Chapter 1703: Chapter 1320: Birth
If it’s truly overwhelming, give up what needs to be given up, as long as the family’s legacy is preserved.
"I didn’t expect the Primal Spirit Realm to erupt into conflict so quickly," Li Zhirui couldn’t help but exclaim. He thought that there would be a period of stability, but it had only been four or five hundred years since the end of the war between the two realms.
In such a short time, many forces couldn’t hold back anymore.
However, his focus now wasn’t on this, but rather on solving the problem of the Five Elements Small Realm, so he could only put it aside for now to be resolved later.
After exchanging a few words with Li Xiuyuan, he handed him the pills he had refined during this time and then turned back to the Cave Mansion.
After a short rest, Li Zhirui directly entered the Five Elements Small Realm, found Yuhong, and said, "Everything is ready, let’s start!"
"Alright!" Yuhong did not delay, as he was quite eager. If it were possible, he very much wanted to witness the birth of living beings right now, thereby promoting the perfection of the heaven, earth, and human realms of the small realm.
The two of them worked together, and immediately a thick aura of creation converged in front of them, and the cultivation of the human race within the small realm accelerated to completion.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three hundred years had passed.
The war that Li Xiuyuan had been worried about never broke out, allowing him to let out a sigh of relief.
At the same time, the Li family completed a new round of transition. The newly appointed clan leader, Li Chongmiao, was the third female clan leader after Li Mingzi and Li Taiyao!
The first thing she did after taking office was to expand the core territory of the family, cultivate more Spirit Veins, and establish more Spirit Fields.
The reason for this was that Li Chongmiao discovered that the number of new family members born each year was too many. If this continued, the family’s resources of Spiritual Objects might not be sufficient.
Fortunately, the land area occupied by the Li family was large enough, and they still had a considerable number of Spirit Veins in hand, sufficient to support her strategic measures.
In addition to continuing to strengthen the cultivation of conventional skills such as Alchemists, Talisman Makers, and Spirit Farmers, a few additional skills were added, including Earth Masters!
Because when nurturing and upgrading Spirit Veins, having an Earth Master involved can not only reduce resource consumption but also accelerate the process and shorten the time.
Following that, Li Chongmiao ignited the second fire after her appointment.
That was to create more islands in the Ten Thousand Spirit Sea Area, cultivate more Spirit Veins, and develop marine Spiritual Object aquaculture, with the same aim of acquiring more resources.
The Li family has an absolute advantage in this matter!
Because when Li Zhirui helped the Sea Clan resolve the Sea Eye hazard, they swore never to invade the Ten Thousand Spirit Sea Area again.
Even if some Water Devils occasionally wander here, they can’t stir up much trouble, nor cause significant destruction. The difficulty of marine Spiritual Object aquaculture lies in the Sea Clan’s covert destruction.
On the Sea Clan’s home turf, the cultivators really didn’t have a good solution, making marine Spiritual Object aquaculture very challenging.
But the Li family had no such concerns!
Previously, it hadn’t been considered because the family’s resources were relatively abundant, and with various busy affairs, they couldn’t attend to it.
However, Li Chongmiao’s two orders both required a significant outlay of resources initially, with returns coming only after some years, which led to criticism from some family members who thought she was acting too impulsively and recklessly.
But for her, this was not damaging in the slightest, nor did it affect her position.
The reason was simple: Li Chongmiao was a Human Immortal, the Li family’s first clan leader in the Realm of Human Immortality!
This gave her strong confidence, not to mention she had the support of people like Da Qing, Xiaoqing, and Jiang Fengwu, so some idle gossip couldn’t shake her position.
Moreover, the family members weren’t foolish; they knew it was all for a splendid future for themselves.
Instead, Li Chongmiao took the opportunity to purge a batch of parasites and rogue factions, striking down some arrogant factions and cliques.
This was also seen as a must-do task for every clan leader upon taking office, as it not only enhances personal prestige but also strengthens family cohesion and frees up positions to arrange for one’s own people, achieving multiple goals at once.
"This year, there are over twenty-five thousand children tested with Spiritual Roots, once again surpassing last year. And if this trend continues, the number of children tested with Spiritual Roots each year will increase until it reaches the carry capacity of the family," the Internal Affairs Elder said gravely.
Previously, when the family’s population was insufficient, the number of children with Spiritual Roots was thought too few and inadequate, but the current situation was quite troubling.
Moreover, the Li family wasn’t a cultivating Sect that could raise the threshold due to high numbers to limit mortals entering through the Mountain Gate.
In the Li family, any child tested with Spiritual Roots would be sent to Eagle Nest Mountain for three years of training and learning, only beginning cultivation once their meridians were essentially set.
"Does anyone have any solutions?" Li Chongmiao asked.
"The best way is to reduce fertility, addressing the problem at its root!" one Elder said.
Another Elder immediately opposed, saying, "No! The number of cultivators is the foundation of any force, and the family cannot make such a foolish decision!"
It should be known, reducing fertility is not something that can be completed overnight. If, once completed, it might become more difficult to have more children!
The two sides argued over this issue, trying to convince each other.
Li Chongmiao sat quietly at the head, listening to their argument without speaking.
In her view, both methods were too extreme and not quite appropriate.
As for other methods, such as concentrating resources to nurture those with better aptitude while abandoning those with less aptitude,
This was also unacceptable to her. The Li family was a cultivation family bonded by blood and kinship, and many matters should not be treated differently.
"If no good solution is found, then announce it to all family members and let everyone contribute ideas, perhaps they’ll have some good suggestions."
After listening to the elders argue for a quarter of an hour, Li Chongmiao didn’t hear any good solutions and had to break off this meaningless argument.
The elders could only stop arguing and got up to leave.
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This was also seen as a must-do task for every clan leader upon taking office, as it not only enhances personal prestige but also strengthens family cohesion and frees up positions to arrange for one’s own people, achieving multiple goals at once.
"This year, there are over twenty-five thousand children tested with Spiritual Roots, once again surpassing last year. And if this trend continues, the number of children tested with Spiritual Roots each year will increase until it reaches the carry capacity of the family," the Internal Affairs Elder said gravely.
Previously, when the family’s population was insufficient, the number of children with Spiritual Roots was thought too few and inadequate, but the current situation was quite troubling.
Moreover, the Li family wasn’t a cultivating Sect that could raise the threshold due to high numbers to limit mortals entering through the Mountain Gate.
In the Li family, any child tested with Spiritual Roots would be sent to Eagle Nest Mountain for three years of training and learning, only beginning cultivation once their meridians were essentially set.
"Does anyone have any solutions?" Li Chongmiao asked.
"The best way is to reduce fertility, addressing the problem at its root!" one Elder said.
Another Elder immediately opposed, saying, "No! The number of cultivators is the foundation of any force, and the family cannot make such a foolish decision!"
It should be known, reducing fertility is not something that can be completed overnight. If, once completed, it might become more difficult to have more children!
The two sides argued over this issue, trying to convince each other.
Li Chongmiao sat quietly at the head, listening to their argument without speaking.
In her view, both methods were too extreme and not quite appropriate.
As for other methods, such as concentrating resources to nurture those with better aptitude while abandoning those with less aptitude,
This was also unacceptable to her. The Li family was a cultivation family bonded by blood and kinship, and many matters should not be treated differently.
"If no good solution is found, then announce it to all family members and let everyone contribute ideas, perhaps they’ll have some good suggestions."