"Abnormal! So abnormal!"
“There’s something wrong with this data!”
After reading all the records related to the Immortal Ascension Society in Golden Bird City, Su Ping fell into deep thought.
He didn't think it would get any better in the next two days.
The number of people tested on the first day of the Shengxian Association is usually the largest, and the number of qualified candidates is also generally the largest!
Using the detection array, if there is no ink stain, the detection can be completed every five to ten seconds.
It seems that it will take a long time to test all so many people. In fact, the function of the testing array is to test whether the qualifications of everyone standing in the inner circle have spiritual root reactions.
Therefore, there are also established rules for testing spiritual roots.
Seed players trained by wealthy families, such as Qilin'er from the City Lord's Palace, Ji's daughter, or other adopted daughters and sons who have practiced Qi in advance, can be grouped together.
The non-core branch disciples are in groups of ten.
Those who are qualified to live in Golden Bird City are mostly in groups of twenty.
Those outside the city are in groups of thirty, and those from further away, it is not surprising that there are even forty or fifty people huddled together for testing.
The lucky farmer was discovered in a group of thirty people.
Then these thirty people were regrouped and tested multiple times, and they were found out in the final one-on-one test.
"Have evil cultivators taken action in advance against those with spiritual roots?"
"But, if they don't have a magic circle, how can they be sure that the other party has spiritual roots? If they kill indiscriminately, there is no way that the Immortal Sect and the City Lord's Mansion will not hear any news!"
"As for those spiritual root seeds that have been identified in advance and found in other towns and villages, they are all adopted by wealthy families and protected heavily, and the city lord's palace will also register them."
Su Ping frowned slightly. The more he thought about it, the more he felt there was something wrong with it, so he asked the maid to find Ji Hu.
Ji Hu is considered half of Su Ping's confidant in Jinque City.
At the same time, he is also one of the top leaders here, a local snake among local snakes.
Su Ping obtained a large number of cases from Ji Hu.
"Has the infant mortality rate been slightly higher in the past year?"
After Su Ping checked it, he asked in a low voice his doubts.
Ji Hu was slightly startled and nodded:
"It is indeed a bit more than before, but those towns and villages conceal a lot of reports every year. Maybe it is because the police officers sent last year were more diligent, so there are more actual reports?"
Su Ping did not answer when he heard this.
He knew that Ji Hu's explanation was normal in a place like Jinque City.
Even within the city, the city lord's palace may not be able to find out exactly how many people died this year and how many were missing.
Many times, missing persons cases are managed based on the principle that if they cannot be found, they cannot be found, and if there is nothing they can do, there is nothing they can do.
If you ask them to find out why the infant mortality rate outside the city is abnormal, you are really making things difficult for them.
But, maybe I am being too cautious?
Su Ping looked at these files and always felt that there was a connection between them.
"Huh, let's make a bold guess!"
"Based on the moral character of the police officers outside, if the things weren't too big and too big to be hidden, would they have taken the initiative to report the death of these young children?"
"I'm afraid the premature death rate is even higher than what we see in the files!"
"The worst possibility is that it is not evil cultivators but some other bad abnormal situation that occurs, causing mortals with spiritual roots to be intercepted and killed in advance!"
"Looking at the quantity, there may not only be low-grade spiritual roots, but low-grade spiritual roots are also within the target range."
"That's what led to today's situation."
"Even... the Immortal Sect suddenly held the Immortal Ascension Meeting in advance, and the reasons for such a rush can be matched!"
"Everything is normal in the city. The good news is that these abnormalities only occur in local areas and do not extend to the city."
"The bad news is...this anomaly made the Immortal Sect feel troubled, and they chose to give in rather than fight!"
After clearing his thoughts, Su Ping waved Ji Hu away.
Then he returned to Linyue Villa under the cover of night. Stimulated by the sense of crisis, he spent the night in the training room configuring the Thunder Fire Beads and the raw materials for the Nether Fire Technique.
He was more prepared to pay attention. After the Immortal Ascension Meeting was over, he immediately put the self-destructing rat on the agenda to enhance his actual combat ability as much as possible!
Although there is a shadow in my heart.
The Ascension Fair will still proceed as usual.
In the following two days, fewer and fewer people were tested.
By noon on the third day, it took several minutes for a group to be tested.
Boom!
The sound of the gong resounded through Golden Bird City again.
With the moonlight.
"The time has come! The Immortal Assembly is over!"
The city lord stood up, announced the end of the meeting to the people below, and waved the people below to start cleaning up the venue.
On the other side, the chefs started to cook and prepare a banquet as a reward for the people who had been busy for three days.
Su Ping also stood up, but did not go back. Instead, he looked at the two outer monks standing behind him waiting for him.
And the row of qualified candidates with different looks behind them.
In this Ascension Fair, there were only eight people who passed the exam after three days!
Among them, people from the city account for half!
It is obviously unscientific to calculate based on the newly detectable population.
The world of cultivating immortals is not like Aquamarine, and it is also engaged in urbanization.
Most of the population is distributed in towns of various sizes.
Even sometimes the nobles in the city will deliberately delay people with spiritual roots from participating in the Immortal Ascension Meeting, resulting in a slightly higher number of qualified people in the city at a certain Ascension Immortal Meeting.
But there has never been such a large number of times, accounting for half of the proportion!
"You... all stay in the City Lord's Mansion for now."
Su Ping thought for a while and decided to play it safe:
"You are not allowed to go out until the fairy boat picks you up! Stay in the city lord's mansion to read and read with your husband and learn the rules of the fairy sect."
"In addition, the city lord is also requested to strengthen security and be careful of evil cultivators who have gone crazy and cause trouble."
The city lord nodded repeatedly when he heard this. In fact, he had no experience in taking care of these qualified people. He quickly agreed after hearing Su Ping's reminder.
Late at night, a battalion of soldiers with sufficient energy and blood was mobilized to station themselves in the front yard of the city lord's mansion.
On the city wall, all the torches were lit, and huge oil lamps were lit on the tall buildings.
It illuminated the entire mansion as bright as day.
It can be seen that in order to show his importance, the city lord is also bleeding money.
The oil burning in those large oil lamps came from some kind of sea monster, but it wasn't cheap at all.
Su Ping also stayed cross-legged in a quiet room in the city lord's palace, and asked the spirit rat Xiao Bai and Xiao Hui to stay alert alternately.
Nothing happened all night.
Just when Su Ping finished his training and was about to put on the fisherman suit and go to fishing spots to wait for the refresh.
"uh-huh?"
Su Ping suddenly discovered through Xiaobai's perception that a humanoid creature shrouded in black mist was approaching the backyard of the city lord's mansion.
This black mist made the spirit rat instinctively feel disgusted, and he knew at a glance that it was not a good product!
And what is surprising is that when this black mist crossed the backyard city wall, no one from the defenders or the warriors noticed this abnormality!
It seems that this black mist has the ability to confuse people's minds!
"Approaching the backyard!"
"Are you trying to get close to those who are qualified?"
"Is there really an evil cultivator who is not afraid of death?"
Su Ping thought for a moment, sensing the difference in quality between this black mist and his current self.
The other party was at the second level of Qi training at most, while he was at the fourth level of Qi training and at the same time at the third level of body tempering.
In this battle, I have the advantage!
Su Ping took a photo of the invisibility charm and flew away with Xiao Bai and Xiao Hui.
