Transmigration: Children of The Plane

Shocking his Parents

"Father, take a fruit. You'll know if I'm lying or not immediately. I wouldn't lie about something so important. While I know you two are always so business with the Dukedom, I also know how much your cultivation means to you. If not, how could you guys let me practice at my age?" Xue Bai tried to calm down his parents. Hearing them call him by his full name scared the life out of him. He couldn't remember a time when they did that, even with his previous host's memories.

His parents nodded. If Xue Bai was lying about this, they could find out just by eating a fruit. So him making such a big deal out of it would just higher his punishment which would be very stupid for Xue Bai.

His parents started to believe him and were salivating over the precious fruit in front of them. But however, they still acted like mature adults and asked back, "But we are talentless, and at the end of our potential, wouldn't it be better for you to eat the fruit."

"No, the fruits of Yggdrasil involve the dantian. Me eating it would do nothing besides make me explode " Shaking his head Xue Bai spoke.

"Bai'er, we are your parents, and we trust you with our entire beings, so for one last time, we will ask you. These fruits will not harm us, correct?" As one final precaution, Xue Fen spoke heavily and looked his son in the eyes for any deceit, but after being met with clear and radiant eyes, he accepted the fruits.

Xue Feng passed the second one to Li Rou, and they both sat crosslegged and ate the pear-sized fruit with quick bites.

Very quickly, they felt something occurring in their dantian. All of the spiritual Qi they had collected within their dantian was being compressed. The feeling was horrifying, and at first, they thought that Xue Bai had gone mad and poisoned them. So they looked at him but realized he was still staring at them with a hopeful face. So they braved through and planned to see it through.

Soon enough, they realized what was happening in their dantian. The Spiritual Qi they had compressed and purified. Their realm was rapidly dropping. However, they were keeping the same strength.

The Spiritual Qi they had gathered before was impure and low in quality but high in quantity. And the Yggdrasil fruits were reversing their mistakes.

Soon Xue Feng and Li Rou's Fifth and Fourth stage Domain Lord Realm declined all the way to the First Stage. However, they didn't lose any strength at all. They kept the same amount of Spiritual Qi. It had only been compressed.

The two mediated for a while to make sure nothing was wrong. But after testing their strength with simple movements, they realized the only thing that had declined was their realms.

After checking out her gains from the fruits, Li Rou immediately thought of her brother and asked Xue Bai, "Bai'er then the last fruit?"

"Don't worry, mother. I was already planning to give it to Uncle LI. It will be my repayment for leaving him with the troubles I made." Xue Bai could sense her thoughts and assured her it would go to LI Hou.

Xue Feng was thinking of the critical questions and also asked, "Son, then this 'Yggdrasil' tree, when will it bear fruits once more."

"I'm not 100% sure because I only remember its frequency from its peak growth, and currently, Yggdrasil is weakened. But at its best, it would produce five fruits every ten years. But now with its health, I think we should focus on nurturing it more than the fruits."

Xue Feng had thought they had just eaten a once-in-a-millennium fruit, so when he heard that 'Yggdrasil' could almost mass produce them, he damn near fainted.

"Bai'er, you understand the implications of this, right?" Xue Feng asked with a trembling voice.

"How can I not, father? While I haven't started to cultivate, I know the implications of Yggdrasil could have on the cultivation world." Xue Bai wasn't a fool.

From almost every single cultivation novel he knew, protagonists would have treasures like this. Then in some odd way, it would get revealed, and then the protagonist would be chased down by the entire world for 200 chapters.

While Xue Bai wanted the fun of a cultivation journey, he didn't want to be on the run for ten years of his life. So he had no plans of telling anyone besides his family about this.

After seeing that their son was sensible, Xue Bai's parents sighed in relief. But Li Rou had one more question. "Son, you must know that after taking a Natural Treasure, you start to build an immunity to it. What about this 'Yggdrasil' fruit? How many times can one eat it before it's useless?"

Xue Bai smiled when he heard the question. Indeed this is what happened. Even with Heaven Grade Natural Treasures, they weren't exempt. But Yggdrasil's fruits could somehow ignore the ironclad rule. No matter how many times you ate a Yggradsil fruit, it would still work like the first time. This was why the protagonist who owned Yggdrasil was so overpowered. The subordinates he raised would always be right behind him with access to it.

So he replied to his mother's question with a winner's smile and said, "Somebody can eat it as many times as they want. It will always work."

Hearing their son's words, Xue Feng finally couldn't handle the happiness and fainted, and Li Rou was close too.

He was rightfully excited. As a General, the thought of raising a personal army with the potential of reaching the peak of cultivation was his fantasy. So his son telling him that it was not only possible, but they were able to do it made him faint with glee.

"Mother, what just happened?" When Xue Bai first saw his father stumble, he thought it was just a one-off thing. But seeing him faint floored him entirely. His dad was in the Domain Lord Realm and could split seas and sever mountain tops. How did he faint?

"This happened once before when he first broke through to Qi Sea Realm. I think he can't handle excitement too well." Li Rou had a guess but didn't sound sure.

"Then wake him up. I need him to place Yggdrasil somewhere secure." Xue Bai wasn't polite and began to slap his father's face. But after three slaps, he had to stop as his palms started to hurt like hell.

"So this is what they meant by thick-faced," Xue Bai held his hand in pain, but his face looked enlightened.

"Mother, you try. I might break my hand if I continue." Xue Bai turned to his mother and asked.

"Honey, I won't slap your father. Just wait until he wakes up. If anything, you should pray he doesn't remember. He will string you up a tree if he does." Li Rou just held her husband in her lap and waited.

Xue Feng woke up shortly after but was somewhat still in disbelief from Yggdrasil, but after sensing his cultivation and the stories from his wife and son, he believed it and soon laughed with glee.

"HAHAHA, that old geezer in the Imperial Capital thought I would never reach the Xiantian Great Realm. Not only can I, but I could also reach it in a decade! He's going to be scared out of his mind! A Xiantian Great Realm cultivator under 100. It would be first in the continent!" Xue Feng had begun concocting random scenarios and started to lose himself.

Li Rou thought he had gone mad and began to shake him, which soon calmed him down.

"Husband, all of that is in the future, but for now, we need to ensure that Yggdrasil is never known to the public. Even with how much the Emperor trusts you, he would not hesitate to start a war over this. Bai'er, how many people did you tell about this?" Li Rou asked as the group's voice of reason.

"While I didn't tell Uncle Li the specifics, I told him a summary of what Yggdrasil does. But The Wang Twins and the Stone Gambling Pavilion's shopkeeper and chief blacksmith were next to us when we opened it. So they should know how special Yggdrasil is from how we acted around it." Xue Bai answered truthfully.

"You opened Yggdrasil from a Spiritual Jade Stone?" His parents asked simultaneously.

"Yes, how else would I find this good a treasure in the city." Xue Bai replied back.

His parents were speechless. Yes, how else could he find Yggdrasil in the central city of the Dukedom? Almost every inch of the city had been explored and mapped out. Finding something new in there was virtually impossible.

But Li Rou caught onto something else, "How did you even find out about the Stone Gambling Pavillion? Neither of us told you about it."

"Uncle LI told me to go there if I wanted to test my luck." Xue Bai replied innocently. His mother's face looked scary, and he wanted to downplay any involvement in this.

"I'll get even with Big Brother Huo after this, but first, we need to plan out what to do next." Then, suppressing her anger Li Rou spoke.

"I think we should bring those two to us for a discussion and move the Wang Twins into the core region of the estate." Xue Feng stated, which was quickly seconded by Li Rou.

"Bai'er, take this token and go to my courtyard and find a place to plant Yggdrasil somewhere where the Spiritual Qi is the densest. I know you can't sense it yet, so I have markers around the garden. From 1-10, with ten being the densest." Li Rou handed Xue Bai a token with a flower on it and spoke gently.

"Mother, should I come with you two to see the Stone Gambling Pavillion workers?" Xue Bai asked. He had recruited them. He thought he should see it through.

After thinking for a little, his parents agreed. After his fall, while he hadn't suddenly become a mature adult, he had grown somewhat and showed promise. So they thought that involving him in Dukedom affairs earlier would help his growth.

"First plant Yggdrasil in my garden, then you can come to us. We will be in the main hall where we talk about military affairs instead of my office." Xue Feng spoke.

After nodding at each other, the trio split up each to do their own roles.

"Xiao'er, call over one of the Wang Twins to come and help me carry Yggdrasil. We are going to mothers courtyard!" Xue Bai yelled outside to get her attention after making his father take down the noise-suppressing array.