I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 129: Pain in the Heart

Nowadays, there are wooden houses everywhere in the Lin family's city, mainly because it is convenient to obtain materials.

However, half a year ago, a brick kiln was built on the mountainside. Burning bricks and making tiles was a given. After all, living in wooden houses in the mountains is uncomfortable and they have a short lifespan. In the future, the entire Lin family's city will be replaced with brick houses and undergo extensive construction. As for the Lin family's settlement that is currently being built, it is constructed using stones from the mountains, making it more sturdy.

Because the brick kiln was just built, the production volume is not large. However, Lin Xuyuan still had the mortals build a large brick house in the center of the city for him.

For Lin Xuyuan, these mortals naturally obeyed his orders. Not only did they finish building it together in a month, but the skilled craftsmen also added some decorative elements. Lin Xuyuan was extremely satisfied after seeing it.

Afterwards, Lin Xuyuan announced that he was going to marry a mortal woman and stayed in this house. The mortal families in the Lin family's city who had unmarried women were eager to marry their daughters to Lin Xuyuan. After all, he was an immortal, and there were many benefits to having their daughters marry him.

Now, there are nearly ten thousand mortals in the Lin family's city, with thousands of households. In just half a month, dozens of women were willing to marry Lin Xuyuan. After Lin Xuyuan reviewed them, he selected more than ten who looked decent. He then gave each of these mortal families ten taels of gold as the cost of marrying their daughters.

After that, Lin Xuyuan seemed to be enchanted. He reveled every night and rarely went out during the day.

As for the construction and management of the Lin family's city, Lin Xuyuan had Lin Qing bring back some people from the Lin family in Sanshan Town to manage it. Although these Lin family members had never managed so many people before, they quickly became adept at it and did a better job than Lin Xuyuan had done before.

Two months passed like this. Lin Xuyuan came to the Lin family's cave and found Lin Xuqing who was cultivating.

"Xuqing, I have something to discuss with you," Lin Xuyuan said.

Lin Xuqing looked at Lin Xuyuan and smiled, then asked, "Brother Xuyuan, what's the matter? Just tell me."

Lin Xuyuan showed a slightly embarrassed expression and whispered to Lin Xuqing, "Brother knows that your alchemy skills are high. Can you make some of those pills for me?"

"Those pills?" Lin Xuqing was a bit puzzled.

"Yes, those pills that make people full of energy when consumed," Lin Xuyuan said again.

At this moment, Lin Xuqing looked at Lin Xuyuan, who already had dark circles under his eyes, and immediately understood. He knew that his brother wanted those pills. These pills were not difficult to make; they were recorded in alchemy books. After all, it was a small benefit for alchemists, as they could consume them themselves or sell them to others.

However, although the pills were easy to make, Lin Xuqing had some thoughts in his mind. He had recently heard about his brother marrying more than ten mortal wives. Seeing Lin Xuyuan, who was not as energetic as before, Lin Xuqing couldn't help but say, "Brother, you should exercise restraint. These pills are good, but they are just external objects. Consuming too many of them will harm your body, and the gains will not outweigh the losses."

Upon hearing these words, Lin Xuyuan's face changed, but he appeared indifferent. He then said, "Xuqing, don't worry. How could I not know that? I am confident. You can rest assured and make them. By the way, I'll come to pick them up in three days. Make more for me, and let me know if you need spirit stones."

"I don't need spirit stones. I can finish making them tomorrow," Lin Xuqing said.

"Then I'll come to pick them up tomorrow."

Lin Xuyuan smiled at Lin Xuqing and then left the cave.

Standing outside this second-grade superior spiritual vein cave, Lin Xuyuan looked at his Lin family's city in the distance, clenched his fists, and tried his best to endure. However, he couldn't hold back in the end, and a tear rolled down his cheek.

Hastily wiping his hand, Lin Xuyuan took a deep breath when he saw that there was no one around, and then left the place.

The next day, Lin Xuyuan came to take away the elixir.

With the elixir in hand, Lin Xuyuan took two pills in a row at his residence in the Lin family's city. After that, he became energetic and spent a whole day and night with his wives and concubines. Only then did he exhaustedly lie on the ground, looking at the somewhat blurry roof, and his tears began to flow without any restraint.

He knew that taking too much of this elixir would harm his body, but he not only had to continue taking it, but also had to take it in larger quantities.

Otherwise, what else could he do?

His older and younger brothers were both at the Foundation Building stage, not to mention the increase in strength after Foundation Building, just in terms of lifespan, each of his brothers could live for at least two hundred years, while he would die before reaching a hundred. Who could accept such a disparity? It would be one thing if it were outsiders, but these were brothers who grew up with him, which made him even more distressed.

In this situation, besides this, what else could he do? Continue to diligently cultivate? That's a joke. That would only bring him more suffering. His aptitude had reached its limit in this lifetime.

Continuing like this would only numb himself, but he only had this one path to numb himself.

The pain in his heart was something outsiders didn't know, especially after Lin Xuchang reached the Foundation Building stage. When he heard the news, he felt a tremendous sense of loss, and then his chest became hollow. For the next few days, he stayed awake day and night, unable to sleep.

"Just consider it a contribution to the family."

Lin Xuyuan thought to himself. He would never reach the Foundation Building stage in his lifetime, and his cultivation could only stagnate at this level. It would be better to have more children and contribute to the family. That was the only thing he could do now.

But why was there still a trace of unwillingness in his heart?

Lin Xuyuan asked himself, but he couldn't find an answer. He closed his eyes, took out another pill, and swallowed it, becoming energetic again.

Don't think too much. Thinking too much is futile. What's wrong with me like this?

Lin Xuyuan rushed forward.

Speaking of the elixir that Lin Xuqing refined for Lin Xuyuan, its effects were indeed good, but it wasn't the kind that was made with a large amount of potent medicine, which would cause more damage to the body. Lin Xuqing couldn't persuade Lin Xuyuan, but he could do something in this aspect for his older brother.

In the following days, Lin Qing heard Lin Xuqing's words and specially came to the Lin family's city to take a look. When he arrived, Lin Xuyuan was resting in bed. Lin Qing didn't wake him up or say anything, and just left.

The sleeping Lin Xuyuan still had tear stains on his face.

A year later, more than ten of Lin Xuyuan's wives were mostly pregnant, and he had taken on more than ten new ones, his energy not diminishing.

Upon learning this, Lin Qing felt a sense of helplessness but also some joy. His sons, Lin Xuchang, had never cared about taking wives before, and after reaching the Foundation Building stage, he didn't even mention it. Lin Xuzhe was busy outside all day and there was no news about him. As for Lin Xuqing, according to his words, he loved alchemy more than taking wives.

In this situation, Lin Xuyuan's willingness to take wives and have children was a good thing for their Lin family.

The only thing is, all the wives he took were ordinary mortals, and the chances of giving birth to descendants with spiritual roots were not high. But there was no other choice. Now, there were mostly ordinary mortals in the Lin family's mountain.

(End of this chapter)