From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 298 Heavenly Flying Sword, Benevolent Armor Foundation Building

Xu Renkai had used the Three-in-One Pill in his three previous attempts to break through the bottleneck.

The effects of the Three-in-One Pill are far inferior to those of the Foundation Building Pill.

The Foundation Establishment Pill that Xu Zhongche sent to Xu Renkai this time was personally refined by him.

Xu Zhongche has finally figured out the Foundation Establishment Pill, the most precious of the second-grade spiritual pills!
He was able to refine the Three-in-One Pill decades ago, but he has been unable to develop a formula and method for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill for a long time. According to his speculation, this is because the Xu family does not have enough resources to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Using common second-tier spiritual plants as medicinal materials, it is almost impossible to refine the precious Foundation Establishment Pill.

That's why the Xue family, a former family of alchemists, used demonic cultivation methods to train cultivators as medicinal materials to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.

Xu Zhongche would definitely not do that.

Until recently, the core area of ​​Ru'an Mountain Spiritual Land has a third-tier spiritual land, and Xu Zhongxu has cultivated some third-tier spiritual plants.

That mountain-guarding parasol tree was cultivated by Xu Zhongxu as a "divine plant of immortality".

Besides the mountain-suppressing parasol tree, he also cultivated some ordinary third-tier spiritual plants. Even ordinary third-tier spiritual plants are very expensive, ranging in price from one thousand to several thousand spirit stones, which is ten times the price of second-tier spiritual plants.

Xu Zhongche attempted to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill using third-tier spiritual plants as the main ingredients!
After many failures and wasting many third-tier spiritual plants, he finally figured out the formula and refining method for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The Foundation Establishment Pill he was researching required one type of third-tier spiritual plant as the main ingredient, two types of third-tier spiritual plants, and more than twenty types of second-tier spiritual plants as auxiliary ingredients. The average cost of refining such a Foundation Establishment Pill, including the waste rate, was between five and six thousand spirit stones.

The Foundation Establishment Pill is very expensive, but if it is sold outside, one Foundation Establishment Pill can sell for 10,000 spirit stones, so Xu Zhongche can earn a lot of spirit stones.

Xu Zhongche had no intention of selling Foundation Establishment Pills to the public. Given the number of third-tier spiritual plants in the Xu family and the energy Xu Zhongche expended in refining Foundation Establishment Pills, he felt that the amount of Foundation Establishment Pills he produced would not be enough for the Xu family to use themselves, so there was no need to sell them.

With the Foundation Establishment Pill, the success rate of Xu family members breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm will increase again.

Those Golden Core families who are not skilled in alchemy can at most refine common second-grade spiritual pills, and may not even be able to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.

Although the Xu family has a short history of development, its foundation in various aspects is already no less than that of ordinary Golden Core families.

Although Xu Zhongche's method of refining Foundation Establishment Pills was costly and required the consumption of third-tier spiritual plants, it was still much better than using demonic cultivation methods.

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After accepting the Foundation Establishment Pill, Xu Renkai immediately went to the cultivation room to attempt a breakthrough through seclusion.

He was a genius in formations, but what limited his potential was his cultivation level.

The difference between the Qi Refining stage and the Foundation Establishment stage is like heaven and earth.

If he can establish his foundation, he will definitely go further in the path of formations and make a much greater contribution to the Xu family.

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Above Mount Ru'an.

It is hundreds of feet above the ground.

Xu Xiaohou hovered quietly in the air, his clothes fluttering slightly in the wind, with nine flying swords gleaming coldly circling around him.

"Likun, are you ready?"

A few miles away opposite him, another person was hovering in the air; it was Xu Likun, who was also controlling a flying sword.

Both of them were sword-wielding cultivators, and they were sparring and competing here.

Beside Xu Likun, he controlled seven flying swords.

Xu Xiaohou is at the eighth level of Foundation Establishment, and Xu Likun is at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment.

Since both of them cultivated their souls through the secret techniques of the "Thousand Methods of Soul Path," their soul strength was higher than their cultivation level.

Xu Xiaohou's spiritual strength was higher, and the sparring was about controlling the flying sword, so the spiritual strength he used was similar to that of Xu Likun.

Moreover, the flying swords used by the two were not magical artifacts, but rather ordinary flying swords made of common iron.

On one hand, they worried that the damage from sparring with spirit swords would require spirit stones to repair. On the other hand, Xu Xiaohou didn't have enough of the nine identical spirit swords.

Xu Xiaohou possessed five high-grade spiritual weapon-level flying swords, which cost him a large amount of spirit stones when he purchased them. He now had a mastery over nine flying swords, but he had not purchased any more spiritual weapon flying swords.

"Sixth Master, I'm ready."

Xu Likun transmitted his voice using spiritual power.

"start!"

The sparring began, and the two remained motionless, their flying swords flashing past like arrows released from a bow.

The flying sword streaked through the air, leaving afterimages, and flew towards its opponent.

Given their current level of cultivation and power, the flying swords they control attack each other with extremely strange and treacherous trajectories.

咻咻咻~~
The flying sword traced arcs and phantom images in the air.

Keng!
Flying swords collided in mid-air, both exploding into pieces.

In just a moment, three flying swords pierced through the "blockade" and flew towards Xu Likun.

Xu Xiaohou controlled two more flying swords than Xu Likun, and his control over the flying swords was slightly better.

The three flying swords split into three directions, attacking Xu Likun.

Once a flying sword gets close, a sword-controlling cultivator's weak defenses will certainly be unable to defend against it.

At the critical moment, a magical shield flew out of Xu Likun's storage pouch.

The magical shield was square, about half the size of a door, and swirled in the air, blocking Xu Likun's path.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

The three flying swords were deflected.

Even a flying sword of the mortal iron grade couldn't break through the defense of this magical shield.

Xu Xiaohou seemed to have expected this, his expression remaining unchanged. Due to the disparity in strength between the two, they had agreed beforehand that Xu Likun could use a magical shield for defense, while Xu Xiaohou would remain undefended.

"We've been waiting for you to defend!"

Xu Xiaohou thought to himself, he already had a plan.

Seven Star Flying Sword Style!
Of the nine flying swords he controlled, two were destroyed after colliding with Xu Likun's flying swords, leaving seven remaining.

Seven flying swords danced in the air simultaneously, tracing unique paths that dazzled the eye.

The trajectory of the seven flying swords seemed to form a kind of sword formation in the air, which took shape in an instant and locked onto the target Xu Likun in the middle.

"call out!"

Seven flying swords flew towards Xu Likun at the same time.

this? !

Xu Likun discovered that he was surrounded by seven flying swords from all sides. He had no chance to escape the encirclement and could only use his defensive magical artifacts to withstand the attack.

"Oh!"

Five of the flying swords simultaneously struck the magical shield, hitting the same corner of the shield.

One flying sword could hardly shake the defensive magical artifact, but five flying swords hit at the same time, instantly causing the shield to spin and fly away, temporarily losing its defensive function.

The remaining two flying swords flew past Xu Likun's shoulders, one on the left and one on the right.

The match is over, and the winner has been decided.

"Sixth Master, you've mastered it?!"

Although Xu Likun lost the sparring match, he was not disappointed. His talent in sword control was already somewhat inferior to Xu Xiaohou's, and he was also about fifty years younger than Xu Xiaohou and lacked so many years of cultivation.

"Yes, I just mastered the Seven Star Flying Sword Style a month ago."

Xu Xiaohou nodded.

"Sixth Master, please tell me about it."

Xu Likun couldn't wait to ask for advice.

The "Seven Star Flying Sword Style" used by Xu Xiaohou was not a flying sword move he had comprehended, but rather came from the Golden Core cultivation method: "Thirty-Six Flying Sword Styles of the Heavenly Gang".

This Golden Elixir cultivation method was obtained by Xu Fugui ten years ago from the spiritual fruit bestowed upon him by his family's precious tree.

With the current size of the Xu family clan, they can cultivate a "Golden Core Level" empowerment spiritual fruit in less than twenty years and obtain a precious Golden Core cultivation technique. The "Thirty-Six Flying Sword Styles of the Heavenly Gang" is a Golden Core Level flying sword technique, abbreviated as "Heavenly Gang Flying Sword": Three times three is inexhaustible, six times six is ​​infinite; the thirty-six Heavenly Gang styles have endless variations.

According to the description in "The Flying Sword of the Heavenly Gang", after mastering this technique, one can simultaneously control thirty-six flying swords, forming numerous mysterious sword formations that can be used in various combat scenarios, with boundless power.

Xu Xiaohou is currently only at the eighth level of Foundation Establishment, and is still far from the Golden Core realm.

However, through studying this flying sword technique, coupled with his cultivation of the soul-path secret art "Dividing Spirit Technique," his progress in the flying sword path was rapid, and he was able to control nine flying swords in just a few decades.

The sword formations in "The Flying Swords of the Heavenly Gang" are unpredictable. No matter how many flying swords Xu Xiaohou can control at the same time, he can still unleash the sword formations within them.

The more flying swords you control, the more powerful the flying sword formation you can unleash.

Initially, there were few flying swords under control, and their full power could not be displayed.

Only if he can control ten or more flying swords at the same time can the true power of the "Heavenly Flying Sword" be revealed.

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Practice room.

Xu Renkai first adjusted his state, then took the Foundation Building Pill and broke through the bottleneck.

Five days later, he successfully established his foundation!
The Xu family has gained another Foundation Establishment cultivator.

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Several years have passed in the blink of an eye.

An ordinary morning.

The sun is rising.

A ray of dawn pierced through the clouds, shining on the towering sycamore tree that guards the mountain.

This sacred parasol tree, which protects the mountain, has been planted in the sacred land of Ru'an Mountain for twenty years, starting from the seedling of the giant-leaved parasol tree.

For twenty years, I grew up in the place with the best feng shui and the most abundant spiritual energy in Ru'an Mountain, enjoying the sunshine and rain, and basking in the essence of the night moon.

Among them is a massive amount of Golden Elixir True Essence nourished by Xu Zhongxu.

The towering Wutong tree, which guards the mountain, has been growing extremely slowly, and has barely grown in the last two years.

As the first rays of dawn fell upon the phoenix tree that guards the mountain, a divine aura seemed to descend from the heavens and settle upon it.

This celestial energy descended from top to bottom onto the mountain-suppressing parasol tree, seemingly penetrating its crown and roots, connecting it to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

This is Heaven's reward to it.

"Wow~~"

It seemed to have developed emotions; the numerous leaves on the tree canopy swayed in the wind, making a rustling sound like ocean waves.

"It's done?!"

Almost instantly, Xu Zhongxu appeared next to the Zhenshan Wutong tree.

"The aura of immortality! It has acquired the aura of immortality!"

He couldn't wait to go find Xu Fugui.

A spiritual plant imbued with the aura of immortality is a golden core opportunity that even golden core families would envy.

After a while.

Xu Fugui arrived: "Quickly summon Yiqing."

He was equally excited, for this immortal plant meant that the Xu family would produce another Golden Core cultivator.

Xu Yiqing was summoned soon.

Xu Yiqing didn't know what had happened. He only felt that the Zhenshan Wutong tree in front of him seemed to have changed, and had a more mysterious aura.

"Yiqing, I'll tell you a secret."

The secrets of the "Primordial Spirit Planting Technique" are known only to Xu Fugui and Xu Zhongxu.

"This mountain-guarding parasol tree already possesses the aura of immortality, making it an opportunity for the Golden Core stage. By refining it into your natal spiritual plant using a secret method, you can be considered to have one foot in the threshold of the Golden Core realm."

A chance encounter with the Golden Elixir?

A natal spiritual plant?!
Xu Yiqing was excited: "Grandpa Gao, this spirit tree has become a golden core opportunity?"

"That's right, thanks to the Spirit Gathering Array and our family's Shennong cultivation technique. However, the source of this secret method for cultivating natal spirit plants is illegitimate, so you must not reveal it unless absolutely necessary."

First, you should cultivate it into your natal spiritual plant. As for your cultivation technique... you are currently practicing the Three Thousand Frost Technique, an ice-type technique. Our family does not have ice-type, or even water-type, Golden Core cultivation techniques.

Either I'll find a way to get you an ice-type Golden Core cultivation technique, or you can switch to cultivating our family's Shennong Creation Technique.

After you break through to the Golden Core stage, you will still have to hide your strength.

Our family produced a Golden Core cultivator like Xu Zhongxu, and his path to achieving Golden Core is relatively easy to explain. But if you were to reach Golden Core, the source of your Golden Core opportunity would be harder to ascertain and would arouse suspicion.

Besides, your natal spiritual plant cannot be revealed in public, so it's best to keep your strength hidden.

Xu Fugui considered many difficulties.

Given the Xu family's circumstances, the birth of even one Golden Core cultivator is already a stroke of good fortune and luck. How could they possibly produce Golden Core cultivators one after another?

If another Golden Core cultivator appears, they will definitely attract attention.

What is the method by which Golden Core cultivators are continuously produced?
Even if the news reached the ears of the five major families, it would attract their covetousness.

The Xu family is still too weak to withstand the encirclement of those powerful Golden Core families.

Next is the practice method.

Xu Yiqing possesses the true spiritual roots of the three elements: metal, wood, and water. As long as one has a "wood" element spiritual root, one can cultivate the secret method of "Primordial Spirit Planting".

Without a wood spirit root, one cannot use the "Primordial Spirit Planting" secret method to cultivate a natal spirit plant.

As for the ice-type Golden Core cultivation technique that Xu Yiqing needs, he is currently at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment, and it will take him several more years to reach the peak of Foundation Establishment.

They had several years to search for ice-type Golden Core cultivation techniques.

If we can't find a Golden Core cultivation method, we can only have him switch to cultivating the family's "Shennong Creation Technique".

He initially practiced ice-based techniques, but switching to wood-based techniques would consume a lot of time, resources, and come at a great cost. Unless absolutely necessary, no one would be willing to switch to a different elemental technique.

"Ok!"

Xu Yiqing nodded, then thought of something else: "What about my position as a celestial official?"

He was a celestial official of Yuanli County, and he had to show up to perform his duties from time to time.

Xu Fugui said, "Let's resign. The position of celestial official is no longer important to us."

It is not impossible for a celestial official in the prefectural government to resign.

Celestial officials often resign, but most do so because they are getting old and feel they can no longer fulfill their duties. It is rare for someone as young as Xu Yiqing to resign.

"it is good!"

Compared to the future prospects of the Golden Core Realm, the Immortal Official of Yuanli County is indeed not worth mentioning.

Afterwards, Xu Zhongxu taught Xu Yiqing the secret method of "Yuan Shen Yu Zhi", but the process was not smooth.

The "Primordial Spirit Plant Cultivation" technique can be cultivated as long as one has a wood-type spiritual root. However, since Xu Yiqing's basic cultivation method is not wood-type, the difficulty of his cultivation of the "Primordial Spirit Plant Cultivation" technique has been greatly increased.

It took Xu Yiqing several months to learn "Yuan Shen Yu Zhi".

Next comes refining the natal spiritual plant.

Another problem has arisen: the refining process is extremely slow!

Xu Yiqing's basic cultivation technique was not wood-based, which resulted in a slow rate of refining his natal spiritual plant. Another reason was that the mountain-suppressing parasol tree was too large.

The efficiency of refining one's natal spirit plant is related to the nature of the natal spirit plant itself.

When Xu Zhongxu was cultivating the Zhenshan Wutong (a type of phoenix tree), he only considered that the Zhenshan Wutong grew quickly and was easy to cultivate, and ignored this problem.

It is extremely difficult to cultivate a towering, hundred-foot-tall mountain-suppressing parasol tree into a natal spiritual plant.

(End of this chapter)