Ancestor Above

64 Nurturing future generations

To earn money, Lu Qing planned to put in some effort from the inside. There were still a few items that were quite useful in his current exchange tab.

He had exchanged for [ resource upgrade ] first, but he realized that he could not give it to the energy stone mine.

according to the hint, this two-star resource upgrade is not effective on resources that are three-star and above.

He had no choice but to place it on the 2-star resource, the herd of water-Spirit Horses.

It was a pity that they were not able to directly raise their stars like last time, but they had strengthened the situation of the water-Spirit Horses.

The direct manifestation of this was that in a very short time, the herd had given birth to many young horses.

As for the performance of the system, the average annual income of the herd of water-Spirit Horses had increased from more than 200 to 375.

One of the reasons was because the quality of the horses had been improved even though they did not manage to raise their ranks. Another reason was because Lu xueting, who had been training the horses, had not only become a foundation building cultivator, but she had also been given the [ Beast Tamer’s rank increase ], turning her into a level two mid-grade Beast Tamer. Of course, this would also have a very good effect on the income of the horses.

As a result, the income of the steel Red bugs had increased by nearly 20%.

Other than upgrading his resources, he had also changed to [ Level 2 resource exploration ].

The last time he used a one-star resource to explore, it was empty. This time, he changed to a two-star resource and set the search location to the West of the spirit well vein.

The search yielded results.

In the lake where the group of water ghosts had been previously, there was a group of Water-type beasts that could be tamed. They were called ‘three-eyed Yin fish’

According to the system’s explanation, this was an edible demonic beast, but the one who ate it must have a water spiritual root. Otherwise, it would be difficult to refine the yin attribute water spiritual energy of this fish, and it would be harmful. As for cultivators with water spiritual roots, if they ate it and refined it, it would be very beneficial to their cultivation.

It was estimated to be a one-star resource, and the annual profit could reach more than 120 spirit stones.

After sending the message to chaoxi, he immediately ordered Lu xueting to go to the spirit well vein and work with mingchao to control the fish. At that time, he could even set up a Lake here for the three-eyed Yin fish.

Lu xueting would have to be in charge of this matter. She reckoned that it would be more difficult for her to run between Yuyan mountain and the spirit well vein. However, she had brought a few apprentices with her to learn beast taming skills. This school of fish was only a level 1 resource, so it was easier to serve them.

When the school of fish stabilized, Lu xueting would not have to be so busy anymore. She could just send a junior to take care of the spirit well vein.

Lu Qing also saw a tree seed in his exchange tab. It was called the ‘spiritual white apricot tree’. This was a type of second tier heavenly treasure. After being planted, it would blossom and bear fruit once every ten years, producing a hundred almond fruits.

These almond fruits were steamed in the pill furnace with suitable Spirit Water for three days. After the soup was formed, drinking it could increase one’s cultivation. Every cultivator could drink it three times in their lifetime. The second time, the effect would be halved, and the third time, only ten percent would be left.

With this item, the cultivators of the clan would have one more thing to supplement their cultivation. Even if there was a surplus, they could still sell it.

On average, the family could earn hundreds of spiritual stones each year with this tree.

Lu Qing had spent 200 karma in this wave. The effect of this was that the clan’s production of resources would be further increased in the future. Whether it was the three-eyed Yin fish for the water spiritual roots cultivators or the white spirit almonds that all the clan cultivators could enjoy, they would give the Lu clan cultivators better treatment. At the same time, it would bring rich returns to the clan’s Treasury.

Every year, the clan’s income was estimated to increase by three hundred to four hundred spirit stones.

Of course, this was not considered a ‘windfall’.

With 300 spirit stones a year, he could earn 3000 to 4000 spirit stones in ten years. It was not a small sum of money, but it was not enough to make him rich suddenly.

The Lu clan had a lot of uses for money now. For example, it would cost 1500 spirit stones to build a two-star immortal’s cave for a few foundation building cultivators. Lu Qing also had an idea of increasing the cultivation subsidies for the cultivators in the clan. Clan members with three spiritual roots and above could receive an additional subsidy to strive to increase the number of Qi refining cultivators and have higher standards.

This was, of course, a good thing. Not to mention the fact that more and more Foundation establishment seedlings would appear, even the increase in the average level of Qi refining cultivators would be very useful.

After Lu Qing woke up, the clan had turned around and started to rise in the twelve years. With new foundation building cultivators and various industries starting to roll out, the income has increased significantly.

However, these favorable circumstances would always require the support of the family as the foundation.

Now, the Lu family had 150 people and nearly 60 cultivators. It was a high ratio, but it was still not enough.

Qi refining cultivators might not be good at fighting, but everyone’s path of cultivation had to start from the Qi refining stage. Who knew if there would be a powerful one among them?

Moreover, Qi layer cultivators were also indispensable for the clan’s various resources.

It wasn’t appropriate for the mortals of the clan to manage the many cultivation industries. Without spiritual power, it was difficult for mortals to get involved with the spiritual plants, flowers, spiritual beasts, and demon beasts in the herb garden. On the other hand, the energy stone mine was considered a labor-intensive industry that required a large number of mortals to mine. However, this was not done by the Lu family either. Usually, they would hire other mortals from the foot of the mountain and pay for the rice and food. However, it was still up to the cultivators to refine the energy essence from the ores.

The number of cultivators in the Lu clan’s current businesses was still acceptable, but as the clan continued to develop, they would not have enough for the future.

He had to think of a way to deal with this matter.

There were two key points in cultivating a large population of cultivators.

One had a spiritual root, so one or two was useless. He had to increase the probability of children with spiritual roots in the family on a large scale.

The second was the cultivation of children with spiritual roots.

The former was usually impossible to do. How could some of the thousand-year-old aristocratic families not want to do the same? However, he couldn’t do it. Spiritual roots were something that one was born with. Treasures that could improve spiritual roots were all legendary divine items.

However, Lu Qing still had some. He had to count on his system to get some more one-star [ spiritual root enhancement ]. It would be useful since it was cheap and not expensive. However, the best would definitely be some additional special effects that would cover all the clans. He would see if there was an exchange option similar to ‘probability of spiritual root enhancement’ later. That would be amazing.

Secondly, he had his own ideas.

On one hand, he wanted to increase his cultivation allowance. On the other hand, he planned to build a school.

For the time being, it seemed like a one-on-one apprentice system was more suitable to cultivate elite talents, with specialized elders in the family to guide their cultivation. However, if he wanted to cultivate talents above the passing line on a large scale, he might still need this kind of more general education.

He had even thought of the Academy’s location. It would be on the first floor of the Sutra library!

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There’s still seven o ‘clock in the evening ~