36: Chapter 36 Son of Aran, The Debate on Spiritual Roots

Wang Family Beast Taming Workshop.

Wang He were already waiting at the entrance.

The Wang Family residence had been expanded once again, now nearly ten times its previous size.

The Chen Family Talisman Workshop had also been merged in, and it could now be called the Wang Family Estate.

It almost spanned half of the Biyun Market.

"Father, Mother! Mother-in-law!" Chen Xuan and the two women bowed together.

Wang Ling and Chen Xuanji, each holding one of their younger brothers, also said excitedly, "Grandfather, Grandmother! Grandmother!"

Afterward, Wang Lingxue arrived late, still wearing her soot-black work clothes, and smiled, "Ling'er, Xuanji, you're both here!"

"Auntie!" The children were overjoyed.

Behind them stood a youth with slightly cyan-colored skin, his pair of fox ears particularly revealing his non-human characteristics.

"Uncle, Aunt!" Chen Lingze spoke timidly.

Looking at Lingze, the image of his older brother in Chen Xuan's mind gradually became more vivid; Chen Yaran, the always-smiling, good-natured man, was now missing, his life or death unknown.

At this moment, he finally felt a bit like Guo Jing looking at Yang Guo.

"Lingze is growing more and more delicate."

"Go and play." Chen Qiuyu stroked Lingze's little face.

The children happily led the Golden Roar and the Spirit Fox to play in the backyard.

Master Chen watched them without speaking.

In just a few years, she had visibly aged quite a bit.

They walked up the long steps, entered the inner hall, and took their seats one by one.

"There is news regarding Yaran." Master Chen's tone was heavy.

Chen Qiuyu looked at her mother's greying temples, her words stuck in her throat, unable to be spoken.

She simply looked toward the head of the household, Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan could now be considered the head of both the Wang and Chen clans.

The two clans' current standing was all achieved by Chen Xuan step by step.

Countless days and nights were spent discussing strategies with Yao Zhao and President Liu Yishou, providing funding and goods support.

"Mother-in-law, please speak first!"

"The Yao Race uses Golden Core as the standard for their clan, seizing living humans to refine blood. The calamity in the Tunyun Secret Realm back then, which led to the beast tide, ultimately took Yaran into the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range."

"Fortunately, Yaran was saved by a princess of the Fox-human tribe. The two had a star-crossed romance, and later gave birth to this child, Chen Lingze."

"Unfortunately, the competition within the Yao Race is cruel. The Fox tribe was threatened by a powerful Yao Beast, the Cloud-Swallowing Eagle. They refused to submit and were exterminated! Yaran escaped with the child, but he is determined to seek revenge after reaching Foundation Establishment."

"That is a Golden Core Yao Beast!"

Yao Beasts, the Human Race, and Yao-humans exist between the two, possessing human intelligence and the physique of the Yao Race.

The Fox tribe is a mixture of all three.

"Now Yaran's life or death is unknown, and we cannot contact him. If that Golden Core Yao Beast learns that there are survivors of the Fox tribe, and Yaran remains obsessed with seeking revenge, what... what are we to do?"

Master Chen was no longer young.

Her passion had long since frozen in the harsh winds and frosts of life.

Seeing fate and accepting fate was what she understood at her age.

Golden Core was simply not a level that small figures like them could reach.

Even in the Southern Region, they are Immortal figures from the major sects.

At this moment, not only her, but the others were also silent.

If it were Foundation Establishment, there might be a chance to plot and kill one or two.

But as it happened, it was a Golden Core.

For a moment, everyone felt a sense of suffocation; those two words alone were enough to leave everyone gasping for air.

Everything they had now could be destroyed with a wave of a hand before a Golden Core.

Even if your Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce spreads across the Southern Region, what of it?

Only a Golden Core can deal with a Golden Core.

But with mere Spirit Stones, you want to make a Golden Core Master risk their life against a third-rank Great Yao?

It's a fantasy!

"Let's wait and see. The Wangyue Chen clan will provide an explanation." Chen Xuan's eyes were deep, and he already had a plan in his heart.

Over these years, from Steward Xu who collected grain, the competing Zhang family, and even the current Cloud-Swallowing Eagle.

Every one of them had enmity or karma.

It's not that retribution won't come, the time just hasn't arrived yet.

The blood feud of two Senior Brothers and one Senior Sister had yet to be settled!

The path of the Dao is filled with enemies, but it also has friends.

"Good." Master Chen nodded heavily. Hearing Chen Xuan's words, she finally set her worries aside.

Since Chen Xuan had spoken, there would certainly be a response to everything.

The following conversation was much lighter, as they chatted about the children's future development.

Within the Chen Family Talisman Workshop, there were other youngsters studying under Master Chen, and their attitudes were quite good.

However, almost none of them could be as hardworking as Chen Xuan had been.

Chen Lingze did have some spiritual nature, but he had only just used the [Yuhua Record] to guide Qi into his body; whether he could inherit the Chen Family Talisman Workshop in the future was a question.

Furthermore, with his human-Yao Bloodline, there were already some idle rumors in Biyun Market; it likely wasn't a good choice.

"If Xuanji goes to study Alchemy, then let Qingfeng follow me to study Talismans in the future," Master Chen said.

But as soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Keer's eyes widened.

Although they were all Chen Xuan's children, but...

"That works too." Chen Xuan smiled. He had already mastered the special Talismans that were the Chen Family Talisman Workshop's closely guarded secrets; he could teach them just the same.

Arranging a future for their children is something every parent would do.

Just like how Wang He arranged a future for Chen Xuan a few years ago.

Only, they didn't expect that people have transformations like dragons and snakes; Chen Xuan had changed too quickly.

He had suddenly become a true Dragon.

He had cast off the bottom-tier life of a Spirit Farmer, established the Beast Taming Workshop, developed the Chamber of Commerce, and stepped by step, walked to a point where no one could understand him.

Especially now, the popularity of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce was almost immeasurable.

On any holiday, the Wang Family Beast Taming Workshop could receive piles of gifts.

Before long, Chen Xuan went to discuss the matter of Bloodline spiritual fluid with Wang Lingxue.

"Although there is currently a first-rank spiritual fluid that can elevate to High Grade Bloodline, Earth Grade Bloodline is basically impossible. As such, wanting to smoothly enter the second rank and mass-produce second-rank Yao Beasts is almost unfeasible."

Wang Lingxue nodded: "I was thinking, if there were enough Spirit Beasts with second-rank Bloodlines, we could directly complete the development of the refined potion. After all, the first-rank Bloodline spiritual fluid is now mature; second-rank Bloodline spiritual fluid is nothing more than a substitute using better Materials."

"Second-rank Bloodline, wait another ten years, and the Golden Roar might have a chance to reach the second rank." Chen Xuan smiled.

Without war, it is almost impossible to have a batch of second-rank Spirit Beast Bloodlines for Wang Lingxue to research.

And now, the second-rank Spirit Beast Bloodlines that could be purchased on the market had long been bought up by the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.

But they were unstable, so the produced potions were also unstable and had no value.

"Let's put this matter aside for now. What about the Spiritual Root research from before?"

"Creation Spiritual Fluid only exists in books; the difference between Spiritual Roots and Bloodlines is too great." Wang Lingxue waved her hand. "Bloodlines are real material existences, while Spiritual Roots are real intangible existences."

"The research apprentices at the Beast Taming Workshop have been researching it from the essence. Spiritual Roots affect the speed of absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and the speed of perception, yet they are intangible and formless; even if one's limbs were severed, it would not affect the ability of the Spiritual Root."

"In other words, this is more like a talent, born Innate, determined by Heaven. Therefore, only the legendary Creation Spiritual Fluid can improve Aptitude."

"As for the principle of 'using form to replenish form' that was mentioned before, I'm afraid it will require..." Wang Lingxue's eyes were deep as she spat out two words: "Eating people!"

Chen Xuan chuckled: "It's not impossible."

"How many people beg for this opportunity, yet cannot get it!"