The Celestial Race of Destiny: Starting with Farming and Fish Raising

Chapter 1 The Wicked Slave Schemes for Fertile Land

"Young Master, after the Young Madam gives birth, I will also be going back to my hometown to tend to those few acres of barren land. Please take care..." Outside the delivery room, the old butler with graying temples suddenly spoke, then turned his head away, not daring to meet the young man's gaze.

Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Su Qingyan's anxious eyes. "Uncle Yuan, you've been with our Su family for almost 30 years, haven't you? Why are you unwilling to help us through this difficult time?"

Su Qingyan turned her head, wanting to continue persuading, but seeing the resolute expression on the old butler's face, she stopped herself from speaking.

As for the reason, Su Qingyan could roughly guess it in his mind.

The change occurred three months ago. Their family owned a 100-acre woodland property near the Biyue Mountains, which had never had any major problems for decades.

For some unknown reason, in just one night, their 100 acres of woodland were completely shrouded in a thick layer of black mist and miasma, and a large number of trees died.

You should know that this forest contains a large number of red ginseng planted by Su Qingyan's grandfather, the oldest of which is over 50 years old. It is a great fortune. If it were all taken away, his whole family would be heartbroken.

So early in the morning, Su Qingyan's father led several of the family's farmhands to the woods to check on the situation.

However, not long after, the group returned in a disheveled state, their faces pale, struggling to breathe, and their eyes bloodshot.

Old steward Yuan Bo hurriedly went to fetch a doctor, but the illness had progressed too rapidly, and before the doctor arrived, all those who had returned from the forest died suddenly, without exception.

Su Qingyan's mother died in childbirth during her second pregnancy. Neither the first nor the second child survived. His father was a devoted man and never remarried. Therefore, all the Su family's property and responsibilities fell on Su Qingyan, the sole heir.

Just recently, a family surnamed Chen in their Yaxi Village produced a Qilin child with three spiritual roots, who was then taken into the Moon Shadow Sect after being identified.

The Chen family had been tenant farmers of the Su family for three generations, so they were quite familiar with the Su family's situation. Now that their child had entered the Moon Shadow Sect and had a powerful backer, coupled with the Su family's misfortune—the head of the family had died suddenly—the next generation only had a 17-year-old son who probably didn't understand anything. So, they became greedy and wanted to forcibly seize the 200 acres of fertile land under the Su family's name.

This family forged a lease agreement from somewhere, claiming that the 200 mu of fertile land under the Su family's name was leased from their Chen family, and that the lease had now expired, and that their Chen family wanted to take back the property.

At the same time, a group of thugs gathered to constantly threaten and intimidate the servants of the Su family, leaving Su Qingyan all alone and forcing him to submit.

The Su family was just a small landlord in Yaxi Village. They didn't have many servants to begin with. After this incident, only the old steward, Uncle Yuan, and two or three old nannies were left in the entire courtyard. Everyone else had long since made excuses to run away when they saw that things were not going well.

Based on Su Qingyan's understanding of the old steward, Yuan Bo, the Chen family must have made trouble for Yuan Bo's two sons. Otherwise, given Yuan Bo's character, he wouldn't have left at his most difficult time.

If Su Qingyan were truly a foolish son of a landlord who only knew how to eat, drink, and have fun, and was constantly threatened and intimidated by the Chen family, he might actually give away his family's 200 acres of fertile land for nothing.

But Su Qingyan is a transmigrator with memories of his past life, so he certainly can't let the wealth left by his ancestors fall into the hands of those villains.

"It's a pity I didn't learn more skills and knowledge before transmigrating. I don't know anything about gunpowder, glass, soap, or salt refining, otherwise I wouldn't have to worry about survival..."

"The family's assets consist of only 200 mu of fertile farmland and 100 mu of woodland. The woodland was recently affected by black fog and miasma, so it's probably ruined."

"If these 200 acres of fertile land are taken away, not only will my quality of life plummet, but I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my wife who has spiritual roots either..."

"Moreover, the Chen family still cares about their reputation and wants to seize my 200 acres of fertile land in a 'legal' way. If this drags on, they might find a chance to kill me and leave me with nothing..."

"No, I have to strike first."

Thinking of this, Su Qingyan gritted his teeth and decided to spend money to contact the bandits in the mountains to kill the Chen family first, so as to save his own life.

As for Chen Jiaxianmiao's revenge?

That depends on whether the other party can find you.

Once he's dealt with the Chen family, he'll sell his assets and move to another place with his wife and children, living in anonymity.

Just as Su Qingyan was about to take the risk, a pale blue attribute panel that only he could see suddenly popped up on his retina:

[A descendant with spiritual roots has appeared in the next generation of the family; the family's fortune increases by 1.]

[Family Luck: 1]

[Unlock Feature: Seeking Opportunities (The more family fortune you invest, the better the opportunities you can find, and the wider the search range)]

"Could this be my cheat code?" Su Qingyan exclaimed inwardly.

A flood of thoughts rushed through my mind.

As the saying goes, it's easy to invite a god but hard to send him away. Most of those who become outlaws are not good people. When you ask them to deal with the Chen family, you might accidentally get yourself involved.

Now that the money has arrived, there might be a more reliable solution.

Thinking of this, Su Qingyan glanced at the newly appeared [Direct Bloodline] information on the right side of the attribute panel:

[A Generation of Descendants: Unnamed]

Age: 0

Status: Healthy

[Spiritual Roots: Metal, Wood, Water, Earth (Four Spiritual Roots)]

[Talent: Master Fisherman (Green) (Exceptionally gifted in aquaculture)]

"She actually has four spiritual roots. Perhaps this will allow our Su family to leap from a landlord family to a family of cultivators. It was worth all the effort I put into marrying a wife with spiritual roots," Su Qingyan thought to himself.

In this world of cultivation, spiritual roots are extremely rare; on average, only one in a thousand people possess one.

Of course, there are good and bad spiritual roots.

When Su Qingyan was 6 years old, his father took him to the Moon Shadow Sect to test his spiritual roots, but unfortunately he only had the worst five spiritual roots.

The Moon Shadow Sect requires those without a background to have at least three spiritual roots to be accepted into the sect. Those with connections can be allowed to have four spiritual roots.

If one has the aptitude for the five spiritual roots... then one can only settle for second best and become a son-in-law or a stud in a small cultivation family.

For a transmigrator, he would be willing to become a live-in son-in-law or a stud for the sake of cultivating immortality.

But his father absolutely refused.

Because for the Su family, going back three generations, it was all a single line of heirs.

His father worried that he wouldn't be able to have a second child, and if Su Qingyan became someone else's son-in-law, their Su family line would end. In the end, that was the case; by Su Qingyan's generation, their Su family was still a single-lineage family.

Su Qingyan tried his best and tried many methods, but he still did not get the chance to become a live-in son-in-law.

Helpless, they could only place their hopes on the next generation.

When he learned that if both his parents had spiritual roots, the chances of their offspring having spiritual roots would be much higher, he immediately started planning with his father. In the end, he spent a fortune to marry Zhang Hui, a woman two years older than him who also had five spiritual roots.

Unexpectedly, the first child had spiritual talent.

It still has four spiritual roots.

Unlike Su Qingyan and others who possess five spiritual roots, it is very difficult for them to break through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining even after a lifetime of cultivation.

With the right opportunity, someone with four spiritual roots can break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

Many small cultivation families have a maximum combat strength of only those in the late Qi Refining stage.

The Zhou family of Jin Su Mountain, which rules over more than a dozen townships and hundreds of villages including their Yaxi Village, is a small-scale cultivation family of this type.

With double happiness upon him, Su Qingyan was overjoyed.

At the same time, as the baby's cries rang out, the wooden door of the delivery room was pushed open, and a spirited old woman came out carrying the child.

"Young master, it's a boy."

"Madam said she wanted you to take a look and suggest a name."

Su Qingyan took the child from the old nanny, carefully carried him to his wife's bedside, and said with eyes full of love, "Madam, thank you for your hard work."

"Our ancestors set out sixteen generations with the characters 'Inheriting the Talents, Cultivating Virtue, Purifying the Source, and Glorifying the Family.' Our son's generation is the 'Source' generation."

"I hope our son will grow up to be a high-ranking cultivator, unlike us, who were forced into this situation just to protect our family's farmland."

"In that case..."

"Let's call him Su Yuanxian."

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