chsdbacks Chapter 109 Family Spirit Testing Conference, Zhang Hongyu's life of many children and blessing
Chapter 109 Family Spirit Testing Conference, Zhang Hongyu's life of many children and blessing
After leaving the Zhang family, Zhang Xuanchen arrived at Yunhua Immortal City to bid farewell to his mother.
Lin Wanqing was extremely reluctant, but she also knew that she could not stand in the way of her son's path of cultivation.
All I ask for is to have a meal with Zhang Xuanchen before we part.
Seeing his mother's reluctant gaze, Zhang Xuanchen didn't refuse. A meal wouldn't take long.
……
Three days later, it will be the day of the Zhang family's spirit-testing ceremony.
Currently, the Zhang family has over 800,000 mortals in total.
It has been six or seven years since Zhang Xuanchen issued the pro-natalist policy.
There will definitely be many more immortal seedlings with spiritual roots this time than in previous spirit testing conferences.
Although the remaining members of the Zhang family are not very strong, they are perfectly capable of going to a mortal town to have their spiritual roots tested.
At the foot of Xuanxiao Mountain is also the place where the Zhang family's mortals gather the most, numbering as many as 400,000 to 500,000.
There are no fewer than thirty towns and cities of varying sizes.
Mortal city, Xuan Shi City.
Because the city has more than 100,000 mortals, Zhang Hongyu, a family cultivator stationed here, reported to the family to establish a city lord's mansion for easier management.
The Zhang family naturally wouldn't refuse this. After all, it was just a mortal town, and as long as they didn't break the law, exploit the people, or affect the birth of the family's immortal seedlings, they wouldn't care about these things.
Inside the city lord's mansion at this time.
A handsome young man dressed in a white robe with a long sword at his waist sat facing each other, while a middle-aged man with a plump figure and a mustache.
It was Zhang Xuantong and Zhang Hongyu, the city lord of Xuanshi City.
At this time, Zhang Xuantong, who was twenty-four years old, had broken through to the sixth level of Qi Refining. The sword control technique that he was unfamiliar with three years ago had been cultivated to the peak of minor success.
There is absolutely no chance of falling from the sky while flying.
Zhang Xuantong looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who was overweight and somewhat physically weak.
His face showed confusion and helplessness.
"Uncle Yu, how can we cultivators be obsessed with women?"
Your body is now severely weakened; how can you cultivate in the future? How can you pursue the Great Dao?
Upon arriving at the city lord's mansion, he had a long chat with Zhang Hongyu and was genuinely quite shocked.
Because Zhang Hongyu had two wives and forty-seven concubines. His principal wife and his concubine were both spiritually rooted, were originally independent cultivators, and were the first to follow him.
As a disciple of a Golden Core family, even with only five spiritual roots, his status was still unapproachable in the eyes of those rogue cultivators.
With him by my side, there's absolutely no need to worry about safety.
The other forty-seven were mortals, recruited in this Xuan Shi City.
It was all voluntary; otherwise, he would have been punished by his family long ago.
If his body hadn't prevented it, he could have taken even more.
After listening to Zhang Xuantong's words, Zhang Hongyu smiled and shook his head.
When I was young, I longed to pursue the Great Dao, to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, break through to the Golden Core stage, and seek immortality.
But as he grew older, he saw many of his clansmen with five, four, or even three spiritual roots die on their path of cultivation.
Decades of cultivation have ultimately come to nothing.
Three spiritual roots perish on the path to breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, let alone someone with five spiritual roots.
So I came to Xuanshi City to take charge at the age of thirty-four, and fourteen years have passed since then.
He put down his teacup, looked out the window, and gazed at the distant, misty, towering Xuanxiao Mountain.
After a long silence, he finally let out a soft sigh:
"Over the years, I have read countless classic books and gained a lot of insights."
Nephew Xuantong, do you know what the Five Elemental Roots are called in the cultivation world?
A leaky cauldron!
Others draw qi into their bodies like a stream flowing into the sea, but I feel as if I'm trying to hold water with a strainer; I can't retain even a fraction of the full spiritual energy.
To break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Disaster!"
As he spoke, his face was filled with a smile of relief, not bitterness.
He took out a well-worn book of Qigong, "The Five Elements Manual," from his sleeve.
His fingers traced the dense annotations between the pages.
He spoke again:
"The Great Dao is fifty, Heaven evolves into forty-nine, and man escapes to one."
That "one" might not belong to our five spiritual roots in the first place.
Since I can't become a crane soaring through the heavens, why not be a hardworking ox tilling the earth?
"I am 48 years old this year and currently have 72 children."
Thirty-seven people met the age requirement for the spirit test this year.
I think that if I could give birth to a child with better spiritual talent than me, perhaps decades later, he would be able to reach a height that I could never reach.
The so-called pursuit of the Tao is all about seizing a sliver of opportunity from heaven and earth; the only difference is the path chosen.
Isn't my pursuit of the Way in another form as well?
"If none of them have spiritual roots, that's fine too. I'm still a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator; I can afford to raise a few children."
"this……"
Upon hearing Zhang Hongyu's words, Zhang Xuantong wanted to offer some advice, but after careful consideration, he realized that what the other party said made a lot of sense.
Everyone has their own path, and the one that suits you best is the right one.
Zhang Hongyu's choice to take many wives and concubines and have children in a mortal town to increase the number of immortal offspring for his family can be considered a significant contribution to the family's growth.
After all, the probability of a child born to a cultivator having spiritual roots is much higher than that of a mortal.
Listening to the sounds of many women and children playing and laughing in the backyard.
For a moment, Zhang Xuantong felt a pang of envy.
Perhaps it wouldn't be bad to descend to the mortal realm and become a local tyrant if one's pursuit of enlightenment is hopeless.
Zhang Hongyu was startled to see Zhang Xuantong remain silent.
No way!
Child, you mustn't follow my example.
Otherwise, your father will beat me to death.
He immediately coughed twice to draw Zhang Xuantong's attention back. "Xuantong, you have four spiritual roots. You are now twenty-four years old and your cultivation has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. As long as you cultivate diligently, you may be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage before you turn sixty."
Go and see the scenery above the foundation.
Now, let's conduct the spirit tests on the children. I've gathered all the children of the appropriate age at the city square.
I'll help you.
Hearing Zhang Hongyu's words, Zhang Xuantong nodded: "Alright, Uncle Yu, let's go."
After saying that, the two left the room and flew towards the square.
There are over six thousand people in Xuan Shi City who meet the age requirements for spirit testing, but with their combined spiritual power, the two of them can only test about a thousand people a day at most.
At this time, the square had gathered no fewer than 20,000 people, a dense mass of heads.
These are all parents accompanying their children to undergo spirit divination.
They didn't know about spiritual roots; they only knew that as long as their child could go up the mountain with the family's immortal master, they could become a high-ranking immortal.
Your family will instantly become wealthy, and from then on you will have no worries about food and clothing and be respected by others.
Zhang Hongyu's wife, concubines, and children were also among them, standing right in front of the spirit-testing platform.
This is a small favor that the city lord is giving to his own people, and no one will say anything about it.
"Look, the immortal master is here! Flying on a sword, this is a true immortal master!"
He's definitely stronger than our city lord!
"He's also more handsome than our city lord! Younger! Our city lord is fat and has a beard, he's not good-looking."
"But this does not negate the fact that the city lord is a celestial master. I personally witnessed the city lord kill a seven-meter-long tiger with a single fireball!"
That's incredibly powerful!
Zhang Xuantong listened to the discussions below, making no attempt to conceal the fact that Zhang Hongyu was the city lord.
Everything has been proven.
He couldn't help but laugh:
"Uncle Yu, it seems you've won the hearts of the people as the city lord."
Zhang Hongyu naturally didn't care about these discussions. He wasn't as strong or handsome as Xuan Tong; that was a fact, and there was nothing wrong with admitting it.
"Haha, I just did what I was supposed to do."