Chapter 216

Chapter 216: Lifespan Comparable to a Golden Core Master

The birth of a Third Grade spiritual roots child left Zhou Luo elated for a long time.

Even by evening, a broad smile remained etched on his face, drawing puzzled glances from his wives and concubines.

They wondered what had come over their husband?

He’d never been this overjoyed upon a child’s birth in the past.

Naturally, Zhou Luo refrained from discussing such matters with outsiders. To prevent anyone from coveting little Shiling, he deliberately sealed off news of her Third Grade spiritual roots.

In this world, special tools could detect spiritual roots at birth. If exceptional spiritual roots appeared, the family would invest heavily in nurturing the child.

Of course, this reflected the optimistic scenario.

In reality, unknown numbers lurked in the shadows, eyes filled with envy.

So as a precaution, Zhou Luo decided to make the announcement only after little Shiling could commence cultivation.

By then, it might even attract the attention of the Qinyuan Sect. How splendid it would be if she could train within an Immortal Sect!

That night, Zhou Luo immediately turned his gaze to his system interface.

[Current Qualification: Ninth Grade spiritual roots (120/100) Upgradable]

Upgrading was finally possible.

Heart pounding with excitement, Zhou Luo chose to upgrade without hesitation.

As the command issued, the golden characters scattered like mist, swiftly replaced by a new line of text.

[Current Qualification: Eighth Grade spiritual roots (20/100)]

The moment this line materialized, Zhou Luo felt an inexplicable surge within his body.

Immediately afterward, the spiritual energy swirling in his Qi sea churned intensely, releasing a radiant glow of spiritual light that enveloped his entire form.

Thankfully secluded within his chamber, this transformation went unnoticed by others.

Zhou Luo distinctly sensed his body undergoing metamorphosis, a feeling of profound elevation flowing through every fiber.

An unprecedented wave of euphoria washed over him.

He had attained Eighth Grade spiritual roots at last!

Zhou Luo was extremely delighted. What pleased him even more was that the surplus talent points weren’t erased by the system; instead, they carried over to the next upgrade phase.

Thus, only eighty more talent points were needed for his next spiritual root transformation.

The appearance of the Third Grade spiritual roots also provided Zhou Luo with insight into the system’s talent point allocation.

When offspring with lower-grade spiritual roots were born, talent points accumulated sequentially: 1, 2, 3 points respectively.

For mid-grade spiritual root descendants, the points awarded were 15, 20, 25.

But little Shiling’s third-grade, upper-tier spiritual roots rewarded forty points.

Zhou Luo speculated: Would second and first grade yield 45 and 50 points?

That remained to be verified.

Overall, higher-grade spiritual roots in offspring granted significantly more talent points, accelerating the spiritual root evolution remarkably fast.

Zhou Luo pondered; it seemed he needed to find women with high-grade spiritual roots from now on.

Currently, among his wives and concubines, only Lin Xi, Lin Jin Xuan, and Bai Zhi Yan possessed mid-grade spiritual roots.

The others all had low-grade spiritual roots.

Generally, the higher the spiritual roots of the parents, the more likely they were to bear offspring with high-grade spiritual roots.

For instance, if he partnered with Lin Qing Han, who had Seventh Grade spiritual roots, it would be absolutely impossible to produce a descendant like little Shiling with Third Grade spiritual roots.

The key to improving spiritual root quality was to find high-quality women.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Zhou Luo sat cross-legged to cultivate, intending to test the training speed afforded by his Eighth Grade spiritual root.

Activating the Spirit Gathering Technique, he radiated a light glow as the universal spiritual energy began gathering around him.

Soon, spiritual energy surged into his body like a tidal wave, circulating through his meridians to nourish his internal organs.

This process inevitably wasted most spiritual energy. Moreover, he needed to separate the pure spiritual energy during circulation.

Universal spiritual energy wasn’t as pristine as imagined, unless one cultivated directly upon a spiritual vein.

Thus, cultivation in ordinary locales yielded limited spiritual energy.

But this was merely Zhou Luo’s trial.

Future cultivation would definitely require access to the core areas of spiritual veins.

As expected, the metamorphosis of his spiritual root brought significant changes.

The most immediate difference was the absorption rate of spiritual energy, now three times faster than when he had possessed a Ninth Grade spiritual root.

Additionally, both meridian circulation and purification of spiritual energy accelerated noticeably.

This greatly bolstered Zhou Luo’s confidence.

He planned to take Lin Xi for dual cultivation at a spiritual vein once she regained her strength.

…

Little Shiling’s arrival brought renewed festivities to Zhou Garden.

Just over a month after her birth, Lin Jin Xuan and others who were previously pregnant also delivered their offspring.

[Congratulations to the host on the birth of the sixteenth descendant! Obtained fifty-year lifespan bonus!]

[As this descendant possesses Sixth Grade spiritual roots, the host gains fifteen talent points!]

[Current aptitude: Eighth Grade spiritual root (35/100)]

…

[Congratulations to the host on the birth of the seventeenth descendant! Obtained ten-year lifespan bonus!]

[As this descendant lacks spiritual roots, the host gains no talent points!]

…

[Congratulations to the host on the birth of the eighteenth descendant! Obtained ten-year lifespan bonus!]

[As this descendant lacks spiritual roots, the host gains no talent points!]

…

Three children, one boy and two girls.

Only Lin Jin Xuan, with her Sixth Grade spiritual roots, gave birth to a child with Sixth Grade spiritual roots, while the children of the other two women were ordinary.

Zhou Luo did not feel particularly disappointed.

After all, one could not always have everything go their way. Even ordinary children would grant him a lifespan bonus and lottery opportunities.

By now, after the birth of his eighteenth child, his lifespan bonus had already reached a staggering four hundred years—far exceeding the lifespan of even a Foundation Establishment strong person.

Not every Golden Core master could live that long, either.

This immense longevity filled Zhou Luo with even greater confidence on his path of cultivation.

For these three children, Zhou Luo named them Chang Xi, Shi Yang, and Shi Yun.

Among them, Chang Xi was Lin Jin Xuan’s child and possessed Sixth Grade spiritual roots, while the other two girls belonged to Lin Qing Han and Lin Yi Yi respectively.

As soon as the three infants came into the world, seeing that Lin Xi had recovered well from childbirth, Zhou Luo wasted no time taking her to the spiritual vein for dual cultivation.

Witnessing this, Lin Xin couldn’t help but feel discontent.

Her own younger sister had barely given birth before being pulled away to conceive yet another child.

Even she, as the elder sister, found it hard to watch.

But the person involved seemed quite happy nonetheless.

Lin Xin only muttered her thoughts inwardly.

Over this period, while instructing the younger generation in cultivation, her state of mind had undergone significant change. Her relationships with Zhou Luo’s other women had also improved greatly.

Everyone discovered that this rumored, fearsome Third Young Lady was merely a bit aloof by nature—not nearly as difficult to get along with as they had imagined.

Another half a year passed.

Zhou Luo smoothly broke through to the sixth layer of Qi Refinement.

This naturally could not have been achieved without Lin Xi’s assistance. However, perhaps the birth of little Shiling had drained their shared fortune.

Despite half a year of dual cultivation, Lin Xi still had not become pregnant.

Zhou Luo guessed it might be because infants conceived through The Fusion of Dragon and Phoenix Technique were extraordinary, requiring a longer time to gestate.

As they say, the finer something was, the longer it took to cultivate.

That was why he chose to emerge from seclusion.

And the moment he returned to Zhou Garden, Xu Changsheng brought him news:

The Sixth Elder was about to give in.