Chapter 64: Don't Leave Me

  "It's hopeless, the inferior quality Qi Gathering Pill has too many impurities, taking excessive amounts will definitely affect your cultivation. Unless you can find a high-quality or top-grade Qi Gathering Pill. But what I'm worried about isn't this, it's your foundation building problem. The Five Elements Spiritual Root is difficult to cultivate, and even with slow progress, you might reach the 9th layer of Qi Refining, but foundation building is troublesome. Others might succeed with just one inferior quality Foundation Building Pill, but without three to five mid-grade Foundation Building Pills, you have no hope. Young one, if possible, it's best to prepare now. Alas, I'm currently penniless and unable to help you, everything depends on yourself."

  "Thank you for your concern, senior. Besides practicing, I've also been studying how to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill. I will definitely work hard to refine a mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pill before attempting to establish my foundation. With that, I'm sure I'll have a great chance of success." Lin Feng knew that the Foundation Establishment Pill was one of the most difficult second-grade pills to refine, but he had the Five Elements Subtlety secret method, which gave him a much higher chance of refining high-grade pills than others. So, he was quite confident about it.

  "Oh, I forgot, you have a complete five-element spiritual root, and except for beast taming, it seems that alchemy, artifact refinement, talisman creation, and array cultivation are all advantageous to you. However, with your current Qi Refining stage cultivation, it's still difficult to refine a mid-grade or higher Foundation Establishment Pill. I suggest that when you encounter a mid-grade or higher Foundation Establishment Pill, it's best to just buy it first. Your spiritual root's spirituality is too high, and even I can't accurately estimate what level of Foundation Establishment Pill would be needed for successful foundation establishment, so let's prepare with the principle of 'the higher grade, the better'." The person in the cave clearly has great concerns about Lin Feng's ability to establish his foundation.

  Lin Feng couldn't help but let out a bitter smile in his heart. He had understood the meaning behind the person's words from the cave. Building his foundation was indeed very difficult, requiring many mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, or even high-grade ones. However, what the person from the cave didn't know was that this place wasn't the sacred domain Lin Feng had mentioned earlier. In fact, mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills had never appeared in Youxian City before, let alone high-grade ones. As for low-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, Lin Feng had seen them before, but they were extremely rare and would often be bought at a high price as soon as they appeared. It was said that their selling price was almost two thousand spirit stones per pill. As for mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, for ordinary cultivators, whether or not they existed was a secret. Even if they did exist, they had probably been taken away by the major sects long ago. Who would dare to sell them openly?

  Lin Feng couldn't explain to the people in the cave that Tianyuan Star's cultivation world was in a precarious state, so he could only vaguely agree. However, his heart also felt a sense of desperation about his foundation-building, as cultivating the Five Elements Spiritual Roots was truly difficult!

  Feeling Lin Feng's emotional downturn, the person in the cave thought for a moment and understood that it would be difficult to find a mid-grade or higher foundation-building pill on Tianyuan Star. However, he also had no solution at present, so he comforted him by saying: "Young one, besides talent and resources, cultivation also emphasizes fate and going with the flow. When the time comes, perhaps the uncertain path ahead will suddenly become clear! As long as you work hard to cultivate, there will always be opportunities. Isn't our ultimate goal as cultivators just for that slim chance?"

  Lin Feng heard the words as if they were pouring into his mind, the ultimate goal of cultivating truth is to attain immortality and live forever. Compared to the countless cultivators, the legendary few who have attained immortality are undoubtedly almost impossible to exist. If becoming immortal is seen as an opportunity, then this opportunity is fleeting and easily lost. In comparison, one's own chance of successfully building a foundation is not just an opportunity, but can be said to be a necessity, at least it is very likely to be achieved through effort.

  With this understanding, Lin Feng suddenly became cheerful and said: "Just now was junior's ignorance, thank you senior for pointing out the confusion."

  "Haha, clever kid, I have high hopes for you! Is there anything else? No, I need to rest now." Lin Feng could sense that the person in the cave was excited to see him snap out of his confusion, but from the information transmitted through their divine senses, he could still feel that the other party was extremely exhausted.

  Lin Feng didn't know that communicating with his divine sense would consume so much energy, but considering the situation of the people in the cave, although he still had many questions to ask, he couldn't help but end this conversation as soon as possible.

  "One last question, can senior tell junior the formula for creating the soul pill and what that hardest to find spiritual medicine is? Junior is eternally grateful!"

  "Stubborn guy, I have the formula and refining method here, as long as you find the hardest to find Bai Ling Yu Canseng, I can help you refine it."

  "Excuse me, senior, what does the Ba Ling Yu Shen roughly look like?"

  "It's not much different from ordinary people, but the leaves of the White Jade Ginseng must be nine pieces. After peeling off the outer skin, the ginseng meat inside is like white jade. Be careful not to confuse it with the Nine-Leafed Lingzhi from its appearance. Alright, you can go now, don't spread the news that I'm in seclusion here, otherwise there will be big trouble. Don't come again for nothing, wait until the Foundation Establishment period and then come back, there will be great benefits for you, go!"

  Lin Feng knew he couldn't ask any more questions, lest he provoke the elder's displeasure. So he said: "Thank you for your guidance, may I ask how to address you?"

  "Old man, don't leave!" Mo Li finished speaking and withdrew his divine sense, apparently not intending to say more.

  Lin Feng said loudly, "Junior takes his leave!" Then he turned around and left. Although he didn't know why Mo Li was unwilling for him to come often, Lin Feng also decided not to come again easily out of gratitude for Mo Li's guidance.

  Lin Feng directly returned to the distant light city. Although he successfully killed a 7th and 6th layer cultivator of the Refining Qi stage this time, luck played a significant role in it, and now he doesn't have any powerful attack talismans on hand. As a small 5th layer cultivator of the Refining Qi stage, wandering alone in the wilderness is extremely dangerous. Therefore, he rushed all the way, without even thinking about picking up some spiritual medicine along the way.

  However, after talking with the mysterious Mo Li, Lin Feng had even more questions in his heart. What was this Sacred Domain, Spirit Creation Pill, Hundred Spirits Jade, and Nine Leaves Spirit? He didn't know any of these new terms. But through these scattered words, he roughly estimated that the outside world was very large, and the cultivation level was much higher than Tian Yuan Star. This could be seen from Mo Li's lack of surprise when Lin Feng mentioned taking a mid-grade Qi Gathering Pill every day, and how easily mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills could be bought and sold, showing that the alchemy level in the outside world was far higher than Tian Yuan Star.

  These thoughts only flashed through his mind, but what Lin Feng was really concerned about was the Ling Dan. If he could get the Bai Ling Yu Can, he would be able to refine the Ling Dan, and perhaps his parents would also have a chance to become True Cultivators. This idea had been lingering in his mind, but on Tian Yuan Xing, where even fourth-grade spiritual medicines were hard to come by, finding a sixth-grade spiritual medicine like the one from Sheng Yu was probably just a pipe dream.

  He originally wanted to ask more carefully, but Mo Li obviously didn't think he could find this spiritual medicine, so he just casually said two sentences and finally compared it with a nine-leafed Ling Shen. He hadn't thought that this was the poor Tian Yuan star? What is a nine-leafed Ling Shen? Which level of spiritual medicine is it? Lin Feng, as a beginner in cultivation, had never heard of it before, let alone seen one. Using it to compare with Bai Ling Yu Shen was like saying nothing at all. Mo Li didn't want to say more, and Lin Feng couldn't do anything about it, so he could only pay attention himself and see if he would have the chance to encounter a type of ginseng with nine leaves. If he really encountered one, he would think of ways to get his hands on it.

  Lin Feng thought of another problem, that is, the value of Ling Stone. A first-class spiritual medicine is worth about ten Ling Stones, a second-class spiritual medicine is four to five times its value, and a third-class spiritual medicine is five to six times the value of a second-class spiritual medicine. Calculating this way, how much would a sixth-class spiritual medicine be worth? It's probably over tens of thousands of Ling Stones. If you add its rarity, it wouldn't be just tens of thousands of Ling Stones, but hundreds of thousands. Lin Feng suddenly felt countless Ling Stones flying in front of him, but they quickly turned into an endless whirlpool, and he almost fell over.

  Lin Feng calmed his mind and lifted his eyes to find that the city of Yao Guang was already within sight. Looking at the distant market, Lin Feng had only one thought: alchemy, making money, and finding a way to create the Spirit Creation Pill no matter what.

  Just as Lin Feng returned to the city of Yao Guang, in the Qingyang Gate more than 500 miles away, Zhao Chun had just finished his evening lesson. As soon as he collected his thoughts, he saw a lovely little beauty standing in front of him, startling him so much that he almost lost control, but after seeing the person's face clearly, he helplessly cried out: "Little Shifu, can't you please not sneak into my practice room like this every time? You're going to scare me to death!"

  "Hehe, just a little achievement and you're already proud of yourself? Master said to pay more attention to your studies, I won't sneak up on you, how would I know if you're slacking off?" This lovely girl smiled sweetly, giving people the feeling of being in spring breeze. She was exactly the Xue surname woman Lin Feng saw at the selection conference, full name Xue Bingxin, now Zhao Chun's senior sister.

  "Just reaching the 8th layer of Qi Refining, what's there to be proud of? Compared to my senior sister who is only one step away from building her foundation, I'm truly ashamed and have no place to hide." Zhao Chun's chubby face showed a bitter expression, but he couldn't conceal the self-satisfied smile in his eyes.

  Xue Bingxin was originally clever and astute, after a month of contact, she had already seen through Zhao Chun's outwardly foolish but inwardly cunning nature. So when he showed off in front of her, she pretended not to notice and replied seriously: "Yes, so you still need to continue working hard to practice, can't disappoint Master and the sisters' concern and help for you, got it?"

  Zhao Chun was speechless, he had just been promoted to the 8th layer of Lianqi when even his master praised him for being naturally talented and diligent in his practice, almost comparable to this little junior sister in front of him. This made him feel very accomplished. However, every time he tried to show off a bit, he would be beaten by this equally demonic junior sister until he was left with no dignity. Thinking back to the last time when he accidentally retorted "You're still one year older than me!", he was chased down by his senior sister's ruthless twin swords, saying that a woman's age cannot be mentioned casually, otherwise, you'll have to take responsibility for your own death or injury. From then on, Zhao Chun decided not to say any boastful words in front of this demonic junior sister again.

  "Yes, sister, I will definitely work hard and not disappoint Master and the sisters' expectations." Zhao Chun was helpless, whether it was speaking or fighting, he was completely outdone by Xue Bingxin, so he could only lower his head and admit defeat.

  Xue Bingxin's mouth curled up slightly, recalling Master's words: "This disciple of yours has a talent comparable to yours, but his temperament is not yet stable. From now on, you must help me discipline him more. Whenever you see him showing signs of complacency and arrogance, you must severely criticize him; otherwise, it will be difficult for him to achieve success in his practice."

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