A daily divination, from family tortoise shells to immortal clans.

Chen Mingzheng stepped forward and returned the greeting:

"Greetings, Envoy Zhou Yu. I am the patriarch of the Chen clan. Please, Envoy, move to the mountains to rest for a while."

He had never met Zhou Yu before; the previous times Yuanjian Sect had sent people, it was Zhou Tinglong and another Qi Refining cultivator.

Chen Mingzheng subtly probed Zhou Yu's cultivation level and discovered that he was actually at the eighth level of Qi Refining, which secretly surprised him.

At this moment, Zhou Tinglong went to chase after the demon wolf, so he wanted to take Zhou Yu to wait inside Tai Xuan Mountain first.

The Yuanjian Sect had long ago established a rule that a Foundation Establishment cultivator must be present to receive offerings.

"Then I'll have to trouble Chief Chen."

"Your Excellency, please forgive me, but may I ask who this gentleman is...?"

Chen Ming was looking at the little girl who was timidly hiding behind Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu said with a smile:

"This girl's name is Qin Wangyue, and she is a child from an ordinary family in your Xiyun Town."

When Uncle Zhou was collecting offerings from other families, he accidentally discovered that she possessed three spiritual roots. After obtaining her family's consent, he brought her over.

Unfortunately, the sect is not recruiting disciples this year; the next recruitment will have to wait three years.

He expressed a slight regret, then changed the subject.

"Xinghe Village must belong to your family, right? When I arrived today, I saw someone testing the spiritual roots of the children in the village. One of them, named Chen Weisheng, also has three spiritual roots."

The master had originally intended to keep the girl in a family to study and learn to read and write, and to have her taught some basic knowledge of cultivation.

"If you are willing to take her in, it would be convenient for Chen Weisheng to enter the Yuanjian Sect with her in three years."

Chen Qingmo, who was in the crowd, heard this and his pupils contracted slightly.

For children, their spiritual aptitude begins to manifest after the age of six.

If one possesses spiritual roots, one can embark on the path of cultivation after two or three years of reading and learning to read.

Chen Weisheng's sixth birthday had just passed a few days ago, but Chen Qingmo had not returned home because he had to be on guard against attacks from the Wu family.

Even if these Qi Refining families in Xiyun Town were to engage in battle, it would not affect ordinary people. Otherwise, if the Yuanjian Sect found out, it would be uncertain whether the families could even survive.

The Wu family originally thought that after wiping out the Chen family cultivators of Tai Xuan Mountain, no one would know that they had sided with the Demonic Sect and could continue to be protected by the Yuan Jian Sect, so they did not go on to slaughter mortals.

However, they underestimated the ruthlessness of the demon wolves and overestimated their own strength, ultimately reaping the consequences of their actions.

Even before the battle began today, the tortoise shell in Chen Qingmo's sea of ​​consciousness had already shown unusual activity.

Several lines of small characters suddenly appeared in front of the tortoise shell, which originally only displayed the hexagram.

[For the first time, a member of the direct lineage possesses spiritual roots, elevating the family to the Qi Refining level.]

Chen Qingmo discovered this at the time, but he was too busy setting up the formation to pay attention to it.

Now that Zhou Yu brought up the matter, he finally focused his attention on the small character.

[Qi Cultivation Clan: The probability of a descendant possessing spiritual roots increases by 10%, and there is a slight chance of increasing their own cultivation speed. As the clan head, you must shoulder the heavy responsibility of the clan; your cultivation speed has now been directly increased.]

Upon seeing the last sentence, Chen Qingmo was incredibly excited.

He was well aware of how slow the cultivation speed was with the four spiritual roots, but now that he had been enhanced by the tortoise shell, he might have a chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Qingmo, Qingmo."

Hearing someone call his name, Chen Qingmo came to his senses and saw the clan leader beckoning him forward.

"Is he lost in thought because he heard his child is quite talented?"

Chen Mingzheng joked.

Chen Qingmo scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly and bowed to Zhou Yu:

"Please excuse my poor appearance, Your Excellency."

Zhou Yu waved his hand:

"It's alright, Clan Chief Chen has already agreed to let Qin Wangyue stay at Mount Taixuan. Since you are Chen Weisheng's father, would you be willing to let him join my sect?"

While Chen Qingmo was examining the tortoise shell, the two had already made their agreement.

"It is a blessing for my family to be able to enter the sect."

Chen Qingmo did not refuse. His own Wei Sheng had three spiritual roots, and if he could enter the Yuanjian Sect, he would definitely have more resources than if he stayed in Taixuan Mountain.

He is only at the fourth level of Qi Refining now, and cannot do more for his son by sending him to a sect. I suppose Su Xue would agree to that.

Seeing Chen Qingmo nod, Zhou Yu smiled slightly and then followed the others into the mountain.

Zhou Tinglong returned a day later.

At this moment, he sat at the head of the council hall, flanked by Zhou Yu and the Chen family members led by Chen Mingzheng.

Qin Wangyue then got acquainted with Tai Xuan Mountain by a member of the Chen family, and she will be living here for the next three years.

"I have driven the Demon Wolf out of the Yuanjian Sect's territory, and he is seriously injured. He will not come out again until he has recovered for several years, so you don't need to worry."

Seeing the worried expressions on the faces of the Chen family members, Zhou Tinglong reassured them.

"Senior, this is our clan's offering. The spirit rice and spirit stones are all inside, with a total value of one thousand spirit stones."

Chen Mingzheng handed over a storage ring and said respectfully.

Zhou Tinglong was younger than him, but cultivators only value cultivation level, and those who have reached the highest level are given priority, so it was fine for him to address him as a senior.

Zhou Tinglong glanced at them and took out two hundred spirit stones.

"This time we will only accept an offering of 800 spirit stones. Take these 200 spirit stones and your storage ring back with you."

He put the rest of the items into his storage bag.

Logically, this matter should have been handled by Zhou Yu, with him supervising from the sidelines, which would have been considered a task for the Yuanjian Sect disciples.

However, the sect's plans changed this year, so he took matters into his own hands.

"The sect has been fighting the demonic sect for years, which has made life difficult for your families."

Fortunately, the war has ended, allowing for rest and recuperation. The tribute will continue to be collected every three years, and for the next thirty years, each tribute will be 800 spirit stones, which can be replaced with spirit rice or other items.

"In view of your clan's role in resisting the rebellious Wu family during the attack on your foundation-building members by demonic forces, all the Wu family's assets shall belong to you, effective immediately."

After Zhou Tinglong finished speaking, he used his spiritual power to write the words of bestowal on Xuan paper, and then took out a jade seal and stamped it with the words "Yuan Sword".

"The matter of the Wu family is not yet settled. Yu'er, you will go to the Wu family with Clan Chief Chen to seize their property and kill the remaining people who are associated with the demonic path."

The mortals of his family will be sent to the Lin Yuan Black Iron Mine for a hundred years of forced labor. They will be exempted from punishment if any member of his clan kills ten Qi Refining Great Perfection demonic cultivators or one Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator.

After hearing this, Chen Mingzheng and Zhou Yu immediately went to the Wu family to settle things.

Since almost all the cultivators in their clan had been refined by the demonic wolves, things progressed extremely smoothly.

What pleased Chen Ming the most was that the Wu family actually owned a copper mine that had only been mined for a short time.

"Clan Chief Chen, your family has really gotten a great deal this time."

Zhou Yu was also somewhat surprised, not understanding why the Wu family, who possessed a copper mine, would still choose to submit to the Demonic Sect.

With this mine, the Wu family could have become the number one Qi Refining family in Xiyun Town in a dozen years, but now it has changed hands.

"Thanks to the protection of the Yuanjian Sect, otherwise my Chen family would have long since vanished into dust."

Chen Mingzheng looked humble.

The two spent another ten days relocating the Wu family's mortals to the Xuan Tie Mine in Lin Yuan County, and only then was the Wu family's betrayal truly over.

In the Tai Xuan Mountain.

After a few moments of contemplation, Zhou Tinglong took out a packet of seeds from his storage bag.

"From my observation, your clan is the only one in Xiyun Town with a Grade 3 Spirit Gathering Array in its spirit field. You shall also be entrusted with cultivating this Purple Ganoderma Fruit."

Offer fifteen every three years, and keep the rest for yourselves.

Chen Mingzheng bowed and accepted it:

"Thank you, senior."

"In addition, Qin Wangyue and Chen Weisheng can cultivate basic Qi-gathering techniques to gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth while they are literate."

This method should already be in your family, so I will not pass it on. Three years from now, when the Yuanjian Sect recruits disciples, I will personally come to guide these two.

The basic Qi-inducing method has no attributes and can only be cultivated up to the third level of Qi Refining. It is suitable for guiding children to explore the path of cultivation.

After saying that, Zhou Tinglong led Zhou Yu onto the flying boat, and the two returned to the Yuanjian Sect.

"Respectfully seeing off the senior."

The Chen family members below bid them farewell in unison.