Starting as a Son-in-law to Establish an immortal Family

Chapter 822: Chapter 302: When Did Improving Spiritual Roots Become So Simple?

[Spirit Plant: Five Elements Fruit Tree]

[Grade: Fourth Rank]

[Description: The Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree bears fruit every three hundred years, ripe after five hundred years. Consuming its fruit can condense mana, solidify the foundation, and greatly improve the chances of Foundation Establishment and Core Formation. It also has effects on enhancing Core Formation Cultivation and Magical Power.]

“Five hundred years to maturity, isn’t that too slow…”

Lu Changsheng, looking at the introduction of the Five Elements Fruit Tree in the System Space, couldn’t help but shake his head.

Even though he knew that Third and Fourth Rank Spirit Fruit Trees took a long time to mature, often hundreds or thousands of years,

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he still couldn’t help but sigh when he actually saw that his own fruit tree would only bear once every five hundred years.

After all, it had been only thirty-two years since he had embarked on the Immortal Path.

He had yet to get used to the ageless nature of true cultivation.

“Five hundred years later, by that time I’ll probably have reached the Nascent Soul, won’t I?”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

He felt that by the time this fruit tree bore fruit, he would probably have advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, where the Five Elements Spirit Fruit would be of little use to him.

This Five Elements Spirit Fruit was destined not for him to consume, but for his wives and children to use in the future.

“Yun’er previously refined the ‘Luminous Treasure Tree’ into her ‘Life-bound Spiritual Root,’ which allows her to produce ‘Luminous Sweet Dew’ through her own mana.”

“Though the quantity is not much, it definitely allows for earlier fruiting.”

“So if I refine this ‘Five Elements Fruit Tree’ into a Life-bound Spiritual Root for my family, perhaps it could bear one or two fruits ahead of time.”

Lu Changsheng thought about some effects of his wife Lu Miaoyun’s cultivation of the Heavenly Longevity Technique.

Although the Heavenly Longevity Technique has no combat capabilities,

besides longevity, it wasn’t without its uses.

A cultivator can sacrifice the growth of a Spirit Plant and their own progress in cultivation to induce the fruiting of a Spirit Tree.

“However, it may not be easy to plant and nourish such a Fourth Rank Spirit Root.”

“At the very least, it must be planted on a Third-Order Spirit Vein and be carefully tended…”

Lu Changsheng immediately realized that what he needed to consider was not the fruiting of the Five Elements Fruit Tree.

Rather, he had to consider whether his family can even keep it alive!

After all, theoretically, a Fourth-Order Spiritual Plant requires at least a Third-Order Spirit Vein to survive.

And a Third-Order Spirit Vein could just barely keep it alive; to nourish it well was another matter.

A lacking Spirit Vein not only affects growth but could also, through a single oversight, result in the death of the Spirit Tree.

“Bi Yun Peak currently has only a Second-Order top-grade Spirit Vein. To advance it to the Third Order might take forever.”

Lu Changsheng let out a breath.

Upgrading a Spirit Vein was incredibly difficult.

To upgrade his own Spirit Vein from Second-Grade Medium Quality to High Quality, he had spent two Spiritual Origin Pearls.

And that was when his Spirit Vein was already at the upper limit of Second-Grade Medium Quality.

If he wanted to quickly upgrade the current Spirit Vein to Second-Order Top-grade, he would need seven or eight Spiritual Origin Pearls, let alone upgrading to the Third Order.

Even if he were wealthier, it wasn’t something to undertake lightly.

Unless he was lucky and won some items from the Spiritual Eye Spring in the system lottery.

“However, it might be possible to keep it alive within the Mount Sumeru Cave Heaven…”

Lu Changsheng pondered secretly.

Although there were no Spirit Veins in the Mount Sumeru Cave Heaven, Mount Sumeru could control the heavens and the earth on its own, distributing Spiritual Energy and forming regions similar to Spirit Veins within the Cave Heaven.

So planting it within the Mount Sumeru Cave Heaven might just keep the Five Elements Fruit Tree alive.

“However, relying on Bi Yun Peak’s Spirit Vein and Spiritual Eye Spring, it might also be very difficult to nourish this Five Elements Fruit Tree, with substantial consumption.”

“Never mind, I’ll find a way when the time comes.”

“I also don’t know how the Mount Sumeru is doing after absorbing the Emperor’s Essence, whether the Coexisting Spiritual Plants have been nurtured or not.”

Lu Changsheng exhaled lightly.

He planned to put the Five Elements Fruit Tree in the System Space temporarily and wait until conditions were right before planting and cultivating it.

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Bi Lake Mountain.

Lu Family Mansion.

“Oh, Quanzhen, you’re back?”

Qu Zhenzhen was delighted to hear of her son Lu Quanzhen’s return.

“Mother.”

Lu Quanzhen, looking at his mother in front of him and thinking of the uncle who had just left, felt a slight heaviness in his heart.

He understood his uncle’s thoughts.

Whether or not he achieved success on the Immortal Path, he only wished for his mother to live a worry-free and happy life.

He sat down to chat with his mother, trying to relieve her fatigue and talking about amusing things.

Then he took out the Heaven-replenishing Elixir given by his uncle and said, “Mother, this is a gift I got for you. It has effects for beautifying the skin and increasing cultivation.”

“Hehe, Quanzhen, you’re so thoughtful.”

Qu Zhenzhen smiled happily when she heard her son’s words.

After all, her son not only took the time to visit his mother, but his siblings had gone out to play as well.

Now, he also knew to come back home to visit her, which comforted her.

However, looking at the dark jade porcelain bottle, she gently said, “Quanzhen, your mother doesn’t need any elixirs right now, you shouldn’t waste Spirit Stones.”

“If you really want to make your mother happy, you should marry soon. Don’t delay any longer. Let your mother hold your children at home. Your Brother Yun… got his seventh child on the way just last month…”

Qu Zhenzhen’s voice trailed off with a hint of grievance and envy.

She had a good relationship with Lu Miaoyun.

So seeing how obedient Lu Yun was, arranging one wife and four concubines, with six children, she felt very envious.

Lu Quanzhen: “…”

Hearing this, Lu Quanzhen immediately felt a headache coming on.

He usually avoided his mother exactly because she loved to bring this up every time they met.

And with Lu Yun as a comparison, he didn’t even know what to say in response.

“Mother, I understand. Please take this elixir. I have something else to attend to; we’ll talk more later.”

Lu Quanzhen set down the elixir and quickly found an excuse to leave.

“Quanzhen, Quanzhen.”

Qu Zhenzhen watched her son depart as if he were escaping and showed a touch of sadness on her face.

However, looking at the dark jade porcelain bottle on the table, her eyes still revealed a sense of relief.