Myriad Spirits Immortal Clan

The midday sun was exceptionally harsh. Even though it was spring, the blazing sun in the sky felt like a furnace, scorching the earth.

In front of Sky Shadow Peak, countless cultivators, children, and mortals gathered.

Everyone was solemn and nervous. This was the first decennial clan gathering since the Ye family encouraged procreation.

It concerned the Ye family's future policies, as well as the spirit stone stipends and future status of many people.

Of course, everyone's attention was focused on the center of the plaza.

There, a massive cauldron, fully ten zhang tall, stood firmly.

Inside the cauldron were three enormous sticks of purplish-brown sandalwood, like pillars, slowly burning and transforming into three gigantic purple smoke dragons that soared into the sky.

In front of the cauldron was a large high platform, upon which many sacrificial offerings were placed.

Among these offerings were the head of an evil dragon from the Eastern Sea, the skull of a giant whale, and the main tentacles of a huge octopus.

Each item was like a massive millstone, and under the activation of spirit talismans, they radiated spiritual light and even emanated considerable beastly might.

Besides these, the heads of third-order demon beasts were lined up in a row, totaling ten.

This scene alone was incredibly shocking.

The cultivators from the Ye family's External Affairs Hall were also present. Seeing this scene, they were already too shocked to utter a word.

This was the Ye family's grandeur; even great demons weren't worthy of the main stage.

Of course, while shocked, they couldn't help but feel proud to be members of the Ye family's External Affairs Hall, and even more delighted to witness the Ye family's Ascension Ceremony in person.

One should know that apart from the External Affairs Hall, even those affiliated with the Ye family in the Sand Sea couldn't participate in the clan gathering, let alone come to Sky Shadow Peak to witness the magnificence of the Ye family's Ascension Ceremony.

This naturally filled them with immense pride.

In the center of the plaza, Ye Xuefan, as the most senior elder of the Ye family, was currently reciting the sacrificial address.

His face was solemn as he held a wine cup, but instead of wine, it contained the blood of a third-order beast.

Ye Jingcheng and Ye Haicheng stood behind Ye Xuefan.

Once the elaborate ritual was complete, Ye Xuefan looked at Ye Haicheng:

"The auspicious time has arrived. Let the Ascension Ceremony begin!"

"Yes," Ye Haicheng replied, cupping his hands repeatedly.

Then, he turned to face all the clansmen.

His eyes shifted from seriousness to loving-kindness.

Before him were four hundred and fifty mortal children, the largest number in the Ye family's history of Ascension Ceremonies.

This indicated that the Ye family's procreation policy was indeed effective.

"Let the Ascension Ceremony begin!" As Ye Haicheng's voice faded, golden dragons and heavenly phoenixes roared in the sky, as if true spirits had descended, an exceedingly magnificent sight.

At the same time, a wave of spiritual grace descended upon the earth.

All the cultivators couldn't help but feel a surge of energy.

Ye Xingxiao had already taken out the Ten Directions Small Seal and sent it flying towards the plaza, where it quickly transformed into ten high platforms.

Clansmen from the Miscellaneous Affairs Hall, who had long been prepared, donned Ye family Daoist robes and solemnly ascended.

They also placed spirit testing plates and hand-cleansing basins.

"Fellow clansmen, today's Ascension Ceremony is the grandest since our Ye family implemented the procreation support policy. It also coincides with the breakthrough of our family's Dragon Ancestor, who has formed his Nascent Soul. Therefore, the top three with the best spiritual roots in this Ascension Ceremony will be rewarded with a fourth-grade potential spirit beast!"

"The top ten will be able to choose a second-grade potential spirit pet!"

Upon hearing this, the young seedlings didn't yet understand the implications, but the Ye family members were all shocked and envious.

The spirit beast cubs within the Ye family's four valleys started at a minimum of third-grade potential spirit beasts. With advancement pills, their potential would be greatly enhanced.

Although the Ye family now had many spirit beasts, due to the large number of clansmen, obtaining a second-grade spirit beast cub was still not easy.

Unless they could obtain sufficiently good beast control patterns after the Inner Hall assessment.

"In addition, the top ten village chiefs who cultivate the most young seedlings will receive an additional reward of Blood Nurturing Pills, in addition to the previous rewards!"

"These Blood Nurturing Pills are also immortal spirit pills, known for their blood-locking and yang-strengthening effects!"

As these words were spoken, the mortal village chiefs trembled slightly.

The Ye family's Ascension Ceremony was held every three years, so they naturally knew the reward policies of the Ascension Ceremony.

The village chiefs of the villages that produced the most young seedlings would receive immortal rewards and recognition.

Now, the rewards had clearly increased again, and there were even newly released Blood Nurturing Pills. Perhaps even these old village chiefs could rejuvenate themselves; how could they not be excited?

Especially those who had produced four or five young seedlings in their villages were even more expectant.

As for those village chiefs who didn't have any young seedlings, they felt somewhat ashamed.

The villages in the Sand Sea differed from those in Yan Country. Here, in good oases, a village could have tens of thousands of people, while in poor ones, a village might only have one or two thousand people.

Currently, most of the village chiefs were mortals from the Ye family, with a few being the original mortals in the Sand Sea who cooperated.

Of course, these mortals had all married mortal women from the Ye family, essentially becoming half-sons-in-law.

On the spirit platform, testing quickly began.

In the first round of ten people, spiritual light rose and fell.

Among the ten, there was one with dual spiritual roots, three with three spiritual roots, and six with four spiritual roots. None had five spiritual roots.

Moreover, each spiritual light could extend about three or four chi.

Their affinity with the spiritual roots was also extremely good.

With the appearance of the first dual spiritual root, one white-haired village chief from a mortal village immediately began boasting to the other village chiefs.

"That Xiao Chu isn't easy. His parents died in a dust storm a few years ago, and even eating was a problem..."

The others naturally scoffed at his explanation, and even snorted coldly.

But none were unconvinced. This Ye Chu came from a village on a small oasis, with only two thousand three hundred people in the entire village.

For him to produce a dual spiritual root was something to brag about.

And at this moment, as the Ascension Ceremony continued, such scenes appeared again and again among the mortal village chiefs.

Even many cultivators smiled happily.

These happy cultivators were because their children and descendants were also on the spirit platform.

After all, another cultivator with spiritual roots meant ten more years of stipend.

The stipend for the early Qi training stage was five spirit stones, so ten years of clan stipend would be fifty spirit stones.

Although it didn't seem like much, it would be a lot if it were converted to high-level clan members having descendants.

In the Ye family's stipend system, it was ten stones for the mid Qi training stage, fifteen for the late Qi training stage, and fifty for early Foundation Establishment cultivators.

In other words, if a Foundation Establishment cultivator can produce ten offspring with spiritual roots, that's five thousand spirit stones. If the offspring they produce have dual spiritual roots or better, that's ten thousand spirit stones.

Thinking about it like that, it's quite terrifying.

At this moment, within the Ye family cultivators, although it wasn't that exaggerated, one from the 'Qing' generation still stood out.

He was beaming with joy, surrounded by six children. The others looked at him with envy.

Because he had indeed fathered ten descendants, four without spiritual roots and six with spiritual roots. Adding his Qi Refining ninth level cultivation, he would receive a reward of one thousand two hundred spirit stones this time.

For a Qi Refining cultivator to earn so many spirit stones in one go naturally made others envious.

Soon, all four hundred plus people had finished the examination.

Eleven with dual spiritual roots appeared, and forty-two with triple spiritual roots.

After all, the Ye family was different from before. Instead of relying solely on descendants with mortal bloodlines, many cultivators had begun to reproduce.

The higher the cultivation, the greater the chance of giving birth to family members with better spiritual roots.

After all, cultivation itself is changing one's physique.

Of course, the higher the cultivation, the smaller the chance of birthing offspring.

Ye Jingcheng had also taken such a long time to have descendants, and it must be said that there was also an element of chance.

Among these dual spiritual roots, one of them emitted a spiritual light that was a full ten feet high, representing an extremely terrifying affinity with the spiritual root.

If only the spiritual root was considered, his talent was even higher than Ye Qingnian's.

This family member was named Yunxuan and was born to a Ye family member from the Yuanling Oasis. His father was from the 'Qing' generation of the Ye family.

No wonder Ye Jingfeng acted mysteriously when Ye Jingcheng returned from the Tianli Grassland that day.

It was indeed because of this Ye Yunxuan.

Later, Ye Qingnian and Ye Qingfeng, led by Chu Yanqing, walked towards the Spirit Platform.

The two children could be said to be the center of attention at this moment, and they were also the highlight of this Immortal Ascension Assembly.

Both of them stood before Ye Xingxiao.

After cleansing their hands and placing them, the spiritual light instantly spread out. Ye Qingnian was tested first.

A full three colors of spiritual light, ten feet high. Even those mortals who didn't understand spiritual roots and affinity could judge based on the magnificent scene of the spiritual light.

"As expected of the descendant of a dual spiritual body, a triple spiritual root with such a terrifying affinity!" At this moment, all the Ye family members couldn't help but sigh.

Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng were also overjoyed.

In the Ye family, it was said that they didn't care about the number of spiritual roots, but they paid more attention to the affinity of the spiritual roots.

Moreover, Ye Jingcheng was so skilled in nurturing spirit beasts and refining pills.

They could all imagine that Ye Qingnian's spirit beasts would probably be extremely terrifying in the future, and his cultivation speed would definitely soar.

After Ye Qingnian finished the test, it was then Ye Qingfeng's turn.

A fiery red light appeared, and the spiritual light filled a full ten feet, or rather, ten feet and a half!

This represented that Ye Qingfeng's spiritual root affinity was even higher, and it was also a Heavenly Spiritual Root.

If talent was considered, she was already the number one in the Ye family, much higher than Ye Yunxi.

With such talent, coupled with Ye Jingcheng's support in the future, she was definitely a Core Formation seed. How could this not shock and delight the Ye family elders?

"Congratulations, congratulations!" Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng took a while to recover before congratulating Ye Jingcheng.

This time, Ye Jingcheng alone occupied two of the top three Immortal Seed spots.

"Jingcheng, you could actually hide it a little!" Ye Haicheng said with some concern.

They were really worried about such high talent!

Only Ye Jingcheng shook his head, not caring!

"Grandpa, my Ye family is not what it used to be. We can control the entry and exit channels of the Sand Sea!" After Ye Jingcheng finished speaking, Ye Xuefan and Ye Haicheng nodded and said nothing more.

However, the other family members also successively congratulated Ye Jingcheng.

Among them, Ye Haisheng, Ye Xueliang, Ye Haiyu, and Ye Haiyan all sent a gift.

Especially Ye Haisheng, who at this moment seemed to have the urge to marry a Dao companion.

After all, giving birth to such talented offspring was itself a remarkable achievement.

Who doesn't hope for their children to become dragons?

Many cultivators were unwilling to give birth, simply because they were worried about outliving their children and worried that their descendants might not have enough talent.

"It's just good luck. Everyone can also look for Chu family wives!" Ye Jingcheng also said with a smile, pointing out a less obvious path.

As soon as these words came out, the others really believed it.

After all, it was indeed the case. Ye Jingyong married Chu Yanliu and gave birth to the dual spiritual root Ye Qingwen.

His granddaughter was still the Heavenly Spiritual Root Ye Yunxi.

And the two children born to Ye Jingcheng now had equally terrifying talent.

While the family members were discussing enthusiastically, Ye Xingxiao, with a shocked expression, began to announce.

"The top three Immortal Seeds to obtain spiritual roots this time are Ye Qingfeng, Ye Yunxuan, and Ye Qingnian!"

"The top ten are Ye Qingshui, Ye Jinghu…"

The generations of the top ten talented family members were actually a bit chaotic. After all, the Ye family was now vigorously supporting family members to reproduce, and inevitably the 'Hai' and 'Xing' generations had begun to reproduce.

After the Immortal Seeds were rewarded, the Ye family also specially commended the top three family members who had the most spiritual roots.

After this, it was the mortal town head.

The entire Immortal Ascension Assembly lasted a full day. Not to mention the Ye family members who watched with excitement, even the Foreign Affairs Building was watching with enthusiasm.

Such a Ye family further deepened their determination to marry into the Ye family or marry off to the Ye family.

As for the other families in the Sand Sea, they could only say that they were no longer on the same level.

Of course, in the eyes of the Ye family members, there was still one piece of information at this moment.

That was, among these Immortal Seeds, there were as many as two hundred and eighty Immortal Seeds with Ye family bloodlines.

This meant that at least more than half of them might have a chance to change their fate again after the Beast Communication.

Among the top ten talents, there was only one dual spiritual root who was not a Ye family member.

"Xingxiao, among these Immortal Seeds, those without Ye family bloodlines and with five or four spiritual roots can be specially cultivated for their talents in business!" Ye Haicheng finally transmitted his voice to Ye Xingxiao.

Without Ye family bloodlines, they could not obtain the Beast Communication Tattoo, and the value of cultivating four or five spiritual roots was much lower.

The Ye family would naturally need many family members to preside over matters in the Central and Eastern Regions in the future!