Chapter 38
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Chapter 38: A Familiar Feeling
A few days later, Li Xiaojun received the revised script.
As soon as he saw the content of the script, he was rendered speechless.
“Teacher Li, what do you think of this script?” Goza looked at Li Xiaojun with hopeful eyes.
Seeing Goza’s eager gaze, Li Xiaojun sank into contemplation.
This revision did make the script more engaging, but the story was too close to his real situation.
After reading this modified script, if it weren’t for the many characters not matching up, he would even suspect that Goza had uncovered events from a hundred thousand years ago.
But that was clearly impossible!
There were hardly any traces online regarding events from a hundred thousand years ago, especially those related to the great emperor.
“Alright! Let’s shoot according to this script.”
In the end, Li Xiaojun compromised!
At least the script revised by Goza was significantly more appealing than his original.
The next day, Li Xiaojun signed a contract with Goza and instructed him to assemble the crew for the film.
Of course, he also hired a few financial assistants to supervise the fund movement, to avoid the crew taking advantage of him.
Alliance calendar 53467, June 4th.
“Mr. Li, I’d like to take a day off the day after tomorrow.”
That day, the housekeeper approached Li Xiaojun to request a leave.
“Taking a day off the day after tomorrow? Ning Jie, is something happening at home?” Li Xiaojun asked the housekeeper.
“No, it’s just that my young daughter is going to undergo spirit root testing the day after tomorrow,” explained the housekeeper, known as Ning Jie.
“Spirit root testing!” Li Xiaojun nodded and said, “I haven’t seen the spirit root testing ceremony in many years. Can I join you to watch?”
“Of course, anyone can go,” Ning Jie replied, agreeing without hesitation.
Ning Jie, whose full name is Ning Shuiying, is in her forties and has worked as a housekeeper for over ten years. She has spent the last year working for Li Xiaojun’s family.
“Where will your child undergo spirit root testing?” Li Xiaojun asked Ning Jie.
“At the central square of Honghe City.”
“What happens if they detect spirit roots or if they don’t?” Li Xiaojun inquired.
“Mr. Li, don’t you know this?” Ning Jie was surprised.
Such a basic piece of knowledge.
“I just came from another planet and have only been on Taihuang Star for a year, so I don’t really know the situation here,” Li Xiaojun quickly found an excuse.
Hearing this, Ning Jie said, “You must be from Autumn Rain Star! Isn’t it different over there compared to here?”
“It might be different; I’m not sure,” Li Xiaojun spoke vaguely.
“Oh.” Ning Jie nodded and then said to Li Xiaojun, “Here on Taihuang Star, children usually undergo spirit root testing at six years old. If they have spirit roots, they can attend the Immortal Academy. If they don’t, they can only attend regular schools.”
“What’s the difference between the Immortal Academy and regular schools?” Li Xiaojun continued to ask.
“Well, I don’t know too well either. I only know that the Immortal Academy teaches knowledge about becoming Immortal. If you attend the Immortal Academy, it is free, and everything is covered by the government.
But for regular schools, you have to pay for it yourself. Regular schools mainly teach kids how to read and write at first.
Typically, children study at regular schools for six years. If they want to take the imperial examination, they need to continue to attend a higher-level school. However, higher-level schools are expensive, and many families cannot afford it.”
After hearing Ning Jie’s words, Li Xiaojun nodded, “I see.”
“Ning Jie, if your child…”
Two days later.
On this day, the entire Honghe City was filled with festive decorations.
Honghe City has a population of over a million, and every year, twenty thousand children reach the age of six to undergo spirit root testing.
So, on this day, the whole city is vibrant with joy.
Early in the morning, Li Xiaojun drove to the area near the central square.
Here, the law enforcement officers had blocked the area, and no one could drive into the central square.
In this situation, Li Xiaojun had no choice but to find an expensive paid parking lot nearby and then called Ning Jie.
Half an hour later, Li Xiaojun saw Ning Jie’s close-knit family group at the central square.
At this time, the family was queuing with a six-year-old little girl.
Ning Jie’s family consisted of eight members.
There were Ning Jie herself, her husband, her in-laws, and her four children.
Ning Jie’s four children included two sons and two daughters: a 17-year-old eldest son, a 14-year-old second daughter, a 9-year-old youngest son, and a 6-year-old young daughter.
Today was the day for Ning Jie’s six-year-old daughter to undergo spirit root testing, so the whole family had come out to support her.
Fortunately, the central square of Honghe City was large enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, allowing for such a grand spirit root testing event.
“Mr. Li, this is my husband He Jianzhang… This is my in-laws… This is my son… and my daughter…”
“In-laws, this is my employer, Mr. Li.”
In the square, Ning Jie introduced Li Xiaojun to her whole family and then introduced Li Xiaojun to them!
“Hello, Mr. Li!”
“Hello, sir!”
“Hello, Uncle Li!”
Ning Jie’s family was very polite and greeted Li Xiaojun.
They had long known from Ning Jie that the young man in front of them was a billionaire!
“Today is the day for this little one’s spirit root testing, right?” Li Xiaojun said with a smile, pinching the chubby cheeks of Ning Jie’s young daughter.
“Yes!” Ning Jie nodded.
“Here, this is a gift from Uncle,” Li Xiaojun turned his hand and handed a red envelope into the little girl’s hands.
“Mr. Li, you cannot do this! Please take it back!”
“You go first, please take it back! We can’t take this…”
“This is just a small gift for the child, wishing her good luck on the spirit root testing,” Li Xiaojun said with a smile, waving his hand.
“Niuniu, don’t you want to thank Uncle?” Ning Jie quickly instructed her young daughter.
“Thank you, big brother,” the little girl said with a sweet smile at Li Xiaojun.
Hearing this, Li Xiaojun nodded to himself; this little girl has quite high emotional intelligence.
While Li Xiaojun was talking with Ning Jie and her close-knit family group, it was now eight in the morning.
At this time, the people responsible for testing spirit roots finally arrived.
Since many children were to be tested, there were also many cultivators supervising the testing—at least a dozen.
Soon, the testing began.
They started with the children who were at the front of the line.
“No spirit root, next!”
“No spirit root, next!”
“Next!”
Li Xiaojun noticed that even a hundred thousand years later, the method of testing spirit roots remained the same as it was a hundred thousand years ago, using something resembling a crystal ball.
Additionally, the Immortal Masters overseeing the spirit root testing were all at the Foundation Establishment stage at the very least.
Moreover, the probability of detecting a spirit root was still above one percent.
Even if a spirit root was detected, it was most likely a low-level spirit root.
Middle-grade spirit roots were rare, appearing in one out of many thousands.
Top-grade spirit roots were already considered very lucky if found in one out of a million people.
As for top-grade spirit roots, they were difficult to find, even in a population of one billion.
And if it was earth spirit roots, during the era a hundred thousand years ago on Taihuang Star, they were extremely rare, appearing once in a hundred years.
Heavenly spirit roots emerged once every ten thousand years.
Yin-Yang spirit roots only appeared once every million years.
As for Immortal spirit roots, they were even harder to find, only appearing once every billions of years.
A hundred thousand years ago, when Taihuang Star suddenly produced over twenty Immortal spirit roots, such a situation was nearly unique.
The sudden emergence of so many Immortal spirit roots ultimately led to the destruction of the beast tribe.
After the downfall of the beast tribe, humanity was able to develop in the starry sky and eventually discovered Autumn Rain Star.
