"Open the Clan's Treasure Trove!"
Chen Changsheng said, suppressing his excitement, and then an ancient ancestral hall appeared before him. Inside, fragrant mist swirled, the architecture was adorned with carved dragons and phoenixes, and there was an offering table with a Three-Colored Yellow Jade Small Cauldron placed upon it!
A translucent panel appeared on the small cauldron:
Jasmine Tea Cultivation and Brewing Method (Mortal Grade): Includes selection, cultivation, and stir-frying techniques for green tea and jasmine flowers. The jasmine tea produced has a fresh and fragrant taste, with a slight calming and focusing effect!
Exchange: Ten years of Lifespan
Demon Pointing Stone (Mortal): Can enlighten beasts who voluntarily sign a contract into Spirit Monsters. The owner can communicate with them through the contract and generate two Innate abilities based on the beast's comprehensive characteristics!.
Exchange: Fifty years of Lifespan
Five Elements Origin Cultivation Art (Mortal): Absorbs Five Elements Spiritual Qi, practices Five Elements Pile Stance Cultivation, can Cultivate Foundation, directly reach the Innate Realm. In the Innate Realm, by combining with Five Elements Spiritual Qi, a Five Elements Spiritual Root can be cultivated. It includes pile stance cultivation, breathing techniques, and medicinal concoction methods.
Exchange: One hundred and fifty years
Spiritual Plant Manual (Mortal): Records the physical characteristics of 497 common spiritual plants, their medicinal properties, and cultivation methods, including three random medicinal formulas.
Exchange: One hundred years
Current Clan Head Lifespan: 80 (original Lifespan) + 150 (offspring increase)
Chen Changsheng had already looked at the four treasures on the panel countless times. He directly moved his gaze to the Five Elements Origin Cultivation Art. This was a divine technique that could allow one to cultivate a Spiritual Root. With it, Chen Changsheng could make up for his regret of not being able to cultivate immortality!
At this time, he had a total of 230 years of lifespan, which fully met the exchange standard. He eagerly exchanged for the art. In an instant, a burst of five-colored light flashed. Chen Changsheng felt as if he had suddenly lost something, then a large amount of knowledge flooded into his mind—pile stance cultivation methods, internal breathing techniques, and methods for refining medicinal concoctions.
After a quarter of an hour, Chen Changsheng opened his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing in them! He finally possessed the key to the door of immortality. However, after the joy, a hint of worry appeared. He couldn't understand many of the professional terms, and he couldn't consult others without risking his family's safety. He would need to find a Martial Arts Hall to learn the basics.
"Scholarship for the poor, martial arts for the rich." The monthly fee for a Martial Arts Hall was twenty taels, which his family couldn't afford. Moreover, the medicinal ingredients for the concoctions would cost even more.
Chen Changsheng looked at the panel again, eyeing the Jasmine Tea Cultivation and Brewing Method. Kaoshan Village belonged to Longwei County, where there were no large tea planters. Tea vending might be his way out. He still had eighty years of lifespan left; spending ten years to try it was acceptable. He chose the tea method, and as the lifespan disappeared, the knowledge of planting and stir-frying tea filled his mind.
Two new treasures refreshed on the panel:
Divine Ability Talent: Wither and Flourish Conversion (Yellow): Can be used on plants, extracting vitality from vegetation to cultivate the growth of selected plants.
Exchange: Two hundred years
Marvelous Item: Divination Tortoise Shell (Yellow): Can divine information ten times.
Exchange: One hundred and seventy years
Chen Changsheng's mouth practically watered. If he had enough lifespan, he could become rich overnight or find hidden immortal opportunities. But for now, he only had seventy years left. He calmed himself and left the backyard to take care of his wife.
In the courtyard, his second son, Chuanwen, was with his mother, while his eldest, Chuanwu, was tidying tools.
"Chuanwu, come here. Which chicken pecked you last time? Do you still recognize it?" Chen Changsheng asked. He decided to kill the big rooster to nourish his wife after the birth. Chuanwu happily pointed it out, and soon the family was enjoying a fragrant chicken stew.
At the dinner table, Yi Lian spoke softly while holding the newborn: "Husband, the child has been born, please give him a name!"
Chen Changsheng had prepared the generational characters: Chuan Zhong Yi, Xian Lu Yong Qing.
"I hope this child can become an outstanding talent and not have to toil in the dirt like his father. Let's call him Chen Chuanjie!"
"Oh, right, husband," Yi Lian added, "Wang Ge helped a lot with Chuanjie's birth. You must thank him."
"Don't worry, tomorrow I'll bring him a jar of wine," Chen Changsheng replied. "I also want to discuss martial arts. Chuanwu and the others are grown; it's time for them to learn."
Wang Yong, their neighbor, was a master from a Martial Arts Hall. Chen Changsheng wanted his children to become disciples to learn the basics, so they could eventually cultivate his Five Elements Origin Cultivation Art.