"My father's lifelong obsession was to become an Inner Sect disciple of the Hundred Herbs Pavilion, dig up a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual plant, and become a spirit-plant digger everyone envied." But for someone with a Five-Element Spiritual Root, that was an exceedingly difficult feat. The Hundred Herbs Pavilion's Inner Sect had even higher entry requirements than those of the Five Major Sects. So when his father could not fulfill his obsession himself, he naturally pinned his hopes on the next generation.
"I wasn't my father's first child, or his last. Once my Spiritual Root awakened, I was kicked out of the house."
Cultivators generally had difficulty having children, but those with Five-Element Spiritual Roots were little different from ordinary mortals. Foundation Establishment Peak was about as far as they could go. If they were fortunate when it came to children, it was entirely possible for them to have as many siblings as Zheng Jin did.
Wen Xu could not help being taken aback. A Single Spiritual Root might not get his senior brother into the affiliated Hundred Herbs Pavilion, but with his talent, he could certainly have entered the Hehe Sect. Why had he passed up the closer option and come to Yonglu Mountain instead? And even if he wanted a sect suited to his talents, he should have gone to the Heaven-Shattering Sword Sect.
"I was furious at the time. I swore I'd show that old man what I could do, so I planned to study at the Hehe Sect. But my luck was terrible. For certain reasons, I missed the opening of its gates."
Wen Xu: ...That really was terrible luck.
"As for the Heaven-Shattering Sword Sect, well, you know how it is. Sword Cultivators are terribly poor." And after being kicked out of his home, he had become