Facing Mo Tianjun's eager gaze, Mo Tiange sighed softly and shook her head.
After half a day of testing, none of the more than 400 people in Mo Family's Village had spiritual roots, including newborn babies and dying old men.
This was very normal. Among mortals, it was hard to find one in ten thousand who possessed spiritual roots, even if the Mo family's ancestor was a cultivator.
Mo Yaoqing and Zhong Muling, the children of two Nascent Soul cultivators, also didn't have spiritual roots. Moreover, after so many generations, the hereditary factors had long been diluted by other blood relations.
There was probably only one person like her, who possessed both a Pure Yin constitution and a spiritual root, in these few thousand years.
Mo Tianjun's face was full of disappointment as he muttered, "In the end, I still don't have any …"
Mo Tiange comforted him. "Spiritual roots are one in a million, so it's normal not to have any.
Even if you have spiritual roots, if your aptitude is poor, it'll be even more difficult to set foot on the path to immortality. It'd be better to live happily in the secular world. "
But how could Mo Tianjun feel relieved by this kind of comfort?
Ever since Mo Tiange was taken away by immortals and his younger sister left with her brother-in-law, a cultivator, he had been yearning for that world. He couldn't do it himself, but his descendants were also good.
Mo Tiange pondered for a while then took out a Five Elements Plate from her Qiankun Bag and put it on the altar in the ancestral hall. She then separated a bit of her divine sense and cast a spell on it.
"I was able to walk on the path to immortality because of the kindness left by my ancestors.
Today, I'll also leave this thing here. Any descendant of Mo family, male or female, can come here to have their spiritual roots tested. If someone has spiritual roots, even if they're thousands of miles away, I'll still be able to sense them and come to pick them up. "
Mo Tianjun was delighted to hear this. "Tiange, thank you."
Mo Tiange smiled. "I'm also a descendant of Mo family. Why do you need to thank me?"
She paused for a moment then mentioned another purpose. "Tianjun, I came back because I want to move my mother's grave."
Mo Tianjun was startled. "Why … Why?"
"I found my father's remains and want to bury them together."
Mo Tianjun said, "Isn't it the same to bury them here?"
Mo Tiange sighed and said, "Immortals and mortals are different. After I leave this time, I probably won't set foot on the secular world again, so I want them to be closer to me."
"…" Mo Tianjun was speechless.
He had lived for a hundred years and had seen a few cultivators. He had learned some things about the Immortal Cultivation World from them.
He knew that for cultivators, relatives and clans weren't that important. What united them was not only their bloodline, but also their interests. Among them, there were very few people like Tian Ge who came back especially for the sake of their parents' graves.
Now that Tiange wanted to move his mother's remains out of the ancestral grave, he had no reason to stop her. All these years, the fourth aunt's grave had been left unattended. Only when he thought of it occasionally would he ask his grandchildren to clear the weeds.
"That … is fine."
After a long time, he nodded solemnly. "Fourth Uncle isn't a mortal. Fourth Aunt has suffered all her life, so it's a good thing that she can be buried with him.
Besides, you are a family. If you want to move, I have no reason to stop you. "
The day passed very quickly. In the evening, the young men of Mo Clan followed Mo Tianjun's instructions and handed the urn containing the bones to Mo Tiange.
Mo Tiange put away the bones then stood up. "Alright, I should go now."
Mo Tianjun stood up shakily. "I'll see you off." Once he saw her off, he was afraid it would be goodbye forever.
Mo Tiange gently supported him. A wisp of spiritual aura flowed out of her fingers and poured into Mo Tianjun's body.
Mo Tianjun stiffened, but soon, he felt comfortable all over, as if he was dozens of years younger. "This is …"
Mo Tiange smiled and said, "Although I'm a cultivator, I can't change the mortal's way of life and death.
But with this spiritual aura protecting your body, you'll definitely be healthy and free of disease when you reach the end of your life. "
Then, she glanced around and waved her hand softly. The door of the ancestral hall closed without any wind.
She took out a jade box from her robe and handed it to Mo Tianjun. "There's a talisman, a low-grade cultivation technique manual, and some miscellaneous items inside. If someone among the descendants of Mo Clan is tested to have spiritual roots and I don't come back, burn this talisman.
If there's still no one, it means I've already passed away and my inheritance has been severed. At that time, give the things inside to the person with spiritual roots and let him find his own path to immortality. "
Mo Tianjun took it excitedly. "Okay, okay …"
"I've put a restriction on this jade box. Only descendants of Mo Clan can open it.
You must take good care of this thing and never leak it. Otherwise, you might bring a fatal disaster to yourself. Remember this. "
Mo Tianjun solemnly agreed and carefully put the thing away.
Then, Mo Tiange waved goodbye to Mo Tianjun. Under the gazes of the Mo family, a cloud appeared under her feet and she flew into the sky.
She took one last look at the small village from the sky then turned into a flight light and disappeared into the horizon.
The villagers of Mo Family's Village were still staring at the sky in a daze.
"Immortal! This is an immortal!"
"Father, I also want to become an immortal!"
"You're a girl. How can you become an immortal?
Quickly go and light a fire! "
"Why can't I become an immortal?
Great Grandaunt is also a girl. Great Grandfather said girls can enter the ancestral hall from now on! "
"Great Grandaunt is great grandaunt. Do you think anyone can become an immortal?
You're still disobedient … "
Mo Tiange couldn't hear these words.
She took out the Jade Slip from her Cloud-Treading Boots and injected her divine sense into it.
A moment later, she withdrew her divine sense and smiled slightly.
Her premonition was correct. Mo Yaoqing really left a message about her death in Mo Family's Village.
She said in the Jade Slip that she knew she didn't have much time left in her lifespan, so she returned to Mo Family's Village to leave an opportunity for the descendants of the Mo family to step onto the path of immortality. She also left this Jade Slip in the jade tablet to explain her plans.
She planned to return to Linhai and make arrangements for her funeral.
However, the place she prepared for her death wasn't inside Bixuan Court but a secret place she accidentally found in the past.
Aside from her, Bixuan Court had never produced a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Mo Yaoqing was a genius, so she had many powerful magic weapons with her.
She was worried that leaving behind so many magic weapons would be a disaster, not a blessing. After thinking for a long time, she decided to leave some of them to pass on to her disciples and leave some of them in the place of her death.
She then left clues about her former Immortal's Cave.
Whether it was the descendants of the Mo family or the disciples of Bixuan Court, if they reached the Nascent Soul realm, they could see through her restrictions and discover the message.
Several thousand years had passed, but things were still beyond Mo Yaoqing's expectations.
Mo Tiange was only in the Core Formation realm, but by relying on the powerful divine sense tempered by the Soul-Refining Art and her proficiency in formations and restrictions, she discovered this Jade Slip.
What caught Mo Tiange's attention was that this Jade Slip recorded some things that weren't in her personal notes.
For example, Mo Yaoqing mentioned she had a detailed cultivation experience. Not only did it record her understanding of cultivating the Art of Sunu for more than a thousand years, but it also recorded some secret places she'd been to, as well as her own detailed experiences. These were all valuable information, and all of them were stored in the place of her death.
This made Mo Tiange extremely excited.
Mo Yaoqing's personal notes she obtained before were merely some things she casually recorded, such as the cultivation of spells, the modification of pill recipes, and some immature ideas. She was able to refine the Heaven and Earth Fan and obtained great benefits from them.
According to this Jade Slip, Mo Yaoqing's cultivation experience was carefully organized after she didn't have much time left in her lifespan, so many of the ideas inside were completely mature!
The value of this was far greater than that personal note.
Besides, the cultivation experience also recorded the methods to enter and exit many secret places she'd been to, so it might come in handy in the future.
Mo Tiange didn't think for long before she made a decision.
Since she found a clue, she'd go take a look.
Since Mo Yaoqing left some clues, there shouldn't be any danger as long as she followed the clues.
That being the case, she had to go to Linhai this time.
After returning to Kunzhong City and informing the steward of Xuanqing School's branch, Mo Tiange set off with Tang Shen.
As for the medicinal pills needed to form her Gold Core, she pretended that the branch steward had bought them and gave the Dustless Pills, Extreme Clear Pills, and so on she concocted to Tang Shen.
Tang Shen was very happy to find these medicinal pills of excellent quality. He thought Mo Tiange obtained them through some special means, so he was very grateful.
Mo Tiange naturally wouldn't expose him and let him think so.
With the help of a Core Formation cultivator, Tang Shen safely reached the vicinity of Mount Yuheng in east Kunwu. Cultivators in the Core Formation realm and above rarely appeared in the secular world. When he came to Kunwu, Demonic Mountain happened to open, so high level cultivators emerged one after another. That was why he was so unlucky to run into the hands of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Mo Tiange also reminded Tang Shen about this. Sometimes, he didn't only have to consider himself, but he also had to consider the things happening around him.
If he hadn't coincidentally come to Kunwu when Demonic Mountain opened, he wouldn't have been so unlucky.
Tang Shen listened obediently.
Although he wasn't younger than Mo Tiange, he was far from her in terms of experience and understanding — he was also aware of this.
Bixuan Court's guild hall was located near Mount Yuheng.
This small guild hall, which only had a dozen or so people, wasn't eye-catching at all on Mount Yuheng. People who didn't know would only think it was a small shop.
This shop sold some special products from the Eastern Sea, which was considered special on Mount Yuheng, so its business was quite good.
However, Tang Shen told Mo Tiange that the things sold in this small shop were ordinary things. The truly valuable materials were directly sold to the nearby cultivation groups and big clans. For Bixuan Court, this was actually quite a lot of income.
Mo Tiange was a bit tempted.
The Eastern Sea had one kind of product that Kunwu didn't have — beast cores of demonic beasts in the sea.
These beast cores were different from the beast cores of demonic beasts in the southern forest — they could be concocted into some special medicinal pills.
It would be a good thing if they could facilitate the beast core transaction between Bixuan Court and Xuanqing School.
After all, with her there, Xuanqing School wouldn't lower the price too much. Other cultivation groups would inevitably use their power to pressure others, so Xuanqing School would also have another channel to collect materials.
However, this matter couldn't be rushed. Beast cores weren't something that only low-level demonic beasts had. According to the guild hall, Bixuan Court still didn't have a Core Formation cultivator, so they didn't have the ability to hunt for beast cores of demonic beasts in the sea.
After arriving at Bixuan Court's guild hall, the two of them stepped into the Transporting Formation under the respectful escort of the guild hall steward, heading towards Linhai.