Lu Changfeng urgently recalled the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Lineage.
A large portion of the Lineage's resources had been won through their life-and-death struggles.
Naturally, using those resources was not something he alone could decide.
So those two had to be told about Lu Chenxing's existence.
"Holy shit, a two-and-a-half-month-old baby with a cultivation of Qi Refining First Layer. It's actually true!"
"When I first received the news, I thought the Lineage's affairs had driven you mad, Patriarch. Who would've thought? Who would've thought!"
"Lu Chenxing, this little fellow is so handsome, so adorable!"
"Stop teasing him. Can't you see he's glaring? Little Chenxing is a reincarnated mighty cultivator. Watch out, or he'll teach you a lesson once he grows up."
"He wouldn't. One look at little Chenxing tells you he repays kindness, rather than being some ungrateful wretch. Here, this is a welcome gift from your great-grandpa. Take it."
Great-grandpa.
He really knows how to take advantage.
But in terms of seniority...
Calling him great-grandpa isn't wrong.
Including his age in his previous life, Lu Chenxing was only twenty-five or twenty-six.
The Lu Household's three Foundation Establishment cultivators were all over a hundred years old. By the normal pace of mortal reproduction, they would certainly be more than four generations removed and ought to be called ancestors.
Immortal cultivators lived long lives, so their generational seniority was rather tangled.
Generally speaking, however, status still depended on cultivation.
No matter how high someone's seniority was, they would not be respected if their cultivation was low.
Conversely, however low someone's seniority was, everyone had to treat them with the utmost respect as long as their cultivation was high.
In a world where the strong devoured the weak, strength reigned supreme.
Lu Chenxing accepted the Storage Bag with his little hands, and his expression instantly went from cloudy to sunny.
After directing his spiritual power with a thought to open it and inspect its contents, his smile grew even brighter. He looked at the Lu Household's Foundation Establishment cultivator named Lu Changgeng and replied sweetly.
"Thank you, Grandpa!"
"Ah, little Chenxing is such a good boy!"
That single "Grandpa" immediately made the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators understand.
Both took out welcome gifts.
Each was more generous than the last.
To satisfy them, Lu Chenxing called each of them Grandpa as well.
Now, he had truly become the cherished treasure in the palms of the Lu Household's three Foundation Establishment cultivators. They feared he would melt if held in their mouths and break if cradled in their hands.
After the three grandfathers and their grandson grew acquainted, they began getting along very harmoniously.
Then they returned to the matter at hand.
Although the Lu Household's three Foundation Establishment cultivators still could not understand why Lu Chenxing could cultivate already, being able to start early was certainly better.
This was no joke.
He had a direct ten-year lead over cultivators his own age!
Others began cultivating at ten, while who knew which layer of Qi Refining he would have reached by then?
"Little Chenxing, what Cultivation Method are you practicing?"
"My memories of my previous life are very hazy, especially anything related to cultivation. So I just practiced casually from a copy of the Basic Qi Refining Instruction at Grandpa's place, and after practicing for a while, it worked."
So that was it.
Although he had reincarnated with memories of his previous life...
It seemed those memories were not complete, but mostly missing.
This explanation also resolved some of Lu Changfeng and the other two's doubts, particularly regarding Lu Chenxing's disposition and knowledge.
He seemed both like a child and like an adult.
It was hard to judge.
Lu Changgeng looked at Lu Changfeng.
"The Basic Qi Refining Instruction is just a commonplace Cultivation Method. Since little Chenxing can cultivate, his Spirit Root must have taken shape. Why not test him with a spirit-sensing stone, then find a more suitable Cultivation Method for him to switch to based on his Spirit Root's attribute? What do you think, Patriarch?"
Lu Changfeng was just about to nod when Lu Chenxing spoke first.
"There's no need to test. I have a single-attribute Wood Spirit Root."
A single wood attribute-a Heavenly Spirit Root!
Lu Changfeng, Lu Changgeng, and Lu Xuanming were shocked once again.
This was information that fell within the bounds of their understanding.
Its impact struck more directly than cultivating at two and a half months old.
Setting aside reincarnated mighty cultivators, the makings of an immortal, or cultivating at two and a half months old, if a disciple with a Heavenly Spirit Root simply appeared in the Lineage...
Lu Changfeng and the other two would still choose to spare no expense and devote everything to nurturing them.
The limits of people like them, with triple and quadruple Spirit Roots, were plain to see.
Even after exhausting every possibility, they might struggle to break through to Golden Core, let alone the higher realm of Nascent Soul, or even Spirit Transformation.
But a Heavenly Spirit Root held limitless possibilities.
"Patriarch!"
"We must get little Chenxing a top-tier wood-attribute Cultivation Method, no matter the cost."
Lu Changgeng had a straightforward temperament, and his words were inevitably somewhat rough, but Lu Chenxing could feel the genuine sincerity overflowing from them.
Lu Xuanming also voiced his agreement.
"A Cultivation Method is the foundation of cultivation. This is of paramount importance. We absolutely cannot settle for less."
Lu Changfeng wholeheartedly agreed.
"The market on Mist Spirit Mountain sells all kinds of five-element Cultivation Methods. Changgeng, withdraw two hundred thousand Spirit Stones from the treasury and make the trip."
Two hundred thousand Spirit Stones!
Lu Chenxing's eyes suddenly lit up.
He was just about to say, Give me all those Spirit Stones, and I'll send them to Great Xia.
But on second thought, a higher-grade Cultivation Method was equally crucial to cultivation.
For example...
If absorbing the Spiritual Qi contained within two hundred thousand Spirit Stones using the Basic Qi Refining Instruction took two and a half years...
Then switching to a higher-grade Cultivation Method with a matching attribute might shorten that time severalfold, or even tenfold, to two and a half months.
So...
Changing Cultivation Methods was very necessary.
Lu Chenxing listened silently as his three elders planned his future, feeling warmth in his heart.
"Also, our Lu Household ought to have a place in the Mystic Wood Forest."
The Mystic Wood Forest!
At that name, Lu Changgeng and Lu Xuanming immediately frowned slightly, then relaxed their brows. The hesitation in their eyes abruptly turned to resolve.
"Our Lu Household has three Foundation Establishment cultivators. We ought to receive that share of mystic wood."
"Patriarch, your Changfeng Sword hasn't left its sheath for a hundred years. I wonder if it's still sharp?"
"Sharp enough to slay someone at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage!"
"Then what else is there to say? We should have acted long ago!"
Those scattered scraps of information could not form a complete picture.
But Lu Chenxing caught the scent of something major about to happen.
It seemed his arrival...
Had brought a new change to some previous strategic decision made by the Lu Household's three Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Mystic Wood Forest?
Deploying a flying sword.
The strength to slay someone at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
Were they preparing to fight some other faction?
"When do we act?"
"Once Changgeng brings back the Cultivation Method."
"Then I'll leave right now!"
Lu Changgeng left the main hall, rose into the sky on his sword, and headed for the Mist Spirit Mountain market.
Lu Xuanming left afterward. With a major battle about to begin, he needed to prepare properly and acquire some additional means to aid him in combat.
Lu Changfeng took Lu Chenxing to a side hall.
The more critical the moment, the more one had to remain composed.
So he began cultivating.
Every wisp of spiritual power he refined and produced would increase his strength a little, raising the chances of success for the coming plans a little as well.
Whatever the case, he could not simply sit idle.
Lu Chenxing, meanwhile, was surrounded by books.
He had requested this himself.
Those books were all from Lu Changfeng's personal collection. Some contained cultivation-related methods and insights, while others were miscellaneous accounts of curious events unrelated to cultivation.
Reading more would give him a deeper understanding of this world and cultivation.
Before absorbing that knowledge, Lu Chenxing had something more important to do.
That was the third deployment.
What he would deploy were precisely the welcome gifts bestowed upon him by his three elders.
After sorting through them, he found roughly three middle-grade Law Artifacts. These could be thoroughly researched over in Great Xia.
The system had established a two-way channel.
Great Xia could also send things back.
This meant Lu Chenxing could draw upon Great Xia's strength.
Gather the strength of ten billion citizens to develop the myriad paths of immortal cultivation.
Artifact refining was only one of them.
Aside from these three Law Artifacts, there were also Spirit Stones, pills, and spiritual talismans.
There were over eight thousand Spirit Stones in total, with a few middle-grade Spirit Stones mixed into the small mountain of low-grade Spirit Stones.
One middle-grade Spirit Stone equaled a hundred low-grade Spirit Stones.
The pills were all first-tier cultivation pills, specially bestowed with his current circumstances in mind.
There were twenty first-tier Spirit Gathering Pills in total. Once refined, they could accelerate the absorption and refinement of spiritual power for a certain period.
There were ten first-tier Spirit Augmenting Pills in total. Once refined, they could directly increase the spiritual power within the Dantian's sea of Qi, raising a Qi Refining Stage cultivator's cultivation.
The latter were somewhat more precious than the former. After all, they could directly increase spiritual power and raise cultivation.
There were three spiritual talismans.
All were first-tier supreme-grade defensive spiritual talismans.
Two Golden Bell Talismans and one Earth Wall Talisman.
Lu Chenxing chose to deploy everything, once again attaching a letter.
The handwriting in this letter was neat and precise.
A sense of upright order leaped off the page.
"To Great Xia!"
"I have successfully received the cultivation feedback and have now become an immortal cultivator at Qi Refining First Layer. Thank you, my compatriots, for your hard work."
"This deployment contains a batch of resources I have just obtained, including three middle-grade Law Artifacts, three spiritual talismans, eight thousand Spirit Stones, twenty Spirit Gathering Pills, and ten Spirit Augmenting Pills. The effects of the Spirit Gathering Pills are..."
"May my compatriots in Great Xia and I encourage one another, work hard together at cultivation, ascend together to the pinnacle of the immortal path, and attain longevity through the Great Dao!"
"Also, I have a personal request for which I would like to ask the nation's assistance."