Chapter 5: Lin Family Ancestor

After Lin Yunyi left, a red-robed cultivator came out from the inner room.

　　The red-robed cultivator was none other than Lin Beiwang, the Foundation Establishment Ancestor of the Lin family.

　　Lin Beiwang was originally a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect. He possessed the three spiritual roots of metal, wood, and water. In the Beast Taming Sect, where geniuses were as numerous as clouds, this aptitude was quite ordinary.

　　Lin Beiwang cultivated step by step, and at the age of sixty-two, he reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, which was enough for him to consider Foundation Establishment.

　　It is best for cultivators to establish their foundation before the age of forty, when their blood and energy are at their peak, and the success rate is relatively high.

　　If you are over sixty years old, your blood and energy will decline, and the success rate will drop significantly.

　　Although the Beast Taming Sect has a considerable stockpile of Foundation Establishment Pills, it generally does not waste them on disciples over sixty years old.

　　Decades ago, the Beast Taming Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect were constantly at odds, and many Foundation Establishment cultivators were killed in the conflict.

　　To replenish their Foundation Establishment troops, the sect allows its disciples to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills on credit.

　　Cultivators who purchase Foundation Establishment Pills on credit must repay them with battle merits, regardless of whether they successfully establish their foundation.Lin Beiwang was lucky; he successfully established his foundation at the age of sixty-two and even survived the great battle.

　　The war lasted for ten years, and afterwards, everything was in ruins and needed to be rebuilt.

　　Lin Beiwang spent another thirty years paying off the debt for the Foundation Establishment Pill and accumulating a batch of cultivation resources. After that, he went down the mountain, married, had children , and started a family.

　　Disciples like Lin Beiwang, trained by the Beast Taming Sect, are generally not allowed to easily leave the sect and establish their own families.

　　Back then, the Beast Taming Sect lost a large amount of cultivation resources in the battle against the Heavenly Demon Sect.

　　Many of the disciples who participated in this battle suffered hidden injuries, their aptitude was damaged, and their cultivation could not make any progress.

　　With resources dwindling, the Beast Taming Sect decided it was unwise to waste too much time on these cultivators who had lost their way. After much deliberation, they released a group of people to leave the mountain and find their own way out.

　　Lin Beiwang was over sixty years old when he reached the Foundation Establishment stage, which was considered advanced age for him in the Beast Taming Sect.

　　Generally speaking, cultivators who reach the Foundation Establishment stage before the age of forty can compete for the Golden Core realm. However, if they are over forty, their chances of forming a Golden Core are slim.

　　Lin Beiwang fought bravely in the battle against the Heavenly Demon Sect and suffered serious injuries.

　　Seeing that the path to enlightenment was hopeless, he thought it better to experience the world's splendor in the limited time he had left, so he descended the mountain.

　　After descending the mountain, Lin Beiwang chose Qingxi Mountain as his base.

　　Qingxi Mountain has a second-tier spiritual vein. This place originally belonged to the Sang family, a cultivation family. In the battle between the Beast Taming Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect, life was devastated and a large number of cultivators perished.

　　The cultivators here were all slaughtered by the Heavenly Demon Sect, leaving the territory empty.

　　Lin Beiwang felt that he had no hope of achieving the Golden Core stage, so he thought of having a child to inherit his hopes of achieving the Golden Core stage.

　　The idea was good, but unfortunately, Lin Beiwang worked hard for ten years to have Lin Yuanqiao, a child with spiritual roots. After that, he worked hard for more than twenty years and had two more children with spiritual roots, but they were only four spiritual roots each.

　　Lin Yuanqiao bowed to the red-robed cultivator, "Father, look at Xiao San..."

　　Lin Beiwang glanced at Lin Yuanqiao and said, "Don't worry, it's not possession."

　　Lin Yuanqiao breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good!"

　　Lin Beiwang stroked his beard, looking pleased, and said, "Yi'er is a child with innate wisdom."

　　Lin Yuanqiao: "Do you think what Yi'er said is true or false?"

　　He had four sons in total, two sets of twins.

　　The eldest son, Lin Yunwen, and the second son, Lin Yunwu, are both rare talents, one possessing the dual spiritual roots of metal and water, and the other the dual spiritual roots of metal and fire.

　　The third and fourth mistresses are not suitable; one has five spiritual roots and the other has three.

　　Xiao San is a cultivator with five spiritual roots. Very few cultivators with five spiritual roots can successfully establish their foundation. No matter how intelligent Xiao San is, she cannot make up for this innate deficiency.

　　Xiao Si, with three spiritual roots, was barely passable at first, but because he hadn't been able to draw qi into his body for three years, he had become a laughing stock.

　　Some cultivators from other cultivation families outside the village speculated that he had used up all his luck when he gave birth to his first and second children, which is why his third and fourth children turned out to be useless. However, no matter what, having spiritual roots is better than not having them.

　　Lin Beiwang: "Regardless of whether what Xiao San said is true or false, we cannot take this risk. Xiao San is intelligent and resilient. Even if she doesn't have the Heavenly Dry Sacred Body, she is no worse than someone with dual spiritual roots."

　　"Since the Jiang family intends to break off the engagement, there's no need for us to shamelessly insist on marrying her and incur their huge favor."

　　"With our third child's talent, she's more than qualified to be paired with a Heavenly Spiritual Root. Of course, the child is still young, so it's too early to do anything about it."

　　Lin Yuanqiao: "Father is right."

　　Lin Yuanqiao lowered his head, thinking to himself: Father has actually changed his mind. Not long ago, when he heard that Jiang Tan'er had dual spiritual roots, the old man was overjoyed and even instructed him to prepare a generous gift for the Lin family to ensure that Xiao San's marriage could be kept. Xiao San's spiritual roots are not good, but she is exceptionally intelligent. If she marries a Jiang family girl in the future, she might be able to have several children who are both intelligent and have good spiritual roots.

　　Fortunately, he hadn't had a chance to give the gift yet, otherwise, he might have become the scapegoat in the mistress's eyes.

　　Although nothing has happened yet, the thought of her family spending so much money to marry her and ruining her career made Lin Yuanqiao feel a little disgusted.

　　Lin Beiwang chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Illiterate elder!"

　　Lin Yuanqiao said awkwardly, "Father, I was impetuous. Please forgive me."

　　Lin Beiwang waved his hand and said, "It's a good thing that the mistress has such insight, why would I mind?"

　　Lin Beiwang lived on the top of Qingxi Mountain, and his chicken farm was built on the mountainside.

　　The commotion at the chicken farm was no secret to Lin Beiwang, a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

　　Lin Yuanqiao chuckled dryly and said, "Third son, you're just spouting nonsense. Father, please don't mind."

　　A cold glint flashed in Lin Beiwang's eyes. "If what he thinks is true, then we are indeed illiterate elders who have wasted the lives of two geniuses."

　　Lin Yuanqiao smiled and said, "What the third boy said may not be true. It's all just speculation, and there's no basis for it."

　　Lin Beiwang: "What he said isn't without reason. Xiao Si loves thunderstorms. Everyone else runs home during thunderstorms, but he prefers to run outside and often gets soaked to the bone. Xiao San is no ordinary girl either. You're luckier than me."

　　Lin Beiwang felt somewhat helpless. He had dozens of wives and concubines and hundreds of children, but only three of them had spiritual roots.

　　Lin Yuanqiao is different; he only has one wife, and all four of their children have spiritual roots.

　　Lin Beiwang felt that this outcome was also related to his daughter-in-law, Shen Qingtang.

　　Shen Qingtang possesses dual spiritual roots of water and wood, and is proficient in the art of spiritual plants.

　　Shen Qingtang was born into a family of cultivators. After the death of the Foundation Establishment ancestor of the family, no cultivator in the family reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Various forces devoured the Shen family's power like wolves.

　　Shen Qingtang fled from the Shen family in a hurry. He was chased and killed on the way, but was rescued by Lin Yuanqiao. The two were in love and got married.

　　Shen Qingtang is two years younger than Lin Yuanqiao, and has a cultivation level of the sixth level of Qi Refining. Her cultivation aptitude is not much inferior to Lin Yuanqiao's.

　　After joining the family, Shen Qingtang inherited a part of the Shen family's legacy, and he has made significant contributions to the Lin family's development over the years.

　　Lin Beiwang's previous high regard for the Jiang family's daughter was partly due to Shen Qingtang.

　　As fellow female cultivators with dual spiritual roots, Lin Beiwang felt that Jiang Tan'er might be like Shen Qingtang, bringing good fortune to the family. However, the mistress didn't like her. After thinking it over, Lin Beiwang decided that since the mistress was unwilling, there was no need to force it.

　　Lin Yuanqiao frowned and said, "If the situation described by the third and fourth mistresses is indeed as the third mistress described, they will probably need a lot of cultivation resources."

　　Generally, Foundation Establishment families will do their best to support one or two cultivators with good aptitude and assist them in their attempt to break through to Foundation Establishment.

　　The value of ten Qi Refining Level 9 cultivators is not even equal to that of one Foundation Establishment cultivator.

　　Originally, the eldest brother had dual spiritual roots, the second brother went to the Beast Taming Sect as a disciple, and the third and fourth brothers had relatively poor spiritual roots. The hopes for the next generation all rested on the eldest brother.

　　Nowadays, mistresses and concubines seem to be quite extraordinary, and resources are allocated to them as well. In this way... there are three money-devouring beasts!

　　Lin Beiwang smiled and said, "Xiao San's chickens are doing well; perhaps we can expand the scale."

　　Lin Yuanqiao: "I'll go talk to the mistress about it."

　　Lin Yuanqiao was somewhat excited. He had been following his third son's chicken farming business for a long time. The children were actually running the chicken farm quite successfully. His third son was also raising a lot of spirit earthworms, and he had already figured out the method for raising them. It seemed that the cost wasn't too high. If they could raise more, it might be a good source of income.