Starting with the creation of the Immortal Clan through the compilation of the family genealogy.

Chapter 100 The Heart of the Earth's Veins, The Perfect Foundation

Meng Xihong recited the names of the four auxiliary materials needed for the family's magical artifact in detail.

"You...you say it again? What are you looking for?" Yun Songzi dropped the foxtail grass in his hand with a "thud" to the ground, his mouth agape, wide enough to fit an egg, and he couldn't close it for a long time.

His eyes were fixed on Meng Xihong, as if he were looking at a madman who had fallen from the sky.

“Senior, I wish to forge a magical artifact, but I am missing a few materials.” Meng Xihong patiently repeated himself. “They are Void Stone, Five Elements Spirit Jade, Earth Vein Heart, and… Starfire.”

With each word he spoke, Yun Songzi's eye twitched.

When Meng Xihong finished saying the last "True Star Fire," Yun Songzi finally couldn't hold back anymore. He walked around Meng Xihong twice, clicking his tongue as he went, as if he were examining some rare and precious bird.

"Boy, tell me honestly, are you the reincarnation of some ancient powerful being, whose brain was damaged in a fall and whose memory is distorted?"

"Why do you say that, senior?" Meng Xihong feigned ignorance.

"What makes you say that?" Yun Songzi blew his beard and said irritably, "Void Stone is the core material for refining storage magic treasures and constructing teleportation arrays. One coin is worth 10,000 low-grade spirit stones, and it is still priceless!"

The Five Elements Spirit Jade is even rarer. It is formed at the confluence of the five elements' spiritual veins, and only one piece can be formed every ten thousand years. It is a top-grade material for refining one's natal magic weapon! He paused, then held up two fingers, pointing to his eyes and then to the sky.

"The True Fire of the Stars, that's the primordial fire of the nine heavens' stars! Let alone seeing it, I've lived for hundreds of years and have barely even heard of it a few times!"

Yun Songzi finished speaking in one breath, put his hands on his hips, and glared at Meng Xihong, panting heavily: "You little brat, you can name four things right off the bat. Do you think these are cabbages in the field that you can just pick whenever you want?"

"Then... what about the heart of the earth's veins?" he asked tentatively.

“The Heart of the Earth Vein is a bit better.” Yun Songzi pursed his lips. “It’s the core of a large spiritual vein, the essence that has been condensed over a long period of time.”

Although they are precious, as long as a spiritual vein of sufficient age is found, there will always be a chance to obtain them. What, you really want to collect all these things, kid?"

Meng Xihong did not answer, but smiled mysteriously and took something out of his storage bag.

It was a fist-sized, earthy-yellow crystal that exuded a strong earthy aura. It was the "unknown object" that he had found in the storage bag of the sect leader Liu Xuan after he wiped out the Yin Sha Sect.

"Hey bro, take a look, isn't this it?"

Yun Songzi took it suspiciously, and after just one glance, his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

"I...I'll fucking swear!" he cursed, his voice trembling. "The...the heart of the earth's veins? Where did you get that, kid?"

He held the heart of the earth vein in his hands, turning it over and over to examine it, his expression as if he had seen a ghost.

"The Yin Sha Sect's low-grade spiritual vein is only a few thousand years old at most. How could it possibly have nurtured something like this? This... this is a treasure that can only be formed from a large spiritual vein that is at least 30,000 years old!"

Meng Xihong understood.

It seems that those fools in the Yin Sha Sect have no idea how big a treasure mountain they are guarding.

The low-grade spiritual vein they discovered was probably just an insignificant branch of the ancient spiritual vein in the secret realm.

"Found it in Liu Xuan's storage bag," Meng Xihong said succinctly.

Upon hearing this, Yun Songzi was speechless for a long time. In the end, he could only sigh and return the Heart of the Earth Vein to Meng Xihong, looking at him with the eyes of someone who looked at a monster.

"Your luck is truly bizarre. I'm impressed."

The most crucial auxiliary material was obtained so easily.

This gave Meng Xihong a bit more confidence in gathering the other materials.

He told Yun Songzi about his "family magic weapon" in a half-truthful way, only saying that it was a secret technique passed down in his bloodline that could be used to refine a natal magic weapon connected to the family bloodline after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

Yun Songzi listened with amazement and became increasingly curious about Meng Xihong's secrets, but he knew his limits and did not press for details.

“Now that we have the heart of the earth vein, the remaining three things are not entirely hopeless,” Yun Songzi pondered.

“Void Stones are definitely not found in ordinary places. However, some ancient sect ruins that have existed for tens of thousands of years, or certain ancient battlefields, occasionally have spatial rifts that might allow you to find them. As for the Five Elements Spirit Jade, it's difficult! Extremely difficult! Unless…”

"Unless what?"

"Unless we can find a blessed land created by those powerful cultivators in ancient times that has not yet collapsed! Only in such places is it possible to still preserve the complete Five Elements spiritual veins." Yun Songzi shook his head.

"As for the Starry Sky True Fire, don't think about it for now. We'll talk about that when you reach the Golden Core stage or even the Nascent Soul stage."

Meng Xihong memorized all of this information.

Although there were many difficulties, at least we finally had a direction.

Yun Songzi looked at Meng Xihong and felt that this kid was full of mysteries, one bigger than the last. He shook his head and decided to ignore those ethereal materials for now. "Alright, alright, you're really strange. Forget about magic artifacts for now. Your Foundation Establishment this time has caused quite a stir. Let this old Daoist see what kind of feat you've accomplished."

As he spoke, he reached out and placed his hand on Meng Xihong's pulse point, sending a wisp of pure divine sense into it.

The next moment, Yun Songzi's expression froze.

The ease and banter on his face vanished without a trace, replaced by utter shock and bewilderment, which then transformed into profound disbelief.

"Huh? Wait!"

Yun Songzi abruptly pulled his hand back, as if he had been burned by a raging fire, and staggered back a step.

His old eyes widened as he stared intently at Meng Xihong's lower abdomen, his expression even more exaggerated than when he first saw Meng Yanwei possess the "Literary Spirit and Integrity" and the Emperor's Banner recognize him as its master.

"Your foundation... is wrong! Completely wrong."

Yun Songzi circled Meng Xihong twice, almost touching his nose, while muttering something under his breath.

"A superior Dao Foundation, with dazzling light and overflowing spiritual energy like a canopy, yours... is inwardly chaotic, the five elements are unified, and the aura is perfectly harmonious."

He suddenly stopped in his tracks, staring intently at Meng Xihong, as if trying to see right through him.

"Kid, tell me honestly, what method did you use to build your foundation? Don't give me that nonsense about buying some cheap stuff from the Hundred Alliances Chamber of Commerce!"

Meng Xihong felt a chill in his heart, but remained calm on the surface: "Senior, it is those few Five Elements techniques. I have mastered them. Perhaps it is because I cultivate both immortal and martial arts that some changes have occurred."

"Anomaly? You call this an anomaly?"

He was so excited that his beard was trembling, and he couldn't help but mutter another curse under his breath.

I feel like all the refined and otherworldly air I've cultivated over hundreds of years has been wasted in the past few years by this kid's side. I've sworn out more times than I have in the first half of my life combined.

He reached out his hand again, but stopped in mid-air, his expression shifting uncertainly.

"The five elements generate each other, forming a self-sustaining cycle... the Daoist essence is naturally formed. This... this is no longer just the 'foundation of the Dao,' it's practically a small embryonic form of heaven and earth!"

Yun Songzi took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and his expression became more solemn than ever before.

“Kid, listen up.” His voice was very low. “Your foundation is far superior to the top grade, and may even have reached the legendary perfect foundation.”

"I don't know if there are such geniuses in Zhongzhou now, but from now on, Heaven knows, Earth knows, you know, and I know. Knowing how to conceal one's talents is the key."

Meng Xihong was deeply shaken and nodded solemnly: "This junior understands."

"You don't understand anything!" Yun Songzi glared at him irritably. "You only know the danger, but you don't know the benefits. With such a foundation, your future magical power will be several times or even ten times that of other cultivators of the same level."

At this point, Yun Songzi's face revealed a hint of schadenfreude.

"Of course, the downsides are obvious too. Your foundation has a huge appetite, and the resources you'll need for future breakthroughs will probably be astronomical. You'd better just wait until your resources are completely drained!"

Upon hearing this, Meng Xihong was not worried at all; on the contrary, his heart was filled with enthusiasm.

Resources? What he has no shortage of right now is the means to earn resources.

"Alright, this old Taoist priest is too lazy to deal with you monster anymore." Yun Songzi waved his hand, his expression returning to some calmness, but the shock in his eyes lingered for a long time.

"You can handle the treasure vault yourself. I'm going to check on my precious disciple."

After saying that, he hummed an off-key tune, put his hands behind his back, and slowly walked away.

However, his slightly trembling fingertips and comical, uncoordinated gait revealed the extreme turmoil within him.

Meng Xihong watched his departing figure and let out a long sigh.

A perfect foundation...

He looked inward at his dantian, where the chaotic, glassy Dao foundation floated quietly, with five-colored Dao patterns flowing endlessly, as if it were nurturing a brand new world.

He clenched his fist, feeling an unprecedented surge of power within his body.

Their gazes turned toward the Yin Sha Sect's treasure vault.

It's time to reclaim the first legacy that belongs to the Heavenly Evolution Sect!

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