bookbashuk Chapter 102 Family Future Planning
Chapter 102 Family Future Planning
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"This matter still needs careful planning..."
Zhang Xingyao understood what the boy was trying to say; he was referring to the second-tier spiritual veins of the Yun and Ming families.
However, Yu Guang Pavilion had already made it clear last time that the three families should not start any more disputes before the beast tide.
Now that the family has gained another Foundation Establishment cultivator, including Zhang Yuanhua who is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, they already possess the ability to annihilate the enemy's clan.
All that's left is time.
According to his plan, one of them could be wiped out within five years after the beast tide ended.
Seemingly sensing their arrival, Zhang Yuanhua's cave slowly opened, and he walked out smiling, congratulating them, "Congratulations, Lingyu."
Although he was refining pills in his cave, his heart was still preoccupied with the matter. Only when he saw the two of them walking towards his cave together did he truly feel at ease.
The three then entered the cave and sat down. The old man personally brewed a pot of tea and exclaimed, "This is a third-grade spiritual item, the Heavenly Star Leaf. It was a gift I gave to a Foundation Establishment cultivator when I was refining pills years ago. I've kept it safe and haven't been able to bring myself to drink it. Please have a taste."
"Lingyu, I'm really lucky to have this today. I never used to be allowed to drink it even when I wanted to."
Zhang Xingyao sighed repeatedly, seemingly wanting to drink it. He drank half of the tea in his cup, praising it highly but also muttering that it wasn't as good as the spirit wine.
Zhang Lingyu chuckled and took a small sip.
When the tea first entered my mouth, it wasn't as strong as I had imagined. Instead, it had a very faint bitterness, yet it was so refreshing that it made my tongue feel slightly numb.
It calms the mind and brings clarity to the spirit.
"This tea is really good."
He praised it and said, "I wonder if the Grand Elder has any more? Perhaps he could give me some?"
"You brat, this is a third-tier spiritual item! You think it's just a first-tier spiritual herb, that you can have as many as you want?"
The old man gave them a few helpless rebukes, and only after the two had finished savoring their spiritual tea did he ask, "Lingyu, now that you are a Foundation Establishment cultivator and a pillar of the family, where do you think the family should go from here?"
For a family to prosper, it not only needs a powerful cultivator to provide support, but also a visionary leader who takes care of all aspects of the family.
Although the Zhang family is constantly improving, it is still quite far from being one of the top aristocratic families.
Firstly, Yingchuan County was extremely impoverished, and secondly, it was constantly embroiled in conflict with the Yun and Ming families, so its focus was not on development.
Only in the early days of the family's establishment and in recent years has the family focused on clan affairs. However, when the beast tide comes, the family's strength will definitely be weakened. After a moment of contemplation, Zhang Lingyu said, "I have some suggestions in mind, but I don't know if I should say them."
"Please feel free to speak."
"First, my family has far too few cultivators, only a little over a hundred. If we want to develop our family business, we need manpower in every place. Not to mention how many people have perished in the previous battles with the two families, just look at the beast tide a year from now, and we will definitely lose a portion of them again."
This is what troubles Zhang Lingyu the most. Spiritual apertures are rare. Out of ten thousand children, there might only be a few with spiritual apertures. The probability of that is extremely low.
According to his idea, ordinary people should be encouraged to have more children. The Zhang family owns the most extensive and fertile land among the three families, enough to feed a million ordinary people, but the number of ordinary people is too low.
Therefore, the first thing to do is to cultivate the land, so that ordinary people can reproduce more and generate more spiritual beings.
Zhang Yuanhua and his companion pondered for a moment and found the method feasible. They said, "This will work. In just five years, even more children will emerge in the mortal world. Go on."
"Yes."
Zhang Lingyu continued, "The second is to encourage cultivators in the clan to marry and have children, preferably with women from Qi-refining families, since the probability of children born to cultivators having spiritual apertures is very high."
Although the offspring of cultivators may not necessarily possess spiritual apertures, the probability of their descendants possessing spiritual apertures is much higher than that of ordinary people.
He wasn't too worried about whether those alchemy families would agree.
For example, Zhang Xingyao's wife comes from the Huang family, a family of alchemists.
Because a member of the Huang family married into the Zhang family, the Huang family's status rose dramatically, making them the most comfortable among the several vassal families.
"Lingyu, don't even mention that the clansmen need to marry more wives. You're not young anymore, it's time to find one."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xingyao couldn't help but joke, because according to the rules, all men in the family who are sixteen years old must marry and have children.
Zhang Lingyu is already thirty years old. If he hadn't been constantly training outside, he would have already sent several women into his cave to consummate their marriages.
Upon hearing this, the old man immediately became serious and advised, "Lingyu, your Uncle Xingyao is right. You're not getting any younger, it's time to get married. The higher a cultivator's cultivation level, the harder it is to have offspring. You can't wait any longer."
"The Huang family, the Lin family, and the Du family all have teenage female cultivators waiting to be married. I saw them all when I came to Qingya Mountain last time. They are all extremely beautiful. I think we shouldn't be picky and should take them all."
"Once you pass this village, it's over."
Ordinary people often have multiple wives and concubines, and cultivators are even more so.
Many high-level cultivators have as many as a hundred concubines in order to have offspring.
In order to receive better treatment, those families who practiced Qi cultivation sent their spiritual apertures up the mountain for record-keeping as soon as their clansmen discovered them.
The purpose was to marry the girl into the Zhang family in the future.
"How did this get involved with me?"
Zhang Lingyu was somewhat embarrassed. To be honest, he had never thought about this matter since he began cultivating, and now that it was brought up, he was at a loss for words.
Seeing that the two were pressing him harder, he quickly made up an excuse to brush them off.
"This kid..."
Zhang Xingyao shook his head and chuckled, then returned to the main topic, saying in a deep voice, "Lingyu's suggestion is good. Although there are few female cultivators, there are quite a few mortal women."
"I will issue the order in a moment that those members of the Xing and Ling generations who are willing should marry more women."
"Also, ask about those with the character 'Yuan' in their names."
After hearing this, the old man uttered a single sentence, stroking his beard and smiling, "This matter must be handled quickly."
"clear."
The two nodded, and then talked about the current issue of the family's spiritual veins, which was the most troublesome problem at the moment.
Currently, the family has two places that can accommodate Foundation Establishment cultivators: Qingya Mountain and Huoyun Valley.
If it is impossible to advance one's spiritual veins in a short period of time, one cultivator can only be sent out to cultivate.
"I'm going to Fire Cloud Valley to cultivate."
Faced with Zhang Lingyu's eagerness to volunteer, the old man frowned and said, "My cultivation has already reached its limit. I can still refine pills there. You are at the prime of your cultivation. What would you do there?"
"It's alright, anyway, it's not far from Qingya Mountain, it only takes about two hours to go back and forth."
After Zhang Lingyu broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage, his escape speed was naturally incomparable to before, and he also had his own ideas.
There might be some treasures hidden deep within the magma there, and now I might be able to explore them more thoroughly.
However, before that, we need to go to Xiaohe Village and get the spiritual items there.
The three talked for a while longer, discussing the general direction of the family's future. As for the specific implementation, it would need to be discussed and approved by all the elders.
When Zhang Lingyu was about to leave, Zhang Yuanhua remembered something and instructed, "Xingyao, don't forget Lingyu's Foundation Establishment Ceremony."
"I haven't forgotten that."
Zhang Xingyao nodded repeatedly. This was a day of celebration for the whole clan, how could he forget?