ver a decade would be easily disintegrated within days by Mingri Group’s overseas commercial team.With Zhao Haoran, who had fought fiercely among global financial giants, now back to initiate his firs...Chapter 387: Great Matriarch, Little Matriarchs

Hao Ren returned to the villa from Dragon Palace, still deep into the night.

Every room upstairs and downstairs was in a state of sleep. Hao Ren's mind was troubled, unable to fall asleep peacefully.

Jiū jiū... Little White squeezed out from under Zhen Cōngming’s door like a ball of fluff and jumped onto the sofa.

Hao Ren placed him on his waist before activating the Split Light Sword Shadow Art, restoring his body.

Zhào Hào Rán had used the Body-Filling Technique, which would certainly cause some degree of damage to Hao Ren's body.

His realm was still at the Gèn level, but his spiritual energy wasn’t balanced Five Elements Qi.

Even though it was the most refined congenital water qi, Hao Ren needed a few days to adjust and transform it.

The minute sword qi in Split Light Sword Shadow Art slowly circulated through Hao Ren's meridians. It was like countless small probes searching for damaged sections of his meridians before repairing them with gentle spiritual energy.

One inch above Hao Ren's Dragon Pellet, a high-density spirit orb was rapidly spinning!

This tiny half-inch-diameter spirit orb, like a dense black hole, sucked in the approaching minute sword qi!

In this small spirit orb was highly compressed Zhào Hào Rán’s thousand-year cultivation power!

The spirit orb hung above Hao Ren's Dragon Pellet, forming its own system.

It captured surrounding spiritual energy and then released it again due to its high concentration, becoming a mysterious vortex that couldn’t be detected by Split Light Sword Shadow Art!

Hao Ren controlled several strands of sword qi towards it but found them gone without trace, even damaging his spirit somewhat. He had no choice but to abandon the attempt.

Little White lazily flipped over on Hao Ren's belly. Having reached the second stage in spiritual beast cultivation, its intelligence was higher than before and closer to Hao Ren.

Hao Ren’s Dragon Pellet was stably positioned at his dantian with 123 meridians opened. The black hole-like spirit orb was rotating rapidly above his qi sea.

One was a dragon cultivator's Dragon Pellet, the other a human cultivator's inner core!

In Hao Ren’s body were actually two independent systems that didn’t interfere with each other!

This state was something even Zhào Hào Rán hadn't anticipated!

Actually, Zhào Hào Rán felt Hao Ren to be honest and good-hearted, without ill intentions towards the East Sea. Thus, before exhausting his lifespan, he Body-Filled whatever he could into Hao Ren but didn’t expect there was another mechanism in Hao Ren’s body which collected all of his thousand years of cultivation power leaving Hao Ren still at Gèn level but with a pool of potential energy.

Having transmitted Zhào Hào Rán's thousand years of cultivation power, he would have no regrets.

Hao Ren didn’t know that Lù Lín Lín and Lù Lǐ Lǐ had used their Life-Linked Spirit Lotus to save his cultivation level. The old lady above the Fifth Heaven layer comprehended天地and assisted him by transmitting a thread of life-linked primordial energy from the world.

Hao Ren thought it was Zhào Hào Rán compressing all his thousand years of cultivation power, like finding an appropriate container to temporarily store within his body. Therefore, Hao Ren planned on how he would transfer this compressed power to Zhào Kuò in the future!

Storing nearly peak Gān level’s thousand-year cultivation power was akin to carrying a super precious treasure everywhere.

With an inner core storing equivalent to late-stage Golden Core realm's cultivation, Hao Ren was undoubtedly the strongest Dan Formation cultivator ever!

The time passed swiftly. As Little White curled up in Hao Ren’s arms and fell asleep snoring, Hao Ren tried half a night to complete the route of Split Light Sword Shadow Art that could bypass his qi sea above dantian, forming a new circulation path.

Clunk.

Xie Yujia opened her room and seeing Hao Ren practicing on the sofa pretended not to see him and headed into the kitchen for breakfast preparation.

Hao Ren watched Xie Yujia walk past in a nightgown, puzzled why she was suddenly angry at him.

Little White jumped from Hao Ren’s thigh and chased after Xie Yujia's fragrant heels.

"Master!"

Lù Lín Lín and Lù Lǐ Lǐ appeared bouncy on the stairs, pouncing towards Hao Ren's sofa.

Hao Ren hurriedly extended his hands to stop them when they almost toppled over the sofa.

Seizing this chance, Lù Lín Lín and Lù Lǐ Lǐ slipped their soft waists into Hao Ren’s arms then grabbed him with both hands.

"Metal 12, Wood 15, Water 36, Fire 18, Earth 19!" Lù Lín Lín and Lù Lǐ Lǐ alternately reported the numbers before staring at Hao Ren in amazement. "Master! How did all five elements become so chaotic overnight"

"I overexerted myself last night; I'll have to adjust gradually," Hao Ren secretly exerted himself, pushing them out from his arms.

Xie Yujia happened to walk out of the kitchen and saw this scene, giving a hum.

“Senior Mother, let us help!” Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 flew towards Xie Yujia like butterflies.

Xie Yujia couldn’t refuse them and immediately became passive.

"Uncle, are we going to the fifth heaven today!" Zhao Yanzi in her polka dot pajamas unexpectedly woke up early and appeared at the stairway direction.

Little White ran towards the stairs, jumping high and climbing onto Zhao Yanzi’s arm and shoulder.

"Yes, after breakfast," Hao Ren said.

"Great! Great!" Zhao Yanzi nodded happily.

After obtaining the "Northern Dipper Sword Technique" and the Purple-Qing divine sword, she had more motivation to cultivate than anyone else. Especially with being able to go to the fifth heaven where Zhao Guang can't reach her, it seemed like her ideal of traveling the world with a sword was about to be realized.

Xie Yujia also wanted to tend to the spirit herbs in the Illusory Peak. Thus, the five people headed towards the base of the fifth heaven just as daybreak had arrived.

The little white beast who reached the second level flew extremely fast with Hao Ren, Zhao Yanzi, and Xie Yujia on its back. Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 flew by themselves to escort them on either side. It seemed like they only took one meal’s time to arrive at the fifth heaven.

Presently, Illusory Peak was well-organized after Hao Ren and Xie Yujia planned and managed it; the neatly arranged medicinal fields and the stream diverted over made the originally chaotic valley charming.

The moment Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 arrived at the valley, they opened their big eyes and instantly liked this atmosphere.

Zhao Yanzi headed straight to her cave abode. Seeing that the Purple-Qing divine sword was still placed in its stone pedestal, she finally felt relieved. Picking up the longsword, she ran to a flat ground in the valley to practice the first level of the "Northern Dipper Sword Technique" - "Qiu."

"Qiu" is the head star among the Northern Dipper Seven Stars and represents heaven; the sword style is steady and serves as the foundation for subsequent cultivation.

Zhao Yanzi had just reached the Foundation Establishment stage, received this set of techniques which she couldn't put down. Therefore, every move was practiced with great care and effort.

These sword moves were in line with the way spirit energy flowed; as the sword technique was practiced more smoothly, the spirit energy also circulated more proficiently.

The divine sword in Zhao Yanzi's hand emitted a faint cyan light. The more she practiced, the happier she became, feeling like she had returned to her high-level self.

Xie Yujia’s main cultivation method was alchemy; her technique came from the old lady who gave her the Life and Death Talisman—everything changed within those two talismans. And as long as she had sufficient energy, these mother talismans could produce multiple child talismans.

At this moment in the alchemy room, there were two circles of fine gold and silver talismans surrounding the cauldron; inside it, over a dozen Foundation Establishment pills were forming and rotating rapidly.

Xie Yujia refined elixirs every weekend on Illusory Peak. The elixirs she produced exactly met her weekly usage.

Eating fourth-grade Foundation Establishment pills as snacks—such extravagant behavior was something even the seventh heaven’s sect leaders wouldn’t have!

Pu pu pu…The cauldron resembled a pot cooking porridge, emitting陣陣white vapor from its lid.

The little white beast with an extended neck spewing demonic flames finally got to rest for a while.

A silver talisman circled once on the cauldron’s cover before suddenly rolling it up.

Golden talismans entered the cauldron body, sweeping up sixteen still steaming fourth-grade Foundation Establishment pills precisely into Xie Yujia's palm.

The entire process of opening the furnace and removing the elixirs was smooth as flowing water; it seemed like Xie Yujia had been an expert alchemist all along!

Moreover, she controlled the fire just right—every medicinal pill reached fourth-grade without exception.

In addition, there were almost no residual materials left in the cauldron—everything was converted into pills! Xie Yujia's precise control over material proportions according to her formula was also incredibly accurate!

Seeing that all the medicinal pills reached fourth-grade, Xie Yujia happily smiled. She took out a small bottle and put fifteen elixirs inside while leaving one for Little White.

Little White stuck out its tongue, rolling in the fourth-grade pill, thoroughly satisfied.

Xie Yujia was merely quite satisfied with this alchemy session; at least she didn’t waste her hard-grown materials. However, she wasn't aware that her level of expertise had already reached a master class!

Such an efficiency rate would make her the chief elixir-making elder in any sect in the seventh heaven or even the Mountain Heaven School famous for its alchemy.

Xie Yujia indeed had an aptitude for alchemy, but her mindset was simple: she treated refining pills as cooking!

In a neighboring cave abode, Hao Ren circulated the Splitting Light Sword Shadow Technique's thirty-six major cycles completely and then used Zhen Cōngming’s small cloud rain array to undergo lightning refinement.

Considering his body’s endurance, Hao Ren chose a weekly cycle for refining with lightning just like Xie Yujia did for alchemy.

This time, however, he was not aiming at opening the dragon pearl acupoint but rather solidifying his cultivation realm and activating his meridians.

Swish... A beam of sword light shot out from Hao Ren's cave.

One becomes two, two become four, four become eight... Every single beam of sword light only needs to slightly tremble once before it splits into two beams.

This is the marvel of the Sword Reflection Technique!

It condenses sword from Qi and controls sword with spirit!

In this brief moment, an array formation was set up!

The sword light automatically collects the aura of heaven and earth in the valley before gradually growing... With millions of clones, it refines heaven and earth! Hao Ren's method of cultivation is actually similar to the abilities of a Spirit Formation stage cultivator!

Three hundred and twenty beams of sword light slowly filled up, then merged into one beam of small colorful sword qi, which shot back into Hao Ren’s cave.

In his cave, Hao Ren raised both hands and gradually ended the practice.

Using sword light to collect aura and return it to the body was the method he had inadvertently領悟ed while in a daze.

But such a cultivation method can only be practiced in the safest of places. Otherwise, if the sword beams were cut off, then Hao Ren's spirit would also be damaged during his cultivation process, which is extremely dangerous.

"It’s time to go back!" Clear-headed, Hao Ren walked over and shouted loudly at the entrance to the cave.

“Hahaha...” Zhao Yanzi rode her Purple Blue Treasure Sword towards Hao Ren's cave.

The advanced sword technique in the first layer of the "Northern Dipper Sword Technique" had already been easily mastered by Zhao Yanzi due to her talent, within half a day!

How could this flight speed be compared with ordinary flying swords from before!

This feeling of pride was obvious.

Xie Yujia walked out of her alchemy room and saw Zhao Yanzi actually able to fly freely. She felt slightly envious.

Hao Ren casually shot a beam of sword light from his fingers, which hit precisely the tip of Zhao Yanzi's feet sword, making Zhao Yanzi stumble down onto the grass below.

"You rascal!" Rubbing her butt, Zhao Yanzi picked up her treasure sword and threw it at Hao Ren.

The treasure sword made a piercing sound as it flew towards Hao Ren.

How could someone already at Earth Level be afraid of someone just reaching Foundation Establishment With his two fingers, he easily caught the edge of Zhao Yanzi's sword.

Ding!

The ringing sound from the blade made Hao Ren’s fingertips slightly sore.

Earth level was equivalent to late Nurturing Core; when facing a Foundation Establishment cultivator, it should be possible to win with just one finger. Zhao Yanzi only spent half a day cultivating this sword technique and managed to make her throw reach such strength, which proves that the sword technique is indeed very powerful.

In other words, as long as she persistently cultivates this Northern Dipper Sword Technique, any cultivator of the same realm won't be able to defeat Zhao Yanzi.

Hao Ren suddenly thought of the arrogant girl from Sky Mountain Sect and finally understood where her pride came from. With this sword technique, who among the same level would dare not give her respect

"Let's go back." Hao Ren put away the treasure sword and said again.

“Hmph!” Zhao Yanzi stuck out her nose and climbed onto Little White’s back.

Xie Yujia smiled and gently jumped on Little White’s back. Lu L琳琳 and Lu 莉莉 flew over, circling around Hao Ren.

The five of them returned to the seaside villa and found a light golden Buick parked outside, seemingly visiting guests during their absence.

"Be smart, quickly pour some tea!"

As Hao Ren walked in, he heard Uncle Hao ordering Zhen Beijin to do so.

"You brats, where did you run off to at this hour" Grandma came over and asked Hao Ren with a slightly reproachful tone.

"In the morning, I took A Zi and the others for a walk by the sea and also Little White." Hao Ren pointed behind him at Little White.

The palm-sized Little White wagged its tail innocently looking at Grandma.

"Your father has guests. And his daughter is also Beijin's classmate!" Grandma said to Hao Ren.

Hao Ren looked past Grandma and saw that today’s visitor was the mayor, along with his daughter!

“Hehe, your son truly looks distinguished!” Holding a teacup, Mayor Wu walked over.

"Hello, uncle." Hao Ren hesitated for half a second before calling out.

Xie Yujia reacted the fastest and followed up with a "uncle."

Zhao Yanzi also hurriedly called out, followed by Lu L琳琳 and Lu L莉莉 sweetly addressing him as uncle.

The mayor looked at the pretty girls around Hao Ren, smiled, didn’t ask questions, but kindly nodded his head. Then he turned to Hao Zhonghua and said, "Academicians Hao and Yue are treasures of our Donghai City and also treasures of our country. How could there be any room for the slightest mishap!"

"A little incident isn’t worth the mayor personally visiting us twice!" Hao Zhonghua chuckled.

It turned out that on Friday night, Hao Zhonghua and Yue Yang encountered a landslide and almost got hit by a tornado. This news had frightened the mayor to no end, so he came early Saturday morning to check up on them. Unfortunately, the Hao Ren family was out郊遊and not at home, so the mayor made an unnecessary trip. Hence today, the mayor personally drove over again.

His actions were a way of expressing his sincerity and also to console the two great scientists after their scare.

Moreover, he specially brought along his youngest daughter in hope of using her school connection with Zhen Cōngming to bring him closer to the two world-class scientists.

"Our Lu Xue studies at the same elementary school as Zhen Cōngming. So today I’ll bring her over to play." The mayor continued.

“How could that be! Children should interact with one another.” Hao Zhonghua immediately said.

Dressed in a floral long dress, Wu Lu Xue stood beside her father, holding his hand with one hand and quietly not saying anything.

Surely she was like an exquisite work of art; even without speaking, she appeared exceptionally pretty and adorable.

“So cute! So beautiful!” Lu L琳琳 and Lu L莉莉 bent down to carefully look at Wu Lu Xue, almost wanting to reach out to pinch her delicate cheeks.

Wu Lu Xue calmly looked at the two pretty sisters; no matter how others praised, she remained indifferent.

And in front of Wu Lu Xue, Zhen Cōngming was serving tea and water for the elders in the living room, almost wanting to attach a label of 'model student' to himself.

"Lu Xue, go play with your classmate. You should also have some fun aside from reading books and playing the piano all day long." The mayor lightly patted Wu Lu Xue’s back and said.

"I’ve got the most classic game ‘Sky Sword’ here; it has super cool visuals! I’ll show you how to play!" Zhen Cōngming suddenly got excited, pulling out a blue-ray game disc and loading it into the machine.

Wu Lu Xue held her warm teacup quietly sitting on the sofa opposite the TV. Her big black gem-like eyes watched as Zhen Cōngming busily showed her how to play.

"You see, you do this…" Zhen Cōngming connected the machine and took out a controller, demonstrating while playing for Wu Lu Xue.

He was very enthusiastic, yet Wu Lu Xue remained indifferent, not even wanting to speak a word.

"Lu Xue, it’s okay if you play with your classmate," said the mayor who was discussing Donghai City's technological development layout with Hao Zhonghua.

Wu Lu Xue nodded slightly and picked up a controller.

"I’ll teach you!" Zhen Cōngming immediately moved closer to guide Wu Lu Xue on how to control the game.

Wu Lu Xue looked down at the controller, trying it out simply for a moment.

Hao Ren and Xie Yujia were both interestedly watching Zhen Cōngming and Wu Lu Xue. At this moment, Zhen Cōngming was full of enthusiasm while Wu Lu Xue remained as calm as ice.

"This is difficult; I spent a long time reaching the fourth level. Let me help you start over!" said an enthusiastic Zhen Cōngming.

Wu Lu Xue nodded slightly, clumsily controlling the game. But gradually, Wu Lu Xue’s movements became more and more fluid…"Reached level six." After half an hour, Wu Lu Xue softly said.

Zhen Cōngming looked at Wu Lu Xue in surprise, then shook his head, "This isn’t fun; let me introduce you to another game! Street Fighter, a fighting game!"

He inserted another game disc and handed one controller to Wu Lu Xue while keeping one for himself.

"I’m an expert at this game!" Zhen Cōngming was enthusiastic as he took out the game manual and proudly said, "Here’s all characters’ ultimate moves; I know them all!"

Wu Lu Xue looked down for a minute before returning her gaze to the screen, choosing a character.

Her fingers moved swiftly like playing piano as she muttered, “Up left down, light punch… Down, heavy kick…”

Zhen Cōngming's character lay motionless on the screen.

Wu Lu Xue... won completely!

Hao Ren gazed at the jade-like Wu Lu Xue and suddenly realized that this little girl was even more extraordinary than Zhen Cōngming!

(To be continued)examiners from Donghai University, who were also the only two examiners in all of Donghai City, gathering all young cultivators on campus, it was difficult for Lu Qi to believe that any cultivator wou...