Chapter 139: Golden Elixir [Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! ]
"Before I knew it, I was already sixty years old."
Outside the Tianxing Immortal City, Ye Linyuan slowly lowered his flying sword and looked at the Tianxing Immortal City in front of him, unable to help but feeling a little emotional.
It turned out that he was exactly sixty years old this year, having reached the age of sixty years. It had been fifteen years since he broke through to the foundation-building stage without realizing it.
Today, the Tianxing Fairy City seems particularly lively, as if an extremely rare event is about to begin.
"The meeting of Jiazi."
Ye Linyuan whispered slowly, revealing a hint of emotion.
The so-called Jiazi Meeting is a grand event held in Tianxing Fairy City every Jiazi. It is far more grand than the usual barter meeting held every ten years.
It is said that in the Jiazi event, not only a large number of foundation-building cultivators participated, but even fake Dan Zhenren participated in the exchange conference.
At such exchange conferences, not to mention foundation-building pills and second-level rare treasures, even the opportunity to break through the false pill realm and form a pill often appears.
In comparison, at ordinary barter conferences, there are almost no treasures above the second-level rare treasures, so it is difficult to attract the attention of too many foundation-building cultivators.
"What a coincidence! My husband's sixtieth birthday happens to be in the same year as this sixtieth anniversary celebration."
Looking at the bustling Tianxing Fairy City, Shui Hanqing couldn't help but smile.
Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said: "We are not strong enough, so we should keep a low profile during this Jiazi meeting and not touch those rare items above the second-level upper grade."
"If we can exchange suitable spiritual tools for you and buy some more treasures like Qianyang Water for cultivating spiritual plants, we will be satisfied."
"Fellow Daoist Ye, you are finally here."
Just as Ye Linyuan was talking to the three people, a figure suddenly walked out of Tianxing Fairy City.
The person who came was Minghuang Jianzi. After not seeing him for a year, Minghuang Jianzi's aura had undergone some qualitative changes compared to before, and his cultivation was obviously no longer the same as before.
"Later stage of foundation building."
Ye Linyuan's mind was floating, and then he stood up and bowed, saying: "Congratulations to Brother Minghuang, you have broken through the late stage of foundation building and have even cultivated a top-grade foundation. It seems that you will have a chance to achieve the golden elixir in the future."
Upon hearing this, Minghuang Jianzi couldn't help but smile slightly.
This time he broke through to the late stage of foundation building, and his Tao foundation was completely improved. His overall strength was greatly improved, enough to match the combined strength of his three selves before the breakthrough.
This strength and means made him the third swordsman of the Tianxing Sword Sect, and he was hailed as one of the three foundation-building cultivators with the greatest potential to form a golden elixir.
And for all this, Ye Linyuan in front of us is one of the biggest contributors.
Therefore, Minghuang Jianzi was very polite, and immediately waved his sleeves and smiled and said: "The Jiazi Conference only happens once every sixty years, and it is also a rare opportunity for you. If you are short of spirit stones, I can lend you some."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan immediately showed great joy and said, "If there is a real need, Linyuan will speak up."
"..."
As the two of them talked like this, they unknowingly arrived at the center of Tianxing Fairy City, in a majestic and magnificent exquisite pavilion.
It was a nine-story attic, its walls were made of beautiful jade, and the beams, pillars and glazed tiles were all made of sacred wood and precious stones. It could be said to be extremely wealthy and magnificent.
"Tianxing Tower."
Looking at the nine-story attic in front of him, Ye Linyuan's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but think of the origin of this attic.
Legend has it that the Tianxing Tower was designed by the founder of the Tianxing Sword Sect. It took more than a thousand years to build, and probably consumed hundreds of thousands of spiritual materials. It took three generations of founders to complete.
It is said that the original intention of building this building was to serve as the core of the Tianxing Sword Sect, but Ye Linyuan vaguely saw something different.
"Seize the creation of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers, and absorb the essence of the sun, moon and stars."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and couldn't help but reveal an extremely solemn expression.
Because he discovered that the Tianxing Tower was the core of the entire Tianxing Immortal City. It was located at the center of the Tianxing Immortal City's formation, but it was secretly absorbing the power of the mountains, rivers, sun and moon, and gathering the power of the nine stars in the sky. It seemed to be nurturing something extremely terrifying.
"What a sinister aura! There must be something very powerful under this Tianxing Tower. Once it comes out, the entire Tianxing Sea will be turned upside down."
Ye Linyuan's pupils kept shrinking, and based on what he had seen and heard in his previous life, he had a vague guess.
But such a mystery is definitely not something that an ordinary Jindan cultivator can plan out, so Ye Linyuan did not dare to deduce it using the divine method.
"There are plans above the powerful, which can easily take thousands of years. I think this place will be safe in the short term."
Ye Linyuan whispered with excitement, then walked into the Tianxing Tower with relief.
As soon as he entered Tianxin Tower, Ye Linyuan immediately found that the place was crowded with people, and he couldn't help showing a hint of surprise.
It turns out that the Jiazi Conference is not just a conference for foundation-building cultivators, some top Qi-cultivating cultivators are also qualified to participate.
At this time, three floors out of the nine-story attic were open, and the first floor was home to three thousand cultivators who had reached the peak of Qi Refining.
There are only more than 300 people on the second floor, but they are all cultivators at the foundation-building stage. There are only less than 20 people on the third floor, but judging from the aura they reveal, they are obviously all fake pill masters.
As a foundation-building cultivator, Ye Linyuan quickly followed Minghuang Jianzi upstairs and found a private room of his own.
As the host, Minghuang Jianzi was quite busy today, but he still introduced the situation of the barter conference to Ye Linyuan before leaving.
This barter conference is divided into two stages. The first stage is the auction and the second stage is the barter.
In comparison, items at auction can be purchased with spirit stones, so there aren’t many high-value items, because real treasures are often scarce and generally only accepted for barter.
But for Ye Linyuan, the auction at this barter conference was considered good.
Not long after, as the auction began, the first treasure was delivered directly to the center of Tianxing Tower.
A man in a long robe fell from the sky, holding a treasure box in his hand and showing it to everyone, saying, "Everyone, today's auction begins. I believe you all recognize the first treasure."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man flicked his sleeves and unfolded the treasure box.
Everyone looked up and saw thirty precious pills placed on the treasure box.
"Foundation Pill."
The eyes of the foundation-building monks on the sky moved slightly, and many of them showed excitement.
The Qi-cultivating monks below were all salivating with greed, and seemed unable to resist making an offer.
Seeing this, the man smiled and said, "Everyone, these foundation-building pills are being auctioned one by one. The starting price for each is one thousand spirit stones. If you are interested, then make an offer."
As this person finished speaking, most of the Qi-cultivating monks below fell silent.
An ordinary Qigong master, without advanced cultivation skills, would probably not be able to earn a thousand spirit stones in his entire life.
Even for a foundation-building cultivator, it is not easy to come up with a thousand spirit stones. After all, the resources consumed by a foundation-building cultivator in his practice are by no means small.
Of course, one thousand spirit stones is not something that not everyone can accept.
After all, for a first-class top-grade spiritual plant cultivator, alchemist, weapon refiner, and other highly skilled cultivators of all arts, it is quite possible that they can earn dozens of spirit stones every year.
Not to mention, if some of the top Qi-cultivating immortals emptied their family assets, it would not be difficult to collect thousands of spirit stones.
"One thousand and one hundred spirit stones."
Soon someone spoke up and directly added a hundred spirit stones.
After this person, other great cultivators continued to raise the price, and soon the price of the Foundation Establishment Pill was raised to two thousand eight hundred spirit stones.
At this point, few Qi-cultivating monks below can afford the price.
After all, even for a quasi-second-level spiritual plant husband, if the spiritual fields are sufficient, he would have to go without food or drink for 20 to 30 years to earn enough spiritual stones, not to mention that they also need to spend a lot of resources to practice.
The foundation-building cultivator on the second level was still raising the price, and it was finally bought by Liu Xuanheng from Lingsang Islands for 3,300 spirit stones.
Moreover, Liu Xuanheng made more than one purchase. He actually bought the next four Foundation Establishment Pills.
"This Lingsang Liu family is quite rich."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and couldn't help but smile. Auctioning five foundation-building pills at a time, this kind of hand is already amazing even among the foundation-building clans.
One foundation-building pill costs more than three thousand spirit stones, and five pills together cost more than sixteen thousand spirit stones, which is equivalent to the salary of an ordinary foundation-building cultivator for nearly a hundred years.
It is hard to say how many foundation-building cultivators these five foundation-building pills can eventually cultivate.
If a cultivator wants to build a foundation, it has to do with aptitude, background, and luck. It does not mean that he will definitely succeed if he has a foundation-building pill.
Generally, cultivators with fire spiritual roots and gold spiritual roots have about a 40% chance of successfully building a foundation after taking the foundation-building pill. For cultivators who mainly cultivate earth spiritual roots, the probability of successfully breaking through the foundation after taking the foundation-building pill is only 30%.
For cultivators who mainly cultivate the two spiritual roots of water and wood, even if they take the foundation-building pill, the possibility of a successful breakthrough should only be 10% to 20%.
Among the cultivators who mainly practice these five kinds of skills, those who mainly practice the fire and gold spiritual roots will most likely die if they fail to break through, and even if they survive, they will never have the chance to break through again.
Those who majored in traditional Chinese medicine were slightly better off. If they failed to break through, they would only be seriously injured. If they took rare elixirs to heal their injuries, or recuperated for thirty years, they could break through again.
If the Wood Spiritual Root fails to break through, it only takes ten years of cultivation to break through again.
Water spiritual roots have the lowest probability of breakthrough, but after failure, it only takes two or three years to recover to its peak state, so it can impact the foundation-building stage many times in a lifetime.
But no matter what kind of spiritual root it is, the probability of a single breakthrough in foundation building is not high.
After Lingsang Liu's five foundation-building pills were launched, even with the help of other auxiliary pills, it was hard to say how many people would eventually emerge with the foundation-building effect.
If you are lucky, you may get two or three foundation-building cultivators. If you are unlucky, you may not even get one foundation-building cultivator to break through.
"Liu Xuanheng is not an ordinary foundation-building immortal, and the Liu family is not in a period of shortage. Why did he buy so many foundation-building pills?"
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart and couldn't help falling into deep thought.
After a moment, Ye Linyuan said thoughtfully: "Could it be that he has a way to increase the success rate of foundation building?"
As far as Ye Linyuan knew, there were many ways in the world that could increase the success rate of foundation building. For example, his third-level Taoist temple, the Fire Golden Lotus Pond in his previous life, could greatly increase the success rate of foundation building for the dual fire and gold spiritual roots.
Another example is the spiritual building 'Star Tower', which is said to be able to draw water from the stars to nourish the cultivator's body, and can also slightly increase the cultivator's chances of successfully building a foundation.
The functions of these spiritual buildings are different. Some can only target specific spiritual roots, some can greatly reduce the backlash of cultivators with gold and fire spiritual roots after a failed breakthrough, and some can temporarily make the magic power of cultivators with water attribute foundation building more condensed.
There are also some rare elixirs and miraculous medicines, such as soul-nourishing pills that can enhance the strength of the soul, or meridian-protecting pills that can protect the body from exploding and dying during a breakthrough.
These spiritual buildings and elixirs are all different, but their effects in their specific fields are all amazing. When used on specific cultivators, they can often significantly increase the success rate.
"If it's a special spiritual medicine, it's not bad. But if he really has mastered some kind of spiritual building or Taoist temple method, his methods are probably extraordinary."
Ye Linyuan's mind was in turmoil, but he gradually withdrew his thoughts.
As a foundation-building cultivator, it is normal for Liu Xuanheng to have secrets, and these have nothing to do with Ye Linyuan.
Back to the topic, after Liu Xuanheng bought five Foundation Establishment Pills, he stopped purchasing more Foundation Establishment Pills.
The other foundation-building forces and Qi-cultivating cultivators finally found an opportunity and began to bid gradually in the auction. Eventually, all thirty foundation-building pills were sold out quickly.
Ye Linyuan discovered that the lowest price of these Foundation Establishment Pills was 2,900 spirit stones, and the highest one was even sold at a sky-high price of nearly 4,000 spirit stones.
After selling the Foundation Establishment Pill, the next treasures to be auctioned were varied.
There are all kinds of rare treasures, all kinds of strange elixirs, and some meridian protecting pills.
Ye Linyuan also took this opportunity to purchase two rare meridian-protecting pills, spending a full three thousand spirit stones.
"Second uncle mainly cultivates the Qingyang Sutra. If he fails to break through with this fire method, the danger is extremely high. If he has the help of the Vessel Protection Pill, the success rate of building the foundation can be slightly increased. At least he can save his life."
Pondering this in his mind, Ye Linyuan put away the two meridian protecting pills.
Apart from the rare Pulse Protecting Pill, he did not purchase any other finished pills. Instead, he took out a large amount of spirit stones to purchase various spiritual medicines and rare treasures, including the seeds of the main ingredient of the Pulse Protecting Pill, the 'Tendon Refining Grass'.
The Heart Refining Grass is not only the main ingredient of the Pulse Protection Pill, but also the main ingredient of the Body Refining Pill 'Refining Tendon Pill'. It belongs to the same series as the Marrow Refining Flower purchased by Ye Linyuan.
Legend has it that on the path of body refining, if one wants to reach the level of quasi-third-order false elixir, one needs to refine five extremely precious elixirs, namely the Heart Refining Pill, the Blood Refining Pill, the Marrow Refining Pill, the Tendon Refining Pill, and the Flesh Refining Pill.
Among these five kinds of precious pills, except for the flesh pill which requires the flesh and blood of monsters, the others all require very precious spiritual medicines.
This time, Ye Linyuan specially gathered all these spiritual medicines together, planning to reclaim fifty acres of second-level spiritual fields to plant these five spiritual medicines in the future.
"Although the path of body refining is powerful, it consumes too many resources. Ordinary cultivators simply cannot cultivate it to the quasi-third level."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and then collected all the seeds.
Of course, even though the resources consumed by body cultivators are huge, Ye Linyuan still decided to practice body cultivation as well.
Because body refining can increase the upper limit of a cultivator's combat power, especially in this era when the Path of Devouring the Dao is rampant, if one can cultivate body refining skills to the same level as magic power, it will greatly make up for one's own shortcomings.
Take Ye Linyuan in his previous life as an example. If he could cultivate to the quasi-fourth-level physical cultivation, then even if his magic power was suppressed by the mastermind after he broke through the Nascent Soul stage, he might still have a chance to save his life by relying on his physical cultivation.
After all, the way of Tongcan only suppresses magic power, but not the cultivation of the physical body.
"In this life, before breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, one must secretly cultivate to a quasi-fourth-order Dao body."
"Everyone, the auction is over. Next up is the barter meeting."
"If you have any treasures you want to sell, please come up on stage and sell them one by one."
Just as Ye Linyuan was deep in thought, the auction finally ended, and the man left after the auction.
There was silence for a moment, and then a man in white who was at the Fake Dan realm landed in the third-floor box.
"It's him?"
"Sky Flame Sword Slave."
When this person was seen, bursts of whispering were heard in the Tianxing Tower.
Ye Linyuan frowned slightly and immediately understood the origin of this person.
In the Tianxing Sword Sect, the cultivator who has been recognized by the famous sword and has forged a superior foundation of Taoism is Jianzi.
When Jian Zi breaks through the Jindan realm, he will completely control the famous sword and become the new generation sword master of the famous sword.
After contracting a famous sword, the probability of forming a pill can be slightly increased, so generally speaking, as long as one can become a sword boy, one will at least reach the level of false pill in the future.
But with his cultivation level of just the Fake Dan realm, he is unable to completely master the unsealed inherited famous sword, so he can only be called a sword slave.
In the entire Tianxing Sword Sect, it is said that there are twelve sword slaves in the open, and no one knows how many there are in secret.
If the two great Jindan sword masters do not come out, these twelve fake Dan sword slaves will be able to suppress the entire Tianxing Sea, and even make the Jindan ancestors of the Chixia Sect dare not step out of the mountain gate.
It is also because of the inheritance of famous swords and contracted swords that the Tianxing Sword Sect has been able to pass on the golden elixir from generation to generation for thousands of years, and the number of fake elixir masters is no less than double digits.
This strength and foundation are also the key reasons why the Tianxing Sword Sect allows its subordinates to break through the fake pill.
They were confident that even if there were several disobedient fake dan cultivators under their command, they could easily suppress them completely, and they would not even need the two great golden elixir masters to take action.
At this time, the Tianyan Sword Slave landed, glanced at everyone calmly, took out a treasure box, and then said calmly: "Everyone, this exchange meeting will start with this item."
As soon as he finished speaking, he opened the treasure box, and as the treasure box was opened, a golden pill slowly emerged from it.
In an instant, everyone present took a deep breath, and many people spoke with changing expressions.
"Golden elixir!"
In an instant, the expressions of the fake elixir cultivators on the third level changed drastically.
The foundation-building monks below all showed expressions of great greed.
As the key item to break through the Golden Elixir realm, the value of the Golden Elixir is immeasurable, because this item is made by combining several second-level rare treasures and possesses a rare charm that is rarely seen in the world.
PS: I have written 5,000 words today. I will go out to dinner with my boyfriend in the evening to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Also, I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
(End of this chapter)
