With cultivation feedback from Great Xia's cultivators blessed with Heavenly Spirit Roots, Lu Chenxing had no need to cultivate himself.
Mostly, his useless five-element Spirit Root made cultivation far too arduous.
An entire day of effort could not match an hour of someone else's.
Rather than waste his time, he might as well read more books.
Knowledge was the eternal treasure.
Having already broken through to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, Lu Chenxing had gained even greater control over his body.
Even though he was only three and a half months old.
He could walk with firm, steady steps.
Jumping and sprinting were no problem either.
Other babies his age were probably still in swaddling clothes.
Eating and sleeping, sleeping and eating.
The doors to the scripture repository opened. The moment Lu Chenxing saw Lu Changfeng and Lu Xuanming, he bounded over with a smile.
"Grandpa Changfeng, Grandpa Xuanming, you're finally back."
Suddenly, he realized something was wrong, and his heart lurched.
Unpleasant images surfaced in his little head.
Ignoring the shock on the two grandfathers' faces, he hugged Lu Changfeng's arm and shook it from side to side, anxiety appearing on his little face.
"Where's Grandpa Changgeng? Why isn't Grandpa Changgeng here?"
"He must be all right too, isn't he?"
Lu Changfeng and Lu Xuanming were still stunned by the change in Lu Chenxing's cultivation.
It took them a long time to finally calm the turmoil in their hearts.
They inwardly reassured themselves that Lu Chenxing was a monstrous talent, the reincarnation of a mighty cultivator.
They had also given him so many heavenly materials and earthly treasures. A little rapid progress was only to be expected.
To be expected?
Expected, my ass.
They had only been away for half a month!
How was he already at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer?
Moreover, their Foundation Establishment Realm Divine Sense could easily penetrate Lu Chenxing's body and see that the Spiritual Qi in his Dantian's sea of Qi had already filled more than half of it. He probably was not far from the Qi Refining Fifth Layer either.
At this rate.
Ten years?
No, five years?
No, one year!
In a year at the latest, Lu Chenxing would reach Foundation Establishment.
Qi Refining at two and a half months old, Foundation Establishment at one year old-what about Golden Core? Nascent Soul?
Lu Changfeng dared not think any further.
His imagination had its limits.
"Don't worry, little Chenxing. Your Grandpa Changgeng is perfectly fine. We gained a few things on this trip, so I sent him to the market to exchange them for resources you can use."
After reassuring him, Lu Xuanming took Lu Chenxing from Lu Changfeng's arm. Looking at that handsome little face, fair, tender, and well-proportioned, he could not help breaking into a doting uncle's smile.
"So cute!"
"Already at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer. Even the holy sons and holy daughters of those sacred lands recorded in ancient texts aren't fit to carry our little Chenxing's shoes."
Who could argue with that?
He was simply too monstrous, a little unlike a human.
"Greetings, Patriarch. Greetings, Second Elder!"
Lu Changge, the elder guarding the repository, came forward as soon as he noticed the commotion. He had already experienced his shock before the other two.
Lu Changge had also done his utmost to conceal Lu Chenxing's presence.
Whenever other disciples of the clan came by, he would take Lu Chenxing to the side room where he usually meditated.
The clan had finally produced a junior with monstrous aptitude.
As an elder, he naturally had to do everything he could to look after him.
Lu Changfeng and Lu Xuanming nodded to Lu Changge in acknowledgment.
Few of the clan's Qi Refining cultivators had any hope of reaching Foundation Establishment. Lu Changge stood a good chance of joining them among the Lu Household's upper ranks.
After the grandfathers and grandson exchanged pleasantries for a while, Lu Xuanming left first.
He had been at Foundation Establishment for over twelve and a half years, and his cultivation was about to reach perfection and advance into the next stage.
Thus, he planned to spend some time cultivating in seclusion to break through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
After giving Lu Changge some instructions, Lu Changfeng left as well.
He had yet to force that power out of his body.
There were also many clan affairs requiring his decisions, and he needed to improve his own cultivation as well.
Besides, having just comprehended sword intent and stepped onto the path of a sword immortal, he had to continue delving into this path to ensure he lived up to the sword immortals' reputation for invincible combat prowess.
Seven days later.
Lu Changgeng returned after detouring to the Mist Spirit Mountain Market, bringing back an abundance of cultivation resources.
Their total value roughly equaled the entire fortune of a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator.
Lu Chenxing did not know these resources were loot from the dead.
Even if he had known, it would not have changed anything.
This was the cultivation world. How normal was that!
"Three bottles of Mystic Spirit Liquid, fifty Spirit Augmenting Pills, thirty Spirit Gathering Pills, two Jade Marrow Fruits, some Spirit Stones..."
They were all common cultivation resources.
Unfortunately, there were no Spirit-Seizing Pills this time.
Speaking of Spirit-Seizing Pills, Lu Chenxing was considering a question.
Could he exploit a bug?
The restrictions on Spirit-Seizing Pills were that they could only be taken during Qi Refining, and each person could only take one in their lifetime.
But cultivation feedback was unaffected!
If he could have every cultivator in Great Xia take a Spirit-Seizing Pill at the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer, would that mean he could take an unlimited number of Spirit-Seizing Pills?
"Seems like... this could work!"
Since it could work.
He had to find a way to obtain more Spirit-Seizing Pills.
More people in Great Xia would surely embark on the path of cultivation over time. As he grew and supplied more resources, more and more people would take Spirit-Seizing Pills.
Each time someone took one, Lu Chenxing would receive the amount of spiritual power needed to go from the Qi Refining Eleventh Layer to the Qi Refining Twelfth Layer.
In the early stages, so much cultivation feedback would certainly have an extremely noticeable effect.
In the later stages, it would not matter even if it was only a cup of water against a burning cartload of firewood.
By then, what realm would he have reached? He would hardly care about mere first-tier pills.
There was no rush for Spirit-Seizing Pills. The highest cultivation in Great Xia was probably only at the third or fourth layer of Qi Refining right now. It would be some time before anyone could take this pill.
Another new month arrived.
The passage's teleportation cooldown ended.
Lu Chenxing immediately sent all the resources he had accumulated back to Great Xia, aside from the Spirit-Nourishing Jade.
Mystic Spirit Liquid, Spirit Augmenting Pills, Spirit Gathering Pills, Spirit-Seizing Pills, one Jade Marrow Fruit, three Blood Spirit Fruits, the Yi Wood Everlasting Spring Art, and four other five-element cultivation methods carefully selected from the Lu Household's collection-the Geng Metal Sword Instruction, Azure Wave Art, Flame-Wielding Instruction, and Thick Earth Art-as well as methods and materials related to various supplementary paths such as pill refining, artifact refining, talismans, and formations, along with other miscellaneous books and strange tales.
Some Spirit Stones.
Finally, he enclosed a reply.
The letter mainly explained his current circumstances.
Everything was packed into a single Storage Bag. The Storage Bag itself also counted as a Law Artifact Lu Chenxing was sending back.
The nation trusted Lu Chenxing unconditionally.
Naturally, Lu Chenxing also trusted the nation unconditionally.
As for what he needed.
In the cultivation world, the weak were prey to the strong. All he needed was a weapon powerful enough to deter everything.
The only thing he could think of was the most powerful truth of all.
"I need nuclear weapons!"
Blue Star, Great Xia.
In that same room, a small bag appeared out of thin air...