Ball Ball Cultivation

1 Xu family

Deep in Meishan, Shushan Province, amidst the lush green hills, stone walls, grey tiles, pavilions, and towers can be vaguely seen. A winding stone staircase descends from the lush green hills, revealing no trace of carving, a testament to the weathering of wind and rain. A clear stream weaves around the stone staircase, its mirror-like waters occasionally brimming with fish of all colors.

There are about a hundred pavilions and stone courtyards of various sizes from the top of the mountain to the mountainside. Various medicinal plants, fruits, vegetables, and many crops that cannot be named are planted inside and outside the courtyards. The tranquility and nature reveal a sense of simplicity.

The Xu family is a long-established cultivation clan with a history stretching back thousands of years. They migrated here through the generations, with the first generation being descendants of Xu Fu, who was dispatched by Qin Shi Huang. They have settled here for over two thousand years, renewing their lineage. As Earth's spiritual energy has become increasingly scarce, direct descendants have become increasingly rare, and the family's legacy now stands at 123 generations.

This secret biography is confusing, but it is explained in detail in the family's collection of books. It is actually very simple: Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms and wanted to live forever, so that his hegemony could last forever. However, the emperor himself was restricted by the rules and could not cultivate himself. This was the balance of heaven.

Qin Shi Huang sought out Xu Fu's secular relatives and disciples of several other cultivation families, demanding his secrets to longevity. Pressured by the emperor's demands and the diminishing spiritual energy, Xu Fu's families needed to find new sacred sites to preserve their legacy. Therefore, Xu Fu led thousands of men and women to the sea. Since most cultivators maintained a youthful appearance, he kept a record of young boys and girls.

The First Emperor was so wise and powerful, how could he be fooled by an ordinary alchemist? He must have increased his investment after seeing the real thing.

It happened that the legendary Penglai Fairy Island, namely the Penglai Secret Realm, appeared in the form of a mirage and was seen by Zulong, which further confirmed his idea of ​​seeking immortality. The younger generation of the cultivation families explored the secret realm, and the newly joined boys and girls with spiritual roots were secretly protected by the elders of each family. In addition to participating in the secret realm trials, they also went out to travel in search of new spiritual veins and caves. Some of these families settled overseas.

Xu Fu and other fellow Taoists entered the Penglai secret realm for many years during their travels, and obtained elixir recipes, spiritual plants, magic tools and other cultivation resources. When they left the secret realm, they were randomly teleported to Meishan and discovered that this place was a rare paradise.

At that time, the Qin Dynasty was in turmoil, with chaotic armies everywhere. The royal family of the Ying surname was even more vulnerable to attack. The ancestor of the Xu family had a friendly relationship with the Ying clan leader who was accompanying him on this trip.

The ancestor of the Xu family returned to the clan and led his own branch of the family on a migration. Migrating with him were the remaining Ying clan members of the Qin State, who had gone through countless hardships and were now few in number, as well as some friends who had traveled with him. Together they lived in seclusion in the deep mountains of Shushan, leading a self-sufficient life.

At that time, all the children of the First Emperor were killed, and the other members of the Ying clan fled everywhere. This branch of the Ying family, who were on good terms with the ancestors of the Xu family, took the surname Qin and lived in seclusion in this deep mountain.

The Ying clan did reveal the truth about the First Emperor's death from chronic poisoning. He lived to be fifty, a normal lifespan in that era. Furthermore, his workload was immense, a result of underdeveloped medical care, poor childhood living conditions, and a life of exhaustion, leading to his death from overwork. Furthermore, the Xu family had no access to the Emperor in his later years, so it's possible that alchemists, remnants of the Six Kingdoms, infiltrated the Emperor's body and poisoned him. Otherwise, the wise and powerful First Emperor wouldn't have killed so many sorcerers in his later years.

Perhaps the Xu family originally had the idea of ​​taking the Ying clan members as hostages. If Qin won, the Xu family would help preserve the Ying clan bloodline. If there was a long-term war, they would hide in the mountains and live. If they were hunted by rebels, they could also use the last resources of the old Ying family to escape.

The first condition for practicing Taoism is to have spiritual roots. The spiritual roots are divided into the five basic elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth; the mutant spiritual roots are wind, thunder and ice; and the hidden spiritual roots are light, darkness, time and space.

The cultivation levels are Xiantian Qi Induction, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul. There are no records of levels above that. The only magical weapons are magical instruments and treasure instruments. Spirit instruments, immortal instruments, and divine instruments are all legendary.

Lingshi (spiritual stones) are a unit of spiritual energy storage and the universal currency of the cultivation world. They are divided into four grades: low, medium, high, and top-grade, with a conversion ratio of one hundred. Top-grade Lingshi are reusable, capable of autonomously absorbing surrounding spiritual energy to replenish themselves. The Xu family possesses a vast array of elixir recipes and techniques. The library houses over sixty low-level elixir recipes, over seventy cultivation techniques, and an even more extensive collection of over three hundred inner cultivation techniques. With technological advancements, electronic versions of these techniques are now available.

In ancient times, when spiritual energy was abundant, the purer and more numerous spiritual roots were, the better. This allowed for greater combat power and a wider range of spells to be cultivated. But in today's age, where spiritual energy is incredibly thin, the more spiritual roots one has, the more spiritual energy one needs, the more difficult it becomes to cultivate, and one's cultivation level will generally remain at a low level. A single, pure spiritual root is best.

The spiritual energy is too thin to advance, and they live in seclusion for many years, with a hard life. Their ancestors were fortune tellers, ghost catchers, feng shui masters, and doctors who could accumulate merits. These were professions that could both help them practice and make money to support their families.

In order to pass on the family business, they had tried every possible means. In addition to various secret manuals, the family library also contained various autobiographies, which were all stories of the ancestors' hardships and hardships in starting a business, and they were also Qiuqiu's favorite travel notes.

According to the family rules of a cultivation family, those with spiritual roots are considered direct descendants, while those without spiritual roots are considered collateral descendants.

Xu Qiuqiu is the sole heir of the Xu family for 23 generations. His five spiritual roots are a purity of and balanced, which would have been considered the most qualified Chaos spiritual roots in ancient times. However, his spiritual energy is now so thin that it's unbearable to look at. This is quite embarrassing. However, Qiuqiu is the only heir of this generation, so he can only carry the prestigious title of Patriarch of the Xu family. Even if he can't revitalize the family, he must have more children and plant more trees.

Qiuqiu's great-grandfather participated in the revolution. Besides his patriotic feelings, he also wanted to contribute to the founding of the country. However, even the most skilled martial artists were afraid of kitchen knives, not to mention the more powerful bullets. Therefore, he died a heroic death before liberation. His grandfather's father lacked spiritual roots, but he cultivated his body from a young age, practicing secular martial arts. Now an elegant man of eighty, he looks as good as if he were fifty, and in secular life, he's also a business magnate.

Grandfather Xu Ye, with his sharp eyebrows and sparkling eyes, a high nose bridge, is elegant and handsome, aloof and refined. Nearing sixty, he looks no more than thirty. He possesses the best aptitude for dual spiritual roots of fire and wood, reaching the peak of the initial stage of foundation building, a promising candidate for alchemy. Currently, there are elixir formulas but no spiritual plants, and he possesses a great talent for refining them. However, there's no other way. Without spiritual plants, there are only ordinary plants, which contain trace amounts of spiritual energy, or whose medicinal properties are not much different from those of ordinary plants. To refine the elixir, the only option is to refine the formula.

Grandma Zhang Ying was an orphan of a soldier my great-grandfather rescued while fighting in the revolution. Upon returning, she tested positive for the four spiritual roots of gold, wood, water, and earth, and had reached the tenth level of Qi Refining. She was my grandfather's child bride. With a round face, round eyes, a small nose, and a slightly pouty mouth, she looked younger than her youth, with a childlike air. Furthermore, she often enjoyed cultivating and cultivating in the mountains, rarely leaving the mountains, which gave her a certain naiveté about the world. Now in her sixties, she looks no more than thirty.

My father, Xu Qing, possesses dual spiritual roots of gold and fire, and bears an 80% resemblance to his father, Xu Ye. Unlike his father, Xu Ye, who is more refined and reserved, Xu Qing possesses more profound features. His demeanor appears aloof and detached to the outside world, but he is passionate and enthusiastic towards his family. He appears forty years old but only in his twenties. He cultivated to the peak of Qi Refining for many years, but due to a lack of spiritual energy, he was unable to establish his foundation.

My mother, Qin Lan, possesses the three spiritual roots of water, wood, and earth, which are mutually beneficial. Even at the peak of Qi Refining, she is unable to establish a foundation. Qin Lan is a legitimate descendant of the Qin Shi Huang clan. The Ying clan, the Qin imperial family that migrated with the Xu family, is now a prominent ancient martial arts family, holding significant influence in the military, government, and business.

Qin Lan is tall and slender, with striking features, especially her sparkling eyes, slightly raised at the corners. When she looks at you, they seem to speak, possessing a unique charm. Xu Qing and Qin Lan are childhood sweethearts, forming a foodie bond at the age of three. After undergoing spiritual root testing at the age of six, they confirmed their marriage. At eighteen, their spiritual roots were compatible, and they both cultivated to the late stages of Qi training. After a dozen months of pregnancy, the baby was born at twenty. Xu Qing had already reached the peak of Qi training, and Qin Lan did so five years later. Reflecting on the bloody history of various ancestors, the two entered the entertainment industry, hoping to build a foundation through the power of faith. Over a decade has passed since the Qin and Xu families' protection. In the entertainment industry, one has risen from a youthful idol to a veteran, while the other, a fairy, has grown into a screen goddess, yet still has no hope of building a foundation.

Xu Qiuqiu was born on a late autumn evening, 18 months after Qin Lan's pregnancy, under a rosy sky. Xu's father, after burning a stick of incense every morning for nearly two years, prayed to the Three Pure Ones. His father said he should be called Qiuqiu, his mother said Qiuqiu, born in autumn, and his grandmother said Qiuqiu, a sweet little cotton-padded jacket. His grandfather, according to Xuantian Elder, asked for the name Qiuqiu based on his birth date.