In the centre of the city was a large raised ground. With five different coloured large pillars erected around a small transparent crystal stone in the middle.
The ground was covered with ancient runes in a circle around this ground. Li Jiangfeng was standing at the top of the stairs leading to the raised ground. With his two wives and other children around him.
Slowly, a carriage arrived with a horse pulling it. It stopped in front of the altar. A servant came forward and pulled out a stool from the rack below the carriage, placing it in its side.
A hand reached out from the carriage, pulling the curtains. Slowly, a child came out of it. He was wearing a sky-blue hanfu with deep, wave-like patterns, silver ornaments in his neck and hair, a sapphire earring, and a plain blue jade with a wave pattern hanging at his waist.
"Father, Mother, Greetings." He said, bowing his head with his hands clasped together.
"Emm, ok, get up."
"Are you ready for it?"
Li Jiangfeng said, looking at his son.
"Yes, Father."
"ok then, let's begin."
Li Jiangfeng raised his hands, signaling the nearby soldiers to begin the ceremony.
A group of soldiers came from both sides. Bringing with them the blood of a spirit beast, mostly low-level.
"Xiao Yun, go stand in the middle of the circle along with the crystal stone."
As his father had said, Li Xingyun started walking towards the centre, stepping on the stairs. As he was walking forward in the circle, a repulsive force started acting upon him, pushing him away from the altar.
Ignoring the pressure, he walked and stood in the middle of the circle. As he reached the middle area, the soldiers started pouring the blood on the runes, covering them with blood.
As the blood covered almost all the runes, Li Jiangfeng started pouring spiritual energy into them; they began glowing blood red.
A strange, faint red spiritual energy flowed out from the runes, flowing towards Li XingYun, entering his body.
As the red spiritual energy flowed inside his body, Li XingYun felt something open in his body with a pop sound that only he could hear.
As soon as the pop sound came from his body, a strange phenomenon occurred. His eyes went white all of a sudden, with his body slowly floated up in the sky.
The sun hung high up in the sky, and suddenly glowed twice as strong as before. The light of the sun transformed into golden Qi flowing inside his body.
"láng jūn, what is happening to Xiao Yun. Why is none of the spirit root pillar glowing, and what is this strange situation?"
Seeing the situation unfold so strangely, Su Meiling asked her husband, looking worried for her son. Feng YuYuan also looked towards Li JiangFeng, hoping for an answer.
"fūrén, I also don't know. This has never happened before in my life."
Seeing his two wives looking at him with a worried expression, he answered them truthfully.
"Diae, niáng, look at the fourth brother."
As they were talking to each other, Li Zicheng's voice came from behind.
Following the direction, as they looked towards Li XiangYun, a light was originating from his body. With the crystal glowing vigorously with a white light with a faint sky blue colour mixed with different sparks of red, orange, green, etc.
As the light grew bigger and bigger, a huge beam of light came out from his body, shooting to the sky and dispersing in the clouds. Colouring the clouds in the process.
A Fantom figure of a huge white swan with deep blue eyes, red legs, golden beak, with feathers glittering with different colours of the rainbow, and a hint of black in its forehead appeared behind him.
As the swan appeared, Li XingYun slowly regained consciousness. His eyes are returning to normal. But now his eyes were the same as the swan's, with deep blue colour, with white glitter in them shining like the stars in the nighttime.
The moment the swan appeared, the crystal glowed with a bright white light, completely hiding other colours.
Seeing that only one color appeared in the crystal stone, the soldiers and the common people watching the ceremony pitied, along with faint mockery in their eyes, looking at Li XingYun
"One color is also good, at least he can cultivate. So what if he has a low-grade mortal soul? He has me, his father, to rely on. His brothers and I can still support him in the future." Looking at Li XingYun, Li Jiangfeng's eyes lit with determination to allow his son to live a peaceful and fulfilling life.
Hearing her husband's words, Su MeiLing was filled with relief for her son as well as love for her husband.
"Sons, remember to take care of your fourth brother in the future. Protect him from harm even after we are gone. Remember." Looking at her sons, Feng YuYuan asked them in a gentle voice.
"Sister, don't worry about Xiao Yun; he has his brothers to rely on in the future. And even with our family's foundation, he can still live without worrying about food and clothing for three generations."
Seeing only one color in the crystal stone, Li XingYun didn't know what to feel right now. Unlike others, he had been born again in this world of cultivation. But even then, he was born with the lowest qualification. Should he be happy that he can cultivate or be sad, as it was the lowest qualification?
As he was in his thoughts, he didn't even know when he had come down the platform.
"Xiao Yun, don't be sad. Even if it is low, your family still loves you as they did before."
Looking at the degenerated Li XingYun, Su Meiling spoke to him in a soft, loving voice.
Li XingYun raised his gaze, looking at his family. He thought, Right, no matter what, I at least have a loving family that will always support me. Life isn't so bad.
He smiled, looking at his family. "nián, don't worry, I am not sad. So, what if it is the lowest grade? At least I can cultivate." He said to his family with a smile on his face.
"Ok, that's fine. Let's go home. And Xiao Yun, what is the attribute of your spirit root and your soul?" Li Jiangfeng asked Li Xian Yun.
"Father, it seems to be star and light. When my divine soul was getting awakened, I saw a huge sea of stars shining brightly. To know better, I would likely meditate and communicate with my divine soul." He replied.
" Then you should do it tonight since you said that your spirit root is a star attribute."
Hearing his father's words, Li XingYun felt it was reasonable. He had made up his mind to know his soul properly tonight.
Ok, so here is a little information about Li XingYun's family. I didn't want them to take the space in the story, so I wrote them here. And also sorry for not updating regularly, and I will try to upload 1 chapter or more every day.
Father: Li JiangFeng, duke of the south, metal & earth root, heavy killing spear, mortal high grade, Early Nascent soul cultivator
Mother: Su Meiling, wife of the duke of South, wind, water & wood root, heavenly life jade bottle, mortal mid-grade, Early golden core cultivator
Second mother; Feng YuYuan, second wife of the Duke of South, fire& wood root, Golden sun Chrysanthemum, mortal upper mid-grade, Mid-stage golden core cultivator
1st brother; Li Jicheng, fire root, Earth flame serpent, mortal high, early stage foundation stage cultivator
2nd brother; Li ShenXiang, Earth & wind root, two-tailed elk, moral upper mid-grade, 8th stage of Qi refining
3rd brother; Li Zhi yuan, ice root, thousand frost sword earth low-grade soul, 7th stage of Qi refining
Mc, 4th son; Li XingYuan, star root, divine eternal cosmic swan, thought as a low-grade mortal soul, no cultivation
5th sister, Li Yurou, did not awaken
{cultivation levels; Qi refining[1to 10], foundation building, Golden core, Nascent soul, soul transformation, Void Tribulation, Mahayana, body tempering, and ascension. Each is divided into early, middle, late, and perfection.}
{Divine soul: mortal grade, earth grade, heaven grade, divided into low, upper low, mid, upper mid, high, and from earth, upper high, and from heaven, a new stage divine.
For earth grade, the more colour it has, for earth grade the more colour it has, and with red being the brightest good, and both red and blue in equal brightness being the highest.
Whereas in heaven it has less colour.}
{weapons and pills from 1 to 10 stages, with 10 being the highest, each divided into early, mid, and late stages}
Be known that I will not talk about them if not necessary in the upcoming ch.