Please show your spirit to our ancestors

Chapter 129 My son Zhongli! Comes to visit dad again

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In the blink of an eye, another year has passed.

Autumn of the 223th year of the Xuanmo calendar.

At this time, it has been twenty-six years since Chen Xuanmo's death.

Chen Xuanmo woke up again to the sound of Chen Ningtai reciting the eulogy.

That’s right, there was too little purple energy last year and not much room for maneuver.

After attending his great-grandson's wedding and giving Linglong and Lingying each a golden mark, Chen Xuanmo fell asleep that night.

He subconsciously glanced at Chen Ningtai and was suddenly stunned: "Huh?"

The rebellious son's voice seemed a little hurried, and his brows were full of solemnity, as if he was eager to end the sacrificial ceremony quickly.

Is this, something went wrong?
Chen Xuanmo suddenly came to his senses, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that the matter should not have much to do with the Chen family, otherwise, Chen Ningtai would not have waited until the sacrifice, and would have come long ago to shout "Please father, please show up, something has happened" or something like that.

Immediately, Chen Xuanmo felt a little relieved and continued to wait patiently for the purple energy to be absorbed.

During this sacrifice, 398 strands of purple qi were harvested, plus the 285 strands of purple qi left over from last time, the total reserve of purple qi now reaches 683 strands.

That’s right, Zhongli Ye’s rebellious son still didn’t come, causing him to lose 400 strands of purple energy.

After muttering to Zhongli Ye in his heart, he consumed a trace of purple energy and left the lucky bead.

After looking around the ancestral hall, his attention was quickly focused on Chen Xinsong, Zhuge Linglong, and Cui Lingying.

These three young couples have just gotten married, and Chen Xuanmo has also invested two golden marks, so it is only natural that he pays attention to the results first.

When he saw the two new brides each holding a baby in their arms, he felt very relieved.

The family has two more members... great!
Chen Xuanmo, in his heroic spirit state, swayed slightly and arrived in front of them. Judging from the color of the swaddling clothes, Zhuge Linglong was holding a boy, while Cui Lingying was holding a girl.

Next comes the much-anticipated card-revealing session.

Without any hesitation, Chen Xuanmo consumed another trace of purple energy and activated the Heroic Spirit Sky Eye Technique, first checking Linglong's child.

Through the swaddling clothes, the essence of the baby's body came into his sight.

He saw four colors: aqua blue, wood green, fiery red, and khaki. Looking more closely, the colors appeared more vivid and lively, with the khaki appearing richer than the other three.

The answer is already very obvious. This child has four spiritual roots, among which the earth spiritual root has more advantages.

"Not bad."

Although there was no surprise, Chen Xuanmo was still quite satisfied.

Although Linglong and Xinsong both have four spiritual roots, if there is no golden mark to protect them, there is a high probability that they will give birth to five spiritual roots, and there is even a certain probability of giving birth to a child without spiritual roots.

Under normal circumstances, they only have a 30% to 40% chance of producing four spiritual roots. As for producing three spiritual roots, that is a low-probability event.

Even among the prosperous Jindan clan, it takes an average of three to four hundred years for a child with three spiritual roots to be born, and during this period, the number of four spiritual roots foundation-building seedlings born ranges from forty to fifty, and as many as sixty to seventy.

In other words, a normal Jindan family will produce a four-spiritual root every five to eight years on average. It can be roughly inferred that the ratio of three-spiritual roots to four-spiritual roots in a Jindan family is about 1:50-60.

Of course, this is just a statistic, an average. If one is lucky enough, it is normal to produce two third spiritual roots in a short period of time.

There are even historical legends about a family that produced two people with three spiritual roots in a short period of time, and one of the couples had five spiritual roots...

Sometimes, giving birth in the world of immortal cultivation is quite mysterious.

This is also true.

It is worth it if a golden mark can ensure that Linglong and Xinsong's child has four spiritual roots.

Afterwards, Chen Xuanmo looked at the baby girl in Cui Lingying's arms, and the same four colors appeared in his heavenly eyes.

Another one with four spiritual roots. Not bad. The family will have another pillar in the future.

Look carefully.

Their colors are gold, aqua blue, fiery red, and dark green... and so on?
Dark green?

Chen Xuanmo said that he had never seen spiritual roots of this color.

He immediately perked up and hurriedly used the Sky Eye Technique to take a closer look. Soon, the colors in his eyes gradually magnified, becoming clearer and brighter, and the dark green color became more vivid and gorgeous.

Mutated spiritual roots?

Although he had never seen this kind of spiritual root.

But what is certain is that this is definitely a mutated spiritual root.

Chen Xuanmo was delighted, because he got an S card!
I looked at the other three colors again. There are gold, water, and fire, but wood and earth are missing. Is this a mutated spiritual root that combines earth and wood?
Mutated poisonous spiritual root! ?

Chen Xuanmo's heart moved, and he immediately understood.

That’s right, this must be a poisonous spiritual root!
Compared to the other three spiritual roots, the color ball of this poisonous spiritual root is obviously larger. Although it is not as strong as any of the three spiritual roots, it is much stronger than the ordinary four spiritual roots.

This is the characteristic of mutated spiritual roots.

Judging from the speed of cultivation alone, four mutated spiritual roots are approximately equal to about 3.5 spiritual roots. If they are cultivated well and have the corresponding golden elixir inheritance, the rate of forming a golden elixir will be about 30%.

But therein lies the problem.

Children with three spiritual roots have three kinds of spiritual roots and three systems of Golden Elixir inheritance to choose from. If they can’t find the gold inheritance, they can look for the water inheritance, or others, as long as it corresponds to the spiritual root.

But there is no choice for mutated spiritual roots. Those with thunder spiritual roots have to find a thunder inheritance, and those with poison spiritual roots have to find a poison inheritance!
You can't let this child with poisonous spiritual roots practice the metal, water, and fire elements, right? In those elements, this child with poisonous spiritual roots is probably not as good as other ordinary children with four spiritual roots.

This is not a joke. Because the poisonous spiritual roots are relatively powerful and occupy a dominant position, the other spiritual roots are obviously weaker than the ordinary four spiritual roots. Without the support of purple energy, even building the foundation would be a bit difficult.

Fortunately, there is a book of poison-killing magic in the family's scripture library - "The Secret of Ten Thousand Poisons", which was seized from the Poison Shadow Demon Queen. It can be used to allow the child to practice it first.

As for the Poisonous Golden Elixir Method...it's not that easy to do.

Among the thirteen veins of the Yunyang Sect, there are two that are the golden elixir inheritance of mutated spiritual roots, but one is Zixiao Tianlei Peak and the other is Xuanbing Palace. You can tell from the names that one is the thunder inheritance and the other is the ice inheritance!

As for the orthodox method of making the poisonous golden elixir, there is one in the Wanhua Palace, but we can't let this child join the Wanhua Palace, right?

Not to mention whether the Yunyang Sect would have any objections, the family has no roots in the Wanhua Palace.

But soon, Chen Xuanmo put aside his distracting thoughts.

Now the child is just an infant, and it is still too early for him to draw Qi into his body at the age of eight. In the early stage, he can use wild methods to practice. Maybe one day the family will find the correct method to make the poisonous golden elixir?

Don’t worry, let’s leave it this way for now.

Two golden marks, one four spiritual roots and one poisonous spiritual root, overall it was a big profit. Chen Xuanmo was satisfied with it, and continued to stroll in the ancestral hall, looking at Chen Shiyun, then at Chen Xiuyang, and then at the other little kids.

Not bad, not bad, my family is thriving.

Perhaps Chen Ningtai had something on his mind, this time the sacrificial ceremony ended much faster than before.

Soon, Chen Ningtai and Chen Ningzhuo went to Moxiang Pavilion together and started a small family meeting.

"Father, something has happened in Liaoyuan County of our Great Wu Kingdom. It's a big thing." Chen Ningtai gave a shocking news right away. His face was heavy and his eyes were worried. "Three months ago, the Blood Soul Cult suddenly attacked Liaoyuan County. The force they sent out was even greater than that of Hedong County. There were four Blood Soul Envoys and more than twenty Blood Deacons."

"The Meng family, a prominent family of Liaoyuan Jindan, could not even hold out for an hour before the Five Elements Formation was breached. The ancestor of the Meng family was besieged and killed, and the entire family was sacrificed in blood. Overnight, more than 90% of the foundation-building families in Liaoyuan County were destroyed, and more than half of the mortals were sacrificed in blood."

"what?!"

Chen Xuanmo, who was originally in a somewhat relaxed mood, suddenly shuddered, as if he was suddenly poured with a basin of cold water. He felt his scalp tingling and his whole body cold.

Although Liaoyuan County is far away from the Chen family and is the territory of Wuhen Mountain, it is not a powerful large county.

However, such tragic and horrific casualties still shocked Chen Xuanmo, and he unconsciously developed a strong sense of insecurity.

"After receiving the news, I felt uneasy, so I asked someone to find out..." Chen Ningtai talked about the details of the Liaoyuan County tragedy that he had learned.

The Meng family was isolated and helpless, and the reinforcements from Wuhen Mountain rushed over and arrived eight hours after the incident, but by then the evildoers of the Blood Soul Sect had already left.

"What's going on with Wuhen Mountain?" Chen Xuanmo frowned as he heard this. "The last time Hedong County was attacked, it was a wake-up call to all the major sects. At the very least, they should station one or two Jindan in some remote counties with weaker strength, just like the Yunyang Sect, right?"

"As long as we can have one more Jindan, the situation will be completely different. We can hold out until the nearby Jindan family comes to support us!"

"Shhhhh!"

Chen Xuanmo wrote down all his questions.

"I think so too." Chen Ningtai also frowned, "I feel that Wuhen Mountain was not very active in dealing with the Blood Soul Sect. Maybe there is some connection between them. Not only that, our sect and Wanhua Palace also think that Wuhen Mountain's inaction is problematic."

"I heard that later our Master Ziyin and the Master of the Wanhua Palace went to Wuhen Mountain together and questioned the old demon Wuhen in person, demanding an explanation from him."

"As a result, we learned that the old demon Wuhen was injured for unknown reasons and had been recuperating in secret. This also led to various opinions within the Wuhen Mountain Sect, making it difficult to achieve unified deployment, and indirectly caused this tragedy."

and many more?

These should be secrets that won't be disclosed to outsiders, right?
Chen Xuanmo had only listened halfway when he felt something was wrong.

Then the buzz interrupted him.

"This..." Chen Ningtai hesitated for a moment and explained, "This is a secret that I got from Master Taiyue. And the senior also thought that our Chen family was reliable, so he told me secretly and asked me not to spread it to others."

Uh……

Could it be that this rebellious son is really in love with Taiyue?
Chen Xuanmo felt angry, cold and trembling.

This rebellious son is really hypocritical. He led everyone to oppose my remarriage back then, but now that he is the head of the family, he has become unrestrained, right?

"Father, I feel that even if Wuhen Mountain gave an explanation, the old demon Wuhen also publicly stated that he would strengthen the defenses under his rule and would never let this happen again." Chen Ningtai continued, "But I still intuitively believe that there is something wrong with Wuhen Mountain, or at least some people have problems." Sure enough, Chen Xuanmo was diverted by him. He thought about it carefully and felt that the possibility of his rebellious son's inference was quite high.

Others may not feel it deeply, but when Chen was clearing out the wanted criminals on the blacklist and the Blood Soul Sect in Wuhen Mountain's jurisdiction, he had already vaguely noticed that Wuhen Mountain's attitude towards the Blood Soul Sect seemed a bit ambiguous~~
But even so, Chen currently has no way out.

Today, the Chen family is just a small foundation-building family. It is not their turn to worry about the affairs of the big sect next door.

By the way, I wonder if the blood soul envoy at the bottom of the sea participated in the bloody incident in Liaoyuan County?
Chen Xuanmo speculated that most likely not.

According to the intelligence obtained last time, the Seabed Blood Soul Envoy should be in the same group as Chi Mei, Xue Wu, Shi Gu and others who attacked Hedong County. They are all under the command of a so-called "Lord Protector". That time, the Lord Protector suffered heavy losses and was ridiculed by his colleagues, so he should have gone dormant.

In this case, it is most likely that this action was planned by other Blood Soul Sect guardians.

Moreover, the tragedy in Liaoyuan County happened only three years after the attack on Hedong County. It is very likely that this was to complete the KPI that the Blood Soul Cult had not completed in Hedong County.

After this wave, if the Blood Soul Cult’s plan has been completed, they should be quiet for a short period of time.

However, the hidden dangers of the Blood Soul Cult always exist.

Moreover, Hedong County now no longer has the Cui family's Jindan ancestor in charge, so it is definitely a ready-made cake in the eyes of the Blood Soul Sect. If there were not a Jindan master sent by the sect in charge of the temporary command center, the Blood Soul Sect's first target would definitely be Hedong County.

But the Jindan masters of the sect are different from the local natives after all. If the sect has urgent needs, they may leave temporarily to carry out the sect's mission.

In order to prevent this situation from happening again in Hedong County, Chen Xuanmo felt it was necessary to strengthen the family's defense and design escape facilities and plans.

Ning Tai had mentioned before that he wanted to dig a tunnel under the ancestral hall, but he had never paid much attention to this area, and he didn’t know how the tunnel was progressing after all these years.

Afterwards, he had a conversation with his two sons.

After a while.

Let's put this matter aside for now.

Chen Ningtai began to ask about the situation of Xinsong's two children.

When talking about this, Chen Xuanmo felt much better.

Immediately, he wrote down the results of his observations.

Chen Ningtai and Chen Ningzhuo's two sons also showed happy expressions. With two more young people with great potential in the family, the future of the Chen family is becoming more and more promising.

"Shhhhh!"

Chen Xuanmo carved the name he had thought of in a flamboyant manner.

The boy born to Zhuge Linglong was named Chen Xiuyan. He matched his four spiritual roots and superior earth talent, so he would most likely follow the earth cultivation route in the future.

After all, not only does the family have the Earth-based Wild Method, there is also a Wu Earth Palace waiting to be developed.

At worst, this child can be sent to the sect to worship at Taiyue Peak and become a senior brother of Taiyue Peak!

There are quite a lot of routes to choose from.

Chen Xuanmo named the baby girl born by Cui Lingying Chen Wenjing, hoping that she would be quiet and gentle and not quarrel with others. If there were any problems, he could solve them quietly with poison.

"What a good name, what a good name." Chen Ningtai praised with a happy face, but no one knew what he was thinking in private.

then.

Chen Ningtai started talking about the family's expenses again: "Father, you just mentioned that we need to strengthen family construction."

"But our family's merits, contribution points, and spirit stones are a bit stretched."

What?
Chen Xuanmo's face was filled with shock.

Chen Xuanmo remembered the gains made by Cui in the battle of support. Whether it was merit, contribution, or abundant spiritual stones, how could they suddenly be stretched to the limit? What on earth did this rebellious son do to make him such a loser?

When Chen Ningtai saw his father's heart trembling, he knew without a word that his father was scolding him for being a prodigal son.

This made Chen Ningtai secretly complain.

I usually report my expenditure data to you, dad, but you always think I am too long-winded and don’t like to listen. Now I tell you that I have no achievements and no money, but you call me a spendthrift!
I, Chen Ningtai, have a very difficult time.

But, he is his biological father, what can he do?

At that moment, Chen Ningtai could only patiently say, "Father, our Cui family did gain a lot in the support war. Together with the remaining merits from before, the total is 63 [Merits] and more than 140,000 contribution points."

"But our Dingfeng Farm has been promoted, so we asked the sect to sell the transplanted spirit veins and build a small five-element spirit gathering array. The small five-element array cost four [Merits] and 12000 contribution points."

"I transplanted three mid-grade spirit veins at home, costing nine [Merits] and 27000 contribution points."

"Building the basic version of the Golden Light Tower costs twenty [Merits] and 60000 Contribution Points."

"This year, we built a basic version of the Thick Earth Tower, which cost us another 60000 merits and contribution points."

"Our contribution points are not enough, so we even recharged a wave of spirit stones in the sect."

"Not to mention, we still have to transplant two mid-grade spirit veins in the future, and build three more foundation towers... We only have ten [Merits] left. Oh, and next year we have to exchange two more foundation-building pills from the sect. Daoyuan and Qianqian are both on the verge of building their foundations."

"As for spirit stones, the three middle-grade spirit veins cost 21 spirit stones, and the five small spirit veins cost 1.5 spirit stones. The sect also topped up to spirit stones. Although there are still some left, considering that our family still wants to purchase middle-grade fire and water spirit veins... money is naturally tight."

"Fortunately, we still have some assets. If things don't work out, we can sell the Soul-Capture Bell first, or wait for the black market to open and sell the contraband we got from Blood Thirty-Three. At worst, we can sell the storefront in Jinwufang City..."

Uh, this...

Chen Xuanmo felt a headache after hearing this.

Are those broken Golden Light Towers and Thick Earth Towers so expensive?
But think about it, these are actually things made by the Jindan family. Even if it is the beggar's version, they all use Jindan-level design and materials, so they are naturally expensive. Moreover, Chen Xuanmo is also planning to make a set of five elements!

If it is the complete version of the Five Elements Tower, even the Jindan family can’t afford it!

"Okay, anyway, the money is used to build the family, so it's not a loss." Chen Xuanmo trembled twice and stopped settling accounts with his rebellious son.

The Soul-Catching Bell is not for sale at the moment.

That magic weapon is very good. When a Jindan cultivator appears in the family in the future, it can be used to launch sneak attacks and control people!
The storefronts in Jinwufang Market cannot be sold, and it would be difficult to buy them back after selling them.

As for that unreliable black market, haha, just pretend it doesn’t exist for the time being.

If you lose money, you can earn it again; if you lose merit, you can fight again.

In the battle with Cui, Blood Mist and a group of Blood Deacons escaped and hid. The easy ones have been caught now, and the only ones left are some tough bones to chew. It is time for Chen to attack again.

But before attacking, I have to discuss the issue of treatment with Taiyue and Jin Guang Old Monster.

As for the middle-grade spirit veins of fire and water that the family was lacking, Chen Xuanmo felt that he could also use purple energy to look for them. For the fire element, he could cross the Hengduan Mountains and search in the southern wilderness near the mountains. As for the water element, he should search at the bottom of the East China Sea.

After the father and his two sons discussed it.

Chen Xuanmo decided to spend 330 strands of purple energy to make 30 purple energy jade plates in one go, and another 220 strands of purple energy to make two life-saving golden jade plates. He then split his troops into two groups, one to dig out some hidden blood deacon teams to gain merit, while the other to search for wild mid-grade spirit veins.

While the sect's temporary command center is still in Hedong County and relatively safe, the Chen family must seize the time to develop quickly.

ten years.

The limit is ten years. If he can't find a mid-grade spiritual vein by himself, he can only take money from one pocket to pay for another and improve his family's security and foundation first.

Just when the two sons were receptive to advice.

Suddenly, Chen Xuanmo issued another order.

"What?"

Chen Ningzhuo was dumbfounded when he saw it.

What do you mean, no matter what means you use, Zhong Li Ye will be allowed to come and worship next year?
Otherwise, your father will not forgive you!

Are you kidding? Purple Qi is in such short supply right now. If Zhong Li Ye doesn’t come this year or next year, he will really miss him terribly.

Chen Ningzhuo was extremely shocked and wanted to ask his father about the detailed plan, but unexpectedly, the Xuanmo Spirit Sword did not respond.

Obviously, my father's heroic spirit has left Moxiang Pavilion and is wandering around.

"No, brother, what should I do?" Chen Ningzhuo looked at Chen Ningtai for help.

Chen Ningtai patted him on the shoulder calmly and said, "Fourth brother, I believe in you. You can do it."

Then, Chen Ningtai left.

Only Chen Ningzhuo was left disheveled in the wind.

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Time flies, and another year has passed in the blink of an eye.

The 224th year of the Xuanmo calendar.

Chen Xuanmo woke up again to the sound of Chen Ningtai's eulogy.

But this time, as soon as he woke up, his eyes lit up.

Among those wisps of purple air, there was a thick pillar of purple air, rushing towards the Xuan Mo Ling Sword.

He looked carefully and saw that the person standing behind Chen Ningtai in the sacrificial team, with his eyes closed and his head lowered, muttering to himself, was none other than his rebellious son Zhong Li Ye whom he had missed for so long.

OK OK! ! !
Zhongli, my son, you finally come back to see your father!
Chen Xuanmo never expected that Chen Ningzhuo actually did it.

Haha, I didn’t expect that this kid Ning Zhuo actually has some potential if he’s pushed a little.

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(End of this chapter)