He was astonished, noticing someone was casting a spell on the Yang Family's Spirit Field.
Yang Genshuo rubbed his eyes and looked again, Jiang Xiaobai was sitting outside the Spirit Field, cross-legged on the ground, with both palms spread out beside her body, shimmering with a faint glow.
Yang Genshuo's heart stirred, and he opened Jiang Xiaobai's Character Card.
[Name: Jiang Xiaobai]
[Gender: Female]
[Identity: Shopkeeper of Yang's Tabletop Game Tea House]
[Life Span: 16/100]
[Realm: Fetal Breathing Stage, First Layer]
[Spirit Root: Five Spirit Roots (Metal:17, Wood:23, Water:20, Fire:20, Earth:20)]
[Comprehension: 20]
[Qi Fortune: 20]
[Talent: Wood Element Affinity (Earth Level)]
[Skill: Xuan Stone Energy Attraction Skill, Spiritual Rain Skill]
"It really is her..."
"Sigh, I knew people with Spirit Roots weren't that simple."
"How could an ordinary family give birth to a child with Spirit Roots?"
Yang Genshuo's thoughts drifted back to the day he took in Jiang Xiaobai two years before in the game.
On that day, after his excitement over finding an SR card had subsided, he made a special decision.
Not to tell Jiang Xiaobai that she had Spirit Roots.
To keep this secret all the way until Yang Shi passed away.
"One enters the path of immortal cultivation and it's vast beyond measure, not to be pondered, who can forget?"
Jiang Xiaobai's natural Life Span was 100 years, and Yang Shi only had 70 years, plus Yang Shi was four years older than her.
That meant, under normal circumstances, after Yang Shi died, she would still have 34 years to live.
If she were to cultivate as an immortal, her Life Span would be even longer.
By then, Jiang Xiaobai, with profound cultivation, would become the true controller of the Yang Family, which was not what Yang Genshuo wished to see.
However, reality wouldn't proceed according to his script, and Jiang Xiaobai had embarked on her own Immortal Cultivation Path.
Glancing at the record, three months ago, Jiang Xiaobai took two Low Grade Spirit Stones from Yang Shi.
It took her three months to step into the ranks of Cultivators.
"Even if the Spiritual Rain Skill is simple, she must have been taught by someone, right?"
"And where did the 'Xuan Stone Energy Attraction Skill' come from?"
"Jiang Xiaobai... what else have you hidden?"
Yang Genshuo rubbed his face, feeling that things were beyond his control, even the Spiritual Rain falling from the sky couldn't bring him joy.
In some ways, Yang Shi's and Yang Genshuo's brain waves were pretty well aligned.
The moment Yang Shi saw Jiang Xiaobai casting the rain, he roughly understood why the ancestor had told him to take in Jiang Xiaobai and treat her well.
"Brother, I've done it!!"
"I'm a Cultivator now, I can protect you from now on!"
A thousand thoughts flashed through his mind, but in the end, seeing the little potato running toward him with a face full of joy, he still hugged her and affectionately stroked her head.
"Silly girl..."
"So what if you've become a Cultivator, did I, the Half-step Innate grandmaster, get cocky?"
"From now on, work well on tilling my family's land!"
Jiang Xiaobai lifted her head from Yang Shi's embrace, her cheeks flushed as she whispered softly:
"It's our family..."
At this juncture, Yang Genshuo, despite all his planning, had no choice but to adapt to the changes.
"I hope this turns out to be a good thing for the Yang Family."
Thinking of the smiles of the two people hugging each other in that world, Yang Genshuo also smiled helplessly:
"At least from the current standpoint, it seems to be a good thing."
The Yang Family now had its first cultivator.
"Jiang Xiaobai's spellcasting may be strained, and the Spiritual Rain Skill isn't as potent as my Blessing effect, but the advantage is that he can freeride it every day, allowing me to save my scarce Incense Fire Value and fully help Yang Shi activate "Blessing: Vitality."
Glancing at the Incense Fire Value, there were still 104 points remaining.
"This Incense Fire Value isn't enough for daily buffs, is there a quick way to increase it?"
He looked through the explanation of the Incense Fire Value.
[The Incense Fire Value has infinite uses and is the bond between you and your descendants. As the family grows stronger, you will gain Incense Fire Value. (More uses will unlock as the family progresses.)]
"Family growth? Family development?"
He filtered through the historical messages, searching for all the ways to increase the Incense Fire Value.
He summarized the following tags.
"Faith, Wealth, Personnel, Military Force, Immortal Cultivation Technology Tree."
"These five aspects have all added Incense Fire Value. Faith can only occasionally earn a little from Yang Shi; it's quite scarce, might as well hang a carrot on a stick."
"As for wealth… the family's total assets increase will gain Incense Fire Value."
He looked at the most recent record.
[Obtained the first Low Grade Spirit Stone, Incense Fire Value +50.]
Personnel was more manageable; with Hu Zi taking the rangers to capture more black ghosts for the manor, the value could accumulate slowly.
As for military force, there was nothing to be done; it depended solely on Yang Shi's gradual leveling up.
"The Immortal Cultivation Technology Tree is interesting... The first time a cultivation-related activity is done, it triggers, like farming for instance."
[Yang Family first sowing in Spirit Field, Incense Fire Value +50.]
[First harvest of Spirit Rice, Incense Fire Value +50.]
The rewards were quite substantial.
"It's like the achievement system in a game."
With this summary, Yang Genshuo had a plan.
"Expand, farm, earn Spirit Stones."
"If only we could find more Spirit Fields..."
Yang Genshuo truly enjoyed this cloud farming.
This one acre of Spirit Field was not enough for amusement.
"Perhaps I could have Yang Shi go out and look, what if there are undiscovered Spirit Fields?"
Under his entire 3D bird's-eye view, if the Spirit Field was not hidden in a cave, he could see its pale blue glow.
[Manifestation.]
"Your strength has increased now, go out of the city more often to search for new Spirit Fields. A wisp of my soul attached to you can sense Spirit Fields within a 100-meter radius around you."
"Understood, Ancestor!"
Having spent a long time together, Yang Shi felt an affinity for the soul-only cultivation ancestor, who had no airs about him and was as caring as his own father, showing him unconditional kindness.
Thinking of his father, the image of the bloody massacre that befell his family when he was six flashed through his mind, and he clenched his fists tightly.
"One day, I will make the Xiang Family pay for their blood debts with blood!"
Time acceleration.
[2 years 189 days, Yang Shi led Hu Zi and 10 Body Refining tri-layered rangers out of the city toward the seldom-traveled Tiger and Leopard Forest. They were ambushed, Hu Zi used the Gale Blade Technique to kill 2 adult tigers and gathered 12 precious herbs, but no Spirit Field was found.]
[2 years 193 days, Yang Shi led another expedition to the Tiger and Leopard Forest, slaughtered several wild beasts, collected 8 precious herbs, but no Spirit Field was found.]
[2 years 200 days, Yang Shi set out once more, surrounded by fierce beasts, the entire team was injured and made a battered retreat.]
[2 years 215 days, the Spirit Rice had completely dried out; Jiang Xiaobai shelled it to obtain Spirit Rice, steamed it, and had a meal with Yang Shi, their bodies nourished by the Spiritual Power.]
[You used Blessing: Vitality on Yang Shi, his training speed increased.]
Time passed in Yang Shi's Body Refining and outings until the end of this year.
[2 years 348 days, Yang Shi ventured deep into the Tiger and Leopard Forest and encountered a Fetal Breathing Stage fifth-layer Flame Giant Tiger. Its claws spewed fire, and anything touched turned to char. Yang Shi's squadron fought it for a long time, lost 3 rangers, all suffered injuries, and after a sneak attack with an electric baton, killed the Flame Giant Tiger with the Traceless Sword Technique.]
[In the nest of the Flame Giant Tiger, Yang Shi found a sleeping tiger cub and a Magma Fruit Tree. Below the tree, the soil shimmered with a faint light.]
"Good! Persistence pays off, after half a year of searching, I have finally found something valuable."