231: Ten years in a hurry

Five years later, Zhou Luo successfully entered the Qi Refining Seventh Layer Middle Stage.

This was naturally inseparable from the help of the Dragon-Phoenix Union Art, as well as the assistance of the Gathering Spirit Art and other things.

Improving a major Realm in five years was not very fast, but Zhou Luo was quite satisfied.

For him, five years was merely a drop in the bucket compared to a long lifespan of several hundred years.

During this period, his life basically revolved around Zhou Garden and the Blessed Land, rejecting all well-intentioned attempts to curry favor, and aside from refining Alchemy for the Family, he basically did not exercise the rights and responsibilities of an Elder.

The Main Family was happy to see this.

Their initial obstruction of Zhou Luo becoming Sixth Elder was merely out of concern that he would side with the Grand Elder.

Now, his position as Sixth Elder was basically an empty shell, completely unable to influence the Main Family's decisions, which perfectly suited their wishes.

Precisely because of this, coupled with the new Seventh Elder who was promoted five years ago, the Main Family completely controlled the entire Family, consolidating all power.

In these five years, Lin Tianxiong, in addition to suppressing the Grand Elder's faction, also dispatched Lin Xuanfeng to begin a campaign against the Lu Family.

Originally, when the Grand Elder's faction still held power, they had strongly opposed this matter.

Because when the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman benefits, other Chang Sheng Families were eager for the two Families to fight to the death, and many small forces secretly waited to become newly promoted Chang Sheng Families.

Now, without the Grand Elder's faction to counterbalance, Lin Tianxiong was making unilateral decisions.

The Lin Family and the Lu Family once again began a protracted battle.

When the battle broke out, Zhou Luo was not affected.

Although he was the Sixth Elder, the Family did not lack High Grade Alchemists, nor was it a life-or-death decisive battle, so he could still cultivate peacefully.

In five years, Zhou Changan, Zhou Luo's eldest son, was already fifteen years old; although he possessed Innate Qi, he was, after all, a Nine-Rank Spiritual Root, so he was only at the Qi Refining Third Layer by now.

He was still relatively lucky; the progress of other Nine-Rank Spiritual Root descendants was even slower.

After all, not everyone was like him, possessing a Heaven-Defying System.

Besides these children with Spiritual Roots, there were also those descendants without Aptitude who, having reached the age of ten, had to be sent out of the Family according to Family rules.

Zhou Luo had anticipated this point long ago, so his emotions remained undisturbed.

However, his wives and concubines were filled with sorrow.

Among them, Lin Lan, the only ordinary person among his wives and concubines, also left Zhou Garden with the children.

Fortunately, due to Zhou Luo's status as an Elder, even though these children left the Family, they did not have to worry about living poorly outside.

Moreover, they were ultimately unable to cultivate Immortality, and the distance between them and their siblings would only grow wider over time.

Rather than letting them stay in Zhou Garden and endure pressure, it was better to let them go to the secular world and become happy wealthy gentlemen.

Besides these children who left, Zhou Luo had five more descendants during these five years: three sons and two daughters.

It was unclear if it was due to his improved Cultivation, but his frequency of having children was noticeably lower than before, basically only able to impregnate his wives and concubines once a year.

It seemed that the higher the Cultivation, the harder it was to conceive children.

However, although he only had five children, all of them possessed Spiritual Roots.

It was just that no High Grade Spiritual Roots were born.

With the birth of these five children, Zhou Luo also received five lottery opportunities.

In these five lotteries, he successfully drew Second-Tier spiritual plants Technique and Second-Tier Talisman Technique.

The former was not of much help to him, but the latter made him incredibly excited.

Becoming a Second-Tier Spiritual Talisman Master also enabled him to draw Second-Tier Talismans, increasing his strength by more than a little bit.

Of course, he did not become arrogant, still maintaining a low profile and living a two-point-one-line life.

Besides the two Second-Tier Techniques, the remaining three draws were three Qi Refining High Grade Cultivation Techniques.

Zhou Luo gave one of the wind-attribute High Grade Cultivation Techniques to Zhou Changle.

Changle was now ten years old, possessing a Four-Rank Spiritual Root and a Wind Spirit Physique, and his Cultivation was already at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, even allowing him to cultivate combat-oriented Cultivation Techniques.

This was mainly due to his Spiritual Root and Physique, as well as the Gathering Spirit Art passed down by Zhou Luo.

Recently, the Lin Family was planning to send this little fellow to the Azure Origin Sect for Cultivation.

After all, if he could go to an Immortal Sect, it would be greatly beneficial for Zhou Changle's growth, and if he could establish a foothold in the Immortal Sect, it could also bring some benefits to the Lin Family.

Zhou Luo naturally agreed.

Besides Zhou Changle, Zhou Shiling, the only Three-Rank Spiritual Root, also progressed rapidly.

She also possessed a special Physique, but because she was two and a half years younger than her Elder brother Changle, she was only at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer.

But in the future, if there was an opportunity, she could also be sent to an Immortal Sect to study.

Presumably, in another ten-odd years, this brother and sister would bring unexpected surprises to the Lin Family.

Watching his children grow up and achieve success, Zhou Luo was filled with relief.

After a brief reunion with his wives and children, Zhou Luo once again went into seclusion with Lin Xi.

Over the years, Lin Xi's growth had also been extremely fast, having advanced from her original Sixth Layer Realm to the Seventh Layer Late Stage, even more profound than Zhou Luo.

There was no helping it; her Spiritual Root was inherently stronger than Zhou Luo's, and with the help of the Dragon-Phoenix Union Art, her progress was even more rapid.

Besides Lin Xi, her Elder sister Lin Xin also brought great surprises to the Lin Family.

After several years of studying in an Immortal Sect, she successfully advanced to become a High Grade Alchemist; although her Realm was not as high as Lin Xi's, she had also entered the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

However, she and Zhou Luo had the title of husband and wife but not the reality, so she did not stay in Zhou Garden for long, only occasionally returning to guide his descendants.

Zhou Luo and Lin Xi continued their seclusion.

Another five years passed... One day, the Lin Family's Second Elder, Lin Guangxuan, for some unknown reason, quietly left the Family and flew directly towards Qingyuan Immortal City.

Accompanying him were the Third Elder and other high-ranking Family members.

Without exception, these people were all part of the Grand Elder's faction.

This action naturally attracted the attention of the Family Head, Lin Tianxiong.

Over the years, the battles between the Lin Family and the Lu Family had never ceased, and the Family was also actively recruiting son-in-laws to expand its combat power.

Lin Tianxiong also took the opportunity to continuously replace some important positions in the Family with his own people.

Now, the sudden departure of this group of people belonging to the Grand Elder inevitably caused a stir.

Because they were going to Qingyuan Immortal City.

It was said that the Grand Elder was in seclusion in the Core Area of Qingyuan Immortal City, attempting Foundation Establishment.

Although there had been no news from him for over ten years, who could guarantee that he would definitely not succeed in Foundation Establishment?

Especially since so many faction members went this time, it was clear that something important had happened.

If the Grand Elder truly succeeded in Foundation Establishment, then all the Main Family's painstaking efforts would be in vain.

For this reason, Lin Tianxiong ordered Lin Xuanfeng to quickly go and inquire about the news.