Immortal Clan: I have a Tree of Creation

"I'm back!"

Zhou Yuanyi came home from school, skipping and hopping into the house with his hands behind his back.

His clothes were fairly clean, but his hair was soaked with sweat, indicating that he had been quite active.

The little guy hasn't caused any trouble for many days, so he's feeling quite pleased with himself.

"Second sister, second sister, this is for you." He took out a handful of malt sugar from his pocket.

She happily picked out a grain and handed it to her second sister, Zhou Yuanyu.

Completely unaware, her second sister seemed to be in a low mood.

"Xiao Yi, did you steal candy again?" Zhou Yuanyu asked with a forced smile.

"No way!" Zhou Yuanyi pouted. "I was the first to finish reciting the Thousand Character Classic today, and it was a reward from my teacher."

"That's great..."

"Third Brother, Third Brother!"

Zhou Yuanyi happily entered the house, holding the malt sugar.

"I brought you some candy..."

The third brother, Zhou Yuanqing, doted on his younger brother the most, and the youngest brother, Zhou Yuanyi, naturally cared deeply for his older brother as well.

After searching around and not finding his brother, Zhou Yuanyi walked out with a bewildered expression.

"Huh, that's strange... Where did Third Brother go?"

"Second Sister, have you seen Third Brother?"

Faced with his younger brother's question, Zhou Yuanyu was at a loss and didn't know how to answer.

"Your third brother, he..."

The mother, Wang Shuzhen, came out and knelt down in front of her son.

"Yi'er, your third brother... has gone on a long trip and won't be back for a while."

"Going on a long trip? Where did Third Brother go? Why didn't he take me with him?"

Wang Shuzhen pondered for a moment, then said, "Your third brother went to the mountains to cultivate with the immortals, and he'll become an immortal too..."

"An immortal? Cultivating in the mountains?"

Zhou Yuanyi was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed from confusion to shock, and then from shock to sadness.

He pursed his lips, trying hard not to let the tears fall.

"Mother, are you saying that Third Brother won't be coming back...?"

Although Zhou Yuanyi was only five years old, he understood everything.

Going to the mountains to cultivate oneself, doesn't that mean never coming back?

"No, he'll come back..."

"Mother, you're lying!" Zhou Yuanyi could no longer hold back his emotions, and large tears rolled down his cheeks. "I want my third brother, I want my third brother back, waah..."

Wang Shuzhen was also speechless. Looking at her son crying, the sadness in her heart gradually broke down.

"I didn't lie to you, he will come back..." She hugged her son, her voice trembling with tears.

The family huddled together in the yard.

Qing'er simply went to cultivate with the immortals; she did not truly leave this world.

But time flies when cultivating in the mountains. The world of cultivation and the mortal world are two different worlds. No one knows when Qing'er will be able to complete her studies and return, or when she will be able to meet and reunite with her family again.

Perhaps it will be ten years, perhaps thirty years, or perhaps... we will never be together in this lifetime.

Zhou Chengnan put down his carrying pole and stood at the door, not going in to disturb them, but just sighing silently.

We've lived together as a large family for so many years, weathering all the storms together.

With one less person suddenly gone, how can one not miss them?

Yesterday he asked Master Su in blue robes when Qing'er would be able to return home.

The only response was a cold and brief remark from the immortal.

"If it's for his own good, don't let worldly thoughts lead you astray."

Yes, the mortal and immortal realms are separate. If one cannot concentrate fully on cultivation, even the most talented person cannot attain enlightenment.

For most cultivators, worldly family ties are both a burden and an obstacle.

As one of the top sects in Liang Kingdom, Qingchi Sect has very strict rules and regulations.

Zhou Yuanqing was a newly initiated disciple, and the Qingchi Sect's control was even more meticulous.

If one cannot cultivate to a certain level, one can never descend the mountain, let alone return home to reunite with family.

Disciples of sects with low strength who wander outside the sect rashly often encounter misfortune rather than good fortune, and are very likely to run into trouble.

......

The Zhou family successfully acquired their first cultivation technique.

—Qingyuan Nourishing Qi Secrets.

Cultivation techniques differ from martial arts techniques, as they often contain many obscure and difficult terms.

Zhou Chengnan was well-read, but he still found studying the martial arts techniques somewhat difficult.

Unfortunately, the path to immortality is too far removed from ordinary people, and the explanations within the cultivation methods require much more effort to verify repeatedly.

Fortunately, he is now a martial artist at the sixth level of martial arts, the Marrow Refining Realm.

While physical training in martial arts may not offer any assistance to cultivation in the immortal path, it can at least strengthen the body, sharpen hearing and vision, and keep energy at its peak.

The progress in studying cultivation techniques is not fast, but it is still steady.

It took Zhou Chengnan almost a month to finally finish reading the entire article.

I'm still far from mastering it, but at least I can start practicing.

Qing'er studied under Pan Congjin back then, and as her father, she also learned a lot about the common knowledge of the cultivation world.

Following the guidance of the cultivation method, I began to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

At first, everything went very smoothly, and he soon sensed the omnipresent and diverse spiritual energy in the world.

But problems soon arose.

Zhou Chengnan discovered that his efficiency in "gathering" or rather "attracting" the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was far too low.

Most of those spiritual energies are quite lazy and unwilling to accept the summons.

Even if you use all your strength to activate the technique, you can only attract a very small amount of spiritual energy, which is pitifully little.

To become a cultivator, one must refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, transforming it into one's own spiritual power.

The "Qingyuan Nourishing Qi Technique" records this very clearly.

"By gathering a hundred streams of spiritual energy to form the Azure Origin, one nourishes the hundred Origins and cultivates life force..."

In other words, one must refine at least a hundred streams of spiritual energy to obtain a wisp of Azure Yuan spiritual power.

Zhou Chengnan spent most of the day trying, but he couldn't even gather enough spiritual energy.

Only now did he begin to understand why Immortal Master Su had so decisively eliminated all children with spiritual roots below two inches.

Spiritual root aptitude is extremely important, as it directly affects the efficiency of refining spiritual energy and the speed of cultivation.

His spiritual roots originated from the Tree of Creation and were obtained from Qing'er.

A one-inch wood spirit root is merely the lower limit of a low-grade spirit root.

This meant that his cultivation speed could only be among the slowest.

"It's better than having no spiritual root at all!" Zhou Chengnan comforted himself.

Sometimes he thought about whether he and his wife should have more children while they were still relatively young.

If one or two children with spiritual roots could be born, the benefits would be immeasurable.

Unfortunately, his wife, Wang Shuzhen, has not been in good health in recent years.

Having four children in a row is already a huge burden and requires long-term care.

Having a fifth child would be too harmful to the body.

As for taking a concubine, that's even less likely for the time being...

Right now, we still have to rely on the children.

Shan'er and Yu'er are both approaching the age to get married.

The right path would be for children to get married, start their own families, and have more children of their own.

The Zhou family will flourish and its descendants will be numerous, and only then will the Zhou family's tree of destiny become a true treasure tree.

I have been practicing diligently for more than three months.

Zhou Chengnan finally managed to condense his first strand of Azure Yuan Spiritual Power.

"call......"

"Everything is difficult at the beginning!"