Chapter 263: Jiajing's Unknown Follow-up to the Transplantation
On November 26, the 99th year of the Jiajing reign, it rained heavily.
It was late at night, and the rain was getting heavier at this moment. However, in the huge city of Nanjing, which had already encompassed the entire Yingtian Prefecture, heavy rain did not occur throughout the entire city, but was limited to the old city.
The old city refers to the original area of Nanjing city.
At this time, Jiangning District, which was formerly Jiangning County, was located in the eastern part of the Li family's branch family.
In the brightly lit dining room.
Li Baole and his family were having dinner in the dining room at this time.
Although Li Baole's family was suppressed within the clan, they were still a family of immortal cultivators after all, and their living expenses were not too tight. Compared with ordinary families, they were already upper-middle class.
Li Ming, the young man who was full of vigor and enthusiasm for the way of immortality, is now fifty-four years old.
His cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi training has already made his lifespan far exceed that of ordinary mortals. He looks like a middle-aged man in his early forties and does not seem very old.
Li Ming's wife is also a cultivator. She looks to be only about 30 years old. Although she is not a beauty, she is gentle and generous and seems to be very virtuous.
"Le'er, why are you so absent-minded?" Mother Liu looked at her depressed son Li Baole, picked up a piece of meat and put it in the bowl, saying, "Come on, eat more meat."
"Today is a day off. Why don't you go home after school?" Li Ming asked his son Li Baole.
Li Baole, who was eating with his head down, paused for a moment. Thinking of what he was going to ask next, he raised his head and thanked his mother Liu: "Thank you, mother." Then he looked at Li Ming and said:
"Father, I went to Jiuwazi Town today."
Jiuwazi Town? Hearing that Li Baole went to such a mixed place, Li Ming frowned instinctively and scolded:
"Didn't I tell you? Don't go to places like this anymore. How many times do I have to tell you before you listen..."
However, before Li Ming could finish his words, Liu on the side hurriedly comforted him, "Okay, okay, stop talking. Le'er is an adult now, and he will take the college entrance examination in three years."
"You're still scolding him like a child. As the saying goes, don't scold your child before meals. Don't you understand this truth?"
"I won't go there anymore, will I?" Liu glared at her husband Li Ming, then looked at Li Baole and said, "Come on, son, eat some food."
"You!" Before he could finish his words to scold his son, his wife scolded him first. Li Ming was immediately furious and could only put the bowl and chopsticks heavily on the table and said angrily: "I'm full!"
"Father, I have something to say." Just as Li Ming stood up to leave, Li Baole suddenly spoke.
"What's the matter?" Li Ming was stunned when he heard this.
In the past, when this kid made a mistake and he was scolded, he would definitely not want to stay around for long. But now he suddenly changed his temper. Li Ming frowned and was not in a hurry to leave.
Seeing this, Liu did not rush to interrupt this time, but cast a puzzled look at her son who seemed to have changed his nature.
"Father, what I want to ask is whether our family is involved in the spirit stone business?" After organizing his thoughts in his mind, Li Baole asked out loud the doubts in his heart.
According to his personality, he would not have asked if he had not felt increasingly uneasy.
It is precisely because every time he feels uneasy, it is proven that something bad will happen afterwards, otherwise he would not be so reckless.
The uneasiness in his heart this time was greater than any previous time. If the spirit stone business was exposed, it would bring disaster to the entire family.
"What did you say?!" At this moment, Li Ming's breathing stagnated when he heard Li Baole actually mentioned the spirit stone business.
Liu, who was standing by, was also startled and looked around subconsciously.
Then Liu raised her hand and took out a forbidden talisman, completely isolating the entire dining hall, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Le'er, what are you talking about? Why do you suddenly bring up the matter of spirit stones?" Facing her son Li Baole, Liu showed a rare look of anger on her face.
Looking at Li Ming again, his face had already turned ashen.
He was not stupid. Considering what Li Baole had just said about going to Jiuwazi Town, and then suddenly asking out of the blue whether the family was involved in the spirit stone business, he immediately realized that this kid must have discovered something.
"Speak!" Li Ming looked solemn and stared at Li Baole, "Tell me everything you know!"
Looking at his father's serious expression and his mother's nervous behavior, Li Baole actually had a vague guess in his heart that his family might really be involved in the spirit stone business.
Involuntarily, his heart sank.
Immediately, Li Baole didn't waste any words and told everything he knew without leaving out any details.
After hearing what Li Baole said, Li Ming and Liu looked at each other and suddenly realized that Li Baole knew about the family's involvement in the spirit stone business from their conversation.
Thinking of this, Li Ming couldn't help but glare at Liu.
Even though Liu seemed very majestic just now, Li Ming still has the final say on important matters at home.
Being glared at by her husband, Liu was a little embarrassed. At this time, she also understood that if she had not known that her family was involved in the spirit stone business and had not insisted on arguing with Li Ming, today's incident would not have happened. Li Baole naturally would not have known about it.
"Yes, the family is indeed involved in the spirit stone business." At this time, Li Ming also knew that there was no point in hiding it any longer, and from what Li Baole had just said, he also keenly sensed a hint of something unusual.
The spirit stone smuggling business of these underground gangs has even expanded into the academy. If the imperial court knew about this, there would definitely be a massive purge of all those involved.
It's just a gang of the underworld. In Jiangning District, who would dare to do this without the approval of the Li family?
In Jiangning District, there are two major families, namely the Li family of Daoxiang Village and the Wang family of Zhuyuan Village.
In the underground world, all those shady immortal cultivation gangs must obey the Li and Wang families.
But no matter whether it is No. 2 Middle School or No. 3 Middle School, these two academies are both within the Jiangning District, as well as the so-called Dongxing Jidao, which, if he remembered correctly, was the dog raised by the Li family.
"It seems like this is an internal fight within this so-called extreme gang." Li Ming analyzed, "But they actually used the government, so the whole thing is likely to affect the Li family..."
At this moment, even Li Ming himself felt a sinking feeling in his heart for no apparent reason.
When it comes to spiritual stones, even though the Jiangning District has already been taken care of by the Li family, even if the government wants to investigate, the Li family can abandon these extreme forces.
By then, the government will have achieved political achievements and the Li family will be safe and sound. This is how they have been doing for so many years.
But this time Li Baole suddenly came back to ask himself whether his family was involved in the spirit stone business, and that made things completely different!
Thinking of this, Li Ming couldn't help but look at his son Li Baole, his eyes flickering for a moment, and asked: "Baole, why did you suddenly think of coming back to ask your father and your mother?"
As he spoke, seeing his son Li Baole's puzzled look, as if asking "Does this have anything to do with the Lingshi business?", Li Ming paused for a moment and continued:
"You should have noticed something over the years, right?"
"Do you always feel uneasy in your heart when you encounter something? That's why you always speak and act carefully. And every time you are able to turn danger into safety because of the warning in your heart... Is what your father said right?"
"Father, how did you know?" Li Baole looked at his father Li Ming in surprise.
Logically speaking, this kind of uneasiness in one's heart and the resulting cautious behavior are actually nothing, because it is human nature.
Many cautious people, or those who are naturally insecure, will subconsciously overthink things when they encounter them.
Then, they weigh the pros and cons in their hearts and finally decide to give up the current action to avoid trouble. These are actually very normal and nothing serious.
Even Li Baole himself thought that it was just because he was insecure, overthinking and sensitive.
"But there has never been anything that is worth your anxiety, because you are used to it. In your opinion, if you feel uneasy, you should just stay away from it immediately."
"But this time, the matter is so big that you feel it is unavoidable and the uneasiness in your heart cannot be eliminated at all!" Li Ming continued speaking without paying attention to Li Baole's reaction.
"So, you decided to come back and ask for clarification!"
"Well, let me tell you today that this is not what you call being naturally alert or sensitive."
"It's because of your innate talent!"
"My destiny?" Li Baole frowned, "But father, my destiny is just an ordinary hammer..."
"Besides, my cultivation is slow, and my innate power is indeed average. The innate power instruments of the academy have also been reflected, so there will be no mistakes."
In recent years, as more and more people in the cabinet entered the world of immortal cultivation and began to trade with the world of immortal cultivation, many basic necessities from the world of immortal cultivation were also continuously transported to the Ming Dynasty.
This life-reflecting instrument was naturally transported to Daming early on, becoming an indispensable item for all families and immortal cultivation academies. After all, whether it was the students of the academy or the immortal cultivation families in Daming, they all needed to use the life-reflecting instrument to reflect the life of the clan members and then teach them according to their aptitude.
"Your destiny is indeed an ordinary iron hammer," Li Ming said, and sighed, "But your destiny is related to your father's destiny, the innate purple vine!"
As he spoke, Li Ming cast an apologetic look at his wife Liu, who also had a surprised look on her face.
"I understand." After being surprised for a moment, Liu gave a gentle smile.
(Note: For details about Xiantian Wisteria, see Chapter 222.)
"The innate ability of Wisteria is to control all vine plants within its sight and then launch an attack." Li Ming was touched when he saw that his wife did not blame him.
His greatest luck was meeting his wife Liu!
"At the same time, it also has a very strong healing power," Li Ming said, and he put his fingers together like a sword and slashed his arm fiercely, "The most important thing is this healing ability."
As soon as the words fell, before Li Baole and Liu could be surprised, they saw Li Ming's wound healed instantly!
"Hiss!" Seeing this scene, Li Baole couldn't help but take a breath.
As for Liu, who was standing by, an inexplicable look flashed across her eyes, but she did not make a fuss. After all, they had been married for decades, and she had seen everything before her.
What really surprised her was what Li Ming said about the inheritance of her innate talent.
With this level of healing, even if Li Ming's cultivation is only at the eighth level of Qi training, he can fight against stronger cultivators!
Even, relying on one's innate talent, if one starts a battle without the enemy knowing the situation, one might be able to turn defeat into victory!
"The healing of Xiantian Wisteria is far more than that." Li Ming naturally figured out what Li Baole was thinking, and then continued to explain:
"If the talent is cultivated into a magical power, as long as there is a drop of blood left, it can be resurrected by relying on the powerful self-healing ability."
"Of course, if someone beats you to pieces in an instant, then you're dead beyond death."
"Unfortunately, if you want to learn supernatural powers in Daming, you can only enter Daming Immortal Palace, or places like the Imperial Academy. You can only practice after the imperial court grants you supernatural powers."
"Moreover, as far as I know, only the six ministries, the cabinet, and some other high-ranking officials have supernatural powers. Supernatural powers are extremely secretive, and no one would show them to others casually."
“Let’s not talk about magic for now…” Li Ming waved his hand regretfully, and then said seriously: “But what you don’t know is that although the innate talent of the purple vine is to heal and control the vines, it also has other abilities, such as danger perception!”
Hearing this, Liu's expression became serious.
"Ever since you were born, I have discovered that my innate purple vine's ability to sense danger has been transferred to your life force and has become your life force talent!"
"Don't doubt your father's judgment," Li Ming shook his head slightly and said, "Your father can sense that your life force and your father's innate purple vine have a special connection."
"The life force is connected to the cultivator's sea of consciousness. The sea of consciousness is where the essence, energy and spirit are located. It is also the place where the primordial spirit is born."
"So, whenever you come near me, my innate purple vine will sense it, and your destiny will also appear in my sea of consciousness. This is the connection between destiny and destiny!"
"Can innate talents be connected in pairs?" Hearing this, Li Baole was a little confused.
These things were never mentioned in the academy.
As the Ming Dynasty entered the Immortal Dynasty, the original "General Notes on Cultivation" had already spread throughout the world after being newly compiled by the court.
Everyone knows the basic information about their destiny.
First of all, destiny is innate. Some people are born with faster cultivation, higher understanding and better talent, because their destiny is better. But for some people, it is the opposite.
Secondly, if the natal destiny is not good by nature, then after building the foundation, the soul born in the sea of consciousness needs to connect with the natal destiny, so as to bind the natal object, and then feed back to the natal destiny by polishing the natal object.
In this way, the improvement of one's innate ability will benefit the cultivator's cultivation.
Finally, everyone has a destiny, no matter good or bad, and a destiny talent. And most people only have one destiny talent, most of which are related to their destiny.
For example, Li Baole’s natural instinct is hammer, which means he has a strong hammering ability and is a natural blacksmith.
For some people, their natal symbol is a sword, so it is very likely that their natal talent is related to the sword.
Of course, it is possible for two natal charts to be identical, but the natal talents are not certain.
What's more, there is a saying that innate talents are inherited through blood. If I remember correctly, only spiritual beasts can inherit talents.
Spirit beasts do not have their own innate abilities; their talents are hidden in their blood and then passed down from generation to generation. In this process, the blood talents of father and son will also change.
Of course, it is also possible that there is inheritance from one line to another.
However, they are real people, father and son. Can their innate talents be passed down?
"I, your father, don't understand this either!" Li Ming sighed, "However, the immortal path is vast, what is impossible to happen?"
"Although I am already a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi training, it means nothing in front of the vast immortal path!"
"Just like when my father first embarked on the path of cultivating immortals," Li Ming paused and continued, "Not only my father, but all the cultivators in the world at that time probably didn't know about the existence of natal and natal objects."
"Of course, maybe the imperial court knows about this..."
"Later, by chance, my father was favored by the Grandmaster Yunyin, and he replaced my father's destiny. Not to mention before, even now, how many people know that destiny can be transplanted and replaced?"
"In short, there are too many secrets in the path of cultivating immortals, and cultivators like us need to explore them on our own."
Well, even though Li Ming has only been practicing for a short time and his realm is low, he spoke a very true thing.
Let alone him, when it comes to cultivating immortals, even Jiajing cannot say that he can grasp all the things clearly.
After all, in the entire world of immortal cultivation, the place he had set foot in was just a small corner. There were too many abnormal phenomena, not to mention that Jiajing could not explain it, even the super sects in the world of immortal cultivation could not explain it.
"So this innate talent, passed down from father to son, is most likely related to the fact that the father's innate talent was transplanted into the sea of consciousness."
"So when your father and your mother came together and had you, my innate talent was passed on to you!"
"Unfortunately, it was several years later when your father met your mother," Li Ming said, looking at his wife Liu, who also smiled at him.
"Plus, the Grandmaster really stopped summoning us." Li Ming continued, "So the matter was put on hold..."
"As for how I determined this," after explaining to Li Baole, Li Ming paused and continued:
"Do you still remember that when you were a child, you told your father many times that you had the ability to predict danger?"
"I have never taken it seriously. It's not that I don't believe you, but I am worried that you will attract the covetousness of the family."
"As for not telling your mother, it was also due to this consideration." After saying this, Li Ming looked at Liu again.
But he saw his wife had already lowered her head and started eating silently. Seeing this, Li Ming shook his head slightly.
"As long as no one pays attention, everyone will just think it's the child's nonsense. Besides, the so-called foresight of danger is just a warning in your mind, and you can't explain it yourself."
"As you grow older and become more sensible, you won't mention these things anymore, and our family won't be targeted."
"So that's how it is..." After listening to his father Li Ming's explanation, Li Baole breathed a sigh of relief. He felt mixed emotions when he suddenly learned this.
What makes him happy is that his destiny is not a useless hammer, but what worries him is the crisis his family is facing right now.
To be honest, at this moment he would rather believe that all his uneasiness came from his own overthinking.
Rather than a warning from one’s true innate talent!
Because if the warning is true, it means that his family is likely to encounter a great disaster.
"My wife," Li Ming obviously knew the seriousness of the matter and said, "Le'er's destiny is a warning. It concerns the family. It's time for us to leave the family."
"The spiritual stone business is too big for us to get involved in. Our branch has not been involved, so there is no need for us to be affected by the family. Besides, I have done my best for the family over the years."
Hearing this, Liu nodded and said, "I'll go pack my things now." After that, Liu turned and left.
Li Baole and Li Ming also packed up their things and prepared to escape!
What neither the father nor the son knew was that after Liu returned to the room, the first thing she did was take out the photo stone.
"There are new discoveries following my natal transplant, please bear witness to this." He recorded the voice message into the photo, then pressed his finger on a contact person with the word "Grand Supervisor" written on it on the photo stone for a long time.
Finally, Liu took a deep breath and sent it out together with the conversation the family had just had.
After doing all this, Liu closed her eyes gently until she heard footsteps outside the house, then she opened her eyes. Then her expression returned to calm, and she continued to pack her things silently.
"..."
(End of this chapter)
