Immortal Cultivation: Starting as a Fortune Cultivator - Chapter 7

Hearing Ye Qingxuan’s question, Ye Yuhong looked at him with surprise.

He hadn’t expected this young fellow to be so sharp and detail-oriented despite his youth.

However, Ye Yuhong had never intended to keep secrets in the first place. So, in response to Ye Qingxuan’s inquiry, he continued:
“A Blessing Cultivator will have a lifespan ten times longer than a regular cultivator of the same realm!”

Upon hearing this, the two people beside Ye Qingxuan showed stirred expressions, their mouths slightly agape, almost on the verge of immediately agreeing to become Blessing Cultivators.

But then, Ye Yuhong’s tone shifted:

“However, becoming a Blessing Cultivator means your cultivation speed will drop by a hundredfold!
Moreover, you must endure the loneliness of being confined to one place, unable to venture far from the Blessed Land. At the very least, low-level Blessing Cultivators cannot leave their Blessed Land.”

Hearing about this restriction, Ye Qingbi and Ye Qinghe, who had been ready to agree moments before, immediately fell silent and withdrew like turtles pulling their heads back into their shells.

This condition held even less appeal for Ye Qingxuan.

“But then again! After becoming a Blessing Cultivator, you can slowly enhance your spiritual roots.
It’s just that the process is quite slow. Simply increasing to a dual-element spiritual root would take over a thousand years! The more spiritual roots you have, the longer it takes!”

Hearing this last piece of information, a light instantly shone in Ye Qingxuan’s eyes. However, he didn’t agree right away. Instead, he began carefully weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

After explaining the advantages and disadvantages of being a Blessing Cultivator, Ye Yuhong looked at Ye Qingxuan and the other two with a slight smile:
“That’s all there is to it. Think it over carefully yourselves. The family won’t force you. Once you become a Blessing Cultivator, there’s no turning back.”

By now, Ye Qingbi and Ye Qinghe had long lost any desire to become Blessing Cultivators. They quickly shook their heads and refused.

Seeing this, Ye Yuhong could only turn his gaze to Ye Qingxuan.

Ye Qingxuan, who had been deep in thought, suddenly met Ye Yuhong’s eyes. His own gaze wavered uncertainly for a moment before he spoke up to ask:

“Family Head, I’d like to know what cultivation level a Blessing Cultivator must reach before they can leave their Blessed Land?”

Hearing Ye Qingxuan’s question, Ye Yuhong pondered for a moment before slowly replying:

“According to the information provided by the Profound Heaven Sect, a Blessing Cultivator must reach at least the Cave Void Realm before they can leave the vicinity of their Blessed Land.
However, the highest publicly known cultivation level among the Profound Heaven Sect’s Blessing Cultivators is only the Nascent Soul Realm!”

“The Cave Void Realm?”

Ye Qingxuan murmured the words softly. Then, he finally made his decision and said to Ye Yuhong with determination:

“Family Head, I am willing to become a Blessing Cultivator!”

Although he possessed an eternal lifespan, he only had a single-element spiritual root. Not only was his cultivation speed too slow, but who knew if a single-element spiritual root might have an upper limit to its cultivation?
Becoming a Blessing Cultivator offered a way to enhance his spiritual roots. This was currently the only method he knew of that could change his innate aptitude. He couldn’t easily let this opportunity slip away.

Furthermore, he had his Eternal Turtle doppelganger in his mind. He wondered if he could use the Eternal Turtle to contract with the spiritual land in his place, bearing the restrictions of the Blessed Land instead.

Also, there was the pearl in his mind that had remained dormant until now. When he first heard the term “Blessed Land,” it had suddenly vibrated.

This heirloom pearl had traveled through worlds with him; it was certainly no ordinary object. Since it had suddenly vibrated, perhaps the Blessed Land was somehow connected to the pearl.

Considering all these factors, and with the Eternal Turtle doppelganger and the mysterious pearl as his trump cards,

Ye Qingxuan decided to take the gamble. The path of cultivation was never smooth sailing. To gain something, one naturally had to bear certain risks.

If worse came to worst, he refused to believe that with over three thousand years, he couldn’t manage to break through a single realm?

When the time came, he could also seek an opportunity to learn a doppelganger technique. He could simply lie low within the Profound Heaven Sect until the end of time.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan’s agreement, Ye Yuhong first signaled for Ye Qingbi and Ye Qinghe to leave.

After the two had left the hall, Ye Yuhong couldn’t help but speak:
“Have you truly thought it through? Once you become a Blessing Cultivator, the resources of the Blessed Land won’t belong to you alone.

Blessing Cultivator disciples of the Profound Heaven Sect must complete a certain quota of planting tasks every year.

After completing those tasks, any additional resources cultivated in the Blessed Land belong to you. However, since the Blessing Cultivator slot was obtained through the Ancestor and the family,

the Ancestor will take thirty percent, the family will also take thirty percent, and the remaining forty percent is yours.
This will be formalized with a contract.

Moreover, the profound loneliness of being confined to one place… have you truly considered it carefully?”

After speaking, Ye Yuhong looked deeply at Ye Qingxuan.

He knew that many Blessing Cultivators in the Profound Heaven Sect had not lived to their natural end but had died from mental breakdowns.

That kind of existence, devoid of hope, wasn’t something everyone could endure.

So, the value of a Blessing Cultivator slot was both precious and not, depending mainly on the Blessing Cultivator themselves.

This was also the real reason why the Ye Family Ancestor, with his Nascent Soul cultivation, had managed to obtain one Blessing Cultivator slot.

A first-order Blessed Land wouldn’t bring many resources to the family. He didn’t believe Ye Qingxuan could develop the Blessed Land and advance it to the second order.
His Ye Family wasn’t so lacking in resources that they needed to push a clansman onto a potentially hopeless path. Thus, he wasn’t overly concerned about the Blessing Cultivator slot.

It wouldn’t matter if no one was willing to become a Blessing Cultivator.

But he hadn’t expected Ye Qingxuan to agree after hearing him out.

Facing Ye Yuhong’s confirmation, Ye Qingxuan looked at him with gratitude.

He wasn’t foolish; he knew this was Ye Yuhong’s attempt to advise him against it. But the advantages of becoming a Blessing Cultivator were sufficient for him to take the risk. After all, he wasn’t entirely without backing.

Moreover, he was confident enough to develop the Blessed Land successfully. Perhaps, in the future, the Blessed Land could even become a great aid to him.

Having made up his mind, Ye Qingxuan already had a plan. With determined eyes, he said:

“Family Head, I have thought it through. I am willing to become a Blessing Cultivator. However, could the family provide me with some support?”

Seeing Ye Qingxuan’s resolve and knowing he was determined, Ye Yuhong said no more and directly asked:
“What kind of support do you want from the family?”

Ye Qingxuan had already made up his mind. He didn’t try to make excessive demands but said:
“I want all of the family’s spiritual herb seeds and the Alchemy inheritance.”

Spiritual herb seeds weren’t particularly valuable. The real challenge lay in cultivating the herbs and accumulating sufficient medicinal potency.

The truly valuable part was the Alchemy inheritance, but losing it wouldn’t cause any substantial loss to the family.

Hearing Ye Qingxuan’s request, Ye Yuhong looked deeply at him once more. After a moment of thought, he said:
“It seems you truly have a plan. Since that’s the case, I won’t dissuade you further.

I grant your request. You shall receive one copy of every category of spiritual herb seed the family possesses, and one copy of the family’s Alchemy inheritance.

Additionally, the family will give you thirty thousand low-grade spirit stones as initial funds for your start in the Profound Heaven Sect.

Ye Qingxuan, do not disappoint me. I hope you can bring me a pleasant surprise in the future.”

Seeing that the Family Head had not only agreed to his conditions but had also generously given him thirty thousand extra low-grade spirit stones, Ye Qingxuan was overjoyed. He quickly replied:

“Family Head, rest assured. Qingxuan will definitely not disappoint you! But before I leave, I would like to return home to see my parents.”

Ye Yuhong nodded and said:

“Very well. You have three days. I will have Yonglun take you back. Three days from now, I will personally take you to the Profound Heaven Sect. You may leave now.”

“Yes, thank you, Family Head!”

Having gotten the answer he wanted, Ye Qingxuan turned and left the hall. As he departed, he thought to himself:

“Doppelganger Eternal Turtle, and you mysterious pearl that crossed worlds with me… please don’t let me down!”

Meanwhile, Ye Yuhong watched Ye Qingxuan’s retreating back and murmured to himself:
“So young, yet destined to be confined to one place… I just hope you won’t regret this, kid.”

Then, he shook his head with a wry smile. For a moment, he had actually placed a sliver of hope for breaking the family’s deadlock on a clansman who hadn’t even started cultivating?

The Ye Family’s development had currently reached an impasse.

The Profound Heaven Sect’s established rules protected many forces, allowing numerous organizations to be passed down for a long time.

However, these same rules also restricted the development of many forces.

After prolonged exploration and development, the resources within the Ye Family’s territory had been exploited to their limit.

Under the principle of sustainable development, the resource points within the territory could only sustain the Ye Family at its current scale, unable to support further expansion.

Resources obtained from outside their territory were a drop in the bucket.

That’s because resources outside the territories of major powers belonged to the Profound Heaven Sect. The Sect wouldn’t interfere with scattered collection.

But anyone daring to claim land outside their own territory would find out just how tough they were.

Unless the Ye Family nurtured their own Nascent Soul cultivator and advanced to become a Nascent Soul level force, they wouldn’t gain the right to expand their territory.

But with resources lagging, the difficulty of nurturing a Nascent Soul cultivator increased significantly.

They couldn’t simply hold back talented clansmen and hinder their prospects, could they?

What the family needed were cultivators who felt loyalty towards the family, not those who held grudges against it.

Besides, a natural advancement to Nascent Soul level force was always better than a forced one.

Under the Profound Heaven Sect’s rules, the Ye Family wasn’t facing any immediate crisis that demanded desperate measures.

Ultimately, unable to think of an effective solution, Ye Yuhong massaged his temples wearily and then also left the hall.