184: Improved quality of road foundation?

"Now that you mention it, he doesn't look like it to me either. He looks taller and stronger than I am. What thirteen-year-old child grows this strong?"

"Hmph! One can only begin to Cultivate the martial path at thirteen when the bones and marrow have formed. This means he just started Cultivating and already achieved a Breakthrough to the Muscle and Bone Realm, and even defeated a Martial Artist of the Inner Qi stage while being at a lower level. Do you think that's possible?"

Wang Chen, the head of the Wang family, glanced at the person speaking, "Do not speak recklessly if you do not know the situation!"

"Young Master Eldest Son has lived on the island for several years. Many people in the Merchant Alliance watched him grow up; how could it be fake?"

"Be careful that trouble does not come from your mouth!"

He emphasized the last sentence, not giving the other party any Face at all.

The person speaking looked unpleasant, then squeezed out a smile, "Apologies, I was babbling nonsense. I ask that everyone please do not take offense."

He also realized that his words just now were presumptuous and not something that should be said on this occasion. If it reached Liu Xuan's ears, it would be bad to offend him.

Wang Chen did not continue to pursue the matter, but instead said, "Young Master Eldest Son has been drinking moonlight spiritual marrow like milk since he was little, and usually eats spiritual rice, spiritual fish, and spiritual fruits... He started Cultivating martial arts Cultivation Techniques to polish his Foundation at six or seven. With his extremely high talent, it is normal for his performance to be a bit exaggerated."

"Hiss~"

"How many Spirit Stones must that cost!"

Just listening to Wang Chen's description, many people began to feel pained for the Spirit Stones!

With so many Spirit Stones, wouldn't it be better to buy a couple more bottles of Medicinal Pill for oneself? At the very least, it should be used for offspring with a Spiritual Root. What is the point of using it to Cultivate a Genius Martial Artist with no Spiritual Root?

...

After the ceremony ended, Liu Xuan increased Eldest Son's allowance to thirty Spirit Stones per month. In addition, he also gave him two Black Crystal Bees at the Qi Refining Perfection Realm for self-defense to protect his safety.

As for weapons, he only gave him a First Rank Medium Grade Black Iron Dharma Sword. If the grade were too high, he wouldn't be able to utilize its effects, and it would also attract the covetousness of others.

It is a pity that Eldest Son is only a Martial Artist, so many Advanced Talismans cannot be used; otherwise, Liu Xuan would have given him various Talismans for self-defense.

After becoming a Martial Artist, Liu Xuan no longer strictly restricted him to staying on the island, and he could occasionally go out to gain experience.

A true expert cannot stay at home and Cultivate forever; one must always go out to gain experience, especially a child like Eldest Son who has hardly left home since he was little.

Of course! Liu Xuan would not let him run too far for the time being, and when necessary, he would send Little Shadow to watch over him so he would not encounter excessive danger.

"Thank you, Father!"

As he grew older, Eldest Son became taciturn. He usually looked honest and simple, a bit silly, but in reality, he was extremely intelligent and understood many things very clearly.

Don't look at how glorious he was today; he understood that not a single one of these people truly thought highly of him. They were only treating him with friendliness for the sake of his father's Face.

Without a Spiritual Root, no matter how much of a Genius a Martial Artist is, it is difficult to achieve a Breakthrough to the Great Perfection of Xiantian, and even more difficult to achieve a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.

In the whole world, only one person truly thought highly of him and supported him unconditionally, and that was his father, Liu Xuan!

Liu Xuan found his serious expression amusing and patted his shoulder, "Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Just do your best. If you run out of Medicinal Pill, go ask your Aunt Qingyue for more."

With other children, Liu Xuan worried that they were not working hard enough, but with Eldest Son, he worried that he was working too hard.

Without Liu Xuan's deliberate urging, he would Cultivate whenever he had time. Sometimes, he would suddenly start practicing martial arts halfway through playing with other children.

No matter what one does, one must pay attention to balancing work and rest. Liu Xuan was afraid that he would practice martial arts to the point of becoming foolish.

Sending Eldest Son back to rest, Liu Xuan went to the Cultivation Chamber alone.

He focused his consciousness on a soil-yellow ball of light within his Divine Soul.

[Third-Rank Top-Tier Cultivation Technique: Kun Yuan Earth Control Art, a Five Elements earth-attribute Cultivation Technique. After achieving success in Cultivation, one can manipulate earth and stone, and perform Earth Evasion.]

Liu Xuan's consciousness touched the ball of light, and the ball of light suddenly dissipated, merging into his Divine Soul.

"Boom!"

Liu Xuan's consciousness was momentarily dazed as profound and massive information was forcibly poured into his mind.

The world was hazy, clear Qi rising, turbid Qi sinking, the earth evolving, nurturing vitality...

His dao foundation mana automatically radiated and circulated, changing from cyan and orange to a thick, soil-yellow.

Only one cyan seal script and one orange seal script still radiated divine light and did not change along with it.

A soil-yellow seal script gradually emerged from the dao foundation, slowly forming a circular pattern.

Innate Spell seal script: Great Evolution Earth Evasion, capable of freely traveling through the earth.

One hour later.

Liu Xuan opened his eyes, his expression full of disbelief. He discovered that his dao foundation had now changed to three colors: cyan, orange, and soil-yellow, and there were three Innate Spell seal scripts. The divine light was even more dazzling than before.

Once an ordinary Cultivator's dao foundation is set, it cannot be changed, yet his could still continue to improve in quality. The System had started to exert its power again!

Three types of the Five Elements Cultivation Method had already been collected. If the entire Five Elements Cultivation Method were collected and all pushed to Perfection by the System, and the Five Elements merged with each other, what level would the dao foundation belong to then?

If the System were to directly reward a Nascent Soul level or even higher-level Cultivation Technique in the future, what level could the dao foundation be pushed to then?

Liu Xuan estimated that as long as the Five Elements reached Perfection, the dao foundation quality could reach the limit of the First Grade.

As for when higher-level Cultivation Techniques are merged in, it should no longer be something that can be described by "grades."

The nine grades of the dao foundation are just this world's classification. They call all dao foundations above a certain threshold First Grade. In any case, people who can reach this threshold are as rare as Phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, so continuing to classify them has no meaning.

Perfect Foundation Establishment? Dao Fruit Foundation Establishment? Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment?

It is meaningless to consider these now. Liu Xuan shook his still slightly dizzy head and began to study the newly acquired Innate Spell.

The circular soil-yellow seal script on the dao foundation flashed, and Liu Xuan's entire body turned into a yellow mist-like gas, passing directly through the Cultivation Chamber and merging into the ground.

His vision became novel. In his Divine Sense perception, it was as if he were swimming in slightly turbid and viscous 'water.' Earth and stone were no longer hard obstacles for him.

As the depth of his evasion into the ground increased, Liu Xuan discovered that his mana consumption was also increasing. After one hundred meters, it surged; at two hundred meters, it surged again. At the three-hundred-meter mark, it was difficult to continue downward, as if he were enduring immense pressure.

At the three-hundred-meter underground mark, the earth and stone suddenly pressed outward, forming a space three meters in length, width, and height.

Liu Xuan appeared from the Earth Evasion state. With a flick of his finger, a scorching white flame lit up beside him, illuminating the entire underground space.

After exiting the Earth Evasion state, the mana consumption stopped instantly, and it was almost negligible.

Looking at this underground space he had opened up, Liu Xuan found the surroundings to be extremely smooth, without a trace of artificial work, as if this space had existed underground all along.

With mana surging, Liu Xuan raised his hand and pushed forward gently, and the wall in front expanded forward by another meter.

'Kun Yuan Earth Control Art, mastering earth and stone; after achieving Major Achievement, a single thought can make mountains move and collapse. Truly extraordinary!'