Building a Martial Dao Celestial Family by Laying Low

Chen Shouheng snapped back to his senses, asking in astonishment, "Mother... your Cultivation?"

Seeing her son’s stunned expression, as if he’d just seen a ghost, Song Ying paused for a moment before realization dawned.

She gave a slight smile and said, "I’m not exactly sure what happened myself. I just followed the method your father taught me and somehow managed to succeed. I can’t explain the specifics, so you’ll have to ask your father."

The answer was both unexpected and perfectly logical.

Chen Shouheng was struck with an indescribable sense of astonishment.

But in an instant, another, even more astonishing thought flashed through his mind like lightning, making him catch his breath.

’If Father has mastered some method to rapidly create Spirit Realm experts in an extremely short time...’

’Even if it’s only the Initial Level of the Spirit Realm, what a terrifying force that would be.’

’Given time, to what extent would the Chen Family’s power swell?’

’Even the Cao Family, long known as the number one Noble Family in Jiangzhou, would probably be left far behind.’

In reality, Chen Shouheng’s speculation was a bit too fanciful.

Song Ying’s explosive growth in Cultivation was indeed Chen Li’s doing, but the key to it was far from the simple mass production he imagined.

After temporarily suppressing the threat from Gao Changhe and the Water-Participating Ape, Chen Li had returned to Lingxi. Free for a time from trivial matters, he was able to throw himself completely into his own Cultivation.

The Cultivation of his Second Primordial Spirit had hit a bottleneck, as he lacked the True Intent needed to awaken the Divine Embryo’s Spirituality.

So, Chen Li shifted his focus to the foundation of his Primordial Spirit: further perfecting the Righteous Wealth Law.

Although the core rune of the Righteous Wealth Law had already been condensed, the Path of Laws was all-encompassing. It required the constant absorption and evolution of related rule fragments to grow to Perfection.

Among the many optional rules, the Wife and Wealth Rune was the most closely related to him and the easiest to start with.

The problem, however, was that his wife, Song Ying, and his concubine, Liu Yun, had almost no foundation in the Martial Dao. They could not even sense Inner Qi.

To help them quickly reach the Entry-level, he first had to get them to develop some Cultivation.

Chen Li sought out Qin Yirong to ask her about it.

But Qin Yirong knew very little about such matters. She only recalled that when she first joined the Xiang Sect, she had been intensively taught etiquette and various arts, and was required to take a special Elixir every day.

About a year later, she discovered she had developed Qi Sensing in her body.

As for what that Elixir was, she didn’t know. She only vaguely remembered that after taking it, she would often feel severe pain in her lower abdomen and her menstrual cycle would become irregular. Each time the pain became extreme, an older woman from the sect would have to use a Silver Needle to let blood to relieve it.

Chen Li knew as soon as he heard this that it was undoubtedly a harsh and damaging medicine. He didn’t have any, but even if he did, he would never let his wife and concubine consume it.

That path was a dead end.

As for the Seven Kills Heart Scripture, its methods were even more focused on external refinement and the will to kill, making it completely unsuitable for Song Ying and Liu Yun.

After much hard thought, Chen Li recalled the Eight Generals of Wind Gate mentioning that Yun Ya, the Patriarch of the Yun Family, had obtained a power-transfer Skill from the Buddhist Sect, which allowed him to pass his own Cultivation to his youngest son.

Although he didn’t know the Buddhist Sect’s power-transfer Secret Technique, he did possess the Dragon Phoenix Harmony Celestial True Skill.

This technique was originally a method of Dual Cultivation.

But with a few modifications, by reverse-engineering it, he could transform Dual Cultivation into Cai Bo, which could theoretically achieve an effect similar to a power transfer.

Chen Li used the Primordial Qi from his past Cultivation of the Five Grains Spirit Nurturing Technique as a source, converting it into Innate Essence Qi and continuously infusing it into his wife’s body.

Perhaps because Song Ying had also practiced the Five Grains Spirit Nurturing Technique for many years, or perhaps because the quality of Chen Li’s Primordial Qi was extremely high, her body absorbed it at an astonishing rate with almost no obstruction.

In just two days, Song Ying clearly felt the birth of the first warm stream of qi in her Dantian.

Following that, with Chen Li’s continuous supply of energy, this wisp of Inner Qi grew and filled her at a terrifying speed, reaching Qi Realm Perfection in a mere ten days.

Then, with Chen Li’s assistance and guidance, she broke through the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, opened her Dantian Qi Sea, and stepped into the Spirit Realm in one fell swoop.

Afterward, using the scouring power of the Primordial Qi, she pushed through and opened all three hundred and sixty-five Acupoints in her body in a single burst, steadily ascending to the Spirit Realm Second Level Profound Acupoint Level.

Next, she needed to temper her five viscera, so the process had to slow down.

Chen Li’s plan was to wait until Song Ying reached the Inner Mansion Pass and her foundation was completely stable. Then, he would find a way to dissipate this body of Inner Qi and guide her to cultivate the Righteous Wealth Cultivation Method instead, so she could condense the Wife and Wealth Rune.

What he was doing now was merely laying the groundwork for her.

With this method initially proven successful, Chen Li immediately turned his attention to his concubine, Liu Yun.

He also had Liu Yun stop taking Shoujing and the other two children to Mirror Mountain for their studies, telling her to stay home and focus on her Cultivation.

Now, Liu Yun was also approaching Qi Realm Perfection, and her breakthrough to the Spirit Realm was just around the corner.

This method seemed miraculous, but in reality, the cost was steep, and the limitations were many.

In essence, it was still just Chen Li directly transferring his power to help them achieve rapid success.

Moreover, the process involved significant losses. The conversion efficiency was at most fifty percent, perhaps even lower.

This meant that for every two parts of Primordial Qi Chen Li consumed, his wife and concubine would only gain the benefit of one.

If it were for an ordinary person, how could Chen Li bear to be so extravagant?

Chen Shouheng, of course, knew nothing of the many complex details and costs behind it all.

After bidding his mother farewell, he went to the courtyard where his wife, Zhou Shuwei, was staying.

Zhou Shuwei was nearing her due date and was resting in her room.

Even though she was a Divine Hall Grandmaster, with a physique far superior to an ordinary woman’s, the burden of pregnancy was still significant. Her belly was high and round, making it quite difficult for her to move.

"Shuwei."

Chen Shouheng pushed the door open and entered. When he saw his wife leaning against the couch, sewing small clothes for the baby, his voice softened unconsciously.

"Shouheng? You’re back!"

Zhou Shuwei was overjoyed and immediately tried to get up, but Chen Shouheng quickly stepped forward to gently keep her seated.