Rod then added: “You are so lucky, my lord. This fruit can help you break through to the next major cultivation level. This fruit is priceless, especially for higher-level cultivators like the Saint stage. They would mostly go crazy if they knew someone found it. This fruit can also turn a mortal into a cultivator, even though the spirit roots are random. Many rich clans offered a high amount for this fruit just for their descendants to become cultivators. However, this fruit is rare and almost impossible to find.”
Hearing this, Mike was enlightened, and he tossed the fruit toward Rod. Rod was shocked by Mike's sudden action, but he caught the fruit by instinct and looked at Mike.
Seeing Rod looking at him speechless, Mike smiled and said: “You can have that since you don’t have spirit roots, and as my first General, you must get stronger as possible. Since your status is only second to mine, and as your Lord, it is my job to make you stronger.”
When Rod heard Mike's words, he knew that in the future, a huge responsibility would fall upon his shoulders. He ate the fruit without hesitation. After he was done eating the fruit, Rod's body started to glow in green, and an aura rich with vitality spread in the surroundings. The grass grew, flowers bloomed, and even the dying tree recovered, and the yellow leaves turned green.
Seeing this, Mike was surprised, and he started to feel the aura in the surroundings. To his surprise, his cultivation could rise faster, and he began cultivating. After 7 hours, the aura started to vanish, and Mike managed to achieve a breakthrough. He was now at the middle Foundation establishment stage.
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Mike opened his eyes, looked around, and was surprised when he noticed many animals surrounding them, all of them asleep. Mike then carefully observed Rod and noticed that Rod managed to achieve a breakthrough and reach the early Foundation establishment stage. Not only that, Rod also became younger, like a young man in his teens.
Rod regained his youth because of the fruit, as it contained rich vitality. In the cultivation world, no matter how many times you broke through, if you are old when you manage a breakthrough, your looks will always be the same; only your lifespan will increase. That is why most cultivators are obsessed with any treasure rich in vitality to look younger, especially women.
After a while, Rod slowly opened his eyes and saw Mike staring at him. He quickly got up and knelt in front of Mike, saying, “Thank you, my lord, for granting me the greatest that even my parents failed to accomplish. I will try my best, my lord, to become stronger, and I won't disappoint you!”
Mike smiled, nodded, and asked: “Why does it feel?”
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Hearing Mike's question, Rod tried his body and the surroundings, and he replied: “I feel much better, my lord, and I can sense the heaven and earth. I feel like I was born again.”
Hearing this, Mike nodded and said: “Indeed you are. You even look younger. If we were not together, I might not be able to recognize you.”
Rod was shocked when he heard Mike's response, and he then took out a mirror. He was surprised by what he saw—it was as if he had never aged before. He saw a young man in the mirror with black hair, fair skin, and a handsome face that almost every young master had in every clan. But he was also a young master, but that was before.
But compared to Mike, Mike was way more good-looking, even though he was still seven years old. Mike's hair was gray as ash, his eyes were blue, and he had perfect sword eyebrows and red thin lips, and he also possessed a fair skin tone.
Mike said: “Since you look younger now, don’t call me young man in public. Instead, call me little brother, and I will call you older brother. 'Old man' doesn't suit your face anymore.”
Rod agreed: “Yes, my lord.”
Mike said: “Okay, since everything is done, let's start moving. I still need to buy some storage rings.”
When Rod heard it, he looked at Mike in surprise: “My lord, did I forget to tell you that your ring was actually a storage ring?”
Mike's eyes enlarged in shock: “What! My ring was actually a storage ring? Are you serious?”
Rod nodded: “Yes, my lord. Your ring is also another level, because inside your ring is a small world, and it can even accommodate living beings. As far as I know from the records, the creator used his ring to bring his entire clan into this world that he created. Even though for everyone else, it was only a legend, but us, the descendants, we knew that it was true, and not merely a legend.”
Mike became excited when he heard Rod's explanation: “Quick! Tell me how I can use this ring?”
Seeing Mike's eagerness, Rod started to explain, “It is very simple, my lord. You just need to put a drop of blood on the ring to leave your imprint and use your cultivation to inject to see what's inside. Once the ring recognizes you as the owner.”
Hearing Rod's instruction, Mike then pulled out his sword from his back and made a small cut on his left-hand index finger. He then returned his sword to his back when he saw that the blood was coming out. Mike then put a drop of blood into the ring. When the blood made contact with the ring, the ring glowed bright. Mike's face was full of excitement, while Rod's face was confused because he had never witnessed something like this before. Usually, claiming a storage ring or leaving an imprint on the storage, there is no such effect.
While Mike was excited and Rod was confused, suddenly, a middle-aged man with noble bearing and plain white clothes slowly emerged in the air.
When Mike witnessed this, he was scared, and his body started to tremble. He struggled to speak, and his face turned pale.
Mike pointed his finger toward the man above them while shaking, “A…ghost!”
When Rod heard Mike's shaking voice, he regained his senses from the shock, and he immediately went forward and knelt down: “Greetings, ancestor! I am Rod, your descendant.”
Rod had no time to remind Mike, since he was being overwhelmed by the shock. Because he didn’t expect to see his ancestor, the creator, in person. Rod used to idolize the creator as a role model, but during that time, he didn’t have the qualification to cultivate because he didn’t have spirit roots. Still, Rod never forgot the portrait of the person he used to idolize.