37: Chapter 37 Spiritual Root

Ye Yisong left Lingmu Peak in a very angry mood. That old miser, Uncle Jiexin, had actually confiscated all the Tier 3 Talismans he had spent a whole month working hard to create.

That was a full fifteen Low Grade Tier 3 Talismans, worth 15,000 Spirit Stones.

No wonder that old miser hadn't restricted him from collecting Talisman Making Materials this month; he was waiting to do this all along!

Ye Yisong watched eagerly as Uncle Jiexin inspected them one by one, refusing to budge an inch, only to be kicked out by the old miser.

He even did the rare thing of closing the main gate of the Talisman Hall, which hadn't been closed in decades.

"You kid, you have no public spirit at all. What's wrong with showing some filial piety by giving me a few Talismans? You have no filial heart," Uncle Jiexin's voice drifted out from inside.

This made Ye Yisong so angry he was half-dead.

When Ye Yisong arrived at Shuiyunjian all alone, a large group of Family Disciples were already waiting on the ship.

Ye Yitian and Ye Yiguang were waving frantically at him from the ship: "Thirteenth Brother, over here! We're over here!"

Uncle Jiefu was standing with them, looking at him with a cheerful smile.

The three of them had clearly been there for a while, as the floor was already littered with the remains of the Spirit Melons and Spirit Fruits from the ship.

With those two show-offs shouting like that, everyone's gaze turned toward them, making Ye Yisong feel a bit embarrassed.

With a few leaps, he jumped onto the treasure ship and gestured for the others to follow him toward the resting cabin.

The wind and waves outside had finally calmed down, and Ye Yisong didn't want to become the center of attention again.

Watching their departing figures, the Ye Family members on the ship whispered to each other.

"That's Ye Yisong."

"I heard he reached a Breakthrough to Martial Master last month. That's really fast."

"And he's already a Tier 2 Talisman Maker."

"And he isn't even fifteen yet?"

"Another fierce tiger has emerged among the seventh-generation Disciples."

After entering the cabin, Ye Yisong slumped against a stool, picked up a Spirit Fruit from the table, and began eating it in large bites. He had been exhausted from making Tier 3 Talismans at Lingmu Peak all month.

He hadn't eaten well either. Uncle Jiexin, a Martial Ancestor, could go without food, but Ye Yisong couldn't!

Anyone would go crazy chewing on dry rations for a month. They were dry, devoid of moisture, and could choke a person to death.

It was simply a double blow to both spirit and body!

After eating a few Spirit Fruits, Ye Yisong finally recovered and asked: "Yiguang, how many people from our Family are participating in the County Exam this time?"

When Ye Yiguang was a child, he was a cold and aloof little boy, but ever since he became an information peddler, that cold image had gone forever.

Now, his face looked exactly like a sycophant's.

Ye Yiguang vividly described it to Ye Yisong: "There are so many people from the Ye Family participating in the County Exam this time. There are twenty-five uncles from the sixth-generation Jie-character generation, and six seventh-generation Disciples."

"So many?" Ye Yisong said in surprise.

In previous County Exams, the number of Ye Family participants was usually around fifteen, and sometimes even less than ten. Now, it had doubled.

"It's all because of the Qi Family," Uncle Jiefu said unhappily at this moment.

The County Exam is held once every five years, and each person can only participate once. It is strictly forbidden to farm points.

He has several cousins who are only fourteen this year. They could have completely waited another five years to participate in the next County Exam. By then, their Cultivation would have advanced, and they might have even learned a skill, which would lead to better results and more points.

Now, forced by the Qi Family, they have to participate in the County Exam early.

Many Ye Family Disciples, especially those under 15, can be said to hate the Qi Family to the bone.

For the past hundred years, the Ye Family has mainly relied on sixth-generation Jie-character Martial Artists participating in various levels of the Martial Examination to earn points.

Most of the fifth-generation Tuan-character Martial Artists have already participated in the Martial Examination, or they have been delayed by other matters and have exceeded the age limit, so they cannot participate anymore.

Most of the seventh-generation Yi-character Martial Artists are still young and have not yet grown up.

The six people participating in the County Exam this time are relatively strong compared to their peers. Each of them has also mastered a skill, making them Geniuses among the seventh-generation Disciples.

For example, among the hundreds of sixth-generation Jie-character Disciples, only a few dozen have the talent for these skills.

People in this world basically all have a Spiritual Root; those without one are as rare as a Phoenix.

As long as a Martial Artist has a Spiritual Root, they will have all five attributes: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth. However, every Martial Artist has different affinity for various types of Spiritual Qi, so Spiritual Roots vary in quality.

The maximum value for affinity with Spiritual Qi in this world is 100. Most Martial Artists only have an affinity of about 10 to 20 for any given type of Spiritual Qi.

If the affinity for a type of Spiritual Qi reaches 40, such a talented Martial Artist, provided they have sufficient Cultivation resources, will have no problem Cultivating to the Martial Master stage.

There are also some special Martial Artists who will experience an Awakening of an exotic Spiritual Root at a Later Stage. Martial Artists who experience an Awakening of an exotic Spiritual Root can basically reach an affinity of 60 or more for this newly awakened Spiritual Root.

They belong to the key protected objects of every Family and, once grown, can at least reach the Martial Ancestor stage, or even the Martial King stage.

99% of the Ye Family members have Spiritual Roots. Martial Artists will marry other Martial Artists, so there is basically no need to worry about their offspring not having Spiritual Roots; as for the quality of the Spiritual Root, that depends on luck.

Research has found that the children of experts above the Tier 4 Martial Ancestor stage mostly have relatively good Spiritual Roots, and it can basically be determined that their affinity for a certain Spiritual Qi attribute can reach around 40.

The children of the strong are destined to be strong in the future.

Although there are all kinds of theories about Spiritual Qi attribute affinity in this world, Ye Yisong had not seen any instruments in the Family for measuring Spiritual Qi attribute affinity.

Later, he learned from his Grandfather Ye Tuantu that such instruments do exist, but they are just too expensive, and the Ye Family simply cannot afford the cost.

Activating it once requires over a million Spirit Stones, and it only stays active for half an hour, so it is estimated that it wouldn't even be able to measure a hundred people.

When Ye Yisong was five years old and preparing to start Cultivating, he waited eagerly from early in the morning, before dawn, for his father to take him to test his Spiritual Root.

As a result, Ye Jiesheng dropped him off at the Cultivation plaza and left without even saying a word of encouragement.

It left him disappointed for a long time.

However, Ye Yisong now knows his own Spiritual Qi attribute affinity. Ever since he started using cheats, many things are no longer secrets, and the 798 Navigation System has calculated it all for him clearly.

Metal (60), Wood (60), Water (90), Fire (70), Earth (60).

When he saw that the value of his Water attribute Spiritual Root was actually as high as 90, he was almost scared to death by himself.

The person with the highest Spiritual Root value in the Ye Family that Ye Yisong knows of so far is the Ye Family's pillar, the fourth-generation Rong-character Supreme Elder Ye Rongsong, whose affinity for the Wood Spiritual Root reached 61.

When Supreme Elder Ye Rongsong participated in the National Exam back then, his strength exploded, and he entered the top fifty. He obtained a free opportunity to test his Spiritual Root in the Wei Capital, which was how the Family learned that his Wood Spiritual Root value was so high.

Ye Yisong and the others didn't chat for long before the treasure ship set off, flying toward Shuinan County, Weinan County, and Jianshui County in the south.

Cangjiang Prefecture has thirty-five counties under its jurisdiction. According to regulations, the Ye Family can only participate in the County Exam in these three counties. They cannot participate across regions, otherwise, the points will be invalid.

The Ye Family Disciples participating in the Martial Examination County Exam never worry about losing to Martial Artists from other families due to Cultivation levels. With better Spiritual Roots than others and better resources than others, it would be shameful to lose in the competitions in these three counties.

They would probably have no face to return to the Family.

Before long, the treasure ship arrived at Shuinan County. The team leader Elder Ye Jiesheng called out: "First group, disembark."

A dozen or so figures followed Ye Jiesheng off the ship, including Ye Yisong.