Immortal Clan: I have a Tree of Creation

Cultivating immortality is like practicing martial arts; the worst thing you can do is to work in isolation.

The best place for the Zhou family's spiritual roots to go is definitely to enter the immortal sect.

Currently, all the major cultivation families have built high walls, making it difficult for outsiders, even those with spiritual roots, to obtain resources.

Cultivators from different regions do interact with each other, and there are many cultivation techniques and spiritual items for sale in markets.

With enough money, you can buy any treasure you desire.

However, Zhou Chengnan knew that buying cultivation techniques and practicing on his own was only a last resort.

Without a teacher or guidance, it's like crossing a river by feeling for stones.

Moreover, are the cultivation techniques that can be bought with silver really good ones?

For his son's cultivation and for the future of the Zhou family, there are some things he must fight for.

This visit to Huangxing County was not just to see the Xu family's marriage proposal.

Huangxing County is famous for its fruit production, and its Huangxing apricots are renowned for their sweet and sour taste.

The apricots here are extraordinary; I've heard that some of them are spiritual apricots, which can be eaten by cultivators.

Two years ago, Zhou Chengnan received news that Huangxing County would send a convoy to escort Huangxing fruit to Pingjiang County every year.

"Every year, the county government sends people to deliver apricots to the prefectural city. I've heard that the important people in the city really like our apricots." The shopkeeper of Jialuofang, who had been idle for most of the day, finally found someone to talk to and couldn't stop talking.

"Is that really true? The shopkeeper is indeed well-informed." Zhou Chengnan praised without reservation.

"However, Pingjiang County is a long way from Huangxing County. Aren't you afraid of being thieved along the way?"

"Hit by thieves?" the shopkeeper scoffed. "Who would dare rob a government caravan?"

"Besides, Huang Xingcheng has a cultivator leading the team, and more than a dozen innate experts protecting us, so there is absolutely no possibility of failure."

"I see......"

After a conversation, Zhou Chengnan basically got the information he wanted.

Huangxing County is famous for its apricots, and every year a large quantity of them are sent to the county seat.

For him, this was the best opportunity.

Ordinary people cannot delve into the world of cultivators; the only cultivation sect they know of is the Qingchi Sect.

The Qingchi Sect is located on Qingchi Mountain, which is situated in Pingjiang County.

"I heard that the Qingchi Sect only holds an apprenticeship ceremony once every thirty years, I wonder..." Zhou Chengnan shook his head.

Time is running out. For my son's sake, I must at least figure out the right path to spiritual practice.

To have any chance of contacting the Qingchi Sect, one must go to the county town.

The journey from Anshan County to Pingjiang Prefecture is more than ten thousand miles long, fraught with difficulties. Even a Blood Refining Realm martial artist would not be able to traverse such a distance.

If they could hitch a ride on Huangxing County's convoy, they would be able to reach the county seat smoothly.

Zhou Chengnan pondered for a moment. This might not be the best option, but it was certainly the safest way.

Money seems to have become the biggest problem right now.

Whether it's getting a ride or finding a way to enter a sect, a lot of money is needed to bribe officials.

"Thank you, shopkeeper," Zhou Chengnan said, and then prepared to leave.

"Hey, you rascal," the shopkeeper suddenly realized, "You didn't come here to buy anything?"

Zhou Chengnan gave an awkward laugh.

"Give me a spirit-testing talisman."

Of the four children in the family, only Zhou Yuanqing had his spiritual root tested. Now that the family has the means, it's time to give the other three children a chance as well.

Although he knew there was a high probability that he wouldn't be able to detect his spiritual root, he still wanted to give it a try.

"A spirit-testing talisman?"

"good......"

The shopkeeper was finally satisfied and pulled out a yellowed talisman from behind him.

"Here, fifteen taels of silver per note."

Zhou Chengnan did not take the talisman; instead, he showed a surprised expression.

If I remember correctly, the spirit-testing talisman I bought in Anshan County a few years ago should have cost ten taels of silver.

Anshan and Huangxing are adjacent, and their prices are the same, so it's impossible for Anshan to be so much more expensive.

"Shopkeeper, this spirit-testing talisman should cost ten taels of silver, shouldn't it...?"

Seeing the doubt on the young man's face, the shopkeeper raised an eyebrow.

"Young man, you don't know?"

"Recently, news has spread that a great figure from a cultivation sect will soon be coming to our area. Many families are hoping to have a child with spiritual roots in their family so they can rise to prominence in one step."

He had assumed that Zhou Chengnan had come to test the talisman because he had received prior notice.

"This is unbelievable..." Zhou Chengnan was truly shocked.

"I'll take this spirit-testing talisman."

He decisively accepted the talisman, handed over the full amount of fifteen taels of silver, and then continued to press for answers.

"May I ask, shopkeeper, who was the important person you mentioned earlier who was coming...?"

Only after the shopkeeper explained did Zhou Chengnan realize the truth.

The news came from the government office. It was said that Anshan County had taken the lead in inviting a big shot from a certain immortal cultivation sect to come here to recruit disciples.

It was not unprecedented in the Liang Kingdom for high-level cultivators to take on disciples from the common people.

According to past rumors, either a person with exceptionally high-grade spiritual root has appeared, or a certain number of children with spiritual roots have been born in a certain place.

The exact date has not yet been set, but most of the wealthy families in Anshan and Huangxing counties have already heard the news.

This is why the price of spirit-testing talismans has surged by 50% in a short period of time.

It was truly rare for a master from a sect to descend upon such a remote and impoverished place, and everyone wanted to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Zhou Chengnan thanked the shopkeeper and left Huangxingcheng.

There's no need to think about the Xu family's marriage proposal any longer; the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has arrived.

Over the years, he has been collecting information about various cultivation practices. There was a similar case of a sect cultivator descending to take on disciples in Anshan County decades ago.

It is said that Anshan County at that time had gathered a full hundred spiritual roots before it was favored by the immortal sect.

In the end, more than ten children did indeed successfully join the Immortal Sect.

Zhou Chengnan didn't know what the criteria those important figures used to select their disciples were.

Perhaps there will be other stringent requirements besides spiritual roots.

But no matter what, the most important opportunity in Zhou Yuanqing's life may lie within this!

He rushed home without stopping and called the children over without taking a break.

The eldest son, Zhou Yuanshan; the second son, Zhou Yuanyu; and the fourth son, Zhou Yuanyi, held in his arms.

The aura of the spirit-testing talisman lasts for a very short time, but it can reveal a person's spiritual root attributes and specific aptitude.

However, if it's just a simple scan to check whether it has reached the level of a low-grade spiritual root.

One spirit-testing talisman is barely enough for the three children.

Zhou Chengnan had an experience with this before, and he grasped the timing perfectly.

A beam of light flashed past the three children at an extremely fast speed.

The children were somewhat confused, not knowing what had happened, but it was over.

"really......."

Zhou Chengnan didn't say much, but sighed silently in his heart.

The fact that the Tree of Creation bore ginkgo fruit already explained everything; he shouldn't have harbored any illusions.

None of the three children had reached the lower grade of spiritual root. The eldest son, Zhou Yuanyi, who was still in swaddling clothes, was the best, but he only had a nine-tenths of a fire spiritual root, which was less than an inch away from reaching the lower grade.

The eldest brother, Zhou Yuanshan, possessed the most extraordinary spiritual root.

While most people possess some spiritual root, Shan'er doesn't have even a trace of it.

The brilliance of the five elements returned to itself, and not a single trace of spiritual root emerged.

It seems that Shan'er is destined to have no chance of becoming an immortal in this life.