Immortal Cultivating Dynasty

According to the customs of the Great Wei, but on the leap year, men and women who had reached the age of sixteen would be on the sacrificial altar on their birthday this year. They need to undergo a test of their cultivation talent to determine if they have the qualifications to become cultivators.    

For many people, especially the children of poor families, the examination of Immortal Cultivation talent once every four years was a second opportunity given to them by the heavens.    

Except for the aristocratic families, which could keep their talents, once the ordinary people were determined to have talent, they would be recruited by the local authorities for the selection and appointment of the court.    

The most famous person among the people selected in the past few decades was the current Prime Minister of Great Wei, Xu Ruxian. Xu Ruxian's family was poor when he was young, but he was self-taught and cultivated to the Second Stage by himself. When he was 16 years old, he was tested to have the talent of an upper-grade level 6 cultivator, and he was chosen by the Emperor. So, he became the prime minister.    

This was the famous Leap Test in Great Wei.    

The Leap Test only paid attention to one person's talent. If a person could be detected to have a graded talent in the Leap Test, he might be chosen by the Emperor or some official to be his disciple. Such a person would be arranged to study in State Hall, and after three years, he would become an official.    

There were not many people with cultivation talent, not to mention those with high grade talent. Including those great families, in the past ten years, on average, less than a thousand people were selected each year.    

And among these thousand people, in the end, only about a hundred or so were chosen.    

As for those who failed the roll and had talent in cultivation, they were eventually sent to the local government to study. Sometimes, they were sent to the border to lead the troops to carry out missions.    

Today was the 24th of June.    

To the Yang family of Great Wei, this was a day worth celebrating. Three people from the Yang family had met the requirements for the test this year.    

As long as one of them had sufficient talent and was selected by the Imperial Court, the Yang family would have the chance to reach the peak in the next few years.    

Otherwise, they would have to wait for the next leap year.    

At this moment, in the lobby of the Yang family.    

The current leader of the Yang family, Yang Dingshan, was over forty years old. His sideburns were slightly white. As he sat at the top seat, he naturally had a powerful aura. Yang Zhixue handed over the records of the three children this year. Her long eyelashes were hanging low. She looked like she wanted to say something but stopped herself. She clearly had something on her mind.    

Yang Dingshan looked at her and casually put the documents aside.    

"They are all here, right?"    

"Yang Ahjiao, Yang Qianhuan and Yang Zhou are waiting in the ancestral hall."    

"Okay..."    

"Big brother, there is still one more person... "    

"Who?"    

"Yang Xuan has also turned sixteen this year. His birthday is exactly the 24th of June."    

"Yang Xuan?" Yang Dingshan tapped his finger on the table and murmured for a long time before he exhaled, "He doesn't need to come for now."    

"Big brother, although he is guilty, the hatred of our generation shouldn't involve the younger generation."    

Yang Dingshan acted as if he didn't hear what she said.    

Yang Zhixue was unwilling to give up, "Big brother, what if that child has one in ten thousand talent? Just like his parents..."    

"If that's the case, it can only be said that Yang family doesn't have good fortune." Yang Dingshan's tone was calm, but his attitude was firm.    

"Big brother..." Yang Zhixue still wanted to say something, but in the end, she sighed and didn't say anything. She casually bowed, turned around and left.    

But her eyes suddenly became firm.    

After leaving the hall, she turned around and walked towards the courtyard in her memory...    

The courtyard was located at the very back of the Yang family.    

As a family with a glorious past, the courtyard of the Yang family was quite big. However, they did not repair it all year round, so it looked slightly shabby.    

The courtyard at the back was even more dilapidated. Apart from the incomplete surrounding walls, even a few tiles on the roof fell down. The only reason people were sure that there were people living here was because of the plants that had been taken care of.    

There was a young man dressed in plain clothes in the courtyard. At this moment, he was carefully cleaning the roof and the room.    

His expression and every action were very serious. He was so serious that he was almost paranoid, as if what he was cleaning was not dust. It's a beautiful piece of art. He was cleaning up the dust on these pieces of art. From the inner room to the outer room, then from the outer room to the courtyard. When the youth finished cleaning and confirmed that there was nothing left, he was satisfied with the work.    

Next, he raised his head to look at the place where the tile had fallen. He estimated that if he didn't repair it, the roof would become more and more tattered. Then, he went to the earroom to bring a wooden ladder and leaned against the wall. Then, he picked up the wooden bucket that was already filled with soft mud and slowly climbed up. After he came to the roof, he used his strength to place a corner of the wooden bucket into the ditch. He also added a lump of mud to block it so that the wooden bucket would not slide down. Only then did he climb up the roof without worry.    

It was not difficult for him to use mud to repair the leakage. The difficult part was how he could stand firmly on the roof and ensure that he wouldn't fall off.    

Fortunately, the youth was already very familiar with this. When he climbed onto the roof, he naturally straightened his back. His gaze swept across every part of the roof. After roughly estimating the places that needed to be repaired, he bent down and picked up the bucket. Step by step, he walked towards the damaged area on the roof...    

The young man's name was Yang Xuan. He had no parents since he was young. He had been living in this small courtyard since he was very young. He had almost never left. The furthest place he had ever been in his life was a temple not far from here.    

Over the past ten years, he had already gotten used to living alone. He was already familiar with cooking, washing clothes, repelling insects, and fixing leaks. There was nothing he hadn't practiced before. He even slowly figured out some ways to treat illnesses.    

Yang Xuan continued walking and finally stopped at a leakage. He couldn't help but glance at the most brand new place in the Yang family. It was the ancestral hall of Yang family, the place where the ancestors of Yang family were worshiped.    

He stood on the roof and could clearly see that there were many people gathered in the ancestral hall. Something big must have happened, but no matter how big it was, it had nothing to do with him. He only took a glance, then bent down and continued to work. He dug out a lump of mud and covered it with a large seam. He then spread it out gently and continued to repeat the same action.    

About an hour later, the hole on the roof was finally filled up. The mud in the wooden bucket was just enough. Yang Xuan wiped the sweat off his forehead, turned around, and walked to the roof. He supported the roof and went down the stairs.    

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the quiet courtyard.