Chapter 3: Haoran Qi, The Arrival of the Seven Sects

With the conclusion of the Yan Family Fortress's annual Spirit Root testing assembly.

A Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root!

A Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root appeared in the Yan Family Fortress, the number one cultivation family in Lin Prefecture of the Yue Country; this matter swept through the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World like a hurricane, unstoppable by anyone.

For a time, the cultivation families within the borders of the Yue Country, and even the Seven Sects of the Yue Kingdom, could not help but envy the good fortune of the Yan Family Fortress.

It is common knowledge that a Heavenly Spirit Root cultivator has no bottleneck restrictions before the Golden Core Stage.

One only needs to cultivate step by step to condense a Golden Core, become a high-level Golden Core Stage cultivator, and sit in command of a region as an ancestor of a cultivation family.

The magnitude of such potential is self-evident.

To put it bluntly, a possessor of a Heavenly Spirit Root will at the very least be a Golden Core Stage Cultivator in the future.

This is a tremendous benefit for both a cultivation family and a cultivation sect.

Not to mention, this time the Heavenly Spirit Root was a Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root, which had not appeared in the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World for thousands of years, naturally making others even more envious.

One must know that although Heavenly Spirit Roots are rare and uncommon, as a mid-tier country in Tiannan, the Yue Country would see one or two appear every hundred or two hundred years.

Yet a Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root had not appeared for a full several thousand years, and the shock it brought was far beyond comparison to other Heavenly Spirit Roots.

It truly triggered a significant earthquake in the Yue Kingdom Cultivation World.

Especially the Seven Sects of the Yue Kingdom, all of whom wanted to take Yan Taibai into their sects.

This is because the Yan Family Fortress is one of the few great cultivation families that does not rely on the Seven Sects of the Yue Kingdom and occupies an entire prefecture alone.

The title of the number one cultivation family in the Yue Country is well-deserved!

Yan Taibai has also become the most shining pearl in the entire Yue Kingdom Cultivation World today.

And many cultivation families are also waiting for the choice of the Yan Family Fortress.

Because after learning this news, the Seven Sects immediately sent people to the Yan Family Fortress.

The intention is self-evident; they all want to take Yan Taibai, this heaven-gifted child possessing a Heavenly Spirit Root, into their sects.

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The Flying Cloud Pavilion is the tallest building in the entire Yan Family Fortress, and in the room where orders are issued within the Flying Cloud Pavilion, there is an old man with a head full of red hair, his hands clasped behind his back, his face expressionless.

Looking at it, he seems not very happy about the appearance of a disciple with a Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root in the Yan Family Fortress.

In reality, it is not so; as the current Yanyia Bao Ancestor and the helmsman of the Yan Family Fortress, he is happier than anyone else.

But happy as he may be, the guests who have arrived this time make him unable to be happy.

Yanyue Sect, Huangfeng Valley, Giant Sword Sect, Spirit Beast Mountain, Tianque Castle, Qingxu Sect, and Huadao Wu.

That is correct, the Seven Sects of the Yue Kingdom have all come, and they have all come in person as Golden Core Stage Cultivators, with the goal very clear: to take Yan Taibai into their sects.

It is not just to keep the Yan Family Fortress, the number one cultivation family in the Yue Country, in check and to win them over, but even more so to cultivate a pillar for their sects.

The Yanyia Bao Ancestor is naturally clear about the intentions of the Seven Sects of the Yue Kingdom, but he cannot refuse, as the Yan Family Fortress has no Nascent Soul Stage cultivator to hold the fort.

Therefore, the only choice now is which sect to give him to, in order to exchange for greater benefits for the entire Yan Family Fortress.

"Xuan Ye, what is your take on this matter?"

As in the past, whenever he encountered a difficult problem he could not solve or decide on, the Yanyia Bao Ancestor would ask for the opinion of the middle-aged Confucian scholar, Mr. Xuan Ye, beside him.

And this middle-aged Confucian scholar, Mr. Xuan Ye, is the mastermind of the entire Yan Family Fortress; he has almost never made a mistake and has gained the absolute trust of the Yanyia Bao Ancestor.

"Reporting to the Ancestor, my view is to let that little fellow choose for himself. We only need to assist from the sidelines and secure sufficient benefits for him and for the Yan Family."

The answer from the middle-aged Confucian scholar, Mr. Xuan Ye, took the Yan Family Ancestor by surprise; he stopped in his tracks and stared at Mr. Xuan Ye with shock, clearly finding the latter's answer inconceivable and completely unexpected.

"Xuan Ye, have you lost your mind? That little fellow is only a few years old, and you would let him decide for himself? Perhaps the people from the Seven Sects will just take out some good things and carry him away. How can this exchange for sufficient benefits for the family?"

After a moment, once the Yan Family Ancestor regained his composure, he said with a dissatisfied expression.

"Ancestor, please forgive me; it is Xuan Ye who did not explain clearly. Although that little fellow is only three years old, ever since he learned to read and write, he has stayed in the family's Library Pavilion and has almost never left. His mind is already mature, not inferior to that of an adult."

"Before coming, Xuan Ye specifically went to see him. Does the Ancestor know what Xuan Ye discovered on him?"

Xuan Ye smiled with feigned mystery.

There are very few in the entire Yan Family Fortress who dare to speak to the Yan Family Ancestor like this, and Xuan Ye is one of them.

"Never left the Library Pavilion? What did you discover? Could it be that the little fellow possesses some special constitution?"

The Yan Family Ancestor asked with a look of surprise on his face.

Just the fact that he has never left the Library Pavilion shows a level of mental maturity that a three or four-year-old child should not possess.

But Yan Taibai has not yet cultivated and can only be considered a Mortal; he cannot be possessed.

Even if he were to be possessed, such a young body and age could not withstand it, so this possibility is almost negligible.

"Haoran Qi. The Ancestor should be aware that even I, after being obsessed with the Library Pavilion for over a decade, failed to cultivate this Haoran Qi. Yet, Haoran Qi has already appeared on that little fellow. Although it is thin, as long as he continues to nourish it, it will be no less than any special constitution. Coupled with the aptitude of a Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root, his potential is so great that in the future, he might truly have a chance to condense a Nascent Soul and advance to the Nascent Soul Stage."

"As a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, the Ancestor should know very well what one fears most when condensing a Nascent Soul and breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage: the Heart Demon Tribulation. And if this Haoran Qi is perfected, it can weaken this Heart Demon Tribulation. Therefore, no matter how much the family values and cultivates that little fellow, it is worth it."

Xuan Ye explained unhurriedly with a smile on his face.

These words left the Yan Family Ancestor so shocked that he was momentarily stunned in place, the expression on his face frozen.

"Haoran Qi? He, a little toddler, has actually cultivated Haoran Qi? Xuan Ye, are you truly not mistaken!"

As soon as he regained his senses, the Yan Family Ancestor blurted out in shock, questioning him.

He knows all too well what Haoran Qi signifies; it is almost a 'special constitution' unique to the cultivators of the Haoran Pavilion of the Righteous Alliance of Fengdu Kingdom.

Once cultivated, it is of great benefit to practicing the Righteous Confucian arts of the Haoran Pavilion.

It is also a 'constitution' that most Confucian scholars like Xuan Ye hope to possess.

"Perhaps it is related to his possession of a Metal Attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root. After all, the better one's innate Spirit Root aptitude, the greater the chance of cultivating it. Xuan Ye only has a three-attribute Spirit Root, and having already been a cultivator, the difficulty of cultivating Haoran Qi was too great; failing to succeed is quite normal, so this is nothing."

The joy on Xuan Ye's face faded quite a bit as he stated his deductions one by one.

The main issue is the lack of 'books' for cultivating Haoran Qi, of which the Haoran Pavilion of the Righteous Alliance has the most.

Ordinary books and ancient texts also have a chance to cultivate it, but it is too difficult.

(End of chapter)