Lin Qing confirmed that his technique was ineffective and quickly coughed to cover his embarrassment.
At the same time, he took out a blue talisman from his body and handed it to Su Xi, preparing to verify his thoughts.
The blue talisman shimmered with light, and two faint glows were constantly circulating, like a flowing Milky Way in the sky, making it impossible to look away at first glance.
Su Xi had never seen anything so magical and instinctively caught it with her hand.
The moment she touched the talisman, the light blue halo on it instantly flared up, forming blue bubbles that enveloped her.
In the blue bubble, everything seemed to stop.
Inside the blue bubble, Su Xi could only open her eyes wide, unable to move at all.
Su Xi stared at Lin Qing with wide eyes, her face showing undisguised anger.
Lin Qing, who was clearly more powerful than her, had used despicable means to ambush her.
Was there no demeanor of a master?
If she could still curse, Lin Qing would have been thoroughly scolded by now.
Since she was going to die, she definitely wouldn't let her enemy have an easy time.
Little did she know that Lin Qing, outside the blue light, was almost moved to tears.
This was a talisman used to test cultivation aptitude. Only those with higher aptitude would show a brighter blue light.
However, in all these years, he had never encountered such a bizarre situation.
This also indicated that Su Xi's aptitude was heaven-defying.
Through tears, he seemed to see the day when Penglai Mountain would rise.
The halo quickly faded, and Su Xi regained her mobility.
She unhesitatingly took out her solar-powered laser gun, aimed it at Lin Qing, and pulled the trigger.
Three shots were fired, each hitting a vital spot.
Even if she couldn't defeat Lin Qing, she had to show her attitude.
She would never allow herself to be ambushed.
However, Lin Qing easily dodged the bullets. Not only did he not retaliate, but he knelt on the ground, looking at Su Xi with fanatical devotion.
"What are you doing?" Su Xi strongly suspected that Lin Qing had gone insane, kneeling to her?
Lin Qing took out a black token from his body and placed it in front of Su Xi. "I want to take you as my personal disciple. You'll be able to walk sideways in Penglai Mountain from now on."
"You can use all of Penglai Mountain's resources as you wish..."
Su Xi glanced at Lin Qing and asked, "Why should I believe you?"
It wasn't that she believed Lin Qing's words, but rather that she recognized the reality of the situation.
Without technological means, the world before her was not the place she came from. A single mistake could cost her life. Since heaven had let her live, she would not die easily.
The grudges of the past had to be settled with blood.
Lin Qing walked up to Su Xi and said righteously, "The token for a personal disciple of Penglai Mountain is never given lightly. There is only one person in a lifetime."
"If you don't believe me, I will swear an oath to heaven immediately."
With that, Lin Qing actually began to swear.
As he uttered his last word, Su Xi immediately felt a slight humming sound in the surrounding air.
Although she didn't know what was happening, she thought it must be related to Lin Qing's oath.
After all, in the Xianxia novels she had read, cultivators could not swear oaths casually.
After taking the oath, Lin Qing looked at Su Xi with great urgency. "Now, can you agree?"
Penglai Mountain could not wait any longer.
Seeing Lin Qing's sincerity, Su Xi could only agree.
Lin Qing immediately skipped the tedious disciple-induction ceremony and urged, "Drip your blood onto the token, and the initiation ceremony will be complete."
Su Xi glanced at Lin Qing and suddenly felt like she had joined a pyramid scheme, having a sense of being deceived.
However, she also knew she had no chance to back out, so she bit her finger, made it bleed, and dripped her blood onto the token.
The blood quickly merged into the token, and a small figure with a resemblance to her face, sitting cross-legged, immediately appeared.
Just as Su Xi was examining the small figure, Lin Qing rolled up his sleeve and took her to fly towards Penglai Mountain.
In the northeastern corner of the continent, rugged mountains rose and fell. Countless towering ancient trees pierced the sky. The mist that permeated the mountains coiled around the treetops, constantly shifting and changing with the undulating clouds.
Among these mountains and peaks, five summits soared into the clouds, perpetually shrouded in purple mist, appearing and disappearing, exuding an air of a blessed land.
In the distance, a swiftly moving streak of light landed before the five peaks. As the light faded, Su Xi and Lin Qing were revealed.
Lin Qing glanced at the peaks and pointed to the outermost one, introducing Su Xi, "After your aptitude is tested, you can choose any residence in my Penglai Mountain."
Although he had already tested Su Xi's aptitude, the five great immortal mountains were interconnected and shared a common management system. To take Su Xi as a personal disciple, the necessary procedures still had to be followed.
This was not only for Su Xi to have a legal identity but more importantly for the future fate of Penglai Mountain.
After all, the undercurrents within the five great immortal mountains had been brewing for more than a day or two.
Upon arriving at the place where the five great immortal mountains tested aptitude, a young Taoist boy was lounging comfortably, enjoying the sunlight with his legs crossed.
Seeing Lin Qing approach, he immediately stood up and asked with slight confusion, "Uncle-Master, what brings you here today?"
Lin Qing pointed to Su Xi behind him. "This is the disciple I just recruited. Please test her aptitude, register her, and record it."
"Huh?" Miao Xuan surveyed Su Xi.
He strongly suspected that Su Xi had a problem with her brain for joining Penglai Mountain, as anyone with a bit of intelligence would know how to choose.
"What are you looking at? Hurry up and test her," Lin Qing said impatiently at Miao Xuan's slowness, tapping the stone table in front of him.
"Oh."
Miao Xuan took out a token from his person and inserted it into the slot of the stone table. As soon as the token was placed, it instantly emitted a golden light.
After the golden light, a floating Celestial Spirit Stone appeared out of thin air in front of Miao Xuan.
Looking at the constantly rotating Celestial Spirit Stone, Miao Xuan explained to Su Xi, "Place your hand on the Celestial Spirit Stone, and it will automatically detect your spiritual roots."
Su Xi nodded and placed her hand on the Celestial Spirit Stone. After waiting for a long time, besides feeling the stone slightly warm, there was no other sensation.
"What happened?" Lin Qing asked Miao Xuan, his tone full of scrutiny.
Miao Xuan scratched his head and explained, "The Celestial Spirit Stone did not light up, which means this young lady possesses all five spiritual roots and is not suited for cultivation."
"Not suited for cultivation?" Lin Qing's voice instantly rose, and he said indignantly, "How can my disciple be unsuitable for cultivation? Your magical artifact must be faulty."
Miao Xuan looked at the agitated Lin Qing with a troubled expression. "Uncle-Master, this aptitude-testing artifact was jointly crafted by the five great immortal mountains, and it's impossible for it to be wrong."
Hearing this, Lin Qing calmed down. He knew how powerful the Celestial Spirit Stone was.
However, he could not accept the current result.
"Is there really no way?" Lin Qing looked at Miao Xuan, unwilling to give up easily.