Chapter 16
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Chapter 16: Is What You Said True?
[System Notification: Detected target has top-grade spirit root talent.
1. You can choose to consume 10 years of lifespan to enhance offspring.
2. You can choose to consume 50 years of lifespan to enhance offspring.
3. You can choose to consume 250 years of lifespan to enhance offspring.
4. You can choose to consume 1000 years of lifespan to enhance offspring.]
Half an hour later.
Li Xiaojun finally heard the system notification.
“I choose 4.”
Two hours after entering the cave dwelling, a figure suddenly flew out from it. He Qingqing didn’t have time to see the figure clearly before it vanished.
After a moment, He Qingqing saw Li Xiaojun walking out of the cave.
“Take me back,” Li Xiaojun called to He Qingqing, looking a bit tired.
Seeing Li Xiaojun’s appearance, He Qingqing nodded, and with a wave of her hand, a flying boat appeared before them.
Half an hour later, He Qingqing brought Li Xiaojun back to Bixiao Peak.
“Tell the Ninth Elder that it’s still 5,000 spirit stones!”
“Understood,” He Qingqing nodded, then left.
Half an hour later!
He Qingqing returned to her own cave dwelling at Biyun Peak.
“Qingqing, come to my cave dwelling!”
Just as He Qingqing arrived at her cave, she heard a magnetic voice calling her.
“Teacher, you’ve come out of seclusion!”
Hearing this voice, He Qingqing felt overjoyed!
Soon, she reached the mountaintop where another cave dwelling was located.
Entering the cave, He Qingqing saw a beautiful woman who looked to be in her twenties.
“Teacher.”
Upon seeing the woman, He Qingqing quickly greeted her with respect.
This woman was Liu Ruoge, the Third Elder of Biyun Xianzong.
“While I was in seclusion, did anything big happen?” Liu Ruoge asked He Qingqing.
“Teacher, nothing major, but…”
“But what?”
“There were some events concerning junior sister’s father,” He Qingqing said to Liu Ruoge.
“What events?” Liu Ruoge asked.
“It’s like this, the sect found out that the children born to junior sister’s father all have excellent spirit roots, so the sect forced junior sister’s father to have more children,” He Qingqing said to Liu Ruoge with determination.
“Is that so?”
Upon hearing He Qingqing’s words, Liu Ruoge frowned.
After she brought Li Xiaojun and his close-knit family group to the Immortal Sect, she felt she was on the verge of a breakthrough, so she asked He Qingqing to take good care of them and then went into seclusion.
She didn’t expect that within a year, the Immortal Gate would pressure Li Xiaojun to have more children; that was a bit too much.
“So, has your junior sister’s father had another child?” Liu Ruoge asked He Qingqing.
Thinking for a moment, He Qingqing replied, “Not just one; he has already had five or six, and there are about ten more that are pregnant.”
“So many? Did the Immortal Gate take a concubine for your junior sister’s father?” Liu Ruoge asked with a frown.
“No,” He Qingqing shook her head and explained, “It’s like this…”
Then, He Qingqing recounted everything she knew.
“Teacher, I am mainly responsible for this matter, which is why I know so much,” He Qingqing said awkwardly to Liu Ruoge.
“You…”
Hearing her disciple, Liu Ruoge felt some anger; her disciple’s actions were not much different from those of a pimp.
“How could you do such a thing?”
Liu Ruoge’s tone carried a sense of frustration.
“Teacher, I didn’t want to do it at first, but they offered too much!” He Qingqing complained.
“How much did they offer you?” Liu Ruoge asked.
“I just take junior sister’s father to a cave once a month, and after it’s done, I bring him back. They give me two hundred spirit stones each time.”
Hearing this, Liu Ruoge shot He Qingqing a sideways glance, “Is this the only amount of spirit stones you care about?”
“Of course, Teacher, that’s what I make in over two months; I’m just moving someone around…”
“You! I don’t know what to say about you.”
With a look of disappointment, Liu Ruoge said, “Forget about before, but you cannot do this in the future.”
Upon hearing Liu Ruoge’s words, He Qingqing immediately felt disheartened.
Spending only one day a month to earn two hundred spirit stones equated to her two months’ salary. With such a good deal, her teacher now forbidding her from doing it made her feel despair.
Had she known this would happen, she should have kept it a secret from her teacher.
However, it seemed that keeping it secret wouldn’t last long; once her teacher inquired after coming out of seclusion, she would find out and be furious.
Moreover, although Liu Ruoge was in seclusion, the Liu family, to which she belonged, was also a beneficiary of this matter.
A maiden from the Liu family who had relations with Li Xiaojun was already over eight months pregnant.
“What talents do the offspring borrowed from your junior sister’s father have?”
Just as He Qingqing was feeling regret, Liu Ruoge’s voice sounded lightly.
Upon hearing this, He Qingqing quickly replied, “From the Qin family in Tianshui City, the children born have top-grade water spirit roots; from the Luo family in Maple Leaf City, the children have exceptional golden spirit roots; and from the Yan family, the children should have Yin spirit roots…”
“What did you say?”
Before He Qingqing could finish, she was interrupted by Liu Ruoge.
“What did you just say? What kind of spirit roots do the Yan family’s children have?”
Liu Ruoge asked He Qingqing with a focused gaze.
“It should be Yin spirit roots,” He Qingqing swallowed hard and said.
“What do you mean by ‘should be’? If it is, then say so; if it’s not, then say that instead,” Liu Ruoge insisted.
Upon hearing this, He Qingqing hurriedly replied, “The Yan family claims that their child has top-grade fire spirit roots, but the one having the child is Yan Ruyu, the Golden Core steward of the Yan family, and she has middle-grade spirit roots.”
After a pause, He Qingqing continued, “I heard junior sister’s father say that when he has children, the better the mother’s spirit roots, the better the child’s spirit roots will be.”
“Junior sister’s father said that the children born to ordinary people are top-grade spirit roots, those born to low-level spirit roots are earth spirit roots, those from middle-grade spirit roots are heavenly spirit roots, and those from top-grade spirit roots should be Yin spirit roots.”
“So, since Yan Ruyu has middle-grade spirit roots, then her children should be Yin spirit roots!”
“Furthermore, after Yan Ruyu gives birth, the Elder from the Li family and the Sect Master from the Luo family have arranged for women from families with excellent talents to have relations with junior sister’s father, so I suspect that the Yan family’s children are very likely Yin spirit roots…”
Once He Qingqing expressed everything she knew and suspected, she finally caught her breath.
Upon hearing He Qingqing’s words, Liu Ruoge was stunned.
After a long moment, she asked He Qingqing, “Is everything you said true?”
“I only speak of what I know; I wouldn’t dare to say a word that isn’t true,” He Qingqing quickly responded to Liu Ruoge.
