Elowen was shocked when she heard Rod's words: “What! How did you become young again!? Even if you can cultivate now, your lifespan will increase, but your youth won’t regress. How!?”
Mike, on the other hand, was shocked. He didn’t expect that the attendant who helped him assist his registration was actually the boss or the guild Merchant guild leader.
Rod replied nonchalantly: “You know, I stumbled upon a divine fruit when I was on my way, and I ate it. When I realized it, my wonderful young looks returned.”
When she heard Rod's reply, she was shaken to the core: “What! You actually got a chance to eat a divine fruit that can only be seen by the chosen one!?”
Rod only smiled and didn’t reply. The reason Rod claimed that he was the one who found the Divine fruit was to protect Mike. If the news leaked that Mike was a person who was naturally chosen by the tree, they would try everything to get Mike. Rod didn’t wish to witness that his lord was being bothered by others, and Mike also didn’t want to become famous.
Upon seeing Rod's reaction, Elowen grabbed Rod's hand, and she put it directly into the crystal ball because she was curious about what color Rod's spirit root was. After a few seconds, the crystal ball started to glow, and it was light violet.
Upon seeing the crystal ball glow in light violet, Mike took it as nothing since he didn’t know the spirit root ranking, but Elowen, it wasn’t the case, and she almost fainted.
Elowen said: “Your spirit root is light violet! A top-class spirit root! How is this impossible! The violet spirit root only emerges once in a million years!”
Rod was also shocked. He didn’t expect that his spirit root was light violet. Even the imperial family, the top 5 clans, or the top 6 sects would pay a huge price just to get a cultivator with a violet spirit root. The Imperial family would even give their princess as a wife just to get a cultivator with a violet root because if a violet root cultivator matured, he would become a frightening warrior. And they are the ones who also have a chance to become God or overlord powerhouse in the outside world. The current Emperor AstralRift Dunghuan was also known for having a pure violet root.
Mike, on the other hand, was confused, so he asked: “What rank is a violet root?”
Hearing this question, Elowen replied, “Violet is the highest rank. The spirit root has 7 ranks from Red > Orange > Yellow > Green > Blue > Indigo, and Violet.”
When Mike heard it, he was petrified again, and this time he broke into pieces. He never expected that his root was actually the trash of all trash. At first, he was confused why his spirit root had an additional name, fetus, and he realized why it was a fetus because his root was the lowest, the immature root, what’s more, it was incomplete.
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The reason Mike's root was incomplete was that when the crystal ball glowed in pure white light, it meant the person who got tested didn’t possess any spirit root. When Mike tested the crystal ball, it glowed in light Red with a mix of white light. That is the reason his root was incomplete. As for the fetus, every light Red root was called a fetus.
Mike collapsed from the shock while bubbles came out from his mouth. Rod noticed Mike's situation, and he picked up Mike and made Mike lean on the wall.
Rod said, “Little brother! Little brother! Wake up!”
After a while, Mike woke up from the shock. Seeing this, Rod asked: “Little brother, are you okay?”
Hearing Rod's question, Mike looked at Rod with lifeless eyes: “I shouldn’t exist.”
Rod comforted Mike: “Don’t be like that, little brother. Maybe there is a reason for this.”
When Mike heard Rod's words, he realized something, and he spoke into his mind: “That is right. This thing happened because of Master. He might have also disguised my roots so that I won’t attract so much attention.”
After he was done thinking, Mike returned to normal, and his confidence was way more radiant than before.
Seeing this, Rod was relieved, while Elowen was confused.
Mike said: “That’s right. Everything has a reason, and my time to shine hasn’t come yet!”
Elowen looked at Mike with pity. For her, the reason Mike became confident again was that Rod fooled him, but sadly, she didn’t know that Mike's mission was greater than anyone who lived in their world.
Elowen looked at Rod, and she asked: “What now, junior brother? Since you have a violet root, you can join any of the top sects. You can even join the Imperial Palace or any clan and sects. Each of them, I'm sure, will treat you like a prince.”
Hearing this, Rod looked at Elowen, and he looked outside: “No, big sister, I will still stay by your side. If big brother was still alive, he would smack me to death if he discovered that I am going to leave, and I am afraid if someone speaks about it on his grave? He might crawl out from his grave just to pummel me.”
Upon hearing Rod's response, Elowen laughed: “Indeed, because of second junior brother, we managed to live a free life, and the Freeway was also his idea. He never wanted to see the Freeway gone, but sadly, the first junior brother didn’t have the luck that you possess, and he died from old age.”
While Elowen was speaking, the sadness in her eyes was not hidden, and even Mike noticed it.
Elowen added: “When I see you becoming older and older, I can’t help but feel lonely. After all, you and the first junior brother were only mortals. I am the only one who can cultivate. When we three first met, we were still children. I ran from my family because of an arranged marriage, and the second brother's entire clan was destroyed by Jenin clan, and you got kicked out from your clan.”
Upon hearing Elowen's words, Rod remembered something: “You're right. I still remember why big brother created the Freeway Merchant Guild. Even though it was not easy at the beginning, we managed to overcome. But I know why big brother created the Freeway. It was for his revenge. He wanted to gather forces, but sadly, both me and big brother were only mortals. You are the only one who can cultivate, but your level was only a Gold rank. That is why we only managed to settle in Mahalaya continent because a Gold rank was hard to come by in Mahalaya since it was a desolate area and the heaven and earth were 70 percent lower than the mainland, and compared to the top clan secret realm, it was 470 lower.”