From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 249 Xu Zhongxu, Spiritual Root and Immortal Fruit!

the following year.

Ru'an Mountain.

At Xu Xiaohou's residence, his wife Liu Yun was about to give birth.

He married Liu Yun last year, and Liu Yun became pregnant a few months later.

He paced anxiously back and forth outside the bedroom.

He was a Foundation Establishment Level 3 cultivator who had lived for over eighty years, yet he was still extremely nervous about having children.

In the bedroom, Liu Yun felt the healthy breath of the fetus in her womb and was very happy.

She was a Qi Refining cultivator, so her childbirth process was different from that of ordinary people.

The midwife next to them was busy. In fact, childbirth is not as difficult for cultivators as it is for ordinary people.

Just when Liu Yun thought everything was going smoothly, an unexpected change occurred.

"This is?"

The spiritual energy within her dantian suddenly began to circulate along her meridians and acupoints, converging entirely around her uterus.

She knew that her physical condition was different from that of ordinary people, but she did not know what the purpose of her special physical condition was.

The Chu family went to great lengths to win her over, and were later inexplicably wiped out.

She had cultivated for many years, and each time she circulated her energy, a portion of her spiritual energy would nourish her uterus, making it the most special and spiritual "organ" in her body.

At this moment, all the spiritual energy nurtured over many years is poured into the unborn fetus.

In addition, all the spiritual energy in Liu Yun's dantian and dantian was also injected.

What terrified her was that not only was her spiritual energy decreasing, but her cultivation level was also declining!

This is not simply a depletion of spiritual energy within the body, but a fundamental reduction in cultivation level.

"Hu~~"

The mutations haven't stopped yet.

Within a radius of 100 meters, spiritual energy formed a small vortex, converging towards Liu Yun in the center, and then flowing to her and the fetus in her womb.

She was currently located in Ru'an Mountain, a second-tier spiritual land, where there was a considerable amount of spiritual energy.

Xu Xiaohou, who was outside, noticed the unusual spiritual energy: "What is this? A celestial phenomenon?"

He was surprised and quickly ascended into the sky.

Fortunately, the phenomenon was very small, only about a hundred meters in radius, and could not be called a "celestial phenomenon".

It was early morning, and the sun was just rising.

With a clear cry, Xu Xiaohou's son was born.

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In the bedroom.

Holding the adorable infant in his arms, Xu Xiaohou looked at his weakened wife and asked, "What just happened?"

Liu Yun's aura weakened, and her cultivation level dropped from the fourth level of Qi Refining to the first level.

She then realized that her special physical condition was related to her child, but what exactly was it?

She guessed that it might be related to spiritual roots.

In short, you'll only see the difference when the child grows up.

"I don't know either."

She shook her head, saying she couldn't explain what had happened to her.

“Our son was born with extraordinary signs; he's destined for greatness. But why is your aura so weak?”

Xu Xiaohou said.

Liu Yun is a cultivator, so why does childbirth take such a heavy toll?

"My cultivation level has dropped to the first level of Qi Refining."

"what?"

Xu Xiaohou couldn't help but worry: "What... what's going on?"

He thought it was the weakness from childbirth that caused his energy to weaken, but he didn't expect it was because his cultivation level had dropped.

"No problem, I should be able to cultivate back to normal."

Liu Yun is still very young, and her Qi Refining stage is improving rapidly.

She was more concerned about the baby at that moment: "The baby is so handsome. By the way, we haven't named him yet."

Xu Xiaohou's plan was to wait until the child was born to see if it was a boy or a girl before naming the child.

After some thought, he said, "He belongs to the 'Zhong' generation, so let's name him Zhongxu. He was born at sunrise, which is a good omen. In our family's Hundred Character Classic, the character 'Zhong' originally means loyalty to the Xu family."

Xu and Xu (旭) are homophones.

"Zhongxu, okay."

Liu Yun thought it was a good name.

"He's the youngest member of the Zhong generation in my Xu family, haha. He was born and people were already calling him great-grandfather."

Xu Xiaohou joked.

He is the youngest member of the "Xiao" generation, nineteen years younger than his older brother Xiao Niu.

He married so late and had a child who was young but of a higher generation.

The Xu family has only been around for a few years, yet there's such a huge disparity in seniority. No wonder the cultivation world doesn't care about seniority; they only care about cultivation level.

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There is no time to practice.

Three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Chung-wook is three years old.

That year, Xu Fugui was 127 years old.

Since he turned one hundred and his internal space was upgraded, it has become much easier to collect the bloodline aura of his family's descendants. He can collect it within a three-zhang radius around him.

He arrived at Zhongxu's house on time to absorb his aura.

He often heard Xu Xiaohou and others talk about the unusual phenomena that occurred when Zhongxu was born.

Is the Xu family about to produce another innate genius in the cultivation world?
"Xu'er, Xu'er?"

Xu Fugui arrived at Xu Xiaohou's house and saw the father and son playing around.

Three-year-old Zhongxu is very lively.

"Dad~"

Xu Xiaohou saw his father arrive.

Three-year-old Zhongxu already speaks fluently, saying in a childish voice, "Grandpa, Grandpa."

"Oh, Xu'er, this little guy is really clever."

He absorbed the bloodline essence of Chung-wook's offspring without making a sound.

On the family's treasure tree, a tender green branch sprouted from the end of the branch representing Xu Xiaohou.

The tender shoots sprouted a foot long, and tricolor flower buds grew at the tips of the branches.

"A true spiritual root?!"

Xu Fugui was overjoyed.

The changes in the family's treasure tree are not yet over.

The offspring aura of this innate spiritual root not only nourishes the initiation spiritual fruit, but also the tender red unknown spiritual fruit at the top of the family's treasure tree.

Including Zhongxu, the Xu family now has four members with innate spiritual roots. An unknown spiritual fruit has ripened.

A message was transmitted from within Xu Fugui's body into his mind:

【Spiritual Root Fruit (Mature): After consumption, the spiritual root aptitude will be raised by one grade.

This spiritual root and immortal fruit can be taken out of the body's space and used by members of the Xu family bloodline; it is useless to outsiders.

It is only effective for children whose spiritual roots have not yet fully developed.

This celestial fruit is fully ripe and cannot evolve.

Upon receiving information about the Spirit Root Immortal Fruit, Xu Fugui was amazed by its powerful effects.

A spiritual root can be upgraded to a higher grade, meaning that a five-element spiritual root can be upgraded to a four-element spiritual root, a four-element spiritual root can be upgraded to a true spiritual root, and a true spiritual root can be upgraded to an earth spiritual root!
If a member of the Xu family is born with a natural Earth Spiritual Root, consuming the Spiritual Root Immortal Fruit can elevate them to a Heaven Spiritual Root.

Although this magical fruit is highly effective, it has certain limitations.

First and foremost, it must be used by someone of the Xu family bloodline.

Xu Fugui would never give it to an outsider, so this restriction is insignificant.

However, it is only effective for children whose spiritual roots have not yet developed, meaning that it cannot be used on people like Xu Fugui, Xu Xiaoniu, and Xu Xiaohou.

In most children, their physical development is fully complete by the age of seven or eight.

Xu Fugui looked at Zhongxu in front of him; this spiritual root and immortal fruit were prepared for him.

Zhongxu has a true spiritual root; after consuming it, he will become an earth spiritual root.

Only one or two people with the talent of Earth Spirit Root are born in Yuanli County every ten years.

A cultivation aptitude that allows one to establish their foundation without needing any elixirs or pills, and without encountering any bottlenecks.

"Find an opportunity to give Zhongxu the Spirit Root Immortal Fruit."

Currently, only Xu Fugui knows about Zhongxu's true spiritual root aptitude.

The family's precious tree possesses the ability to foresee the future; it can determine the spiritual roots of its offspring as early as three years old.

Xu Fugui didn't know if others had the means to know the spiritual root aptitude of children under the age of seven. The mainstream method was that the spiritual root could only be known after the child was seven or eight years old and had grown up.

Others were unaware of Chung-wook's spiritual root.

Xu Fugui secretly enhanced Zhongxu's spiritual root, and others would only assume that Zhongxu was born with an earth spiritual root.

Given the precious efficacy of the spiritual root and immortal fruit, this secret is best known only to Xu Fugui; he will not tell anyone else.

It is worth mentioning that even the Chu family at the time did not fully understand the effects of Liu Yun's "spirit-inflicting body".

The Tuoba family knew more about the "Body of the Pregnant Spirit".

A spirit-born body can give birth to an earth spirit root, but it cannot inherit the aptitude of a "heaven spirit root." This is information clearly recorded in the library of the Tuoba family.

The mystery and power of the Heavenly Spiritual Root are unknown to many cultivation families.

A body that is pregnant with spirits often gives birth to offspring with true spiritual roots and earth spiritual roots.

A powerful Golden Core family must be one whose members use a Spiritual Embryo Body to give birth to the Earth's spiritual roots.

According to the Chu family, the first offspring born from a spirit-nurturing body has the worst spiritual root, equivalent to that of the best of the two parents.

Liu Yun has a mixed spiritual root of four elements, Xu Xiaohou has a spiritual root of five elements, but Ke Zhongxu was born with a true spiritual root of three elements.

That's because a spirit-born being has the potential to give birth to a spirit root that is better than that of its parents.

Especially if both parents have relatively poor spiritual roots, it is very likely that a better true spiritual root will be born.

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Suhe County.

Kanshan Village.

It has been four years since Yang Zhen last went home.

He had no feelings for the Yang family; it was only after his family repeatedly mentioned in their letters that he should return home that he came back again.

Four years is only a short time for a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

However, in ordinary society, a lot can change in four years.

Yang Zhen's older brother had a second child, and his business grew even bigger. He opened two more restaurants in the county town.

My third brother got married to a wealthy woman, had children, and started a silk business in the county town.

Besides his close family members, his distant relatives also thrived by taking advantage of their relationship with him.

He was too lazy to care about family matters, and had told his father before that they could decide such trivial things as they pleased.

The Yang family's business was booming, and with so many relatives and friends, it was only natural that they would get into trouble.

Some things were resolved without Yang Zhen's knowledge.

He didn't care; it was all a small matter to him.

When he got home, the first thing he did was to persuade his father and grandfather that he wanted to marry into the Wuma family.

This was the only opportunity he could think of to return to his family, openly utilize his family's resources, and avoid the rule of "not being able to have children."

He has already selected several female members of the Wuma family.

Given his status as Wuma Haoqian, he was able to marry a woman from a much different generation and bloodline within the Wuma family.

Generally speaking, people with the same surname will not marry, even if they are far apart in blood.

However, they all have a customary rule that they will not marry someone of the same surname, as it would sound bad if word got out.

As a Golden Core family, there are too many members. The family has been passed down for tens of thousands of years, and the bloodlines of the members are very different.

Occasionally, people with the same surname from the same clan will marry, and as long as they are not closely related by blood, the elders in the clan will not object.

Yang Zhen argued with her family at home for several days, but still could not get their support.

His grandfather was old and got sick from the anger, so he was bedridden.

"Fine, I'm too lazy to argue with you. I should go."

Yang Zhen was unwilling to say any more.

"Zhen'er, stay home for a few more days."

His father advised him.

This time when he came back, he didn't say more than a few words except for arguing with his family.

Yang Zhen was unwilling to stay any longer. In any case, staying at home would only bring him more trouble, and people kept coming to visit him.

The local hermits and the celestial officials from the county town, upon learning of his return home, rushed over to exchange pleasantries and try to build rapport.

He was extremely annoyed by this.

When Yang Zhen left his hometown, he made up his mind that since the Yang family did not want him to marry into the Wuma family, then his connection with the Yang family would end there.

He no longer wanted to endure the messy affairs of the Yang family and wanted to return to his family as soon as possible.

If you don't want to marry into the family, the simplest way is to "fake your death and escape".

This is more convenient than him marrying into the Wuma family.

"Ha, if you don't want wealth and glory, you'll only lose me as a member of your family."

Yang Zhen really wanted to.

He had previously cared about the Yang family, but he wanted to keep the secret and prevent them from becoming suspicious.

An ordinary family, too far from the ancient southern city.

Even if he dies mysteriously or disappears without a trace, there's nothing the Yang family can do but accept it.

Yuanli City.

Fan Tianlin and Yang Zhen reunited with Xu Yiqing and other celestial officials from Yuanli County.

(End of this chapter)