"She's grown up!"
As he walked out of the mountain cave, Lu Xuanji's emotions churned. The little girl from back then had already surpassed him.
Perhaps in a few hundred years, she would become another Golden Core giant.
When he arrived at the courtyard at the foot of the mountain and saw his mother, Ye Xinlan was only at Qi Refining Layer 4. Dragged down by her Five Spirit Root, her progress had been painfully slow.
"Mother, I'm here!"
Lu Xuanji said.
His mother was somewhat delighted and asked about various matters, while Lu Xuanji answered them.
They spoke of household matters and of the things that had happened on Changyuan Mountain.
There were few Lu Family cultivators and few people in the clan. Thus, under the clan's orders, childbirth was encouraged. Especially for those Five Spirit Root cultivators—whose aptitude was poor and who had no future even if they cultivated bitterly for a lifetime—since they had no prospects, they should work hard at marrying wives and taking concubines, producing more descendants.
The likelihood of cultivators' children possessing spirit roots was far higher than that of ordinary people's children.
The clan issued all kinds of policies encouraging Five Spirit Root cultivators to marry and bear descendants.
As the number of newborns in the clan increased, so too did all kinds of household affairs.
Lu Xuanji listened carefully. In the end, he told his mother that he would soon descend the mountain to travel and purchase some Artifact Refining materials.
"Xuanji, there are some things I didn't want to say, but I still want to say them. I miss your elder brother and second sister." His mother's eyes misted over. "Your elder brother has no spirit root and went to live among mortals. Your second sister has a Five Spirit Root