"Ji family?"

Because the village chief Wang Minghai and the clan elder Wang Xiuyuan were both very emotional, their inner feelings were still conveyed to Lin Xiang's ears in the form of prayers.

This surprised him quite a bit.

Because the surname Ji is very unusual, if you trace its origin back to Huangdi, it is because Huangdi Xuanyuan lived by the Ji River that he got this surname. It is one of the most famous surnames in Chinese history.

Perhaps this is considered little-known fact, because Huangdi’s surname was not actually Xuanyuan, Xuanyuan was his given name.

Among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, except for Emperor Xuanyuan, the other Five Emperors, Zhuanxu (zhuān xū) of the Gaoyang clan and Emperor Ku (dì kù) of the Gaoxun clan, all had the surname Ji. Later, when King Wen of Zhou, Ji Chang, and King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, established the Zhou Dynasty, the surname Ji completely ushered in its glory and became the national surname of the Zhou Dynasty.

Lin Xiang really didn't expect that the Wang family in Dongshan Village had such a long-standing surname.

"I don't know if it was truly passed down, or if the Wang family is just trying to flatter themselves and forcefully claim ancestry."

Even if the other party is really the descendant of King Wu, so what? He still ended up like this, living in a small mountain village. Even a descendant with spiritual roots almost lost both mother and child.

After muttering a few words, Lin Xiang began to practice next to the Thunder God Apricot, using the Wood Element Extinction Divine Light Law in the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light Practice Method to help it decompose the spiritual energy into wood-attribute spiritual energy.

The spiritual energy that filled the Universe Cave was quickly decomposed and transferred from Lin Xiang's fingertips to the small bud on the ground of the Thunder God Apricot, and then was refined and fed back by it.

This not only helps Lin Xiang collect the essence of the wood element, but also helps him strengthen his soul, making his soul more vital.

Back and forth, the spiritual energy continues to flow.

The apricots produced by the innate spiritual roots, and the apricot kernels transformed into acquired spiritual roots, its foundation is much stronger than that of other spiritual medicine and fruit trees.

Not only did Lin Xiang benefit from it, but even the Universe Cave Heaven was gradually expanding during his cultivation and continuously expanding outwards.

The current cave world is already quite spacious, much more advanced than the previous seed state, and it looks like it has already occupied half the area of ​​the market town.

It is hidden in the air and can only be entered from the backyard of the land temple, and does not conflict with the external space.

Neither players nor NPCs can discover the existence of the Universe Cave.

The growth rate of Thunder God Apricot accelerated, and the surrounding thousand-year-old fruit trees also benefited from the abundant Yi wood aura.

They have been growing in the vast yellow sand formation for thousands of years, and have accumulated extraordinary spiritual power in their bodies. Under the leadership of Thunder God Apricot, vague wills have been born.

It’s still too early to call it a tree demon. Right now, this kind of will can only simply sense the outside world and accept feedback from the outside world.

To truly become a tree demon or a tree spirit requires time and enough opportunities.

As a landowner, what good is it if you don't have a few grass and wood spirits under your command?

Plant spirits are usually kind and gentle, and they are simply the best people to take care of spiritual medicines and plants.

Seeing that the Universe Cave was getting bigger and bigger, Lin Xiang didn't have enough time to practice and cultivate his magic, so how could he have time to take care of these elixirs?

The existence of the cave is even more secret, and it is impossible for players to come and take care of it, so it is best to let these plant spirits take action.

The medicinal properties of herbs that have become spirits not only increase greatly, but also promote the growth of other plants and accelerate their growth.

Among the thousand-year-old spiritual fruit trees, only three trees gave birth to consciousness, exactly one for each type of tree.

This may be God's will.

Even if monsters are born, there won’t be too many of them.

The fire date tree, golden apricot tree, and grape vine each gave birth to a hazy consciousness. Lin Xiang didn't know what was going on, and subconsciously transferred the power of incense into their bodies.

【Successfully enlightened 3 spirits! 】

"master!"

"Meet the Master!"

"Thank you for your enlightenment, Master!"

Three divine thoughts came from the fruit trees, and their originally hazy intelligence was enlightened, just like the sun appearing after the clouds have cleared.

This kind of enlightenment is only the most basic state of the gods. Some powerful gods can even directly transform ordinary objects into human form, turning them into boys and girls or other human forms.

Lin Xiang is not able to do this for the time being. It is not easy to make the other party's intelligence begin to develop.

"You should practice well in here and strive to transform as soon as possible."

"Yes, sir!"

It is very troublesome for plant spirits to transform. These spiritual trees have sufficient spiritual energy in their bodies. As long as they fully digest this spiritual energy, they will directly possess high-level combat power.

If they don't transform, even if they gain intelligence, they won't be able to move their bodies, nor will they be able to help take care of the other spiritual medicines.

Only by transforming can you move smoothly.

Lin Xiang used detection skills on the three tree monsters to see what their abilities were.

[Millennium Jujube Spirit: lv. 33 tree demon, proficient in fire and wood dual-element spells, fire jujubes are edible.]

[Millennium Apricot Monster: Level 35 tree monster, skilled in both metal and wood magic. Long-term consumption of golden apricots can improve one's metal spiritual roots.]

[Millennium Vine Monster: Level 33 tree monster, specializes in wood-based spells...]

"Are all three tree demons at the Jindan stage?"

Level 20 is the foundation-building stage, and level 30 is the golden elixir stage. The bodies of these three tree monsters are indeed strong enough, and it is worth their thousand years of growth.

If they can get out of the Universe Cave, Lin Xiang's power will definitely be greatly strengthened.

It would be a waste to keep such a good fighter in the cave, he must be put to good use.

He touched his chin and looked inside his own land temple.

There is no need for security forces inside the Universe Cave Heaven, but there needs to be strong power to prevent others from entering the cave heaven.

He planned to move the bodies of the three tree monsters to the backyard of the land temple, where they could also be exposed to the spiritual energy emanating from the cave, and the roots, branches, leaves, and even flowers and fruits of these tree monsters could serve as protection and concealment.

Now his temple is getting better and better, with more and more species of creatures, and he feels a strong sense of accomplishment in construction.

…

"Second uncle, you must make sure that this child of the Dinghai family grows up well." Wang Minghai was extremely excited. He was almost about to give up the words passed down from generation to generation by his ancestors, which made him feel a little desperate.

But ever since they changed the sacrificial spirit, their luck seemed to have exploded.

All kinds of good things happened one after another, even the long-lost spiritual roots reappeared.

In the ancestral temple, Wang Minghai kowtowed repeatedly to the plaques that could be displayed. He knew that this was not the blessing of the ancestors, but the credit of the sacrifices to the spirits.

If the ancestors had blessed us, we wouldn't have fallen to this point in the past, with no cultivators appearing in four or five generations.

Happy events bring joy to the soul. Clan elder Wang Xiuyuan's face flushed. He lit a stick of incense for the ancestors and kowtowed, saying, "I thought the inheritance of cultivation had completely lost hope after our two generations. I didn't expect to meet Master Jiling. What do you think, should we confess this to him?"

Wang Xiuyuan subconsciously treated Lin Xiang as an old antique who knew how many years old. He was worried that his words would be heard by others, so he only dared to speak inside the ancestral hall.

It was said that this ancestral hall could block the spiritual sense scans of cultivators, so conversations could not be eavesdropped on. They also did not know whether this story, passed down from generation to generation, was true.

Village Chief Wang Minghai was very conflicted. "Second Uncle, to be honest, I'm not sure whether I should tell him or not. Master Jiling might think we're lying. Even we ourselves don't really believe in our ancestors' stories, let alone the rest of us."

"Yeah, who would have thought that a descendant of the Yellow Emperor would be reduced to a state where he couldn't even practice cultivation?" Wang Xiuyuan sighed. "How about we find the Divine Whip first?"

Anyway, according to word of mouth within the tribe, the Divine Whip was snatched away by their ancestors after the fall of Qi State and has been hidden until now.

I have the artifact in my hand, but no one can use it.

Some ancestors hid it in the corner of a table, some hid it in a pillar, and their ancestors a few generations before them hid it in a willow tree.

If it is placed in the ancestral hall, it will be easily discovered if the family enemies come to visit.

As a divine weapon, the Whip could not be destroyed by an ordinary tree. It would only be gradually wrapped by the trunk and thus perfectly hidden.

All along, Wang Xiuyuan and Wang Minghai, uncle and nephew, believed in this without a doubt and never doubted its authenticity.

"I'll go back and get the axe and saw, get the things out, and then confess to the Lord of Sacrifices. I hope he can continue to protect us. With the Lord of Sacrifices's protection, we can survive safely even if we encounter danger."

Wang Minghai was a strong man, and he went back to get the tree-cutting tools after a while.

The two of them walked quickly towards the woods outside the village.

Although willow branches have the effect of warding off evil spirits and ghosts, the willow tree itself gathers negative energy and is not suitable for planting in front of or behind houses.

"It's this willow tree, isn't it?"

"This is it, the thickest one among this row of willow trees." Wang Xiuyuan said confidently.

Wang Minghai swung the axe and chopped at the main trunk of the willow tree. Wood chips flew everywhere with every blow of the axe. After chopping down most of the branches, he pushed the willow branches to the side with force. He and Wang Xiuyuan quickly retreated to avoid being crushed by the fallen tree.

The willow trees with their slender branches fell to the ground with a loud bang, even causing a small tremor.

The surrounding players cast curious glances at them, wondering why the two NPCs were cutting down trees.

"Why aren't you here?"

"Where did it go?"

The uncle and nephew, full of hope, sawed off the main branches of the willow tree, but after a busy period, they could not find any trace of the so-called divine whip.

The middle-aged man Wang Minghai's hands began to tremble, not because of excessive force, but because of the collapse of faith.

"Uncle, did we find the wrong willow tree? It's definitely not this one!"

Wang Xiuyuan felt completely hopeless. "Right, right, right, we must have found the wrong tree. It should be the two trees next to it. Let's try chopping them down."

The players who were watching were also given the task of cutting down willow trees. A group of people cut down the entire forest and even sawed the wood into pieces.

"What are they doing?"

"Why are you chopping wood?"

"Looks like he's looking for something."

"Is there any treasure in the willow tree?"

"It seems to have vanished."

The players were very curious about why the two NPCs were so distraught, and they approached to ask but received no answers.

The two men walked towards the village land temple with heavy steps and dejected expressions.

A group of players were left staring at the mess on the ground in a daze, and had to clean up the wood and branches.

…

"What's going on between these two people?"

Lin Xiang is currently practicing the Taixuan Sword Scripture. After finally finishing various tasks, he uses the remaining time to practice the technique, striving to advance as soon as possible so that he can learn and use another set of sword techniques recorded in it.

But before he had practiced for long, he sensed that Wang Xiuyuan and Wang Minghai were standing in front of his statue with their heads down, lighting incense, without any smile on their faces.

When I left earlier, these two people were laughing so hard that their faces were about to break.

How could such a dramatic change in mood occur after just a few hours? Could it be that the pregnant woman's condition hadn't improved?

Lin Xiang used his spiritual sense to sense the situation and discovered that the pregnant woman who had fainted had recovered. Her husband had not called in another doctor, but instead had invited Tan Mengru, the acting administrator of the market, to take her pulse and prescribe medicine.

Tan Mengru learned from both her parents and is particularly good at common diseases and gynecological diseases.

After knowing that the pregnant woman was in poor health during pregnancy, I prescribed a conditioning prescription.

The villagers rely on the mountains for their livelihood, and many families work part-time as herbalists. Many herbs can be found in the village. The herbs that cannot be found are given to players in the form of tasks, asking them to go to the Shiwan Mountains to collect herbs.

"What happened?" Lin Xiang appeared and asked the two people, "If it's not something particularly important, you can all go to Miss Tan for help. Even if she can't help you, you can ask the other young men to work together."

If everyone comes to the land temple to seek help from me when they encounter problems, there are two major disadvantages.

First, they would certainly develop inertia and lose the ability to solve problems and handle crises. The rapid rise of the human race, in addition to its strong fertility, is also largely due to its belief that man can conquer nature.

If they had relied too much on the gods, they would not have developed to this point today.

In addition, it will disturb Lin Xiang's own cultivation process.

It’s okay now that there are only a few believers, but if there are more in the future, he will have to run around every day.

Of course, gods can solve things that cannot be reversed by human power, such as natural disasters. They don't need to help with ordinary trivial matters.

Wang Xiuyuan saw Ji Ling's dissatisfaction and explained repeatedly, "Master Ji Ling, we don't need help. We just want to thank you for your help. If you hadn't helped us, I'm afraid the situation would be very dangerous now."

"Yes, Dinghai's wife has always been strong and healthy. Who would have thought that she would faint? I am grateful for the help of Master Jiling. I have no way to repay you. I can only offer you a circle of spiritual incense left by our ancestors as a token of gratitude."

Village chief Wang Xiuyuan carefully took out a stick of incense made of thousand-year-old agarwood from an ancient wooden box.

This was originally an item passed down from them that they intended to burn for their ancestors during large-scale ancestral worship ceremonies. The incense can be used to stabilize the tomb and protect the family.

However, hundreds of years have passed and they dare not worship their ancestors publicly for fear of exposing their identities.

Now I just give it to Lin Xiang as a thank you.

Don't hit a smiling person. Even the powerful sacrificial spirits in the capital may not be able to possess such precious spiritual incense. After it was lit and inserted into the incense burner, Lin Xiang could feel his incense value soaring!

"It's a pity that the Xiuxian Sect can't make incense, otherwise I could just collect the materials and make it myself."

Xianmen is a place for cultivating immortals. In addition to raw materials, making incense also requires the consumption of human luck.

The luck of humanity is obviously only possessed by human countries, and they will not over-consume their own luck to make incense for the sacrificial spirits, so the amount of spiritual incense circulated each year is extremely limited.

No one knows how long the Wang family has kept this spiritual incense, nor when it was passed down. Anyway, there is a sealing restriction on the box, which shows that it was made by a master.

Lin Xiang then realized that he had wronged them, and his tone softened. "No need to thank me specifically. After all, you are all my believers. Xiufen also often worships me and prays for a healthy child."

The land god's duties include the prosperity of the population, and he is just doing his job.

"Master Jiling, we have a humble request." Wang Xiuyuan knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "If the child in Xiufen's belly truly has spiritual roots and can cultivate immortality, I hope to become your disciple."

Now Wang Xiuyuan is skeptical about the family history passed down orally by his elders on their deathbed. Since there is no trace of the divine whip, the family inheritance may also be false.

Even if there was any, it might have been squandered by the ancestors of the cultivators, and there would definitely be very little left as a legacy for their descendants.

In this situation, they could only place their hopes on Lin Xiang.

Lin Xiang thought about it carefully and replied, "If this child has decent talent and character, I'm willing to take him in."

Even a casual cultivator can accept disciples, not to mention that he really needs disciples to expand his influence and share the affairs.

The reason why players are not accepted as apprentices is simply because the strength of both parties is relatively close, and after accepting them as apprentices, it will be inconvenient to issue tasks and reap the benefits. Instead, you will need to worry about the apprentice's future.

That child and I are destined to be together.

The most important thing in the world of cultivation is fate. Lin Xiang felt that it would take at least five years for the child to be born and grow up.

My cultivation level will definitely be much higher by then than it is now.

But he also doesn't know what the game will be like in five years, and whether all players will quit the game and switch to other games.

"Thank you, Master Ji Ling!" Wang Minghai finally felt relieved.

He also didn't know what the child's qualifications were. If he joined another sect, he would definitely be worried about many things.

Now that the sacrificial spirit in his village is so powerful, he can get the upper hand by being close to the water. Maybe he can even become the founding disciple.

Wang Xiuyuan pondered for a moment, and finally decided to speak out his worries: "Master Ji Ling, actually, our family's original surname was Ji, but because the Zhou Dynasty and Qi State fell, we became too powerful, so we changed our surname to Wang."

"Because the rulers of the Zhou Dynasty, which our ancestors ruled, and the Xia and Shang Dynasties before them, were all called kings, our ancestors took the supreme throne as their surname to remind us not to forget our bloodline."

Originally, they thought that Ji Ling would be extremely shocked after hearing this.

But Lin Xiang's expression was calm. "Oh, so that's how it is. It seems your branch is having a hard time. There should be some branches of the Ji or Wang family in other countries, right? I know there's a Langya Wang family whose strength is comparable to that of a first-rate immortal sect."

In the world of cultivation, the Langya Wang family is considered to be half of the top forces. They have come all the way from the mythological era and have never encountered any crisis. They seem unfathomable.

"Aren't you surprised?" Wang Minghai said with some discomfort, "We Wangs are all true descendants of the Yellow Emperor."

He had always been proud of his bloodline, but the sacrificial spirit in front of him really didn't seem to care, as if he didn't take the descendants of Huangdi seriously.

In fact, it is true. Lin Xiang and the 605 players outside are all descendants of Yan and Huang. Anyone whose bloodline cannot be traced back to Emperor Yan and Huang is the two emperors!

No one is nobler than anyone else.

"What's so surprising? No matter how strong your bloodline is, you still have to rely on your own efforts. As a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, don't you want to work on the land?" Lin Xiang knocked on the door and said, "The bloodline of the Yellow Emperor and the Yan Emperor is spread all over the world. You don't have anything special. You should just keep your feet on the ground and do your own thing."

"No, no, no, we're not claiming to be superior," Wang Xiuyuan explained quickly. "We simply want to clarify our relationship with the Divine Whip. Originally, the Divine Whip was in the possession of the Zhou royal family, and later it was taken away and controlled by the descendants of the Jiang clan of Qi. However, our ancestors accidentally obtained the Divine Whip from the fallen Qi State and have kept it in secret ever since."

"But our ancestors were unable to use the Divine Whip and had to hide it. The oral will we received said that the Divine Whip was hidden in the branches of the thickest willow tree outside the village. However, today we cut down all the willow trees and still couldn't find the Divine Whip..."

Who among the gods has not heard of the name of the divine whip?

This divine whip is feared by many gods with unfathomable strength, and is used specifically to attack gods.

But their description gave rise to a strange idea in Lin Xiang's mind.

A magical whip hidden in the willow branches?

Why does it sound like the scene where I obtain the weapon Panlong Whip?

At that time, he was attacked by a willow monster on the official road. After killing the monster, he found the broken Panlong Whip in its body.

Did the Wang family ancestor mistakenly take the Panlong Whip for the Dashen Whip, or was it that the Dashen Whip was a divine object that concealed itself?

"Perhaps our ancestors remembered it wrongly, or perhaps it was mixed up through generations of word of mouth. If Master Jiling can find the Divine Whip, we are willing to give it to you."

Even if ordinary people pass on messages, it is easy for them to be distorted, let alone passing them down from generation to generation.

They knew they couldn't keep this magical weapon, but they were unwilling to accept that the secret they had kept for many years was just a lie, so they wanted to ask Lin Xiang for help.

After all, the surrounding areas are all the other party's dojo, and they have enough control.

Lin Xiang's mind flashed, and he pointed at the statue next to him and said, "Do you know what the Divine Whip looks like? Does it look like the Coiling Dragon Whip in my hand?"

Wang Minghai's heart skipped a beat, he really didn't guess that way.

Because no one knows what the mysterious divine whip looks like.

"I don't know what it looks like, I only know its function. If the short whip on the statue of Lord Ji Ling is really a divine whip, that would be great!"

"If it really was a divine whip, who broke it?"