The abandoned cannon fodder girl's path to immortality

Chapter 174 Exchange
"I never expected you would have such an opportunity."

Chen Jinshu said with some emotion, "No wonder Chen Qiaozhen seemed like a completely different person when she first entered the sect."

It turns out that her dream about the future changed her mindset and also changed her future.

"It's more accurate to call it an awakening than an opportunity. At first, I didn't understand why you would refuse such generous family benefits from a marriage alliance. After this experience, I realized that women don't necessarily have to depend on men, and a family can only rely on itself."

"Perhaps the person you're attached to is a complete devil."

Chen Qiaozhen could hardly imagine how terrible her fate would have been if she hadn't had that dream about the future.

"I can trade you the Foundation Establishment Pill. But I won't give it to you. Think carefully about what you want to exchange it for." Upon hearing this, Chen Jinshu recalled his days farming and cultivating on Lingjiu Mountain. If it weren't for the many kind-hearted uncles and elders he had met, he might not have been able to come to the Xuanming Sect so smoothly.

Helping Chen Qiaozhen today made her feel as if she had helped another version of herself who had suddenly come to her senses.

Upon hearing this, Chen Qiaozhen smiled. She had thought that Chen Jinshu would cut off contact with her because of past grievances, but she was more open-minded than she had imagined.

She then took out a wooden box from her storage bag and handed it to Chen Jinshu, opening the box.

Inside the box was a jet-black fruit, its surface covered with star-like spots. She tapped it with her hand, and it made a crisp, wooden fish-like sound.

"This is a second-grade superior spiritual fruit, the Spirit Sandalwood Fruit!"

"I obtained it by chance during my training outside the sect's outer sect competition. This Spirit Sandalwood Fruit is produced by a Spirit Fruit Tree that has mutated from a peach tree that has absorbed enough blood and resentment. After consuming it, the strength of the physical body will increase tenfold."

"Ten times?" Chen Jinshu was somewhat surprised upon hearing this, as ten times is not a small amount.

Even after she reached the Foundation Establishment stage, her physical strength still couldn't reach more than ten times that of her predecessor.

Why do you think I need this?

"Your Medicine King Peak is mostly populated by alchemists and plant cultivators. In the cultivation world, cultivators like you are relatively weak in terms of defense and physical strength. Therefore, you need to constantly strengthen your power to resist external enemies."

"I've heard a little about your performance in the outer sect competition. It seems your physical strength is still lacking. Hence my guess," Chen Qiaozhen said with a faint smile.

“If this Spirit Sandalwood Fruit weren’t incapable of Foundation Establishment, I wouldn’t have come all this way to find you today.”

"The Foundation Establishment Pill is a second-grade spiritual pill. You're losing out by exchanging it for a second-grade superior spiritual fruit."

"The Foundation Establishment Pill is also made from many second-grade spiritual herbs, and it is even more important to cultivators. All things considered, it is just right."

"Okay. I'll switch."

Chen Jinshu thought about it and finally nodded. What the other party said was indeed true; her physical cultivation was ultimately lacking.

It took so many strengthening and solidifying elixirs to reach the peak of Qi Refining, which shows how much he had neglected physical training before.

In addition, she was genuinely interested in this Spirit Sandalwood Fruit, having heard that consuming it could grant enlightenment abilities no less powerful than the Enlightenment Tea.

This is perfect for her to study the "Mysterious Female Elixir Classic".

"But I have one more request."

"Please speak." After taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, Chen Qiaozhen's expression gradually relaxed, and a hint of determination appeared in her eyes.

"If something happens to the Chen family and I can't make it back to the clan in time, I need you to take my mother and second uncle away with me."

Chen Jinshu had planned to return to his family after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage to avenge the coercion he suffered years ago, and also to bring his mother and second uncle to settle in a market town near the sect.

The spiritual veins here are abundant, which will allow Mother to improve her cultivation level more effectively and hopefully break through to the Foundation Establishment stage before she turns fifty.

As for assisting the Chen family, if they can afford the reward for her help, they can also take care of the Lin family and other families along the way.

After all, she still remembered the help that many uncles and elders of Lingjiu Mountain had given her back then. As for the clan leader and the others, they were dead, so be it.

“Alright! I promise you. If the Chen family really can’t defeat the combined forces of the other families that day, I will take your mother and second uncle and leave.” Chen Qiaozhen nodded.

This Foundation Establishment Pill is not just a simple second-grade spiritual pill; it is also related to her future cultivation path. If she cannot save her father and many uncles, she fears her mental state may become distorted, and she might even suffer a cultivation deviation.

Chen Jinshu's Foundation Establishment Pill saved not only her, but also her father and many of her clansmen.

Not long after Chen Qiaozhen obtained the Foundation Establishment Pill, she left.

She said she needed to establish her foundation within six months so that she could catch up with the Lin family and other families' attacks on the Chen family.

"This calamity for the Chen family was destined to happen!"

All she could do was protect her mother and second uncle, among others.

If a family doesn't focus on improving its strength and instead arranges marriages between highly qualified female cultivators, it's tantamount to handing the family over to others.

It's unknown whether the clan leader and other high-ranking members regretted their decision at this point.

……

Spiritual Plant Space.

Chen Jinshu was watering the Jade Lamp Fruit Tree and other spiritual plants that he had planted a few months ago.

Thanks to her meticulous care over the past few days and the unique nurturing abilities of the space, these plants have all survived.

In particular, the blood-red fruit, which had been somewhat withered, had now shed its withered branches and leaves and grown new branches.

The originally dark green branches were also shrouded in a faint glow.

"The white spiritual field can nurture the power of moonlight; I wonder what kind of beneficial mutations it will cause in the spiritual plants?"

Chen Jinshu stroked the leaves of the Blood Vermilion Fruit. They were not much different from the original ones, except that they had more spiritual energy.

After several days of cultivation, a small purple bamboo shoot, only an inch tall, has sprouted from the rhizome of the Purple Thunder Bamboo.

As she expected, the Jade Lamp Fruit also came back to life, apparently saved by the special nutrients formed in the spiritual field.

She then buried the several spirit seeds that had already sprouted into the remaining corners of the white spirit field.

"The lotus seeds sprouted earlier than expected."

Pure lotus is extremely rare and rarely seen on the market. Once cultivated, it could be worth tens of thousands of yuan.

Of course, its planting conditions are extremely demanding; it can only grow successfully under the nourishment of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth.

Fortunately, she also collected a lot of Earth Spirit Liquid when she picked the Pure Heart Lotus.

She poured the Earth Spirit Liquid from the water storage bottle into a small jar specifically for cultivating Pure Heart Lotus, and then threw the sprouting Earth Spirit Liquid into it.

"It takes three to five years, or seven to eight years, for the lotus flowers to mature before they can be harvested."

……

After leaving Chen Jin Academy, Chen Qiaozhen flew towards Biyue Peak.

"Breaking through to the ninth level in half a month, and breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage in three or four months. Hopefully, there's still enough time."

She sighed softly, even though Chen Jinshu's words implied that he would return to his family after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

But she didn't think they would help the family. The family had hurt her so deeply before; it was already merciful that they didn't hate her.

She can only rely on herself.

After returning to the outer courtyard of Biyue Peak, she immediately activated the formation and went into seclusion.