Chapter 3 Grandpa's Gift
After getting up early in the morning, Lin Qing quickly washed up, ate the breakfast made by his mother, and ran to his grandfather's house.

Grandpa was still practicing, so Lin Qing could only wander around the yard bored.

More than 20 years ago, Lin Qing's grandmother was ambushed by robbers on her way back from the market and unfortunately died.

Grandpa has lived alone these years, with only two ordinary people in the house helping with chores.

Lin Qing has been playing here since he was a child, and he doesn't need them to take care of him.

I found my grandfather's recliner, lay on it, staring at the sky, wondering what my grandfather would say to me next.

After waiting for a while, grandpa still didn't come out. Lin Qing fell asleep in a daze. When he woke up, grandpa was already beside him.

Grandpa touched Lin Qing's head and said, "You've been waiting for a long time, have you figured it out?"

"Grandpa, don't worry! I've figured it out." Lin Qing quickly repeated what he had said to his parents yesterday.

Grandpa was very happy after hearing this, and took Lin Qing to the secret room. The grandfather and grandson sat opposite each other.

Grandpa took out two plates of spiritual fruits and placed them in front of Lin Qing.

"Eat quickly." said grandpa.

Lin Qing picked up a spiritual peach and started eating it.

After Lin Qing finished eating a peach, Grandpa started talking about business.

"Qing'er, since your spiritual roots have been detected, from now on you will be officially called Lin Changqing.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the family school opens, go to school."

"Okay, grandpa." Lin Changqing responded.

"Qing'er, what is the purpose of cultivating immortality in your mind?"

Lin Changqing thought for a moment and said, "I cultivate immortality in order to have a stronger power to protect the people I want to protect, and to protect all the people I care about.

By the way, I want to ask for one more thing: great freedom and ease! "

Grandpa was very happy after hearing this and laughed, "Okay, Qing'er is my Qilin child.

You must always remember what we said today and practice well until you can protect everyone!

Do you know why we need to test our spiritual roots?"

Lin Changqing thought for a moment and said, "We should find a tribe member who has spiritual roots and can practice!"

"This is only one aspect. The other aspect is to know which kind of spiritual root is best for you.

Then practicing the corresponding exercises can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

But this is not suitable in your case.

You have five spiritual roots, and each of them is the same, that is, there is no more prominent spiritual root.

Therefore, if you practice any one of the Five Elements techniques alone, the effect will be very poor.

Therefore, your best choice is to practice the Chaos attribute technique."

After saying that, he took out a secret manual of martial arts and three jade boxes from his storage bag and placed them on the table.

"This is the best chaos attribute technique I found in the family scripture pavilion yesterday, the Five Elements Return to Origin Scripture. It should be a technique of at least Xuan level.

But the family only includes the part about the Qi Refining Stage. But it doesn’t matter, it’s enough for now. I’ll pay more attention to collecting the rest when I have the chance.

The spiritual power cultivated by this method is moderate and peaceful, and it is not easy to go astray. It is more suitable for you to practice. "

"Grandpa, what is the Xuan-level technique?"

“There will be an introduction to learning in the family school later, but since you asked, I will just briefly tell you.

At present, the level division of skills and secret arts in the world of cultivation is the same.

The levels of martial arts from low to high are: Yellow Level, Mysterious Level, Earth Level, and Heaven Level.

Each level is divided into three grades: low grade, middle grade, and high grade.

This also involves the cultivation conditions, the difficulty of cultivation, the power of the technique, etc.

For example, the family's "Qingmu Changsheng Jing" is a top-grade Xuan-level technique. Do you understand?"

"Oh, I see."

"Do you know what a spiritual plant master is?"

"I roughly know that it means taking care of spiritual plants and making them grow faster, just like grandpa and aunt."

Grandpa smiled and nodded.

“It’s not easy to become a spiritual plant master. You need to learn a lot of things.

For example, what kind of spiritual plants are suitable for planting in that kind of spiritual land, whether they prefer the sun or the shade, whether they like dryness or moisture, what is the appropriate planting distance, what kinds of spiritual plants should not be planted together, when is the right time to plant, and so on... There is so much to learn.

There are countless kinds of spiritual medicines, spiritual herbs, and spiritual plants in the world of cultivation. Even a spiritual plant master cannot say that he knows them all. Therefore, spiritual plant masters advance through continuous learning, practice, and accumulation.

The current convention in the world of cultivation is that, in addition to mastering the corresponding level of secret techniques.

A first-level lower-grade spiritual plant master must master at least 200 kinds of spiritual plant habits. A mid-level master must master 400 kinds, and a high-grade master must master 600 kinds. To advance to the second-level lower-grade master, one must master 1000 kinds, and so on. But when it comes to spiritual plant masters, it doesn't mean that you have to learn how to manipulate spiritual plants now, because becoming a spiritual plant master can be of great help to your future practice.

Your own aptitude for cultivation is average, so you want to go higher and further in the future.

Only with the help of external forces, beastmasters and spiritual plant masters are both good choices.

Everyone can choose a natal spirit beast or natal spirit plant through the natal contract.

But special attention should be paid, once the natal spirit beast or spirit plant dies, it will be a fatal blow to the host. In mild case, the host will suffer serious injuries and his cultivation will regress, or in severe case, he will die directly.

There is currently no Beastmaster inheritance in the family. Now there is only an ordinary master-servant contract, which I can only pay attention to and collect in the future.

So for now you can only choose the spiritual plant master inheritance.

The spiritual plant master can choose a spiritual plant seed to sign a life contract and form a perfect symbiotic relationship with the spiritual plant seed.

If the spiritual plant advances, it will feed back spiritual power to the host. If the host advances, it will also feed back spiritual power to the spiritual plant, which has a mutually reinforcing effect. "

After he finished speaking, his mind moved, and a huge vine appeared behind him, with dozens of long tentacles covered with thorns and claws.

Lin Qing opened his eyes wide in surprise. Although he knew it would not hurt him, he was still a little nervous.

“This is Grandpa’s natal spiritual plant, the bloodthirsty thorn vine, a precious mutant spiritual plant.

It can accumulate spiritual energy by devouring the flesh and blood of monsters to advance. This spiritual vine can not only feedback spiritual power, but also is a good helper in battles. Your grandfather's cultivation to the foundation-building stage is largely due to this spiritual vine.

This is a precious spiritual seed that I obtained by chance when I was young. I didn’t know what it was at the time. Later, after consulting a large number of classics, I confirmed that it was a mutated bloodthirsty thorn vine seed.

I got three jades in total, one was given to your aunt, and the remaining one is in this jade box." Grandpa pointed to one of the three jade boxes.

“In the other two jade boxes, one contains the precious spiritual seed of the Spirit Gathering Tree. This spiritual plant can naturally gather the spiritual energy from the surroundings.

It is of great help to your daily practice, but the disadvantage is that it is of no help in fighting.

Finally, I don’t know what the spiritual seed in this jade box is. I only know that it has existed in our lineage since the generation of your great-grandfather.

But no one has been able to contract it, and it is suspected to be a dead seed that has lost its vitality. However, this seed looks very advanced, so it has been preserved to this day.

You can take a look at all three spirit seeds."

Lin Changqing reached out and opened the first jade box, and saw a red spirit seed with black dots. This should be the spirit seed of the bloodthirsty thorn vine.

When I opened the second jade box, I saw a white spirit seed inside the box. This must be the spirit seed of the Spirit Gathering Tree.

Lin Changqing opened the last jade box, and what came into view was a black spirit seed surrounded by a colorful halo and covered with gold and silver patterns.

Lin Changqing was shocked. "Grandpa, this spirit seed actually has a halo. It's colorful and beautiful!"

Grandpa was moved when he heard this, and couldn't help asking: "What colorful halo? Isn't it a black seed covered with gold and silver patterns?"

"No, Grandpa, there is a colorful halo around this spirit seed."

"Do the other two spirit seeds have halos?"

"No, I didn't see these two."

At this point, Grandpa Lin Fandao understood in his heart that this spiritual seed should be the opportunity for his grandson Lin Changqing.

Just like when I encountered the bloodthirsty thorn vine, I had a special feeling and I took it down without hesitation. Thinking of this, I made a decision in my heart.

"Qing'er, Grandpa originally wanted you to choose the bloodthirsty thorn vine, but this spirit seed should be your unique opportunity.

Now Grandpa lets you choose, which one do you want?"

After hearing this, Lin Changqing thought, who cares which one you choose? Only children make choices. I want both.

"Grandpa, I want all three!"

Grandpa laughed out loud when he heard this and said, "Greedy little devil, I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you.

But I can only give it to you when you reach the third level of Qi training and become a first-level primary spiritual plant master. Grandpa will keep these for you first."

"Grandpa, why do you have to wait until the third level of Qi training?"

“This is because they are afraid that your cultivation is too low and your spirit seed level is too high, and the contract will not be successful.

Also, don’t tell anyone about what happened here, especially about seeing the halo.

You must not tell anyone, not even your parents. This is for your own protection and that of your family, understand?"

"I understand, and I won't tell anyone." Lin Changqing responded seriously.

"You can take a look at this book, The Five Elements Return to Origin, and ask your father if you don't understand anything. Remember to go to the family school after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

Lin Changqing responded, bowed to his grandfather, took a plate of spiritual peaches, and left happily.

On the way back, Lin Changqing thought happily that it was good to have family care about him.

My grandfather has planned the future path in advance, so at least I can take fewer detours than others.

By the way, I haven’t gone to see how my friends are doing. It’s getting late now, so I’d better wait until tomorrow to go and check on them!

(End of this chapter)