In other words, as long as this technology was used, whatever spiritual roots the parents possessed, the son or daughter could have those same roots, or even better ones.
The family’s innate talents, noble bloodlines, and special constitutions could all be inherited and optimized.
‘This is too heaven-defying,’ Mu Yanxi thought. ‘Does that mean all geniuses can be artificially manufactured? Will the world be full of cultivation geniuses?’
Next, Mu Yanxi looked at the prices major hospitals listed on the immortal brain for genetic adjustment. She fell silent.
With prices frequently reaching tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of spirit stones, how could ordinary people afford it?
But if one considered whether it was worth the cost, it was absolutely a bargain.
Taking Mu Yanxi’s past life as an example, he had been a super genius with a heavenly spiritual root who the Sect poured all its resources into nurturing.
If spending tens of millions of spirit stones could produce a super genius, the Sect could easily afford it.
Once that genius grew up, the returns they could bring to the Sect would far exceed a mere few tens of millions of spirit stones.
The problem was the money required for genetic adjustment; ordinary people could not even reach the entry threshold.
Meanwhile, wealthy Great Sects and clans could allow their children to undergo genetic adjustment in batches. Shangguan Yun had even mentioned that she had a cousin with better innate talent than her.
As a result, the innate talents of those from Great Sects and noble families would only get better and better.
They would monopolize the enrollment spots of the heaven-grade High Sects. Children from ordinary families would be completely unable to compete with them, and the gap would only continue to widen.
Naturally, Mu Yanxi did not feel any sense of injustice, because bloodline had also been supreme in her past life.
The children of two high-level cultivators had a higher probability of having better talent. If a family had money, their immortality cultivation would simply be faster.
She had been one of those people; it was just that the gap in this world was even more obvious.
She now understood more clearly why the original host was willing to become a girl just to attend an Earth-grade High Sect.
If they did not do so, the gap would only grow larger, and there would be even less hope for the future.
In comparison, the Spiritual Moon Sect’s theory—that it was difficult for one to attain the Dao, but easy for their “chickens and dogs” to follow—was not so strange after all.
Seeing that Mu Yanxi had not spoken for a long time, Shangguan Yun waved her hand in front of her several times.
“Hey? Why are you spacing out? Do you understand this lady’s well-meaning intentions now? If your maternal grandfather hadn’t been a Nascent Soul Cultivator, how could my family have betrothed me to an, uh, ordinary cultivator like you?”
“You wanted to say ‘loser,’ didn’t you?” Mu Yanxi gave a bitter smile.
A mortal bone without a spiritual root or a special constitution was exactly that—a loser. Shangguan Yun was just being polite. She asked curiously, “Don’t you feel that the engagement is a raw deal?”
“Not really,” Shangguan Yun said.
“Your maternal grandfather was a Nascent Soul Cultivator after all, and he had a bright future. If he hadn’t died early, your talent could have been completely transplanted during the postnatal stage.”
“It’s just buying a spiritual root. Besides, didn’t you get into the Spiritual Moon Sect even without a spiritual root? If you’re a loser, what does that make the people who can only get into a mortal grade high sect?”
Mu Yanxi smiled bitterly. She had almost forgotten that these heaven-defying talents did not necessarily have to be innate; they could be modified or transplanted later.
Perhaps a single lucky break could allow one to change their fate against the heavens. From this perspective, the interstellar realm certainly had no shortage of geniuses.
“Alright, don’t think about it so much. I’ll show you the dormitory. Over there is the martial arts room. The second floor has an alchemy room, a weapon refining room, a talisman drawing room, a music room, and a study.”
“The kitchen is around the corner, and the bathroom is directly opposite.” As Shangguan Yun spoke, she led Mu Yanxi on a tour of the two-story dormitory. The facilities were indeed very complete.
After finishing the tour, Shangguan Yun said calmly, “Since we’ve finished looking at the house, let’s start double cultivation.”
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