Chapter 177: Chapter 176: The Immortal Dao is Hard to Pursue, Life is Too Short! (4th update, please subscribe)
On Purple Sun Mountain, a man and a woman walked side by side.
The female cultivator wore a woman’s skirt, her figure graceful and ethereal, like a dream or an illusion. She led the way ahead, reaching a cave mansion.
"Ahead is the Marrow Cleansing Pool!"
"The Marrow Cleansing Pool is an unparalleled treasure land established by the master. Inside, there is bone marrow cleansing liquid. When cultivators attempt the breakthrough to the Purple Mansion, they can enter it to wash marrow and shave hair. Opening acupoints and meridians here is much faster than usual!" Liu Ruming explained as she walked.
"Constructing the Marrow Cleansing Pool is extremely difficult. It requires a Fourth Grade Array Master and a massive amount of resources. Back when the master arrived in Chu Country, he was highly regarded by the Dan Yang Sect because of his status as a Fourth Grade Array Master and became the Supreme Elder."
"Not just the Marrow Cleansing Pool, even the Pure Yang Pool and Nirvana Pool were built by the master and require regular maintenance."
"Due to the existence of the Pure Yang Pool, Marrow Cleansing Pool, and Nirvana Pool, the number of cultivators entering the Purple Mansion in the Dan Yang Sect has increased significantly; even those reaching the Upper Grade Purple Mansion have increased."
Inside the cave mansion, there was a pool at the front with a diameter of ten zhang.
A green liquid continuously flowed into the pool, exuding endless heat and rich vitality, replenishing the consumption.
In the pool sat three female cultivators, absorbing the bone marrow cleansing liquid, opening their acupoints and meridians.
Among them was the female cultivator, Ye Wanyi.
However, a mist rose from the pool, obscuring some crucial parts.
"It takes at least twenty years to break through and enter the Purple Mansion!" Liu Ruming said, "If it’s just a Lower Grade Purple Mansion, it only takes ten years; if it’s a Middle Grade Purple Mansion, only twenty years; but if it’s an Upper Grade Purple Mansion, it takes at least a hundred years."
"Fellow Daoist Ye’s aptitude is average, reaching the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment only at the age of one hundred and eighty. But she was lucky enough to manifest an anomaly, gaining a slight chance of forging an Upper Grade Purple Mansion."
"Fellow Daoist, don’t worry!!"
"Thank you!"
Lu Xuanji glanced a few times before following Liu Ruming out of the cave mansion.
Breaking through to the Purple Mansion is difficult, mainly in tempering True Essence, opening acupoints and meridians, which is time-consuming; also in facing the Nightmare Wind Tribulation, Celestial Fire Tribulation, Celestial Human Tribulation, and Destiny Tribulation, where the mortality rate is extremely high.
Even with the aid of the Pure Yang Pill, Purple Mansion Pill, Nirvana Pill, and the existence of the Pure Yang Pool, Marrow Cleansing Pool, Nirvana Pool, it’s only an increase in probability, not a guarantee to step into the Purple Mansion Realm. There are always some cultivators who fall before the tribulations, turning to ashes.
Accompanied by Liu Ruming, after wandering around Purple Sun Mountain a few more times, Lu Xuanji returned home.
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The Grand Elder was enthusiastically organizing the Purple Mansion Ceremony at this moment, intending to invite friends to celebrate.
Lu Xuanji, upon hearing this, said nothing and let the Grand Elder make arrangements.
The Lu Family should celebrate.
However, it’s best to wait for Ye Wanyi to come out of retreat and celebrate together.
After saying goodbye, Lu Xuanji began closed-door cultivation, sorting out his gains.
Activating his cultivation technique, streams of spiritual Qi surged in, entering his dantian and being refined into True Essence.
But after only a short while, the spiritual Qi in the cave mansion was exhausted.
Too little!
Changyuan Mountain, this is only a top Second Grade Spirit Vein, simply insufficient for Purple Mansion cultivators.
The Spirit Vein needs an upgrade to the Third Grade.
Estimating the expenses, the costs of various materials, and hiring a Third Grade Array Master to set up a Spirit Gathering Array, it requires 1.3 million Spirit Stones.
However, after checking the Lu Family’s resources, only five hundred thousand Spirit Stones were available, leaving a huge gap.
Sensing the cultivation speed, it’s slower.
During the Qi Cultivation stage, the average increase was one layer every four years; after Foundation Establishment, it was one layer every twelve years.
But upon reaching the Purple Mansion, it takes thirty years to increase one layer.
Considering potential bottlenecks, the time spent could be even longer.
"Upgrading the Spirit Vein is imperative; otherwise, at this rate... it’s possible to exhaust one’s lifespan and still not reach the Ninth-Layer of the Purple Mansion!" Lu Xuanji contemplated.
In the phrase "Technique, Companion, Wealth, and Land," "Land" refers to the cave mansion and the spirit vein used for cultivation.
A low-grade spirit vein will affect the cultivation improvement.
After reaching the Purple Mansion, a lifespan remains of about three hundred years; it seems long, but in a blink, it’s gone.
"The Immortal Dao is difficult to obtain, life is too short!"
Lu Xuanji sighed.
The lifespan in Qi Cultivation is too short, Foundation Establishment too short, Purple Mansion too short; short lifespan restricts cultivators.
Many cultivators, before exhausting their lifespan, cannot even touch big bottlenecks.
Why is the Celestial Spirit Root powerful?
It’s because its cultivation speed is fast, reaching bottlenecks in an extremely short time, allowing ample time to hone the foundation and break through with ease.
It’s said that in the Cultivation Realm, there is a special physique called the Longevity Body.
This physique has average combat power and Dao enlightenment ability, and average cultivation speed, but extremely long life, ten times the lifespan of cultivators of the same realm.
Ordinary cultivators have a Qi Cultivation lifespan of one hundred twenty years, a Foundation Establishment lifespan of two hundred forty years, a Purple Mansion lifespan of four hundred eighty years, a Golden Core lifespan of a thousand years, a Nascent Soul lifespan of two thousand years, and a Divinity Transformation lifespan of five thousand years.
Longevity Body cultivators have a Qi Cultivation lifespan of one thousand two hundred years, a Foundation Establishment lifespan of two thousand four hundred years, a Purple Mansion lifespan of four thousand eight hundred years, a Golden Core lifespan of ten thousand years, a Nascent Soul lifespan of twenty thousand years, and a Divinity Transformation lifespan of fifty thousand years.
With such a long life, there’s no need for cultivation resources, just time; just to inhale and exhale spiritual Qi, there’s no need to compete or fight. As long as there is no fall in the middle, immortality is inevitable.
But for other cultivators, life is too short, resources too few, success requires competition, fighting is inevitable, tribulations are constant, nine deaths and one life.
As for becoming immortal by hiding away, it’s impossible.
With no resources, there is no growth;
With no external battles, there is no mental realm refinement.
Without these, becoming immortal is predestined to fail.
In a greenhouse, flowers can grow, but not great trees.
Wanting to become immortal is not achieved by just saying "I will work harder than anyone else."
The factors determining a cultivator’s achievements are too many, including aptitude, mentality and effort, destiny, and fate.
This world’s cultivators are innumerable, yet on average, only one immortal is born every three hundred thousand years, illustrating how exceedingly difficult it is to achieve immortality.
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"Grand Elder, we should establish a Third Grade Spirit Vein!"
Lu Xuanji said.
"It’s possible, but there are only fifty thousand Spirit Stones, the gap is huge!" the Grand Elder said.
"At Purple Sun Mountain, Daoist Long Xuan can set up a Third Grade Spirit Gathering Array, which can upgrade the spirit vein to Third Grade!" Lu Xuanji said.
Hearing this, the Grand Elder fell silent.
After a long time, he spoke, "The debt owed to Ancestor Jin is growing larger!"
"When the debt is so large, it doesn’t matter anymore!"
Lu Xuanji said.
When the debt is small, there’s still a mental burden, but when the debt grows larger mentally, it’s no longer a concern.
The Grand Elder said, "In this world, the hardest debt to repay is a debt of gratitude. Back then, when I attempted the Purple Mansion, I used the Nirvana Pool, owing Ancestor Jin about eighty thousand Spirit Stones; now, your Dao companion is proving her way to the Purple Mansion, entering the Three Great Spirit Pools, spending even more; now with the spirit vein upgrade, we need to borrow eighty thousand Spirit Stones again."
"We owe more and more to Ancestor Jin, and when it’s time to repay in the future, it will surely require repaying with lives!"
"In a Mortal Dynasty, when a marquis heavily nurtures scholars, they can only repay with death."
"It is said that Ancestor Jin offended a strong enemy and had to flee to the Eastern Wilderness. If those strong enemies chase him here, our Lu Family cannot escape and must fight to the death!"
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