"Really?"
"Of course it's true!
Big Brother, would I lie to you?
And afterward, I even made a special trip to the academy to take a look!
I really did see Ping'an's grandfather there at the academy, having stepped onto the Immortal Path."
"Ping'an's grandfather was able to step onto the Immortal Path because, supposedly, Ancestor used a supreme secret art!
That secret art was the star within the inheritance stele with the largest body and the most dazzling starlight, called Creation Heaven-Men—"
"I remember now!
This supreme secret art is called [Creation Heaven-Mending Art]!"
"And it requires a treasure surpassing even Innate Spiritual Items as the medium for the casting, only then can it shape spirit roots for clan members who possess none."
"Innate Spiritual Items?
And treasures surpassing Innate Spiritual Items—what grade of treasure are those?"
"Uh?"
"They seem to be treasures ranked above the rare Spirit Materials used to refine Magic Treasures!"
"Is that so?"
"I think so. Uncle Qingyang said as much!"
"All right!"
"Such treasures are indeed beyond the reach of people like us. Rather than wasting time on that, we might as well think about earning a quota to cultivate in the [Blood Crystal Pool]!"
"Once this garrison assignment is completed, our Contribution Points should be about enough to exchange for a quota to use the [Blood Crystal Pool], right?"
"There's a pretty good chance that, without needing to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill, we can break through directly into the Foundation Establishment Realm!"
"There is that possibility!
By the way, Big Brother, where do you plan to travel after your breakthrough?"
"Will you go to the Cultivation World of the Jin Kingdom?
Or pass through the Teleportation Array to the cultivation world's holy land, the Boundless Sea?"
"Neither!"
"The overlord of the