Chapter 383 Raising Spirit Stone(Class)

The old clan leader shook his head. The most critical issue with self-initiated Foundation Establishment lay in the fact that a cultivator's meridians could not withstand the backlash of condensing qi into liquid.

Once the condensation of true essence fails, the true essence will erupt through the meridians, causing the cultivator's channels to shatter completely and resulting in death.

To resolve this dilemma, the ancient sages created the Foundation Establishment Pill (Spiritual Object), which possesses 2 primary effects.

First, it temporarily doubles the strength and resilience of the meridians, significantly reducing the risk of damage to a cultivator's meridian system.

Second, it involves tempering the spiritual energy within the body to make it more docile. While this reduces the backlash upon a failed breakthrough, it also renders the true essence less aggressive.

Among the ancient sages, more than 1 had sought to separate the first 1, yet none had ever succeeded.

Once separated, the enhancement effect on the resilience of the meridians would be reduced to a mere 30 percent. Such a paltry 30 percent increase would be of little use against the backlash of Foundation Establishment.

Although the Spirit Gathering Pill could increase the odds by 10 percent, its effect was merely to make a cultivator's spiritual energy more abundant. If the failure was due to insufficient spiritual energy, then it truly could raise the probability somewhat.

However, if the breakthrough fails, 1 will still perish from the backlash as destined.

All other auxiliary elixirs designed to aid the host followed the same 2 principles: either strengthening the meridian channels or tempering spiritual energy to make it more gentle.

However, increasing the strength of a cultivator’s meridians is an extremely difficult task. Even the most potent supplementary elixirs, aside from the Foundation Establishment Pill (Spiritual Object), can only enhance the resilience of a cultivator’s meridians by 30 percent.

"Even when tempered with a supreme divine object like the Primordial Purple Qi, it could only double the strength of the meridians."

"Refining ordinary treasures is manageable, but achieving such a state with medicinal pills is nearly impossible."

Eldrin pondered for a long moment before saying, "Perhaps we could find another method without relying on elixirs?"

"What method?" The old clan leader's eyes glimmered faintly as he couldn't resist asking, "Do you perhaps have an idea?"

"I cannot yet say whether it will succeed. Let me study it for some time before we discuss further."

Eldrin shook his head and spoke calmly.

After that topic was concluded, Eldrin took a sip of tea and inquired, "By the way, I heard that Uncle Lior took the Golden Core Formation Pill some time ago. What is the outcome now?"

He had stepped into the False Core realm.

The old clan leader said with a smile, "Lior (Person Name) used a Golden Core Formation Pill (Spiritual Object) to break through to the False Core realm, which can be considered a standard achievement."

Upon careful calculation, Lior was still a few years shy of 3 100 years old. For a False Core cultivator of that age, the hope of breaking through to the Golden Core Realm remained considerable.

Chen Changxuan took a sip of tea before recounting leisurely, "In recent years, Feiye the Nightbane (Person Name) successfully refined several batches of Golden Core Formation Pill (Spiritual Object). I estimate Jizhou has gained quite a few new Golden Core cultivators."

Setting aside the other nations, the Violet Abyss Sect had gained a False Core cultivator, the Verdant Azure Immortal Gate welcomed another Golden Core Elder, and the firmament Sword Sect also added a False Core expert to their ranks.

Beyond that, Su Mingwei used the Golden Core Formation Pill (Spiritual Object) for the third time 3 years ago and indeed broke through to the Golden Core realm.

"Xavier (Person Name), Percival (Person Name), and others also made attempts..."

As the old clan leader recounted the tale, Eldrin gained a clearer understanding of the various nations across the Ji Continent.

In the aftermath of this beast tide, the number of Golden Core cultivators within the Ji Province cultivation realm began to increase. The Qi Kingdom (Location) received compensation of over a dozen Golden Core Formation Pills (Spiritual Object), and it is estimated that within 1 100 years, 6 or 7 additional Golden Core cultivators will emerge.

Other nations are also expected to add a few, but the changes in Chu Kingdom (Location) are even more significant. The several newly emerged False Core cultivators will likely receive support from their respective factions over the next century, with considerable hope of breaking through to the Golden Core realm.

Yet even as some rise to prominence, others inevitably fade into obscurity.

In recent years, that Percival (Person Name) attempted to break through to the Golden Core Realm once more. At the venerable age of 3 100 and 80, he sought to impact the Golden Core Realm without relying on external aids, yet in the end, he failed to even reach the False Core Realm.

After this failure, he would need to recuperate for a full sexagenary cycle before attempting another breakthrough. It could be said that Percival's path of cultivation had been irrevocably severed.

Even after consuming 3 third-grade Longevity Elixirs to extend his lifespan by 1 100 years, there remained almost no hope of breaking through to the Golden Core stage.

This left Eldrin with a sigh of regret. Percival, a cultivator with a Thunder Spiritual Root, was by no means lacking in innate talent. Yet, due to the crushing defeat inflicted by the Qingyang Sect 2 100 years ago, the Pan Immortal Clan had fallen into utter decline.

All these years, Percival had devoted himself entirely to building up the family, yet neglected his own cultivation. In the end, he never obtained the opportunity to form his Golden Core, missing out on treasures like the Golden Core Formation Pill.

"This Percival…"

Eldrin let out a soft sigh and said, "There are still quite a few third-level spirit apricots in the clan treasury. In a few years, we shall send 1 over to him."

"Hmm." Clan Leader Chen nodded.

With the support of Xavier (Person Name), Xu Daoyuan (Person Name) ingested a Golden Core Formation Pill (Spiritual Object) and broke through to the False Core Realm, with the sole exception of Percival (Person Name).

Xu Daoyuan (Person Name) had been a renowned genius across the Chu Kingdom when he broke through to the Violet Mansion Realm at just over 1 100 and 10 years of age. Now, after centuries of cultivation, he had finally touched the threshold of the Golden Core Realm.

This individual was about the same age as the old clan leader, currently not exceeding 3 100 and 50 years old, and appeared to have some likelihood of breaking through to the Golden Core.

Eldrin thought that whether this individual could break through to the Golden Core realm depended entirely on whether the Xu family could procure another Golden Core Formation Pill for him within a few decades.

After concluding their discussion about matters of the Chu Kingdom, Eldrin spoke up, "In a few days, I plan to journey beyond the borders of Ji Province."

"This time we plan to exchange for some Heavenly Crystal (Spiritual Object), which will require a massive transfer of the clan's resources."

Primal Heavenly Crystal (Spiritual Object)?

The old clan leader’s eyes flickered slightly. The Heavenly Crystal (Spiritual Object) was a rare treasure traded with Eldrin (Person Name) cultivators.

Eldrin (Person Name) is likely exchanging for Heavenly Crystal (Spiritual Object) now to eventually purchase either Earth Mother Qi (Spiritual Root) or fifth-tier treasures.

At this thought, the old clan leader nodded and said, "I will make the arrangements."

"Then I can rest easy."

Eldrin smiled faintly, then returned to Spirit Isle Lake.

The old clan chief began mobilizing the clan's cultivators and allocating various resources to prepare spirit stones.

The family had accumulated quite a number of spirit stones over the years, and the old clan leader withdrew 8,000,000 spirit stones in 1 go.

The spirit stones in storage were merely a small portion. The old clan head had also imposed levies on the clan's cultivators, using clan contribution points to purchase spirit stones from them.

The Chen Clan boasted a full force of tens of thousands cultivators. The poorer among them contributed over a 100 spirit stones each, while the wealthier offered thousands, even tens of thousands. This single measure alone recouped 10,000,000 spirit stones.

He then used the family's various spirit mountains as collateral and proceeded to borrow from every major immortal clan in Chu Kingdom, managing to raise several million spirit stones in 1 go.

After selling off supplies at discounted prices and employing various methods to recover spirit stones, after 3 full months of tireless efforts, they finally managed to raise over 30,000,000 spirit stones for Eldrin.

"This time, I'm afraid we've drained over half of the spirit stones circulating throughout the Chu Kingdom."

At Spirit Isle Lake (Location), Eldrin (Person Name) gazed at the mountain-like pile of spirit stones in his storage bag and couldn't help but sigh deeply.

This requisition of spirit stones was simply too massive. For some time to come, the spirit stone reserves of the Chu Kingdom would be significantly depleted.