Ling Qiu
The cultivators who had completed their garrison duties could have rested in the clan for a year and served the Lineage, so Ling Ruda did not force them, but instead inquired.
Ling Pengyun was not at all opposed to Ling Ruda's suggestion; on the contrary, he was very happy because his parents were both in Cloudwater Market Town in Cloudwater County. If he went to Lingyun Mountain, the original Clan Mountain in Cloudwater County, he could visit his parents in Cloudwater Market Town from time to time.
"I'll take this on," Ling Pengyun replied without hesitation.
Ling Ruda had anticipated Ling Pengyun's quick agreement. "You don't need to rush to take over your great-great-grandfather's place. On the second day of the second lunar month this year, you can accompany your parents to the wedding of the Yang Clan cousin Yang Siling and Wu Yan, Golden Core descendant of the Hundred Spirits Sect. It can also help strengthen your relationship."
"These ten White Jade Grass are a wedding gift that the Lineage prepared for your family to give to Yang Siling. It is true that you are related, but you are surnamed Ling and not a member of the Yang Clan family. There are some business dealings between you, so if the Lineage is in trouble in the future, we can use your family's channels to seek help from Yang Siling."
"As for the 168 Spirit Stone, 240 catties of White Jade Spirit Rice, and six First-Tier Superior-Grade Pill Refining, Azure Spirit Pill, in this Storage Bag, they are your offerings for the next year. You need to refine the 100 portions of materials for the Azure Bamboo Sword and the Round Iron Shield Law Artifact with a success rate of 50% and 40% respectively. If you successfully refine a Spirit Stone Law Artifact, you will still receive 5 Spirit Stone."
"Lingyun Mountain in Cloudwater County is too far from the Clan Mountain, making it difficult to transport supplies. Therefore, we will take one year's worth of offerings at a time. As for the offerings for the next four years while you are stationed at Lingyun Mountain, they will be delivered to you by your fifteenth Ancestor, who is in charge of the Lineage's caravan."
After saying this, Ling Ruda handed over ten Spirit-Locking Jade Box and a Storage Bag.
Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun was greatly alarmed by the matter of the White Jade Grass.
White Jade Grass is no ordinary substance; it is the main ingredient for refining the First-Tier Superior-Grade healing medicine, White Jade Pill White Jade Grass.
This herb is extremely delicate and requires careful nurturing. If there is any abnormality during its growth, it will easily wither. If it is cultivated artificially, it will be even more difficult. It requires First Rank High Grade Spirit Plant Farmer to take care of it every day in order to have any chance of successfully cultivating it.
Moreover, this herb requires a full twenty years of cultivation to reach maturity, and Ling Clan, a Aristocratic Clan renowned for its Spirit Plant, would find it difficult to cultivate many of these White Jade Grass.
It is precisely because the White Jade Grass is difficult to cultivate on a large scale that there is very little White Jade Grass on the market, which indirectly makes the price of this medicine extremely high. One plant can be worth at least fifty Spirit Stone, and ten plants can be worth five hundred Spirit Stone.
This value is many times greater than his annual salary.
"The Lineage is quite generous," Ling Pengyun thought to himself, secretly praising them.
Ling Pengyun had no objection to the Lineage's commission for crafting weapons. His success rate in crafting the Azure Bamboo Sword had reached 70%, and his success rate in crafting the Round Iron Shield had also reached 40% thanks to the Weapon Refinement Materials he purchased during his trip to the Huai River Little Meet.
After taking the ten jade boxes, he put them into the Storage Bag at his waist, while Ling Pengyun put the Storage Bag full of spiritual items into his bosom.
As for what Ling Ruda just said, Ling Pengyun also agreed. Although he and Yang Siling are cousins, Yang Siling would definitely help with small matters, but if it escalated to the point of harming Yang Siling's own interests, Yang Siling would definitely consider it.
If there are vested interests involved, things are easier to handle.
Ling Pengyun and Ling Ruda chatted for a while, and then discussed the cultivation of Spirit Plant. Ling Ruda, a powerful cultivator who had reached the Qi Training Completion, also gave Ling Pengyun some guidance on the difficulties he was encountering in his cultivation.
As for the improvement of the Spirit Rice, it's still uncertain, so Ling Pengyun didn't mention it. After all, the improved Spirit Rice is still just a seed, and even if Ling Ruda saw it, he wouldn't be able to see any changes.
Ling Pengyun's plan was to confirm whether the improved Spirit Rice was Fine Grade before informing others.
After the Dao Discussion concluded, Ling Pengyun considered that his Lineage would be traveling thousands of miles to Lingyun Mountain in Cloudwater County to oversee the area. Since the Lineage didn't have much influence there and there was a risk of trouble from petty thieves, he used the 168 Spirit Stone he had just acquired, along with the 400 Spirit Stone from last year's Mine Dividends that he had in his Storage Bag, to spend 440 Spirit Stone in the Affairs Hall to purchase two Law Artifact, one offensive and one defensive.
Having purchased these Law Artifact, he descended Lingxiao Mountain, commanded Green Travel Leaf, and flew off in the chosen direction.
Five days after Ling Pengyun left, all the children in the Ling Clan who had Spirit Root Testing Stone this year, including those from ordinary villages and towns, were specially escorted to the gate of the "Ling Clan Ancestral Hall," the most central building halfway up Lingxiao Mountain.
Although these children can activate the Spirit Root Testing Stone, confirming that they all possess Spirit Root, the nature of their Spirit Root has not yet been determined. This can only be found by using a second-tier "Spirit Root Testing Array".
The Ling Clan's only second-tier Spirit Root Testing Array was set up inside the Ling Clan Ancestral Hall. This array was purchased from the Hundred Spirits Sect at a high price when the Ling Clan clan was first established.
This is precisely to accurately know a cultivator's Spirit Root attribute, so as to choose the cultivation Cultivation Method most suitable for that Spirit Root.
To prevent these children from possessing strong Spirit Root, such as Heavenly Spirit Root or Dual Spirit Root, from spreading outwards and incurring the fear of other races.
Therefore, the spirit root testing Spirit Root Testing Array is used to test the Spirit Root each person one by one every year. In addition, there is a First-Tier Superior-Grade Spirit Isolation Array set up inside the ancestral hall. Even Foundation Establishment Cultivator will find it difficult to use their Divine Sense to explore the situation inside the ancestral hall in a short period of time.
At this moment.
Outside the ancestral hall, there were three young children, two men and one woman, as well as Ling Clan Great Elder Ling Ruda. There were no other people present, and the gate of the ancestral hall was open.
Standing outside the ancestral hall gate, Great Elder Ling Ruda of the Ling Clan clan saw that all three children registered this year with Spirit Root had arrived, and then spoke.
"I am Ling Clan Ling Ruda, the Great Elder of the Ling clan. I am the thirteenth in the Ru generation. You are all of the Peng Generation. You may call me the Eleventh Great Grandfather from now on."
"The first person to enter the ancestral temple and use the Spirit Root Testing Array to test one's Spirit Root was Ling Qiu from Azure Stone Mountain."
Ling Qiu, one of the three children, felt a little nervous when she heard her name called.
Although he was the only one born from the mortal world among the three who possessed Spirit Root this year, he had been taken to Lingxiao Mountain by his elder, Ling Ruda, a day earlier using Immortal Spirit Crane. He entered the Clan School and spent a day learning about the Cultivation World.
Through this day's learning, he also understood that having Spirit Root is indeed a joyous thing for mortals, but for a cultivator, not having good Spirit Root is not a joyous thing. It would be better to be a mortal who knows nothing.
"Ling Qiu, don't be nervous, go inside quickly." Ling Ruda, who was guarding outside the ancestral hall, saw Ling Qiu's nervous expression and said a word of comfort.
Hearing the urging, Ling Qiu nodded slightly before entering the ancestral hall.
As soon as he entered the ancestral hall, Ling Ruda used his spiritual power to close the heavy door that had been open.