The rise of a family, the Heavenly Evolution Divine Tree

After He Beixu finished his detailed report, a somber atmosphere filled the meeting hall. The family elders present all frowned, their gazes deep, as if trying to see through the air to find the solutions to the thorny problems. They remained silent for a moment, each pondering the information they had heard, before gradually beginning to whisper and discuss amongst themselves.

Soon, this private exchange turned into a heated and intense discussion. Everyone expressed their opinions freely, trying to find the best solution to the current predicament from different perspectives.

The first problem raised was how to procure the precious materials needed to refine the Hunyuan Pill. These materials were all rare and precious treasures! Some of the key materials were extremely rare, not only scarce in quantity but also exorbitantly expensive. Acquiring them all would be an incredibly arduous task. It would require not only a massive investment of manpower to search for clues but also enormous financial resources to purchase or exchange them. In short, obtaining each material was fraught with unknowns and challenges.

However, before they could even find a solution to this problem, the group immediately began discussing another equally troublesome issue—how to completely empty the spirit stone mine located on the border of the Northern Wilderness. This spirit stone mine contained extremely rich deposits of high-quality spirit stones, the value of which was immeasurable. Unfortunately, the mine was located in an extremely remote and desolate area, with a harsh environment and the potential for various unforeseen dangers. Therefore, successfully extracting all the spirit stones and transporting them back safely would be no easy task.

How to rationally allocate and coordinate the family's existing resources is an even more thorny problem. Currently, the family faces a rather dire situation—with the continuous emergence of martial arts masters within the family in recent years, coupled with the rapid increase in the number of family members, especially the growing number of teenagers, the demand for various resources is increasing daily. However, worryingly, the resource production that Yuanbei County can provide locally is no longer sufficient to meet the family's enormous consumption.

If it weren't for the fact that the family had many highly skilled professionals such as alchemists, weapon makers, array masters, talisman masters, spiritual healers, and spiritual plant masters, who could generate substantial profits and acquire a large amount of external resources for the family with their talents, the family would probably have already fallen into economic difficulties and been unable to survive.

As these key issues were raised one by one, the already tense atmosphere at the clan meeting instantly became noisy. Everyone expressed their opinions, and the debates rose and fell incessantly. After a heated discussion and deliberation, the clan finally made an important decision: the clan's respected elders would each lead a clan caravan to secretly purchase the materials for refining the Hunyuan Pill in other prefectures in batches.

The elders specifically in charge of this operation included the kind and wise grandmother Zhang Yunyu, the calm and capable He Yongji, the resourceful He Yongyi, the brave and fearless He Beiyu, the quick-witted He Beixu, the experienced He Yuanteng, the cautious and meticulous He Beizhi, the decisive and resolute He Beihang, as well as the amiable second aunt Han Susu, the gentle and virtuous fourth aunt Yu Qingyue, and the loyal and upright He Zhongxiao and He Zhongchuan, among others. They would be divided into several groups to carry out the procurement work in stages according to the predetermined plan.

To avoid arousing suspicion and ensure the smooth and discreet progress of the family's plan to refine the Hunyuan Pill, this procurement will be conducted in batches. It is initially estimated that the entire procurement process will last for three years, accumulating the purchase of ten sets of precious pill-refining materials. This method effectively diverts external attention, making it difficult for others to deduce that the family head is preparing to refine the Hunyuan Pill, thus giving the family sufficient time to carefully plan and implement subsequent development steps.

At the same time, the family was well aware of the grim situation and knew it had to maintain a low profile and steadily expand its sphere of influence. Therefore, in addition to the aforementioned procurement tasks, the family also dispatched the powerful Grand Elder He Yiqiu to personally lead a group of top martial arts experts, including He Zhongyu, He Zhonghou, and He Yongcheng, along with hundreds of mortal realm members, to the distant northern border to begin mining operations on a rich spirit stone vein.

It is estimated that, if all goes well, the team is expected to successfully complete the full-scale mining of the vein, which is worth over three million spirit stones, within two years. Acquiring such a large quantity of spirit stones will undoubtedly greatly enhance the family's economic strength and overall competitiveness, laying a solid material foundation for its future prosperity.

After intense discussion, everyone reached a consensus: the clansmen were permitted to venture into the Northern Wilderness for exploration and hunting. The Northern Wilderness was vast and rich in resources, teeming with ferocious blood beasts. This presented the clan with an excellent opportunity to develop a new source of spirit stone income. In this way, the clansmen would not only gain invaluable combat experience but also potentially discover hidden mineral veins during their explorations, further enriching the clan's wealth. Furthermore, this method would expand their search for fire-attribute Dao Foundation treasures, helping Elder He Yiqiu break through to the True Person Realm as quickly as possible, making the entire clan increasingly powerful. However, to ensure the safety of the clansmen and the orderliness of their actions, the clan made a specific rule: every exploration or hunting team must be led by at least two experts at the Martial Human Realm level before setting out.

This family council meeting was of great significance. At the meeting, it was solemnly announced and clearly stipulated that from now on, the family will concentrate all its resources to wholeheartedly support family members under the age of twenty-five who are dedicated to their spiritual cultivation. However, it is important to note that this support is not unlimited or without limits, but rather subject to strict resource restrictions. At the same time, for those family members who have reached adulthood, the monthly family resource support they can receive will be significantly reduced, directly lowered to half its original level. Of course, if these adult family members wish to obtain more resources, they must actively accept the various tasks issued by the family. Once they successfully complete a task, they will be able to reap the corresponding generous resource rewards.

The impact of this adjustment is obvious. On the one hand, it greatly stimulated the enthusiasm and initiative of clan members in building the clan; on the other hand, it made the allocation of resources within the clan more equitable and reasonable. Moreover, even clan members holding different positions within the clan receive different levels of resource support. Specifically, the higher the position and the greater the responsibility, the more resources they can obtain.

Although this decision immediately sparked strong dissatisfaction and opposition from many clan members, after in-depth discussion and reflection, everyone ultimately realized that only through this method could the clan achieve true prosperity. After all, only by adhering to the principle of survival of the fittest can a broader space for development be created for the gifted younger generation, allowing them to grow into pillars of the clan's future; at the same time, it can effectively prevent mediocre individuals from parasitically occupying the clan and wasting precious clan resources.