Chapter 151: Chapter 151: A Gap Between Old and New (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)
"Cough, cough!"
Lu Xuanji coughed and said, "Grand Elder, let’s talk about something else!"
The Grand Elder nodded and said, only touching on this issue briefly, stopping when appropriate, and instead said, "Cultivation requires spirit roots. The probability of a mortal giving birth to a child with spirit roots is one in a thousand, while the probability for cultivators’ offspring is one in ten."
"Furthermore, the higher the parents’ cultivation, the higher the probability of their child being born with spirit roots, and the better the quality of those spirit roots."
"The birth of spirit roots has uncertainty."
"Currently, the Lu Family has over five hundred cultivators, but only ten have the Three Spirit Roots, one of which is you. This situation is not good. The Ye Family is having trouble with generational succession, and there is a talent gap!"
Lu Xuanji flipped through the booklet, slightly frowning. The problem is significant.
The birth of spirit roots has uncertainty.
Back then, my parents, one was a Foundation Establishment cultivator and the other a Qi Cultivation cultivator, gave birth to three children: one was a mortal, one had Five Spirit Roots, and one had Three Spirit Roots.
Similarly, Ye Feixue’s parents were mere mortals, yet Ye Feixue has the Celestial Spirit Root.
Spirit roots come with randomness, chance, and uncertainty.
It depends on one’s luck, after all.
But in recent years, the Lu Family has had bad luck, with a decreasing number of children found to have spirit roots after testing.
In the past thirty years, only three children with the Three Spirit Roots have been detected.
The Lu Family’s luck is bad, seemingly entering a state of misfortune.
Many Golden Core families and Nascent Soul families decline due to a lack of talent and generational succession issues.
"Grand Elder, do you have any solutions for the Lu Family’s lack of talent and succession problems?" Lu Xuanji asked.
The Grand Elder replied, "There are only two solutions. One is to encourage family cultivators to have children, and the other is to accept external cultivators, especially loose cultivators, and integrate them into the family."
"Let’s skip the first and talk about the second issue."
"Accepting external cultivators can strengthen the family’s cultivator base. Over the years, the Lu Family has gradually accepted seven Foundation Establishment loose cultivators as guest ministers. Some choose to marry into the Lu Family, while others marry Lu Family women and settle here. However, corresponding issues arise with how to place them!"
"Firstly, how should we treat these guest ministers? If the treatment is too high, family cultivators will be dissatisfied and complain about letting external cultivators trample on them. If the treatment is too low, it could lead to external cultivators becoming disloyal."
"Secondly, how should these guest ministers’ powers be distributed? Should we open channels to let them control the family’s power and treat them as our own, or should we suppress them and prevent them from holding high positions, directly using them as cannon fodder?"
"Finally, there’s currently little conflict between family cultivators and external guest ministers, mainly because of the Ye Family’s rapid development. But if growth stagnates or external enemies invade, conflicts will intensify and expand."
"All these issues require you to handle them."
Without hiding anything, the Grand Elder directly pointed out another major issue brought by the generational succession problem in the Ye Family.
The Lu Family is a Cultivation Immortality Clan, with cultivators primarily bearing the Lu surname. However, large numbers of external cultivators are recruited every year and invited as guest ministers.
The sea accepts all rivers, tolerance is a virtue.
As for enclosed management and rejecting foreign cultivators, it’s neither feasible nor realistic.
But after foreign cultivators join the Ye Family, conflicts with Ye Family cultivators are inevitable.
Some cultivation clans use external cultivators as cannon fodder, lowering benefits and welfare, causing internal divisions and ultimately leading to destruction. Some clans see external cultivators grow powerful and eliminate family cultivators, seizing high positions.
"Grand Elder, what’s your opinion?"
Lu Xuanji asked.
An elder in the family is like having a treasure.
When undecided, ask the Grand Elder.
The Grand Elder said, "When family and external cultivators are at each other’s throats, there are three options: one is to divide the family and let everyone live separately; the second is direct civil war to fight for supremacy; and the third is to transition from a family-based cultivation to a sect-based cultivation!"
"It is said that five thousand years ago, there was no Dan Yang Sect. At that time, in the Land of the Twelve Commanderies, there was only the Ye Family. The Ye Family was powerful, with subordinate families like the Qian Family, Sun Family, Zhao Family, and others. As long as the Ye Family remained powerful, these subordinate families naturally obeyed!"
"But as the Ye Family experienced generational succession issues and talent gaps, they were gradually caught up by these eight subordinate families, leading to continuous conflicts due to power imbalances."
"Back then, the Ye Family was in decline, but there was still a half-step Nascent Soul expert. Some Ye Family cultivators requested this old ancestor to take action, kill the Golden Core cultivators from other families, and reestablish Ye Family’s prestige. But this Ye Family ancestor chose to abandon it, ending the Ye Family and joining other families’ Golden Core ancestors to form the Dan Yang Sect."
"Now, the Dan Yang Sect has gradually become an alliance of the seven major cultivation clans."
"Xuanji, do you understand the moral of this story?"
Lu Xuanji pondered, "The Clan Leader means that if the family faces generational succession problems, we must be brave enough to let go."
"Exactly, that’s the point!"
The Grand Elder said, "When educating the young in the family, we often remind them to rejuvenate the family, to fight and strive for it. But now that you’re the Clan Leader and I’m the Grand Elder, let’s not talk empty words or clichés, but speak plainly."
"Family-based cultivation inherently prioritizes kinship over reason. When the family is weak, such a mindset can unite members. But if the family grows strong enough and still prioritizes kinship over reason, it becomes tyrannical and unreasonable, leading to self-destruction."
"If the family can be an asset, keep it; if it becomes a burden, discard it."
Lu Xuanji asked, "Is lack of talent the original sin for generational succession problems? Is there no way to enhance the spirit roots of children?"
"There are, quite a few ways!"
The ancestor smiled and said, "I know several methods. I won’t mention the others, just one method. There is a type of spirit fruit called the Creation Fruit. Consuming the Creation Fruit can increase the probability and level of awakening spirit roots.
A First Grade Creation Fruit has a one in a thousand chance of awakening spirit roots; a Second Grade Creation Fruit has a one in a hundred chance of awakening spirit roots; a Third Grade Creation Fruit has a one in ten chance of awakening spirit roots; a Fourth Grade Creation Fruit guarantees the awakening of spirit roots, with the worst being the Three Spirit Roots."
"If one consumes a Fifth Grade Creation Fruit, there’s a fifty percent chance of awakening the Three Spirit Roots, a thirty percent chance of awakening the Dual Spirit Roots or an Anomalous Spirit Root, and a ten percent chance of awakening the Celestial Spirit Root."
"The First Grade Creation Fruit is cheap, requiring only one Spirit Stone. But the higher the grade of the Creation Fruit, the higher the price. You’re a Spirit Plant Master, so you might try cultivating the Creation Fruit Tree."
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