[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho":3,"chapter-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-42":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting Immortal Cultivation from the Clan School",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2313936,4525,"Chapter 42: Draw a Portrait of the Blood Crimson Spider","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-42",42,"\u003Cp>“Does the Immortal City just give away trees for free and hire people to guard them for nothing? Who would willingly give without expecting anything in return? How could you think so naively?” Su Jian asked. “Besides, if the vast forests outside the city aren’t properly maintained and guarded, what do you think will happen? They’d probably be stripped bare by the lone cultivators beyond the walls.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Without trees, where will you extract wood essence energy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin fell silent for a moment, then nodded in agreement. “I was mistaken. Once I’ve mastered the technique for extracting wood essence energy, I’ll sign up to go outside the city to do it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pay the tax, then. At least let me keep two-thirds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm-hmm, good that you’ve come to your senses. Before you go, you must report to me first—I’ll go with you.” Su Jian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t I join the extraction team by myself?” Su Jin felt she had grown up, capable of handling things on her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re still too young. You must have an adult accompany you outside the city,” Su Jian replied without hesitation. “You don’t want something to happen and make your mother bury her own child, do you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jin thought: My mother’s hair has always been thick and glossy. Where’s the white hair?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, her elder brother meant well for her safety. Su Jin knew she wasn’t a child who didn’t understand, so she’d comply with his arrangements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Enough. It’s late. Go back to your rooms. Whoever needs to sleep, sleep. Whoever needs to cultivate, cultivate. Xiao Hua, your aunt has already broken through to Qi Refining Second Layer. How long until you break through to Qi Refining Fourth Layer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“About five more months,” Su Hua said confidently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian blinked, then exclaimed, “I thought you’d say by year-end. There are still seven or eight months left until then—so you think you might break through two or three months early?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two or three months early,” Su Hua corrected him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough, cough, close enough,” Su Jian said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Way off, okay!!” Su Hua rolled her eyes. “My little aunt went from a mortal to Qi Refining Second Layer in less than a month.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even twenty days would be way too long.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Breaking through Qi Refining Fourth Layer two or three months early is a whole different thing from breaking through one month early.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian: “Alright, alright, I’m wrong, okay? Everyone go back to your rooms. You have classes tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Su Jian’s words, Su Jin and Su Hua both went back to their rooms willingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian watched the two girls return to their rooms before going to his own, where his wife was sewing him a new robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian sat down, first brightening the spirit-lamp for his wife, then sent a message to his cousin-grandfather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cousin-grandfather, I’ve confirmed that Su Jin is indeed raising a Blood Crimson Spider, and this symbiotic spirit-witch was cultivated by her herself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? You say Su Jin cultivated a Blood Crimson Spider? The one I know?” Cousin-grandfather instantly replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The same ancient wood-type symbiotic spirit-witch. It eats insects and tends to spiritual plants,” Su Jian replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But how did Su Jin cultivate it? To raise a Blood Crimson Spider, you need a seed, right? Did she just stumble upon one by chance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Su Jin did stumble upon something—but not outside. She stumbled upon a loophole in the clan school.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The clan school gave her two hundred red ginseng seeds, one of which was unusually small and weak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Worried it wouldn’t survive, Su Jin planted it inside her small spirit-dantian. When the seed sprouted, the Blood Crimson Spider was born.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cousin-grandfather Su Changyin read the message and nearly turned to stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their own eldest granddaughter had stumbled upon a loophole like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How in the world did this child get so good at finding loopholes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I understand. When you’re home, carefully observe the Blood Crimson Spider’s growth. See what it likes to eat, how it normally grows, and what special abilities it has.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I haven’t noticed any other abilities in it, but one ability stunned me—it eats insects. No matter the species or size, once caught by its pale, tender rootlets, it’s guaranteed to become its meal.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It catches insects with perfect accuracy,” Su Jian said with deep admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other people’s spiritual plants get eaten by insects; our Blood Crimson Spider eats insects. That’s just how awesome it is!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you seen the Blood Crimson Spider yourself? What does it look like? Draw me a picture—I’ll come pick it up tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why don’t I take you to the backyard when you come, so you can see it with your own eyes?” Su Jian asked eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I won’t be able to see it. You haven’t reached Foundation Establishment; to the Blood Crimson Spider, you’re not a threat. I’m already Purple Mansion—I’d step into the courtyard and it’d vanish.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? It hides?” Su Jian was surprised. But wait—what do you mean, you’re not a threat to it because you haven’t reached Foundation Establishment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you saying the Blood Crimson Spider looks down on me for being weak?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian’s expression darkened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To it, I’m too great a threat. Out of self-preservation, it hides. These symbiotic spirit-witches are so loyal to their masters that if they believe death is inevitable, they’ll kill themselves rather than endanger their masters. They’re deeply devoted and filial.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Filial?” Su Jian wondered if he’d misread. “Cousin-grandfather, why do you say they’re filial to their masters? I understand loyalty, but filial?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For ancient spirit-witches like the Blood Crimson Spider, the master who hatched them is their true parent. Naturally, they are both loyal and filial to their parents.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian immediately recalled Su Jin’s strange behavior toward the Blood Crimson Spider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It really was like treating her own child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So that’s how it is. I’ll draw a portrait of the Blood Crimson Spider tonight. You can pick it up tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t tell anyone outside our family that Su Jin is raising a Blood Crimson Spider. And make sure she keeps this secret even when she’s out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood, cousin-grandfather. I’ll give her a strict warning first thing tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do as you see fit,” Su Changyin replied, then stopped messaging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jian also promptly set down the long-distance message talisman, pulled his wife to bed—she could finish the robe tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early the next morning, Su Jian caught Su Jin and sternly warned her again: the ancient symbiotic spirit-witch was far too coveted; she must never mention it to outsiders.\u003C\u002Fp>",1090,"2026-06-20T13:23:54.434Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a84c6cdaced9bc503ca99446a6c3dab20b5370793f539de1ddffa9efa8137c11","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-43","starting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-chapter-41",156,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-immortal-cultivation-from-the-clan-scho-cover.jpg"]