Chapter 1: Golden Core Family
“Twelve years. Time really flies so slowly!”
Ye Qingxuan, dressed in a green robe, walked out of the library. His handsome face showed a sense of ease. After stretching, he sighed softly.
He had been in this world for twelve years.
According to what he currently understood, this world was called the Di Xuan World, divided into Nine Regions.
These were the Inner Five Regions: Central Region, Eastern Region, Southern Region, Western Region, and Northern Region.
And the Four Outer Regions: Eastern Pole, Southern Barbarian, Western Wilds, and Northern Departure.
Each region was divided into ninety-nine large states, and even the smallest among them was more than a hundred times larger than the Earth he lived on in his previous life.
It could be said to be boundless. An ordinary person would not be able to leave a single large state in their entire life, and the counties and prefectures within each large state were countless.
The area where Ye Qingxuan currently resided was the Di Xuan World's Eastern Region - Qingzhou - Daoguang County - Qingmu Prefecture - Ye Clan Immortal City.
More importantly, this world possessed the Immortal Cultivator system that he had longed for in his previous life.
He learned all this knowledge from the library he had just exited.
The library was specially established by the Ye Family to broaden the horizons of their Mortal clansmen; it contained some common knowledge and information about Qingzhou.
As the Ye Clan Immortal City occupied a vast area, there were thousands of such libraries distributed throughout the Immortal City.
He died unexpectedly in his previous life but never thought he would Transmigrate and Rebirth into this world, experiencing the kind of encounters that protagonists in novels from his previous life had.
When he first arrived in this world, after the initial panic, there was a sense of curiosity about it.
So, ever since he learned to read, he frequently visited the library to learn about this world.
In this life, although he was born into an ordinary Family, he was a Mortal clansman of the Golden Core Family, the Ye Family.
While it wasn't a perfect start, it wasn't too bad either.
“I'm really looking forward to it! Tomorrow is the Family's annual Spiritual Root testing day, and I'm twelve this year, finally meeting the testing standard.”
Ye Qingxuan thought this, filled with anticipation and nervousness, and his steps quickened on the way home without him realizing it.
Ever since he learned of the existence of Immortal Cultivators, he had been looking forward to this moment, and also dreading it, every single second.
“A Spiritual Root!
These twelve years have truly been agonizing, but tomorrow, there will be a result. This feeling of not being able to control one's own destiny is truly unsettling.”
Ye Qingxuan suddenly stopped, took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and after calming his emotions, he continued walking forward.
Along the way, the streets were filled with Ye Family clansmen coming and going, but Ye Qingxuan was mostly unfamiliar with them.
This was because although the Ye Clan Immortal City was just one city, its area was astonishingly vast, with over ten million people living within it.
However, most of these people in the city were mere Mortals without Cultivation, while the Ye Family's true Immortal Cultivator clansmen mostly resided and Cultivated on the Spiritual Veins of the mountains not far outside the city.
Although the Ye Family was only a Golden Core Family, its Legacy had already lasted for ten thousand years.
After a long period of accumulation, the Ye Family had over ten thousand Immortal Cultivator clansmen, and more than ten million Mortal clansmen.
This was even after the Ye Family managed to control the population due to insufficient territory; otherwise, there would be even more Mortal clansmen.
There was no other way. Although the Ye Family was a Golden Core Family, it was not considered too powerful in the region of Qingzhou, and its allocated territory was only the size of one city.
However, beyond this city, an area of ten thousand li in circumference belonged to the Ye Family.
It was just that Mortals were too fragile and could only live within the city and various resource strongholds, protected by Immortal Cultivator clansmen, which limited their numbers.
After all, any Yao Beast that appeared outside could easily overpower Mortals.
Ye Qingxuan walked a considerable distance before arriving at the entrance of a courtyard house.
Entering the house, Ye Qingxuan saw his Mother Ye busy and said,
“Mother, I'm back!”
Ye Qingxin looked up at the sound, seeing her precious son, and was very happy:
“Xuan'er, have a seat first. Dinner will be ready soon.”
Hearing his Mother Ye's words, Ye Qingxuan nodded, looked around the courtyard, and not seeing his Father Ye, he asked,
“Mother, where's Father? Has he not returned yet?”
Seeing Ye Qingxuan ask, Ye Qingxin stopped what she was doing, put her hands on her hips, and said coldly,
“Your Father Ye went out to play chess again. He's never around all day. If he's so capable, he shouldn't come back for dinner, hmph!”
Seeing his Mother Ye's expression, Ye Qingxuan wisely did not reply, pursed his lips, and shook his head helplessly, but he didn't care too much.
As Mortal descendants of the Ye Family, although most could not become rich and powerful, relying on the Ye Family meant they could live without worries about food and clothing.
They didn't need to work hard; they just needed to occasionally take on some small tasks assigned by the Family to live quite comfortably.
After a while, as Mother Ye's dinner was almost ready, a middle-aged man slowly walked in through the doorway.
As soon as the man entered, he first glanced at Mother Ye's displeased face, then rubbed his head before looking at Ye Qingxuan and laughing heartily:
“Xuan'er, you're back! Tomorrow is the Family's Spiritual Root testing day. How are you feeling? Nervous?”
Ye Qingxuan shook his head, smiling, and said,
“Father, I'm not nervous!”
However, his hands unconsciously clenched tightly.
Seeing his son's expression, Ye Qingyou stepped forward and patted Ye Qingxuan's shoulder:
“Hehe, don't be nervous. Your old man here was tested back then, and it was nothing special. No Spiritual Root, but your old man isn't still living quite comfortably? Hahaha!”
Ye Qingyou didn't hold much hope. A Spiritual Root was basically one in a thousand, so it was normal if his son didn't have one.
He just saw Ye Qingxuan was nervous and wanted to comfort him, to help his son relax a little.
At this moment, Mother Ye walked over, directly pinched Father Ye's ear, and scolded angrily:
“Enough! You're idle all day, don't lead our son astray. What's wrong with our son? Maybe Xuan'er has a Spiritual Root?”
“Ow, ow, ow, it hurts, child's mother, let go quickly, I admit I was wrong, isn't that enough?”
Seeing his parents bickering, Ye Qingxuan felt himself relax at once.
To be able to live a second life, he had already gained. Why bother with gains and losses that he couldn't control?
Moreover, he wasn't without any reliance.
After dinner, Ye Qingxuan returned to his room, sat cross-legged on the bed, and focused his attention on his mind.
Having lived two lives, Ye Qingxuan's Soul seemed to have undergone special tempering. Even without Cultivating, he could introspect his mind space.
At this moment, in a special space at the center of Ye Qingxuan's mind, a phantom image of Ye Qingxuan slowly emerged.
And in front of him, at the center of his mind space, a profound yellow bead and a small glazed turtle were floating!
This bead was Ye Qingxuan's Family heirloom from his previous life. He had always carried it with him in his previous life and never expected it to Transmigrate with him to this world.
However, so far, Ye Qingxuan had not received any information from the bead.
And that small glazed turtle was the Clone — the Eternal Turtle — that he accidentally contracted when he Transmigrated!
The Eternal Turtle was a rare species from the myriad worlds, living only deep within dimensional space and not appearing in the human world. It possessed two major characteristics: immunity to all laws and eternal Lifespan.
Its only drawback was that it had no offensive power whatsoever.
However, for some unknown reason, the Eternal Turtle Clone in his mind could not be released; it seemed to be suppressed by some power.
Fortunately, after Ye Qingxuan Transmigrated and accidentally contracted the Eternal Turtle as a Clone, his main body also inherited one of the Eternal Turtle's characteristics, which was eternal Lifespan.
It was a pity that it was eternal Lifespan, not eternal life. Although he would no longer have Lifespan limits, he still could not avoid external harm.
But even so, with the characteristic of eternal Lifespan, as long as he could possess a Spiritual Root, no matter what his talent, he was confident he could reach the Peak.
Thinking of this, Ye Qingxuan reopened his eyes, a fervent light shining within them, unable to calm down for a long time.
With such an opportunity, he refused to believe that he wouldn't have a Spiritual Root.