The Programmer Cultivator

See?

How dull!

Not a single surprise!

I’d barely thrown out the bait before they came scurrying over.

No wonder the other departments have been so salty all these years.

Gan Zili glanced at the group. After they had exchanged greetings, he looked at Qian Ruyan and said, ”You don’t mind, do you, Fellow Daoist Ruyan?”

Qian Ruyan smiled and said, ”Not at all. As long as the test can be done, it’s fine. Besides, didn’t you only charge me the cost price, Brother Gan?”

Zhang Deming’s expression was odd. ’So Gan Zili isn’t so honest after all. I used to think you were the most straightforward one. My apologies, I was wrong!’

’The reason he didn’t charge more was so he could piggyback on this. If he had taken more Spirit Stones, wouldn’t it confirm that we, the service providers from Spirit Nurturing Peak, were mooching off a client’s paid service?’

’And there are five spots. He’s mooching four of them in one go!’

’How bad would that look? This way, no one can say anything. They have no grounds to complain, right?’

’You provide the capital, I provide the venue and labor... a joint venture.’

Gan Zili smiled and said, ”In that case, let’s begin!”

After he spoke, everyone turned to look at the portly Yang Longying. Yang Longying stepped forward into the main hall.

In the center of the hall was a massive sphere. The sphere was supported by several strange rings, making it look like a globe with many extra rings.

Below the sphere was a base with a depression in its center and a platform around the outside. The entire assembly of rings and the sphere floated above this base.

The base was pentagonal. Yang Longying stepped forward and poured ten thousand Spirit Stones into the depression at the center of the platform.

At that moment, Yuee Mengsheng waved his hand, taking out five meditation cushions and placing them at the five corners of the pentagon.

Then, Gan Zili and Guk Liancai came forward. The three of them stood in a triangular formation beneath the platform, surrounding the sphere.

Once they were ready, the three looked at the others.

Qian Xiaogong and the four new children were guided by Song Huidong onto the platform, where they sat down on the five cushions one by one.

When everything was prepared, Yuee Mengsheng and the other two exchanged a glance.

The three took a deep breath, and their hands began to move in a rapid flurry of gestures. A moment later, the rings on the sphere began to spin, intersecting with one another.

The entire apparatus gathered power for a moment, then abruptly shuddered.

A searing white beam of light shot up into the sky, piercing the heavens. The beam was so bright it could be seen clearly even from beyond the stars.

Many surrounding Sects saw this beam of light. Some were puzzled, some grew contemplative, and others were lost in memories.

As the rings spun, the Spirit Stones in the depression rapidly vanished. When the last Spirit Stone was consumed, the spinning rings abruptly disappeared.

The entire sphere had transformed into a strange eyeball. The eyeball swiveled, turning its gaze to Qian Xiaogong in the first position.

A moment later, a Light Screen materialized above Qian Xiaogong’s head.

Cultivation: Junior Apprentice;

Spirit Root: 17.25;

Bone Age: Eight years, four months;

Soul Spirit: Eight years, seven months;

Spirit Wisdom: No potential for cultivation;

Daoist Technique: None;

Physique: Fragrant Body (Faint), Music and Dance Body (Faint), Flower Plant Mutation (Faint), Dragon Python Variant (Extremely Weak), Powerful Ape Variant (Extremely Weak), Sword Body (Extremely Weak), Concealing Body (Extremely Weak), Artifact Stick Body (Extremely Weak)...

Recommended Paths: Path of the Wood Plant Mage, specialization: Flower Wood Dao; or the Hundred Paths Elegance Sect’s Flower Dance Dao; or the Extreme Charm Path, specialization: Path of Floral Charm.

The other stats were fine, but looking at the Physique section, Zhang Deming felt as if he were seeing the entire reproductive history of the Human Race in the Hongmeng Realm!

’Good grief, it went on and on for several pages!’

’No wonder it costs ten thousand Spirit Stones per test. This Physique analysis alone is infinitely more detailed than a DNA test; it’s comparable to the data from the entire Human Genome Project back in the day!’

After Qian Xiaogong’s information was fully displayed, the eyeball swiveled to look at the next person.

Zhang Deming, however, stared at the recommendations, momentarily at a loss for words.

Hmm...

’All I can say is, you’re certainly an adorable little boy, and you’re definitely your mother’s son. You’ve truly inherited her bloodline.’

’In fact, you’ve even surpassed her!’

’It’s clear you’re her biological child!’

’But it’s a pity. No matter how adorable you are, you’re still a boy!’

’The Flower Wood Dao is barely acceptable. Becoming a pretty boy who loves, cultivates, arranges, and prunes flowers and plants isn’t entirely out of the question. At worst, he’d just lack a bit of masculinity.’

’As for the Flower Dance Dao...’

’It’s fine for a man to dance. A skilled male dancer can be incredibly powerful, capable of both strong and gentle styles. That kind of person can even be universally charming to men and women, young and old. But Flower Dance...’

’Imagine it: a man dancing gracefully in a sea of flowers.’

’Or in the middle of a battle, a handsome man suddenly begins to dance, causing a hundred flowers to bloom around him, their fragrance filling the air...’

’The mental image is a bit too much...’

’That... no amount of good looks can make that work, can it?’

’As for the final option, Floral Charm from the Extreme Charm Path... on this, Zhang Deming had to admit that even his imagination was falling short.’

’Pray tell, how is a man supposed to develop this path?’

’Sorry, but my brain capacity is limited, my knowledge base is restricted. I can’t figure it out, and I can’t wrap my head around it!’

Shaking his head, Zhang Deming didn’t know what to say.

Qian Ruyan’s expression wasn’t very pleasant as she looked at the final test results. Even though she had been prepared, her face still darkened at the sight of the recommendations.

She was not the kind of person who would raise her son as a daughter just for the sake of his future path.

If her son grew up and his personality changed on its own, she could grudgingly accept it. But for her to deliberately warp him from a young age just so he could go further in the future—could that kind of maternal love even be called love?

Besides, none of these Physiques were strong. Even if she did twist his nature, there was no guarantee of success.

By the time the test was complete and the few who had piggybacked on it had left one after another, Qian Ruyan’s expression still hadn’t recovered, leaving only the original six people in the great hall.