Chapter 169: Chapter 168: Nirvana Pool (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)
The Twelve Tribulations of the Purple Mansion.
The first tribulation is insufficient lifespan. Many Foundation Establishment cultivators are unable to reach the Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment before their lifespan runs out, let alone attempt to break through to the Purple Mansion.
As for what comes next, purifying True Essence, opening meridians, unblocking acupoints, refining the Divine Soul, etc., there’s practically no difficulty.
Those with money can buy Pure Yang Pills, Purple Mansion Pills, etc., saving a lot of time;
Those without money spend more time overcoming these barriers.
But when it comes to the Celestial Fire Tribulation, Nightmare Wind Tribulation, Celestial Human Tribulation, and others, failure means certain death.
At this moment, a Nirvana Pill is needed to prolong life, used for breaking down and rebuilding.
If there is a Nirvana Pool, the success rate is higher.
Back then, Ye Linglong fell during the Celestial Human Tribulation.
Even with the Nirvana Pill and Nirvana Pool, they only increase the success rate and cannot ensure success.
At Dan Yang Sect, at the Ye Family, there are Nirvana Pools, but opening one is very costly, requiring at least 300,000 Spirit Stones, something Lu Xuanji can’t afford; there are many Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment cultivators who need to reserve a spot, queue up, and Ye Wanyi simply won’t get her turn.
Old Ancestor Jin asked for reasons, and Lu Xuanji could provide some.
For instance, becoming a Purple Mansion cultivator, or even a Golden Core cultivator in the future, would guarantee a repayment to Old Ancestor Jin.
But just as he was about to speak, he shut his mouth!
That was an empty promise.
The future and death, it’s hard to say which comes first.
Too many examples of halfway falls rendering promises void.
I have Golden Core potential, I have Nascent Soul potential, but unless I reach that step, no matter how high my talent, it’s just an empty promise.
"Old Ancestor, what do you want?"
Lu Xuanji asked.
"What can you give me?" Ye Linglong asked.
"I’m merely at the Eighth Layer of Foundation Establishment, with limited family wealth, unable to give the Old Ancestor much." Lu Xuanji said: "No money, no life! Old Ancestor, you decide!"
Old Ancestor Jin laughed, seemingly delighted at Lu Xuanji’s dilemma, saying: "Since you’ve come to me for help, I naturally would assist a little. The Nirvana Pool will be open for her, but there are others in line; in ten years, there will be an opening. In ten years, you will have just reached the Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment, the Nirvana Pool spot was originally prepared for you. But if she uses it, you’ll lose your spot!"
"Do you really intend to do this?"
Speaking with a somewhat ruthless tone.
"I can! It’s not a big issue, the Nirvana Pool is optional for me!" Lu Xuanji said.
At the critical moment of breaking through to the Purple Mansion, needing Pure Yang Pills, Purple Mansion Pills, Nirvana Pills, Nirvana Pool, etc., these external aids increase the success rate; but without them, is it impossible to become a Purple Mansion?
It’s not!
It just takes more time and is relatively difficult.
Back then, when Ye Feixue broke through to the Purple Mansion, she didn’t rely on external aids, yet still became a Purple Mansion cultivator.
"Husband, it’s still better for you to go, don’t give up your spot for me!" Ye Wanyi said.
"It’s ok, my talent is good, I don’t need these external aids!"
Lu Xuanji spoke.
"Do you know why I value you?" Ye Wanyi calmly said: "Because you have a powerful Innate Divine Soul, three times that of your peers, the odds of breaking through to the Purple Mansion far exceed other cultivators. Even without external aids, you can step into a Middle Grade Purple Mansion; with some senior assistance, you can form an Upper Grade Purple Mansion!"
"If you gather an Upper Grade Purple Mansion, you have a thirty percent chance of achieving Golden Core in the future, but if you lose the Nirvana Pool, you may only be able to construct a Middle Grade Purple Mansion, will you still be modest? Anything can be yielded, but opportunities for advancement cannot be yielded. Will you still do this?"
"Please, Old Ancestor, make it happen!"
Lu Xuanji said calmly.
"Husband, you don’t have to do this. Without the Nirvana Pool, I can still form a Purple Mansion!" Ye Wanyi said.
"But that will only be a Lower Grade Purple Mansion, if you use the Nirvana Pool, at least you can form a Middle Grade Purple Mansion!" Lu Xuanji said, his words filled with determination.
The Purple Mansion is divided into three grades: Lower Grade Purple Mansion, Middle Grade Purple Mansion, Upper Grade Purple Mansion.
A Lower Grade Purple Mansion has limited potential, with no hope of becoming a Golden Core.
A Middle Grade Purple Mansion has a ten percent chance of achieving Golden Core.
An Upper Grade Purple Mansion has a thirty percent chance of achieving Golden Core.
Most Golden Core great cultivators have consolidated an Upper Grade Purple Mansion; very few are Middle Grade Purple Masons.
Since you are Dao companions, you must consider each other’s path to Dao.
"Your Dao companion has limited talent, limited future, even if I open the Nirvana Pool, the chance to form a Middle Grade Purple Mansion is less than ten percent!" Old Ancestor Jin sighed: "Talent determines a person’s upper limit. A snake striving for a lifetime is still a snake, it cannot become a dragon; a crow striving for a lifetime is still a crow, it cannot become a phoenix."
"When resource supply is sufficient, it only allows cultivators to quickly reach their potential limits without helping them break through those limits."
"Old Ancestor, Wanyi has changed!"
Ye Xuanji confidently said: "She has already broken through the potential limit, Wanyi, show your anomaly."
Ye Wanyi nodded, directly displaying the anomaly [Golden Jade Fate].
Hum hum hum!
The anomaly surged, enveloping towards Old Ancestor Jin.
This level of anomaly suppression was nothing to Old Ancestor Jin, a wave of a hand could break it.
But Old Ancestor Jin’s face dramatically changed, saying: "She has broken her limits, her talent upper limit has been raised, this is impossible. With her fate, without a great opportunity, half-step Purple Mansion was supposed to be her life’s end; a small opportunity might allow her to reach a Lower Grade Purple Mansion."
"But to gather an anomaly with Upper Grade Purple Mansion talent is absolutely impossible!"
"You are her great opportunity, you changed her fate!"
Old Ancestor Jin’s face shifted, his fingers moving, using [Plum Blossom Calculation] to deduce, with results dramatically changing.
Wrong.
The deduction was wrong!
Becoming unrecognizable!
In the Celestial Secret Calculation, each error represents a variable.
Variables represent the ’Missing One.’
Variables make the Celestial Secrets deduction difficult.
Yet variables also make the world vibrant.
When calculating Celestial Secrets, one must consider as many variables as possible, the more variables considered, the more accurate the deduction.
When Lu Xuanji brought Ye Wanyi to visit, she casually calculated, already considering some variables.
Yet the major variables caused her deductions to err completely.
"She has limited talent, limited comprehension, cannot gather an anomaly; it’s your help that let her gather the anomaly, you are her greatest opportunity in life!" Old Ancestor Jin laughed: "Not bad, gathering an anomaly gives her a fifty percent chance of achieving a Middle Grade Purple Mansion, and a thirty percent chance of achieving an Upper Grade Purple Mansion."
"In that case, I shall open the Pure Yang Pool, Marrow Cleansing Pool, and Nirvana Pool to help you construct an Upper-Grade foundation!"
"Junior, thank the Old Ancestor!"
Ye Wanyi said.
"Building an Upper-Grade foundation takes thirty years, come with me!" Old Ancestor Jin smiled.
...
Half an hour later, Lu Xuanji left alone.
Ye Wanyi stayed behind at Purple Sun Mountain, starting to adjust her state, preparing to break through to the Purple Mansion.
This Old Ancestor Jin became exceedingly generous, not only opening the Nirvana Pool but also opening the Pure Yang Pool, Marrow Cleansing Pool, and others accordingly.
After arranging everything, Lu Xuanji returned to the Lu Family, beginning a closed-door seclusion to breakthrough to the Ninth-Layer Foundation Establishment.
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