Chapter 288: Chapter 287 Guest Minister Elder (Fourth Update, Please Subscribe)
Inside the cave, Jin Xi’s face was flushed, talking about something.
Even after achieving the Golden Core, one must adhere to certain rules. However, these so-called rules are more of a formality for a Golden Core, rather than a real constraint, and such limitations are minimal.
"If I’m not mistaken, shortly after, the Dan Yang Sect will send experts to invite you to join the Dan Yang Sect... By then, you can negotiate for some benefits and treatments!" Jin Xi said with a smile.
Lu Xuanji asked, "How many experts does the Dan Yang Sect have?"
"It seems like the Dan Yang Sect only has three Golden Cores in residence, but that’s not the case. Those are the ones that are permanently stationed here; there are others who, after breaking through to Golden Core, venture outside to refine themselves, seeking opportunities and gaining enlightenment on their own transformations. After reaching Golden Core, merely relying on secluded cultivation leads to limited prospects. One should go out more!"
Jin Xi smiled and said.
Talent and aptitude are certainly important, but opportunities and luck are extremely crucial as well.
Just relying on sitting in a cave mansion in seclusion, claiming that after thousands or tens of thousands of years, one can become an immortal, is simply not true.
While cultivators do meditate and refine Qi, they mostly walk outside seeking opportunities; if they encounter a supreme opportunity, it might change one’s fate, even those with ordinary talent and perception might achieve great success.
Lu Xuanji asked, "Does the Dan Yang Sect have any Nascent Souls?"
"Yes!"
Jin Xi confirmed, "I have seen several Nascent Souls in a few meetings, but they only appear fleetingly, perhaps once in a century. The contention among Golden Cores, the beast tides, and so on are merely trivial matters to them!"
Lu Xuanji asked, "Does the Dan Yang Sect have a Divinity Transformation?"
Jin Xi fell silent, and after a long time, said, "Maybe there is, maybe there isn’t. It’s said that the Divinity Transformation of Dan Yang Sect might be sleeping, might have fallen, or might be traveling outside. As for the specifics, I don’t know either!"
Lu Xuanji asked some more questions, and Jin Xi answered.
After staying on Purple Sun Mountain for a month, they returned to the Lu Family.
Sensing the situation of the Lu Family, Dao companion Ye Wanyi was in seclusion, as was the Grand Elder.
They have not yet proven the Golden Core.
The family was at peace.
Back in the cave mansion, with a wave of Lu Xuanji’s hand, the spiritual qi in the spirit穴 flowed and gathered onto his palm.
He began to condense the spiritual qi, attempting to solidify it.
When the spiritual qi becomes solidified, it becomes a spirit stone.
Only Golden Core cultivators can manufacture spirit stones; as for other cultivators, because of insufficient control, they cannot complete the process of solidifying spiritual qi at all.
Continuously compressing the spiritual qi and adjusting the qi’s form, not only must it be prevented from escaping, but also excessive compression must be avoided to prevent an explosion of spiritual qi.
After a long time, the first spirit stone was condensed.
Then, he began to condense the second spirit stone.
Because of his strong divine soul power and strong magical power, spirit stones were manufactured one after another, and in one day, he made fifteen thousand spirit stones.
Fifteen thousand spirit stones can purchase one Foundation Establishment Pill.
Many Qi Refining cultivators desire but cannot obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill, but for a Golden Core cultivator, it’s just a day’s effort.
The wealth disparity in this world is beyond the imagination of the people.
For Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators, after a year of hard work, their annual income is only a few dozens of spirit stones; Foundation Establishment cultivators are a bit better off, with an annual income of only a few hundred spirit stones; but after reaching the Purple Mansion, poorer Purple Mansion cultivators have an annual income of several thousand spirit stones; wealthier Purple Mansion cultivators have an annual income of tens of thousands of spirit stones.
After reaching the Golden Core stage, the annual income is at least a million spirit stones.
He estimated that by condensing fifteen thousand spirit stones a day, he could condense 4.7 million spirit stones a year, 50 million spirit stones in ten years, and 5 billion spirit stones in a century.
The income keeps increasing, but so do the expenses.
Establishing a Fourth-Grade Spirit Vein requires fifteen million spirit stones; purchasing a Fourth-Grade Spirit Tree requires thirty million spirit stones; purchasing a Fourth-Grade Spiritual Treasure requires twenty-five million; buying various miscellaneous items, as well as daily expenses, also consume a huge amount.
Moreover, a Golden Core cultivator must also be busy with cultivation, improving their cultivation level, and cannot manufacture spirit stones manually day and night.
Suddenly thinking of something, Lu Xuanji took out the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron.
Inside the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, there was a thick layer of liquid, emitting a faint greenish hue and a fresh scent, precisely spiritual liquid.
After the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron reached Fourth Grade, the conversion of spiritual qi to spiritual liquid became faster, capable of transforming a hundred thousand spiritual liquid per day.
Buzzing!
Activating the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, compressing the spiritual liquid, the liquid gradually transformed, shifting towards a solid state, and gradually, one piece of spirit stone after another fell to the ground.
The existence of the Heaven Mending Cauldron saved him an intermediate step, greatly speeding up the condensation of spirit stones.
After an hour, one hundred thousand spirit stones were condensed.
Lu Xuanji laughed heartily, feeling inexplicably joyous.
"Why not manufacture some... middle-grade spirit stones!"
Thinking of this, his mind was flowing, eager to try.
Middle-grade spirit stones contain more concentrated and purer spiritual qi, offering greater benefits for Purple Mansion Golden Core cultivation. One middle-grade spirit stone is equivalent to one hundred low-grade spirit stones.
However, manufacturing middle-grade spirit stones is quite challenging.
Only Nascent Soul cultivators can compress the spiritual qi to manufacture middle-grade spirit stones.
Golden Core cultivators will find themselves unable to control the stability of the spirit stones due to insufficient control, which can lead to the spirit stones exploding.
Manufacturing middle-grade spirit stones yields higher benefits than low-grade spirit stones.
He went ahead and tried to do it, and then the spirit stone exploded.
The cave mansion was torn apart, and the wave of destruction shook the Lu Family.
Fortunately, the area where he was located was sparsely populated and did not affect any innocent cultivators.
But at this moment, he was also quite embarrassed, with a charred body and torn clothes, looking rather bedraggled.
"Clan Leader, what’s going on?"
Lu Xuanwen stepped forward and asked.
"Nothing, just go clean up a bit!" Lu Xuanji said as he headed to a vacant area and began manufacturing middle-grade spirit stones again.
Boom boom boom!
The explosion happened again.
Another failure.
Reflecting on the process and summarizing the experience, after a moment, he began manufacturing again.
Attempt after attempt, after eighteen consecutive failures, he finally manufactured a middle-grade spirit stone.
Finally succeeded!
Looking at the appearance of the middle-grade spirit stone, Lu Xuanji slightly frowned.
These spirit stones had cracks and damage on them, seeming incomplete, considered defective middle-grade spirit stones.
Continuing to manufacture, one piece of middle-grade spirit stone was being made after another.
Within a day, he had manufactured a hundred middle-grade spirit stones.
Their value was equivalent to ten thousand low-grade spirit stones, making the efficiency compared to manufacturing low-grade spirit stones much worse.
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Continuing to manufacture spirit stones like this, until a month later when a disciple from the Dan Yang Sect personally came to visit.
At this point, everything finally concluded.
"Congratulations to the Lu Family, congratulations to Ancestor Lu, for your achievement of the Golden Core and a millennium of immortality!" At this moment, a beautiful young female disciple stepped forward and said, "Upon learning of your ancestor’s Golden Core breakthrough, the ancestors of the Dan Yang Sect invite you to become a Guest Minister Elder of the Dan Yang Sect. As for the specific benefits, there are eight aspects as follows."
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PS: This Chapter is somewhat meandering, just a transitional plot, and it will soon pass. Thanks to the readers who pointed out the typos in this book.