Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 20 Resettlement Methods
"A top-grade fire-type dual-elemental seed."

No wonder!
Li Xiangming suddenly realized.

Just as people vary in height and weight, their spiritual roots are also not all the same.

Although cultivators cannot directly find their own spiritual roots, they can passively observe them.

For example, the Li family's Clear Spirit Lamp is engraved with a Spirit Transformation Array, which can further refine the high concentration of spiritual energy in spirit stones, turning it into pure Five Elements spiritual energy.

These pure five elements of spiritual energy are not conducive to absorption by low-level cultivators, but they have a characteristic that allows them to naturally absorb spiritual energy of the same attribute from the surrounding area.

Humans are born and nurtured by the earth, and are spiritual beings.

Since it is a spiritual being, it is bound to have spiritual energy.

If a person's spiritual energy is insufficient to cause the five pure spiritual energies on the Clear Spirit Lamp to react, it indicates that the person's affinity with spiritual energy is not high enough, and the spiritual energy is unwilling to linger for too long.

In the terms of the cultivation world, this means having no spiritual roots and being considered a "useless person".

Conversely, if a person can cause any one or more changes in pure spiritual energy, it indicates that they possess spiritual roots.

In addition, the degree of change of pure spiritual energy is also regarded by the cultivation world as an important measure of the value of spiritual roots.

Because they are all spiritual root seeds, they all trigger changes in pure spiritual energy. Some people have active fire spiritual energy, while others have active water spiritual energy. They are not the same.

Many years ago, the Wuliang Sword Sect classified spiritual roots into grades based on the activity level of the pure five elements spiritual energy in front of the spiritual root seed. From high to low, they were top grade, upper grade, middle grade, and lower grade.

This leads to the conclusion that the more spiritual roots one has, the lower the rank tends to be, and the fewer spiritual roots one has, the higher the rank tends to be.

Those with five spiritual roots are mostly of low-grade spiritual roots, while those with a single spiritual root are all of top-grade spiritual roots without exception.

The difference between the two is like a chasm.

Hengguo has no shortage of people with spiritual roots, but those with five spiritual roots make up the vast majority, and those with four spiritual roots make up the majority of the remaining population.

People who possess three kinds of spiritual roots are actually quite rare.

Needless to say, dual spiritual roots and heavenly spiritual roots are even rarer, comparable to rare and precious natural treasures.

Take the Li family as an example. In a hundred years, only three people with dual spiritual roots have appeared: Li Huinan of the Hui generation, and Li Xiangren and Li Xiangyu of the Xiang generation.

Of the three, Li Huinan established his foundation early on and is currently at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, just one step away from Core Formation.

Li Xiangren is 28 years old and at the ninth level of Qi Refining; Li Xiangyu is 25 years old and at the eighth level of Qi Refining. If nothing unexpected happens, it's a certainty that these two will reach the Foundation Establishment stage in the future.

This demonstrates the power of having two spiritual roots.

Such a genius would be sought after by major sects, so it would be a great pity to send him away like this.

Moreover, it possesses dual fire-elemental spiritual roots that align with the Li family's heritage.

It's no wonder the head of the family was conflicted.

"Don't the clan elders know about the dual-spiritual-root seed?"

Li Xiangming asked curiously, "According to Li Qianxiong, the clan elders have clearly abandoned these children."

"I know, but the first and second wives' intention is to do everything they can to cultivate Xiangren and Xiangyu."

Li Qianxiong said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiangming fell silent.

The elders' considerations were reasonable. Currently, the Li family is favored by heaven, with two members of the Xiang generation suddenly possessing dual spiritual roots.

Both of them grew up in the Li family since they were young, especially Li Xiangren, who is the eldest son of the Xiang generation. The Li family cannot let them grow up unsupervised, which means that the Li family must prepare at least two Foundation Establishment Pills.

However, the Foundation Establishment Pill is extremely expensive; one pill is enough to tighten the Li family's belt, and two pills are enough to cause serious damage.

If another seed with dual spiritual roots were to appear at this time, how could the Li family afford it?
Even if they could afford it, they couldn't possibly give the third Foundation Establishment Pill to someone with dual spiritual roots and a different surname.

Since that's the case, it's better not to have it at all. Otherwise, when the child grows up and has talent but the family doesn't support him, he might develop rebellious thoughts and cause trouble.

Anyway, the Li family is now oblivious to the hunger of the starving. They already have two people with dual spiritual roots, and there are also people with triple spiritual roots such as Xiang Ru, Xiang Hua, and Xiang Ming. They are not lacking in geniuses.

The clan elder's ideas were simple, but what would the head of the family think?

Li Xiangming couldn't help but look at Li Qianxiong. The other party clearly didn't want to send these children away just like that, otherwise he wouldn't have specially summoned a junior to ask him in person. Looking at Li Xiangming's gaze, Li Qianxiong slowly said, "Shun'an Prefecture was seized from the Demon Land. In the past fifty years, in order to win the war, the Wuliang Sword Sect has continuously ordered the major forces in Linan Road to relocate their populations to fill this land."

"As the saying goes, 'where there's a policy, there's a countermeasure.' Each family dared not disobey because of the prestige of the Wuliang Sword Sect. However, the mortals who entered Shun'an Prefecture under their rule were basically 'useless people' who had been selected and were unable to cultivate."

"This directly led to the low cultivation potential of Shun'an Prefecture."

“In our Puxian County, it’s even more exaggerated.”

"Because Pu County was established the latest among the four counties of Shun'an, only three years ago. The population that moved here came from the other three counties, and very few of them were able to develop spiritual roots."

"However, Pu County is vast, larger than an ordinary prefecture, with large tracts of undeveloped wilderness. To develop these places, we need cultivators. Where can we find cultivators?"

“Transformed from those with spiritual roots.”

Li Xiangming replied, while simultaneously recalling the white-faced old man, "There are cultivation forces in Pu County that are buying up spiritual root seeds at high prices."

"That's right, someone is buying."

Li Qianxiong stood up and said gravely, "Our Li family would never stoop to such a thing, but we must be on guard. We are all newcomers who have moved here. For the next twenty or thirty years, things will be much the same. But what about after twenty or thirty years?"

"Xiangming, do you understand my good intentions?"

"Xiangming understands. The head of the family has put in a lot of effort, which is a blessing for our Li family."

"You understand, but some people don't."

At this point, Li Qianxiong's eyes sharpened.

Li Xiangming quickly lowered his head, secretly lamenting his misfortune. Who else could the patriarch be referring to besides the clan elders?

The so-called clan elder was a special position created by the Li family for Li Huinan after he resigned from his position as head of the family. It was a position that combined power and honor.

However, as time went by, the term "elder" gradually became synonymous with high moral character and prestige. Any direct lineage cultivator who had reached the late stage of Qi Refining, had extensive experience, and possessed considerable prestige could assume the role.

These people are the heads of the four branches of the direct lineage, so the clan elders' council they established represents the interests of the direct lineage.

On the surface, the highest authority in the Li family is the head of the family, but in reality, it is the clan elders' council.

The reason is simple: the clan elders control the four main branches of the family, and the family head also comes from the main branch. Faced with a group of fathers and grandfathers, Li Qianxiong was helpless even with his Foundation Establishment cultivation.

If the clan elders disagree with Li Qianxiong's decision and directly suppress the direct line of the fourth branch, even if the head of the family has a high position, he will be in an awkward situation where there is no one to rely on.

Take Li Xiangming as an example. The head of the family arranged for him to go to the police station, but Li Qianhe wrote a letter strictly forbidding him from going. What should he do?
Li Xiangming could only go to see Li Qianxiong and beg him to retract his decision. He couldn't really break with his father, could he?

Faced with this situation, the patriarch could only grit his teeth and accept it; he could punish Li Xiangming, but not everyone.

Who doesn't have relatives?

In short, this is the current state of the Li family. The previous patriarch, Li Chengkang, relied on the clan elders to seize power in the family and accelerated the development of the direct lineage. By the time Li Qianxiong of the Qian generation took over, the direct lineage had become a behemoth.

In the past, due to the war, and because Li Qianxiong was also a member of the Zhi lineage, the Zhi lineage followed his lead and helped him secure his position as the head of the family.

Nowadays, the straight veins, which have always been dominant, are no longer suppressed.

The incident at the Green Seedling Academy is a case in point.

Even the authority of the family head was not enough to make the direct line bow down, which was obviously unacceptable to the young and vigorous Li Qianxiong.

Li Xiangming also felt that the blood ties within the Li family were too strong now, which was not a good thing for management, but he was of low status and had no say in such matters.
They had no choice but to shift the topic to several children with different surnames.

"I wonder what the head of the family plans to do with these children?"

"Some people suggested that they be moved to Changtai Township."

Is it Changtai Township?

Li Xiangming pondered. Changtai Township was within the Li family's sphere of influence. Although the clan elders were currently against accepting these children, who knew what the future held?
If the clan elders relent, or if Li Qianxiong manages to secure an opportunity, these children could instantly be put to use by the Li family.

That's one way to do it.

But judging from Li Qianxiong's tone, he didn't seem very satisfied.

(End of this chapter)