Fox Mountain Cafeteria.

Huge steamers were emitting billowing hot steam.

Inside the steamer baskets, the chubby white Purple Bean Buns were giving off a warm and fragrant aroma.

"Eek-eek-eek!"

The foxes lined up in a long queue, holding their Copper Bowls, waiting to receive their buns.

In the corner of the cafeteria, Bai Mo was eating a bun, licking the yam stuffing from the corner of his mouth, and casually flipping through the transcribed documents on his tablet.

"Princes and lords... do they really have that kind of stuff?"

From the documents, at least in the Ancient Immortal Dynasty, this statement holds true!

The matter of Immortal Cultivation depends on talent, bloodline, inheritance, and genes.

The children born to great immortals are intelligent, their Sea of Consciousness is easily developed, their Sea of Qi is easily opened, and their perception and affinity for Immortal Qi are also stronger.

Stuffing the last bite of the bun into his mouth, Bai Mo continued reading the documents.

"Oh, the Ancient Immortal Dynasty also had a path for advancement?"

[...Ancestor Worship Ceremony, Decade Minor Sacrifice... Century Major Sacrifice...]

"...During the ceremony, everyone could display Immortal Techniques to please the ancestors.

"If the Immortal Technique displayed was sufficiently spectacular and mystical, and caught the eye of a Prince's House, they could be accepted into a Prince's House, Female Immortals could marry in, Male Immortals could be adopted in, and from then on, become nobility?"

What is this?

A peculiar kind of civil examination?

A distinctive selection system of the Ancient Immortal Dynasty?

Bai Mo had a strange expression as he continued reading.

[Good bloodlines are often found in a Prince's House, but occasionally, a phoenix might appear in the countryside]

[The Ancestor Worship Ceremony, selecting sages, bringing in phoenixes from the countryside to a Prince's House]

[Good bloodlines combined with good bloodlines could produce even better bloodlines]

[Ordinary countryside geniuses could join a Monarch's House]

[Outstanding countryside geniuses could join a Prince's House]

[Once-in-a-millennium countryside prodigies could join the Emperor's House...]

Can this really be?

The Ancient Immortal Dynasty, are they engaging in breeding? Hybridizing rice?

Bai Mo furrowed his brows.

For someone like him, if he were to make a name for himself in the Ancient Immortal Dynasty, perhaps he could marry a princess from the Emperor's House?

He read further.

[In ancient times, the Human Race bloodline was weak, Sequence Four were extremely rare, Sequence Five were heroes, Sequence Six were pillars of society]

[Over millions of years, the Human Race bloodline gradually strengthened, Sequence Four could be called heroes, Sequence Five became the cornerstone of the Immortal Dynasty, Sequence Six worth little mention]

Oh?

So, does that mean, the Ancient Immortal Dynasty's millions of years of bloodline selection breeding truly bore fruit?

The strength of racial bloodlines increased during this period?

High-sequence Immortals became less valued in this history?

To the point where later on, Immortals of Sequence Seven, Eight, Nine held a status not much different from slaves.

Bai Mo smacked his lips, feeling strange in his heart, for a moment, the barbaric ways of the Ancient Immortal Dynasty and the civilized spirit of modern society clashed in his mind, leaving him at a loss for words, at a loss for feelings.

...

At the table beside, foxes were gobbling down Purple Bean Buns, occasionally licking the sand filling from the corners of their mouths and Fox Claws. Each one ate joyfully, smiling so wide their eyes disappeared.

Hu Toujian shoved the last bite into its mouth, licked its Fox Claw, patted its belly, and furrowed its brow again.

On its shoulder, there was a white mark, somewhat resembling a tiger's head, hence the name Hu Toujian.

Beside it, Leopard Head Shoulder also finished its Purple Bean Bun, picked up its bowl, and dipped its face in to lick clean the overflowed sand filling.

"Eek-eek-eek, awoo-awoo-awoo..."

Then Hu Toujian, with a serious expression, started speaking in fox speech, talking about the underlings it recruited in the present world.

Leopard Head Shoulder licked the bowl clean, lifted its head, also with a serious expression.

"Awoo-awoo-awoo, eek-eek-eek!"

Adding to the table were Star Belly, Moon Belly, and Sun Belly, several foxes with serious expressions, discussing in fox speech.

The underlings of Fox Mountain should not be bullied like this!

They must help the underlings reclaim their honor!

After some discussion among the foxes, even drawing in other senior brothers nearby, everyone voiced their opinions.

In the end, Fox Mountain's strongest Martial Arts Grandmaster, Star Belly, slammed a Fox Claw on the table.

"Eek-eek-awoo-awoo!"

... Simply teach the underling Fox Mountain's toughest Martial Techniques, Iron Mountain Lean!

The circle of foxes around nodded in agreement.

In the cafeteria, Black Nose slammed a dozen leftover Purple Bean Buns from lunch onto the table.

This bowl of leftover buns was supposed to be in the cafeteria, for when brothers who did heavy labor and couldn't hold their hunger would come to eat.

But now, they unanimously agreed to take one and give it to the underling to eat!

Today, it's Leopard Head Shoulder's turn to go on an errand with the master.

It wrapped a bun in a lotus leaf and ran off to get the master's approval.

...

The cold morning wind swept with falling leaves.

West Family District, by the roadside.

A dozen or so children, big and small, all wearing black sweaters, were chatting and laughing, waiting for the school bus.

"My dad bought me new clothes!"

"Hehe, today we have buns again in kindergarten."

"Why hasn't that annoying Bao, Feng En Di, shown up yet?"

Beside them, a dozen parents were also whispering among themselves.

"The Feng family is still freeloading here?"

"Feng Kaishan's connections have been transferred, he doesn't work at West University anymore, why are they still occupying the family housing?"

High up on a tree branch.

Leopard Head Shoulder crouched, holding a lotus leaf-wrapped bun in its paws, glaring down with its fox eyes.

The master was having breakfast in the cafeteria, it had to deliver this bun to the underling first, then quickly run off to the cafeteria to find the master!

But... with so many by the roadside, which one was the underling?

A dozen children by the roadside, all wearing black sweaters, were all little tots it didn't recognize, it couldn't tell which was the underling!

This is awkward!

Moreover, it furrowed its brow, suddenly suspecting... yesterday the underling learned Hu Toujian's moves, but still got beaten, could it possibly bear a grudge against Hu Toujian?