Huludao, Han family.
In a secret room, Han Changming sat cross-legged on a cushion with his eyes slightly closed. A layer of red and yellow spiritual light enveloped his entire body, as if he was wearing a red and yellow robe.
With his breathing, the red-yellow light became more and more dazzling.
After a while, the red and yellow glow on Han Changming's body dissipated, and he opened his eyes.
After returning from Thousand Poison Island, Han Zhangxiang announced to the public that Han Changming and Ye Xin were seriously injured. Han Changming had been staying in his residence to practice. He had originally planned to improve his cultivation to the late stage of foundation building.
After three years of hard training, his cultivation had improved a lot. He was still in the middle stage of foundation building, but his alchemy skills had been upgraded to the second-level intermediate grade. He could refine second-level intermediate grade pills.
After occupying a small spirit stone mine, the Han family's strength increased rapidly. Han Zhangxiang sent people to other sea areas and participated in many auctions, and obtained two foundation-building pills. During these three years, two more foundation-building cultivators, Han Changlu and Han Changxin, were added.
They are both alchemists, and Han Changlu's alchemy level is higher than Han Changxin's.
The more Foundation Establishment Monks there are, the better. With the Han family's current financial resources, it is already very good to support so many Foundation Establishment Monks. There is not much meaning in continuing to increase the number of Foundation Establishment Monks.
In terms of combat power alone, a Jindan cultivator is equivalent to fifty foundation-building cultivators.
There was a stir in the spirit beast bags on his waist. Han Changming slapped the bags with his palms a few times, and the Ice and Fire Python and the Thunder Rhinoceros Insect flew out.
The Ice and Fire Python had grown to be over twenty feet long, with a waist as thick as a bucket, two heads as big as watermelons, and a body covered with palm-sized scales, with thick armor, and snake tongues spitting out from both heads.
Most of the contribution points accumulated by Han Changming were used to exchange for spiritual objects with ice and fire attributes. The family helped to collect these spiritual objects. In addition to spiritual medicines, the Ice and Fire Python also ate the corpses of ice and fire monsters. It had a huge appetite. Through Han Changming's feeding at all costs, it had been promoted to the second level. The price was that Han Changming had very few contribution points left in the family.
You know, after Han Changming entered the foundation-building stage, he made many contributions and accumulated a large amount of contribution points. He didn't spend much himself, and most of them were used to exchange for spiritual objects with ice and fire attributes. Because of this, the Ice and Fire Python was able to advance to the second level after devouring a large number of spiritual objects with ice and fire attributes and the corpses of monsters.
If it weren't for Han Changming's careful cultivation, it would take it another ten or eight years to advance to the second level.
When it was at the first level, it would eat twenty fish monsters with ice or fire attributes every month. As its level increased, it became more picky about food. After entering the second level, it would only eat the corpses of top-quality first-level monsters, and they had to be alive. It would not eat dead ones.
Considering that it was a spiritual beast that had mutated later in life, Han Changming did not care and followed its wishes.
The Ice and Fire Python let out a sharp hissing sound, as if asking for food.
Han Changming took out a golden gourd, uncorked the bottle, and a white light flew out. It turned out to be a white fish monster that was more than two meters long. The appearance of the fish monster was similar to that of a catfish, but it had a pair of golden claws under its belly and its eyeballs were snow-white.
A large red flame spewed out of the Ice and Fire Python's head, accurately hitting the white fish monster. The raging fire engulfed the white fish monster's body, and a shrill scream was heard.
The next moment, the other head of the Ice and Fire Python spewed out a large amount of white cold air and sank into the flames. The flames quickly went out, and most of the body of the white fish monster turned charred black. Most of the body was frozen, and its tail was still flipping.
The Ice and Fire Python pounced forward, opened its bloody mouths with its two heads, and bit the fish monster's body. The white fish monster struggled violently at first, but as time passed, the white fish monster stopped moving.
The thunder rhinoceros worm grew to the size of a pumpkin. It was already a top-grade first-class spiritual creature. Thunder-attributed spiritual creatures were rarer than ice and fire-attributed spiritual creatures. Fortunately, Han Changming had obtained a lot of golden thunder bee larvae before.
The Golden Thunder Bee indeed could not recognize its master. After Han Changming failed several times, he stopped trying and let the metal of the Golden Thunder Bee larvae be swallowed by the Thunder Rhinoceros Worm.
The cultivation of the Thunder Rhinoceros Insect is higher than that of the Ice and Fire Python. If it advances to the second level, it can provide greater help to Han Changming. Han Changming has witnessed the power of the Thunder Spirit Insect with his own eyes.
He took out a light silver fruit and threw it in front of the Thunder Rhinoceros Bug. The Thunder Rhinoceros Bug ate the fruit in no time.
After a while, the Ice and Fire Python ate the white fish monster, leaving a pile of ice and blood on the ground.
Han Changming put them back into the spirit beast bag, wiped the blood clean, and walked out.
Inside the stone pavilion, Ye Xin was teaching her two sons their homework. They were already four years old and their spiritual roots had not yet been tested, so they were still learning to read and write.
"Dad is out of prison."
Han Yong and Han Zhi looked exactly the same. When they saw Han Changming, they all ran towards him.
Han Yong is relatively strong, while Han Zhi is relatively thin.
Han Changming bent down and picked up his two sons. Ye Xin smiled and said, "You just know how to pester your dad. You don't study hard at all."
"What? Are you guys being lazy? Are you not doing well in your studies?"
Han Changming scolded with a stern face and a serious tone.
It is the father's fault if the son is not well educated. He was worried that his two sons would neglect their studies and become the kind of playboys who would just eat and wait for death. All parents hope that their children will become successful. Han Changming did not expect his two sons to have good spiritual roots, but they must be diligent and studious and not get into bad habits.
"No, Dad, we've finished our homework."
"Yes! Dad and Mom urge us all the time, how dare we neglect our studies?"
Seeing Han Changming getting angry, Han Yong and Han Zhi hurriedly explained, looking nervous.
Han Changming was very strict with them. Not to mention them, even if Han Benfu was lazy or slacking off, Han Changming would punish her. They dared not neglect their studies.
"That's about right. God rewards hard work. No matter if you have spiritual roots in the future or not, you must study hard. There is no harm in learning more. Do you understand?"
Han Changming taught earnestly and let go of his two sons.
"Got it, Dad."
The two sons agreed immediately, picked up paper and pen, and wrote down the Han family's rules.
"Dad, Auntie, what are you talking about? Are the two younger brothers being naughty again?"
A female voice like a silver bell suddenly rang out, and a nine-year-old girl in red walked in.
The girl in red had delicate features, snow-white skin, and a hint of cunning in her beautiful eyes. She was Han Benfu, who had already reached the third level of Qi Refining.
Han Benfu has dual spiritual roots and practices fire-attributed skills. Her training speed is much faster than that of her peers.
When Han Changming was Han Benfu’s age, he was only at the first level of Qi Refining.
"We are talking about you! As a sister, you are not a good example. You quarreled with the tribe members and burned down their houses. You still have the nerve to say that your two brothers are naughty."
Han Changming scolded with a stern face and a harsh tone.