The Mysterious Immortal Clan: Rising from the moment I died!

In the dead of night, all was quiet.

Ni Kun surveyed the Ni family mansion.

The eerie space's visibility of a thousand feet allowed his divine sense to probe a range of a thousand feet in the real world, completely covering the three core building complexes of the hillside mansion.

In addition, he can transmit his voice to anyone within the range of his divine sense.

At this moment, Ni Kun was most concerned about the ordinary descendants kneeling in the ancestral hall to keep vigil.

The third generation of descendants are in their forties or fifties, and the youngest are all adults. As for the fourth and fifth generations, there is a significant age gap between them, with the older ones being older and the younger ones younger. The sixth generation has also started to have more children in recent years, and the entire family has about five or six hundred members.

This is all thanks to the second son, Ni Yongwen.

Because he was born without spiritual roots and unable to cultivate, he entered the mortal world at a young age and enjoyed the bustling world to the fullest.

He married more than a dozen concubines and worked tirelessly for decades, fathering more than a hundred sons. These sons then gave birth to more children for his second wives, contributing the majority of the family's bloodline.

"Who should I give the three chances to help the seedlings grow faster?" Ni Kun pondered, somewhat unsure.

After all, the descendants without spiritual roots are all away, and I haven't seen many of them on a regular basis. Currently, many of them are on their way.

"Never mind, let's wait for Ah-Xiao to return and then discuss it further!"

For Ni Kun, there was no rush, nor did he dare to be careless in the slightest. He knew that once the supernatural power of "pulling up seedlings to help them grow" was exposed, it would surely bring about his annihilation.

Therefore, he decided to wait for his four sons to return so that when using supernatural powers to enlighten their spiritual roots, they could cleverly disguise them as naturally occurring spiritual roots and ensure that no one would notice anything amiss.

As for the secret of transforming into a strange ancient tree, after a moment's thought, he decided to secretly support the family under the identity of a 'True Spirit'.

Besides, the secret that he is still alive must never be known to a third party.

After all, this is not only about whether the family can rise again, but also about the top secret of whether he can return to this world. The more people who know, the greater the risk.

......

After Ni Yongxiao had temporarily dealt with the troubles down the mountain, he did not return to the ancestral hall to keep vigil, but instead went alone to the family's secret chamber.

This secret chamber is located inside the mountain near the ancestral hall. It was a cave dwelling that Ni Kun had carefully built during his lifetime, and only the second generation of the Ni family knew about it.

The cave is equipped with a teleportation array and a divine sense barrier, which can isolate it from all external detection, making it the safest and most secretive place for the Ni family.

As Ni Yongxiao ventured deeper into the cave, his expression and pupils underwent a dramatic change, for just moments before, he had received a telepathic message from his deceased father in his sea of ​​consciousness.

At first, Ni Yongxiao was on high alert, thinking it was a conspiracy by the four major families.

However, as he verified the family secrets one by one, he was surprised to find that the person who sent the message was indeed his deceased father.

At this moment, Ni Yongxiao was overwhelmed with shock, and his voice trembled slightly with emotion: "Father...Father, you're not dead!"

This sounds familiar.

"Cough cough..."

Ni Kun coughed twice, somewhat embarrassed, and corrected, "To be precise, your father is already dead, but my spirit remains. You can think of me as the spirit of a blessed land, or the true spirit of the family..."

These words were spoken.

"Father!" Ni Yongxiao knelt down, his body trembling slightly, and he tried his best to hold back his tears.

Looking at his four haggard sons, Ni Kun felt a pang of sorrow: "Sigh!"

He originally wanted to tell the other person everything that had happened to him, but in the end, he swallowed the words back down.

Ni Kun was well aware of the principle that if a ruler is not discreet, he will lose his ministers, and if a minister is not discreet, he will lose his life.

So he got straight to the point.

He explained in detail the effects of "pulling up seedlings to help them grow" and then asked the four sons to choose suitable family members.

"Father, this...this is wonderful!" Upon hearing this, Ni Yongxiao was overwhelmed with astonishment.

He knew all too well how extraordinary it was to awaken spiritual roots, and that in the future, his family would be able to produce three young disciples with spiritual roots every year.

"One hundred years is three hundred cultivators!"

"Based on this alone, my Ni family will never decline!"

Ni Yongxiao became increasingly agitated as he spoke, his voice trembling slightly at the end: "Father, I will carefully select suitable members of the family to ensure the maximum effect of 'forcing growth'!"

Ni Kun nodded, and then told his four sons about the family genealogy.

[Family Legacy] Cultivation speed increased by 10%.

[Enjoying the shade under a tree] Increases Spirit Gathering by 10%.

Upon learning this, Ni Yongxiao suppressed his excitement. He knew that such an advantage would be easily noticed, and only by making arrangements in advance could he avoid arousing suspicion.

"This matter is of great importance. I will explain to both the clan and the public that I will replace the spirit-gathering and spirit-assisting array with a higher-level one..."

Ni Kun smiled slightly, quite satisfied with the four men's method: "I trust you to handle things!"

He paused, then added, "Ah-Xiao, you must remember what your father said!"

"Which sentence?"

"Any sentence will do!"

Ni Yongxiao nodded respectfully: "Yes, Father!"

Since his father passed away yesterday, he has felt increasingly lonely, because there are many things he cannot tell his brothers and sisters and can only bear them alone.

Now that his father has returned in another form, Ni Yongxiao's tense expression slowly relaxes, and his body feels much lighter.

Ni Kun was naturally able to clearly perceive the changes in his son, and couldn't help but think that Ah Xiao had gone down the mountain to deal with the four major families.

"Ah-Xiao, what cards did those four old guys play?"

Before long, Ni Kun had learned the general situation—Although Ah Xiao had temporarily stabilized them by taking advantage of the infighting among the four major families.

However, he knew all too well that the Ni family and the four great families would eventually clash.

Yes, according to the rules of the game set by the Haoyue Sect, the leader of Hong Kong City is re-elected every ten years, and the next one will be three years from now.

"Ah Xiao! If my Ni family is not strong enough within three years, we may face annihilation!"

"Perhaps the four major families can't even wait three years!"

Ni Kun patted his fourth son's shoulder gently, indicating that there was no need to worry: "Ah Xiao, you go ahead and get busy. After you're done... I, my son, and I will discuss the rise of the family!"

After saying that, he returned to the eerie space.

Because his consciousness remained in the real world, Ni Kun's mental energy was greatly depleted. After only a few hours, he felt a strong sense of fatigue enveloping his entire body.

"Comfortable!"

As soon as he entered the strange sapling, he felt refreshed and invigorated.

Here and now.

In the vast chaos, a strange sapling stood tall on the black soil.

Ni Kun clearly sensed that as the sapling's root system expanded to a range of thousands of feet, absorbing the black substances from a wider area of ​​soil, it seemed to be undergoing subtle changes itself.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Ni Kun successfully condensed a ethereal spirit body by relying on the strange ancient tree.

This spirit can be hidden or revealed at will.

If you count the days, today is the day of his funeral.

The body was buried on the third day, and the spirit was kept vigil for seven days.

This is a local custom in the port city, and since he traveled from another time, he has also adapted to the local customs.

Moreover, being able to witness one's own funeral is a unique experience.

Halfway up the mountain, the Ni family mansion.

A long white dragon is heading towards the high ground behind the hall.

Along the way, the sound of gongs and drums never stopped, even drowning out the crying.

As the head of the family, Ni Yongxiao took on the role of the eldest son and was at the very front of the procession, smashing the basin.

Behind him was the coffin containing his father's remains, carried by four of the most powerful second-generation members of the Ni family.

Then, children of the second, third, fourth, fifth, and even sixth generations follow at the end, according to their generational order.

Ni Kun's spirit hovered in mid-air, watching the funeral procession and carefully examining each of his descendants.

He didn't remember any of the people who cried, but he remembered all of them who didn't cry.

"The three candidates Ah-Xiao gave..."

Based on their names and physical characteristics, he identified two boys and one girl in the group.

The three were all around seventeen or eighteen years old. Although they lacked spiritual roots, one could still see a hint of intelligence and stubbornness in their eyes.

Most importantly, the three of them were crying so hard; they were clearly die-hard fans of the ancestor, loyal to the core...

"They are all people with innate wisdom; Ah-Xiao has put in the effort!"

Ni Kun looked through the family tree and found that these three people were all fourth-generation descendants, and all of them were from the second son's lineage.

Because their parents lacked spiritual roots, their descendants find it difficult to escape the cycle of fate.

It should be understood that only one in hundreds or thousands of mortals possesses a low-grade spiritual root; and only one in tens of thousands of mortals is born with a mid-grade spiritual root...

Although large families can lavish resources on innate abilities, supplement prenatal nutrition, and consume acquired nutrients...

However, aside from spending money, it only increases the probability to a certain extent.

However, times have changed now, because the mortal descendants of the Ni family have a good ancestor!

At this moment, after confirming the identities of the three people, Ni Kun moved his divine sense and lightly unleashed three divine abilities.

[Forcing growth]

A spark of inspiration appears, and rotten wood takes root!

[Successfully cultivated, low-grade spiritual root! Experience +1]

[Successfully cultivated, low-grade spiritual root! Experience +1]

[Successfully cultivated spiritual root! Mid-grade spiritual root! Experience +3]