Chapter 16: The Child’s Spirit Root!

Lu Changsheng focused his thoughts and pulled out the Golden Brick Talisman from his system space.

Instantly, a talisman with a golden brick drawn on it appeared in his hand.

This talisman felt much smoother and thicker than the ones he usually drew.

The golden brick pattern on it emitted a dazzling golden light, looking incredibly lifelike.

With his knowledge as a second-rank Talisman Master, Lu Changsheng could tell at a glance that this talisman was made from the skin of a high-level spirit beast.

The ordinary talisman paper he used now was mostly made from low-Tier spirit materials.

Like the Qing Spirit Bamboo that grew all over Qingzhu Mountain, which was a low-Tier spirit material.

For High-Tier, top-quality talisman paper, they needed to use advanced spirit materials or spirit beast skins.

The same applied to materials for drawing second-rank talismans.

They needed to use first-rank or second-rank spirit materials as raw materials to make talisman paper and spirit ink.

This was one reason why it got harder and harder for Talisman Masters as they advanced.

Not only was improvement difficult, but the material costs were also expensive.

To improve their skills, they had to keep throwing money into this bottomless pit.

“With this Talisman Treasure, I now have an ace up my sleeve. I’ll have a way to save my life when facing anyone below the Foundation Building stage.”

Lu Changsheng carefully put away this Talisman Treasure.

Even if he could only unleash part of its power at the Qi Condensation stage, it was enough for him now.

Just like how two or three tenths of a Golden Core cultivator’s Magical Treasure’s power was enough to crush a Foundation Building cultivator.

His use of a Talisman Treasure at the Qi Condensation stage, even if only unleashing part of its power, was enough to crush other Qi Condensation cultivators.

“Tomorrow, I’ll tell Uncle Fu that I can now make first-rank low-Tier talismans.”

Lu Changsheng glanced out the window at the darkening night sky.

It had been a year and a half since he first bought talisman-making materials at the Hundred Treasures Pavilion.

In this year and a half, he had bought talisman paper and drawn 556 talismans.

His skills were about ready.

He had originally planned to reveal his status as a qualified Talisman Master around this time.

Since he had just talked to his wives about his son Lu Xian’er’s matter today, there was no need to wait any longer.

Thinking of his son Lu Xian’er, Lu Changsheng suddenly thought of his own Spirit Root.

His Spirit Root had experienced a mysterious tremor the moment his son was born.

But from then until now, he hadn’t felt anything.

“I wonder what grade of Spirit Root my son has.”

“How much has my Spirit Root changed under the boost from his talent?”

Lu Changsheng pondered.

Spirit root was a vague term referring to one’s aptitude for cultivation.

It wasn’t a visible organ inside the body.

According to what he had read in books before, cultivators with Spirit Roots had different celestial gates and dantians compared to ordinary people.

So, even though Lu Changsheng was a cultivator, he couldn’t specifically see what changes had occurred in his Spirit Root or how big those changes were.

He could only use special treasures for detecting Spirit Roots or magical abilities like the Heavenly Eye technique to see.

But Lu Changsheng didn’t have any of these conditions at present.

So, he chose the simplest and most direct method.

He would see how much faster he could absorb Qi from heaven and earth compared to before.

After all, the most direct and obvious manifestation of Spirit Root improvement was in sensing and absorbing Qi.

The better the Spirit Root, the higher the sensitivity and fusion with Qi, the faster the cultivation speed, and the fewer bottlenecks.

Several hours passed.

Lu Changsheng could confirm that his cultivation speed had indeed improved.

But this improvement was very small.

It wasn’t even a ten percent increase.

With such a small boost, Lu Changsheng came to a conclusion in his heart.

His son’s Spirit Root wasn’t that great either.

Even though he was just born and his Spirit Root hadn’t fully formed yet, by the time he grew to five or six years old, it probably wouldn’t be much better.

As expected, it would likely be an Eighth-Tier or Ninth-Tier low-quality Spirit Root.

“The seventh child finally has a Spirit Root, which is already lucky. How could I expect the Spirit Root to be that good?”

Lu Changsheng sighed slightly, knowing this was quite normal.

His wives were all ordinary people, and his own Spirit Root was only Ninth-Tier. The probability of his children having Spirit Roots was probably only one or two percent.

Having a child with a Spirit Root by the seventh try was already extremely lucky.

As for how good the Spirit Root was, expecting a medium-Tier or High-Tier Spirit Root was really thinking too much.

Except in extremely rare cases, most children’s Spirit Roots were similar to their parents’, not much higher.

Moreover, among people with Spirit Roots, 99% had low-Tier Spirit Roots.

All those spirit seedlings who came to the Lu Family had low-Tier Spirit Roots, not a single one with a medium-Tier Spirit Root.

“If I want to have more children with Spirit Roots, I’ll need to have them with women who have Spirit Roots themselves.”

“If both parents have Spirit Roots and are cultivators, the probability of their children having Spirit Roots rises to ten or twenty percent.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

Thinking that if he continued like this, having children with ordinary women, 99% of his children would be ordinary people.

He had indeed mixed a lot of utilitarian thoughts into his marriage and childbearing.

But he also didn’t want to keep breeding like this crazily.

In that case, he would only be able to watch the children without Spirit Roots grow old and die.

As for letting them grow up happily and live a fulfilling life.

Now, with few children, it wasn’t a problem. He could balance everything and treat them all well.

But what if the number of children reached a certain amount?

Lu Changsheng knew that by then, he definitely wouldn’t be able to treat them all fairly and equally.

Just look at the emperors in history from his previous life who killed their own sons.

If he had too many children, he would surely end up the same way, not even bothering with the children without Spirit Roots.

Moreover, taking wives and concubines and having children also required him to spend a certain amount of time and energy.

“Sigh, thinking about this is still a bit premature.”

“Of course, I’ll have children, but I need to focus on quality over quantity.”

Lu Changsheng took a deep breath and shook his head, not wanting to think too much about this.

He also felt that he was overthinking things, being a bit indecisive and overly emotional.

Cultivation was already an act of defying the heavens. If he got too caught up in emotional matters, it would be hard to go far. He might even end up developing heart demons.

“I wonder if I can marry a woman with a Spirit Root from the Lu Family after I become a Talisman Master.”

Seeing that the sky was already bright, Lu Changsheng got up and went out, preparing to tell Uncle Fu about his ability to draw first-rank low-Tier talismans.

He suddenly thought about whether he could marry a woman with a Spirit Root from the Lu Family after becoming a first-rank Talisman Master.

In the past, this would have been absolutely impossible.

It would have been a pipe dream.

A mere son-in-law daring to eat swan meat like a toad!?

But now.

Given his demonstrated talent in Talisman Making, becoming a qualified Talisman Master wasn’t impossible.

As long as he didn’t ask to marry the young miss Lu Miaoge, one of the Lu Famiiy’s core female members, there should be hope.

“If I could marry a few women with Spirit Roots, that would be ideal. The children born in the future would likely have Spirit Roots.”

“This would be good for both me and the children.”

“However, there’s no rush for now, and it can’t be rushed.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

If he could marry women with Spirit Roots, that would be great.

But he was only at the Second Level of Qi Condensation now, with his only asset being his first-rank low-Tier talisman-making skills.

Even if he married wives with Spirit Roots, he might struggle to maintain authority, and his harem might not be as harmonious and peaceful as it was now.

Moreover, if he made such a request to the Lu Family, it definitely wouldn’t be as simple as taking concubines from ordinary Lu Family women. He would need to pay a price.

So Lu Changsheng felt there was no need to consider this for now. He could think about it when his conditions improved in the future.

Not to mention, with his second-rank talisman-making skills, it wouldn’t be difficult to marry a few ‘immortal maidens’ with Spirit Roots in the future.