Chapter 4: The First Step to Cultivating Again Ding Ling was born in the countryside, where the entire village had barely produced a handful of people with spiritual roots. The Sanqing Sect came to the village once every century to select candidates. They chose her, trading a sack of rice to take her from her parents. The woman who was supposed to be her "mother" flattered the "immortal," saying, "Don't mind that she's short. She can do any kind of work, and no matter how hard you beat her, she…