113: Should we cultivate them separately?

"He has a Spiritual Root!"

"Xiao Cheng has a Spiritual Root!"

Lin Anqi excitedly hugged Xiao Cheng, the unexpected surprise making her cry tears of joy.

She had inquired about the Spiritual Root situation of Liu Xuan's first three children, and all of them had no Spiritual Root.

Just now, the maid Xiao Yue's daughter also didn't have a Spiritual Root, so Lin Anqi hadn't held much hope for her son having one.

A one-tenth chance was indeed too low, and Lin Anqi had prepared for Xiao Cheng not having a Spiritual Root.

"Mom! You're pinching me!"

Xiao Cheng struggled in Lin Anqi's arms.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mom was too excited!"

Lin Anqi pulled Xiao Cheng, looking him over and over, and suddenly realized that this boy wasn't so annoying after all; the more she looked, the cuter he seemed!

On the way back, Lin Anqi's attitude towards her son did a complete 180-degree turn, holding Xiao Cheng in her arms and showering him with affection.

This made Xiao Cheng a bit unaccustomed, always feeling that something wasn't quite right.

"Mom! I have a Spiritual Root now, can you teach me to Cultivate?"

"You're still young, you need to study hard, and you can only Cultivate when you grow up."

"Liar! Mom is a liar!"

"You clearly said that if I had a Spiritual Root, I could Cultivate!"

"Before, Mom didn't explain clearly. Cultivating is a very complex matter, and you need to learn many things before you can Cultivate."

Lin Anqi patiently explained.

Xiao Cheng probably thought Cultivating was something fun, and kept asking when he could Cultivate... The next day.

Liu Xuan went directly to the Dual Cultivation Hall to buy a Spiritual Root Testing Mirror, a first-grade top-tier Magical Artifact, which cost three hundred Spirit Stones.

He had many children, and instead of paying for tests at the Spell Hall every time, it was better to buy one directly.

Saving the testing money was secondary; the main reason was for convenience.

In the courtyard.

Chang Dan, Huang Qian, Li Man, and even Wu Qingyue had rushed back from Yongning just to personally watch their children test their Spiritual Roots.

Lin Xue'er's second son, Liu Dao Ping, and the maid Xiao Lan's daughter, Liu Linyue, all the children from the batch before Liu Xuan went to Yongning had turned three.

The five children lined up, and Chang Dan's sixth son, Dao Ming, was the first to be tested.

The Spiritual Root Testing Mirror glowed with spiritual light, forming a circle.

"Ninth-Grade Spirit Root!"

"My son has a Spiritual Root!"

Chang Dan smiled happily. Although she didn't view her son's Spiritual Root as extremely important, having one was better than not, wasn't it?

The seventh son, Liu Dao Shun, was tested second. After ten breaths, the Spiritual Root Testing Mirror showed no reaction. After twenty breaths, still no reaction. After thirty breaths, still no reaction.

"No Spiritual Root!"

Huang Qian was slightly disappointed, and pulled her son to the side.

The eighth child, Liu Ling Jing, stepped forward, and just like before, also had no Spiritual Root.

Although the children didn't fully understand the specific meaning of Spiritual Root, they could sense their mothers' emotional changes and were also a bit disappointed.

Li Man pulled the ninth child, Ninth Son, forward and comforted him, "Zhen Zhen, it doesn't matter whether you have a Spiritual Root or not. It's good as long as we live happily, understood?"

"Understood, Mom!"

Ninth Son's face showed no change in expression, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

"Buzz!"

The Spiritual Root Testing Mirror lit up with spiritual light, condensing two spiritual rings, and the light was even brighter than when Dao Ming was tested just now.

"Eighth-Grade Spirit Root!"

Li Man was stunned, then overjoyed. Her son actually had an Eighth-Grade Spirit Root!

It was just an Eighth-Grade Spirit Root, only slightly better than the worst Ninth-Grade Spirit Root. She herself was an Eighth-Grade Spirit Root, and had no future now.

Why was she so happy? Because Li Man understood that her son's Eighth-Grade Spirit Root and her own Eighth-Grade Spirit Root were different.

She was born into an ordinary commoner Family, with no connections or background, and an Eighth-Grade Spirit Root only meant a life of hard labor.

If she hadn't become Liu Xuan's Dao Companion, she would probably still be working hard on missions in the outer Sect every day, exploited by the Sect.

But her son, Ninth Son, was different. He had Liu Xuan as his father. With the same Spiritual Root, his starting point was completely different from hers.

Lin Xue'er, holding her eldest son Eldest Son and second son Dao Ping, looked at Li Man with some envy.

"Ping'er, let's go test too."

Thirty breaths later, Lin Xue'er's face turned pale. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment; both of her sons had no Spiritual Root.

Lin Xue'er stood there in a daze. Among all the women present, she valued her children's Spiritual Roots the most, yet two of her sons in a row had no Spiritual Root!

Just then, a pair of warm large hands grasped her cold small hand.

"It's okay! I said, if they don't have a Spiritual Root, they can practice martial arts."

"Even if that doesn't work, it's fine. Life is long, we can keep having more children!"

Liu Xuan said to comfort her.

'Right!'

'Keep having more children!'

Lin Xue'er had Broken Through to the Innate Realm last month, and her inner Qi had transformed into Innate Qi.

The Martial Dao Innate Realm had the effect of 'shedding one's mortal coil and forging a new body,' and having children now, the probability of them possessing a Spiritual Root was at least double what it was before.

It was finally Xiao Lan's daughter, Liu Linyue's, turn. Xiao Lan was just a maid bought by Lin Anqi, unfamiliar with everyone here, and stood to the side somewhat reserved.

However, her daughter Linyue was not afraid of strangers at all, calling out to her 'brothers' and 'sisters', and quickly blended in with the other children.

Little Linyue happily stepped forward. Thirty breaths later, the result came out: no Spiritual Root.

Xiao Lan had no extravagant hopes to begin with, and she quickly accepted this result. Her only concern was that Linyue might be disheartened in the future.

Out of eleven children, only three had a Spiritual Root: Xiao Si, Lin Anqi's son Fourth Young Master Liu Daocheng; Xiao Liu, Chang Dan's son Liu Dao Ming; and Xiao Jiu, Li Man's son Liu Ninth Son.

Looking at the group of children playing together in harmony, in their mothers' hearts, that inconspicuous test just now had already determined their future destinies.

"Husband, should we separate Xiao Cheng, Dao Ming, Ninth Son, and the other children for instruction?" Lin Xue'er asked.

This was something many Cultivation Families did. To avoid psychological disparities among children without Spiritual Roots, children without Spiritual Roots were often separated from those with Spiritual Roots and raised differently from a very young age.

Of course!

This was just a nicer way of saying that those children without Spiritual Roots were essentially abandoned!

Without a Spiritual Root, there was no Cultivation value. Instead of wasting resources on them, it was better to concentrate on Cultivating children with Spiritual Roots.

Cultivating one Late-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator was more valuable than Cultivating one hundred Innate Martial Artists. How to proceed didn't even require consideration.

"Not necessary for now. Let's wait until the children are a bit older!" Liu Xuan said.

Whether one hundred Innate Martial Artists could compare to one Late-Stage Qi Refining Cultivator, it was hard to say for Liu Xuan.

All of his children's Cultivation strength would be added to him, destined for the Liu Family's way of doing things to be different from other Cultivation Families.

Of course!

The most important reason was that Liu Xuan was not short on Spirit Stones right now, and there was no need to abandon children without Spiritual Roots; it wouldn't cost much money.

After a child turned one, the moonlight spiritual marrow would stop, and it would just be some spiritual rice, spiritual fruits, and low-grade Yao Beast meat. How much could they eat?

"Alright! As long as Husband has a plan in mind."

Lin Xue'er came from a Family, and she knew that Liu Xuan's approach would definitely not last long. When the children grew up, they would inevitably have to be treated differently.