Building a long-lasting family lineage starting with genealogy

Chapter 60 Forging the Foundation of Longevity

Xu Mingwei diligently practiced the "Innate Five Elements Creation Technique" for four years.

He has now reached the peak of the late-stage innate realm, and is only one step away from completing his spiritual root.

The speed was much faster than Xu Chuan had imagined.

Xu family.

Nanshan Courtyard, left-hand corridor.

Xu Mingwei and Yang Ronghua watched Xu Dezhao squatting in the courtyard, practicing basic boxing techniques.

"Madam, you wrote to your father-in-law half a month ago, have you heard anything from him yet?"

"Zhao'er is six years old; it's time for her to start learning martial arts."

Yang Ronghua looked at Xu Mingwei and sighed helplessly, "The Yang family is different from the Xu family after all. It's not a one-man show. The head of the family has a lot of power, but there are also elders to supervise him."

"Last time it was just to borrow something to test bloodlines, but this time it's related to the transmission of family martial arts."

"The major families in the county town keep their family-inherited martial arts extremely secret."

"Once the leak is discovered by other powerful families, their weaknesses can be easily identified and targeted."

Xu Mingwei also sighed and looked at Xu Dezhao.

Because he had been squatting in a horse stance for a long time, fine beads of sweat had appeared on his face, but he showed no intention of stopping.

"I don't covet the Yang family's inherited martial arts; I just want to give Zhao'er the best and don't want to waste his talent."

"With his talent, plus the secret medicinal diet of my Xu family, he may be able to enter the Innate Realm before the age of sixteen."

Yang Ronghua also knew the power of the Xu family's secret medicinal cuisine. A Yuan, Xue Ji, and Yun Nu had made rapid progress in recent years, all thanks to it.

However, she remained tight-lipped about it.

Xu Mingwei had told her not to talk about the Xu family's medicinal cuisine or about A Yuan and Xue Ji's strength.

This applies even to the Yang family.

"In that case, let's drop this matter. After some time, once Zhao'er has laid a solid foundation, she can begin practicing the Little Dragon Elephant Technique."

With a sense of apology in her heart, Yang Ronghua said in a soft voice, "Husband, it's because I'm too useless."

Xu Mingwei took her soft hand and stroked it, saying, "I know the nature of aristocratic families. They don't value their daughters who marry out of the family."

Even if the father-in-law loves him, his voice is ultimately limited.

Yang Ronghua nestled in Xu Mingwei's arms.

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Bihan Pool.

Xu Chuan cultivated here.

Besides, Xu Mingshu and Xu Mingxian also stayed here with Xu Chuan.

The black iron fruit tree is now three or four zhang tall.

The tree trunk is dark green and can be encircled by one person. Its leaves are oval-shaped and bear dozens of fist-sized, tomato-like black iron fruits.

The white tiger, nearly ten feet tall, lay on its side under the tree, occasionally opening its eyes to look at the fruit above, its gaze filled with greed.

The black iron fruit began to bear fruit last year.

Xu Chuan fed the white tiger several of the pills, and the tiger took a liking to them.

Three months later, it ate all the Black Iron Fruits.

One day, the White Tiger suddenly became able to absorb and exhale the moonlight, drawing upon the power of the surrounding heaven and earth.

Simply put, it transformed from a ferocious beast into a monster.

Although it was only a demon beast in the early stage of Qi Refining, its body underwent a transformation, its aura became more imposing, its fur became tougher, and its claws could extend more than a foot, greatly increasing its lethality.

Coupled with its terrifying strength, even a martial artist at the early stage of the Innate Realm would be no match for the White Tiger.

It was only after this transformation that the white tiger's body grew to nearly ten feet in length.

Xu Chuan was astonished and speculated that the Black Iron Fruit was originally meant for exotic beasts and demonic beasts, and might have the ability to promote bloodline transformation.

It is most effective for non-demonic beasts, and can achieve the effect of bloodline transformation.

It's hard to say how effective it will be against monsters.

Fortunately, the white tiger had long been tamed. Even though it had become a demon beast in the early stage of Qi Refining, it did not have any intention of harming the Xu family. In fact, due to its increased intelligence, it was even better able to distinguish between people from the Xu family and those from other families.

He can understand some simple speech from people other than Xu Mingshu. Inside the bamboo house.

Xu Chuan sat cross-legged on a futon.

Looking inward at oneself, one sees the five internal organs as if viewing the five sacred mountains.

The liver generates the Fusang wood, the heart burns the Nanming fire, the spleen condenses the Kunlun earth, the lungs hang the Taibai sword, and the kidneys surge the Beiming abyss.

The five-colored energy flows continuously between the five internal organs, circulating endlessly.

Then it flows through all the acupoints of the body, down to the limbs and bones, and finally into the spiritual platform.

Suddenly.

Xu Chuan's body trembled slightly, and five-colored light seemed to overflow from his body.

The five elements converge to form a state of profound mystery.

He murmured softly:
"The five elements revolve to create creation, and the primordial energy pervades the universe. When form and spirit unite, one can comprehend the profound mysteries and return to one's true nature to attain longevity."

"Haha, it's finally done!"

Xu Chuan burst into uncontrollable laughter.

The sound was like a booming bell, causing the branches and leaves of the black iron fruit tree to sway and rustle.

The white tiger turned to look at the bamboo house, but then, finding it uninteresting, turned back.

Xu Mingshu and Xu Mingxian, who were practicing their martial arts outside the bamboo house, both stopped and looked towards the bamboo house. Then, they walked to the door of the bamboo house at the same time.

"Father, what's wrong?" Xu Mingshu asked with concern.

"It's nothing. I made a slight breakthrough and felt happy, so I laughed a few times. You can continue practicing."

The two left the bamboo hut and continued their cultivation.

Inside the bamboo house.

Xu Chuan felt immense joy, yet his face also showed a touch of emotion.

Having lived in this world for over forty years, I have been cautious, patient, and discreet, and now I have finally laid the foundation for immortality.

Martial arts cannot grant immortality.

Only the path to immortality can offer a glimpse into this.

However, very few people possess the aptitude for cultivating immortality.

Throughout Qingjiang County, in the four years since the establishment of the Immortal Bureau, no one has been found to have the aptitude for cultivating immortality, which made Xiao Changyuan lament the barrenness of this place.

Xu Chuan took out the testing crystal, placed his hand on it, and after familiarizing himself with it, the surface of the crystal emitted a white light.

"Miscellaneous spiritual root aptitude".

"The 'Innate Five Elements Creation Technique' is indeed profound, seizing the power of creation. As soon as it is completed, one becomes a mixed spiritual root aptitude."

He has now mastered this technique to perfection.

To purify one's spiritual root, one must continue to condense the power of the five elements again and again, accumulating little by little until one defies fate.

He was a pioneer in this path for the Xu family, paving the way for his descendants.

After a short rest.

Xu Chuan stepped out of the bamboo house. After acquiring spiritual roots, he became more sensitive to the surrounding天地力 (heaven and earth power), that is, spiritual energy.

"It's really thin."

“There are probably even fewer in other places.”

"No wonder cultivators are mostly located around major prefectures or the imperial city. Those places must have spiritual veins, or at least branch veins if they are not the main veins."

"However, the Great Wei Dynasty is quite large, and some of its mountains, wilderness swamps, rivers and lakes may also have spiritual veins, but they are just not suitable for large-scale human settlement."

Although Xu Chuan has reached the peak of the Innate Realm, Xu Mingwei remains the strongest fighter in the Xu family.

He looked at the white tiger under the black iron fruit tree and pondered to himself, "Perhaps we can have Stone capture a few more beast cubs. With Xueji's talent for communicating with beasts, they can be tamed and used for our own purposes."

"If there are more Black Iron Fruit Trees, there is a slight chance that they will become demonic beasts."

"In a dozen or so years, they will become the family's demon beasts. Demon beasts have a lifespan that is much longer than that of cultivators at the same level."

Xu Chuan estimated that even if that white tiger didn't improve much later, it could probably live for two or three hundred years.

In terms of lifespan, cultivators of the same realm are completely no match for demonic beasts.

　During the new book's release period, I sincerely hope fellow readers will continue to follow along!
　　In the future, when the Xu family achieves the status of a family of immortals, your name will surely be in the Book of Gratitude. The Xu family disciples will recite it every day to bless fellow Daoists with smooth sailing in all things and a promising path to cultivation!
　　
　
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