Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

After finishing his preparations, Jiuyou left without stopping, carrying the instructions of his original self.

Lu Zaian looked at the full bottle of Emerald Light Spirit Water in his hand with great satisfaction.

With this spiritual water, the Seven Treasures Tree can advance to the second stage!

He walked to the Seven Treasures Tree, stood still, and stretched out a hand to gently stroke the trunk.

It's as if you can feel the life force flowing beneath the tree bark.

At the same time, Lu Zaian slowly tilted the jade bottle with his other hand, slightly opening the mouth of the bottle.

A stream of clear spiritual water poured out like a silver ribbon!

The spiritual water struck the ground, producing a crisp sound, like heavenly music.

Crash-!

The tree roots eagerly unfurled countless tiny rootlets, thirstily drinking in this fountain of life.

Soon, the branches and leaves of the Seven Treasures Tree began to tremble slightly, emitting a dazzling seven-colored light, as beautiful and eye-catching as a rainbow.

It's breathtaking.

"It still needs watering, how can it grow without water..."

Lu Zaian put away the jade bottle, revealing a smile of great satisfaction.

It's as if an ordinary, hardworking farmer is watching the crops in the field grow strong and healthy.

"There's also a drop of second-tier top-grade Emerald Light Spirit Essence. This is a good thing; I need to think about how to use it..."

Lu Zaian was a little reluctant to use the spiritual essence condensed from that drop of spiritual spring water to water the tree.

Moreover, even a first-tier treasure tree cannot digest second-tier top-grade spiritual essence.

Suddenly, Lu Zaian had a flash of inspiration and came up with an idea.

In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the West Stream of Yunli Mountain.

The scale of the spiritual fields here has reached over 100 acres.

The mountains are covered with rare and exotic plants and flowers, a riot of colors, arranged in a pleasing and harmonious way, creating a delightful scene...

In addition to applying spiritual rain on ordinary days, it also occasionally uses ordinary mountain stream water.

This is because the spiritual veins of Yunli Mountain are of too low a grade.

Unable to sustain the continuous extraction of spiritual energy by the Spring Silk Rain Formation...

After all, spiritual rain is also formed from spiritual energy.

Upon seeing Lu Zaian fly over, several Xu family disciples who were busy in the fields quickly bowed.

Xu Yan'er happened to be among them.

"Lord of the Mountain, is there anything you need me to do?"

"It's alright, you all go about your business."

Lu Zaian waved his hand and flew straight to the stream beside the spirit field.

This stream connects to the desolate network of waterways in the southwest, winding like a jade belt across Yunli Mountain.

Therefore, it never dries up, flowing gently through all four seasons...

Lu Zaian inspected the area along the stream and, after examining it using the techniques of feng shui and array formations, couldn't help but nod in approval.

Since the Chen family's spiritual water can condense a drop of emerald light spiritual essence.

Conversely, he can also use a drop of Emerald Light Essence to create a lake of spiritual water!

He immediately dug a channel along the stream to divert the water into a branch.

A deep pit, ten feet in circumference, was carved out, where the stream water converged to form a pond.

A canal was also dug at the other end to reconnect it to the main stream.

Looking at it, it resembles the stomach organ in the human body.

There are long, narrow water channels at both ends, one for inlet and one for outlet, and an oval pond in the middle, thus creating a flowing water system.

Then add that drop of emerald light essence!

By activating the formation, the power of the mountain's feng shui and spiritual veins was gathered, thus creating an artificial spiritual pool.

It produces spiritual water continuously!

The diluted spiritual water is only of the first-grade top quality, but the advantage is that it can be produced continuously!

In this way, there will be no shortage of spiritual water to water the trees and irrigate the spiritual fields.

Once the Seven Treasures Tree advances to the next level, it can replenish the spiritual veins in the mountain, thus raising the level of this artificial spiritual pool...

They complement each other perfectly!

"The Mountain Lord has impressive skills!"

Xu Yan'er, who was watching from the sidelines, also understood Lu Zai'an's actions and couldn't help but sincerely admire him.

"Two people are usually assigned to guard it. No one is allowed to approach this spirit pool except for irrigation or water collection..."

Lu Zaian gave the order casually.

Then, looking at Xu Yan'er beside him, he seemed to remember something and took out a pill from his storage bag—a Three-Turn Fire Spirit Pill.

This is also what Jiuyou brought back this time.

"This pill is originally used by cultivators who have just entered the Foundation Establishment stage to consolidate their realm, but it can also be used as a Foundation Establishment pill for those who have reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage. Please accept it."

The quality of the Three-Turn Fire Spirit Pill vaguely resembles that of a mid-grade second-tier pill.

If you calculate it carefully, it's even more effective than the Foundation Establishment Pill!

Most Qi Refining cultivators are lucky to even get their hands on Foundation Establishment Pills, let alone anything better...

Xu Yan'er was taken aback and hesitated for a moment before reaching out to take it.

"Mountain Lord... this is too precious... Yan'er..."

Lu Zaian frowned and handed it directly to Xu Yan'er.

"Just accept it as I tell you to. You've followed me for so long, aren't you worth a single third-stage Fire Spirit Pill?"

"Yes! Yes... Thank you, Mountain Lord, for the pill!"

Xu Yan'er was deeply grateful, her eyes welled up with tears, and she immediately wanted to kneel down and pay her respects to Lu Zai'an.

After all, this is a rare opportunity to establish one's foundation!

For many Qi Refining cultivators, this was like a second life; how could Xu Yan'er not be excited?

"Alright, stop crying. Remember to go back and calm down before taking the pill."

During this period, you should leave your affairs to others and focus on building your foundation.

"I've watched you grow step by step, your foundation is solid, and with the Three-Turn Fire Spirit Pill, the Foundation Establishment bottleneck shouldn't be a problem for you..."

Lu Zaian helped Xu Yan'er up and smiled with satisfaction.

"Yes!" Xu Yan'er nodded quickly.

Next, Lu Zaian gave Xu Yan'er some guidance on foundation building techniques.

It's rare to see him care so much about others.

After all, Xu Yan'er was Lu Zai'an's longest-serving maid.

He has been working for me ever since he was in the Wasteland City; his loyalty is beyond question...

A month later.

A unique fluctuation of fire-based magical energy emanated from the mountainside!

Xu Yan'er has successfully established her foundation!

When Lu Zaian quietly arrived.

Xu Yan'er was surrounded by dozens of members of the Xu clan, all offering their congratulations.

Xu Ming, the patriarch of the Xu clan, was overjoyed and wept tears of joy.

"Hahahaha, my Xu clan finally has a Foundation Establishment cultivator!!"

From this day forward, my Xu family can also be considered among the Foundation Establishment families!

"We can finally comfort our ancestors and the spirits of our fallen kin in heaven..."

Even Xu Yan'er, a Foundation Establishment cultivator at this moment, couldn't help but shed tears.

Lu Zai'an stood atop the clouds, gazing at the scene from afar, without approaching to disturb it.

This is a joy unique to the Xu family.

This is the joy that a small, low-level family in the cultivation world has earned through countless hardships and the arduous efforts of several generations!

Although Lu Zaian helped with it.

But most importantly, it was the Xu family's unyielding spirit of self-improvement.

If it weren't for the fact that the elders of the Xu clan were willing to do everything in their power, even sacrificing their own spirit stone resources, to allow Xu Yan'er to go to the Desolate Marsh City to cultivate, she would not have been able to achieve this.

Then she would never have met Lu Zaian later.

Without Xu Yan'er's decades of diligent and conscientious handling of Lu Zai'an's affairs...

It was impossible for Lu Zaian to bestow the elixir upon him.

"Foundation building, foundation building, you've established a foundation for immortality... Congratulations, Yan'er..."

High in the clouds, Lu Zaian stood alone, hands behind his back, gazing down at the Xu family enjoying themselves, murmuring softly.

However, his thoughts had already drifted far away...