Chapter 601: Chapter 596: The Function of Fire Element Spirit Root

Father and son had barely exchanged a few words when Old Family Master Qin Guanbao had already mounted a black leopard and reached the cliff’s summit. In the distant sky, a figure was rapidly approaching. Recognizing that familiar silhouette, who could it be if not Qin Yang?

“Grandpa Jiu!”

Qin Feng, not waiting for the Old Family Master to land, greeted him with a smile.

“Haha, Feng’er, you’ve come back at just the right time!” Qin Guanbao laughed heartily, looking at Qin Feng with immense relief and satisfaction.

He had originally thought of using Qin Feng’s fame to provide some conveniences for the family’s growth; now, with Qin Feng’s return to the family, his plans would benefit even more.

However, since Qin Feng had just returned, it wasn’t the time to discuss these matters. Those major families’ leaders might as well rest for a couple of days in the guesthouse.

With the current situation leaning in the Qin Family’s favor, while those families were proactive in approaching, there was no need to be overly eager to ingratiate, lest it seemed as if the family were weak and dependent on them to succeed.

Qin Guanbao believed that just by saying the word, there would be plenty of major families, even top-level families, willing to collaborate with the Qin Family.

As for other sects, Qin Guanbao generally did not consider them.

After all, the Qin Family was a vassal family under the Beast Taming Sect, and it was crucial to keep their stance straight. Moreover, Qin Feng had become a cultivator of significant importance that the entire Beast Taming Sect was focusing on cultivating; the Qin Family could not afford to give others anything to talk about in such matters.

On the other side, Qin Yang, also with a face full of joy, flew in: “Haha, Afeng, you’re finally back!”

Perhaps because of his cultivation of the “Void Shattering Technique,” a heritage that connected directly to the Immortal Dao, Qin Yang’s True Yuan was refined, and his presence was extraordinary. At first glance, it was hard to think of him as just an ordinary family cultivator; he was no different from inner sect Golden Core disciples of many major sects.

Indeed, by now, Qin Yang had also cultivated a Golden Core.

Thanks to the family not lacking resources nowadays, and the Old Family Master remembering Qin Feng’s previous instructions, they hadn’t just stored up their gains but had exchanged them for numerous cultivation resources to enhance the strength of family cultivators, especially for a potentially excellent family disciple like Qin Yang, who received focused cultivation.

Hence, Qin Yang had been able to advance to the Golden Core within just a few decades–a speed incomparable to the geniuses of the cultivation world, but still considerable among the major sects. For someone with Qin Yang’s talent, it was an impressive achievement!

Currently, besides the Old Family Master, Qin Long, and Qin Yang, the three Golden Core cultivators, the Qin Family also had over twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators. Although most of them had advanced through resource accumulation, and only three or five had potential for further progression, it was still quite an achievement for a small family that had only three or four Foundation Cultivators over a decade ago.

Even if most of the Foundation Cultivators had limited potential, they could still handle affairs across various locations for the family, manage to hold up appearances, and avoid situations like before, where they could only dispatch Qi Refining cultivators, inadvertently leading to being underestimated.

Now that even Qin Yang had advanced to the Golden Core, naturally, the cultivation of Qin Guanbao and Qin Long, who had reached the Golden Core earlier, became even deeper.

Moreover, one being the Family Head and the other the cultivator with the greatest potential in the family, they had first access to all the family resources. If other family members could improve through resources, they certainly had no issues. After all, Qin Feng had also left behind many valuable items suitable for Golden Core cultivators.

With the aid of various heavenly and terrestrial treasures and precious medicinal herbs, Qin Guanbao had cultivated to the late stage of the Golden Core, a realm once beyond his reach.

And Qin Long had reached the peak of the Golden Core, had begun consolidating his True Yuan, stabilizing his foundation, and preparing for advancement to the Purple Mansion Realm.

Originally, with slow and steady accumulation, Qin Long had the potential to achieve the Golden Core before the Old Family Master. His lifebound beast was a descendant of a super Demon Beast, the Red Flame Demon Dragon. Relying on the resources and specific demon cores left by Qin Feng for him, and after hatching the Demon Dragon baby from the dragon egg, its growth speed was astonishingly fast.

In fact, even a young dragon, with its naturally powerful bloodline inheritance and talent skills, possessed not insignificant combat power. Upon entering its growth period, it quickly reached the level to contend with Golden Core cultivators. With an accumulation of vast resources and cultivation under Sect secret techniques, Qin Long’s lifebound beast progressed swiftly.

Possessing such a powerful lifebound beast, Qin Long had now mastered several Divine Skills of the Demon Dragon Clan, which added a domineering flair to his presence. With his tall and burly stature, he commanded an unforgettable and imposing aura.

Besides these three Golden Core cultivators, the Qin Family also possessed numerous spirit beasts. There were several of Demon Core Realm, not to mention one of the Purple Mansion Realm, and even more comparable to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Visiting cultivators often saw the Qin Family’s ordinary Qi Refining members riding Golden Mountain Goats comparable to Foundation Establishment cultivators through the mountains.

Those who themselves had Foundation Establishment Cultivation were even more impressive, directly riding Demon Core-like two-legged flying dragons and Golden Mountain Goat leaders. Whether escorting resource goods or transporting mineral spirit stones, with these spirit beasts by their side, no one dared to meddle lightly.

The purpose why Qin Feng had subdued and sent these demon beasts back to the family was precisely this. Even the news that there were Demon Core and Purple Mansion spirit beasts stationed within the family was something Qin Feng had instructed the family to actively spread.

Hiding their strength was not something the Qin Family should do now. When their strength was weak, it was essential to show off their power as much as possible to deter others from underestimating them.

Once the family’s power foundation had become strong enough, they could then consider concealing a few formidable cultivators as a contingency plan to deal with potential crises.

The family warmly discussed this matter. The Old Family Master was about to inquire about Qin Xi’s current situation when Qin Yang suddenly lit up, his eyes shining as he stared intently at the White Dragon not far away, clicking his tongue in amazement. “Afeng, why has this White Dragon grown so much bigger? It wasn’t this enormous the last time you came. Could it still be in its growth phase?

But I feel like its power has grown even stronger. Afeng, what realm has this White Dragon reached now?”

“Hehe, nice observation!” Qin Feng chuckled lightly, not hiding anything. “It has now advanced to the Super Demon Beast level, capable of contending with Dharma Image Cultivators!”

“What, it’s already a Dharma Image Realm Spiritual Beast?”

This not only astonished Qin Yang, but the Old Family Master and Qin Long were also taken aback. They immediately turned their heads to look at the White Dragon, clearly quite shocked.

“How can your Spiritual Beast’s cultivation speed be so fast?”

The Old Family Master slightly furrowed his brow and waved his hand to create a barrier, avoiding the White Dragon as he spoke. “This isn’t your Lifebound Spiritual Beast. You’d better focus on enhancing the strength of your Lifebound Spiritual Beast first and then prioritize the cultivation of the other Spiritual Beasts. Otherwise, if your own power is insufficient, you still need to be cautious of the Spiritual Beasts backlash.”

“Grandpa Nine, rest assured, they won’t have a chance to backlash.” Qin Feng sighed inwardly.

His rise was too swift, and ultimately the family’s foundation was too weak. Nowadays, their strength could no longer keep pace with him; it was hard for them to provide any help. It might even bring some trouble to the family due to his reasons. Now they were actually worried about his too powerful Spiritual Beasts backlashing, which clearly indicated insufficient insight, failing to see his current level of cultivation.

Thus, Qin Feng’s visit this time was firstly to check on the family and secondly to try improving the family’s strength.

Without going into details, at the very least, he had to quickly upgrade his father and the Old Family Master to the Purple Mansion Cultivation.

Reaching this realm, since they would have some understanding of the Dao Principles, even if they faced formidable enemies they couldn’t contend with, they would at least have some means to escape.

In the past, Qin Feng certainly couldn’t achieve this.

When his cultivation was low, it was manageable; with sufficient resources, one can stack up the cultivation level to the Golden Core Realm.

But the Purple Mansion was different; advancing to this realm required first understanding the Dao Principles.

Countless cultivators in the world, many from Major Sects, were stuck at the peak of Golden Core, unable to advance. Even Liu Xuanling initially struggled for years because he cultivated two potent legacies simultaneously, trying to integrate the Heavenly Snake Swallowing the Moon Technique and the Taiyin Refining God Technique, and was eventually stuck at a bottleneck. Only when he obtained the Heavenly Connecting Lotus, an Ancient relic containing Dao Principles, was he able to break through the shackles and achieve the Purple Mansion.

There was only one Heavenly Connecting Lotus, and Qin Feng obviously couldn’t obtain such a treasure again, but during his trial in the Nordic God Realm’s Giant Valley in the Fire Country, he had captured a Fire Element Spirit Root bearing Spirit Fruit containing the Fire Element Principle.

Initially, it was the Spirit Fruits from the Fire Element Spirit Root that had allowed him to comprehend the Fire Element Principle. Hence, Qin Feng was confident about quickly advancing his father and the Old Family Master to the Purple Mansion.

Considering Qin Long had a Red Flame Demon Dragon as his Lifebound Spiritual Beast, his power attribute had also turned to the Fire Element, and he was already at the peak of Golden Core. Qin Feng felt his father could entirely skip decades or even centuries of accumulation, and directly refine the Fire Spirit Fruit.

After all, the Fire Spirit Fruit contained not only the Fire Element Principle but also pure and massive Flame Power, ample to significantly boost his father’s cultivation before advancing.

Moreover, apart from the Fire Spirit Fruit, he had prepared many other treasures to enhance his father’s foundational strength.

As for the Old Family Master, although his cultivation technique wasn’t the Fire Element Skill and his Lifebound Spiritual Beast, the Shadow Leopard, didn’t excel in Flame Power, it didn’t matter. Qin Feng could start with the Shadow Leopard and infuse a leopard bloodline containing Flame Divine Power into the Old Family Master’s Lifebound Spiritual Beast.

Anyway, the Lifebound Spiritual Beast needed cultivation, and adding one more power attribute could enhance combat capacity further. As for whether it might make future advancements more difficult, Qin Feng wasn’t concerned at all; better wait until after cultivating to the Purple Mansion Peak to see if there was a possibility of advancing. Currently, they were still a bit short of the peak of Golden Core. Why worry about so much now?

Besides, with him around, could he possibly let the Old Family Master stop progressing?

As battles in the Void Ten Thousand Worlds continued, opportunities to obtain various resources and treasures would abound, ensuring something suitable for the Old Family Master.

Qin Feng decided to start from the Old Family Master’s Lifebound Spiritual Beast, then have the Old Family Master combine some Fire Element Technique, or directly integrate the Fire Element Law into his existing cultivation technique system, just like Qin Long’s Lifebound Spiritual Beast, the Demon Dragon, possessing both Fire and Shadow elements, though the Fire Element was stronger.

As for Qin Yang, his advancement to Golden Core hadn’t been long ago, and he was still at the early stage of Golden Core. It wasn’t necessary for him to waste the precious Fire Spirit Fruit, which contained the power of laws and could assist cultivators in advancing; such treasures were indeed rare, so Qin Feng hadn’t considered him this time, instead, providing some help through other resources.