216: A lifespan comparable to that of a Jindan Zhenren

The birth of the Three-Rank Spiritual Root child excited Zhou Luo for a long time.

Even by evening, his face was still full of smiles, causing his wives and concubines to cast suspicious glances.

They wondered what was wrong with their Husband?

He wasn't this excited when children were born on other days.

At this time, Zhou Luo naturally didn't reveal this to outsiders. To prevent malicious individuals from coveting little Zhou Shiling, he specifically kept the news of her Three-Rank Spiritual Root a secret.

In this world, one's Ling Gen (Spiritual Root) can be detected with special tools right after birth. If a good Ling Gen (Spiritual Root) is born, the Zhou Family will cultivate them vigorously.

Of course, this is imagining the good side.

In fact, there are countless people secretly coveting such talents.

So, to be safe, Zhou Luo decided to announce it only after little Zhou Shiling could begin Cultivation.

By then, it might even attract the attention of the Azure Origin Sect. If she could be sent to an Immortal Sect for Cultivation, that would be even better.

In the evening, Zhou Luo immediately looked at his System interface.

【Current Qualification: Nine-Rank Spiritual Root (120/100) Can Upgrade】

Finally, I can upgrade.

Zhou Luo was excited and chose to upgrade without hesitation.

Following the command, the golden text dissipated like smoke, and then a new line of text appeared.

【Current Qualification: Eight-Rank Spiritual Root (20/100)】

As this line of text appeared, Zhou Luo felt a strange power in his body stirring.

Immediately afterward, the spiritual energy in his Qi Sea Dantian surged, and his entire body radiated a dazzling spiritual light.

Fortunately, he was in his own room and didn't attract the attention of others.

Zhou Luo could clearly feel his body transforming, that feeling of sublimation spreading throughout.

An unprecedented sense of comfort surged in his heart.

Finally, I possess an Eight-Rank Spiritual Root!

Zhou Luo beamed with joy. What made him even happier was that the extra qualification points were not wiped clean by the System; instead, they were added to the next stage.

This way, he only needed eighty more qualification points until the next Ling Gen (Spiritual Root) transformation.

The appearance of the Three-Rank Spiritual Root also gave Zhou Luo a general understanding of the System's qualification point bonuses.

For example, if an offspring with a Lower Spiritual Root is born, the qualification points will only be added in the order of one, two, three.

If it's a Middle Spiritual Root, it's fifteen, twenty, twenty-five.

And little Zhou Shiling's Three-Rank Upper Spiritual Root grants forty.

Zhou Luo guessed if a Two-Rank or One-Rank would be forty-five and fifty?

This remains to be verified.

Overall, the higher the rank of the born Ling Gen (Spiritual Root) offspring, the more qualification points will be added, and the faster the Ling Gen (Spiritual Root) transformation speed will be.

Zhou Luo mused, it seems he needs to find women with high Ling Gen (Spiritual Root) in the future.

Currently, among his wives and concubines, only Lin Xi, Lin Jinxuan, and Bai Zhiyan have Middle Spiritual Roots.

The others all have Lower Spiritual Roots.

Generally speaking, parents with higher Ling Gen (Spiritual Root) are more likely to give birth to offspring with high Ling Gen (Spiritual Root).

For instance, if he were to Dual Cultivation with Lin Qinghan, who has a Seven-Rank Spiritual Root, it would be absolutely impossible to give birth to an offspring with a Three-Rank Spiritual Root like little Zhou Shiling.

To improve the quality of Ling Gen (Spiritual Root), the key is still to find high-quality women.

Recalling his thoughts, Zhou Luo began to sit cross-legged and Cultivation, wanting to test the Cultivation speed of an Eight-Rank Spiritual Root.

Circulating the Gathering Spirit Art, his whole body emitted a faint glow, and the surrounding spiritual energy of the sky and earth began to converge towards him.

Soon, spiritual energy surged into his body like a tide, circulating through his meridians and nourishing his internal organs.

This process inevitably loses most of the spiritual energy, and during circulation, the most pure part needs to be separated.

The spiritual energy of the sky and earth is not as pure and flawless as imagined, unless Cultivation is done directly on Spirit Veins, which is possible.

So, when Cultivation outside, the spiritual energy you can obtain is actually limited.

However, this was just Zhou Luo's attempt.

In the future, Cultivation must be done in the Core Area of a Spirit Vein Blessed Land.

As he expected, the changes brought about by the Ling Gen (Spiritual Root) transformation were significant.

The most immediate effect was the speed of spiritual energy absorption, which was clearly more than three times faster than when he had a Nine-Rank Spiritual Root.

In addition, the speed of circulating through the meridians and separating pure spiritual energy also increased significantly.

This gave Zhou Luo great confidence.

He planned to take Lin Xi to the Spirit Vein Blessed Land for Dual Cultivation after she recovered.

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The arrival of little Zhou Shiling added a few more touches of festivity to the Zhou Garden.

And just over a month after her birth, Lin Jinxuan and the others who were previously pregnant also gave birth to offspring one after another.

【Congratulations to the host on the birth of the sixteenth offspring, gaining fifty Nian of lifespan bonus!】

【As this offspring possesses a Six-Rank Spiritual Root, the host gains fifteen qualification points!】

【Current Qualification: Eight-Rank Spiritual Root (35/100)】

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【Congratulations to the host on the birth of the seventeenth offspring, gaining ten Nian of lifespan bonus!】

【As this offspring has no Ling Gen (Spiritual Root), the host cannot gain qualification points!】

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【Congratulations to the host on the birth of the eighteenth offspring, gaining ten Nian of lifespan bonus!】

【As this offspring has no Ling Gen (Spiritual Root), the host cannot gain qualification points!】

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Three children, one boy and two girls.

Only Lin Jinxuan, who had a Six-Rank Spiritual Root, gave birth to a child with a Six-Rank Spiritual Root. The children of the other two women were ordinary people.

Zhou Luo didn't feel too disappointed.

After all, not everything can go as wished. Even ordinary children can add to his lifespan and give him opportunities for draws.

Now, after the birth of his eighteenth child, his lifespan bonus has reached a terrifying four hundred plus Nian.

One must know that even a Foundation Establishment Expert cannot live to this age.

Ordinary Golden Core True Person might not live this long either.

Zhou Luo's long lifespan made him even more confident in his path to immortality.

Zhou Luo named the three children Chang Sheng Xi, Zhou Shiling Yang, and Zhou Shiling Yun respectively.

Among them, Chang Sheng Xi is Lin Jinxuan's child, so he possesses a Six-Rank Spiritual Root. The other two girls are Lin Qinghan's and Lin Yiyi's.

After the three children were born, Zhou Luo saw that Lin Xi was recovering well and immediately took her to the Spirit Vein Blessed Land for Dual Cultivation without delay.

This scene fell into Lin Xin's eyes, and she couldn't help but feel displeased.

How long has her sister just given birth, and she's already being dragged off to have more children?

Even she, the sister, couldn't bear to watch.

However, the person involved seemed quite happy.

Lin Xin just grumbled internally.

During this time, while teaching these little ones Cultivation, her state of mind changed greatly, and her relationship with Zhou Luo's other women also made significant progress.

Everyone discovered that this legendary fierce Third Miss was actually just a bit aloof in personality and wasn't as difficult to get along with as imagined.

Another half Nian passed.

Zhou Luo successfully broke through to the Qi Training Sixth Level.

This was naturally inseparable from Lin Xi's help, but perhaps the birth of little Zhou Shiling drained the Luck of both of them.

After half a Nian of Dual Cultivation, Lin Xi still hadn't become pregnant.

Zhou Luo speculated that perhaps it was because the infants born through the Dragon-Phoenix Union Art were extraordinary, so the gestation period needed to be longer.

As the saying goes, the better something is, the more Time it takes to wait.

That's why he chose to come out of seclusion.

And just as he returned to the Zhou Garden, Xu Changsheng brought a piece of news.

The Sixth Elder was about to pass away.