"Lady Linglong is a true cultivation talent. She has already become a Level Six Martial Student at such a young age. By the age of 20, she will reach the Martial Practitioner rank. Unlike someone else, who is a complete disgrace to the Gu Family."

As Gu Lingzhi heard the mockery from the caretaker Gu Yong, she looked at him coldly. The caretaker suddenly felt something weird overcome him, it seemed that this usually cowardly First Mistress had changed.

But, so what if she has changed? A wastrel will always be a wastrel!

Along with the mockery, Gu Yong looked at Gu Lingzhi among other people with a mix of pity and disdain. Gu Lingzhi placed her palms on the stone tablet testing for Spiritual Roots. Similar to the past years, as he was about to give her a look of humiliation and critique her uselessness, he suddenly felt as if something was stuck in his throat and stared at the stone tablet in surprise.

He looked, only to see the usually silverish-grey stone tablet give out a weak red glow under Gu Lingzhi's palms. The red glow seemed to grow as it quickly turned into a blinding deep red color resembling a fire that reflected into everyone's eyes.

"Quick, look! The stone tablet has lit up, the wastrel actually possesses Spiritual Roots!" someone exclaimed.

"Oh god, she actually has the fire-based Spiritual Root that is extremely advantageous in battles……"

In a moment, this sudden change in her constitution stunned everyone.

What’s going on? Isn't Gu Lingzhi only a wastrel?

In the past ten thousand years in Mainland China, there has never been anyone who successfully tested for Spiritual Roots past the age of 13. This was a miracle.

As Lin Yue-er looked at the colour of the stone tablet, her eyes filled with disbelief.

How could this be possible? Hadn't that slut been taking the medicines she sent

 religiously

? How could she 

possibly 

test for Spiritual Roots?

Could it be that…Gu Lingzhi had realised something? But according to Cui Lian, Gu Lingzhi has not found out anything suspicious regarding the medicine.

Hmm… when the slut’s mother was alive, she was highly popular among guys and had a lot of them chasing after her. Could it be that one of her mother’s ex-admirer was secretly helping her?

Who was it? Who could be helping her secretly?

Was it someone from the clan that could not let go of Gu Lingzhi's mother, or an outsider? Did that person know what she did to Gu Lingzhi's mother?

In but a moment, Lin Yue-er was thrown into a frenzy. Seeing a similarly shocked expression on Gu Rong's face, she forced herself to calm down.

It will be okay

, she told herself.

So what if there is someone helping Gu Lingzhi in secret?

As long as Gu Lingzhi drank the poison she sends daily, all evidence will be in her stomach and even if they wanted to investigate, there would be nothing to investigate.

Lin Yue-er grew calm. A look of devotion slowly appeared on her face, as she acted out the reaction a mother should have.

On the other side, Gu Linglong glared at Gu Lingzhi in fury. She could not understand how Gu Lingzhi, a wastrel, could suddenly possess Spiritual Roots. It was also fire-based Spiritual Roots, which were prime for battle.

But so what if she has Spiritual Roots?

She was someone that has advanced to a Level Six Martial Student at the age of 14. With a cultivation speed like this, even if Gu Lingzhi rode a horse, it would be hard for her to catch up.

Her happiness was short-lived, however. She was stupefied by the next scene that greeted her.

The once red stone tablet shot out a tinge of green from the center. The green colour quickly grew until it covered half of the stone tablet.

In a flash, the entire stone tablet was a strange combination of red and green. Similar to the feelings of the crowd, it was as strange as it could be.

"I... I didn't see it incorrectly, right?" a clan member exclaimed softly behind Gu Linglong, "The wastrel actually possesses two Spiritual Roots and could thus be a natural Alchemist due to her combination of wood- and fire-based Spiritual Roots. Compared to her, the fact that Gu Linglong has advanced to a Level Six Martial Student is next to nothing."

Gu Linglong spun around and glared at the person who spoke. The jealousy in her heart was building up.

"How could you compare the both of us? So what if she has dual Spiritual Roots? Without actual cultivation, who knows if she will be as useless as a straw bag."

That person immediately lowered his head, hiding the disdain in his eyes.

In the past, there have been times where someone has very good aptitude for Spiritual Roots, but when it came down to cultivation, they were as useless as a straw bag.

However, that was the minority. How could it be so 

unlucky

 for her?

Seeing the people around her trying to analyze her complicated expression, Gu Linglong suddenly felt stupid for rushing ahead of Gu Lingzhi to showoff her talent.

Not wanting to let others treat her like a joke, Gu Linglong could only subtly leave the stone tablet to find her own mother to complain to.

Gu Lingzhi could feel the gaze of others upon her and as she heard the discussion of those around her she felt slightly appeased.

The humiliation she withstood in the Gu family all these years could finally be returned in a single breath.

Looking plainly at the caretaker, whose mouth was agape, Gu Lingzhi took her hands off the stone tablet and left without saying another word.

This action of hers, however, was akin to giving a tight slap to those that once looked down on her.

While everyone was trying to digest what they had just seen and registering that Gu Lingzhi was not a wastrel, Gu Lingzhi did not demonstrate an ounce of pride nor tried to say anything. She simply left, making everyone feel ashamed of their behaviour. They felt like clowns and did not want to think about it.

Especially for the caretaker that ridiculed her, his face flushed in embarrassment. The look that Gu Lingzhi gave him as she left was similar to looking at trash, making him feel even worse.

It was after a long while before he regained his composure and barked at the next child to be tested, "Aren't you going to come up? Do you need me to personally invite you up here?"

The poor child that suffered the brunt of his anger could do nothing but stomach it and step up, placing his hands on the stone tablet…

With her eyes trained on Gu Rong, Gu Lingzhi made her way towards him, emotions fluctuating.

According to rumors, everyone from the Spirit Tribe had all five Spiritual Roots. As a descendent of the Spirit Tribe, Gu Lingzhi's Spiritual Roots certainly could not only be fire- and wood-natured.

It was just that the Spirit Tribe had long disappeared from the Tianyuan Continent, and no one knew whether they had any secrets that could not be told. In order to not rouse curiosity and create a commotion, it was also the reason why Gu Lingzhi only showed her aptitude for two Spiritual Roots.

It was not too mediocre nor too extraordinary to have two Spiritual Roots. Although there were very few people with both fire- and wood-based Spiritual Roots, there were bound to be one or two Martial Artists with such Spiritual Roots every few decades.

Moreover…

Alchemists were the most welcomed and highest demanded job in the Tianyuan Continent. As long as she could become an Alchemist, she would have the capital to establish herself.

She was thrown into chaos in her previous life. This time, she would make sure she lived 

upright 

and

 excitingly

!

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