Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 321 - 327: Reluctance

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Jiang Fengwu, Li Shiqing, and Li Shilianʼs reactions werenʼt much better, but it was the little fellow Li Chengsheng who calmly said, ”Dad, letʼs start the test.”

Li Zhirui let out a long breath, casually condensed his mana into a fine needle, and drew a drop of essence blood from Li Chengshengʼs fingertip to drip onto the Spirit Measuring Ruler.

Hum——

Instantly, the Spirit Measuring Ruler released an immense Spirit Light, turning completely red and dazzlingly bright.

”Yang Spirit Root?!” Li Zhiruiʼs face showed a hint of surprise, his sonʼs talent was actually so outstanding! Not only did he have unique spiritual roots, but they were also Heavenly Spiritual Roots!

Joy filled the eyes of the three, Jiang Fengwu and others, as their hanging hearts finally settled back down.

”Dad, thereʼs also a bit of white light at the tail end,” said Li Chengshuo in his childish voice.

Li Zhirui was startled and took a closer look, only to find indeed a faint cold white Spirit Light at the tail end of the Spirit Measuring Ruler.

The expressions of Jiang Fengwu and the others froze. Although the light was minute, possibly less than one percent, its presence meant that Li Chengsheng was not a Heavenly Spiritual Root.

But having realized this, Li Zhirui cracked a smile and said, ”This is a good thing. Alone, yin does not grow, nor does yang prosper. If Sheng truly had a Heavenly Yang Spirit Root, it would actually be a bad thing.”

At least for the Li family, there was no way to resolve the problems that came with a Heavenly Yang Spirit Root.

The three had an epiphany and then looked at Li Chengshuo thoughtfully.

Li Zhirui ruffled Li Chengshengʼs hair, instructing, ”From now on, you tell others that you have Fire-Wood Dual Spiritual Roots, got it?”

”Okay.”

Li Zhirui had gotten used to his outwardly indifferent son and smiled, then proceeded to clean up the Spirit Measuring Ruler and tested Li Chengshuoʼs spiritual roots in the same manner.

This time, there was no confusion. Although the Spirit Measuring Ruler was filled with a thick moon-white color, the red Spirit Light was very conspicuous.

”Shuoʼs talent is also very good.” Seeing the watery large eyes gazing at him, Li Zhirui chuckled and said, ”You have Ice-Fire Dual Spiritual Roots, remember that, okay?”

The reason for concealing their true Spiritual Roots was not only because Yang and Yin Spirit Roots are rare. More importantly, these two types of roots were the best candidates for cauldron fodder!

Li Zhirui did not want others to covet the twinsʼ bodies in the future, because, no matter how good their talents were, they needed time to grow.

Although Li Shiqing felt a bit disappointed that the siblings were not Heavenly Spiritual Roots, their qualifications were good enough, and they had also been born under extraordinary omens, which were not inferior to Heavenly Spiritual Roots.

”Weʼll take care of the clan matters, you four donʼt need to worry about it,” said Li Shiqing as he and Li Shilian rose to leave.

After all, in a few more days, once the familyʼs annual Spirit Testing Assembly was over, they would have to part ways with their family for a while.

It was a clan rule that after testing their Spiritual Roots, regardless of who their parents were, they must live in the Spirit Wisdom Court for the next three years.

This was done to ensure that all children could be cared for and taught more effectively and conveniently. Even though both Li Zhirui and Jiang Fengwu were Golden Core Cultivators, in this regard, their experience couldnʼt compare to the Executors and Elders of the Spirit Wisdom Court.

Secondly, it allowed the children to get to know each other, to become familiar and deepen the bonds and feelings between each other, thereby strengthening their sense of identity and belonging to the clan.

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Therefore, even Li Zhiruiʼs children could not break this family rule—they were required to reside in the Spirit Wisdom Court, spending three years there until they began formal cultivation.

Jiang Fengwu suddenly remembered this, and feeling extremely reluctant to part with the two children, she asked, ”Zhirui, can we discuss with the family about letting Sheng and Shuo come home to rest at night?”

Li Zhirui shook his head. He was also very unwilling, but rules were rules. Moreover, his status in the family was too high, if he were to begin breaking rules, it would have a great impact.

A single hair could move the whole body, and perhaps the various rules that the Li family had upheld for many years would be shaken.

”Donʼt worry, the conditions in the Spirit Wisdom Court are no worse than at home.” In fact, in some respects, it was even more suitable for the two siblings.

After receiving this reply, Jiang Fengwu stopped talking in her sullen mood, and Li Zhirui sighed helplessly before turning to Li Chengsheng to say, ”Sheng, as the elder brother, you must take care of Shuo when you get to the Spirit Wisdom Court.”

”I donʼt need that!” Li Chengshuo waved her little fists, her face full of defiance. ”Iʼm already a big kid now, and I can take care of myself!”

”It was Daddy who misspoke, Shuo is the most amazing one.”

The clever and precocious Li Chengshuo nodded pretentiously and said, ”I forgive Daddy.”

The family played around for a while, and Li Chengshuo, being young, easily became sleepy. After sending her back to her room to sleep, the others dispersed.

”Fengwu, I know you donʼt want to part with Sheng and Shuo, but these are the foundational rules of the family that cannot be broken,” Li Zhirui said, smiling bitterly to explain when he saw Jiang Fengwu ignoring him.

In reality, she wasnʼt clueless about these matters, she simply didnʼt want to accept them. After all, the children were only five years old—how could she bear to be separated from them for three long years?

”Iʼm going to set up the Spirit Testing Array,” Jiang Fengwu said stiffly before walking away briskly.

Li Zhirui knew she had accepted the fact but couldnʼt adjust in a short time, and he let her go to clear her mind.

After all, setting up the Spirit Testing Array, even if Li Shiren had passed away, the family still had other second-tier Array Masters. How could they possibly need her, a third-tier Array Master?

Half a month later, the Li familyʼs annual Spirit Testing Ceremony officially began. The plaza, which had been expanded several times, was so crowded that there was no empty space to be found.

Most of these people were Secular Clansmen of the Li family. After all, compared to Cultivators, humans had distinct advantages in the matter of rearing children.

Especially since the climate on Wanxian Island was warm and crops could be harvested three times a year. Furthermore, with many Spirit Veins on the island, some Spiritual Energy would disperse from them, resulting in high crop yields.

When one has food and warmth, one tends to think of carnal desires. In this era, there were few forms of entertainment. Besides having children at night, there was only sleeping.

Most importantly, all of the human race in this realm yearned for cultivation, longing for the bizarre and dazzling world of immortal cultivation and, coupled with the Li familyʼs consistent encouragement of having more children, the number of people coming to test their Spiritual Roots naturally kept increasing.

”It seems we need to set up a few more Spirit Testing Arrays,” he thought. Otherwise, at this rate, just testing everyone to see if they had a Spiritual Root would take several days.

The Cultivatorsʼ children were not a concern, as they could return to their homes to rest, and they were the first to be tested, knowing their results on the first day.

But for those children from amongst the common people, there was nowhere for them to go.

After some thought, Li Chengmo instructed Li Chengzhen, the familyʼs only existing second-tier Array Master, to quickly set up two Spirit Testing Arrays not far away.