Chapter 251: Chapter 250 The Worn-Out Heart of the Old Father (Second Update, Please Subscribe)
As a father, I can give my son the opportunity to choose, but I will not make the choice for him.
Before Lu Fan, there are two choices, two paths in life.
The first path is to choose a life of comfort, enjoying delicious food and fine wine, having a dozen beautiful wives and concubines, living a safe and stable life, a life of extreme happiness.
In enjoying these, you must also bear many descendants for the clan, ten or eight is too few; the number should exceed a hundred at least.
The second path is the path of battle, the path of slaughter, either cutting down others or on the way to being cut down.
There is no time to enjoy food, no mood to enjoy beauties, no leisure to rest, continuously fighting, continuously killing, destined for a life of hardship.
Theoretically, the lifespan for Qi Cultivation is 120 years, Foundation Establishment 240 years, Purple Mansion 480 years, Golden Core 1,000 years, Divinity Transformation 2,000 years... but in fact, more than half of cultivators do not live to their lifespan’s end, nor can they sit in meditation as their life dwindles; they are often slain halfway, leaving no remains, with even their bones refined into some magical artifacts.
The former is the path of mortals, a life of comfort and joy; the latter is the path of cultivators, bloody and violent.
Lu Fan was silent, after a long while he asked, "Father, which path do you think I should take?"
"Fan’Er, you are already an adult, you should make your own choice for the future!" Lu Xuanji said, "The future path ultimately needs you to walk, how far you can go, how wide your future will be, depends on you. I can only offer some support."
"But father, I am only Five Spirit Roots, is there still hope with my talent?" Lu Fan said, "Taking the path of Demon Dao could achieve Foundation Establishment, Purple Mansion, even Golden Core. But mother won’t allow me to tread this path; if I pursue this path, mother would vehemently oppose me. If I take the Demon Dao, I can only leave home..."
Lu Xuanji smiled faintly, and said, "Son, look at this!"
He opened the storage bag and motioned for him to take a look.
Lu Fan, curious, sent his divine thought into the storage bag, immediately seeing Spirit Stones piled like mountains, many, many, endlessly.
"Father, how many Spirit Stones is this?"
"Ten million Spirit Stones!"
"Is this the clan’s property?"
"No! It’s some treasures I acquired during adventures outside!" Lu Xuanji said, "In this world, there’s nothing money can’t solve. If it can’t solve, it’s because there’s not enough money. With this, do you still think it’s tough for Five Spirit Roots to attain the Dao?"
Lu Fan said, "If these resources are handed over to the clan, it could nurture more cultivators! If given to my elder brother, he would grow even stronger!"
"Haha!" Lu Xuanji coldly laughed, "For a clan leader, the most taboo thing is selfless dedication, which would disrupt the clan’s rule of clear rewards and punishments. Besides, the clan’s balance of income and expenditure is stable, with some surplus every year, it doesn’t need me to contribute more. On the clan’s books, the clan still owes me 2.3 million Spirit Stones!"
"As for your elder brother, he is talented, let him rely on himself without my intervention!"
"Father, is it worth investing all these resources in me?"
Lu Fan said.
Indeed, Five Spirit Roots are not incapable of attaining the Dao, but the resources required are fivefold, even tenfold that of cultivators of the same realm. In real combat, is it possible to defeat five, ten with one?
It’s fundamentally impossible.
Nurturing a Five Spirit Roots is a big investment, with little return.
"It’s worth it, you are my son!" Lu Xuanji said, "In society, everything focuses on investment and return, only the love of parents for their child is selfless, accepting low returns, even asking for nothing in return! Though Five Spirit Roots are useless, though rotwood, there’s still a possibility of change!"
"Actually, a Mortal Body is also fine, as they say, a blank paper is easy to paint on. I have some means to change your destiny."
"Firstly, I can refine a Five Elements Pill to transform your Spirit Root, making the size balanced and changing from a conflicting state to a nurturing state, potentially increasing your cultivation speed."
"Secondly, I can establish a Pseudo Dao Body for you, although its growth potential is limited, its power not as great as a true Dao Body, it nonetheless can increase your cultivation speed."
"Thirdly, I have supreme-grade Spirit Pills here, to accelerate your cultivation speed!"
"Of course, I give you much, but my expectations are higher. If the requirements are not met, some resource provisions will be cut off!"
"Son, do you still choose the second path?"
"I, as your son, refuse to accept a mundane life!"
Lu Fan said.
"Good, then strive hard!" Lu Xuanji said, "I won’t watch what you say, but how you act! Next, we’ll see how you perform!"
After saying some more things, Lu Fan left joyfully.
"As a father, I’ve worried too much!"
Lu Xuanji bitterly smiled, a hint of bitterness flashed in his eyes.
Back then, during the Spirit Root test, he was extremely scared, fearing he might be Five Spirit Roots.
Luckily, his fortune wasn’t bad, being Three Spirit Roots, considered an excellent talent.
With a phone deducing appropriate cultivation techniques, and having the resources of the clan, only then did he achieve Foundation Establishment, overcoming one of the most difficult periods of life.
After Foundation Establishment, he sequentially refined multiple auxiliary magical treasures, gained favor from Ancestor Jin, got recruited as a son-in-law by the Ye Family, then acquired Pure Yang Dao Body, Yin Yang Transformation, etc., life entered a take-off stage.
After reaching Purple Mansion, he experienced multiple fortuitous encounters, acquired the Great Desire Technique, obtained True Monarch Han Yi’s treasure, Double Cauldron Alchemy, Void Treasure Chest, Golden Immortal favor, etc., life entered a rapid development stage.
But unexpectedly, such a situation arose for his son.
The phone kept deducing, concluding that Five Spirit Roots truly are useless.
"Celestial Spirit Root is the strongest because of its purity, high efficiency in absorbing Spiritual Qi, one day of cultivation equates to twenty days of ordinary cultivator cultivation, such speed greatly aids in aspiring for the Great Dao. Conversely, Five Spirit Root cultivators experience attribute conflicts, mutual restraints... like crabs in a basket!"
"If there’s only one crab in a basket, as long as the basket’s exit is tightly covered, the crab can’t escape; but if there are more than two crabs in the basket, there’s no need to cover the exit, the crabs won’t be able to escape.
Because when one crab tries to escape, other crabs will pull it down, resulting in none being able to escape, so there’s no need to cover the top of the basket."
"Isn’t it the same for Celestial Spirit Root and Five Spirit Roots!"
Lu Xuanji contemplated.
As for those saying, Five Spirit Root has good talent, great potential, it’s merely ignorance of cultivating immortality.
They think, bigger is better, more is good.
Cultivators who practice ten techniques are stronger than those who practice one; cultivators with ten divine techniques are stronger than those with one.
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