Everyone's Immortal Cultivation: Starting from a Junior Talisman Maker

Chapter 104 The Future Situation: Without Achieving the Golden Core Stage, There's No Hope for the Nascent Soul Stage! (Two Chapters Combined, Please Subscribe)
Yang Feng found through the official information website of Xia Kingdom that there are currently about six or seven hundred cultivators at the Pseudo-Core Realm in their Xia Kingdom.

These people can be considered the backbone of the Xia Kingdom.

Their positions are either the dean of a first or second-level Taoist academy in Xia Kingdom, or the minister of the security management department of a third-level immortal city, or a high-level leader of a state-owned or private enterprise involved in high-quality domestic assets such as third-level pills, talismans, formations, puppets, and mineral veins.

And the commanders of the national permanent armed forces, etc.

The number of True Core Realm cultivators is far less than that of False Core Realm cultivators.

Yang Feng estimated that in their Xia Kingdom, there were at most one or two hundred true Core Formation cultivators.

These people, at the very least, are the top two leaders of a third-tier immortal city.

According to some cultivators, there are probably only about twenty or thirty such figures in their Xia Kingdom.

As for Golden Core cultivators, their status in the Xia Kingdom is even more extraordinary.

Basically, the personal information of such cultivators is kept secret by the Xia Kingdom's high-ranking officials and will not easily appear in the public eye.

Therefore, Yang Feng did not know how many Golden Core cultivators there were in the Xia Kingdom.

However, it is speculated that such cultivators must be extremely rare.

Otherwise, the Xia Kingdom wouldn't have only had two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators in the last thousand years.

Of course, even though their Xia Kingdom only has two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, its overall strength is still stronger than that of the other neighboring countries.

In the cultivation world, there is a saying that as long as one's cultivation reaches the Nascent Soul stage, one can establish an independent country.

Yang Feng recounted the history of their Xia Kingdom.

They learned that thousands of years ago, a Celestial Lord who had transformed into a deity was born in the Northern Plains where they lived.

And established a unified dynasty that governed the entire Northern Plains – the Great Yuan Immortal Dynasty.

However, with the passing of that Nascent Soul Celestial Lord, the Great Yuan Immortal Dynasty was unable to cultivate a new Nascent Soul Celestial Lord.

This led to the eventual disintegration of the unified dynasty, which split into more than twenty countries.

It is said that at that time, each of these more than twenty countries had at least one or two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators in charge.

During its heyday, there were probably at least thirty or forty Nascent Soul cultivators in the entire Northern Plains Continent.

However, the lifespan of a Nascent Soul cultivator is at most a little over a thousand years.

Even a powerful being like a Nascent Soul Celestial Lord can only live for a maximum of three to five thousand years.

In addition, for thousands of years after the passing of that deity, wars frequently broke out between various countries in order to seize territory.

Today, there are only twelve countries left in the entire Northern Continent.

Their Xia Kingdom is located in the heart of the Northern Plains, and it is bordered by five other countries.

However, because their Xia Kingdom has two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, one of whom has reached the mid-Nascent Soul Realm, their overall strength is in the upper-middle range among the twelve remaining countries in the entire Northern Plains Continent.

However, there are rumors that the Nascent Soul Realm expert from their Xia Kingdom, who is the pillar of the sea, is already over 1,400 years old.

Even if the other party's cultivation reaches the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul Realm and they have consumed many longevity-extending items, their lifespan can only reach a maximum of 1,500 to 1,600 years.

Therefore, some people speculate that their Xia Kingdom's pillar of strength only has one or two hundred years left to live.

This made Yang Feng feel a sense of urgency.

After all, once their Xia Kingdom's pillar of strength passes away, and if their Xia Kingdom cannot cultivate a new Nascent Soul Realm cultivator in the next one or two hundred years, then according to the survival-of-the-fittest law of the cultivation world...

At that time, their Xia Kingdom may become a piece of fat meat in the eyes of other neighboring countries.

Even if there is no danger of national annihilation, the loss of most of the country is inevitable.

In this situation, if the Xia Kingdom fails to cultivate new Nascent Soul Realm cultivators to deter others, it will be in serious trouble.

At that time, the surrounding countries will inevitably rise up and attack it.

When the nest is overturned, how can any egg remain intact?

Yang Feng couldn't help but feel worried when he thought about the possibility of war breaking out in the Xia Kingdom a hundred or two hundred years from now.

After all, once war breaks out, these Xia Kingdom cultivators will likely be drawn into the quagmire of war and lose their lives.

In particular, the weaker the cultivator, the greater the probability that they will become cannon fodder and die in the war.

Even cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage or the True Core stage could perish in the war.

After learning about the potential crises that their Xia Kingdom would face in the future, Yang Feng was forced to make preparations in advance.

Fortunately, according to rumors, he still has one or two hundred years to improve his strength.

With the system at his disposal, Yang Feng believed that given a hundred or two hundred years, achieving true core cultivation should not be difficult.

As for whether he could achieve the Golden Core stage, Yang Feng was not entirely confident.

After all, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to obtain various top-tier Core Formation spiritual items from the system in the future.

Moreover, once a Foundation Establishment cultivator is over 120 years old, their physical functions begin to decline.

Furthermore, the older one gets, the more difficult it becomes to achieve the True Core or even the Golden Core.

Therefore, for Foundation Establishment cultivators who wish to achieve True Core or even Golden Core, it is best to do so before the age of 120.

This means that Yang Feng only has about seventy years left to achieve the True Core or even the Golden Core stage.

According to Yang Feng's understanding, those geniuses in their Xia Kingdom who possess earth-grade spiritual roots, or even heaven-grade spiritual roots, or who come from top-tier Golden Core or even Nascent Soul families, basically become Foundation Establishment cultivators before the age of thirty.

By the time those people reached fifty years old, their cultivation had basically already reached the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment realm.

Even so, only a handful of those people ultimately managed to achieve the Golden Core stage...

Yang Feng is at least twenty years behind them in terms of cultivation.

Moreover, their own spiritual root aptitude, as well as the precious resources they can obtain from the system through their own efforts in the future, will most likely be inferior to those top-tier Golden Core or even Nascent Soul family prodigies at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Under these circumstances, it would be extremely difficult for him to surpass those prodigies and achieve the Golden Core stage before the age of 120.

However, if he cannot achieve the Golden Core stage, his hope of advancing further to the Nascent Soul stage will be even more remote.

Especially once his Core Formation quality is finalized, even if he obtains more precious natural treasures from the system later, it will likely be difficult to increase his chances of achieving Nascent Soul status. The so-called Foundation Building is about building the foundation for the Great Dao.

If one does not lay a solid foundation at this level, it will directly affect the upper limit of one's future growth.

Therefore, if one wants to go further on the path of cultivation, one must strive to achieve the Golden Core stage at the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Although it has only been seventy years, it is quite difficult to achieve the Golden Core stage..."

"But as long as there is hope, I will not give up easily."

Yang Feng thought that he was a man with a system, and this system did not require him to take too much risk. As long as he worked hard to gain experience, he could obtain all kinds of rare and precious materials that exceeded his current level.

If someone with such a powerful cheat ability can't even break through to the Nascent Soul Realm in the future, then he would be a disgrace to all transmigrators.

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After Yang Feng joined the Tianhe Taoist Academy as a teacher...

Yang Feng quickly adapted to life as a teacher at the Taoist academy.

Their Tianhe Taoist Academy, as a second-level Taoist academy, has relatively high admission requirements.

However, when the students admitted to the academy first entered, most of them were only at the sixth or seventh level of Qi Refining.

As for students with higher cultivation levels and better overall abilities, they wouldn't choose to study at a second-level Taoist academy.

As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Yang Feng has not only mastered several first-tier spells to perfection, but has also cultivated his three main cultivation techniques—Dharma, Body, and Spirit—to the Great Completion stage.

With his expertise in magic and his main cultivation method, he could easily guide and teach a group of students at the sixth or seventh level of Qi Refining.

It would be more than enough to guide and instruct some older students who are at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refining.

Compared to the heavy workload in high school, Yang Feng's life as a university teacher is quite leisurely.

According to the course schedule arranged for him by the Taoist academy, he only needs to teach ten classes to his students per month.

In addition, if a student wants to ask him for help privately during their free time, according to the school's rules and regulations, they need to make an appointment with him in advance and pay him a certain amount of credits.

He can use these credits to exchange for various cultivation resources needed for the Foundation Establishment stage from the Dao Academy.

That day, Yang Feng returned to his residence after finishing his class.

He immediately followed his own training plan, entered the spell training room, and began to train a new first-tier spell.

Since Yang Feng broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, he discovered that the strength and resilience of his meridians, nourished by the liquid mana of the Foundation Establishment Realm, had increased significantly compared to when he was at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

This extended the time he spent practicing magic each day.

With his cultivation breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Realm, Yang Feng discovered that his comprehension had also improved.

Furthermore, it is much easier to practice first-tier spells by mobilizing the liquid mana of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Due to various factors, Yang Feng is now practicing first-tier spells at an extremely fast pace.

Originally, when Yang Feng reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, even if he practiced spells for five or six hours every day, it would still take him at least four or five months to cultivate a first-level spell to the perfect level.

Now he practices magic for five or six hours every day, and in just two or three months, he will be able to master a first-tier spell to the perfect level.

The reason why Yang Feng continued to practice first-order spells even after his cultivation had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm was that he continued to practice first-order spells.

Firstly, as a teacher at the Taoist academy, he needs to cultivate multiple first-tier spells to perfection to facilitate future teaching.

Secondly, as long as he cultivates a first-tier spell to perfection, he can receive a total of five rewards from the system.

This includes a low-grade second-tier treasure and a mid-grade second-tier treasure.

These two types of treasures, although they cannot compare to the second-tier high-grade Divine Shadow Thorn he obtained when he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

However, for Yang Feng, who is currently in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, it is sufficient.

Even if he doesn't need them, he can later launder these second-tier treasures obtained from the system through various means and exchange them for other resources he needs from the resource departments of the major immortal cities in Xia Kingdom.

Just like how Yang Feng exchanged the Golden Jade Lingzhi he obtained from the system for the Foundation Establishment Pills he needed through the Tianlan Secret Realm.

Of course, during this period, Yang Feng also tried to practice second-tier spells.

However, perhaps because his cultivation had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, Yang Feng's progress in practicing second-tier spells was very slow.

It's like he's currently trying to practice a second-tier spell called Golden Lightning.

Just reaching the entry level of cultivation requires a full 10,000 experience points.

He can only gain six or seven experience points from practicing the Golden Light Thunder spell for an hour at this stage.

At this rate, he estimated that if he wanted to cultivate this second-tier Golden Light Thunder spell to the entry level, even if he spent four or five hours a day, it would probably take about a year.

As for cultivating to a higher level, it will only take longer.

As for talisman making...

Although Yang Feng has now raised his drawing skills for more than a dozen first-tier high-grade talismans to the perfect level.

He barely met the requirements to learn how to draw second-tier low-grade talismans.

However, the difficulty of drawing a second-tier low-grade talisman is much higher than that of drawing a first-tier high-grade talisman.

This means that even if Yang Feng becomes a Foundation Establishment cultivator and has the ability to obtain a small amount of second-tier low-grade talisman-making materials for practice, he will not be able to improve his level of drawing a second-tier low-grade talisman to perfection in the short term.

Therefore, at this stage, Yang Feng cannot achieve his goals in the short term, whether he wants to cultivate a second-tier spell to the entry level or improve his drawing skills of a second-tier low-grade talisman to the perfect level, or obtain higher-grade second-tier treasures from the system.

Therefore, at this stage, Yang Feng can only improve his cultivation by cultivating some first-order spells to perfection or raising the level of drawing some first-order high-grade talismans to perfection, and obtaining some second-order mid-to-low-grade natural treasures from the system.

As for why Yang Feng did not return to Cloudstone Immortal City to reunite with his family and hold a Foundation Establishment celebration after becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator, unlike other newly promoted Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The main reason was that Yang Feng considered that the Chinese New Year would be in two or three months.

Therefore, Yang Feng planned to settle his work situation in Tianlan Immortal City first.

Then, during the Spring Festival, when the Taoist temple is on holiday, I will go back to Yunshi Immortal City and invite some relatives and friends to celebrate on a small scale.

(End of this chapter)