his heart, he always felt that something was strange about today's matter. A pie falling from the sky was either a trap or another trap. He didn't think that the Third Elder would be so kind-hearted.

After thinking for a moment, the Third Elder suddenly froze his expression and said in a deep voice.

"I am surnamed Yang and named Wenju. My Taoist name is the Dual Supreme True Person. I am a disciple of the Yellow Dress Fairy of the Tian Yun Sect. Do you remember?"

"Disciple remembers it firmly in his heart and dare not forget even a little!" Niubi's face was serious and he bowed to answer, showing no pretense.

The Third Elder nodded in satisfaction. Then he explained some trivial matters and what the Great Elder had instructed Niubi to do during the exchange conference these days. Then he asked the doorkeeper boy to take Niubi away.

In the hall, the Third Elder looked at Niubi leaving with a smile on his face. But just as Niubi's figure was about to disappear, the Third Elder's eyes turned cold and his expression was extremely icy.

"What a good disciple. You even dare to deceive me, your master. A person with incomplete spiritual roots? I'm afraid that was in the past!" The Third Elder's voice was as cold as ice from the ninth heaven, extremely cold.

But the cold expression didn't stay on the Third Elder's face for too long. After a moment, the Third Elder suddenly smiled indifferently and looked at the place where Niubi disappeared and said.

"But it is also fate that our master and disciple met. If the Great Elder hadn't asked me to pick you up, I'm afraid the fluctuation of spiritual energy in you would soon be discovered. Master has gone to great lengths for you. Don't disappoint me. The seventh level of the Foundation Establishment stage is already my limit. I must find the key to the variation of your spiritual root!"

Saying this, the Third Elder suddenly laughed sinisterly.

In the simple room, the boy didn't say much and turned to leave. After the boy left, Niubi sat cross-legged on the couch and fell into deep thought.

Why did the Third Elder accept himself as a disciple? Although he had not been in the immortal cultivation world for a long time, based on the memory of his predecessor and his recent experiences, Niubi didn't believe that these arrogant immortal cultivators would have a moment of kindness.

After thinking for a long time, Niubi had no clue. He couldn't help shaking his head and smiling wryly. Alas! I can't figure it out. I'd better focus on cultivation. As long as the strength reaches a certain level, any conspiracy will collapse on its own.

Thinking of this, Niubi changed his mind, and the attribute bar appeared in his mind.

Name: Niubi.

Cultivation level: First level of the Qi Condensation stage.

Strength: Can be enhanced.

Spiritual root: Can be enhanced.

Physical ability: Can be enhanced.

Occupational status: Earth-level Spirit Attachment Master. Occupational characteristics: Turning stones into gold. Leading the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to turn the rotten into the magical.

Task information: Main task, kill Lu Zhong.

Side task, the Great Elder's entrustment, welcome guests.

Niubi's gaze swept over the task bar. When he saw the Great Elder's entrustment, he sighed and then closed the task bar, closed his eyes and entered the cultivation state...