I died young at the start, but I'm reincarnated with unlimited skill points!

A third-grade spiritual root!

For a remote Foundation Establishment family like the Qianlong Su family, such knowledge only exists in ancient books and legends.

This is the kind of talent that would be cultivated as a core disciple in a major sect that has a Golden Core cultivator.

Liu was also stunned by this sudden change.

She held Su Yu stiffly, her mind blank.

Not only the Liu family and the surrounding clansmen who were terrified.

Even Su Yu, who appeared calm in his swaddling clothes, felt a great sense of surprise.

"It's only a third-grade item?"

Su Yu widened his eyes slightly, looking at the second-tier spirit-testing bead covered in cracks, and secretly clicked his tongue in amazement.

He originally thought that with a aptitude of 301, he could at most reach the fourth rank and touch the limit of a mid-grade spiritual root.

After all, in the world of cultivation, the difficulty of advancing the grade of spiritual roots is exponential.

The change from the ninth rank to the seventh rank is a quantitative change, but the leap from the fourth rank (middle grade) to the third rank (upper grade) is a true qualitative change in the essence of life.

No wonder he felt so comfortable absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Su Yu thought all mid-grade spiritual roots were like this.

After all, he was only at the lowest grade nine before, and he couldn't imagine the cultivation speed of a high-grade spiritual root.

Unexpectedly, he actually has a superior spiritual root!

This means that as long as he doesn't die halfway through, he will almost certainly be able to cross the Foundation Establishment stage even without the Foundation Establishment Pill.

There is even a very high probability that they will be able to touch the unattainable Golden Core Path!

A true golden elixir seed!

At this moment, the red communication talisman, symbolizing the highest level of emergency, had already torn through the clouds above the market and rushed straight towards the forbidden area of ​​Zufeng.

The entire Neiwutang Square remained shrouded in a suffocating silence.

Until the first sharp whooshing sound suddenly rang out.

"Whoosh!"

A figure radiating the aura of the ninth level of Qi Refining perfection fell from mid-air in a very unruly manner, even his sword-riding posture was somewhat unsteady.

He was none other than Su Changxun, the high-ranking elder who had retreated from Foundation Establishment due to the lack of a elixir and was now in charge of the Internal Affairs Hall.

Su Changxun's hair was disheveled, his eyes were bloodshot, and he stared intently at the cracked bead on the spirit testing platform that was still emitting a pure white light.

"Third rank... It really is third rank..."

Su Changxun trembled all over, so excited that he was incoherent.

He knew all too well what a superior spiritual root meant to the Su family.

Just as he was about to step forward to confirm.

"boom--"

A profound and undeniable aura of authority, like an abyss, enveloped the entire sky above Aoki Ward without warning.

The sky seemed to darken.

The wind howled, causing everyone in the Neiwutang Square to stagger and be unable to open their eyes.

"Ancestor!"

"It's the Ancestor emerging from seclusion!"

Sensing the familiar pressure from the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, all members of the Su family, including Su Changxun, knelt down in unison, not daring to breathe.

In mid-air, a man dressed in a purple robe, with a face like that of a thirty-year-old youth, stepped out of the void and instantly appeared in front of the spirit testing platform.

Su Yuan.

The 160-year-old patriarch of the Su family, a hidden dragon.

At this moment, his face showed none of the composure expected of a high-level cultivator.

He glanced at the cracked second-tier spirit-testing bead, then stared intently at the baby in Liu's arms.

Give me the child.

Su Yuan's voice was low and devoid of any emotion.

Liu was so frightened that she trembled all over and immediately knelt on the ground, lifting Su Yu high up with both hands.

Su Yuan pulled Su Yu into his arms.

He didn't say any words of praise or compliment, but instead turned his head with extreme coldness, his gaze sweeping over everyone present.

"If even a single word of what happened at the Imperial Household Department today were to escape beyond the market..."

Su Yuan's voice was icy cold, exuding a murderous aura forged in mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

"Regardless of whether they are legitimate or illegitimate, young or old, their souls will be extracted, their spirits refined, and their bloodlines extinguished!"

Upon hearing this stern and uncompromising gag order...

The second wife and the stewards kneeling below were terrified and kowtowed repeatedly in agreement.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.

No family or sect would stand idly by and watch a Foundation Establishment family with no powerful background steadily cultivate a Golden Core seed with a third-grade spiritual root.

Once the news leaks out, it will face a frenzied assassination attempt and a joint effort to crush the enemy from the surrounding forces.

After leaving behind this chilling warning.

Without lingering any longer, Su Yuan transformed into a blur and vanished from the spot with Su Yu.

……

Zufeng Forbidden Area.

The deepest secret chamber where the ancestor secluded himself.

The surrounding walls were covered with intricate third-order isolation array patterns.

Su Yuan made a hand seal, activating the secret chamber's defenses to the highest level, preventing even a single spirit insect from flying in.

After doing all this, he slowly turned around and looked at the swaddled baby placed on the stone bed.

Su Yu lay in her swaddling clothes, her clear eyes open, quietly looking at her "good son" whom she hadn't seen for sixty years.

To be fair, Su Yuan did a really good job as an ancestor.

The decisive blockade and intimidation he just displayed in the Internal Affairs Hall were quite reminiscent of his own style back in the day.

Su Yu nodded in satisfaction.

Just as he was preparing to use the extremely weak wisp of divine consciousness he had just condensed to drop a bomb in Su Yuan's mind, thus completing this father-son reunion spanning sixty years.

An accident happened.

Su Yuan did not show any ecstatic or loving expression.

He stood before the stone bed, looking down at Su Yu, his expression gradually turning extremely cold.

next moment.

"Clang!"

A flying sword radiating a terrifying chill slid from his sleeve, pointing directly at Su Yu's tender throat.

The tip of the sword was less than half an inch away from Su Yu's skin.

The sharp sword energy had already raised goosebumps on Su Yu's neck.

"explain."

Su Yuan's eyes were like ice that had stood for millennia, revealing a mad, reckless killing intent.

"Who are you, this ancient monster who has lived for over a thousand years, daring to seize my bloodline, Su Yuan?!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu was slightly taken aback, then chuckled to himself.

No wonder when this kid carried me back just now, he wasn't excited at all, but rather his whole body was tense.

He was too vigilant.

Or perhaps he was all too aware of the cruelty and unpredictability of the cultivation world.

A son born to a concubine.

Amidst the blinding light and the chaotic scene of screaming in terror at the Imperial Household Hall, she remained calm and composed, as still as a stagnant pool.

That look shouldn't belong to a baby who's just a month old.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

In the eyes of Su Yuan, a Foundation Establishment cultivator who had lived for 160 years and was accustomed to all kinds of conspiracies and tricks.

Clearly, some high-level monster whose lifespan is about to end has set its sights on this body that has inexplicably mutated into a body with top-notch aptitude, and has used a vicious body-snatching technique!

Don't play dumb with me.

Su Yuan's hand holding the sword was extremely steady, and his voice carried an undisguised ruthlessness.

"Your eyes can't lie to me, even if you really are the remnant soul of some Golden Core stage monster..."

"If you don't confess honestly today, I'll risk losing this bloodline to detonate the Ancestral Peak Formation and use my primordial infant fire to burn your newly possessed soul to ashes!"

Hearing this resounding threat...

Su Yu was not alarmed; instead, he felt a profound sense of relief.

One should always be wary of others.

This kid has truly ingrained the principles of cunning and vigilance that I taught him back then into his very bones.

Faced with a peerless Golden Core seed with a third-grade spiritual root, he was not tempted or blinded by it. Instead, he maintained absolute clarity and decisiveness in the face of such extreme benefits.

This is the mindset that the patriarch of the Su family should have.

Since that's the case, Su Yu doesn't intend to hide it anymore.

Although it's only been a month.

However, the nourishment from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth over the past month has caused his vocal cords and internal organs to develop far beyond those of ordinary mortals.

Speaking is no longer a difficult task for him.

He opened his mouth and spoke in a calm tone, his voice still somewhat childish but with an air of maturity.

"What is it, Su Yuan?"

"After being the patriarch for sixty years, you've grown quite arrogant. Now you don't even recognize me, your own father?"