Chapter 251: Dual fourth-grade spiritual roots and the third spiritual offspring!
A few days later, Lu Changsheng consolidated his breakthrough in the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Technique and walked out of the Hall of Longevity, feeling refreshed.
Standing on Azure Cloud Peak, he looked out and saw a vast expanse of blue.
Many fishermen were fishing in Azure Water Lake.
In the spirit field area, the jade marrow rice, like mutton-fat white jade, gleamed in the sunlight, lustrous and translucent.
The one hundred and eighty acres of Azure Water Rice, like verdant lotus flowers about to bloom, swayed gently in the spirit fields.
In the distance, he could see Ling Zixiao and Master Mo, along with several formation masters, still busy with the great formation.
Lu Changsheng transformed into a stream of light and arrived at his own spirit field area to inspect it.
“Greetings, Mountain Lord!”
“Greetings, Mountain Lord!”
“Greetings, Mountain Lord!”
From a shed in the spirit field area, a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a sallow complexion and a thin frame, led several old farmers forward to pay their respects.
“It looks like this jade marrow rice is about to ripen?”
Lu Changsheng sized up the jade marrow rice in the spirit field, as white as jade, and looked at the middle-aged man, asking aloud.
“Reporting to the Mountain Lord, the jade marrow rice needs to have faint patterns appearing on it to be considered fully ripe.”
“It is estimated that there is still more than a month before it is fully ripe.”
The yellow-faced middle-aged man was named Luo Jianghe. He was a spirit planter and was arranged by Lu Miaoyun to be the spirit field steward.
“Yes, not bad.”
Lu Changsheng nodded, looked at the jade marrow rice for a while, and then looked at the Azure Water Rice, asking, “How long will it take for this Azure Water Rice to mature?”
He remembered that the Azure Water Rice cultivation manual given by the Yu family mentioned that it would only be considered mature when the pod bloomed like a lotus flower.
“Reporting to the Mountain Lord, Azure Water Rice matures every two and a half years, and it will be about half a year before it matures.”
Luo Jianghe said this.
“Take good care of it. When it’s harvested, there will be no shortage of rewards.”
After Lu Changsheng inspected the spirit field situation for a while, he encouraged Luo Jianghe with a few words and then walked towards his own talisman-making workshop.
After more than half a year of education, the Azure Lake Mountain Theoretical Academy is gradually transitioning from theory to practice.
In addition to the puppet workshop managed by Lu Xianzhi, there are also talisman-making workshops and winemaking workshops.
This talisman-making workshop is not to say that everyone is a talisman master, drawing talismans, but mainly making talisman paper and spirit ink.
“Mountain Lord!”
“Mountain Lord!”
Seeing Lu Changsheng coming, the cultivators and workers who were busy bowed respectfully to Lu Changsheng.
“Yes.”
Lu Changsheng nodded in acknowledgement, signaling them to continue.
“Husband, why are you here?”
Not far away, Qu Zhenzhen was refining talisman paper with her daughter Lu Caizhen. Seeing Lu Changsheng coming, a smile appeared on her face.
She had learned something about talisman paper making when she was in Green Bamboo Mountain, so she would usually come to the talisman paper workshop to take a look and make talisman paper and spirit ink.
“Haha, I had some free time, so I came to take a look.”
Lu Changsheng said to Qu Zhenzhen, and then watched his daughter Lu Caizhen make talisman paper.
The making of ordinary talisman paper is very simple.
It mainly involves crushing spirit materials, then boiling them, constantly purifying them with the ‘Purification Technique’, removing impurities, and finally applying the ‘Spirit Infusion Technique’ to the semi-finished talisman paper to give the talisman paper spiritual veins.
The difficulty of this process lies in the ratio of the spirit materials, controlling the boiling time, and the proficiency of the Spirit Infusion Technique.
As a Tier 2 Talisman Master, Lu Changsheng was very clear about these tricks, and he also invited two experienced masters from Green Bamboo Mountain to guide them.
“Caizhen, that’s enough.”
Seeing his daughter’s serious face as she performed the Purification Technique on the iron pot, Lu Changsheng said softly.
“Daddy.”
Lu Caizhen then breathed a long sigh of relief and wiped her sweat.
She was called over by her mother and was not familiar with it, so she was a little nervous.
“How is it, how do you feel?”
Lu Changsheng asked his daughter.
“A little boring.”
Lu Caizhen pouted and said.
“Haha, it’s good to be bored. There’s nothing fun about this kind of thing.”
Lu Changsheng smiled when he heard this, rubbed his daughter’s hair, and said softly.
“But mother insisted on calling me over, saying to find something for me to do.”
Lu Caizhen pouted and said.
“Haha, isn’t your mother seeing that you’ve been bored at home all the time?”
“After a while, when the spirit bees you want arrive, you can try raising them for fun.”
Lu Changsheng said with a smile.
This daughter has a talent of 29% in beast taming.
But she was not interested in raising fish and said she wanted to raise bees.
Among the beast taming inheritances he had obtained from Meng Xiaochun, there were several ways to raise spirit bees.
In this regard, Lu Changsheng also complied with her and asked the Ji family to purchase several types of spirit bees for his daughter to raise for fun.
“Thank you, Daddy!”
Lu Caizhen’s face showed a smile when she heard this.
“Hmph, you just spoil her!”
Qu Zhenzhen said jealously when she saw this.
“My Caizhen is so sensible, how can I not spoil her?”
“My Zhenzhen is the same, I will try my best to satisfy any requests.”
Lu Changsheng gently put his arm around Qu Zhenzhen.
“Ew~”
Lu Caizhen looked at her parents showing affection and showed a helpless and disgusted expression, and continued to look at her big pot.
“There are so many people here.”
Even though they were an old married couple, Qu Zhenzhen was still a little embarrassed in public and shyly punched Lu Changsheng.
“Haha.”
Lu Changsheng chuckled and took Qu Zhenzhen on a rough tour of the talisman-making workshop, winemaking workshop, and puppet workshop.
Currently, all three workshops are in the running-in and cultivation stage, and they cannot make money at all, even at a loss.
Only when these processes are familiar and then produced according to the plan he gives can they achieve profitability.
“Husband, in a few days, it will be the day of the Spirit Root Examination Ceremony.”
When Lu Changsheng and Qu Zhenzhen returned to the Lu family mansion, Lu Miaoyun saw Lu Changsheng and immediately stepped forward and said.
Logically speaking, the Lu family only has three children testing their spirit roots this year, so there is no need to hold any Spirit Root Examination Ceremony.
But Azure Lake Mountain also has the mortals left behind by the Yu family.
Although many people have moved away, there are still hundreds of households.
Most of these mortals have a skill and are proficient in fishing and planting spirit rice.
So Lu Changsheng let them continue to live in Azure Lake Mountain.
Lu Changsheng also settled the sons and daughters who chose to stay in Azure Lake Mountain in this small town, letting them manage the town.
Therefore, this Spirit Root Examination Ceremony is not only held for his own children, but also for the people of Lakeshore Town.
If these children have spirit roots, then after they grow up and are cultivated, they will also be members of his old Lu family.
“Just hold it normally.”
Lu Changsheng nodded and said.
Afterwards, he chatted with Lu Miaoyun about the situation at home.
Currently, all affairs in the family, spirit fields, spirit medicine, fish products, and the three major workshops have been assigned stewards.
But these affairs still have to be reported to Lu Miaoyun.
“Husband, the talisman-making workshop and the winemaking workshop are estimated to break even in a year and gradually become profitable.”
“But the puppet workshop…”
Lu Miaoyun said to Lu Changsheng.
She can understand the talisman-making workshop and the winemaking workshop.
After all, these two workshops have people from Green Bamboo Mountain to help, and the investment is not too big, which gives her confidence.
But the puppet workshop, the family only has the puppet inheritance and the puppet master Lu Xianzhi, and the investment is relatively large.
In this case, wanting to quickly achieve profitability makes her not very optimistic.
“Haha, you can rest assured about the puppet workshop. It is estimated that it will be profitable next year.”
Lu Changsheng heard the meaning in Lu Miaoyun’s words and said this.
Among the hundreds of immortal crafts, no matter which one, the easiest way to improve is to practice more.
So in order to allow the puppet workshop to run in as soon as possible and improve its proficiency, he has already invested several thousand spirit stones.
But speaking of which, puppet making also has a benefit.
That is, if there is a problem with the parts that are made, they can be remelted and rebuilt at most, losing some materials, but not completely scrapped, losing too much.
“Okay.”
Lu Miaoyun nodded in response.
She has great faith in Lu Changsheng’s words and has no doubts.
After all, after many years of marriage, Lu Changsheng’s position in her heart is beyond doubt.
Four days later.
Lakeshore Town.
Since this is the first Spirit Root Examination Ceremony of the Lu family in Azure Lake Mountain, Lu Changsheng, the Mountain Lord, and Lu Miaoge, Lu Miaoyun, and others all came to watch the ceremony.
Lu Changsheng handed over the matter of presiding over the ceremony to his son Lu Ping’an.
“Lu Qingqing.”
Lu Ping’an looked at the list in his hand and called out, feeling as if he were in another world.
He still remembered that in those years, under the leadership of his father Lu Changsheng and mother Lu Lanshu, he participated in the Spirit Root Examination Ceremony of Green Bamboo Mountain.
Now he has become the person presiding over the Spirit Root Examination Ceremony.
The little girl who was called by name immediately came to the Spirit Root Examination Pillar under the leadership of her mother Yu Yao, dropped a drop of blood, and then held the Spirit Root Examination Pillar.
“No spirit root.”
Seeing that the Spirit Root Examination Pillar did not respond, Lu Ping’an sighed slightly and said.
“Mother.”
Seeing that the Spirit Root Examination Pillar did not respond, the little girl also knew what the situation was, and a bit of sadness appeared on her face.
“It’s okay, Xiao Qing.”
A forced smile appeared on Yu Yao’s face.
She has given birth to six children in total and has experienced this kind of thing several times.
But seeing that her daughter has no spirit root, she is still a bit saddened.
“Sigh.”
Lu Changsheng also sighed slightly as he watched this scene.
Stepping forward, he picked up his daughter to comfort her.
“Lu Qingxuan.”
Lu Pingan recited the second name.
Shao Yuyao immediately urged her son forward.
The little boy walked to the spirit testing pillar, dripped a drop of blood, and held the pillar.
“Buzz—”
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The spirit testing pillar immediately lit up with a faint crimson light.
Out of the ten sections of the pillar, six lit up.
This represented a fourth-grade spiritual root!
“This is a fourth-grade spiritual root!”
Lu Miaoyun, Qu Zhenzhen, Lu Miaohuan, and the others showed surprise, joy, and envy when they saw the spirit testing pillar.
Spiritual roots are ranked in nine grades, and a fourth-grade spiritual root is already considered an above-average spiritual root.
In a cultivation family, this level of talent belongs to a Foundation Establishment seed!
With proper cultivation in the future, there is hope for Foundation Establishment!
Currently, in the Lu family of Bihu Mountain, none of Lu Changsheng’s descendants have had such good spiritual root talent.
The highest spiritual root belongs to Lu Miaohuan’s son, Lu Qingshan, who has a sixth-grade spiritual root.
However, Lu Qingshan not only has a sixth-grade spiritual root but also a legendary spiritual body, making his talent higher than Lu Qingxuan’s.
“Fourth-grade spiritual root!”
Shao Yuyao also stared blankly at her son’s fourth-grade spiritual root, covering her mouth with her hands, overjoyed and weeping.
She had given birth to seven children in total, but only two of the first six children possessed spiritual roots, and they were low-grade spiritual roots.
Now, this child actually possessed a fourth-grade spiritual root, making her, as a mother, extremely happy and overjoyed.
“Fourth-grade spiritual root, fire affinity!”
Lu Pingan took a deep breath when he saw this result, feeling somewhat envious, and said aloud.
“Very good, in the first year of our Bihu Mountain Lu family’s spirit testing ceremony, we have detected a fourth-grade spiritual root, this is a good omen!”
Lu Changsheng stepped forward, patted his son’s head, and said with a smile, loudly.
Even though he already knew about his son’s spiritual root, he still showed some happiness under the circumstances.
“Congratulations, husband! Congratulations, sister Yuyao.”
“Congratulations, Mountain Lord! Wishing the young master a long life on the path of immortality!”
“Congratulations, Mountain Lord! Wishing the young master a long life on the path of immortality!”
The concubines watching the ceremony and the villagers of Hushan Town congratulated him one after another.
“Mother.”
Lu Qingxuan was a little at a loss in the face of such a scene.
“Haha.”
Lu Changsheng led the child and said to Shao Yuyao, “Yuyao, thank you for your hard work.”
Since the other party had given birth to a fourth-grade spiritual root descendant, according to the family rules and regulations he had previously established, there would be rewards.
Not only could she be promoted from a ninth-grade concubine, but if Lu Qingxuan proved to be promising in the future, she could also benefit from her son’s success!
“Master, this concubine… it’s not hard work.”
Shao Yuyao’s voice trembled slightly.
She came from a small Qi Refining family.
Because her family was destroyed, she was sold into the Baiyu Tower.
She originally thought that the future would be dark and miserable, but she ended up becoming Lu Changsheng’s maid.
Over the years, apart from giving birth to a few more children, her life had been very comfortable.
Now, her youngest son actually possessed a fourth-grade spiritual root, becoming Lu Changsheng’s child with the best spiritual root, which made her incredibly surprised and happy.
“Continue the ceremony, Wangshu.”
Lu Changsheng looked at Lu Wangshu beside him, with encouragement on his face.
“Big brother, be gentle.”
Lu Wangshu, dressed in a pink and white dress, was cute and delicate, and she hopped forward, extending her fair little hand and said crisply to Lu Pingan.
She had been raised by Lu Miaoge, Lu Miaoyun, Qu Zhenzhen, and others since she was young, and she was also loved by Lu Changsheng, so her personality was lively and cheerful.
“Okay.”
Lu Pingan grinned at his sister in front of him.
Then, he lightly cut her hand with a small knife, dripped a drop of blood, and then asked her to hold the spirit testing pillar.
“Buzz—”
On the spirit testing pillar, faint cyan and azure light bloomed.
Six sections of the ten-section spirit testing pillar lit up.
“This, another fourth-grade spiritual root!”
“Hiss, two fourth-grade spiritual roots in a row!”
“This, this, this…”
Lu Miaoyun and the others were all stunned and filled with surprise when they saw this scene.
One must know that in the Qingzhu Mountain spirit testing ceremony, they might not encounter a fourth-grade spiritual root even in ten years.
Now, Lu Changsheng’s three children had been tested for spiritual roots, and two of them in a row had fourth-grade spiritual roots, which was simply shocking!
“This Lu Changsheng really has extraordinary luck!”
Master Mo, who arranged the great formation for Bihu Mountain, also came to watch the ceremony, and sighed when he saw this scene.
He had previously learned about Lu Changsheng’s general information, and felt that this person had no small amount of luck and opportunity, and that he could even break through to Foundation Establishment with a low-grade spiritual root, and even establish a family.
At this time, seeing two fourth-grade spiritual roots in a row in his family, he couldn’t help but marvel and sigh.
After all, having children is something that depends a lot on luck, in addition to some factors such as parents.
“Another fourth-grade spiritual root?”
Lu Pingan looked at the spirit testing pillar in front of him, and suspiciously sized it up a few times.
Then, he transmitted his voice to Lu Changsheng: “Dad, this spirit testing pillar, is it broken?”
“Can’t you hope for something good?”
Lu Changsheng said to his son unhappily when he heard this.
His family had two fourth-grade spiritual roots, and this silly son actually suspected that there was something wrong with the spirit testing pillar.
He stepped forward, took Lu Wangshu’s hand, and said with a smile, loudly: “Good, good, our Lu family actually has two fourth-grade spiritual roots at the same time in one year, this is God blessing our Lu family, God blessing Bihu Mountain!”
“Congratulations, husband! Congratulations, sister Miaoge.”
“Congratulations, Mountain Lord, wishing the young lady a long life on the path of immortality!”
Everyone immediately congratulated him loudly.
Since Xiao Xiyue’s mission to sit in Bihu Mountain was to try to hide her whereabouts, she rarely appeared in public on weekdays.
This time, Lu Miaoge accompanied Lu Wangshu to participate in the spirit testing ceremony.
Moreover, over the years, everyone had regarded Lu Wangshu as Lu Miaoge’s daughter.
“Hehe, Daddy, I’m so awesome, are there any rewards!”
Lu Wangshu raised her little head and said to Lu Changsheng.
“Yes, yes!”
Lu Changsheng said with a smile, touched Lu Qingxuan’s head, who seemed a little dazed next to him, and looked at Lu Qingqing, and said: “Qingxuan, Qingqing, what rewards do you want?”
“I, I want a puppet bird.”
Lu Qingxuan thought for a while and said.
He liked the puppet birds in the Bihu Mountain Amusement Park very much, so he wanted to have one himself.
“Okay, I’ll give it to you when the time comes.”
Lu Changsheng nodded with a smile.
Then, he took the three children to sit aside, signaling the spirit testing ceremony to continue.
At this moment, the villagers of Hushan Town were also much more nervous, looking at their children with a bit more expectation.
Thinking that their family could also benefit from the luck of this new Mountain Lord of Bihu Mountain, and that their children could be tested for spiritual roots.
There were a total of twenty-three school-age children in Hushan Town.
As they were tested one by one, there were no surprises.
Only two children possessed spiritual roots, and they were both low-grade spiritual roots.
However, relatively speaking, it was already very good to have two immortal seedlings out of twenty-three people.
Sometimes, dozens of children don’t have a single spiritual root.
Lu Changsheng rewarded the parents of these two children, bestowing pills.
And he said that these two children could go to the Lu family school for enlightenment learning.
“Thank you, Mountain Lord, thank you, Mountain Lord!”
Hearing this, the parents of the two children immediately knelt down and thanked Lu Changsheng.
They naturally knew that even if their children had spiritual roots, sending them to Bihu Mountain would definitely not be as good as the Lu family’s young ladies and young masters.
But it was enough that their children could embark on the path of immortality and that they could receive real rewards.
In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed.
Under Lu Changsheng’s diligent efforts, Xia Zhiyue finally successfully conceived.
Lu Changsheng couldn’t help but have some expectations for this child.
If this child could also have a fourth-grade spiritual root, then his spiritual root could be promoted to a high-grade spiritual root.
Longevity Hall, Talisman Chamber.
Lu Changsheng was drawing spirit talismans.
Currently, Bihu Mountain was still in a state of loss, so he naturally had to rely on his talismans to supplement the family income.
Moreover, as his reputation as a second-tier high-grade talisman master spread, family forces often came to request the purchase of second-tier talismans.
To this, Lu Changsheng also asked them to line up, selling about one or two second-tier high-grade talismans each month.
The talismans that are currently lined up for sale have already been reserved until next year.
Just as Lu Changsheng was concentrating on outlining the talismans, suddenly a strong and mysterious throbbing surged out.
Accompanied by a system prompt sound.
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