txolops Chapter 274 A True Judge of Character
Chapter 274 A True Judge of Character
About half a month later, at Xiaomeishan, a sacred place.
Li Ping called Yan Hengchuan and Ji Shuchen over.
When the two men saw Li Ping, there was a hint of excitement in their eyes.
During this time, Yan Hengchuan had collected all the useful materials from the monsters in the cold pool. Although most of these monsters were first-tier monsters, there were only a few dozen second-tier monsters.
However, the two roughly estimated that these materials were worth more than tens of thousands of spirit stones.
Even if the cultivators from the Yan, Ji, and Yu families combined worked for over ten years, they might not be able to produce so many resources.
Adding to that the rewards to be distributed to the family cultivators, the benefits to other family low-level cultivators, and the training of newly discovered spiritual root cultivators, etc... the income and expenditure balance out.
In reality, for them to gather such a large sum of resources, the entire tribe would have to tighten their belts and live frugally for decades.
And now?
With Li Ping's help, they easily obtained a windfall, which greatly increased the family's wealth and strength.
Over the next century, as long as they develop steadily, the strength of the three-party alliance will inevitably grow step by step.
"It's a pity that after the Qingyun Secret Realm was destroyed, we lost our source of Foundation Establishment Pills, otherwise... sigh!"
The thought that without Foundation Establishment Pills, the future development of the family would be bound, and even if a descendant with excellent spiritual root aptitude was born in the family, he could only send him to the sect for training.
Ji Shuchen and Yan Hengchuan both sighed inwardly.
But sighing won't help; the Foundation Building Pill requires at least 700-year-old Golden Marrow Jade Fungus as its main ingredient.
Such high-quality spiritual materials are basically only cultivated by powerful forces with thousands of years of history and third-order spiritual veins, who have the spiritual land and time to nurture them. How could they dare to hope for them?
After obtaining a large amount of monster materials, what is now hindering the development and growth of the Yan and Ji families is actually the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Although Li Ping had promised to give them the third-order spiritual vein beneath Xiaomei Mountain, they dared not expose or manage this spiritual land for the time being.
Otherwise, one could cultivate Golden Marrow Jade Fungus within a third-tier spiritual vein.
"Grandmaster!"
"Uncle Li!"
Yan Hengchuan and Ji Shuchen shouted happily, their eyes filled with gratitude.
They all knew very well that without Li Ping's past help, the Yan and Ji families would not be where they are today.
When Li Ping returned this time, he killed the demonic beasts in the underground cold pool and gave them all the spiritual materials, which is another great fortune.
Therefore, they all held Li Ping in high esteem and were grateful to him.
As for the kindness and favors bestowed upon Li Ping by the ancestors of both families?
Compared to Li Ping's help to both families, it was nothing at all.
……
Upon seeing the two arrive, Li Ping smiled and nodded, "You've both come."
Then he said something that made the two of them overjoyed.
"A few days ago, when I was exploring that cave in the underground cold pool, I found three thousand-year-old golden marrow jade fungus inside," Li Ping said with a smile, looking at the two of them.
"A thousand-year-old golden marrow jade mushroom!" Yan Hengchuan and Ji Shuchen both held their breath upon hearing this: "Could it be...?"
Then, to their incredulous gaze, Li Ping continued with a smile, "I still have a use for one of them. As for the remaining two, considering your needs, I have refined them into Foundation Establishment Pills over this period of time."
Golden Marrow Jade Mushroom can not only be used to refine pills, but also to refine pills for Core Formation cultivators to enhance their cultivation.
"Foundation Building Pill?" The two were immediately shocked. They had just been lamenting that the Foundation Building Pill was choking the development of both races.
While the two were still in shock, Li Ping flipped his hand, and two jade bottles appeared in his palm. He waved his hand slightly, using his magic to control the two jade bottles to float in front of the two men. Then he smiled and said, "Each jade bottle contains ten Foundation Establishment Pills. One for each of your families!"
……
On Xiaomei Mountain, I watched as the rainbow light that Li Ping had transformed into disappeared into the horizon.
Yan Hengchuan and Ji Shuchen were still unable to recover from their immense surprise.
Twenty Foundation Building Pills, ten for each of the two families.
What does this mean?
If they're lucky, they can use these twenty Foundation Establishment Pills to cultivate twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Of course, they wouldn't be that foolish.
Without exposing the third-order spiritual vein beneath Xiaomei Mountain, each of the three families only needs one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators in each generation to safeguard their family business.
In other words, with these twenty Foundation Establishment Pills in hand, if they are lucky, the three families can ensure that there are Foundation Establishment cultivators in their clans for thousands of years.
However, they also knew the importance of keeping their wealth hidden, and the two were determined to keep this secret.
Unless a cultivator with two or more spiritual roots is born in the family, or the family's Foundation Establishment cultivators are facing a crisis, Foundation Establishment Pills cannot be used.
After all, the Yan and Ji families have the backing of a sect and elders who are Core Formation Realm cultivators, so it's normal for them to occasionally take out one or two Foundation Establishment Pills.
However, if too many Foundation Establishment Pills are taken out in a short period of time, it is easy to attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.
With a thousand thoughts swirling in their minds, it took them a long time before they were finally able to barely control their excitement.
Yan Hengchuan couldn't help but roar in his heart, "Great-grandfather, please accept my deepest respect! Bringing my master back to the manor to teach him is the greatest investment I have ever made in my life!"
With a thousand thoughts swirling in their minds, it took them a long time before they were finally able to barely control their excitement.
Yan Hengchuan couldn't help but roar in his heart, "Great-grandfather, please accept my deepest respect! Bringing my master back to the manor to teach him is the greatest investment I have ever made in my life!"
Ji Shuchen, on the other hand, was filled with admiration for Master Ji: "Grandpa, you have such a keen eye for people!"
……
The Foundation Establishment Pills that were refined were divided between Yan Hengchuan and Ji Shuchen.
Li Ping left Jiang Kingdom and flew westward, his destination being Fenglan Immortal City, located deep in the Cloud and Mist Mountains.
He unintentionally acquired the method for refining the second Golden Core, which made him less eager to go to the Great Zhou.
He plans to go into seclusion in the Western Wilderness to refine his second Golden Core and also cultivate the Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture to the Core Formation stage.
After all, by using Yan Liming's golden core to cultivate the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture," he only needs to take pills to increase his cultivation level, and he can smoothly cultivate all the way to the early stage of the Core Formation stage.
Yan Liming helped him overcome the bottlenecks equivalent to Foundation Establishment and Core Formation.
Moreover, several years ago, before he left the far north and returned to the western wilderness.
He casually took Gaoji Daoist's treasure vault, which contained the spiritual materials Gaoji Daoist intended to use to refine third-tier puppets.
Li Ping quickly checked and found that he only needed to purchase some more common spiritual materials to create a low-grade third-order puppet using the third-order spiritual materials given to him by Daoist Gaoji.
In this way, one can simultaneously cultivate two top-tier techniques to the Core Formation stage and possess a puppet with combat power equivalent to an early Core Formation cultivator.
Even though he hasn't refined his natal magic weapon yet, he can feel a little more at ease now that he's gone to the Great Zhou.
As long as he still has ambitions, he will definitely go to Da Zhou.
Only in a prosperous cultivation world like the Great Zhou Dynasty could Nascent Soul cultivators be born!
Moreover, Li Ping still needs to go to the Great Zhou to find top-grade spiritual materials suitable for use as his natal magic treasure, the banner.
With a 100,000-year-old sacred tree as the flagpole, he no longer cared about ordinary materials.
……
However, since it was a rare opportunity to return to the Western Wilderness, he planned to visit some old friends before going into seclusion.
We also took the opportunity to examine the teleportation array leading to the Great Zhou Dynasty, as recorded on the stone tablet map.
Moreover, since he plans to cultivate in seclusion in the spiritual veins beneath Xiaomei Mountain, he needs to control the third-order array that covers the island, at least to solve the problem of freely entering and exiting the array gate.
After all, he couldn't possibly keep going in and out by following the Wildfire Sparrow through the dog hole.
This undermines his dignity as a Core Formation True Person.
The solution is quite simple.
He only needs to become a third-tier array master.
After reaching the Core Formation stage, his lifespan and resources became much more abundant, and he originally planned to activate his unparalleled talents in 'Array Dao' and 'Weapon Refining'.
As prominent skills among the various arts of cultivation, array formation and weapon crafting deserve his attention.
It wasn't to earn spirit stones through my skills.
After learning the art of array formation.
With the protective array for his cave dwelling in place, he no longer needed to ask other array masters for help in setting it up, which greatly enhanced his privacy.
The same principle applies to the craft of weapon crafting.
He plans to use 100,000-year-old "Radiant Star Wood" as the main material to refine his natal magic weapon.
According to Gaoji Daoist, this kind of top-tier star-attribute divine tree has long been extinct in the cultivation world.
Unlike the Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade, this material, though rare, can still be found if a Nascent Soul cultivator is willing to spend some time searching for it personally.
As for the divine wood called Yaoji Starwood, it can be as old as 100,000 years, let alone 10,000 years old.
Its appearance would cause turmoil throughout the entire cultivation world, and might even draw out those reclusive old monsters, with countless cultivators dying in the struggle.
Therefore, Li Ping would never dare to entrust the crafting of his natal magic weapon to anyone else.
If possible, he plans to upgrade his skills in alchemy, weapon crafting, talisman making, array making, and puppetry to the fourth rank or higher in the future.
Of course, this is a long-term goal.
The various arts of cultivation, especially the four arts of alchemy, artifact crafting, talisman making, and array formation, which are at the top of the hierarchy of contempt, are all obscure and difficult to understand. The higher the level, the more difficult it is to comprehend. Even those cultivators with high talent need to spend a lot of time studying and comprehending them.
The highest level for cultivators in the Western Wilderness is Core Formation. Limited by their own cultivation level and lifespan, it is difficult for them to push their inheritance to the fourth level.
According to what Li Ping learned from Gaoji Daoren.
The fourth-tier inheritance is extremely precious.
Even in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The inheritance of various immortal arts below the fourth level is relatively good; it occasionally appears at auctions and can be purchased with spirit stones at a high cost.
The inheritances of the fourth rank and above are all extremely precious and are the foundation of the survival of major sects. Unless one joins one of those major sects and makes great contributions, it is impossible to learn them.
As for secretly learning?
Not to mention that major sects guard their own traditions extremely strictly, making it almost impossible to steal them.
Even if you did manage to steal the knowledge, you'd only keep it a secret from others and use it yourself.
Once you dare to reveal it?
Let me ask you if you can withstand the soul-searching techniques of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Fourth-tier inheritances are treasures that those Nascent Soul sects would definitely cherish and not allow even a trace of them to be leaked.
However, it is unlikely that sects will strictly control and recycle second-hand tools.
There is neither a reason nor a need for it.
I've heard of reverse engineering the formulas of finished pills.
But how can one obtain the inheritance by starting with the alchemy furnace and working backwards?
This is utterly absurd! How could such a thing happen?
When master craftsmen die, it is quite common for their descendants to keep the talisman brushes, alchemy furnaces, weapon-refining furnaces, array tokens, and other items used by the masters during their lifetime as souvenirs, for their own use, or to sell them.