"Ah?"
Hearing the old man's words, Hu Ke'er was also stunned for a moment. Then she frowned and looked at Chen Tianyi, asking for confirmation again.
"Is my spiritual root really that bad?"
"It's not about whether your spiritual root is good or bad. It's that the spiritual pearl didn't detect any spiritual root in your body at all."
Chen Tianyi also showed a bitter look on his face.
"Well, I see. Is there any way to join the Dragon - Tiger Sect without a spiritual root?"
Could it be that because she had traveled from another world, she simply didn't have the spiritual root that Chen Tianyi mentioned?
However, this was just a guess. She could find a way to verify it later.
The most important thing now was that she couldn't join the Dragon - Tiger Mountain. Although she had no spiritual root, Hu Ke'er still decided to give it a try and asked again.
"No..."
"Yes, according to the sect's rules, whether you have a spiritual root or not isn't that important. You just need to participate in the entrance assessment and defeat the test disciple from the outer sect."
Before Chen Tianyi could deny it, the old man slowly waved his palm - leaf fan and said.
"Uncle!"
Hearing the old man's words, Chen Tianyi showed a worried look.
"This girl has no spiritual root at all and has never practiced martial arts. Why are you telling her this?!"
"You know this girl has no spiritual root. It's better to break her hope..."
"What do I need to participate in this test?"
Hearing their conversation, Hu Ke'er interrupted.
"Miss, you're not really thinking of participating in the entrance assessment, are you?"
Chen Tianyi quickly asked with concern.
"Yes."
Hu Ke'er nodded firmly and then turned to the old man who was waving his palm - leaf fan.
"Senior, could you tell me the specific rules of the entrance assessment?"
"No problem, but are you really sure you want to participate in the entrance assessment? It's very dangerous!"
The old man also said in a soft voice, looking quite surprised.
"Yes, of course. I won't know until I give it a try."
Hu Ke'er said with a determined look on her face.
"Okay then."
The old man said.
"Actually, the rules of the entrance assessment are very simple. It's a ring fight. If your opponent leaves the ring or falls unconscious, you win. You're allowed to use magic treasures during the entrance assessment. There's nothing else to pay attention to."
"Well, I see... Thank you, senior!"
After hearing the rules, Hu Ke'er frowned and seemed to be deep in thought.
"You're not really going to participate in the entrance assessment, are you?"
Chen Tianyi still looked at Hu Ke'er in disbelief.
"I've said it twice. I must join the Dragon - Tiger Mountain!"
"But you don't have a spiritual root and can't use spiritual energy. How are you going to defeat your opponent?"
Seeing Hu Ke'er's stubborn look, Chen Tianyi also frowned.
"Let me think. Since magic treasures are allowed, weapons should also be okay, right?"
Hu Ke'er said to herself.
She used to be a weapon - making researcher. If she could make hot weapons like guns in this cultivating world, she might really be able to surprise the enemy and defeat them with one move.
After all, Hu Ke'er had seen Chen Tianyi's flying sword before. If the opponent took out their flying sword, she would have no chance of winning.
So the only way left for her was to make hot weapons, but this was on the premise that this world hadn't entered the era of hot weapons yet.
"By the way, Chen Tianyi, I have something to ask you."
"What?"
Chen Tianyi asked in confusion.
"Have you seen a gun?"
"A gun? Of course I have. Isn't that..."
As Chen Tianyi said, he pointed to a long - spear in the corner of the old man's room.
"Well, that's not what I mean. I'm talking about the kind of gun that goes 'biubiubiu'!"
"Biubiubiu?"
Hearing Hu Ke'er's words, Chen Tianyi shook his head blankly.
"It seems that there are no hot weapons in this world..."
Hu Ke'er whispered to herself.
"Hot weapons? What are those?"
Chen Tianyi looked at Hu Ke'er with a strange look in his eyes, as if he had also noticed that Hu Ke'er was a bit different from ordinary people during the conversation.
"Nothing!"
It would be too troublesome to explain, so Hu Ke'er didn't elaborate.
"Well, since that's the case, we won't bother you anymore. I'm going to prepare for the entrance assessment!"
After saying that, Hu Ke'er pulled the corner of Chen Tianyi's clothes.
"I have something to ask you. Can you come with me?"
"Okay..."
Hearing Hu Ke'er's words, Chen Tianyi turned his head and said goodbye to the old man.
"Uncle, I'll go and get busy first."
"Go, you rascal!"
After saying that, the old man slowly closed his eyes again.
"Hehe."
Seeing the old man dozing off again, Chen Tianyi let out a soft laugh and then left the Flying Tiger Hall with Hu Ke'er.
"Miss, you'd better leave."
As soon as they left the Flying Tiger Hall, Chen Tianyi quickly tried to persuade Hu Ke'er.
"I won't!"
Hu Ke'er refused firmly.
"But the entrance assessment..."
"By the way, do you know about gunpowder?"
"Gunpowder? What kind of medicine is that? There are indeed many spiritual medicines on the Dragon - Tiger Mountain, but I've never heard of gunpowder."
Chen Tianyi said in confusion after hearing Hu Ke'er's question.
"Well, I see. It seems that it's not feasible to make weapons in the traditional way. I have to design and make weapons according to the situation of this world..."
Hu Ke'er said to herself, and then her mind started to work crazily.
"Miss? Miss?"
"I've got it!"
Hu Ke'er suddenly thought of the breakthrough point. Since in this world, people used spiritual energy to control magic treasures like flying swords, she should also be able to use spiritual energy to replace gunpowder and make relevant weapons.
"Besides the spiritual energy obtained through self - cultivation, is there any other way to get spiritual energy?"
"Well, didn't I give you spiritual stones to eat before? There's spiritual energy in spiritual stones."
Chen Tianyi said softly.
"Could you please get some spiritual stones for me?"
Hu Ke'er pleaded with her hands clasped together.
"Well, that's no problem, but it's too late to eat spiritual stones now!"
"...... I'm not going to eat them!"
Hu Ke'er quickly waved her hands and said.
"Not for eating? Then what do you need spiritual stones for?"
Chen Tianyi asked in confusion.
"For experiments. Anyway, I have to figure out what spiritual energy is before I can make a weapon to win the entrance test."
"You can also forge weapons?!"
Hearing Hu Ke'er's words, Chen Tianyi looked at her in disbelief.
"Of course. I'm the most powerful weapon - making master in my world!"
"No way. You look so small and weak. You can't even lift a blacksmith's hammer."
"We don't need hammers to make weapons in my world!"
Hu Ke'er said with a black line on her face.
Anyway, spiritual energy was the foundation of cultivation. No matter what, figuring out the characteristics of spiritual energy would be beneficial to her. So Hu Ke'er decided to focus on the most crucial spiritual energy.