He did not know, at this moment, Chen Ku was staring at the spot where Shan Lingguan had just stood, his mind surging with tumultuous waves:

"That scent just now? It can't be wrong, it's that Elder of the Sky from that night? How could his scent appear inside the Medicine King Hall, even in my courtyard?"

Immediately, he was about to ask his sister-in-law if anyone had come by.

But suddenly,

he chose to trust his own sense of smell, his eyes wary as he scanned his courtyard:

"It can't be wrong, the scent is here, it appeared for a moment, then disappeared, indicating...that person...could possibly..."

A terrifying thought surfaced in his mind.

"At this moment, they're right here, but I don't know how they're making themselves invisible to me."

At this moment, Chen Ku felt an unprecedented crisis, and even began to sweat on his forehead.

But at the same time, a thought emerged in his mind:

"Why didn't the Transformation Diagram warn me? The scent has reached my small courtyard, it can't possibly not have ill intent?"

He felt it was unlikely.

Instinctively, he wanted to shout, after all, this was the Medicine King Hall, and if he shouted once, his master Yang Luochen could get here in two or three breaths.

But then he considered, if it really was that Elder of the Sky from that night, at least Seventh Realm cultivation, even if his master Yang Luochen came, or even if everyone in the entire Medicine King Hall came together, they might not be able to stop the elder.

What's more, his own relatives, his family, were also in this courtyard.

So Chen Ku took a deep breath, and at this moment, he felt he had to make a decision. If that elder had come specifically for him, he couldn't implicate the few masters of the Medicine King Hall, let alone his family, so he fixed his gaze on the courtyard and said:

"Show yourself, I've discovered you."

At this moment, Shan Lingguan was curiously standing to the left of Chen Ku, watching Chen Ku's actions, the young man scanning the courtyard as if searching for him.

At this moment, his curiosity was piqued.

This young man, even if he was not the person he was looking for, possessed astonishing abilities to actually discover him.

To get a direct answer, Shan Lingguan took out two items, a pearl and a talisman, murmuring to himself:

"Over the years, in order to find a suitable successor, I crossed the Two Realms Mountain and went to the Yuan Country specifically to purchase a set of 'Spirit Root Testing' magic artifacts from there, now it's the time to put them to use."

The pearl was called the 'Spirit Testing Pearl', and the talisman was called the 'Spirit Testing Talisman', it only needed to be placed on the other person's body to stealthily reveal the person's spiritual root attributes on the pearl.

Blank meant ordinary root, red for Fire Spiritual Root, green for Wood Spiritual Root, black for Water Spiritual Root, yellow for Earth Spiritual Root, and white for Metal Spiritual Root.

Foreign spiritual roots, in Ji Country, are called 'Spiritual Body', the rationale is the same.

Thus, Shan Lingguan ignored Chen Ku's words in the courtyard, bypassed to Chen Ku's back silently using his Seventh Realm cultivation, and attached the Spirit Testing Talisman to Chen Ku's back.

"Elder..."

Chen Ku was still frowning as he scanned the courtyard, suspecting himself of overthinking, because the Transformation Diagram he relied on most had never issued a warning of malice.

He recalled:

"It seems that the night when the Elder of the Sky appeared, the Transformation Diagram also did not issue a warning of malice..."

Then straightened his expression.

Speaking seriously to the air in the courtyard:

"Regardless of elder's intentions, since you've sought me out, any issue, I'll bear it, I just hope it doesn't involve others, if the elder is willing to show himself, please follow this junior to Ten Li north of town into the forest for a meeting!"

As soon as he finished speaking.

Since Chen Ku had ascertained that this scent belonged to the Elder of the Sky from that night, he had no more hesitations, just like before, he shrank his body and escaped into the earth!

But there was one difference from before, he only intended to lure the other person away from the Medicine King Hall, not wanting to involve others, so he specifically mentioned meeting at a certain location.

Shan Lingguan was originally looking down, waiting for the result from the Spirit Testing Pearl, but before it emerged, he witnessed Chen Ku disappear into the ground.

In that instant, the old man's eyes widened with ecstasy:

"It's really him!"

Chen Ku's use of the Earth Escape Skill required no further words, Shan Lingguan was overjoyed, not expecting that before the result appeared on the Spirit Testing Pearl, this child had exposed himself.

Reflecting on Chen Ku's last words before leaving.

Shan Lingguan felt a slight stir in his heart:

"This child is worried about implicating others in the Medicine King Hall, so he chose to face it alone."

Thinking back to that night when the other fled upon seeing him, the decision now made Shan Lingguan feel that Chen Ku's character was deserving of being entrusted as a successor.

"Knowing how to protect those important around him, enduring pressure and danger alone, isn't this naturally suited to be the next 'Inner' of our Imperial Enlightenment Sect."

Just then, when he was so satisfied.

Buzz!

Buzz!

Buzz!

Buzz!

Buzz!

The Spirit Testing Pearl in Shan Lingguan's hand finally revealed the result of the spirit root test!

In an instant, a colorful radiance reflecting from his hand intertwined, converging into a brilliant five-colored ribbon within the Spirit Testing Pearl, producing a superb result.

"This..."

Shan Lingguan's voice was trembling, nearly roaring with joyous excitement:

"Five Spirit Roots! Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth! Turns out, it's a Five Elements Spiritual Body just like mine!!"

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