Building a long-lasting family lineage starting with genealogy

Chapter 175 At the beginning of the change at Moon Lake, waiting for the outcome was fruitful.
Returning to Dongxi.

Xu Chuan then said to Wu Tao, "Go ahead and do your work."

"Yes, Great Elder."

Wu Tao cupped his hands in greeting and then flew towards the Discipline Hall.

Xu Dejing was already several months pregnant, and he was worried about her, fearing that she would overwork herself.

Xu Chuan scanned the area with his divine sense and found Xu Mingshu in the white tiger's den, stroking the tigress's belly and smiling happily.

“Xiao Bai, your descendants are my descendants. I, Xu Mingshu, also have descendants now.”

The white tiger tilted its head, its eyes revealing a look of incomprehension.

How did you become the boss?
"What nonsense are you spouting?"

A streak of cyan light flashed, and Xu Chuan suddenly appeared.

Xu Mingshu chuckled awkwardly twice, then said, "Father, you're back so soon?"

"It won't take much time."

"Oh, then what brings you here?"

"During this grain delivery, I heard something: the spirit fields of the Lu family, a fifth-grade Qi Refining family, were infested with insects, and most of the spirit rice they planted was destroyed."

"Pests? Father won't suspect his daughter of doing it, will he?"

Xu Chuan raised his hand and gave him a crisp flick on the forehead, his fingertips making a soft sound as he laughed and scolded, "Do you think your father is that kind of stupid person?"

"Yes, my daughter is confused." Xu Mingshu touched her forehead.

"Once this kind of pest outbreak occurs, it will definitely be large-scale. I don't know how many spirit insects you have, but the spirit insects causing the pest are certainly not comparable to ancient and strange insects like the Iron-Eating Flying Ants."

"I've come to instruct you to dispatch Iron-Eating Flying Ants to guard the spirit fields in the near future. They are likely more sensitive to their own kind than we are, and would be able to detect things earlier."

Xu Mingshu patted her chest and said, "Leave this matter to me. If even one spirit rice plant is found to be destroyed in my Xu family's spirit fields, Father, you can come after me."

Xu Chuan shook his head and chuckled, "That's not the case. If the insect infestation really breaks out, what use are a mere few dozen iron-eating flying ants?"

I want you to cultivate pest spirit insects, preferably a leader that can control them. Firstly, this swarm of spirit insects can serve as your trump card, and secondly, it can protect my Xu family from pests.

Thirdly, it allows me to research how to prevent this pest. If it breaks out in Yuehu County, this method will allow my Xu family to make a fortune.

"Two strokes?"

"You don't need to ask any more questions. Just do what I've told you to do," Xu Chuan said with a smile.

"Understood, father."

Xu Chuan glanced at the tigress, thought for a moment, and took out some spiritual herbs and pills from his storage bag. "Now that you're back, this task will be handed over to you."

What job?

"This is what you need to do." Xu Chuan handed Xu Mingshu a piece of paper covered with dense writing.

"Father, what's wrong with you?" Xu Mingshu frowned slightly.

"Optimize the offspring of the little white one. If one or two natural-born demon beasts can be born in this one litter, then there will be a higher starting point. If this is done generation after generation, many years later, the offspring of the little white one may be able to produce Foundation Establishment demon beasts."

The Azure Fire Eagles and their companions can do the same.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Mingshu looked up and said, "Father is doing this for Xiaobai and the others' own good, and also for the future of the Xu family. I will do as you say."

Xu Chuan smiled and nodded, then instructed, "Because the female tiger is an ordinary wild animal, if the fetus is too strong and the mother's body does not provide enough nutrition, it may cause both mother and child to die. Therefore, you must carefully follow this prescription."

While providing high-quality food, remember to help dispel its spiritual energy.

"Who knows, even a tigress might have a chance to transform into a demonic beast."

"Yes, father."

Xu Chuan then left.

For professional matters, you should find professionals.

If a pest infestation were to break out in the spirit field, even a powerful cultivator like Xu Mingwei would be rendered useless.

Only Xu Chuan and Xu Mingshu from the Xu family have a solution.

Xu Chuan wanted to solve the problem once and for all, so he asked Xu Mingshu to catch some pest spirits and cultivate them into leaders.

Insects have a strict hierarchy, and if they have a leader, they will willingly send their entire group of spirit insects to their deaths.

Not a few days.

The Xu family held a large gathering.

The heads and deputy heads of each hall, as well as important members, all gathered in the council hall.

This hall can accommodate over a thousand people.

Of course, there were only about a dozen people at this point.

Xu Mingwei, Xu Mingyuan, Xu Mingxuan, Xu Mingshu, Xu Mingxian, and Wu Mingsheng reported their results one after another.

Some truly core issues involving the Xu family will not be raised at the meeting.

Next, Xu Dezhao, Xu Deling, Xu Dewen, and Xu Dejing shared their experiences and offered some suggestions.

The first large gathering came to a hasty end.

Two days later, it will be the annual sacrifice.

The Xu family banquet was very lively, lacking the usual solemnity, and the atmosphere was much more vibrant.

This was Ren Xiaoyao's first experience.

I never knew a home could be so relaxing and joyful.

He gradually began to accept that he was also a part of this family.

The next day.

The vassal families gathered at Dongxi to pay homage to their master.

The Xu family was naturally generous and bestowed some resources upon them.

Then comes the New Year's money for the younger generation.

Everyone will receive silver coins; those who practice martial arts will also receive martial arts resources, while those who cultivate immortality will receive immortality resources.

The silver was given to them so they could use it when they went to Qingjiang for sightseeing.

The Xu family has a firm grip on almost the entire Qingjiang area, and it's not a good thing to keep the family members confined to Dongxi. They need to go out and see more people and things.

Qingjiang County became a good place to visit.

Of course, these family members cannot use their real names when they go out, so as to prevent them from using the Xu family's name to bully and dominate the market.

At the same time, it is also to help them see people's true colors.

Each person going to the county town will be accompanied by two guards at the peak of the Acquired Realm, in case of any accidents.

As for the older ones, such as Xu Dejun and Xu Derui, they can travel to other counties and even prefectural cities, and they will inevitably be accompanied by innate guards.

Once they break through to the Innate Realm and choose their respective halls, things won't be so easy anymore.

Of course, even members of a family can choose not to join a branch such as the War Hall, and can choose to take on missions as free agents.

However, once one reaches the Innate Realm, even members of the Xu family must obtain resources based on their contributions to the family.

No one can rest on the laurels of their predecessors and wait to die!
At most, their parents would subsidize some of the costs themselves.

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

The Xu family's trading company quietly appeared in the county town and market, backed by the Xu family, and no one would bother them unless they wanted to.

The shops in the market have a variety of cultivation resources.

However, most of the items are low-grade magical artifacts and common elixirs, with almost no spiritual herbs, and not many other materials or ores either.

Then there are mid-to-high-grade magic weapons and mid-to-high-grade pills.

The variety of elixirs is quite complete, including Qi-Nourishing Elixir, Jade Dew Elixir, Detoxifying Elixir, Rejuvenating Elixir, and Qi-Gathering Elixir.

However, whether it's mid-to-high-grade magic artifacts or mid-to-high-grade pills, currently only barter is supported, through transactions using materials from demon beasts, spirit herbs, spirit ores, and spirit iron.

Because Master Xu Chuan's reputation had already spread throughout Yuehu County, many independent cultivators were curious about him.

Some rogue cultivators at the early stage of Qi Refining purchased low-grade Qi Gathering Pills or traded mid- to high-grade Qi Gathering Pills using the spiritual herbs they had left behind.

This is rarely seen in other alchemy shops.

The only high-grade magic weapon in the trading company was traded away that same day by a gray-robed rogue cultivator in exchange for a five- or six-hundred-year-old Purple Fire Fungus and some demon beast materials.

The Xu family business was relatively friendly to independent cultivators, but the other aristocratic families in the market were not very happy.

After all, a portion of the customer traffic has been drawn to that area.

Of course, the Xu family business did not want to break ties with the other aristocratic families in Yuehu County at this time, so it intentionally controlled the quantity of mid-to-high-grade products.

However, compared to the market shops, the county town shops were much more popular.

Most of them are martial arts resources, with only a small portion being resources for cultivating immortality.

Resources below the Grandmaster level can be purchased with silver. For Innate Martial Elixir, the price is 1,000 silver for low-grade, 2,000 silver for mid-grade, and 3,000 silver for high-grade, depending on the quality of the elixir.

Fixed price!
This is different from the Qi-Inducing Pill, which is used to help martial artists comprehend the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and break through to the innate level.

Similar to a super-weakened version of the Foundation Building Pill.

After all, for martial artists, the difference between the Innate Realm and the Acquired Realm is like heaven and earth.

Of course, innate martial elixirs can also be traded for ores and medicinal herbs, which are 20-30% cheaper than silver.

Grandmaster-level martial arts pills can only be obtained through the trade of cultivation resources, spiritual herbs, and spiritual ores.

While everyone hesitated, the Moon Lake Martial Alliance took the lead in purchasing a batch to train outstanding disciples from various families within the alliance.

In the competition among powerful families, the biggest taboo is having something that you don't have.

Does this mean my family is going to fall behind?
Therefore, the Xu family's business in the county town was very popular, and some lower-ranking families seemed to see hope, since high-level martial arts resources were usually controlled by them.

Almost nothing they could get their way.

Now everyone sees hope.

Some fifth- and sixth-rank aristocratic families secretly reached several transactions with the Xu family's trading company for cultivation resources, such as mid-to-high-grade Qi-Nourishing Pills or mid-to-high-grade Qi-Gathering Pills.

These fifth and sixth-rank noble families all possess considerable background and influence.

Don't let their timid demeanor in front of the cultivation families fool you; they're hiding their best stuff, and we certainly won't let them get away with it for nothing.

Since the Xu family business was willing to offer good products in exchange, they were naturally willing to do so as well.

However, these transactions were extremely secretive and occurred very infrequently, thus failing to attract the attention of cultivation families.

The Xu family's actions in the county town were noticed by some cultivation families.

Although they felt that the Xu family was disrupting the current balance of Yuehu County, they were powerless to do anything about it.

The Xu family is powerful, almost entirely isolated in Dongxi, and has a good relationship with the Zhou family.

Judging from the last tax payment, the Zhou family treated the Xu family much more kindly than the other families.

Not to mention that even the imperial envoys praised Xu Chuan, the eldest elder of the Xu family, which made them even more wary and dare not act rashly.

However, they couldn't just stand by and watch the Xu family win over the hearts of all the martial arts families in the county, starting to sow discord and divide them one by one, and they also reluctantly offered resources to win them over.

Unfortunately, the resources they claimed to have were far less than what those fifth- or sixth-rank aristocratic families obtained from the Xu family's business empire. Therefore, those families only outwardly agreed, but in reality, they continued to develop their businesses discreetly.

They all sensed that Yuehu County might undergo significant changes because of the Xu family.

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For the past two months.

Zhang Wanqing gave birth to a son, whom Xu Mingxuan named Xu Deqian.

A humble gentleman cultivates himself with humility, symbolizing a modest, courteous, and open-minded character.

He possesses innate true spiritual root aptitude. Although he lacks Xu Deling's innate spiritual eyes, it still represents the strength of the Xu family bloodline.

With both parents possessing true spiritual roots, the chances of their child having a true spiritual root are naturally higher. Xu Chuan's revelation of Xu Deqian's aptitude to Xu Mingxuan and his wife brought them joy.

Besides, many members of the Xu family have also broken through in their cultivation levels.

Xu Mingwei broke through to the late stage of the ninth level, and Xu Mingyuan, Xu Mingxuan and Xu Mingshu also broke through a small realm one after another. Xu Mingshu even swallowed a high-grade breakthrough pill and rushed into the eighth level of Qi Refining in one fell swoop.

Zhang Wanqing had temporarily stopped at the peak of the fifth level of Qi Refining because she was close to giving birth, and planned to try to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining in a month.

Xu Dezhao broke through to the mid-stage of the seventh level of Qi Refining, and Shen Qingyi broke through to the late-stage of the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Xu Dejing switched to cultivating the "Innate Five Elements Creation Technique," while Wu Tao was still at the late-stage peak of the fourth level and needed more time to break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

After being persuaded by Xu Mingwei and Xu Dezhao, Xu Dewen also switched to practicing the "Innate Five Elements Creation Technique".

It does not conflict with ordinary innate martial arts, and is even compatible with them, so there is no such thing as losing one's skills and having to start over.

However, during the practice of this technique, there will be no further progress in martial arts.

Xu Mingwei even told him not to rush into marriage before he had truly perfected this skill, which puzzled Xu Dewen.

Of course, Xu Mingwei also made it clear that it's entirely up to him to choose.

After thinking it over, Xu Dewen decided to get married.

Therefore, Yang Ronghua is currently looking for a suitable girl.

Their selection range was not limited to daughters from Dongxi, but also included dependent families such as Li, Chen, and Bai, young ladies from prominent families in Qingjiang County, and even prominent families in the prefectural city.

When the news spread, the portraits were compiled into a booklet and sent to Yang Ronghua.

Each portrait was accompanied by descriptions of the woman's personality, hobbies, and life experiences, leaving her overwhelmed with choices.

Xu Deling also broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, and more than a month faster than Xu Mingshu.

However, she is now feeling uneasy.

I don't know how to talk to Wu Shunan about marrying into the family. What if he doesn't agree?
Therefore, it has been delayed in being made clear.

Before the anniversary of Xu Deheng's death, he entered the Innate Realm and was personally taught the complete version of "Innate Five Elements Creation Technique" by Xu Chuan.

After all, Xu Deheng had already decided to pursue the path of immortality.

Of course, he was also given orders not to tell anyone else, and it was up to him to decide whether his children would follow the path of immortality or martial arts.

Xu Deheng then realized the pressure from his father and uncles.

The Xu family was fortunate in this way, but because of their own weakness, they could only choose among their own children to avoid being too outstanding and bringing about their own destruction.

The rapid development of the Xu family also serves to protect and safeguard their descendants.

After all, the more powerful a family is, the more outstanding its members will be.

Then, the more generations of the Xu family, the more likely they are to walk the path of immortality.

"Gain and loss, gain may not be a blessing, and loss may not be a curse."

Overnight, Xu Deheng seemed to have matured a lot.

In everything he did, he would first consider its benefits to the Xu family.

There's also Ren Xiaoyao, who started cultivating immortality last July. In just one or two days, he successfully sensed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thus learning immortal techniques. Seven or eight days later, he entered the first level of Qi Refining.

He himself was also diligent and hardworking. With the help of elixirs, he reached the second level of Qi Refining in one month and the third level in two months.

Now, he has undoubtedly broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, without needing the aid of the Breakthrough Pill.

The early stages of Qi Refining are like child's play for cultivators with Earth Spirit Root aptitude or higher.

Even in a county town, where spiritual energy is scarce and there are no elixirs to aid him, he could probably reach the mid-stage of Qi Refining within a year or two.

Later on, relying solely on oneself will slow down one's cultivation progress.

After all, the amount of spiritual energy required in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining is different.

If even the daily cultivation spiritual energy is insufficient, then the progress will naturally be very slow, even for those with earth spirit root aptitude.

We must go to a place with a richer spiritual atmosphere.

This is why most independent cultivators always go to the county town or market, or open up cave dwellings deep in some mountains with high spiritual energy concentration.

The Xu family's current spiritual energy concentration is sufficient for cultivation to reach the Qi Refining Perfection stage, but insufficient for Foundation Establishment.

The spiritual energy concentration should at least be comparable to that of the spiritual energy nodes in Yuehu County, and ideally, it should be similar to that of the Zhou family's and the former Su family's ancestral lands.

This breakthrough speed really startled Xu Mingyuan, who then informed Xu Chuan and Xu Mingwei.

"As expected of someone with an earth-elemental talent."

Xu Mingwei exclaimed in admiration, then looked at Xu Chuan, waiting for his decision on how to arrange Ren Xiaoyao.

"Geniuses need to be honed; if they are acquired too easily, they are prone to arrogance."

Xu Mingyuan said, "Father, I don't think Xiaoyao would do that. He was born into poverty."

"This has nothing to do with birth. Everyone's mindset will change over time and with changes in their surroundings. For example, do you still have the same mindset and style of doing things as you did twenty years ago?"
Is there a tendency to look down on martial arts families, or even ordinary sixth-rank Qi cultivation families?

The two remained silent.

"Of course, I also see that he is a resilient child who knows how to repay kindness, but the more talented a child is, the more careful his education should be."

Xu Mingyuan readily agreed and bowed, saying, "Father, what should we do?"

Xu Chuan said calmly, "A sense of identity, a sense of belonging, and a sense of conviction."

“He already has a sense of belonging. Mingyuan, didn’t you plan to make him and Rong’er a couple? Then let them spend more time together. How about we take them to the county town for a trip in the next few days?”

"When the two of them get married and have children, their sense of belonging will naturally deepen."

"As for the sense of conviction, it should not be regarded as a tool for cultivation. Treat the Xu family disciples the same way. Since they have reached the fourth level of Qi Refining, follow the rules. The Hall of Selection, the Hall of Discipline, the Hall of Immortal Arts, and the Hall of Missions are all included."

Let them choose for themselves; you should not interfere.

Having experiences creates a past, which not only increases a sense of belonging but also strengthens the belief in being a member of the Xu family.

As for cultivation level, it is the least important thing.

A genius like him, as long as he doesn't perish, even if he were alone, would at least reach the Qi Refining stage. With the right opportunity, he could soar to the Golden Core realm.

Xu Chuan's eyes flashed with a sharp light, "And my Xu family is his greatest opportunity!"

"I believe that since Xiaoyao took the initiative to follow you, he must be a smart man, and he will seize the opportunity."

"Father's foresight is something I deeply admire."

Xu Mingyuan and Xu Mingwei both bowed with their hands clasped.

"After listening to what Father said, I understand what Father means. When facing geniuses or others, we should focus on assimilation rather than simply cultivation."

"To make them identify with the Xu family and consider themselves a member of the Xu family."

"This level of skill is so high that few people in the entire Great Wei can probably match it."

Xu Chuan laughed and scolded, "You flatter me very much, I accept it, but we must not underestimate the people of the world. Low-key and steady development is the principle of my Xu family."

"Yes, Father." The two brothers exchanged a glance, both with a slight smile on their lips.

This is what they admire most about their father: despite his high position and absolute authority in the Xu family, he was always approachable.

This applies not only to one's own children, but also to outsiders.

This is an innate quality that no one can learn.

After a pause, Xu Chuan looked at Xu Mingwei and said, "By the way, Mingwei, Mingxian has already reached the peak of Qi Refining. He has taken three high-grade Divine Advancement Pills, and his divine sense has transformed into divine consciousness."

You need to work harder too.

Among the second generation of the Xu family, Xu Mingwei and Xu Mingxian are in one cultivation tier, while Xu Mingyuan, Xu Mingxuan, and Xu Mingshu are in another tier.

Xu Mingwei smiled wryly and clasped his hands, saying, "I have just broken through to the late stage of the ninth level of Qi Refining. The accumulation required to reach the perfection of Qi Refining is no less than the previous two minor realms combined."

It will take at least a year, and sometimes a year and a half.

At least those with true spiritual root aptitude won't be stuck there, but cultivators with mixed spiritual root aptitude might encounter obstacles even after reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, and may not be able to break through for a long time.

As for Foundation Establishment, under normal circumstances, those with True Spiritual Root aptitude have virtually no hope.

Abnormality is like that of a certain person, who treats Foundation Establishment Pills like candy.

But even families with a long tradition of mastering the Golden Core technique cannot achieve this.

Even though they have many opportunities to establish their foundation, they would not waste them on their clansmen who are below the level of true spiritual root.

In the world of cultivation, the law of survival of the fittest and the strong preying on the weak prevails.

The same applies within a family.

Although everyone in the Xu family can possess a true spiritual root, they dare not allow everyone to walk the path of immortality, and it is impossible for them to become a family of Golden Core cultivators.

“Mingyuan, don’t laugh. Among the second generation, you’re the most procrastinating.”

Xu Chuan treated everyone fairly.

With his guidance, Xu Mingyuan now knew how to treat Ren Xiaoyao.

The Hall of Immortal Arts, the Hall of Array Formations.

Since Xu Mingxian gained divine consciousness, his understanding of the array formation inheritance seems to have undergone a transformation.

Furthermore, the Nine Flames Technique has also progressed rapidly, breaking through to the Five Flames level.

He sat cross-legged on the futon and slowly awoke from his meditation.

"As expected, the birth of divine sense will increase one's comprehension, or rather, understanding. In less than ten years, I will be able to fully comprehend the contents of the jade slip I inherited."

That jade slip was a legacy obtained by the cave owner from an ancient time. It was a true ancient cultivation legacy, and even contained records of ancient formations such as the Star Array.

However, this record is for a low-level Star Array, which can only be set up by Foundation Establishment cultivators. Mid-level and high-level arrays require the Golden Core stage.

Legend has it that once a high-level star array is successfully set up, after decades or even centuries, it can transform a place with sparse spiritual energy into a blessed land brimming with spiritual energy.

Although Xu Mingxian did not know what a blessed land was, he imagined it to be quite extraordinary.

It is estimated that even the Cao family of the Great Wei might not be able to occupy a blessed land.

"First, thoroughly understand the Divine Sense Isolation Formation and the Breath Concealment Formation. These two are what the family needs most right now."

Once he fully comprehends it, Xu Mingxian will be able to refine the corresponding array artifacts.

It provides double protection: firstly, it isolates the mind's consciousness, and secondly, it conceals the breath's depth.

This concealment array is definitely undetectable to those in the Foundation Establishment stage, and can control and hide up to nine minor realms.

It's hard to say about the Golden Core stage; perhaps he could see through it at a glance, or perhaps he would need to carefully probe it with his divine sense.

After all, he couldn't possibly run to the imperial city and ask the Cao family's Golden Core Ancestor, "Please take a look at my cultivation level."

In addition, Xu Mingxian's wife, Zhou Zongni, reached the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining with the help of the Xu family's medicinal resources.

Because he only has pseudo-spiritual root aptitude, his breakthrough in the mid-stage of Qi Refining is as difficult as that of a person with mixed spiritual root aptitude in the late stage of Qi Refining.

Therefore, it has been stuck at the bottleneck of the fifth floor.

However, Zhou Zongni's determination to pursue the Dao was very strong, so she was neither in a hurry nor slow, and quietly cultivated herself.

After having a daughter with Xu Mingxian, she has not had any more children.

a few days later.

Border patrol guards reported that there were many buzzing sounds and insects in the mist. Ordinary martial artists would find it difficult to kill them with a knife, and only innate martial artists could kill them with a single blow by using their innate true energy.

Xu Mingwei informed Xu Chuan about this matter.

After Xu Chuan notified Xu Mingshu with his divine sense, he immediately went to check inside the mist formation.

"There really are a lot of spirit insects, more than a thousand in total." Xu Mingshu was quite surprised, and then said dejectedly, "We've been waiting for them for so long, but we were stopped right outside our door."

"These spirit insects really disappoint me."

She looked at Xu Chuan and said, "Father, do you think our Xu family is a bit too secretive?"

(End of this chapter)