"Well, our YunXiang is now a cultivator. This is worth a celebration." It was her Grandpa who spoke.
Everyone nodded and started giving her their prepared gifts while saying their blessings.
"This is your Great Grandpa and Grandma's blessing to our YunXiang." Inside the wooden box is a tea set, an epic quality mid-stage grade 1 artifact.
It's a good thing, especially for the family who will practice the Enlightenment Tea Technique.
"May our YunXiang be smooth sailing and safe in her cultivation journey." A gift from her Grandpa and Grandma is a defensive set of accessories made from precious pink rain pearls.
A flower hair accessory, a pair of pearl bracelets, one big one small, a pair of pearl earrings, and a collar necklace.
Wei YunXiang instantly fell in love with them, which pleased the old couple.
"This is for our YunXiang, your parents wish you'll find the art you'll love." Her parents didn't choose anything for her so they gave her a jade slip where a list of mortal-grade and Grade 1 artifacts.
She guessed that the artifacts were the ones in the treasure house, but it dissipated when her father reminded her.
"Try to choose sooner or else other artifacts will be gone."
It means that this list came from the artifacts outside. She nodded happily.
Then her sight fell on her young uncle who was watching the fun while eating. Wei JinYu saw his niece blinking at him cutely, making him laugh at her antics.
"Okay, okay. Here's the gift from your favorite uncle!" He handed her a small box.
Wei YunXiang murmured as she happily took the box, "You are my only uncle."
Wei JinYu pinched her cheeks in retaliation while she was busy opening her gift. Wei YunXiang didn't swat his sneaky paws as she stared at the pouch inside the box, inside the pouch were seeds.
"Hmm? Seeds?" Wei YunXiang asked in puzzlement.
"Well, I heard from my classmates that young girls like raising plants so…" Wei JinYu didn't look at her as he sipped the soup loudly.
Wei YunXiang gave her uncle a suspicious look and said, "Why do I feel that you just found a random seed from the corner of your space ring."
Wei JinYu almost choked at her words and denied righteously, "Of course not! I prepared your gift carefully okay?"
Seeing her unbelieving look, he continued, "You'll have a surprise when the seeds grow."
Wei YunXiang has no choice but to believe him.
After receiving her gifts, she thanked her family again. Then they started giving her advice on cultivation, precautions, and other things.
It lasted for the whole morning before everyone went out to do their own thing. Her Great Grandpa and Grandpa went out, their destination unknown.
Her father and mother also went out, going to the City Lord's Mansion for official business.
Her Great Grandma went to her spiritual garden while Grandma went into seclusion.
The only one left is her and her uncle Wei JinYu who have nothing to do.
"Come on Little Xiang, I'll take you to the sutra library."
"Thank you, Uncle Yu."
While walking to the Sutra Library, her uncle started telling her some anecdotes from his school. Wei YunXiang and her uncle are very close as they are the youngest in the family, with only a few decades gap.
Although from different generations, it didn't bother the two. Wei JinYu is a playful and mischievous person, in the family, only Wei YunXiang can keep up with his brain hole.
"Uncle Yu, can you tell me about the divine arts? I want to hear your opinions."
Wei YunXiang knew that the Enlightenment Tea Technique could only help her cultivation, and she would need to study other arts to supplement the lack of offensive and defensive skills of the technique.
Wei JinYu is smart so he understood her, he smiled and spoke patiently, "Well, let's start with the Four Divine Arts. The Empress of our Dynasty practiced the art of painting. Her Divine Moon Flower Paint Technique is well known for its uniqueness. Able to attack, defend, control, and even heal. The divine flowers she painted in the void will cover the world, the petals are bloodthirsty but also holy."
"Then there is the Art of Chess, people who practice this art have to be intelligent. The battlefield is their chessboard and every soldier is their chess piece. They change the tide of a battle with one person. The head of Skyjade House, who practices the Sky Piece Chess Technique, turns the whole battlefield into his domain and uses every cloud, wind, and storm as his piece."
"The Art of Calligraphy, is a complex but also simple art where every character they wrote will be done. The Head of Whitelock House, who practice the Heaven and Earth Ink Technique, uses his brush to write words in the void that will then turn into reality. They are also associated with talisman and formation masters."
"The Art of Music, a beautiful and formless art where every sound will can affect everything. The Head of Musice House, practices the Thousand Play Musical Techique, where all sound from any instrument, can kill and heal. He once played a music in the northern border and healed all the dying soldiers while killing the commander of the other army."
"You see, all of the Four Divine Arts are miraculous and powerful, but all of it depends on the person and the technique. Your Great Grandpa practice the Art of Painting and Great Grandma pratice the Art of Calligraphy. My father practice the Art of Calligraphy and mother pratice the Art of Music. My sister and brother-in-law both pratice the Art of Music while your awesome uncle pratice the Art of Chess."
"Feel free to choose what suits your heart, everyone in the family can guide you. If you want other arts beside the Four Divine Arts, we'll find a way to get you the technique suitable for you to pratice."
"Thank you, Uncle Yu. I'll see what is suitable for me before deciding."
"That's good. Now, what you need to learn first is the family's cultivation technique, the Enlightenment Tea Technique."