Chapter 60: Lin Yan Maximizes His Investment Progress! Little Nannan Establishes Her Foundation!

[Ding~]
[Congratulations, you have successfully invested 1 Seaborne Dragon Pearl into Lin Yan, investment progress reached 35%!]
[You will receive a 35% return on Lin Yan's subsequent cultivation gains.]
[Ding~]
[Congratulations, you have successfully invested 1 Seaborne Dragon Pearl into Lin Yan, investment progress reached 40%!]
[You will receive a 40% return on Lin Yan's subsequent cultivation gains.]
[...]
[Congratulations, you have successfully invested a Nirvana Pill into Lin Yan, investment progress reached 43%!]
[You will receive a 43% return on Lin Yan's subsequent cultivation gains.]
[...]
[Congratulations, you have successfully invested top-tier spirit stones into Lin Yan, investment progress reached 52.6%!]
[You will receive a 52.6% return on Lin Yan's subsequent cultivation gains.]
[...]
[Congratulations, you have successfully invested top-tier spirit stones into Lin Yan, investment progress reached 72.9%!]
[You will receive a 72.9% return on Lin Yan's subsequent cultivation gains.]
[...]
[Congratulations, you have successfully invested Enlightenment Tea Leaves into Lin Yan, investment progress reached 100%!]
[You will receive a 100% return on Lin Yan's subsequent cultivation gains.]
...
"Whew~ It's finally maxed out!"

Tianjue Island, Foundation Headquarters.
Wang Mu sat beneath the eaves, watching the golden phoenix tree leaves drift down one by one like a shower of golden rain, feeling supremely satisfied in his heart.

By now, he had successfully maxed out the investment progress of two Sons of Fortune.
This meant he had two Sons of Fortune frantically cultivating for him.
Moreover, with the resources he had gifted away, Lin Yan's cultivation would undoubtedly experience consecutive breakthroughs in a short period.

"I hope he can become a bit stronger before I break through to the Golden Core realm..."
Wang Mu thought to himself.

Over the past two days, the rate of cultivation growth within his body had been accelerating more and more.
He had a feeling that he might break through to the Golden Core realm at any moment.

The Golden Core realm was a watershed.
It was also an important barrier separating mortals from prodigies.

The Golden Core is divided into nine grades.
The deeper a cultivator's foundation and accumulation, the higher the grade of the Golden Core they condense, the stronger their combat power, and it can even influence their future potential.

Generally speaking, the vast majority of cultivators cannot even have their Golden Cores graded.
They barely manage to squeeze into this realm, exhausting all their potential, with no hope of reaching the Nascent Soul realm in this lifetime.

Being able to enter the lower three grades was already extraordinary, usually possessing certain fortuitous encounters and practicing powerful techniques.

This kind of practitioner has hope of reaching the Nascent Soul realm, but that is basically their limit.

As for the middle three grades, there is a high probability of achieving the Nascent Soul realm, and even higher realms are not entirely impossible.
Usually, only core disciples of major immortal sects, practicing powerful techniques and possessing special spiritual physiques, could achieve this.

As for the upper three grades, they are encountered by chance rather than sought, extremely rare in the outside world.
They usually only appear in peerless prodigies such as legacy disciples of holy lands, holy sons, and holy maidens.

Of course, these were not all.
Ancient texts recorded that throughout history, there had been many prodigies who suppressed an entire era by walking unconventional paths.
Some broke through the upper limit of the nine grades, condensing an unprecedented tenth-grade Golden Core.
Others, while not breaking through in grade, condensed phenomenal Golden Cores, such as Peace Throughout the Four Seas, Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin, or Heavenly Thunder Transforming into Purgatory.
Such figures often possessed extremely terrifying combat power, far surpassing cultivators of the same realm, finding cross-realm battles as easy as drinking water.

For example, Wang Mu's mother, the Master of the Northern Nether Holy Land, had condensed the phenomenon known as [Sword Severing the Nine Firmaments], from which her swordsmanship soared into the skies with unstoppable momentum.
...

Wang Mu was still very confident in his own foundation.
Whether it was his dharma power or his physical body,
he had already surpassed the limits; even the top prodigies in the holy lands could not compare to him.

However, who would ever complain that their foundation was too deep?
If Lin Yan, Little Nannan, and the others comprehended more Daoist spells and divine abilities during this period, enhancing their strength even faster, it would also be a tremendous boost and accumulation for Wang Mu.

Speak of the devil.
Right at that moment, a system notification suddenly rang out in Wang Mu's mind.

[Ding~]
[The Little Nannan you invested in has successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment realm!]
[Congratulations, you have received cultivation effect returns from Little Nannan!]
[Congratulations, your Dao-Enlightening Immortal Heart strength has increased!]
[Congratulations, your comprehension of the Heaven-Seizing Creation Technique has increased, and you have comprehended the "Heaven-Seizing Creation Technique·Foundation Establishment"!]
[...]

Feeling the powerful energy surging within his body and the influx of information in his mind,
Wang Mu could not help but narrow his eyes.
Utterly comfortable~

Calculating the time, it had been roughly a month since Little Nannan created the "Heaven-Seizing Creation Technique·Qi Refining Chapter."
In the span of a month, going from initial Qi Refining straight to Foundation Establishment.
Such speed—
even the legacy disciples of the holy lands could hardly do better.

Moreover, given Little Nannan's special circumstances, as her "Heaven-Seizing Creation Technique" continued to be perfected, her cultivation speed would only grow faster and faster, completely defying common sense in the end.
One could only say she truly lived up to being a Daughter of Fortune.

"Let's go and check on that little girl!"
...

The headquarters of the Langya Foundation covered an extremely vast area.
Little Nannan also had her own independent residence and courtyard.
Wang Mu had even arranged a complete set of cultivation chambers, scripture pavilion, and treasure vault for her, all of the highest specifications.

Naturally, for the sake of secrecy, these were all located underground, concealed by array formations.
Wang Mu did not want to expose Little Nannan's special nature so early.
To outsiders,
she was simply a little younger sister that Wang Mu privately raised.

When Wang Mu arrived,
Little Nannan was sitting cross-legged in the cultivation chamber with bare feet, inhaling and exhaling the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth to stabilize her realm.

Wang Mu did not disturb her and quietly waited.
After a while,
Little Nannan opened her eyes. Upon seeing Wang Mu, her eyes were filled with pleasant surprise. She sprang up, ran over on her bare feet, and leaped directly onto Wang Mu.

"Wang Mu, I succeeded~"
"Mhm, mhm, Nannan is truly amazing and formidable!" Wang Mu supported her small buttocks and chuckled softly.

Hearing Wang Mu's tone, Little Nannan wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction: "Wang Mu, you're coaxing a child again, aren't you!"

Wang Mu raised four fingers: "I swear to the heavens, I really am not! I genuinely think you're formidable!"
"Hmph~"
Seeing the sincerity in Wang Mu's eyes, Little Nannan put on an expression of letting him off, then buried her head back into Wang Mu's shoulder.

Perhaps due to surviving a great calamity in her youth and witnessing the fickleness of the world,
Little Nannan deep down did not want others to treat her like a child, feeling that it lacked a sense of security.
But in Wang Mu's eyes, she was simply a pitiful, lovely little sister who needed someone to dote on her.

"Let's go. I'll take you to wash up, and then we'll eat... How long have you been cooped up in here? You're starting to smell!" Wang Mu carried Little Nannan as he walked outside.

Hearing this,
a trace of panic appeared on Little Nannan's face. She raised her arm, sniffed it, and wrinkled her nose: "Bad Wang Mu, you're lying! How could I smell?"

Cultivators, starting from the Qi Refining stage, were capable of cleansing the marrow and expelling impurities from the body.
By the Foundation Establishment stage,
this was even more so. Even upon death, their physical body would remain uncorrupted; how could there be any unusual odor?

Wang Mu was naturally joking with her, and with a smile, he said, "Ah, really? Then maybe you just farted!"
"Hey, you little girl, why are you biting people out of nowhere when we were talking nicely?"
"Bad guy Wang Mu, talking nonsense, I'll bite you to death!"
"..."