234: Xiao Ran successfully completed the foundation building.

Soft, smooth, and warm, her body felt full yet lithe. If not for Liu Xuan's immense willpower, he would have almost lost himself.

"Grandmistress, your Junior has worked hard guiding Ran'er in her Cultivation. May I rest for a moment?"

Su Wan's body stiffened!

"Xiao Ran..."

The smile in her eyes vanished, and she immediately wanted to get up and leave.

"Ah!"

Liu Xuan reached out and pulled her, causing her to fall back into his embrace.

"Why is Grandmistress in such a rush? I can rest, but you don't have to!"

He reached out to wrap his arms around her waist. "You do it yourself!"

"You..."

After Liu Xuan left, the more Su Wan thought about it, the more indignant she became. As a dignified Foundation Establishment Ancestor, how could she be bullied by this brat Liu Xuan every time?

"Next time!"

"Next time, I must properly teach him a lesson and get my Face back!"

White Crane Lake. Martial Arts Platform.

Liu Xuan handed a Cultivation Technique manual to Fourth Brother Dao Cheng. "This is the Qi Refining portion of the Beast Taming Sect's core Cultivation Technique, the Heavenly Scripture of Beast Taming. Cultivate it well. Once you have mastered the basics, I will give you a great gift!"

"Beast Taming Sect? Is it very powerful?" Daocheng picked up the manual and flipped through it curiously.

"The Beast Taming Sect is a Spirit Transformation Immortal Sect and one of the most powerful Sects in the Cultivation World. Do you think it's strong?"

"Wow!!" Daocheng's expression was excited. "Then won't I be invincible in the future?"

Liu Xuan slapped the back of his head. "You first master the basics before talking. Don't think about those useless things."

"Oh!" Daocheng didn't mind at all and clutched the manual to his chest like a treasure. A moment later, he looked at Liu Xuan and asked, "Will Big Brother also Cultivate?"

"Big Brother doesn't have a Spiritual Root, nor has he broken through to the Great Perfection of Xiantian, so how could he Cultivate?"

"In that case... doesn't that mean I have a chance to surpass Big Brother?!"

"Don't worry, Dad! I will definitely master the basics in the shortest amount of time!"

"Hahaha..." He couldn't wait a moment longer and ran off impatiently to Cultivate.

Liu Xuan watched his back and shook his head. In Liu Xuan's view, the Qi Refining portion of the Heavenly Scripture of Beast Taming was similar to the Beast Taming Technique; mastering the basics was indeed not difficult.

The Heavenly Scripture of Beast Taming was a rather unique Cultivation Technique; rather than a technique, it was more like a secret art. It primarily involved contracting a Yao Beast, borrowing the Yao Beast's power to strengthen oneself, and then using one's own power to make up for the Yao Beast's flaws. The two actually shared a complementary and win-win relationship.

Because of the differences in the Bloodlines of the contracted Yao Beasts, the Heavenly Scripture of Beast Taming, apart from the introductory Qi Refining portion, diverged into countless branches in its Late Stage cultivation, all of which were varied and incredibly complex. No matter how it changed, its main purpose was to improve the compatibility between the Cultivator's own Divine Soul and the contracted beast, allowing both sides to use the other's Divine Soul to assist in Cultivation while simultaneously unleashing greater combat power.

The difficulty of the technique itself was secondary; the hardest part was how to make the contracted beast submit and be willing to cooperate with you. Generally, the contracted beast needed to have a high-level Bloodline or high cultivation, otherwise, it would actually drag down the Cultivator's own cultivation speed.

However, if they were high-level Yao Beasts with high cultivation, simply contracting them was quite difficult. Moreover, even if a forced contract was successful, at the beginning, it would require the beast to help the master Cultivate at the cost of slowing its own growth speed, making it very difficult to get them to cooperate.

Liu Xuan tried it with the Black Crystal Bee Queen, and there was no difficulty at all; he succeeded immediately. However, his current cultivation was slightly higher than the Black Crystal Bee's, and his cultivation speed was also faster. Not only could the Black Crystal Bee not assist his cultivation, but he was instead helping the Black Crystal Bee increase its growth speed.

The experiment complete, Liu Xuan dissolved this contract. None of these pets were suitable for him to use for cultivation contracting. However, he discovered an interesting point: the Divine Soul connection these pets had with him was separate from the contract. In other words, these pets should be able to be given to the children to use for the Heavenly Scripture of Beast Taming, while still remaining under his control.

After all, the Heavenly Scripture of Beast Taming was just a Cultivation Technique; how could its contract priority compare to the Divine Soul connection provided by the System? As for the specific effects, he would have to wait until Fourth Brother mastered the basics and tried it out to know.

Seven days later. With Liu Xuan's help, Xiao Ran's cultivation reached complete Perfection, and she immediately began her closed-door Breakthrough.

Originally, for safety's sake, she wanted to return to the Sect to break through, but Liu Xuan wanted to use her Breakthrough this time to legitimately encroach upon the interests of the Sect's Xiao Family and boost the Liu Family's prestige, so he persuaded her to stay.

"Hum~" Xiao Ran's Breakthrough this time was extremely smooth. Not long after she entered closed-door cultivation, she triggered a gathering of spiritual clouds. Everyone on the island was attracted by the commotion and gazed towards the direction of the Cultivation Chamber in the Jingxin Courtyard.

"Foundation Establishment spiritual clouds!"

"Is someone breaking through the Foundation Establishment Bottleneck again?"

"Who could it be?"

"Could it be Senior Sister??"

Basically everyone on the island knew the news of Xiao Ran marrying Liu Xuan, and many could guess. Guessing was one thing, but it didn't affect the level of shock among everyone in the slightest.

Senior Sister had only married Liu Xuan a few days ago. If she succeeded in her Breakthrough now, wouldn't that mean Liu Xuan would have two Foundation Establishment female Concubines!! If that time really came, would Senior Sister still remain a Concubine for Liu Xuan?

After all, Zi Lan was just a Disciple of the Nether Fire Sect with no real Foundation, so returning wouldn't be of much significance. But Senior Sister was different! She was True Person Xiao's granddaughter. It was one thing if she hadn't reached Foundation Establishment, but after succeeding, her status would be higher than most Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Sect.

Merchant Alliance market by White Crane Lake.

"Again??"

"Will it never end!"

"Since when did breaking through to Foundation Establishment become so easy? This is the fourth time in a few years!"

"Who in the Liu Family is breaking through this time?"

"Liu Xuan? Lady Lu Ping? Lady Xia He? It seems none of them are at the point of breaking through, right?"

"You guys don't know about this, do you! A few days ago, the Sect's Senior Sister Xiao Ran married Liu Xuan. I guess it must be her!" A well-informed father-in-law of Liu Xuan looked at the crowd with disdain and said proudly.

"Senior Sister Xiao Ran?"

"She almost succeeded in her Breakthrough last time. Wouldn't she definitely succeed this time?"

"Is the Liu Family about to produce two Foundation Establishment Ancestors?!!"

A huge uproar broke out in the market, and the crowd discussed it fervently. Because many people had close relationships with the Liu Family, everyone was in high spirits, and the atmosphere was extremely heated.

An hour later. The spiritual clouds slowly dissipated.

"She succeeded!"

"She really succeeded!"

Without needing an expert analysis, everyone knew that the person on the island had successfully broken through!

"Everyone, the boss is happy today, so all goods in the store are 20% off!"

"Our boss is happy too; today, every table at the restaurant gets a free bottle of Green Bamboo Spirit Wine!"

Liu Xuan's many fathers-in-law living in the Merchant Alliance market were overjoyed and began to celebrate one after another. Regardless of who on the island had achieved Foundation Establishment, they were definitely part of the Liu Family. They shared honor and disgrace with the Liu Family, so it was naturally worth celebrating.

Not long after, news spread that it was indeed Liu Xuan's newly married Concubine, Senior Sister Xiao Ran, who had successfully broken through. The atmosphere in the market instantly reached a climax, with countless people laughing and cheering; it was incredibly lively.

On the island. Lin Xue'er, She Xiaorong, and others began preparing for a new Foundation Establishment Grand Ceremony. This time it was for Xiao Ran's Foundation Establishment, so the commotion was destined to be even greater than the last time, and there were more things to prepare.