At the very moment Lu Chenxing successfully broke through to Foundation Establishment.
The Lu Household's three Foundation Establishment cultivators became four from that day onward.
Yet no one would ever have imagined.
One of them was merely a baby.
Not even three years old, he could not yet be called a child.
Lu Chenxing did not look quite that young, though; he looked two or three.
After finishing his cultivation, he immediately rushed out of the side hall's quiet room to share the good news with the old men.
Lu Changfeng, Lu Changgeng, and Lu Xuanming felt the same Foundation Establishment presence as their own emanating from that tiny body right in front of them.
Beyond their shock, they were overjoyed.
In Lu Chenxing.
They seemed to have already glimpsed the future Lu Household.
A colossal power standing at the pinnacle of the immortal path, ruling the four seas and eight wildernesses.
But they could not afford to grow careless now.
The cultivation world had no shortage of monstrous prodigies.
Yet exceedingly few made it to the end and ascended to immortality.
Who knew how many prodigies had died young.
So the first thought in Lu Changfeng's and the others' minds was how to conceal little Chenxing's existence, protecting him in an indirect way.
But Lu Chenxing's heart had long since begun to stir restlessly.
The vast, magnificent cultivation world.
In his previous life, he could only gaze upon it and imagine it through novels.
In this life, if he could not witness it with his own eyes and experience it himself, would he not have lived in vain?
Previously, his strength had been too weak, so he could only suppress the restlessness in his heart and lie low in the Lu Household, waiting for his cultivation to improve step by step.
Until now, when he had successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Lu Chenxing felt the time had come.
Especially since his cultivation would not advance a single step for the next twenty-odd days.
"Grandpa Patriarch..."
"No!" It was not just Lu Changfeng.
Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming also firmly rejected Lu Chenxing in unison at the first opportunity.
See the cultivation world?
What was there to see?
Cultivators in ordinary factions generally only ventured out when they lacked resources.
They called it gaining experience, but in truth, it was risking their lives to fight over resources.
Lu Changfeng picked Lu Chenxing up.
"Little Chenxing, do you know how dangerous the outside world is?"
"Never mind those Demon Beasts and Devil Cultivators-even among cultivators from righteous immortal sects, many will ruthlessly kill their fellow cultivators for resources and treasures."
"Wait a little longer. With your tremendous cultivation talent, forming a Golden Core and a Nascent Soul is only a matter of time."
"Your grandpas have limited strength, and we can't keep helping you forever. How about waiting until you've formed your Golden Core before heading out?"
Golden Core.
One could call it far away.
One could also call it close.
As long as resources were sufficient and the number of cultivators in Great Xia increased.
Lu Chenxing's cultivation speed would continue to soar.
For other cultivators, going from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core might take a few decades for the faster prodigies, while ordinary cultivators would need at least a century.
For him, perhaps a year? Perhaps less than a year.
And he could accomplish it.
Seeing the resolve on the old men's faces, Lu Chenxing immediately came to his senses.
He understood.
All three grandpas wanted what was best for him.
Since that was the case, he would stay in the Lu Household and lie low!
Taking advantage of this downtime, Lu Chenxing prepared to begin practicing Law Techniques.
First came the most basic and standard technique for cultivators, the Sword Control Technique.
He mobilized the Spiritual Power within his body and infused it into the sword, controlling it with his Divine Sense.
Under Lu Chenxing's control, the flying sword darted through the bamboo grove. Its movements were somewhat awkward at first, but gradually grew much smoother.
Until the sword followed his thoughts.
Striking wherever he pointed.
With one sweep of the sword, he severed a large swath of bamboo.
The Sword Qi struck the ground, blasting out a huge, deep crater.
This was the power cultivators wielded.
No wonder mortals called them immortals. In their eyes, such mighty power was indeed something only immortals above the nine heavens could possess.
Yet to cultivators.
True immortals were supreme beings that most of them could spend their entire lives pursuing without ever reaching.
Although possessing a complete Five Elements Spirit Root meant slower cultivation, it had another benefit.
It allowed one to practice techniques of all five elements.
One could build a comprehensive system of offense and defense.
Metal and fire focused on offense.
Forming hand seals and reciting the mnemonic in tandem, he brought the Metal Spear Technique into being.
A spear formed entirely of Spiritual Power, gleaming golden from end to end, appeared before Lu Chenxing.
He raised a hand and pointed at the open ground directly ahead.
The metal spear turned into a streak of light and shot forward.
"Boom, rumble~~~"
After a tremendous reverberation, another deep crater appeared.
A Law Technique focused on slaughter possessed formidable offensive power.
Lu Chenxing surveyed his handiwork with satisfaction, then cast the Quicksand Technique. The hard earth directly ahead instantly turned into soft quicksand.
Enveloped in quicksand, an enemy would be trapped as though deep in a mire, struggling to move.
As the power upon it dissipated, the quicksand turned back into earth, and the deep crater left by the Metal Spear Technique vanished with it.
The ground returned to its original state.
After the Metal Spear Technique and the Quicksand Technique.
Lu Chenxing went on to practice the fire element Law Technique, the Fireball Technique; the water element Law Technique, the Rain Needle Technique; and the wood element Law Technique, the Vine Technique.
He had no need to cultivate, and Great Xia was devoting the entire nation's strength to researching the auxiliary paths and establishing production lines.
So all he could do was keep strengthening his combat prowess.
Even if it was of no use for now, it would come in handy eventually.
Twenty-odd days.
Everything remained calm, without the slightest ripple.
At last, he could transmit things again.
Lu Chenxing took out everything he had prepared long ago, most of which consisted of resources purchased with the proceeds from selling the Law Artifacts produced by Great Xia.
Among them, the quantity of artifact-refining materials was three times greater than that first batch he had transmitted back.
This also meant the number of finished Law Artifacts transmitted back next time would be three times greater, and the revenue they could generate would likewise multiply.
Besides the artifact-refining materials, there were a hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones.
Based on the previous rate of Spirit Stone consumption, he estimated this batch would definitely be enough to last two months.
After two months, new resources would naturally arrive.
The rest consisted of inheritances concerning other auxiliary paths, such as pill refining, artifact refining, talismans, and formations, which Great Xia needed, along with various established collections of books, including the insights of predecessors, as well as small quantities of pills, spiritual liquids, and so on.
In any case, as long as something counted as a resource, Lu Chenxing transmitted it all back in one go.
For Great Xia's cultivators to digest them.
Was equivalent to digesting them himself.
Blue Star.
Great Xia.
When the new batch of resources arrived, the senior officials were all delighted.
"A hundred and fifty thousand Spirit Stones. It seems the Law Artifacts produced by our Great Xia are selling well in the cultivation world, allowing Comrade Lu to acquire more resources."
"The supply of raw materials has increased too. It looks like the production lines won't have to sit idle for so long this time."
"We must keep adding production lines and increase investment in training artifact-refining experts. Comrade Lu is transmitting more and more materials back. Without enough artifact-refining experts and production lines, we may face tremendous pressure in the future."
"Not only that, experts previously proposed plans to optimize Law Artifacts. I think research in this area is also a top priority. We can refer to the cultivation world's existing refining methods, but we mustn't let them limit our thinking. If we can produce higher-quality Law Artifacts, our profit margins will surely increase as well!"
Ji Chang'an listened to everyone's opinions, then collated and summarized them, quietly settling on one decision after another concerning the relevant areas.
The bridge between Blue Star and the cultivation world was essentially stable.
Next came heavy investment.
And vigorous development.
"It's not just Law Artifacts. Comrade Lu has transmitted back a large number of inheritances concerning the various auxiliary paths of cultivation. It was truly fortunate that our Great Xia managed to crack the cultivation world's artifact-refining methods in such a short time. The difficulty of cracking the other auxiliary paths is beyond imagination. We likewise need to increase investment and hire more experts to research them."
"I suggest we step up development in fields related to the various paths of cultivation, and introduce courses in the relevant foundational knowledge at universities nationwide-no, starting from high school."
"That's an excellent suggestion. There's another very important point: opening up cultivation. At present, only our ten million service members have had their Spirit Roots tested. Among Great Xia's ten billion people, there are still nine billion nine hundred and ninety million who haven't been tested..."
Access to Spirit Root testing was restricted to Great Xia's ten million service members.
This was the outcome of joint deliberation among all of Great Xia's senior officials.
The main reason was that the power cultivators wielded was far too great, and they feared trouble would arise if ordinary civilians outside the military acquired it.
Human nature.
Was difficult to control.
Ji Chang'an had also thought about this issue for a long time.
"Foundation Establishment!"