Longevity Family: Let Her Live At The Beginning, Let Her Live

"It seems that I need to take the initiative in the future. I can't wait for people to come to me. Otherwise, if they get pregnant, I won't have any follow-up supplements, which will slow down my cultivation progress."

Zhang Ran suddenly changed some of his thoughts.

After all, all twelve of his wives became pregnant one after another, and suddenly he lost his happiness. Oh no, it means he can't do system tasks, which makes him feel a sense of urgency.

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Five days later.

Outside Zhang Ran's house, a woman who looked about thirty years old and bore some resemblance to Zhang Ran walked to the door. Her cultivation level was at the Qi Refining first level, a pseudo spiritual root. Evergreen Sect would not accept such aptitude unless she broke through to the Qi Refining fourth level.

However, the limit of a pseudo spiritual root is the Qi Refining third level. Most people are grateful if they can reach the Qi Refining first level. That's why Zhang Ran let some descendants of pseudo spiritual roots practice in the family.

The family had already built a Scripture Pavilion, Divine Weapon Pavilion, Dan Pavilion, and Talisman Pavilion. Although they were all empty at the moment, they would be filled in the future. The Scripture Pavilion had a book called "Changchun Palace," and the Divine Weapon Pavilion mostly contained ordinary weapons. The Dan Pavilion was empty, and only the Talisman Pavilion had some first-grade talismans that Zhang Ran would occasionally put in as rewards for outstanding performance in the family.

"Father, there are three people outside claiming to be from Evergreen Sect and they want to see you."

"Okay, bring them in."

After a while, footsteps could be heard outside the door.

Zhang Ran waved his hand from a distance, and the door opened automatically. In sight were a man and two women. The man looked about forty years old and had reached the Qi Refining seventh level. One of the women already showed signs of aging but had the strength of the Qi Refining eighth level.

The younger woman was also beautiful and appeared to be around twenty-five years old, but her cultivation level was a solid Qi Refining sixth level, indicating her high talent.

When the group saw Zhang Ran, they all bowed slightly.

"Senior Brother Zhang, we apologize for the intrusion and any inconvenience caused," said the leading woman respectfully.

"It's alright. We are all fellow disciples. If you can remember me, Senior Brother Zhang, I would be very happy," Zhang Ran's tone was gentle, which made them feel a slight fondness for him.

Zhang Ran pointed and gestured for them to sit.

"I wonder what brings the three of you to my residence," Zhang Ran raised his hand, and three cups of tea were placed in front of them.

The leading woman stood up and said, "Senior Brother Zhang, I am Xu Meng. These two are Zhao Li and Jiang Lingling."

As she introduced the two, they also stood up and saluted.

Xu Meng continued, "The three of us have received a mission from the sect. It is about the recent disappearance of many children near the Qi Kingdom. This matter has caused panic among the people in the Qi Kingdom, and the emperor of Qi has sought help from Evergreen Sect. So we came down specifically to investigate this matter."

"Oh? Many children have gone missing?" Zhang Ran didn't expect such things to happen nearby, but he hadn't heard anything about it in his own Zhang family. As for the Zhang family descendants who were operating industries outside, he didn't know if anything had happened after they had children outside.

After all, those who operated businesses in the Qi Kingdom were ordinary people from the Zhang family, and they were also guarded by ordinary people. The task taken on by Evergreen Sect must be related to cultivators. After all, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Even if those descendants encountered trouble, the cultivators in his family wouldn't be able to help.

Moreover, as the Zhang family developed in the future, there would be more and more cultivators, and ordinary people would only become the foundation for delivering talented individuals with spiritual roots to the Zhang family.

"Yes, according to our understanding, this has been happening in the Qi Kingdom for over five years. In these five years, more than one hundred thousand children have disappeared," Xu Meng said solemnly.

"Over one hundred thousand?" Zhang Ran was surprised by this number. It was not a small figure, and the fact that the culprits had committed so many crimes without being exposed indicated that they were highly skilled and likely part of a large organization.

Zhang Ran asked, "Have you found any clues?"

Jiang Lingling, the girl named Jiang, spoke up, "Senior Brother Zhang, we haven't found any clues yet, so we can only start from the cultivation families. We are not very familiar with this place, so we came to Senior Brother Zhang to learn more."

"I see. Feel free to ask anything you want," Zhang Ran had no objections. If he could uproot this organization, it would bring peace of mind to his descendants as well.

After the three of them looked at each other, Jiang Lingling took the initiative to approach and start asking questions.

They mainly wanted to know which cultivation families were nearby, their distribution, strength, and location.

When they set off, they heard fellow disciples say that a disciple from their sect had established a family here.

Their first stop was Zhang Ran's place. Especially when Jiang Lingling saw Zhang Ran, her eyes lit up. She thought he would be like those Foundation Building senior brothers in the sect, who were in their forties or fifties, but she didn't expect him to be so young.

Moreover, he didn't have that superior attitude. Most Foundation Building cultivators didn't pay much attention to Qi Refining cultivators, but this Senior Zhang clearly treated them as equals, which made Jiang Lingling have a good impression of him.

Zhang Ran also didn't hold back and told them about the various forces in the area, reminding them to be careful not to fall into the enemy's trap.

"Thank you, Senior Zhang. We won't disturb you any longer."

When they left, Jiang Lingling seemed reluctant to leave, which was noticed by the two fellow disciples.

"Let's go. Do you want to stay at Zhang's place?" Xu Meng teased.

"Oh, let's go, let's go. The mission is more important." Jiang Lingling shook herself awake, realizing her own improper behavior, and immediately returned to normal.

The male cultivator beside them had a hint of sadness in his eyes, knowing that his beloved had taken a liking to Senior Zhang.

Zhang Ran naturally understood Jiang Lingling's intentions. When the three of them weren't paying attention, he secretly gave her a talisman for self-protection. After she completed her mission, he planned to directly express his feelings. It was too slow to wait for a girl to take the initiative in such matters.

After Zhang Ran had nothing to do at home, he spent some time communicating with his concubines. During this time, the child conceived ten months ago was born.

Unexpectedly, a child with spiritual roots was born, and it was a girl. She was born to a princess from the Qi Kingdom, about a year and a half ago.

[Congratulations, host. You have given birth to a second-grade spiritual root child for the first time. Reward: Huang Stage high-grade cultivation technique, Qingyuan Gong; 200 years of cultivation; 200 years of cultivation experience; 200 years of alchemy experience; 200 years of lifespan.]

This series of reminders made Zhang Ran overjoyed. He also realized that as he had more children, his spiritual roots were slowly becoming stronger. However, most of them were ordinary people, so he didn't feel it deeply. But this time, with the birth of a second-grade spiritual root child and the rewards received, he clearly felt that his affinity for spiritual power had greatly improved.

Moreover, his control and manipulation of spiritual power had become more agile than before.

"My spiritual roots are at least ten percent better than before. In that case, if I have nine children with second-grade spiritual roots, I can have a third-grade spiritual root."

And his cultivation had directly advanced from the first level of Foundation Building to the third level of Foundation Building. He could soon step into the mid-stage of Foundation Building.

He opened the system panel and checked his current status.

Zhang Ran: 100 years old (Human)

Cultivation: Third level of Foundation Building

Cultivation Techniques: Changchun Gong (Huang Stage low-grade), Longyang Body Refining Art (Huang Stage high-grade), Qingyuan Gong (Huang Stage high-grade)

Items: Qingming Sword (Low-grade Law Weapon), Azure Dragon Shield (Low-grade Law Weapon), Primordial Yang Umbrella (Medium-grade Law Weapon), Purple Jade Cover (Low-grade Law Weapon)

First-tier Dao Techniques: Basic first-tier spells

Second-tier Dao Techniques: Meteor Shower

Skills: Wind Sword Art (Huang Stage low-grade)

Life Skills: Second-tier Talisman Refining, Second-tier Alchemy

Spiritual Roots: Second-grade

Comprehension: First-tier

Lifespan: 9755