Chapter 1: The Lin Family of Qingxi Mountain

Inside the antique-style room, a young child was intently practicing.

　　Suddenly the door was kicked open with a bang.

　　A chubby-faced toddler stood at the door, his eyes shining as he looked at the person sitting cross-legged on the bed cultivating, and shouted, "Third Brother, it's fifteen, time has come!"

　　Lin Yunyi said with a dark expression, "Yes, yes, I understand."

　　Lin Yunyi thought to himself: My silly brother's words have a subtle feeling of "He's fifteen, it's time to set off."

　　Lin Yunxiao: "Third Brother, you're cultivating!"

　　Lin Yunyi glared at Lin Yunxiao and said irritably, "Yeah! You should know that the worst thing for cultivation is to be disturbed. Don't keep banging on the door. It's not even halfway through the year, and I've already broken the door five times."

　　Lin Yunxiao scratched his head and said, "Today is PUBG Day, and you're still cultivating so diligently, Third Brother."

　　Lin Yunyi: "Otherwise what?"

　　Lin Yunxiao seemed oblivious to Lin Yunyi's cold expression and asked to himself, "Third Brother, how many should we kill today?"

　　Lin Yunyi glanced at Lin Yunxiao and said, "How many do you think we should kill?"

　　Lin Yunxiao: "Three, at least two. One isn't enough."

　　Lin Yunyi said irritably, "You're not enthusiastic about cultivation, but you're number one in PUBG!"

　　Lin Yunxiao: "How can that be the same? Third Brother, let's go quickly, everyone is already waiting."

　　Lin Yunyi: "Fine, fine, let's go then."

　　Lin Yunyi followed Lin Yunxiao to the poplar grove, where several children were already waiting.

　　As soon as Lin Yunyi appeared, the children shouted in unison, "Brother Yi!"

　　In the poplar grove, there are more than a hundred spirit chickens kept in captivity. All of these spirit chickens are Lin Yunyi's private property.

　　Because of these more than one hundred spirit chickens, Lin Yunyi, who is only six years old, is undoubtedly the big brother in the hearts of the teenagers in Qingxi Mountain.

　　The boys on the mountain were three or four years older than Lin Yunyi, but they called him "Brother Yi" willingly.

　　Looking at the empire he had built on the mountain, Lin Yunyi couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions.

　　When they were three years old, the brothers Lin Yunyi and Lin Yunxiao participated in the spiritual root test. Lin Yunyi was found to have five spiritual roots: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, while Lin Yunxiao was found to have three spiritual roots: metal, water, and fire.

　　In the world of cultivation, spiritual roots are mainly divided into four types.

　　The first type of celestial spiritual root is a single spiritual root with only one attribute.

　　This type of spiritual root cultivator cultivates several times faster than ordinary spiritual root cultivators, and has no bottleneck in forming the core.

　　Cultivators with Heavenly Spiritual Roots are favored by Heaven and are extremely rare. As long as they are not too unlucky and do not die prematurely, they can basically form a Golden Core.

　　The second type of true spiritual root is a spiritual root that possesses two or three attributes.

　　Heavenly spiritual roots are extremely rare; most elite disciples in major sects are cultivators with dual spiritual roots.

　　Three spiritual roots are slightly inferior to dual spiritual roots, but the chances of reaching Foundation Establishment are still quite high.

　　The third type of pseudo-spiritual root: a spiritual root with four or five attributes, a mixed spiritual root, and a very slow cultivation speed.

　　There is also a fourth type of mutated spiritual root: a spiritual root that has been mutated and sublimated by a mixture of two or three of the five elements, and has attributes such as lightning, ice, darkness, and wind.

　　Lin Yunyi's five spiritual roots are pseudo-spiritual roots. For cultivators with such spiritual roots, let alone forming a core, even establishing a foundation is extremely difficult.

　　Lin Yunxiao's aptitude wasn't much better. Although he had three spiritual roots, they were metal, water, and fire. Water and fire spiritual roots were mutually destructive, making his three spiritual roots arguably the worst among true spiritual roots.

　　Although neither of them had very good spiritual roots, they still had spiritual roots nonetheless.

　　It should be noted that the probability of a villager in a mortal village in the cultivation world developing spiritual roots is less than one in a thousand. If the parents have spiritual roots, the probability of the child having spiritual roots will be slightly higher, but not by much.

　　Lin Beiwang, the ancestor of the Lin family and the grandfather of Lin Yunyi, had dozens of wives and concubines and worked hard for decades to have over a hundred children, but only three of his children had two sons.

　　Back then, after their spiritual roots were tested, Lin's parents asked Lin Yunyi and Lin Yunxiao what gifts they wanted.

　　Lin Yunyi said he wanted two spirit chickens, one male and one female.

　　Upon hearing Lin Yunyi's words, Lin Yunxiao also wanted two spirit chickens, regardless of gender, the fatter the better.

　　Lin Yunxiao's two spirit chickens were devoured not long after he bought them.

　　After Lin Yunyi bought the two chickens, he started raising them and then embarked on a large-scale chicken farming business.

　　Chickens can be fed with spirit grains or spirit earthworms.

　　The Lin family in Qingxi Town does own ten mu of spiritual fields, which can yield two harvests a year, producing approximately 20,000 jin of spiritual grain.

　　More than 20,000 catties of spirit grain sounds like a lot, but 30% of this spirit grain needs to be handed over to the Beast Taming Sect, 50% of the remaining 70% is to be supplied to the family's cultivators for cultivation, and the remaining 20% ​​is to be sold to exchange for spirit stones. It would be a bit extravagant to use it to raise chickens.

　　If the spirit valley is unavailable, then the spirit earthworms are the only option. On Qingxi Mountain, which is occupied by the Lin family, there is a second-tier spirit vein, and quite a few spirit earthworms grow there.

　　At first, Lin Yunyi used spirit eggs to attract the children in the family to help catch spirit earthworms.

　　Later, Lin Yunyi's spirit chicken hatched chicks, and the flock continued to grow, so there weren't enough spirit earthworms.

　　Lin Yunyi then began to study the method of raising spirit earthworms, and his hard work paid off, and he soon succeeded.

　　After developing a method for raising spirit earthworms, Lin Yunyi's team that caught spirit earthworms transformed into a team that raised them.

　　Lin Yunyi was a reincarnated person who lived on Earth in his previous life.

　　It was a world with highly advanced information technology, but without spiritual energy; cultivation was merely a legend.

　　Lin Yunyi's method of raising spirit earthworms was inspired by the wooden box earthworm breeding method of Earth Star.

　　Earthworm farming in wooden boxes: Prepare waste wood such as sawdust or bark, mix it with soil, and then spread it on the breeding bed. Cover the surface of the breeding bed with a layer of damp burlap or blanket to provide a suitable environment for earthworms to feed. In addition, maintaining a suitable temperature is crucial for earthworm growth, and the environment should also be kept moist.

　　The wooden box used by Lin Yunyi was a poplar tree box.

　　There is a grove of willow trees on Qingxi Mountain. They are quite nice, but they are not very useful and it would be a waste to cut them down.

　　These trees were targeted from the moment Lin Yunyi decided to raise spirit earthworms.

　　Lin Yunyi collected broken branches and withered leaves from the spirit poplar tree, mixed them with soil, and spread them on the breeding bed. Then, he covered the surface of the breeding bed with a layer of old magic robes.

　　Qingxi Mountain enjoys a spring-like climate year-round, so the temperature isn't a major concern. However, to maintain humidity, the local chicken-raising team frequently calls on members to water the earthworm boxes.

　　Lin Yunyi was learning as he went along when it came to raising spirit earthworms for the first time. Fortunately, the spirit earthworms were extremely resilient, and he was able to raise them successfully.

　　Over the past three years, the number of earthworm breeding boxes on the mountain has gradually increased to thirty.

　　Through continuous research and improvement, Lin Yunyi's spirit earthworms have become increasingly plump.

　　Earthworms should not be fed directly to spirit chickens. It's fine to feed them one or two live earthworms occasionally, but if they eat too many, the spirit chickens will suffer from indigestion and diarrhea.

　　Drying and processing earthworms can effectively prevent this situation.

　　The members of Lin Yunyi's chicken-raising team are responsible for preparing the spirit earthworm.

　　Speaking of which, dried earthworms, after being processed, are rich in spiritual energy and can be considered a decent snack. Occasionally, members of the chicken-raising team would also enjoy them as a treat.

　　Besides being used to feed chickens and as a snack, earthworms can also be used for fishing.

　　The members of the aquaculture team had all caught fish using earthworms.

　　In order to motivate the team members, after the flock of chickens grew, Lin Yunyi set the fifteenth of each month as the day to eat chickens, and to kill spirit chickens to eat.

　　You should know that a spirit chicken is worth twelve spirit stones, which is a huge sum of money for the children in the clan.

　　As the flock grew, the number of chickens slaughtered each month gradually increased from one to two.

　　Although Lin Yunyi is only six years old, he already has three years of experience raising chickens, making him a true chicken-raising expert.

　　Lin Yunyi glanced at Lin Yunxiao and asked, "Have you informed our elder brother?"

　　Lin Yunxiao nodded hurriedly and said, "I notified them a long time ago. My elder brother said he would come after he finished casting the Spirit Rain spell on the spirit field."

　　Lin Yunyi stood with his hands behind his back, head held high, and said, "Alright then."

　　Looking at Lin Yunyi's aloof and superior demeanor, the members of the chicken-raising team all showed admiration.

　　Lin Yunyi raises only clever chickens. He feeds them through a wire fence, so there's not much danger. However, it's a bit dangerous to take the chickens out of the coop and kill them.

　　The spirit chicken is also very strong in combat; if you're not careful, you might get pecked to pieces.

　　At this point, we need to rely on a master. Lin Yunwen, the eldest brother of Lin Yunyi and Lin Yunxiao, has dual spiritual roots of metal and water. He is a well-known young genius in the family and is now a master of the third level of Qi Refining. Killing two spirit chickens is more than enough for him.

　　Lin Yunyi: "Big brother should be arriving soon. Go and choose two chickens."

　　Upon hearing this, Lin Yunxiao led a group of young chicken-raising experts to select chickens through the wire fence.