(Quick note: all these kids are 5 year olds unless it explicitly says so, cultivation ranks will be posted soon)
"<< Golden metal halos speeding across the sky, blinding light appearing in the void (air), the sound of the wind rushing past the barren valley, it all seemed so magical at first sight but we knew it was a trap leading to many of our deaths, yet we still walked forward, forward in the hopes of ascension >>"
- excerpt from: The adventures of Jesol
"Princess jade you have fire element spiritual roots and the drought bone physique as such these fire bracers were deemed most suitable, these bracers gather fire element Qi in the surroundings on it's own greatly reducing the mental strain it would take to command the spirit artifact otherwise. All fire elemental spells powers will require less energy to cast while also being able to create a basic fire sheild around the user making this a very valuable treasure for anyone below Mid core formation"
Shinning black gold bracers with fire engravings at the edges were given to the princess, the princess received them not really knowing about spiritual energy and mental energy benefits yet like all the other children they would be receiving gifts regardless if they had no clue how to use the item.
"Prince soo of Mejir kingdom please come up next"
A boy with dark brown hair and green eyes walked onto the stage
"Prince soo you have fire and wind element spiritual roots with the ever burning body physique giving you the ability to be leagues above similar cultivation fire cultivators but your spirit roots also have the possibility to evolve as such we will give your parents two options. The first is this Thunder evolution stone, that will change your spiritual roots from wind to Lightning without losing the fire aspect, or the second option is this wind containment chest which will supplement your wind and fire abilities to their maximum"
The King and queen of Mejir kingdom king Jasper and queen Sill both had a moment of thought between each other, after a light discussion they choose the thunder evolution stone.
"Next up is Niel from the towering merchant group"
A boy with orange hair and blue eyes walked onto the stage
"Your spiritual roots being water and earth with the shifting veins physique it made it rather difficult to choose what to give you as your physique is rather unknown to us, in the end we have picked a set of crafting tools from Elven kingdom as we been informed that you have an interest in crafting spirit items"
The boy was noticably excited to get such a gift and quickly took the gift and ran back to his seat to inspect the items, he would have to do much studying to understand the use of each item.
"Next up is Clea from the towering merchant group"
A smaller then average girl walked up and stood on stage, she had a tomboyish appearance with light brown hair and brown eyes with silver pupils.
"Clea, earth and fire spiritual roots with the Iron gauntlet physique your spiritual roots are difficult to cleanse but senior Pike has informed us of your desire to be a body cultivator so we picked out something that will help you to reduce the burden of having to cultivate both the body and spirit, the southern ocean of Tibels Mark of great regeneration, a special spell tattoo that will forever enhance your spiritual Qi cleansing therefore reducing the time it takes to purify and recover Qi greatly the seal improves with the rise of your body cultivation"
A floating bubble slowly descended and landed in the palm of the girl, Inside of it a mark that seemed to depict a whirlpool was contained.
If the girl knew just how valuable this mark was in comparison to all other gift presented thus far she might just cry in self shame for lack of understanding.
Next 4 more children from the towering merchant group went up consecutively.
Damian - metal element, roosting body physique has acquired the hidden sword technique's and one metal element ring.
Elric - earth and water elements, swamp Qi physique was given mystic flow wires.
Jason - Water and fire elements, overreaching body physique was given a container with a heart of a Llismer beast
Tasha - wind element, flowing Qi physique, given 2 options the first being the wind containment chest, the second an item called the - enchanters orb.
This continued on with many pleased faces in the audience, while some still waited to see what their children would receive.
The gifts they provided were of some value and did some were not replaceable currently but as they are not currently useful to them giving them away as gift's to establish connections is the perfect use of such items.
~~Five family union -- Ark shrine of the ancestors ~~
The Nordaine family ancestor was in thought, while the elder stood to the side awaiting the ancestor to finish digesting the information, he wanted to give her more precise information but he could only sum up the details for now and later on give her the information in its full scope.
Items to store and transfer information are widespread and have been present for billions of years but the ancestor did not ask for an information crystal but for him to speak the information, it seemed the ancestor might have a small problem and will require time to recover, this was the only conjecture he could make.
"I see... we have a lack of high grade cultivators in the direct bloodline and some of the servant house's are thinking of splitting off, these 'Arks' hold a great amount of materials but the non replenishable's won't last more then 500 year's time, the current head of the Nordaine family is my great ×5 grand niece who is unsure as to the direction to take and not just the Nordaine family but even the five family union is weak aswell" the ancestor had a thoughtful look on her, but then a frown appeared
The Nordaine family ancestor was not happy with the current events, as someone who had just revived she needed a great amount of spiritual energy to recover.
Elixirs, pills, spiritual materials these items could also bring her to a full recovery given enough are available but given the situation each and every one of these would probably be best saved for life and death situations rather then wasting them here.
"Do not worry ancestor, while the situation is bad their is one major positive that has occurred to the whole of the five family union" the old man stopped there and checked the ancestors expression befor continuing
"The five family unions main flagship 'Bells of hope' has become the most important secret and lifeline that must be pro..." The old man was cut off here
"Bells of hope?! are you telling me you let the Bell family take charge?" the ancestors voice seemed a bit peeve'd yet she was smiling
"No and yes ancestor, the bell family put the entire fortune of the bell family at risk to build the leading ship so they have the final say within the flagship itself but currently the Rubio family holds command over the Five family union fleet"
"That's... acceptable. Continue"
Did this ancestor have a grudge against the Bell family?
The old man felt the following statements would make her sour but now was not the time to withhold information.
"The flagship Bells of hope along with every ship in our fleet had a miraculous transformation during the final moments of the Vast tree realm each massively improving the base foundations of the Arks, while the Bells of hope and has now even become a complete world able to retain and produce spirit energy allowing for cultivators below body reformation to keep on cultivating without delay, although the understanding of the tao has become very difficult" the elder said with a tone of remorse
"It is even said to be stable enough to allow peak deity transformation cultivators to breakthrough into early Body reformation without putting the Ark world at risk but I haven't been able to confirm that. Those at body reformation require is far too much spirit Qi but the Ark still provides enough energy for their limited growth but few breakthroughs are possible" stopping here he waited for the ancestor to ask some questions
"An ark world? The ability to continue cultivation even in the void... fantastic! Let us head over now"
Contrary to his expectations she was not angry but overjoyed, the grudge against the Bell family might not be so concrete
"Now? will ancestor not wait till the current head of the family is aware of your presence?"
"No need just send her a message, she will seek me out on her own. Ah- What is the cultivation stage of my niece?" as if remembering that she never asked about the current heads information the ancestor asked quickly while already walking towards the dock inside this Ark
"She has reached the peak of deity transformation ancestor" he clearly told her this befor did she forget? He kept quite but now felt a need to check on her health status.
The ancestor was not surprised as if only refreshing her mind.
"how old is she now? any children to pass the bloodline down?" A new question finally landed on the old mans ears.
"She is 147 this year, three children have been born 5 years of age - all of them"
"147? So young and already at peak deity transformation!? She's a monster! She might have been able to bring the Nordaine family back to its peak given time. As for the children it's quite rare to give birth past nascent soul so they must have greater talent then normal, was their father also talented? I assume he's already dead since you've made no mention of him thus far" while her voice sounded shocked her facial expressions seemed to not care showing no emotion, yet her hands blocked her mouth as if hiding the shock on her face.
The elder noticed the change, 'How peculiar, it's almost like her mind is going between active and passive thoughts but it can't decide which path to take'
The ancestor noticed her irrational motions and quickly corrected herself
"Ah let us get going, this ark is so full of life and spiritual energy yet it feels strangely empty I rather not spend more time here" the ancestor looked around the dense garden
"That would be the lack of a heaven to oversee us ancestor, the rules in the vast tree realm do not apply within the void" the elder leaped into the air and flew off without wings
The ancestor took a moment to close her eyes.
After a moment of silence she started to hover above the ground befor quickly accelerating
Now at the dock the ancestor was led to one of the docked transport vessels guarded by several guards, none stopped to question the ancestors appearance as the elder had sent them a message with the little time he had with the information they needed to know.
They simply greeted the ancestor and continued to do their duty
"To answer your question ancestor the previous head has died, but he is not the father of these children for it was a 'miracle' birth for lack of a better term" the elder lead the ancestor to a small vessel
"The Matriarch had "conceived" the children during the time when the treasure light from the vast tree realm fell upon the arks, as such these children hail directly from the Nordaine bloodline with no other bloodlines mixed with them, the matriarch claims the blood to be more pure then normal rivaling her own. Considering she had already already cleansed her blood during cultivation its a frightening prospect" Narrating what he knew, the old man was a little hesitant to make such claims as to the childrens blood purity but whats done is done he couldn't take it back.
"Do they have the family features?"
The old man had a small delay in his movements
"Only the boy has the Nordaine family features, the girls on the other hand have dark brown hair and a pair of blue and purple eyes"
"Unfortunate... no it could be a good thing instead" the Nordaine family ancestor went into thought once more
The old man simply started to steered the flying vessel headed toward the main flagship of the Five family union.
The Nordaine family had created a total of 6 Arks, 3 of which are considered secret areas and 3 housing all the servants and the majority of raw material collected over the years.
The first Ark called - Majestic night - held the newly formed spiritual heaven and no information of it's existence was divulged to anyone even within the family so even the elder was unaware of its existence only the family head knew.
As to where this ark was hidden without anyone noticing, only the family head and her sister knew.
The Second - Eternal voyage - held a spirit plant nursery with 56 floors of gardens and rooms for closed cultivation, unlike most Arks that held an overworld this ark was primarily fixed on absolute retainment of spiritual energy as such no open gaps could be seen - each room its own separate space.
The spiritual energy in the ark was abundant to say the least and many of the Nordaine family vassals wished to stay their.
The third - Shrine of the ancestors - held the Nordaine family graves, treasuries and secret libraries holding all the information that the family had acquired over the years.
The main floor being the garden, but above that a library could be found.
Looking out of the transportation vessel one could see an endless black void with very little light shinning from any direction not even the light of other vessels could be seen easily but as the ship moved further in to the dark one could see a sea of light below each light representing a single Ark sailing in the void.
They had crossed the protective array covering the shrine of the ancestors ark.