Chapter 146: Middle Grade Spiritual Field [5K Subscription Request]
"It's okay."
Ye Linyuan spoke calmly, and then said: "Your Tao body has been completely awakened, and your future cultivation journey will be smooth sailing."
He told Shui Hanqing the mystery of the Xuansu Taoist body.
It turns out that this Xuansu Taoist body is an extremely powerful innate Taoist body, which has a great affinity for the Tao of water and yin attributes.
If it were in ancient times, with the blessing of this Xuansu Taoist body, Shui Hanqing would at least be able to cultivate to the realm of Yuanshen, and even have a chance to glimpse the realm of Lianxu.
And in this era, when the heaven and earth are incomplete and the great Dao is incomplete, the Xuansu Dao body can still allow Shui Hanqing to cultivate to the Golden Core realm, and the bottleneck of breaking through the Yuanying realm will also be greatly reduced.
This is a real Nascent Soul seed, and its future potential will be limitless. However, once it is leaked, it will inevitably bring disaster to the Ye family.
Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan asked, "Your innate Xuansu Dao body has extraordinary potential, but it will also cause a lot of trouble."
"Remember, you must study the Breath-Hardening Technique carefully from now on. Before you lose the power to protect yourself, you must practice the Black Turtle Breath-Hardening Technique to the level of entering the Dao."
As he said this, Ye Linyuan handed the Black Turtle Armor to Shui Hanqing, and then said solemnly: "Until you master the Black Turtle Breathing Technique, you must stay on Ye Family Island and don't leave."
Shui Hanqing also understood the importance of this matter, and immediately nodded solemnly, "I understand."
Ye Linyuan nodded. They had often studied the Black Turtle Breath-Concealing Technique together over the years. Shui Hanqing had already mastered this technique to the near-path level, and he should be able to master it within a few years.
Moreover, Ye Linyuan believed that with the help of the Tao body, Shui Hanqing's speed of comprehending Taoism would be greatly improved, and it should not be difficult to comprehend the Black Turtle Breath-Concealing Technique into Taoism.
So after temporarily giving the Black Turtle Armor to Shui Hanqing for contemplation, Ye Linyuan focused most of his energy on his own cultivation.
Time flies so fast that more than a year has passed before I knew it.
On this day, Ye Linyuan was in seclusion, but suddenly he received a letter, and then he came out with a serious look on his face.
"Then Ancestor Han is finally going to attack the fake pill."
Ye Linyuan looked at the letter in his hand, his face as calm as water.
Song Qingming in front of him nodded, and then said: "A few enemies of Han Tianchou sent a letter, wanting to invite my lineage to take action to stop them."
"And what they mean is that they want to ask if you are willing to take action."
Ye Linyuan pondered for a long time, then shook his head and said, "You are only in the initial stage of foundation building, and my cultivation is still far from the middle stage. If I risk going to stop a foundation building master from achieving great perfection, I will be completely wiped out if I am not careful."
"Those people invited you because they wanted you and me to be cannon fodder."
At this point, Ye Linyuan hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "This time, none of you should go."
Song Qingming was somewhat unwilling, and immediately asked hesitantly: "But are we just going to do nothing and watch Han Tianchou break through the fake pill?"
Ye Linyuan did not answer, but asked in return: "Do you think that the birth of a false pill cultivator can be determined by people like you and me who are in the early stage of foundation building?"
Song Qingming was silent, and understood everything in an instant.
Yes, what kind of person is Jiadan Zhenren? He is an existence that even foundation-building cultivators cannot reach. They are only in the initial stage of foundation-building. What qualifications do they have to decide the birth of such a person?
Realizing this, Song Qingming couldn't help but sigh.
"Don't be discouraged."
Ye Linyuan patted Song Qingming on the shoulder and encouraged him: "You and I are still young, and it is hard to say how far we can go in the future. Even if Han Tianchou really succeeds in breaking through, it is still uncertain who will be the superior and who will be the inferior in two hundred years."
"I understand."
Song Qingming nodded, and the unwillingness in his eyes gradually subsided, and finally turned into a hint of determination.
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan smiled and said, "You continue to practice. I believe that one day, you will be able to fight back to the Tianmeng Sea."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan bid farewell to Song Qingming.
After he left, Shui Hanqing couldn't help but ask, "Are we really not going to care about Han Tianchou's breakthrough?"
"Whether we should intervene depends not only on our strength but also on the external environment."
Ye Linyuan spoke calmly, then stood up and said, "The Xuanyuan Fruit is about to mature. I will refine this year's Xuanyuan Pill first, then go to the Tianxing Sword Sect and participate in the once-in-a-decade exchange conference. Everything else will wait until I come back."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan came to the spiritual field and began to take care of the Xuanyuan fruit that he had cultivated for the past ten years.
With his careful care, the sixty acres of Xuanyuan fruit finally began to mature after half a month, and eventually produced as many as six hundred Xuanyuan fruits.
In addition, among the five elements wood that had been planted in the Ye family’s spiritual fields for many years, one of them was finally promoted to a second-grade lower-grade five elements wood.
Ye Linyuan cut down this second-grade low-quality five-element wood and finally obtained thirteen pieces of second-grade low-quality spiritual wood.
In fact, the second-grade inferior Five Elements Wood still has some potential for further advancement, but it is no longer possible to continue growing in the inferior spiritual field and needs to be planted in the medium-grade spiritual field.
Moreover, ordinary second-grade low-quality spiritual wood has limited potential. If you don't pay a certain price to cultivate it, the hope of being promoted to second-grade middle-quality or above in the future is not very great.
So Ye Linyuan cut it down and prepared to use it to refine three sets of second-grade low-grade formation flags to prepare for cultivating a mid-grade spiritual field.
"We have sufficient spiritual shell reserves and a lot of second-level spiritual wood. We just need to buy some second-level spiritual silk. Cultivating a mid-level spiritual field shouldn't be a problem."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, then took these Xuanyuan Fruits and Five Elements Wood and went all the way to Tianxing Continent to visit Minghuang Jianzi.
"You came this time because the Xuanyuan fruit is ripe again."
Seeing Ye Linyuan coming, Minghuang Jianzi asked Ye Linyuan to sit down, asked someone to make him a pot of tea, and then said with a smile.
Ye Linyuan took a sip of tea and said straight to the point: "I came here this time, first, to rent the underground fire room from you, and second, to inquire about something with you."
"Oh?"
Minghuang Jianzi's eyes moved slightly, and then he said, "The Underground Fire Room is easy to talk about, but what do you want to know?"
"Then Han Tianchou..." Ye Linyuan started to speak, but did not finish his words.
Minghuang Jianzi nodded, and then said: "The Song family under your command does have a grudge against the Han family, but this time I advise you not to take action?"
"Oh?"
Ye Linyuan was slightly stunned, and seemed to feel something was wrong.
Minghuang Jianzi took a deep breath, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "This is a sect secret, so I cannot tell you the specific reason, but I can tell you that this time, several of the sect's fake pill elders are inclined to let Han Tianchou break through."
Hearing this, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but feel heavy-hearted.
All along, the Tianxing Sword Sect has tended to neither obstruct nor interfere with the breakthroughs of its cultivators to the false elixir stage. This change of attitude must have some unknown reason.
For a moment, all kinds of speculations emerged in Ye Linyuan's mind one by one, but unfortunately, they were all restrained in the end.
Without sufficient information, no matter how much you deduce and guess, you can only get an unrealistic castle in the air.
Seeing his solemn expression, Minghuang Jianzi remembered that this person still wanted to cooperate with him, so he said carefully: "Within sixty years, this sea area will experience an accident. You'd better cultivate to the middle stage of foundation building before then."
When Ye Linyuan heard this, his expression changed slightly.
He quickly stood up, bowed to Minghuang Jianzi and said, "Thank you for your advice, fellow Taoist."
"It makes sense for you and I to cooperate."
Minghuang Jianzi picked up the tea, put it down again and said, "By the way, you should be careful in the next few decades to avoid being taken advantage of by others."
"Calculation?" Ye Linyuan pondered, and suddenly understood something, and immediately nodded and said: "I understand."
Next, Ye Linyuan chatted with Minghuang Jianzi for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, he stepped into the underground fire room.
Renting the Earth Fire Chamber to refine pills can not only save a large amount of second-level spiritual wood, but also slightly increase the pill success rate. It is a very cost-effective deal for Ye Linyuan.
With the help of the Earth Fire Chamber, Ye Linyuan took less than half a month to completely refine the 600 Xuanyuan Fruits, and finally obtained 3,921 Xuanyuan Pills.
"With a success rate of over 65%, my alchemy skills have recovered to the level of a second-class upper-grade alchemist."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face.
With this improvement, he estimated that when his cultivation reached the middle stage of foundation building, the success rate of refining Xuanyuan Pill would reach 70%, which was the limit of a second-level top-grade alchemist.
And when his cultivation reaches the late stage of foundation building, his alchemy skills should be able to recover to the quasi-third-level level that was the limit of his previous life.
"At present, the success rate of 65% is more than enough for me to use until the late stage of foundation building."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his mind, and then put away the more than 3,900 Xuanyuan Pills.
After leaving the Earth Fire Room, he handed the agreed 1,000 Xuanyuan Pills plus an extra 1,000 Xuanyuan Pills to Minghuang Jianzi, and then handed a list to Minghuang Jianzi.
"I need a batch of materials. Please convert all these Xuanyuan Pills into materials."
Minghuang Jianzi glanced at the list, his eyes moved slightly and he said, "With so many materials, it seems that you want to upgrade the Jiaoyue Shell Field to a complete second-level dojo."
Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said: "The blood of the Bright Moon Shell is extraordinary, and the resources it produces are the key to cultivating the second-level spiritual field. I am prepared to devote all the strength of my entire clan to cultivate it."
"Too."
Minghuang Jianzi nodded, and then couldn't help asking: "Fifty-four first-grade high-quality spirit gathering beads, what do you need so many for?"
"Isn't it because of the lack of spiritual energy?"
Ye Linyuan shook his head, then smiled bitterly and said, "My Ye family has a shallow foundation. We only have one second-level low-grade spiritual spring, and the spiritual energy it produces is far from enough. We can only rely on these spiritual beads to cultivate our spiritual eyes for practice."
Minghuang Jianzi didn't know that Ye Linyuan had mastered the method of spiritual advancement. He just thought that Ye Linyuan had spent a huge price to cultivate a second-level inferior spiritual spring, and nodded slightly.
But he shook his head again, and then said: "With the addition of the Bright Moon Shell, your Ye family already has six people in the early stage of foundation building. The spiritual energy of the Seven Islands of Star Lake alone is definitely not enough."
"I am a little confused as to why you gave the two second-level spiritual springs on Qinghe Island to the Song family and Taoist Ziyu."
Ye Linyuan smiled bitterly again, and then said, "In order to make Taoist Ziyu an insider, I could only promise him that the second-level spiritual spring would belong to him, and I also owe the Song family a huge favor."
When Minghuang Jianzi heard this, he immediately understood the whole story.
In fact, Minghuang Jianzi also had some guesses about the reasons why Taoist Zi Yu helped Ye Linyuan and the reasons for the rise of the Ye family.
People in the outside world don't know that Ye Linyuan saved Taoist Zi Yu's life, so in the eyes of the outside world, the reason why Taoist Zi Yu helped Ye Linyuan was because Ye Linyuan promised him a second-level spiritual spring on Qinghe Island.
The fact that Zhou Yuwan and Chu Lingxi of the Ye family were able to cultivate a superior Taoist foundation must be directly related to the foundation of the Song family's immortal clan.
Otherwise, Ye Linyuan had just established his foundation at that time. How could he have the foundation to help the two near-term geniuses build a superior foundation for the Tao?
Ye Linyuan's chance to become a god came from taking advantage of the situation on Xuanling Island.
Zhou Yuwan and Chu Lingxi's chance to achieve enlightenment came from the heritage left by the Song family.
Shui Hanqing's achievement of a superior Taoist foundation was the result of Ye Linyuan's various arrangements and his instigation of internal rebellion.
Later, Ye Qinchu's foundation-building was the only result of absorbing hundreds of years of heritage of Qinghe Immortal Sect.
Therefore, from the perspective of outsiders, the steps of the Ye family's rise are clearly visible. Even some members of the Song family's immortal clan believed that Shui Hanqing and Zhou Yuwan were able to build their foundation by inheriting their heritage.
Minghuang Jianzi also thought so, but he had never received confirmation from Ye Linyuan himself.
Now after hearing what Ye Linyuan said, combined with his own guesses, Minghuang Jianzi suddenly thought he had figured out the reason for the Ye family's rise.
So he smiled slightly, and then said: "It's a pity that the second-level spirit gathering beads are too valuable. They are rare treasures. Otherwise, I would have bought some for you."
Having said this, Minghuang Jianzi put away the list and then said, "It may not be easy to gather materials and spirit beads worth tens of thousands of spirit stones."
"Fortunately, after I broke through the late stage of foundation building, my status and position have improved a lot. Give me three months, and I will mobilize the channels of the True Sword Master to handle it for you."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan smiled and said, "Thank you for your help."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan didn't say anything more. He bid farewell to Minghuang Jianzi and came to Tianxing Fairy City to wait for the barter conference to begin.
This year, Ye Linyuan was sixty-six years old, and he had been building his foundation for exactly twenty-one years. The exchange conference was finally held as scheduled.
Because the Jiazi Conference had just passed a few years ago, the number of foundation-building cultivators participating in this Ten-Year Exchange Conference was very small, and the number of treasures was also greatly reduced compared to previous years.
However, Ye Linyuan got what he wanted and bought one kilogram and eight ounces of spiritual silk in this barter conference.
In addition, the thirteen pieces of second-grade low-grade five-element wood brought this time were also traded by Ye Linyuan and exchanged for eighteen pieces of second-grade low-grade spiritual wood.
The reason for the price difference is that the thirteenth-level five-element wood has the same origin and can be refined into a complete formation tool.
The eighteen pieces of five-element wood obtained in the trade came from branches of different spiritual trees, and could only be combined in groups of three to form a small second-level formation.
With sufficient five elements wood and spiritual silk, Ye Linyuan did not waste any time and went straight back to Yejia Island.
He first refined these materials into eighteen formation tools, forming three sets of second-level lower-grade spirit gathering formations and spirit locking formations. Then he came to the spiritual field in the valley and selected three acres of lower-grade spiritual field with the most abundant spiritual energy for cultivation.
By adding spirit shells, setting up spirit gathering and locking arrays, and constantly nurturing them day and night with the spirit rain technique and spirit nourishing technique, the three acres of spirit field finally transformed successfully after half a year.
"Finally, there is a mid-grade spiritual field."
After successfully cultivating a mid-grade spiritual field, Ye Linyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
He was well aware of the importance of mid-grade spiritual fields, because second-grade spiritual medicines and spiritual woods could only continue to improve their grades in mid-grade spiritual fields.
Without a mid-grade spiritual field as a foundation, it would be impossible to provide sufficient spirituality and nutrients. Even if Ye Linyuan was a second-grade upper-grade spiritual plant husband, he would not be able to grow a second-grade mid-grade Lingzhen Xuanyuan Pill.
In addition, the medium-grade spiritual field can also increase the probability of a first-grade spiritual medicine being promoted to a second-grade spiritual medicine. Although it only increases the probability of promotion slightly, combined with Ye Linyuan's superb spiritual plant magic, it will produce great results over time.
"Cultivate the Five Elements Wood, or the Xuanyuan Fruit?"
Looking at the three acres of medium-grade spiritual field, Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and after a moment he quickly made up his mind. He quickly transplanted a hundred first-level five-element trees into the three acres of spiritual field.
These more than one hundred five-element trees were all carefully cultivated by Ye Linyuan over the years, consuming a lot of Ye Linyuan's resources.
Now, every Five Elements Wood has been promoted to at least the first-grade intermediate quality, and there are even thirty first-grade superior quality Five Elements Wood among them.
The reason why he did not choose to cultivate Xuanyuan Dan was because Ye Linyuan knew very well that the most important task at hand was to expand the scale of the spiritual field.
If they had hundreds of acres of medium-quality spiritual fields, the Ye family's output of second-grade spiritual medicines would increase by at least five times, and they could continue to produce second-grade medium-quality or even high-quality spiritual medicines.
If you want to expand the scale of a mid-level spiritual field, second-level spiritual wood, second-level spiritual silk, and a large number of spiritual shells are the most important.
Among the three, the Ye family has already stockpiled a lot of spiritual shells, and as the Bright Moon Sea is promoted to the second level and even its scope continues to expand, the number of spiritual shells of the Ye family will increase rapidly, and it should be no problem to meet the needs of the 100-acre second-level spiritual fields in the future.
We only need to wait a few more years for the spiritual silk. After the water silkworms are promoted to the foundation-building stage, the shortage of second-grade low-quality spiritual silk will gradually be resolved.
Only the second-grade inferior spiritual wood is difficult to cultivate. Even with Ye Linyuan's level of second-grade upper-grade spiritual plant husband, it is difficult to cultivate on a large scale. He can only increase the probability of cultivation through medium-grade spiritual fields.
"My talent for spiritual plants is far superior to my talent for alchemy. I estimate that after breaking through the middle stage of foundation building, I will be able to cultivate pseudo-spiritual plant magical powers."
"When the time comes, with the help of the mid-grade spiritual field, the difficulty of advancing to the second-level Five Elements Wood will definitely be greatly reduced."
(End of this chapter)
