Cultivation Begins From The Desert-Chapter 63: Happy Event

"Clan Leader, Clan Leader, good news, great news!"

Inside Haoyang Cave, Zhouyang was initially following his Twelfth Uncle, Zhou Xuanchen, who came from the clan, to open a medicinal garden, when he saw his Eighth Aunt, Xuan Yan, running in excitedly from outside.

Ever since he completed his closed-door cultivation and changed his cultivation technique, he flew on his sword back to the clan, then brought dozens of storage bags filled with dozens of spiritual soil from the clan’s spirit fields and spirit medicine garden back to Haoyang Cave, preparing to open the clan’s second medicinal garden here.

To ensure the smooth creation of the medicinal garden, he specially invited the clan’s only Tier Two Spirit Plant Cultivator, his Twelfth Uncle, Zhou Xuanchen, to come over and help oversee it, taking the opportunity to consult him on matters of transplanting and planting spirit medicines.

After a cultivator reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, their lifespan extends significantly, giving them the time to dabble in other types of cultivation arts. Although it’s not necessary to attain the same level of expertise as their original skills, they must have some understanding.

The skill of a Spirit Plant Cultivator is something that almost every Foundation Establishment cultivator will have some involvement in.

This is because when Foundation Establishment cultivators travel and adventure outside, they often encounter some transplantable spirit grasses and spirit woods. If they don’t understand the skills of a Spirit Plant Cultivator, when transplanting these spirit grasses and spirit woods, it can easily lead to wilting and death, causing unnecessary losses.

At this moment, seeing Xuan Yan walking in with excitement, Zhouyang hadn’t spoken yet when Zhou Xuanchen, who was holding a jade hoe and loosening the soil in the medicine field, put down the hoe, looked at this Eighth Sister with surprise, and laughed: "What good news makes Eighth Sister so happy? Did your Xiaoyu make another concubine pregnant?"

Xuan Yan’s face immediately turned red upon hearing his teasing words, and she retorted angrily: "Pah, pah, pah, you shameless fellow, you’re over eighty years old, and still so shameless. My Xiaoyu isn’t as fickle as you, an old fellow of seventy or eighty going to corrupt young girls of seventeen or eighteen, truly shameless!"

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xuanchen, upon hearing her words, not only didn’t show any sign of guilt, but instead laughed smugly: "Hehehe, though I am old, my heart isn’t, and my body is strong indeed, no problem handling ten women a night!"

"Besides, the Clan Leader and the old Clan Leader encourage clan cultivators to take more concubines and have offspring. I, as an old man, am also answering the clan’s call, contributing to the clan’s grand plan. The Clan Leader even praised me for this matter a few days ago!"

"Ahem, ahem, there’s still a child here, Eighth Aunt, Twelfth Uncle, is it really okay for you two to discuss such topics in front of your nephew?"

Zhouyang felt caught in the crossfire and quickly interjected with a cough to stop the two from continuing the discussion on that topic.

"The Clan Leader is right, I won’t talk to you shameless old fellow about this, keep going, but if you don’t take care of your body, one day you’ll die on the belly of some young girl!"

Xuan Yan first nodded, then glared disdainfully at Zhou Xuanchen, cursing him before stopping.

"Hehehe..." Zhou Xuanchen chuckled, not commenting further.

As a Spirit Plant Cultivator, he practices the wood element technique "Cyan Wood Longevity Technique," which is known for maintaining health. Others at his age might struggle with handling ten women a night, but he certainly has no problems, and Xuan Yan’s curse would definitely not apply to him.

"Eighth Aunt, perhaps you should talk business. Seeing how happy you were running here, it can’t just be to bicker with Twelfth Uncle, right?"

Zhouyang’s lips twitched. He truly didn’t know how to judge his Twelfth Uncle, so he could only change the topic to focus on business.

Upon hearing Zhouyang mention business, Xuan Yan smiled again, and she laughed heartily: "Joyous news, great joyous news! Xiaobao’s concubine gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix twins a few days ago. Today, he invited me to test the spiritual roots of these little siblings. Guess what?"

At this point, she deliberately kept them in suspense, watching Zhouyang and Zhou Xuanchen eagerly listen with a smile on her face.

Zhouyang and Zhou Xuanchen looked at each other, then Zhou Xuanchen laughed and said, "What could it be? Given how happy Eighth Sister looks, the siblings must have been detected with spiritual roots, and maybe one of them has a Middle-grade Spiritual Root?"

"Hehehe, wrong, you only guessed half. Guess again!" Xuan Yan chuckled, shaking her head to deny Zhou Xuanchen’s guess with a smile.

"Eighth Aunt saying it like this, could it be that both of Second Brother’s children detected Middle-grade Spiritual Roots? If that’s the case, it’s indeed a great joyous event!" Zhouyang couldn’t help but voice his guess, his face also showing joy.

A cultivator with Middle-grade Spiritual Root talent, with some effort in cultivation and support from the clan, has a good chance of reaching the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation stage before sixty. Even without a Foundation Establishment Pill, they would have nearly a ten percent success rate in achieving Foundation Establishment.

Even if these two don’t resolve to attempt Foundation Establishment by then, a Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation level would allow the clan to gain two more Elders, enhancing the clan’s overall strength.

As the Clan Leader now, Zhouyang felt sincerely gratified and joyful to see such talented juniors appear in the clan.

Unexpectedly, Xuan Yan continued smiling and shaking her head at his guess: "Wrong, wrong, Clan Leader, you guessed wrong too!"

After saying this, she seemed to think she’d teased enough, laughing and unveiling the mystery: "Hahaha, little Bao’s truly lucky! His son and daughter, the elder brother has a Top-grade Spiritual Root, and the sister has a Middle-grade Spiritual Root. This is absolutely true, and I only dared to report the good news after personally confirming it several times!"

What!!!

Zhouyang and Zhou Xuanchen’s faces changed simultaneously, standing frozen on the spot.

"Did I hear wrong? Eighth Sister, did you say Zhou Bao had a son with a Top-grade Spiritual Root? Are you sure you didn’t misspeak? It’s a Top-grade Spiritual Root, not Middle-grade?"

Zhou Xuanchen’s breath quickened, snapping out of it, exclaiming in disbelief before Zhouyang could respond, his voice urgent and fast, full of incredulity.

In response to his doubt, Xuan Yan didn’t bicker this time but laughed heartily, saying: "Without a doubt, it is Top-grade Spiritual Root talent. I used the Spirit Testing Technique on that boy three times, each time the magic showed a sky full of yellow light, the light exceeding three feet above the head. What could it be if not a Top-grade Spiritual Root?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuanchen recalled the records in the books about Top-grade Spiritual Roots, nodding and muttering to himself: "Spiritual light exceeding three feet, this is indeed like the Top-grade Spiritual Root phenomenon recorded in the books, but how is this possible? That foolish Zhou Bao, how could he have such an outstanding son? Could it be truly, foolish people have..."

His saying "foolish people have foolish luck" was cut short by a sudden thump on his head from Xuan Yan, making him cry out in pain: "Ouch, Eighth Sister, why did you hit me?"

"I hit you, you shameless old thing!"

"Why can’t Zhou Bao have such an outstanding son? The son his concubine bore is not his seed. Would it be yours, you old thing? Can’t you keep your foul mouth shut if you can’t speak nicely?"

Xuan Yan put her hands on her hips, glaring angrily at Zhou Xuanchen, who was holding his head and shouting, and she scolded him harshly, making him not dare to lift his head or say another word.

He clearly realized his previous words were inappropriate, feeling guilty.

Feeling too guilty to look at the angry Xuan Yan, he turned his gaze to Zhouyang, hoping the clan leader nephew might speak up to help him out.

However, upon looking over, he froze.

Where Zhouyang previously stood was now empty, with no sign of him at all.

"Eh, where’s the Clan Leader? Where did the Clan Leader go?" he asked blankly, looking at Xuan Yan with a face full of confusion.

Xuan Yan saw his bewildered expression and couldn’t help but roll her eyes, saying: "You really have poor eyesight, Clan Leader, of course, went to confirm the situation at Zhou Bao’s place. Did you think everyone’s as improper as you, an old thing spouting nonsense at such an age?"