The Elemental Crystal Is Broken

Honestly, Minister Zhuo had no idea what was going on with her either.

When she was little, he let her play with the Elemental Crystal like it was a toy. By the time she was eight or nine, he’d finally given up hope.

He knew better than anyone—Chloe Zhu wasn’t a spirit practitioner.

“Exploding Spirit Pill?” Sophie Sun laughed. “A pill that lets a regular person beat a fifth-rank spirit practitioner? I’m a spirit alchemist, and I’ve never heard of such a thing! Minister Zhuo, where did you get this amazing pill? Care to show us so we can worship it?”

Minister Zhuo didn’t have any Exploding Spirit Pills, of course.

But...

“I swear on my life and family—Chloe Zhu is absolutely not a spirit practitioner!” he insisted.

“Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, I can vouch for her too—she’s not a spirit practitioner,” the old madam stood up and said.

“If you really want to know whether she’s a spirit practitioner, just test her with the Elemental Crystal!” Sophie Sun said loudly.

She’d fought Chloe Zhu before—she was certain Chloe Zhu was a spirit practitioner.

Grace glared at Sophie Sun, her brows furrowed tightly.

She’d always suspected that Sophie Sun knew she was a spirit practitioner, but had never told anyone.

So, was she just waiting for Grace to slip up and get herself exiled?

In her previous life, Chloe Zhu hadn’t really understood the national laws—she’d never even known there were rules like this...

“Your Majesty, the law is absolute. Please, order Chloe Zhu to test her Spirit Root right here,” Sophie Sun pressed.

Gu Xingyun glanced at Grace, frowning. “Grace, did you take some sort of pill that gave you temporary spiritual power?”

But in this world, there was no pill that could let a regular person defeat a fifth-rank spirit practitioner.

It was obvious Gu Xingyun was trying to give Chloe Zhu an out.

Grace glanced at the aggressive Sophie Sun, hesitated, and said, “Bring out the Elemental Crystal.”

She may have taken first place today, but she definitely didn’t want anyone to know about her Celestial Five-Element Root.

All she wanted was to quietly cultivate in peace.

But... Sophie Sun just wouldn’t leave her alone!

Fine, let’s do the test!

She was curious to see if Gu Xingyun would really exile someone with a Celestial Five-Element Root.

The Elemental Crystal was quickly brought over and placed in front of Chloe Zhu.

Chloe Zhu kept her face blank as she slowly placed her hand on it.

Suddenly, the Elemental Crystal burst out in a flash of white light.

Then, all five elemental attributes—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—ignited at once.

Everyone stared blankly at the Elemental Crystal.

Uh... what was that supposed to mean?

Why was it white light?

And why did all five elemental attributes light up?

No one present had ever seen anything like this before.

Maybe the Elemental Crystal was broken?

After a long pause, the Empress Dowager finally asked, “Is this Elemental Crystal... broken?”

The eunuch who’d brought the Elemental Crystal panicked, snatched it from Chloe Zhu, and knelt down, crying, “I deserve to die! I’ll go get a new one right away!”

He scrambled off in a panic and soon came back with another one.

He even brought a junior eunuch to carry a backup.

“Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, I swear this Elemental Crystal isn’t broken,” he said, presenting it to Chloe Zhu again.

Chloe Zhu put her hand on it—white light again, everything lit up.

They tried another one—same result.

After a long silence, someone finally dared to speak: “Could she actually have a Celestial Five-Element Root?”

The room erupted in an uproar.

A Celestial Five-Element Root?

In the entire history of Blue Moon Kingdom, only two spirit practitioners with a Celestial Five-Element Root had ever appeared.

That’s a freakish level of genius—talent that could look down on the whole continent!

Could the famously useless Chloe Zhu really be one of them?