175: Family celebration

With a blood pill in his chest and a dao foundation forged in his Dantian, he was now a dual Cultivator of both body and Spell. The two were interconnected, and it wasn't just as simple as one plus one; Liu Xuan felt that his strength had improved by at least several times.

Gathering his Divine Soul into a single beam, Liu Xuan looked into the distance. His line of sight extended toward the lake surface at a unique angle, only beginning to blur when it reached the lakeside.

The limit of his Divine Soul distance was nearly five li, which was twenty-five times that of an average Foundation Establishment Cultivator who had just broken through, which was one hundred meters.

One hundred meters for an Early Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator, five hundred meters for the Middle Stage, two thousand five hundred meters for the Late Stage, and five thousand meters for the Peak—this was the average level. In other words, in terms of Divine Sense alone, Liu Xuan was already at the level of the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.

For a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, with the dao foundation established and their mana vigorous, every movement could easily cause a huge commotion. If they did not restrain themselves, one person could easily destroy an entire city.

With a three-hundred-year Lifespan and terrifying strength, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was already an Immortal in the eyes of Mortals, and they had to bow respectfully upon meeting one.

There were countless Cultivators in the world, and for the vast majority of bottom-tier Cultivators, the Immortal Dao and path of the Dao they pursued, risking their lives to struggle and shouting about going against the heavens, was actually just to reach the Foundation Establishment stage!

"The dao foundation is perfect and flawless, with divine light faintly appearing; this is the mark of a High Grade dao foundation!" Liu Xuan said with joy.

The dao foundation was equivalent to a second Spiritual Root for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator; it also had grades of three, six, and nine, and it would affect their future prospects.

The lower three grades were the worst, also known as incomplete dao foundations. Such Foundation Establishment Cultivators generally had shallow foundations and had barely succeeded in Foundation Establishment by relying on luck, but their dao foundation was incomplete, and they hadn't even condensed their natal Spell runes.

Such Foundation Establishment Cultivators had mana in name only but lacked powerful natal Spells. Their combat power was very low, and they were basically unable to continue breaking through in cultivation.

The middle three grades were ordinary dao foundations. This type of dao foundation required at least the cultivation of a Golden Core level Cultivation Technique, as well as a solid foundation and the condensation of at least one natal Spell rune.

Such Cultivators had the Opportunity to continue breaking through and possessed the ability to cast natal Spells instantly, making their combat power formidable.

The upper three grades were the strongest, known as perfect dao foundations. Generally, this required cultivating at least a Nascent Soul level Cultivation Technique, and one needed to have an extremely deep foundation. Most were of the upper three grades of Spiritual Root, or even possessed a spirit body, and one also needed a certain amount of Opportunity to forge it.

The most intuitive manifestation of a High Grade dao foundation was that it contained divine light and was perfect and flawless as a whole.

The highest level of the Qi Refining Cultivation Technique Liu Xuan cultivated was the Golden Core level Green Wood Longevity Art; logically speaking, the highest dao foundation he could forge would be an ordinary one.

However, he also cultivated the Three Yang Body Gathering Method, had his natal five-element Flying Sword, the heavenly origin sword, stationed in his Dantian, and the blood pill cultivated from a True Immortal level Body Refining Cultivation Technique, which forcibly pushed him to the level of a High Grade dao foundation.

Liu Xuan restrained his aura and then used the illusory god treasure robe to slightly change his temperament and appearance, maintaining it as it was before he broke through.

There was no other way! Both his body and Spell cultivation had broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and the Cultivation Technique was driving his appearance and temperament toward Perfection. If he didn't cover it up, it wouldn't be good to stun others with his handsomeness!

With a thought, a cyan-green light orb appeared in Liu Xuan's hand, containing a rich aura of life.

One of his natal Spells: Azure Wood Divine Light, which possessed both attack and healing attributes, changing entirely according to Liu Xuan's will.

When used as an attack Spell, Azure Wood Divine Light could dissolve an enemy's life force and also wipe out the spirituality of Magical Artifacts and Spiritual Artifacts.

When used as a healing Spell, Azure Wood Divine Light could heal his own injuries and those of other Cultivators, with an effect comparable to top-tier second-Rank healing Medicinal Pills.

The natal Spell runes on a Foundation Establishment Cultivator's dao foundation were actually the embryonic forms of Divine Abilities; their power was incomparable to ordinary Spells, so it was normal for them to be stronger.

With a flash of light in his hand, an orange-yellow flame appeared, and the scorching heat caused the temperature of the entire Cultivation Chamber to rise by several degrees.

The second natal Spell, Three Yang Blazing Fire, contained scorching high temperatures and possessed powerful destructive effects, having a restraining effect on yin-evil creatures.

Possessing two natal Spells, the embryonic forms of Divine Abilities, as well as a powerful Physical Body and a High Grade dao foundation, Liu Xuan didn't know how strong he actually was!

Judging from the time he killed that black-robed Foundation Establishment Cultivator, an average Early Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator would probably be killed by him in one strike!

A Breakthrough in cultivation was the greatest joyous event in life. Liu Xuan was in a great mood and immediately announced a Family-wide celebration. The reason for the celebration was that the children had made great progress in martial arts recently and deserved to be rewarded.

He gave the children a day off, instructed She Xiaorong to have the Merchant Alliance deliver plenty of Advanced spiritual fruits and Yao Beast meat, sent people to bring moonlight spiritual marrow and other spiritual liquids from the Hundred Treasures Pavilion in the county town, and also hired a professional chef to come to the island to prepare the banquet.

On Lake Heart Island, Liu Xuan had over a hundred Concubines and over a hundred children. Including the servants who served them, there were several hundred people from the Liu Family alone, accounting for half of the people on the island.

The Liu Family's territory on the island was no longer just the Fledgling Eagle Courtyard; the entire western side of Lake Heart Island was basically occupied by the Liu family members.

This was the first time Liu Xuan had held a Family-wide celebration. When everyone gathered together, with hundreds of people bustling about, Liu Xuan was shocked.

It looked a bit like a Family, but there were too many children and no rules, so it didn't look like a banquet held by a noble Family, but rather like a Children's Day held by a school...

'This is just a Family I created by my own efforts, and it has only been developing for ten years; it's already good enough!'

Family heritage needs time to accumulate. With him here, it will surely get better slowly in the future, so there is no need to be too anxious.

The group of Concubines didn't know what Liu Xuan was so happy about celebrating, but Liu Xuan was willing to spend Spirit Stones, so they were happy too.

The sisters Lin Xue'er and Lin Anqi organized the women to decorate the celebration venue according to Liu Xuan's requirements, while Liu Miao led the hired chefs and some of the women to prepare the banquet.

Liu Xuan led a group of children to catch fish in the lake. They weren't ordinary fish, but first-Rank spiritual fish raised by the Luo Family of the Merchant Alliance for the Liu Family: mandarin fish.

After contracting White Crane Lake, Liu Xuan had hired the Luo Family to raise mandarin fish in the name of the Merchant Alliance.

He originally intended to recover some of the costs of contracting White Crane Lake after the spiritual fish were raised and sold, but he didn't expect that the children would all like to eat fish so much. As the children grew up, the fish they raised were not even enough for their own Family to eat.

Not only the spiritual fish, but most of the spiritual rice, various spiritual fruits, and spiritual food planted in the spiritual fields around White Crane Lake ended up in the bellies of the Liu family members themselves.

Except for a small portion that wasn't needed, which would be sold through the Merchant Alliance, some materials in high demand still needed to be purchased through the Merchant Alliance.

"Dad! I caught a big one, come and help me!" Fourth Brother Dao Cheng surfaced, shirtless, holding a half-meter-long big fish with scales as white as snow in his arms.

The big fish was very strong and struggled violently in his arms. Its tail swung left and right, slapping continuously on Dao Cheng's face like a palm strike.

This mandarin fish had reached the first-Rank Low Grade level and was about to grow to the first-Rank Medium Grade. Although it was a domesticated spiritual fish and its ferocity couldn't compare to a Yao Beast, it had immense strength, and at least a Martial Artist of the Inner Qi Realm would be needed to subdue it with bare hands.

Dao Cheng had only cultivated the Green Wood Body Sculpting Art, and strictly speaking, he didn't even count as being in the Muscle and Bone Realm. He had controlled it for a short time by relying on his great strength, but if no one helped him, it would soon break free.

Liu Xuan was also shirtless, accompanying the children in the lake. At this moment, he laughed heartily at his son's awkward state, having absolutely no intention of helping.