……

Wang Liyao was overjoyed.

The profound energy consumed to hatch the Basalt egg was even more than she had imagined.

Fortunately, Wang Liyao was now of the Celestial Daughter third class. Her physical strength, the breadth of her meridians, and the quality of her profound energy far surpassed that of ordinary Purple Mansion Realm cultivators, allowing her to withstand such a large consumption.

Thankfully, the little Basalt was born safely.

She gently stroked the little Basalt's head and then wiped away the mucus from its body.

The little Basalt also liked Wang Liyao, nuzzling its small head affectionately against her palm and greeting her in a muffled voice.

The atmosphere was harmonious and joyful.

"Father, please give it a name." After a while, having had enough of the little Basalt's affection, Wang Liyao looked at Wang Shouzhe, asking him to name the Basalt. "I want to foster it under you and Mother, and its generation should be the same as mine."

"If it's of your generation, it should be of the 'Li' or 'Zong' generation..." Wang Shouzhe pondered for a moment and then asked Spirit Artifact Ai Pan, "Spirit Artifact Ai Pan, is this little Basalt male or female? Can you tell?"

He almost forgot that Basalts, unlike genderless celestial plants, needed a generational name based on their gender.

"Although the features are not very obvious yet, it should be a female Basalt," Spirit Artifact Ai Pan concluded after examining it for a while.

As a Spirit Artifact, she had an extensive database and naturally knew far more about celestial beasts than Wang Shouzhe and the others.

Realizing that Wang Shouzhe and the others didn't know much about Basalts, she simply provided them with a Basalt care guide, including its diet and living habits, to help them take care of the little Basalt.

The two of them happily accepted it.

"Since it's a girl, let's call her Wang Lixuan." Wang Shouzhe thought for a moment and decided on the name.

"Wang Lixuan, nice, it's a good name." Wang Liyao's eyes lit up, and she gently stroked the little Basalt's head, smiling and encouraging, "Lixuan, sister will wait for you to grow up. By then, we'll fight the outer region demons together."

"Oooh~"

Wang Lixuan let out a happy, childish turtle roar and then scampered around Wang Liyao in circles.

Running too fast, she tripped over her own feet, landing on her back with her four turtle paws flailing in the air, looking adorably silly.

Everyone burst into laughter.

Fortunately, although Wang Lixuan was a turtle, she was quite agile. Before anyone could help her, she stretched her neck and flipped herself over.

"But before that, you need to study well in the Clan School and strive to be a cultured turtle," Wang Liyao encouraged again.

"Oooh oooh~"

Wang Lixuan let out a joyful and expectant howl.

……

Time passed slowly in the warm and happy company.

Meanwhile, the progress in the Officer Training Academy's replica was gradually slowing down.

Among the people who came this time, there were ultimately fewer Purple Mansion Realm cultivators. As those in the Purple Mansion Realm completed their assessments, the remaining Celestial Realm cultivators, after optimizing their bloodline qualifications, still needed to work hard on their cultivation and learn the "Art of War and Command."

As for the final assessment, it was naturally best to conduct it during the Purple Mansion Realm to maximize the rewards.

Even if they performed well, they could only draw from the primary and intermediate prize pools. Yet, even the items from these pools were treasures to these fourth and fifth sequence cultivators, either enhancing their family heritage or improving themselves. Missing out on even one would be heartbreaking.

However, this slowed down the assessment pace, and it would take some time to complete.

According to Wang Ningxi's team's estimates, these people would gradually advance to the Purple Mansion Realm within a century and reap the academy's benefits.

However, among those below the Purple Mansion Realm, a few were particularly special.

Wang Ningxi was one of them.

Although he had excellent talent and qualifications, due to his young age, his current cultivation was only at the sixth level of the Celestial Realm. But having a lower cultivation level had its advantages, as he could enhance his bloodline more at a lower stage under Wang Shouzhe's protection.

With a High-Grade Essence, a High-Grade Essence version, and an Extreme Improvement Essence, he managed to push his bloodline qualifications to the level of a Peerless Prodigy.

Since Wang's Clan had not used the Extreme Improvement Essence version due to "Wang Shouzhe," "Wang Long Yan," and "Liu Ruolan," Ningxi had an additional reservation for an Extreme Improvement Essence version.

However, the potency of the Extreme Improvement Essence version was too overwhelming. Even though Wang Ningxi was a Peerless Prodigy, he was only at the Celestial Realm. Even with Wang Shouzhe's life source protection, it was extremely dangerous.

So he decided to wait until he advanced to the Purple Mansion Realm, inherited the compendium, and then used the Extreme Improvement Essence version. By then, he would surely break through to the Heavenly Son level bloodline and enter the second sequence of the family.

Compared to the qualifications issue, Wang Ningxi was more worried about the cultivation method.

This time, due to the abundance of Divine Realm inheritance grounds in the Officer Training Academy, most of the clan's members had their Divine Realm inheritance issues resolved, and even many compendiums were addressed.

But he had a special water-fire fusion bloodline, and whether he could find a suitable compendium was still unknown.

Besides Wang Ningxi, Wang Fugui and Wang Jidie were also reserved an Extreme Improvement Essence version each.

Being younger and having better innate qualifications, they had even greater advantages compared to Wang Ningxi.

Currently, both of them were at the Lingtai Realm. Wang Shouzhe took the opportunity to consume a large amount of life source power to help them absorb a wave of advanced bloodline qualification improvement liquid and the High-Grade Essence version.

As a result, Wang Fugui's qualifications were raised to the late stage of Peerless Prodigy, and Huari's qualifications were raised to the late stage of Peerless second class, very close to the first class.

Thanks to them being Peerless Prodigies, they could barely use the High-Grade Essence version at the Lingtai Realm. Otherwise, even with Wang Shouzhe's life source power assistance, it would have been extremely dangerous.

In the future, after advancing to the Celestial Realm and absorbing an Extreme Improvement Essence, Wang Fugui's qualifications would surely reach the Heavenly Son level, possibly even reaching the mid-stage of the Heavenly Son fourth class.

At that point, with the Heavenly Son's qualifications, he could use the Extreme Improvement Essence version to break through to the mid-late stage of the Heavenly Son third class.

This was without inheriting a compendium. If he were lucky enough to inherit a good compendium, he might directly step into the Heavenly Son second class and enter the first sequence of Wang's Clan.

As for Huari, after absorbing the Extreme Improvement Essence at the Celestial Realm, her qualifications could reach the late stage of Peerless Prodigy first class. Adding the effect of a Rebirth Immortal Pill, she could barely break through the threshold of the Celestial Daughter fourth class.

Then, like Fugui, she could use the Extreme Improvement Essence version at the Celestial Realm with the powerful bloodline of a Celestial Daughter, breaking through to the third class in one go.

However, her foundation was ultimately weaker than Wang Fugui's. Even if she broke through to the third class, she would likely be in the initial stage, and even with a compendium, breaking through to the second class was still uncertain.

But even so, her ranking in the second sequence would be quite high.

So, being young sometimes had its advantages. People like Wang Shouzhe's generation didn't have such abundant resources when they were young.

Once everyone's growth plans were in place, those who had completed their assessments gradually "graduated" and left the academy to return to their positions and continue their cultivation and work.

Meanwhile, Wang Ningxi began the final harvest of the academy.

Under his repeated "debt collection," the academy's fixed assets were stripped bare, even the two Lingxu Realm puppets guarding the gate were given to Wang's Clan.

Spirit Artifact Ai Pan, in utter helplessness, signed a contract of selling oneself with Wang Ningxi, "humiliatingly" becoming the family Spirit Artifact of Wang's Clan, serving until the academy's debt to Wang's Clan was repaid.

……

Time flew by.

As various hardware and equipment were transported out of the academy space, Wang Shouzhe and his group temporarily ended their academy journey and returned to Wang's Clan with a full load.

The journey was uneventful, so there's no need to elaborate.

It was just that when they docked at the pier and unloaded their goods, the scene was quite large, causing a bit of a stir. After all, they practically moved the entire academy back, and there was a lot of stuff.

Fortunately, Wang's Clan's ocean-going ship had returned to port before, and this wasn't the first time they had unloaded such a large amount of goods. The onlookers at the pier didn't know what they were unloading, so they just watched for a while before dispersing.

Upon returning to Wang's Clan.

Wang Shouzhe only rested briefly before starting the next wave of operations.

The Officer Training Academy trip yielded many rewards, including some special treasures like three small bottles of Chaos Essence and one large bottle of Chaos Essence.

According to Spirit Artifact Ai Pan, this treasure was quite effective in enhancing the potential of spiritual beasts and spirit plants.

One small bottle of Chaos Essence could elevate a ninth-grade potential spiritual beast or spirit plant to around the eleventh grade, or elevate an eleventh-grade spiritual beast to twelfth-grade potential.

If two small bottles were combined, they could elevate a twelfth-grade peak potential semi-celestial beast or plant to thirteenth-grade.

As for the large bottle of Chaos Essence, it was a super reward.

It was enough to elevate a thirteenth-grade celestial beast or plant to fourteenth-grade potential. If divided, it could probably yield ten small bottles, elevating many semi-celestial beasts and plants to celestial status.

However, after internal family discussions, Wang Liyue, Wang Ningxi, and Wang Fugui, the three great minds, unanimously believed that simply elevating a celestial beast to fourteenth-grade potential was not as valuable as having more celestial beasts and plants.

Considering Wang Lixian's special role, once her potential was elevated again, she could expand the core area of Stay Immortal Valley, allowing the Wang's Clan retirement home to accommodate more people.

Perhaps she could even nurture another Lixian avatar.

The short-term benefits were very apparent.

In the long run, this choice wasn't bad either. With enhanced bloodline potential, Lixian would grow faster, reaching the thirteenth grade more quickly than other celestial beasts and plants, forming a powerful combat force.

Moreover, she was Wang Shouzhe's life-bound spirit plant. The stronger she became, the stronger Wang Shouzhe and the family would be.

From a long-term perspective, it wasn't a loss.

After all, Lixian was a celestial plant with both special effects and combat power, with comprehensive abilities that were very formidable. Once she reached the fourteenth grade, she could easily overpower thirteenth-grade beings. Being able to take on two at once with an advantage was a conservative estimate.

For example, once she reached her peak, even if the Demon Emperor and Demon Sovereign teamed up against her, they would likely be suppressed instead.

Looking even further ahead, celestial plants have longer lifespans than celestial beasts. Once Lixian is fully formed, she could protect the family for countless years!

Wang's Clan would receive strong protection for ten thousand, or even tens of thousands of years.

Considering all this, the large bottle of Chaos Essence would be prioritized for Wang Lixian.

Before Lixian used the large bottle of Chaos Essence, Wang's Clan decided to test the effect with one small bottle of Chaos Essence.

Quickly, the treasure was precisely divided and repackaged into ten micro-bottles with special crystal bottles, used to enhance the potential of some of the family's "guardian spiritual beasts" who had contributed greatly.

The first to receive it was naturally the family's great contributor, "Yuan Shui Old Turtle."

Despite being called old, it wasn't actually old by turtle spiritual beast lifespan standards.

It was just an ordinary Yuan Shui Spirit Turtle with mediocre bloodline and combat power.

If it hadn't become the family's guardian spiritual beast, reaching the fifth-grade spiritual beast level in its lifetime would have been a blessing, and the seventh grade would have been unthinkable.

But now, backed by Wang's Clan and the rewards from the young masters and mistresses, it enjoyed abundant resources. Without special accidents, reaching the seventh grade was not a problem. Beyond that, limited by its innate potential, was unrealistic.

In recognition of its contributions, Wang's Clan arranged for it to use a micro-bottle of Chaos Essence first.

Soon, the Yuan Shui Old Turtle was brought over by the family's younger generation.

Its large turtle head looked at Wang Shouzhe and then at the others present, seeing their eager expressions, and a row of question marks appeared on its forehead.

It had been called over while sunbathing and was still a bit confused, not understanding what the clan leader and others were up to.

However, before it could figure it out, Wang Shouzhe took out a micro-bottle of Chaos Essence from his storage ring.

The Yuan Shui Old Turtle's eyes widened, and drool began to flow.

It could sense that the contents of the crystal bottle were definitely a treasure. A treasure that could make it stronger!

Yet, intimidated by Wang Shouzhe's power and presence, it dared not act rashly, anxiously scratching the stone beneath it, looking extremely eager but not daring to move.

"Alright~ it's for you. Eat it~"

Wang Shouzhe tossed the crystal bottle towards the Yuan Shui Old Turtle.

The Yuan Shui Old Turtle immediately leaped up and caught the crystal bottle in its mouth.

With a crunching sound, the Yuan Shui Old Turtle didn't even have the patience to open the bottle, directly biting it apart and swallowing the crystal fragments and the Chaos Essence inside.

The next moment.

A violent aura surged from the Yuan Shui Old Turtle's body.

It stiffened, its face turning red and neck bulging, quickly retracting its four paws and curling into its shell, relying on its turtle breath technique to digest the Chaos Essence's energy.

After a while, the violent aura gradually dissipated, and the Yuan Shui Old Turtle finally emerged from its turtle breath state.

By then, the Yuan Shui Old Turtle's body had grown significantly larger, its aura more refined, and even its beady eyes had become more lively.

With the help of the Chaos Essence, its bloodline was purified and elevated, transforming it from an ordinary Yuan Shui Spirit Turtle into an elite Yuan Shui Spirit Turtle.

Its maximum potential had reached the ninth grade!

Ninth-grade potential might not seem high, but it was equivalent to the human Divine Realm. Although the Yuan Shui Spirit Turtle's combat power was lacking, its lifespan far exceeded that of humans, able to accompany countless generations of young masters and mistresses to adulthood.

Moreover, it usually resided in Zhuhui Lake, right next to the Clan School. If anything happened there, it could respond immediately. With it around, the Clan School's safety factor increased significantly.

With the Yuan Shui Old Turtle's successful example, everyone felt more confident and bold in distributing the remaining micro-bottles of Chaos Essence.

Soon, Huahua, the big tiger that grew up with the children, also received a bottle, raising its potential to the ninth grade.

Mr. Bear and the five little wolves of Wang's Clan, who had made significant contributions, also received corresponding rewards, enhancing their potential.

The remaining two micro-bottles were given to the Li Fire Sparrow and the Yuanshui Sky Sparrow, increasing their potential to some extent, allowing them to continue their loving relationship.

As for the other two small bottles of Chaos Essence, they were kept in reserve, just in case.

After all, no one knew the exact effect of the large bottle of Chaos Essence. What if Wang Lixian was just a little short of reaching the fourteenth grade potential after using it? That would be a regret.

Once all preparations were complete.

In Stay Immortal Valley.

Under the protection of several Lingxu Realm experts, Wang Lixian's massive body began to absorb the large bottle of Chaos Essence allocated to her.

For testing purposes, the large bottle was divided into ten small bottles.

Wang Lixian's body absorbed them one by one.

Due to her level and the robust physique of a celestial plant, she had no difficulty digesting the Chaos Essence's power, unlike the Yuan Shui Old Turtle and other spiritual beasts. She drank it bottle by bottle, with great gusto and joy.

After three bottles, the life force around the life celestial plant surged, and her aura began to soar, with deep green patterns gradually appearing on her trunk.

After five bottles, her aura grew even more formidable, and the deep green patterns on her trunk began to connect, forming mysterious patterns that emitted an aura akin to the laws of the Great Dao.

By the eighth bottle, the deep green mysterious patterns on her trunk suddenly vanished, merging into her trunk.

But at that moment, Wang Lixian's momentum erupted like a volcanic eruption.

"Boom~~!"

A vast life force surged forth.

Wang Lixian's already massive body began to grow rapidly, almost instantly increasing by nearly half.

At the same time, her branches and leaves spread out, and the life-attribute immortal spirit energy, much denser than before, began to gush out and spread.

In the blink of an eye, the concentration of immortal spirit energy around Wang Lixian's body skyrocketed, and the coverage area expanded significantly.

Even the air seemed fresher, more invigorating, and more pleasant.

"Hahaha~~ I've transformed! I'm now the Life Celestial Tree Plus!" Wang Lixian's trunk trembled as she let out a proud laugh, "I feel full of endless power. Even a casual swing of a branch is a world-destroying force~ Ah woo ah woo~"

In her excitement, Wang Lixian began to howl and shout. Her excitement was palpable even from hundreds of meters away.

This sight left Wang Shouzhe dumbfounded.

Are you a celestial plant or a stupid husky? Is this how celestial plants shout? And what's with the 'Plus'? What language is that!?

"Wang Lixian!" Wang Shouzhe said sternly, "Shut up, or your homework will double for the next year."

Wang Lixian's howling abruptly stopped.

She immediately restrained her emotions and voice, weakly saying, "Uh... Father, I was just a little excited. I won't dare again."

"Girls should learn to be reserved," Wang Shouzhe said seriously, "Don't be so jumpy all the time."

"Yes, Father," Wang Lixian replied, looking aggrieved.

Since her avatar caused trouble last time, Father hadn't shown her a good face for a long time. She thought this time would be different, but she got carried away and upset Father again.

Sigh~ Father is really too easy to anger.

"Father, after Xian'er greatly enhanced her potential, her foundation has indeed strengthened significantly." At this time, Wang Liyue, responsible for monitoring the concentration and coverage of immortal spirit energy, approached with the latest data and reported to Wang Shouzhe, "The concentration of life-attribute immortal spirit energy in Stay Immortal Valley has increased by at least 30%, and the coverage area has doubled, exceeding expectations."

"Very good," Wang Shouzhe nodded, "Then continue to expand the residential area of Stay Immortal Valley. We can finally return the Stay Immortal Residence No. 5, which we temporarily borrowed from His Majesty, although he hasn't returned from guarding the outer region battlefield for a long time."

"With the current concentration and range of immortal spirit energy, if the previous consumption level remains unchanged, we can expand by eight more residences. And the outer recreational residences for the Divine Realm can also be opened, currently accommodating about fifty to sixty people."

The experts couldn't help but feel excited.

This meant eight more, no, seven more Lingxu Realm, and dozens of Divine Realm retirement spots~

Having lived so long, who doesn't have some friends and family? Living long-term in Wang's Clan retirement home not only extends lifespan but also offers top-notch treatment from Wang Shouzhe and Lixian if any health issues arise.

Where else could one find such a paradise outside of Wang's Clan?

"Shouzhe, reserve one for me," Jiang Zhencang stepped forward first, "I have a friend in the Immortal Dynasty..."

"Shouzhe~" The Chaoyang King couple also approached, "We have two friends and some Divine Realm juniors who want to stay for a while. Rest assured, their character is impeccable, and they won't stay for free. Those with money will pay, and those without will contribute more."

"Esteemed seniors," Wang Shouzhe quickly returned the courtesy, "Please don't be too formal with me. However, it's not convenient for me to handle this matter personally, so I'll leave it to Fugui. If you have any needs, feel free to register with Fugui."

At Wang Shouzhe's stage, he avoided handling most matters personally, delegating them to his descendants.

This approach not only trained them but also allowed for more flexible and adaptable operations.

"Father, Xian'er used only eight small bottles of Chaos Essence for her advancement, leaving us with a total of four small bottles. We should hold a meeting to discuss their distribution," Wang Liyue reminded from the side.

Having more Chaos Essence left was naturally a good thing.

After witnessing the effects of Chaos Essence, Wang Shouzhe understood its preciousness.

With such extraordinary effects, it's no wonder it only appeared in the high-level and super prize pools.

As for why Lixian only used eight small bottles to successfully break through the fourteenth-grade potential threshold, it was likely related to his life source profound energy and the bloodline advancement during the Officer Training Academy trip.

The life-bound relationship between a spirit plant and its contracted cultivator was mutually beneficial. Any improvement in one side benefited the other.

After becoming his life-bound spirit plant, Lixian naturally gained some benefits from the life source power, accumulating over time.

Additionally, his bloodline advancement to the Heavenly Son first class this time also benefited Lixian, explaining why she only needed eight small bottles for her advancement.

As for who should receive the remaining four small bottles, that was another question.

Where the Holy Emperor obtained these Chaos Essences remained a mystery, and until that was clarified, these four small bottles might be the only stock.

The specific distribution needed careful consideration to maximize utilization.

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