Chapter 17
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Chapter 17: Of Course, It Is You
When Liu Ruoge heard He Qingqing’s words, she stood in shock for a while, unable to regain her senses.
This matter seemed astonishing to Liu Ruoge.
Yin spirit roots! Those are Yin spirit roots, extraordinarily rare in a thousand years! They can lead to becoming a saint! They hold the potential to become a great emperor with Yin-Yang spirit roots! And they were just born so easily?
After a long pause, Liu Ruoge asked He Qingqing, “Which families were involved in this?”
Upon hearing this, He Qingqing quickly replied, “Almost all the major families in the Immortal Sect participated in this, including the Liu family.”
“My Liu family was involved in this?” Liu Ruoge was taken aback by He Qingqing’s words!
“Yes, the Liu family arranged for a woman from the collateral branches, and she should be over eight months pregnant by now,” He Qingqing said to Liu Ruoge.
“Is that so?” Liu Ruoge nodded.
If Li Xiaojun’s offspring could possess top-grade spirit roots, it made perfect sense for all the major families in the sect to send women to interact with Li Xiaojun.
Previously, Liu Ruoge simply wanted to bring Li Xiaojun and his close-knit family group to the Immortal Sect and encourage them to have more children.
But now it seemed that her thinking had been too narrow.
If only she had thought of this earlier, she could have captured Li Xiaojun and had the Liu family enjoy this opportunity exclusively!
But now it was too late; someone like Li Xiaojun was no longer something a single family could control!
“What grade of spirit roots do the women from my Liu family have?” Liu Ruoge asked He Qingqing after thinking for a moment.
Upon hearing the question, He Qingqing quickly replied, “They are just ordinary women, without spirit roots.”
“Without spirit roots? Doesn’t that mean they can only give birth to children with top-grade spirit roots?” Liu Ruoge furrowed her brows upon hearing there were no spirit roots.
“Teacher, no one knew before that women without spirit roots would give birth to children with better talents when they had relations with Li Xiaojun. So, aside from the Yan family, most other families arranged for ordinary women,” He Qingqing explained. “The Li family and the Luo family only arranged for women with top spirit root talent after the Yan family’s child was born. I only learned about this from Li Xiaojun; otherwise, I wouldn’t have known. I think many other families might not know about this yet.”
Hearing this, Liu Ruoge nodded, “It’s very likely that the Yan, Li, and Luo families kept this information under wraps. You did well; if it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have known about this at all.”
Since everyone previously arranged for ordinary family women without knowing the news, now that she knew, she would surely arrange for women from families with spirit roots and good spirit root talent.
“Who is the woman with the best spirit root talent in my Liu family now?” Liu Ruoge asked He Qingqing.
“I’m not sure about that,” He Qingqing looked at Liu Ruoge and shook her head.
She wasn’t from the Liu family, so she naturally didn’t know who had the best talent…
No, she did know, but she didn’t dare to say it.
“Go and bring Liu Yuanji to me,” Liu Ruoge instructed He Qingqing.
“Okay.”
He Qingqing agreed and hurried off to find someone.
Half an hour later, a young man arrived at Liu Ruoge’s cave dwelling.
“Ancestor, you called for me?” the young man asked Liu Ruoge.
Liu Ruoge nodded, then asked the young man, “Who is the woman with the best spirit root talent in my Liu family?”
Hearing this, the young man smiled and quickly flattered her.
“Of course, it is you, ancestor! Who in the Liu family could have better talent than you?”
“Ah!”
Liu Ruoge did not expect such an answer.
“I mean, aside from me, who is the Liu family’s most talented woman?” Liu Ruoge rephrased her question.
“Well…”
The young man thought for a moment and then said, “Currently, aside from you, the most talented woman in our Liu family should be Liu Xin’er, who has a middle-grade earth spirit root.”
“Just a middle-grade talent? No top-grade spirit root talent?” Liu Ruoge frowned and asked.
Given that the Yan family had a talent like Yan Ruyu with top-grade spirit root, she looked down on the talent of middle-grade spirit roots.
“Ancestor, there are currently no female family members with top-grade spirit root talent; only males, like me, have top-grade spirit root talent,” the young man said to Liu Ruoge.
Hearing this, Liu Ruoge shot him a glare and lightly waved her hand, saying, “You can go now!”
“Yes.”
Upon hearing Liu Ruoge’s words, the young man did not dare to stay any longer and quickly exited the cave dwelling.
…
Liu Ruoge did not expect that among so many people in her family, there wasn’t even one woman with top-grade talent.
But upon reflection, she felt relieved; if there really was a family member with top-grade talent, she would generally have brought them to Biyun Peak for training!
Since she didn’t even know of such a family member, it must mean there truly weren’t any.
To become a disciple of the elders in the Immortal Sect, whether outsiders or family members, they must at least have top-grade spirit root talent!
Unless they were her own children, otherwise, they could not stay by her side for training. Generally, those from the fourth generation onward who did not have corresponding talent would need to be sent away; this was the rule of the Immortal Sect.
Otherwise, if all the elders of the Immortal Gate only took their own family members as disciples, wouldn’t the Immortal Gate become the private playground of certain families?
Of course, disciples cultivated by the elders of the Immortal Sect usually would marry into outstanding younger members of their own families or be adopted as family sons-in-law, which indirectly formed factions within the Immortal Sect.
However, fortunately, the major families in the Immortal Sect also intermarried!
Moreover, the Immortal Sect did not suppress commoner disciples; both family members and commoner disciples received the same treatment!
If a commoner disciple had better talent, the Immortal Gate would provide vigorous support.
For example, the Li family, where the Elder Li Wuji belongs, and the Luo family, where Sect Master Luo Changqi is from, received strong support because of the astonishing talents of Li Wuji and Luo Changqi, eventually leading them to become the Sect Master and Elder.
It is precisely because the Immortal Sect has such a set of rules that it has been able to pass down for thousands of years or even hundreds of thousands of years without fading!
If the Immortal Sect did not have such rules, giving all benefits only to family members would make it difficult for even the richest resources to be sustained over time.
In the cultivation world, the most important thing is still high-end combat power; possessing high-end combat power can ensure an Immortal Sect lasts for over a thousand years.
If an Immortal Sect suppresses commoner disciples, denying them any chance to rise, that Immortal Sect is essentially close to extinction.
Because no matter how many talented family members there are, they could never compare to the geniuses born from countless common folk families.
If your Immortal Sect suppresses geniuses while others support them, before long, those other sects will overpower you, and you will be awaiting catastrophic disaster.
Thus, an Immortal Sect that can persist over time must have its own operational rules.
