356: Daoyuan Breakthrough Foundation Building

Military power! The Cultivator army in Qin Ruanyu's hands was only the Bone Fiend City Guard Squad, not her private army; military power was not that important to her.

Xiao Ran was different; she had gone through such a large circle just to use this to intervene in the Beast Taming Sect's army.

Liu Xuan now had the title of Northern Battlefield pacification commissioner in name only, but he did not have a single Beast Taming Sect army in his hands. Xiao Ran's purpose was to use this power vacuum to develop a group of her own people.

"Since I have entered the Liu Family's door, I am family with Sister Xiao. Let alone a little military power, what is mine is yours. If Sister wants it, she can take it."

"Uh..."

Qin Ruanyu suddenly changed her style, and Xiao Ran was actually a bit stunned.

She coughed lightly, then resumed her smile. "That is good. In a few days, I will send people to reward the army and then recruit more hands for you!"

Xiao Ran did not want to steal Qin Ruanyu's position, but intended to expand the army with her own people and then form a benefit Alliance with her, ideally winning her over to work for her... The next day.

Night.

Cheng Nian stood before Liu Xuan wearing a black gauze robe, her jade hands unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes.

Her figure could not be called plump, but it was extremely well-proportioned, every curve just right.

Straight bangs, long straight black hair, a purity mixed with an inexplicable Evil Path aura, a very unique charm.

"Are you afraid of me?" Liu Xuan stepped forward and lifted a strand of her long hair.

"N-no!"

"I'm just a little nervous."

As he spoke, Liu Xuan picked her up by the waist. Her weak, boneless body trembled slightly; it was clear she was indeed very nervous.

"I heard you are very timid, not even daring to kill a chicken, and have always been well-behaved. Why did you participate in the beauty pageant this time to enter my Liu Family?"

"I..." Cheng Nian seemed to remember something sad, and her eyes turned red instantly. "I only wanted to tend to a spiritual field properly, but Senior Brother Wang coveted my beauty and insisted I become his Dao Companion. When I refused, he destroyed the spiritual plants I grew and even had the City Lord's Mansion take back the spiritual field leased to me..."

"Senior Brother Wang?" Liu Xuan asked.

"Senior Brother Wang is an Outer Sect Deacon in the Middle Stage of Qi Refining from our Xingsha Sect. He manages over a dozen Disciples like me who don't dare to go to the front lines and only want to grow spiritual plants in the rear."

"So, you were forced to participate in the beauty pageant, and you followed me because you want me to help you take revenge?"

Cheng Nian nodded, then shook her head. "I didn't think of revenge; I only wanted a quiet environment to live in."

"Is that your wish?"

"Yes!"

Cheng Nian nodded vigorously. After chatting for a while, her body relaxed a lot, no longer as nervous as before.

"Your wish is too small. Since you have followed me, why not be a bit bolder!" As Liu Xuan spoke, he changed his posture, letting her hook her arms around his neck and hang on him like a koala.

"Be a bit bolder..." Cheng Nian showed a look of contemplation.

"For example, raising your cultivation to become a Foundation Establishment Ancestor or even a Golden Core True Person!" Liu Xuan said.

"It's impossible!"

"I have no talent, and I'm very timid..."

"Mmph..."

Liu Xuan lowered his head and kissed her. "None of those are problems. You will know soon!"

After saying that, Liu Xuan lowered his head again and blocked her cherry lips... Three days later.

Over the past few days, Liu Xuan had successively favored Qin Ruanyu, Liu Qinghe, and the remaining seven maidservants.

The ten Concubines were all top-tier beauties, but the only one who received special care from Liu Xuan was Cheng Nian.

Liu Xuan had seen countless women. Although he liked ordinary beauties, it was hard for them to stir strong emotions in him.

To make him treat someone specially and favor them exceptionally required a mysterious and profound feeling.

"Buzz~"

Spiritual Qi fluctuated above the Liu Mansion, gathering together as a Breakthrough spiritual cloud gradually took shape.

Liu Xuan, who was designing a Formation, felt a movement in his heart and looked beneath the spiritual cloud with his Divine Sense.

"The eldest is about to break through!"

"The eldest was already at Qi Refining Perfection and had taken a third-grade xuanhuang undying pill. Calculating the time, it is indeed time to break through!"

The commotion caused by the Breakthrough quickly attracted the attention of everyone in the Liu Mansion and the entire Bone Fiend City.

A Breakthrough of a major Realm is the greatest joyous event in the world of Cultivating immortals; no one could ignore it.

"Is the Liu Family going to produce another Foundation Establishment Ancestor?!"

"Alchemist Liu likes taking Concubines. It's a pity my daughter wasn't chosen in the last beauty pageant; otherwise, I would also be a noble member of the Liu Family!"

"All of the Liu Family's Foundation Establishment Ancestors except for Alchemist Liu are female Cultivators. I wonder which madam is casting her dao foundation this time!"

As the Liu Family established itself in Bone Fiend City, the various forces in the city became more and more familiar with the Liu Family's situation. Everyone guessed that one of Liu Xuan's lucky Concubines must be attempting a Breakthrough... Inside the Liu Mansion.

Liu Xuan, Xiao Ran, Xia He, and others discovered that the Breakthrough commotion was coming from the underground Yin Fiend Hall. With a little thought, they guessed it was the Eldest Son breaking through.

They knew that the Eldest Son was close to Qi Refining Perfection before and guessed he might reach Foundation Establishment within these few years.

But when he actually began to break through, the women still felt it was incredible.

The Eldest Son was originally a Mortal without a Spiritual Root. To achieve today's success was entirely due to Liu Xuan piling up a staggeringly huge amount of resources!

He ate moonlight spiritual marrow from a young age; when he grew a bit older, there were spiritual rice, spiritual fruits, Yao Beast meat... as long as he could eat it, Liu Xuan provided enough.

After he began to Cultivate martial arts, there were various qi and blood pills, Spirit Medicines to increase qi and blood, and even Heaven And Earth Treasures... A Mortal without a Spiritual Root, whose only merit was a large appetite, Liu Xuan could forcefully make him reach Foundation Establishment before the age of forty!

Xiao Ran had once made a statistic: excluding that third-grade xuanhuang undying pill, the resources the Eldest Son consumed for daily Cultivation were enough to train twenty Medium Grade Spiritual Root Disciples from Qi Refining First Layer to Qi Refining Perfection!

From this point of view, Liu Xuan's approach was irrational and purely a waste.

But if the Eldest Son really broke through to Foundation Establishment, the situation would be different. What did training twenty Qi Refining Perfection Disciples matter? Supporting twenty Qi Refining Perfection Cultivators to break through to Foundation Establishment required a massive amount of resources, and even then, not a single one might succeed.

"What the husband values most is the children's cultivation. With the Eldest Son achieving Foundation Establishment, the Lin Family's status will be hard to shake..."

Having followed Liu Xuan for so many years, Xiao Ran was very clear about his fundamental purpose.

With hundreds of women in the family, Liu Xuan seemed passionate but was actually heartless; what he valued had always been those children!

Xiao Ran had no intention of competing for favor with the Lin Family sisters, but instead thought about building a good relationship with them so that the Eldest Son would also become her support.

The Liu Family was in a period of rapid development, with countless external interests to be gained. To fight for favor and engage in internal strife at this time would be too foolish!

An hour later.

The spiritual cloud slowly dissipated. Liu Xuan's figure flickered, and he reappeared deep inside the Yin Fiend Hall.

The Eldest Son's qi and blood were surging, and a burst of earthy yellow magic power surged around him; his whole person was like a great Yao Beast.

"A pity!"

Liu Xuan slowly shook his head. He had thought the Eldest Son would be like him, forming a blood core using the Kunpeng Body Refining Method, but the reality was not that simple.

In this Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, the basic part of the Kunpeng Body Refining Method and the Kun Yuan Earth Control Art that the Eldest Son practiced directly underwent Fusion. Although it could be considered Dual Cultivation of body and technique, there was a huge gap between him and Liu Xuan.

"Settle down well!"

"Once your cultivation is stable, Father will hold a Foundation Establishment Ceremony for you!"

The Eldest Son had just broken through and should not be disturbed. Liu Xuan left a word and instantly vanished.