384: The fourth brother is building his foundation.

The effect of the Spirit Refining Pill depends on the user's cultivation; for Yun Yao, it only takes about an hour.

Since she didn't properly enter a state of cultivation, this duration would be extended, and the medicinal power might even persist for a long time.

This girl had no heart for cultivation at all; until she woke up from her sleep the next morning, the medicinal power in her body had still not been fully digested.

"So this is what matters between men and women are like. No wonder the people at the academy say that once you experience it, it's easy to fall into indulgence!"

The Master of the Gentlemans Academy once said that on the path of cultivation, one must abstain from lust; once carnal desires arise, the Great Dao is severed.

However, Yun Yao didn't care. Setting aside whether the Master was right, she wasn't a Human Race Cultivator. Her path of cultivation was different, so she naturally didn't need to follow the ways of Human Race Cultivators.

Besides, the Joyous Union Sect of the East Sea specialized in the Dao of Yin and Yang Union, yet there were still several Dao Lords who had ascended to the Soul Transformation stage. This showed that nothing was absolute and everything was possible.

"Husband, where did my husband go?"

Yun Yao looked around the room and suddenly realized that Liu Xuan was long gone, with no idea where he had gone.

As they were newly married and Yun Yao had just tasted its sweetness, she wanted to be by Liu Xuan's side every moment.

She got up and dressed, ignoring even the negative effects of the Spirit Refining Pill in her body, and immediately asked the maid outside where Liu Xuan had gone.

The backyard garden.

When the maid led Yun Yao over, Liu Xuan was holding his daughter, Xin Ci, and playing at planting fruit trees with the long, black-haired girl, Cheng Nian.

Standing in the distance, Yun Yao's lips curled downward again. She suddenly realized that the relationship between her and Liu Xuan was fundamentally different from the love stories she read in storybooks.

Liu Xuan had hundreds of Concubines and hundreds of children. She used to find it interesting, but now that she was part of it, she suddenly felt a pang of bitterness.

She knew Liu Xuan loved children the most, but the point was that she was a transformed Yao Beast and couldn't bear children for Liu Xuan at all!

"Awake?" Liu Xuan stepped forward, cupped her small face, and gave her a kiss, smiling as he said, "From now on, you're a member of my Liu Family. Shall I take you to get acquainted with everyone?"

Recalling yesterday's events, Liu Xuan felt it was somewhat absurd. After all that, he had ended up sleeping with Third Senior Sister's natal spirit beast... If An Yunxi found out about this, Liu Xuan could imagine the scene when she got angry.

And as for Eldest Senior Sister An Yunmiao, if she found out, she would probably mistake him for a pervert.

'This was all carefully planned by Third Senior Sister Yun Xian and the little vixen Yun Yao. How can I be blamed?'

Liu Xuan had always acted openly and uprightly throughout his life. Even if he did something absurd, there was a reason for it; it was definitely not his nature. Liu Xuan was firmly convinced of this!

"No need, I'm fine on my own!" Yun Yao was not in a good mood and didn't want to meet Liu Xuan's other women... In the afternoon.

After finishing her business, Yun Xian came to consult Liu Xuan with more questions. This time, Liu Xuan did not refuse and patiently explained the difficulties in setting up Formations.

Once they were done, Yun Xian looked at the distracted Yun Yao beside her and asked via sound transmission, "Did Liu Xuan bully you?"

"No!"

"Then why do you have such a long face?"

"I..." Yun Yao's small face looked even more aggrieved as she wailed, "Wuwuwu~ I can't have children with him!"

Yun Xian's expression froze. Usually calm, her lips twitched as she scolded:

"Have children for what?!!"

"I told you to follow Liu Xuan to get more Medicinal Pills. It's only been one day and you've already forgotten why you went there?"

Liu Xuan was a Third-Rank Alchemist and a third-rank Artifact Refiner. The Liu Family Pill Refining Tower and Liu Family Artifact Refining Workshop were making money hand over fist and were incredibly wealthy.

During this time, Yun Xian had been handling the merger of the Liu Family Merchant Alliance into the Beast Taming Sect's Merchant Alliance, so she knew a lot about Liu Xuan's financial resources.

Liu Xuan was rich and exceptionally generous to beautiful women. Because of her Cultivation Technique, Yun Xian found it inconvenient to step forward herself, so she had arranged for Yun Yao to go to Liu Xuan's place to mooch off him. This would reduce some of their Spirit Stone expenses while also earning a favor from Liu Xuan and drawing him into her camp.

"Uh!" Reminded by Yun Xian, Yun Yao realized her mistake and awkwardly rubbed the back of her head. "I... wasn't I thinking that if I had a child for him, he would be more willing to give me Medicinal Pills?"

Seeing Yun Xian's skeptical look, Yun Yao quickly said, "Yesterday, Liu Xuan gave me a third-rank Spirit Refining Pill. It's even a rare pill that can increase the strength of my Divine Sense!"

Hearing this, Yun Xian's expression didn't change much. She had always believed that human nature was driven by profit and didn't believe Liu Xuan would give something for nothing; it was just that she couldn't see the benefits Liu Xuan was gaining.

"Work hard! Both of us, Master and servant, are at a critical moment of breaking through a major Bottleneck and need many resources. This was the only way."

Yun Xian had no choice. She needed to accumulate enough to reach the Golden Core Perfection and then condense a Nascent Soul, and she also had to prepare for Yun Yao's Nascent Soul Formation. She was truly short on money.

"Don't worry, Young Miss! With my charm, I'll definitely drain Liu Xuan's Family treasury dry!"

Yun Yao clenched her small fist, speaking with confidence, but she didn't have much in her heart.

Whether Liu Xuan would be attracted by her charm, she didn't know, but she was certain that she had already been attracted by Liu Xuan's charm. Images of him kept appearing in her mind... *Buzz~*

A wave of Spiritual Qi fluctuations came from deep within the underground Yin Sha Hall. The Spiritual Qi from the earth veins surged, stirring up the yin fiend as well.

The surge of Spiritual Qi was isolated underground by the Yin and Yang Creation Grand Formation, causing no changes on the surface.

As the controller of the grand Formation, Liu Xuan immediately sensed the anomaly and used his Divine Sense to check the underground Yin Sha Hall through the Formation.

'The fourth child has also started to Breakthrough!'

"Good, good, good!"

The nine children who had taken the third-rank xuanhuang undying pill were expected to Breakthrough one by one over these ten years, and the other children were also starting to show their potential as they grew older.

The eightieth child, Liu Daoxian, was gradually emerging, showing a trend of catching up from behind with his fifth-grade Spirit Root.

The twins ranked 163rd and 164th, Dao Long and Spirit Phoenix, had just turned eighteen and had only been in contact with Qi Refining methods for two years.

But with their Third-grade Spirit Roots—which were second-grade Spirit Roots under the blessing of Spirit Treasures—they were already at the early stage of the Innate martial arts realm. Combined with their Qi Refining Third Layer cultivation, they would catch up with the first tier in a few years.

The period where his children's cultivation gains stacked and exploded had begun, and it would continue to strengthen. Liu Xuan could grow stronger just by lying down every day.

An hour later.

A brilliant sword light flew out from beneath the Liu Manor, shooting straight into the sky. The golden sword light was arrogant and overbearing, and a wave of Foundation Establishment aura spread recklessly in all directions.

"Hahaha~"

A burst of laughter came from high in the sky, and then a handsome young man stepped out from the sword light.

"After cultivating for over thirty years, I have finally achieved Foundation Establishment today. This Daoist has succeeded!"

"Fellow Daoists! I, Fourth Young Master Liu Daocheng, will hold a Foundation Establishment Grand Ceremony in one month. At that time, I can exchange pointers and learn from you all..."

The young man wanted to say more, but he was dragged down from mid-air by a giant hand of dharmic power.

"Fourth child!"

"You damn brat, you just broke through and didn't properly consolidate your dao foundation. Who told you to come out!!"

Liu Xuan's Divine Soul transmission thundered in Daocheng's ear, scaring him into standing properly.