In order for a large family to continue developing, a reasonable system is necessary. Guo Feilong had been contemplating this issue for some time.
He currently had many children and would have even more in the future. After his children got married, there would be a third and fourth generation of descendants.
If he were to provide unlimited cultivation resources to everyone, even with his abilities, he wouldn't be able to earn enough resources.
He felt indebted to all his children, unable to lift them high and play with them, or hold them often.
This sense of guilt made him want to treat all his children well, at least ensuring they wouldn't lack material resources.
While continuing his alchemy, Guo Feilong shared his thoughts: "Here's what I think: all my children, as the second generation of the family, should have spiritual root qualifications.
Based on their spiritual root qualifications, we can estimate how much cultivation resources each of them would need to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining within a certain period, and provide them with a fixed amount of resources so they won't worry about cultivation resources before the Foundation Establishment stage.
To motivate the children in their cultivation, they will receive a fixed reward of cultivation resources each time they break through a level.
For example, when a child breaks through from the first level of Qi Refining to the second level, they will be rewarded with 300 low-quality spirit stones and three bottles of third-grade cultivation elixirs.
Breaking through from the second level to the third level will earn them 600 low-quality spirit stones and six bottles of third-grade cultivation elixirs.
Breaking through from the third level to the fourth level will earn them 1,200 low-quality spirit stones and twelve bottles of third-grade cultivation elixirs.
And so on, with each breakthrough reward being double that of the previous level.
If the children don't work hard in their cultivation, the time they receive their rewards will be delayed.
If they work hard, they will receive their rewards sooner.
If the children have talent in alchemy, refinement, talisman creation, or formation, the family will provide all necessary resources. Take alchemy, for instance.
I know other cultivation families provide their family members with alchemy recipes and materials for refining elixirs.
The family takes seventy percent of the profits from the elixirs refined by the family members, leaving thirty percent for the family members.
However, in our family, we will only take twenty percent of the profits from the elixirs refined by our children, leaving them with eighty percent.
If they want more cultivation resources, they will naturally work hard in alchemy to earn them.
Although the family needs to provide alchemy materials and handle sales and other matters, and twenty percent profit is too little, they are my children, and as their father, I don't need to compete with them for profits or use their hard-earned spirit stones to replenish the family treasury.
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Before the Foundation Establishment stage, those with good spiritual root qualifications should reach the Foundation Establishment stage sooner, while those with poorer qualifications should reach it later.
This way, regardless of the quality of the children's spiritual roots, they will all receive the same treatment.
Once the children reach the Foundation Establishment stage, whether they are in alchemy, refinement, or any other field, the family will take thirty percent of the profits, leaving seventy percent for the children.
After all, in other cultivation families, during the Foundation Establishment stage, the family takes seventy percent of the profits, leaving thirty percent for the family members.
I've calculated that after deducting the monthly expenses of all members from this thirty percent profit, the family will still have a ten percent profit left.
Compared to other cultivation families, the family's profit is too little, but I don't care.
Then, there's the matter of the third generation of grandchildren born to my sons.
By then, the number of family members will rapidly expand by an unknown multiple.
If we continue to distribute cultivation resources in this way, even if we have several grandmaster-level alchemists, we won't be able to support them.
Therefore, starting from the third generation, the family will only provide free cultivation resources up to the seventh level of Qi Refining for those with spiritual roots.
From the seventh level of Qi Refining, they will need to complete family tasks to earn cultivation resources.
For the fourth generation with spiritual roots, the family will provide free cultivation resources up to the fourth level of Qi Refining.
After the fourth level, they will need to complete family tasks to earn cultivation resources and contribute to the family.
Starting from the fifth generation, regardless of how many generations, the family will provide free resources up to the third level of Qi Refining. After that, each person will need to complete various family tasks to earn cultivation resources.
If, in the future, any child reaches the Golden Elixir stage, I will have them establish a branch family outside.
The descendants of the branch family will have their cultivation resources managed by the branch family founder.
Of course, no matter how many generations separate them from me, they are still my descendants.
When they turn eighteen, regardless of their cultivation stage at the time, they can receive a one-time gift from the main family: low-quality spirit stones, a medium-quality flying sword spiritual instrument, and a medium-quality defensive shield spiritual instrument.
This is my reward as the ancestor for those descendants beyond the fifth generation.
Of course, any descendant with Earth Grade spiritual roots or higher, when breaking through from the late Foundation Establishment stage to the Golden Elixir stage, can come to the main family to receive a high-quality Yang Essence Pill.
I will establish an Elder Council within the family. Whether they are descendants of the branch family or the main family, once they reach the Golden Elixir stage, they will automatically join the Elder Council.
At that time, the treatment and responsibilities of the Golden Elixir stage elders in the family will be determined.
This is the direction I want to plan for the family descendants. Do you two have anything to add?"
Guo Feilong looked at Wu Yumeng and Yu Wenyanhong.
The Guo family he established would have an ever-growing population of descendants.
He only needed to take good care of his children, the second generation of the family, ensuring they wouldn't lack cultivation resources.
His goal was not to favor any one child or neglect any other.
As for the third generation of grandchildren, it wouldn't be his responsibility as a grandfather to favor or be partial to them.
Whether the grandchildren were favored or not would be up to their respective parents.
As for the fourth generation and beyond, it wouldn't be his concern as the great-grandfather.
Why didn't he mention the treatment of grandsons born to his daughters?
That's because once his daughters married, their children belonged to their husband's family. The grandchildren would take the surname of their father's family, becoming blood-related relatives with a different surname, not members of the main family.
For example, if a daughter married a man with the surname Li and had a granddaughter with the surname Li, and that granddaughter married a man with the surname Zhang and had a great-granddaughter with the surname Zhang.
Therefore, the descendants of his daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters would have a certain blood relation with him, but their surnames could vary.
However, his son's sons, his grandson's grandsons, and his great-grandson's great-grandsons would all bear the surname Guo, forming a single family.
The family genealogy would record all members, regardless of gender, but would not include any with a different surname, meaning no grandchild's name would appear in the family genealogy.
This is the family legacy: anyone with the surname Guo, no matter how many generations back, would have ancestors with the surname Guo.
If you asked them what their grandmother's surname was, they might not know.
Even if they knew their grandmother's surname, they might not know their grandmother's mother's surname, or their grandmother's grandmother's surname, or their grandmother's grandmother's mother's surname.
For example, someone might know their grandmother's surname but not their grandmother's mother's surname, or their grandmother's grandmother's surname, or their grandmother's great-grandmother's surname.
No one could answer these questions.
Thus, the family and relatives with different surnames are separate.
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