Chapter 362

Chapter 362: The Ancestor Has Returned

The trade ended.

From Liu Hongxia, Ye Jian obtained a total of four talismans: two great emperor-level defense talismans and two immortal-level attack talismans.

In addition, she acquired an array disk capable of hiding herself and protecting others from divine sense detection.

Once set up, this array could cover a diameter of ten miles and could withstand attacks from tribulation stage cultivators, though it would consume a significant amount of spirit stones when under attack.

Besides the array, there was also an imperial weapon and a set of spirit armor.

All of these cost Ye Jian over twenty years’ worth of trading opportunities.

Ye Jian found the price acceptable.

Moreover, given that she owed Liu Hongxia a lot of money, she believed that if she ever encountered danger, Liu Hongxia would not turn her back on her.

…

Ye Family.

"Little Eight."

Ye Jian called out to the middle-aged man, who was her youngest son, over forty years old, born after Ye Jian had a child with a mortal when she saw her lifespan was nearing its end.

The middle-aged man was stunned when he saw Ye Jian.

The woman before him looked exactly like his mother when she was younger, and she even called him Little Eight, with the same voice.

"Who are you?"

The middle-aged man still couldn’t believe that the beautiful woman before him was his mother.

"I am your mother; you don’t even recognize your own mother?" Ye Jian replied, annoyed.

"Mother, you… you didn’t die?" the middle-aged man asked in disbelief.

"More than a decade ago, that was a fake death…"

Not long after, the middle-aged man finally accepted the fact that the beautiful woman before him was indeed his mother.

This was because she knew all of his secrets.

Most importantly, Ye Jian took her son to her grave and used immortal techniques to dig open the tomb, showing him that there was nothing inside.

"Mother, why did you fake your death? Did you encounter some sort of danger?"

Ye Jian’s son inquired.

"Well, I did encounter some dangers, but they have been resolved now," Ye Jian nodded.

With Ye Jian’s return, soon the entire Ye family in Li Hua Village was shocked.

No one expected that the ancestor who had "died" over a decade ago was actually faking her death.

Now, the ancestor had returned—not only that but she returned as a cultivator.

After exchanging greetings with familiar tribe members, the tribe members eventually accepted the fact that Ye Jian had come back.

…

That day, the entire Li Hua Village was bustling with activity.

Because today is not only a celebration of the ancestor’s return, but the ancestor also promised that starting tomorrow, she would test the spirit roots of all the young people in the tribe.

As long as they possess spirit roots, the ancestor will pass down the cultivation methods…

Everyone was extremely excited about the cultivation methods.

Early the next morning, countless people from Li Hua Village gathered voluntarily in an open area of the village.

Today, the ancestor would conduct talent tests for everyone, and those with spirit roots could cultivate, which filled everyone with fervor.

By eight in the morning, the entire village had gathered.

At one moment, a light curtain quickly illuminated the whole of Li Hua Village, and the yellow curtain rapidly expanded, soon enveloping the entire village.

Once the light curtain covered Li Hua Village, it quickly “disappeared,” at least from the perspective of everyone’s naked eyes.

This light curtain was actually the effect of the formation activated by Ye Jian.

The formation was the great emperor-level formation she exchanged from Liu Hongxia, which could not only block the divine sense scans of great emperor level powerhouses but also withstand short-term attacks from great emperor level powerhouses.

At that moment, the entire Ye family, young and old, was gathered here; if a tribulation stage powerhouse were to launch a surprise attack, it could instantly wipe out the entire Ye family.

Additionally, Ye Jian did not want others to know about the situation of the Ye family.

The Abandoned Prison Star was a land where one could not cultivate, and if others discovered that the Lin family could cultivate, it would surely lead to new problems.

It wasn’t that Ye Jian was afraid; with the trump cards she held, even a great emperor couldn’t do anything to her.

She mainly didn’t want to attract too much attention right now.

“The ancestor is here.”

A commotion suddenly erupted in the open area of the village.

Everyone turned to look in one direction and soon saw a beautiful woman flying swiftly toward them.

Seeing this scene, everyone looked at the newcomer with awe and excitement.

The newcomer was Ye Jian, performing an aerial flight in front of everyone.

“Ancestor…”

“Ancestor…”

“Mother…”

“Grandmother…”

Upon seeing Ye Jian, countless people bowed to her.

Most of the tribe members referred to Ye Jian as the ancestor.

In addition, Ye Jian’s children and grandchildren called her mother and grandmother.

“Everyone, please be quiet; I will check each of you one by one.”

Ye Jian addressed everyone, her voice not loud, but it reached everyone’s ears.

“Before testing your spirit root talent, I want to tell you about the origins of the Ye family…”

“My Ye family was once a very powerful immortal family, with more than five hundred thousand tribe members…”

“Back in the day, the most powerful Supreme Elder of the Ye family had a cultivation level that reached Late Integration Stage, just one step away from breaking through to the Great Ascension stage…”

You may not know what a saint is, so let me explain it to you. The cultivation level in the cultivation world is divided into Qi Training, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Divine Transformation, Integration, Great Ascension, and the most powerful, the Tribulation stage great emperor…

At this moment, everyone was watching Ye Jian in the crowd with wide eyes, listening carefully to her speak.

When everyone heard that their family was actually a powerful immortal family, they were all very excited.

When they found out that the strongest elder had a cultivation level of Integration stage, they became even more breathless.

“Hundreds of years ago, our clan offended a saint at the late Great Ascension stage, and the other party carried out a massacre of total annihilation on the Ye family…”

“Afterward, only I and a few tribe members escaped with our lives, and we were ultimately exiled to this barren prison, a star with no spiritual energy…”

“More than a decade ago, a senior from our family, who had survived back then, suddenly contacted me. She had broken through to the saint level and gave me many cultivation resources, asking me to return and train those among you with cultivation talents…”

…

“Alright, everyone, please start lining up for the spirit root test, beginning with the youngest child…”

As Ye Jian began to direct, all the members of the Ye family started the spirit root testing process in an orderly manner.

“No spirit roots, next…”

“No spirit roots, next…”

“No spirit roots, next…”

Ye Jian continuously tested the spirit roots of her tribe members.

She decided to test the members of other branches first before testing those from her own branch.

“No spirit roots, next.”

After testing dozens of people, not a single spirit root was discovered, which made Ye Jian feel very frustrated.

However, she knew this was normal because during the peak of the Ye family, even among a hundred people, there would only be one with spirit roots.

The reason the Ye family was able to become an immortal family was mainly because there were enough tribe members, ensuring the continuous lineage of the Ye family as a cultivation family.

Just as Ye Jian finished testing more than seventy children without finding any spirit roots, suddenly, the testing spirit crystal lit up.

Seeing this, Ye Jian finally nodded in relief.

“Ye Xiaobao, low-level water-wood dual spirit roots, not bad.” Ye Jian smiled and nodded at a seven-year-old child being tested for talent.

It was not easy; she finally found a spirit root. Though it was only a low-level spirit root, it was better than none.

The testing continued, and soon the entire morning passed.

Ye Jian tested hundreds of tribe members in total, and the final result showed that six people had spirit roots.

Among them were four children and two adults in their thirties or forties.

After testing the other branches, Ye Jian finally began to test the younger generation from her own line.

Ye Jian had given birth to eight children, three sons and five daughters.

If we do not count the daughters who married into other villages, her three sons alone had more than a dozen grandchildren combined.

“Let Xiaotangtang come first.” Ye Jian smiled and waved at a woman holding a baby.

This woman was her granddaughter-in-law, and the baby she held was her great-great-grandchild.