2: Inheritance, spiritual roots, Xiao family immortal clan

Before long, the scenery in his line of sight gradually became desolate.

A few small Spirit Fields were scattered here and there on the hillside, and before long, some Mortals carefully went up to them.

Catching insects and weeding.

Don't let appearances fool you; this was precisely the core area of the Xiao Clan Immortal Family in Qingxuan Town.

Finding spiritual energy, locating veins, and constructing miniature Pseudo Spiritual Veins.

Opening up Spirit Fields—each of these things required the consumption of a large amount of Spirit Stones.

Just having a Cultivator at the Qi Refining Stage - Mid Phase did not mean one could create a Qi Refining Family.

First, one must possess these two things, along with the Spirit Rain Technique Legacy; only then would it be one of the basic conditions for establishing an Immortal Family.

Otherwise, even if one wanted to farm, it would be impossible.

These were also the true foundations of an Immortal Family.

The Xiao Clan Immortal Family was able to take root in Qingxuan Town because, on one hand, it had received a fief from the Great Wei Immortal Kingdom and had to pay taxes.

On the other hand, some clansmen had to enter the imperial court to hold official positions.

Their father, Xiao Yance, held his official position precisely for this reason.

At the very least, it provided security.

Back in the day, the old man, relying on his cultivation at the fifth level of Qi Refining, returned from the battlefield, having paid an unknown price and suffered through countless hardships.

Only then was he able to establish the third-rate Xiao Clan Immortal Family in Qingxuan Town.

Afterwards, through forty years of hard work by two generations, they exchanged services with the Wei Kingdom's officials to obtain the Legacy.

It was only in recent years that his grandfather, Xiao Tianheng, achieved a Breakthrough to the Qi Refining Late Stage.

Only then did they reach their current status as a second-rate Immortal Family—a position that was neither the best nor the worst.

Leaving a large number of Loose Cultivators and third-rate Immortal Families far behind.

This allowed his business to expand slightly, without having to worry about offending someone one day.

This was also the Family dividend that the third generation, the "Qing" generation clansmen, were able to enjoy.

Even so, they only dared to trade in the surrounding areas.

Under these circumstances, all the publicly known businesses of the Xiao Clan Immortal Family only generated one or two hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones annually.

Most of which had to be invested back into the Spirit Fields.

They called it maintenance and expansion.

Heh!

This was called reasonable tax avoidance!

As for everything else—

Excluding his own minor ventures, the only core industries the Xiao Clan Immortal Family could claim were the products from his grandfather Xiao Tianheng, a first-tier Medium Grade Talisman Master.

The three shops in the Yang Valley market, and a hunting team with only six permanent members.

As for his own goods, such as brewing, soaps, perfumes, and white liquor.

Although they generated extremely high profits in gold and silver among the Mortals.

To be honest, for a Cultivator, gold and silver were not only useless.

Even if one wanted to use them, making money was easy.

However, the reason he could occasionally exchange one hundred taels of gold for a Spirit Stone was because his father, Xiao Yance, was above Qingxuan Town.

He was the private secretary hired by the Magistrate Hou of Yanggu County.

He had a high salary of one Spirit Stone per month, plus some connections with Mortal herb gatherers.

It didn't count as abusing power for personal gain, but it was definitely grey income.

He helped Xiao Qingyuan use gold and silver to purchase aged medicinal herbs at high prices and sent them to the shops in the market.

Finally, they were mixed into the Spirit Medicine as auxiliary ingredients or freebies to be sold, which was the only way to occasionally earn a few Spirit Stones.

So much so that over all these years, although he had indeed earned a lot of gold and silver.

The Spirit Stones he had managed to accumulate amounted to only two and a half fragments.

It wasn't even as much as the harvest from one mu of Spirit Fields.

Thinking of this, Xiao Qingyuan couldn't help but glance at the busy Mortal clansmen.

In the cultivation world, the gap created by a single Realm was often a class chasm that a person could not cross in their entire lifetime.

His current status was perhaps only slightly better than these Mortal clansmen, right?!

Nothing but ants!

"Little brother, I've thought about it; let's not let Miss Zhao be your main wife, okay? There must be other ways to solve the marriage contract issue. If it really doesn't work, we can just give it to the Third Branch..."

Arriving at the entrance of the eldest uncle's Immortal Cave, Xiao Qingfeng suddenly spoke cautiously.

Thinking of Xiao Qingyuan's ready agreement, he suddenly felt a bit soft-hearted.

As an older brother, he truly didn't want to play any mind games with his own younger brother.

Although he had a bit of cleverness, he had been sincere and open-hearted with his younger brother since they were children.

From the very beginning, he knew that marrying a Mortal had no benefits.

Between his brother and the reputation of the Immortal Family, he ultimately chose his brother.

To be honest, for a Mortal, he even thought that a position as a concubine to his brother would be a favor to her!

Xiao Qingyuan was very happy at this moment; hearing this, he could only suppress the corner of his mouth and said solemnly: "Big brother, I think Miss Zhao is very good. Why would you have such thoughts? Trust your younger brother's judgment; it's a guaranteed win!"

The two were whispering outside, unaware that inside the Immortal Cave, just a wall away.

Zhao Guanyin, who had just been interviewed, happened to be walking to the door with the eldest uncle, Xiao Yanzhao.

She happened to hear their voices, and Zhao Guanyin's footsteps paused.

Her pretty face was full of surprise, and her bright, large eyes were full of spirit.

Her long eyelashes fluttered, her cheeks quickly began to blush, and her expression was vivid.

One moment she seemed to want to reproachfully spit, and the next moment her pretty face became even more flushed.

But the smile on the corners of her mouth could not be stopped.

Her big eyes fluttered, and her light smile was bright and moving; she was the type who could stand out in a crowd, the kind that if you happened to glance at, you would remember deeply.

She was very bright and beautiful.

On the side, the eldest uncle showed an expression of watching a good show, and also quietly stopped his footsteps, watching Zhao Guanyin stare blankly through the stone door.

While pricking up his ears, carefully eavesdropping on their conversation.

Happy to watch the drama.

"Little brother, Miss Zhao is a Mortal, she has no Spiritual Root. A main wife, are you really willing??"

Xiao Qingfeng didn't know there was someone behind the door, still keeping his voice low, constantly analyzing:

"Brother, listen to me. Our grandfather was a figure who had been on the battlefield when he was young."

A ruthless man of his generation.

A four-attribute Pseudo Spirit Root, known as a child-bearing maniac!

Back then, not counting those sent away as hidden veins, he left behind dozens of sons."

"And the result?" Xiao Qingfeng seriously counted on his fingers and said:

"Those with Spiritual Roots are only the eldest uncle, our dad, third uncle, youngest uncle, plus Aunt Yanrou who married into the Family, and little Aunt Yanshi. In total, there are only six with Spiritual Roots, and the others cannot even be on the genealogy!"

After speaking, Xiao Qingfeng turned around, came to Xiao Qingyuan, grabbed his shoulders tightly with both hands, and his voice could not help but get louder.

"With this ready-made example in front of you, how could you dare to make such a promise?

Listen to your brother's advice. For the sake of our Second Branch's Legacy not being cut off in the future, your main wife, my sister-in-law, had better have a Spiritual Root. Only then can it be safe!

Mortals are unreliable!"

"If you really like Miss Zhao, that's fine too. First, bring her into the door as a concubine, and if the children born in the future have Spiritual Roots, then raise her to the status of a wife of equal rank. That's fine. Our Xiao Clan Immortal Family handles things this way, and no one will be able to say anything bad about it then!"