“The Ancestor, please take another careful look, down there... that... I just feel like the flow of the Renquan seems a bit sluggish, especially below the Renquan?” Originally, Shawn Carter couldn't help but want to say it directly, but recalling what his father told him before leaving, and considering how strange this situation was, he held back, changed his approach, and tried to ask The Ancestor again.

“Below the Renquan, an obstruction?” Hearing Shawn Carter's words, Henry Carter's flame-like eyebrows furrowed slightly. He then used his divine sense to probe again, carefully checking with his power—empty, nothing at all.

“There’s absolutely nothing there. As for the obstruction, that’s just the natural reaction after the Renquan reaches its peak saturation. Don’t the instructors of the The Carter Family teach you these things anymore? Even if they don’t, hasn’t your father James Carter ever taught you? Boom...” With Henry Carter's status and cultivation, after checking several times and finding nothing wrong, his tone immediately became stern. Flames seemed to flicker at his beard and eyebrows, as if about to ignite, and his voice involuntarily grew louder, a wave of scorching heat surging out.

“Mm!” Shawn Carter instantly felt short of breath. Just a slight agitation from this The Ancestor could affect the surrounding spiritual energy—what terrifying cultivation! No wonder there are so many rumors about The Ancestor; even the family head and the grand elders usually don’t dare to meet him lightly.

With The Ancestor like this, Shawn Carter was both amused and helpless, unable to ask any further, let alone speak directly. Yet, he was the only one who could see it without divine sense, sense it without using power, and even hear the sound of wind and thunder.

Headache, what a headache.

“Uh... The Ancestor, my father has been away with the main ship for years, and I haven’t seen him in a long time. Heh... maybe I just made a careless mistake. Well... thank you, The Ancestor... I’ll be going now.” Since even The Ancestor couldn’t find anything, Shawn Carter could only leave for now, scratching his head with a smile and turning to go.

Having gone out with the main ship... Hearing this, a trace of dim light flashed in Henry Carter's eyes. That The Carter Family descendant who once had the potential to bring glory to the family, surpass even himself, and perhaps make the The Carter Family the royal clan of the Six Clans Alliance, now had to leave on the main ship. Seeing Shawn Carter about to leave quickly, he also felt that maybe it was his own fault just now, not controlling his power and perhaps scaring the child.

“Take this with you. Family rules cannot be broken; I’ve already reclaimed your right to ask questions once. But your talent is decent, though not as monstrous as your father’s back then... Let’s not talk about that. You should be able to break through from Renquan to Diquan in about half a year. After reaching Diquan, you can go to the pill room to receive two mid-grade Guyuan Pills, which will help you quickly stabilize your Diquan stage and save at least a year of time, but the foundation of cultivation still lies in yourself.” Henry Carter tossed the token back to Shawn Carter, but also felt he had lost his temper a bit—after all, the other was just a child, and maybe he really had scared him.

Moreover, since the other had come with his own token, as he spoke, he raised his hand and a ball of light enveloped Shawn Carter's left arm. Clearly, this did not escape The Ancestor's notice; in an instant, a force wrapped around Shawn Carter's left arm. While it couldn’t help him recover quickly, it would at least ensure that no mistakes occurred during the healing process that might leave hidden dangers for future cultivation.

Although he had used his own token just to ask such a trivial question—which would probably become a laughingstock among the billions of people in the Six Clans Alliance—he still felt sorry for the child and specially rewarded him with something.

But after thinking about it, he still felt it wasn’t enough, especially when he thought of James Carter back then.

Chapter 4: The Mutated Golden Whirlpool

“Guyuan Pills are to be used after breaking through. The breakthrough from Renquan to Diquan is the foundation, but it’s especially important, like building a house where the foundation is most crucial. Whoosh...” As Henry Carter spoke, he raised his hand and a wisp of pure energy, visible to the naked eye, like cotton or snow yet shining with a pure luster, directly merged into Shawn Carter's body.

Guyuan Pills, what a treasure. Shawn Carter's eyes lit up at once, especially since mid-grade Guyuan Pills aren’t something ordinary Diquan cultivators can enjoy. Shawn Carter hurriedly turned to thank Henry Carter. Although that golden whirlpool was still a headache, since even The Ancestor couldn’t detect anything, and the whirlpool wasn’t causing any other commotion, there was nothing more he could do about it.

Just as Shawn Carter was happily surprised by the unexpected reward of the Guyuan Pills, he saw Ancestor send a wisp of energy into his body, which, after entering, slowly coiled around the Renquan, emitting a wonderful sensation that made him feel refreshed and his mind much clearer.

“Ah... Ancestor, what is this?”

“Heh...” Seeing Shawn Carter's astonished look, Henry Carter smiled and said, “This is the most primordial innate spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Nowadays, it’s almost nonexistent in the world. Our The Carter Family only occasionally obtains a little, and only in the ancestral land can there still be some. Normally, you only get to use it after entering the Lian environment, but if you can come into contact with it earlier, it will be of great benefit. This innate spiritual energy is incomparably precious—even among the geniuses who enter the ancestral land, it’s rare for even one person in decades to obtain it at the Sanquan stage. You must cherish it well.”