"As for the plants, I think corn stalks and other grains have the highest efficiency. In the end, this production method's goal is to use the abilities of people to the best, a truly advanced planter doesn't have any weakness in the five elements nourishing spells. Even ten can't replace a single advanced spiritual planter.
At least this way, the advanced spiritual planters can focus on cultivating other plants that require precise control and deeper knowledge, making the cultivation more efficient."
His mother took out a piece of paper and pen, both hovering in the air. She was recording his ideas currently. Although cultivators have an excellent mind, writing things down is a habit to have a clearer mind and not forget different points.
Not to mention a qi-refining cultivator, even much stronger cultivators will gradually know endless amounts of knowledge they don't access regularly. Writing down things and keeping them in front of you will make remembering it as easy as searching up something in a search engine, with the first result being exactly what you wanted.
As they finished talking about the planting, they already arrived at the top and entered a small courtyard. His parents were as minimalistic as he is, with barely any decoration, which gave the courtyard a very natural feeling.
He closed the courtyard door with a swing of his hand and looked at his father, who instantly understood. A barrier started shining lightly around the courtyard for a moment, before it became invisible to the naked eye.
Lingyun looked at his parents, then sighed "Mother, father, I want to ask you to buy spirit concealing talismans."
Spirit concealing talismans are a kind of talisman that relies on the breath concealing technique, it can conceal the breath, hide the cultivation and other parts of the spiritual body.
Seeing his parents confused, he continued "It's for Lingyue and Lingxu. These two little twins… alas, they are born pretty and will become beauties in the future. I want to get these talismans and hide their spiritual roots when tested.
If they have good roots, it's better to have lesser ones, if they have bad roots, it's better to create an additional one. In both situation, the main lineage would rather marry them out of the family than keep them here, the former would strengthen our branch lineage, the latter would evoke the greed of those elders who want to establish relations with marriage."
Xuelin wanted to say something but became quiet. Although she was a strong woman, when it comes to marrying into a family, no matter whether as a wife of husband, you will inevitably give up different rights. Clan laws are especially strict when it comes to their descendants.
Liyun on the other hand smashed the table with his fist "They dare!" his face was full of anger and he nearly broke the stone table, until he finally calmed down.
"Father, in fact, if it wasn't because our branch has gained momentum in the past, they would have already started making arrangements. I thought for a long time about it and I feel that the family isn't a suitable place for my little sisters to stay in.
We either have to change the issue from inside or… well, for now, I just hope mother and father can hide their spiritual roots. If they aren't good, we can still arrange for them better, they can start their own lineage if they want, or cultivate diligently and look for opportunities outside.
As for when they have good roots, it's even more important to hide them."
The two contemplated. They agreed with the idea but thought about how to get spirit concealing talismans. Such talismans that have a very controlled effect of hiding or making illusory spiritual roots have to be at least top-level first grade talismans.
Xuelin thought of something and said "In fact, I know a good friend who buys a lot of talisman paper from me. In the past few years, she bought mainly top-grade paper, which is rarer, even I only create them based on the regular stocks of our private garden.
If I remember correctly, she said she is a talisman master herself, and everything points that her inheritance is strong. The only issue is that she is more expensive than others…"
Liyun thought about it and said "In fact, if we go to the cultivator's market, there should be enough shops that offer them. A top-grade first-grade talisman is still a first-grade talisman, spiritual concealing talismans themselves aren't rare like thunder or golden shield talismans either.
The only issue is that we can't know the secrecy when buying. The market has been dominated by the main family for many years, any movement of ours there will be monitored."
Among the different responsibilities, the branch family that was previously looked down upon and served as simple farmers became the managers of the spiritual gardens, controlling all raw resources, the reason being that one ancestor of the branch lineage managed to get a planting heritage that was more extensive than the one of the family. It included rare fire and wind spiritual nourishing methods.
"Well, I will go prepare the food. Wife, why don't you get the sisters and help them wash?"
"Father, let me help you! I tried out a new cooking style, Hehe, let's see if Xu'er and Yue'er can eat spicy food today"
The father and son went to make food while Xuelin went out, she saw the two girls even dirtier than they were just a moment ago. "Look at you! Your beauty is hidden by all the dirt, if I didn't know, I'd think you two were beggars!"
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A few minutes later, Lingyun, his parents and his two twin sisters appeared. He looked at them and shook his head, thinking that some people were naturally blessed. Even his appearance, which was top-notch, couldn't compare to these little beauties.
Both had bright blue eyes, long white hair and soft cute baby-fat cheeks, making him want to pinch them. Their names were chosen based on their hopes. Lingyue was supposed to be like the moon above all, calm and determined, while Lingxu was the rising sun that would shine over all life, with great ambition and ability.
He pinched them real quick, before they could react, then acted like nothing happened.
"Brother!" Lingxu looked at him, baring her cute vampire teeth, while Lingyue on the side chuckled. Maybe their names were effective, but one had the personality of a baby tiger, while the other was like a pretty white fox. The baby tiger looked at her mother in grievance.
Xuelin reacted "Lingyun, look at your age, why are you bullying your little sisters!" Although she said so, the corners of her mouth were upturned, as if holding back her laughter.
Soon, Liyun came from the kitchen, serving the table. Lingyun prepared a hotpot with two soup bases, the world of cultivation was vast and new things were created daily, so it didn't matter if he made up something like this.
The family of five ate with relish, talking and laughing all the while.
At the end, the two girls helped his mother clean while Lingyun prepared tea, his father went out to inspect the fields one last time while.