Compared with her husband's lazy and unmotivated nature, Han Qingqing is an absolute practice fanatic.
Except for the two months she spent giving birth, she spent the entire year in seclusion in a quiet room cultivating her Taoism, never leaving the house unless necessary.
Zhao Sheng's rage intensified when he heard his son's excuses. "Your wife was born with useless spiritual roots. It's impossible for her to build a foundation. Giving the Lingyuan Pill to her wouldn't be a waste. It would be better to give it to Xuanhan and Lanlan."
Zhao Xuanhan is Zhao Chengle's eldest son. He is twelve years old this year and is at the second level of Qi Refining. Like his father, he has four spiritual roots.
Lanlan's full name is Zhao Xuanlan. She is only six years old this year, but she is the apple of the eyes of the Zhao Sheng couple. She was born with the three spiritual roots of gold, earth and wood.
She is the hope of the Zhao family, and her future is promising.
Zhao Cheng was stunned when he heard this, then muttered: "Dad, I think practicing martial arts is good, why do you insist on me cultivating immortality? Aren't you also an innate warrior?"
Zhao Sheng angrily retorted, "Nonsense! What good is martial arts? Can it make you immortal? Even if you have achieved great martial arts prowess, you will still be a pile of dust after a hundred years. Let me ask you, what is your family's ancestral motto?"
Just as Zhao Sheng finished speaking, a small figure jumped in from the doorway, shouting in a childish voice: "Grandpa, I know that everything is inferior except for the cultivation of immortality!"
"Oh, Lanlan is here! Come to grandpa quickly. Where's your grandma?" As soon as Zhao Sheng saw his eldest granddaughter coming, his expression turned from gloomy to bright and a smile immediately appeared on his face.
He threw away the cane in his hand, strode over and picked up his precious granddaughter.
"Where is your grandma?" Zhao Sheng asked while teasing the little guy.
"Grandma, what's behind?"
Zhao Xuanlan leaned on his grandfather's arms and answered seriously in a baby voice.
As they were talking, an old figure appeared in front of the three of them.
It is rare to live to be seventy!
Wang Yuqi, who is in her seventies, no longer has the beauty of her youth. She has become gray-haired and wrinkled.
Seeing her son kneeling on the ground, she immediately complained, "You old fool! Lao Ba is almost forty years old, and you always make him kneel down. He doesn't want to cultivate, so it's useless to force him."
Zhao Sheng said angrily, "How foolish! You're from a family of immortal cultivators, don't you know that only immortal cultivators are the best in this world?"
"Hmph, Zhao Zhiqin, are you saying this because you despise me for being old? I worked so hard to give birth to eight children for your Zhao family."
Seeing that she couldn't win the argument with the old man, Wang Yuqi suddenly started crying.
Zhao Sheng was most afraid of her move. Seeing this, he quickly apologized and told his son to get out immediately.
Wang Yuqi was very proud, as her husband had been completely controlled by her for his entire life.
I just look at my husband, who looks only about fifty years old, with a head full of black hair and no wrinkles, and then look at myself, who has a head full of white hair and looks so old.
For a moment, Wang Yuqi felt a sense of sadness about getting old.
However, this sadness soon faded away, and her thoughts soon turned to her granddaughter.
A family storm came to an abrupt end.
At this time, Zhao Cheng, who had just arrived at the ancestral hall, left and hurried back quickly.
"Dad, my father-in-law is here! He's waiting for you in the living room."
Zhao Sheng's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he immediately ordered: "You stay with your mother first, I will go to see your father-in-law."
After saying this, he apologized to Wang Yuqi again, then quickly left the ancestral hall and walked towards the living room.
Two years ago, the Ziyang Sect sent Han Xuanwu to Tianzhu Mountain to serve as a special disciple to preside over the trade fair.
Zhao Sheng also benefited greatly from this.
You have to know that being a special disciple is a lucrative position. They have countless ways to easily earn spirit stones, such as buying low and selling high, exploiting herbalists, picking up bargains, and profiting from the difference between selling elixirs and magical tools.
Two months ago, Zhao Sheng, who had recovered from his injuries, bought a thousand-year-old nine-section black jade hu from Han Xuanwu.
Not only did he get a batch of Five Elements Talismans, Lingyuan Pills and other basic cultivation resources, but he also got an important piece of information.
Today, Han Xuanwu came back to visit, and he must have brought good news.
Zhao Sheng and Han Xuanwu are in-laws, so there is no need for them to exchange pleasantries.
After a brief chat, Zhao Sheng asked anxiously, "Xuanwu, is the news confirmed? How many Centennial Orders will the Ziyang Sect release this year?"
Han Xuanwu made the sign of a cross with his hands and said, "Ten in total."
Without waiting for Zhao Sheng to ask any more questions, he quickly told him the whole story.
It turned out that more than twenty years ago, there was a real person in Zi Yang Sect who had reached the great perfection of the Golden Core Realm and was about to start striving for the Nascent Soul Realm.
In order to increase the success rate, Zi Yang Sect spared no expense to refine the Nascent Soul Pill.
The success rate of refining Yuanying Pill, a fourth-grade top-grade elixir, is obviously extremely low.
So after two consecutive failures, the Zi Yang Sect was severely damaged and recently had to sell a large amount of resources to recover.
The Centennial Order is a very important resource among them.
It is not a magic weapon, but it is more precious than a magic weapon, because it represents the hundred-year ownership of a first-level spiritual vein. And a first-level spiritual vein is enough to support a foundation-building cultivator.
Immortal cultivation families with a hundred-year order will also be protected by the Ziyang Sect.
As a large force with a Nascent Soul Patriarch in charge, the Zi Yang Sect has more than ten Golden Core True Immortals and over a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators. Its strength is extremely formidable, and few forces dare to challenge it.
Therefore, the Hundred Year Order is very important to the immortal cultivation family, especially the micro-Qi Refining family like Zhao Sheng.
On the other hand, the price of a Hundred Years Order is naturally extremely expensive.
Zhao Sheng's eyes lit up, and he asked anxiously, "What's the starting price? How many spirit stones do I have to pay back every year?"
Han Xuanwu sighed and said, "Alas, the starting price is 50,000 spirit stones. The upper limit is unknown, but it must be at least 60,000. Anyway, our two families can't afford it together. As for the annual rent, let's not talk about it."
"How do you know I can't afford it?" Zhao Sheng said with a smile.
"Do you have 50,000 spirit stones?"
"I really don't have this!"
"Alas, no, what are you talking about? The Hundred Year Order is not something we can care about."
Unlike Han Xuanwu who was discouraged, Zhao Sheng thought about it and decided to take a risk and give it a try.
Because this opportunity is so rare.
Each spiritual vein under the name of Zi Yang Sect is equipped with a corresponding powerful mountain protection formation, which can defend against the attacks of ordinary cultivators in the late stage of foundation building once activated.
In addition, it is equipped with a Wanli Yixian Talisman. In an emergency, you can send a distress signal to the Ziyang Sect.
For decades, the Zhou family of Dayong had always been a sharp sword hanging over his heart. He was always on edge, fearing that the Zhou family would suddenly come knocking on his door one day.
As long as they have the Hundred Year Order, the Zhao family will not be afraid of the Zhou family's attack and can develop peacefully for a hundred years.
Zhao Sheng then said with a firm expression, "Because the ten spirit veins vary in quality and resource output, their prices will inevitably vary. Let's focus on bidding on the lowest-priced ones. I don't have 50,000 or 60,000 spirit stones, but that doesn't mean I can't come up with a treasure of comparable value."
"Brother Zhao, what do you mean?"
Thinking of the thousand-year-old elixir he had just purchased two months ago, Han Xuanwu's eyes instantly lit up like light bulbs.
His daughter Han Qing has already married into the Zhao family. As a father, Han Xuanwu doesn't seek anything but hopes that the Zhao family will develop better.
Zhao Sheng motioned to the other party to wait, then stood up and left the living room.