Chapter 17 - Population Growth, Marrying a Princess

Chapter 17 - Population Growth, Marrying a Princess

Chapter 17: Population Growth, Marrying a Princess

“Master, he’s born, he’s born.”

In Li’s residence, happy events continued. Li Su’s new concubine gave birth to a child. This baby’s spiritual root was not bad, and it was the same as the first child of Ning Xiaoyu, which was an eighth-grade spiritual root.

Typically, possessing an eighth-grade spiritual root allowed one to join any of the three major immortal sects as an outer disciple without any issue.

Whether or not they could establish a foundation depended on various factors.Reead new chapters at novelhall.com

An eighth-grade spiritual root, with favorable resources, a willingness to work hard, and decent understanding, held hope of establishing a foundation within one’s lifetime.

Practicing cultivation, to a certain extent, was a race against time.

In theory, as long as a person’s lifespan was unlimited, regardless of how poor their spiritual root might be, they could still build a foundation.

Li Su’s extremely poor spiritual root, combined with the cultivation base bestowed by the system, was equivalent to over a thousand years of cultivation—enough to establish a foundation, wasn’t it?

Of course, there was no way if there was no spiritual root.

“At last, we’ve surpassed 20,000 descendants.”

On Li Su’s 122nd birthday, the number of Li Su’s descendants finally surpassed 20,000. It had taken nearly 80 years for Li Su’s descendants to reach 10,000, but only about 20 years to double that number. Some of Li Su’s descendants had passed away due to old age.

After Li Su’s descendants exceeded 20,000, the system rewarded him once again. His cultivation base remained at one hundred years old without any further increase. The spiritual root had also been slightly enhanced.

Another reward was that every time Li Su took a concubine, he could get a life extension pill that increased his lifespan by thirty years.

The Li family’s influence in the Wu Kingdom grew, and Li Su’s descendants entered the royal court. Although Li Su had no interest in secular power, the same couldn’t be said for the Li family’s descendants.

Previously, when Li Su was weak, he posed no threat. However, the situation had changed now that Li Su had reached the late stage of foundation establishment and held a special status within the Flying Immortal Sect, which was secretly controlling the Wu Kingdom.

Furthermore, Li Su had been continuously marrying “immortals.” Cultivating families within the Wu Kingdom began attaching themselves to Li Su one after another.

With even a slight increase in Li Su’s strength, it would be entirely feasible for the Li family to replace the royal family of the Wu Kingdom.

Currently, the Wu Kingdom’s royal family still outnumbered the Li family. Members of the royal family were also focused on producing more offspring with spiritual roots, hoping to increase the number of immortals within the royal bloodline. This ensured the stability of their status.

Yet, offspring with spiritual roots were not simply born on demand. The number of immortal cultivators within the royal family remained in the single digits.

The immortal sects desired an obedient royal family, not necessarily a powerful one. Even if the royal family’s offspring were sent to the immortal sects, their cultivation might not be particularly outstanding.

Over a hundred years ago, in the Four Qi Kingdom, the emperor’s ambitions had led to the forceful replacement of the imperial family by the Immortal Sect, resulting in the installation of a new imperial family on the throne.

Upon perceiving the royal family’s intentions, Li Su remained indifferent.

After all, the royal family had sent a princess with a spiritual root. As long as she was willing, it was a perfect match for Li Su.

And so, a few months later, the Li Mansion buzzed with activity once again. With the marriage of the princess, the royal family of the Wu Kingdom put on a grand display. This wedding had a profound impact throughout the Wu Kingdom.

Naturally, the royal family held far greater influence than ordinary cultivating families. Observing the royal family’s proactive gesture in offering a princess for marriage to Li Su, other cultivating families began pondering their own strategies.

“Ah, why did we end up with three sons and no daughters?”

A cultivating family, full of male offspring, found themselves quite frustrated.