Clan Cultivation: Starting from Foundation Establishment on Mount Luoxia

After the wedding, Li Xiaoyao lived on the cliff for more than a month.

He gave guidance to several of his nephews on their cultivation and also learned in detail about the development of the family's affairs over the past eight years from Li Mutian, which made him feel more at ease.

Once he felt his mind had been properly adjusted, he returned to his cave and continued his seclusion.

This time, he focused on several more profound third-tier techniques in the "White Emperor's Slaughter Chapter," while continuing to refine the "Slaughter Palace" with meticulous care.

Time flies, and another two years have passed.

After ten years of seclusion, the communication jade talisman fluctuated once again.

This time, it's good news for Li Tongya—he will marry Wang Qinglan, the eldest daughter of the Wang family.

Wang Qinglan, Qi Refining Level 6, Earth Spirit Root.

Li Xiaoyao emerged from seclusion once again.

The wedding in Tongya was equally grand.

Compared to the calm and composed nature of Changhu Lake, Tongya Lake has a more vigorous and scholarly air.

The head of the Wang family, Wang Shouzhou, gifted his son-in-law, a precious book on formations, clearly showing his high regard for this son-in-law who was skilled in formations.

Upon emerging from seclusion, Li Xiaoyao encountered even more new members of his clan.

Changhu's son, Li Xuanxuan, is two years old. He is a cute little boy with a chubby face.

Xiang Ping's son, Li Xuanfeng, is ten years old and has begun his formal Qi cultivation enlightenment.

His single-elemental-gold aptitude led the family elders to place high hopes on him.

Li Xiaoyao stayed on the cliff for about two months, not only attending the wedding but also carefully examining the family's overall development over the past ten years.

Luoxia Market has become the undisputed center of the Bing-749 area, with abundant taxes, rents, and profits from its own properties.

With stable mine production, the newly cultivated "Devouring Vine" has begun to be promoted for planting in some barren areas to improve the environment.

The number of family cultivators has exceeded eighty, and there are nearly one hundred disciples from other families. The overall strength has steadily improved.

He also paid special attention to the performance of non-family cultivators such as Scar Wolf and Iron Bow.

Scarface Chen Xiaofeng has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, not far from perfection. He remains diligent and loyal in his actions, and after marrying a woman from a collateral branch of the Li family, he feels even more at home.

Everything is getting better.

Before parting, Li Xiaoyao had a deep talk with his elder brother, Li Mutian.

"Brother, I will be going back into seclusion for quite some time. I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to handle the family affairs."

Li Xiaoyao said, "I have reached a critical point in my cultivation and need a rare treasure with both water and wood attributes. It should ideally be of grade three or higher. I will need my elder brother and Chi Jing to put in a lot of effort in this matter."

"We're brothers, why complain about hardship?"

Li Mutian solemnly agreed, "I will keep this matter of the strange object in mind. I will use the messenger ruler to befriend those Spirit Kings in the Spirit Soul Realm; perhaps I can find a way. You just focus on your cultivation."

Li Xiaoyao nodded and entered the cave again.

The stone gate closed, and his heart remained as still as water.

What followed was five years of dedicated practice.

He no longer pursued the quantity of spells, but focused on perfecting the spells of the "White Emperor's Slaughtering Chapter" that he had already mastered, and comprehending the true meaning of the golden thunder within them.

At the same time, he devoted some of his attention to studying the Qi Refining Chapter of the final chapter of the "Four Symbols Heavenly Will True Scripture"—the "Mysterious Emperor's Return to the Treasury Chapter".

The way of water is both gentle and strong, nourishing all things and also able to contain everything.

In his fifteenth year of seclusion, Li Xiaoyao was surrounded by a harmonious and balanced aura in his quiet room.

The Immortal Foundation of [Su Sha Fu] has become more subdued, with no trace of emptiness, forming a stable triangle with [Xuan Huang Guan] and [Chang Sheng Que], circulating endlessly.

His mastery of the Golden Thunder Technique has reached a state of perfection; with a thought, the technique is created effortlessly.

At this moment, the total amount of spiritual power in his body did not surge, remaining at the peak of the sixth level of Foundation Establishment. However, the purity, refinement, and control of his spiritual power were incomparable to those of ten years ago.

The bottleneck in the late stage of Foundation Establishment remains solid, but he can sense that his foundation is incredibly firm, and the opportunity for a breakthrough may be just around the corner.

It was in this year that an unusual fluctuation of spiritual energy came from outside the cave, accompanied by a faint, sharp golden aura.

Li Xiaoyao sensed something and went out of seclusion to investigate.

From the direction of the back mountain, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered, faintly forming the phantom of a giant sword. Although it was not as grand as the celestial phenomenon of Xiang Ping's foundation building, it was still extraordinary.

After about half a day, the illusory image dissipated, and a sharp aura of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator rose up.

"Is it Scarface?"

Li Xiaoyao scanned the area with his divine sense and understood the situation.

Soon after, Li Mutian arrived in person, a pleased smile on his face: "Second brother, Chen Xiaofeng has successfully established his foundation! He used the 'Sharp Golden Soul,' funded by the family, to forge the [Heavenly Golden Armor] Immortal Foundation!"

"good!"

Li Xiaoyao was also happy about this.

Scar Wolf's loyalty and dedication deserve this reward.

The two headed to the back mountain together. Chen Xiaofeng, the Scarred Wolf who had just emerged from seclusion, was still a little unsteady on his feet, but his eyes were sharp as knives. Upon seeing Li Mutian and Li Xiaoyao, he immediately bowed deeply and swore an oath, vowing to go through fire and water for the Li family.

Li Mutian immediately announced that he was being promoted to the first non-family elder in the clan, to be honored with offerings, and to pass on the lineage.

This move greatly encouraged other members of the family and collateral branches.

During the months Li Xiaoyao stayed on the cliff, he also heard more news: Li Changhu's wife, An Lingrong, gave birth to a son and a daughter, namely the second son Li Xuance (who was later found to have no spiritual root) and the third daughter Li Xuanzhu (who has a single fire spiritual root).

Li Tongya's wife, Wang Qinglan, gave birth to a son, named Li Xuanling.

Three years ago, Li Tongya himself used the "Nourishing Wood Heart," a second-grade high-quality water and wood dual-attribute artifact bestowed upon him by his father, Li Mutian, and obtained through a trade at Chuixing Post Station, to successfully establish his foundation and forge the Immortal Foundation [Guicang Abyss]!

As for Li Chijing, due to his dual spiritual roots of water and wood, the abundant water and wood spiritual energy environment of the Spirit Soul Realm greatly benefited his cultivation.

As early as the fifth year of Li Xiaoyao's seclusion, he often traveled between the two places on the family's flying boat.

Later, he traveled with the Xiao family's flying boat, spending a long time cultivating and training in the Spirit Soul Realm, and assisting in managing the Li family's shops there.

After Li Xiaoyao had been in seclusion for ten years and Li Chijing had perfected his Qi cultivation, he took the "Moonlight Dew," a second-tier top-grade dual-attribute treasure of water and wood that his family had purchased for him, and went into seclusion in a secret place full of water and wood spiritual energy in the Spirit Soul Realm.

Finally, the foundation was successfully established, creating the unique immortal foundation, Autumn Moon Lake, with the characteristics of Lesser Yin.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he spent most of his time in the Spirit Soul Realm and maintained a good relationship with "Snow Queen" from the Five Alliance.

By chance, they also obtained two rare water-attribute monsters, the "Azure Wave Spirit Carp," as their spirit pets.

The growth of the new generation in the family brought Li Xiaoyao great joy.

After guiding Scarface to stabilize his cultivation level, he returned to his cave.

This time, he focused on comprehending the Qi Refining Scroll of the "Xuan Di Gui Cang Pian".

Thanks to the accumulation of true understanding of the water element over the years, the process went quite smoothly.

Five years later, in his twentieth year of seclusion, Li Xiaoyao had completed the Qi Refining Scroll of the "Xuan Emperor's Return to the Hidden Chapter".

His body is full of abundant and perfect water-elemental spiritual power, and he only needs a "catalyst" to attempt to forge an immortal foundation.

And finally, there's news about this crucial "trigger".

On this day, the cave's protective barrier was activated, and the excited voice of the eldest brother, Li Mutian, rang out: "Xiaoyao, Chijing has returned from the Spirit Soul Realm! He brought back the wondrous item he exchanged with the Tree Elder!"