blueteamnovel Chapter 474 - 358: Innate Divine Power
Chapter 474 - 358: Innate Divine Power
Chapter 474: Chapter 358: Innate Divine Power
Ten years later.
The morning sun was just beginning to blossom.
A baby’s cry broke the peaceful silence of the mountains.@@@@
Spiritual light shimmered as several potent Spirit Pills, known for strengthening muscles and bones, merged into the infant’s body.
Instantly, the baby stopped crying, its black, shiny eyes glancing first at the mother, then at the father.
Zhao Yao showed none of the difficulties of childbirth, her mana circulating to restore her figure, her eyes sparkling with spiritual light as she checked the baby’s physical roots, but could not hide her disappointment.
“Xuan’er also lacks a Spirit Root!”
The baby had already been named before birth, Xuan, in memory of the grace taught by the ancestor Xuan Yi.
“Since ancient times, a Spirit Root is a gift from the heavens; even the children of immortals have only a one in ten thousand chance.”
Yang Jin comforted her, “Yao’er need not be sad, our lifespans are long, we can slowly have more children, surely we will have a child with a Spirit Root!”
“Do you think I am what...”
In a shy and angry rebuke, Zhao Yao’s face turned slightly red, “Wouldn’t that make me like a sow, bearing so many children I couldn’t possibly take care of them all.”
Pregnancy does not affect mana cultivation; however, caring for children afterward is troublesome and takes up much cultivation time. Most cultivators in the Cultivation World choose to have no descendants or leave their offspring in the care of mortal families.
Mortals raise children to support them in old age, whereas cultivators have long lifespans and can easily outlive many generations of descendants.
Yang Jin said, “Moreover, it is not without solutions. After Xuan’er and Sisi have spread their branches and leaves, we could simply choose one with a Spirit Root and bring them up the mountain to cultivate.”
“Forget it, perhaps by then, I will no longer have the inclination to have children around me.”
Zhao Yao sighed, “Xuan’er and Sisi left nine years ago, and although at first I missed them every day and night, now I’ve also grown accustomed to their absence. Separated from mortals by immortals, it’s not the heartless individual, but rather the heartless way of heaven!”
At this point, Zhao Yao suddenly understood why her ancestor was indifferent to his descendants and unconcerned about their birth, aging, sickness, and death.
Separated by hundreds of generations and through continuous dilution, it is hard to say how much blood relation remains.
“If heaven is heartless, how then could I have met my wife?”
Yang Jin held Zhao Yao in his arms and spoke with deep affection, “Having met you, I desire nothing more...”
“Xuan’er really has a problem!”
Yang Jin’s expression grew somber, “Such a situation either indicates the reincarnation of a powerful being or the awakening of innate wisdom.”
Zhao Yao, puzzled, “How can Xuan’er reincarnate or awaken innate wisdom without even having a Spirit Root?”
“The two are unrelated.”
Yang Jin explained, “I have asked my great-uncle master who asserted that there are mortals without Spirit Roots who have awakened innate wisdom, yet without the qualification for cultivation, they can only silently die of old age.”
Awakening innate wisdom is not something to flaunt, for it brings risk of being captured by cultivators for a Soul Search—better to blend into the mortal world.
“Then I’ll call Xuan’er over to ask.”
With an excited expression on her face, Zhao Yao thought that if Yang Xuan was a reincarnation or possessed innate wisdom, his past life must have been a significant figure, which might earn the recognition of the ancestor, who could grant him a Spirit Root through spells.
But upon reflection, she was reluctant to have her son be a reincarnation, feeling like she was losing something!
Yang Xuan, who was playing chase with the dog in the courtyard, heard his mother calling and hopped and skipped into the house.
“Xuan’er, look into your mother’s eyes.”
Zhao Yao employed the Soul-Ensnaring Art, and seeing Yang Xuan’s eyes grow bewildered, she softly asked, “Xuan’er, do you have any memories of a past life?”
Yang Xuan shook his head in confusion, “No.”
“Have you awakened any innate wisdom?”
“No.”
“Do you have any unfamiliar memories?”
“No.”
Zhao Yao asked several questions in succession, then withdrew the Soul-Ensnaring Art, and helplessly said, “Xuan’er is just an ordinary person.”
“An ordinary person is good, very good!”
Yang Jin was of course aware it was not ordinary, but what could they do with such inexplicable phenomena, abandon him in the wilderness or send him back into the cycle of reincarnation?
From then on.
Yang Jin paid extra attention to his son, his Divine Sense locked on him so he could detect anything unusual.
That he could crawl in three days, walk in ten, and talk in half a month was not yet considered extraordinary.