hhnovel Chapter 147 Foundation Building Pill
Chapter 147 Foundation Building Pill
Chapter 147: Foundation Establishment Pill
“How can there be any luck for us Cultivators?
After all, luck is also part of one's strength.
Junior Brother still congratulates Senior Brother Li for successfully taking this crucial step.
With Senior Brother's demeanor, it's not impossible to reach Qi Refining Great Perfection in the future, or even Early-stage Foundation Establishment.”
Senior Brother Fan's old face was smiling like a chrysanthemum, flattering him profusely.
Finally, he began to answer Li Lan's question.
“If Senior Brother Li wishes to serve the Sect, there are many Sect tasks available.
Senior Brother, please see for yourself.”
Senior Brother Fan took out a cyan Jade Slip from his Storage Pouch.
After Li Lan received it, his Divine Sense entered it.
After browsing for a moment, his brows slightly relaxed.
What Qian Zibin said earlier was indeed true.
The Sect tasks that Named Disciples of the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage could accept were indeed vastly different from those for the Early Stage and Middle Stage.
Special tasks such as refining some Middle-Grade Magical Artifacts, Medicinal Pills, talismans, etc., were all things he was not qualified to access at his previous Realm.
These tasks not only carried no risks and didn't take long, but the rewards after completion were also exceptionally generous.
Li Lan couldn't help but sigh inwardly again.
In this Cultivation World, it is extremely realistic.
Only those with strength truly have the right to choose.
He pondered for a moment.
Ultimately, he chose the Sect task of refining Medicinal Pills.
Given his current Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage, he naturally no longer needed to buy Pill Formulas with his own Spirit Stones to refine Medicinal Pills, as he did before.
Senior Brother Fan immediately took out a pile of Pill Formulas from his Storage Pouch and handed them to Li Lan to choose from.
He glanced at them and found that these Pill Formulas were all common goods.
The Medicinal Pills refined from them, like the Low-Grade Breakthrough Pill,
were no longer of much help to Cultivators at the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage.
Clearly,
Guangji Sect did offer some preferential treatment to Cultivators at the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage,
but it was definitely not much, just some minor benefits.
It was obviously unlikely to gain too much advantage from this large Sect.
Li Lan flipped through these Pill Formulas one by one, asking seemingly casually:
“Junior Brother Fan, do you have the Pill Formula for refining High-Grade Breakthrough Pills?”
Breakthrough Pills are of great help to Cultivators in the Qi Refinement Stage for advancing their Realm.
However, they are divided into Low, Middle, and High-Grade according to their medicinal effects.
Low-Grade Breakthrough Pills are only suitable for the first to eighth layers of the Qi Refinement Stage, and have no effect on Cultivators above the ninth layer.
Middle-Grade Breakthrough Pills are only suitable for the ninth to twelfth layers of the Qi Refinement Stage.
To advance further, to the thirteenth layer of the Qi Refinement Stage, or even to Early-stage Foundation Establishment,
High-Grade Breakthrough Pills are needed.
This High-Grade Breakthrough Pill is also known as the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Low and Middle-Grade Medicinal Pills can more or less be bought on the market,
but this Foundation Establishment Pill is different.
The Pill Formulas, Materials for refining, etc., for this type of Medicinal Pill,
are mostly monopolized and controlled by the major Immortal Realm Sects.
Without a connection to them, it's basically very difficult to obtain a finished Medicinal Pill.
And the Foundation Establishment Pill is especially important for Cultivators at the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage and Great Perfection.
Without it, any Cultivator, except those with Heavenly Spiritual Root Aptitude, will find it impossible to advance.
Therefore, this Medicinal Pill, like Cultivation Techniques,
is often used by major Sects and aristocratic families as a means to control the Cultivators under their command.
Such a rare Medicinal Pill Formula,
naturally cannot be easily shown to Cultivators at the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage,
especially Named Disciples at the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage.
This common sense should be understood by everyone.
Junior Brother Fan glanced at Li Lan.
Due to his status and position, he forcibly restrained himself from mocking him.
After two dry laughs, he said:
“Senior Brother Li is joking. How could such a rare Foundation Establishment Pill Formula be entrusted to a Disciple like me by the Sect?
Does Senior Brother intend to refine this Medicinal Pill now?”
Li Lan did not hide it; there was nothing to hide.
“Indeed, an old horse still has aspirations for a thousand miles.
My Aptitude is inferior; I only barely reached the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage in my middle age.
But I still want to give it a try, to strive for the Realm of Qi Refining Great Perfection in my remaining years.
At this time, I naturally want to plan ahead and prepare early.”
Senior Brother Fan secretly mused,
You know you're only at the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage at over thirty, and your Aptitude isn't good?
Isn't that quite self-aware?
Why are you still thinking of reaching the Realm of Qi Refining Great Perfection?
If one is destined to never Foundation Establishment in this life,
what difference can there be between the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage and Great Perfection?
It's just a bit more Qi, unlike breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, which can greatly extend Lifespan.
Other Cultivators at this age would have probably given up on Cultivation long ago and focused on raising the next generation.
Only you remain so stubborn.
Senior Brother Fan did not know that every minor Realm Breakthrough in the Qi Refinement Stage could increase one's Lifespan,
though the increase was small, only two or three years each time.
Not just him, but the vast majority of Cultivators in the Cultivation World were unaware of this.
In fact, for Cultivators above the Cultivation Base of Qi Refining Late Stage,
age had already become a useless number, without much significance.
Having undergone two Meridians and Dantian transformations, they would not, like mortals,
experience a significant decline in energy, physical functions, and other aspects once they reached a certain age.
As long as a Cultivator's end was not nigh,
the older they were, the tougher their Meridians and Dantian became through the磨砺 of time, which was more beneficial for Cultivation.
It's just that Cultivators in the Cultivation World are not like Li Lan,
who can clearly see their remaining Lifespan, so apart from a very few exceptionally resilient and unyielding individuals,
most Cultivators, after reaching a certain age,
naturally became complacent, or even gave up on Cultivation, and began to focus on raising the next generation.
Therefore, Senior Brother Fan could not understand the other party's thoughts.
But in Li Lan's view,
he still had over fifty years to live, so it was not an exaggeration to say that his future was promising.
He certainly wouldn't be willing to seal his wife and protect his children like other Cultivators, placing all his hopes on the next generation.
Although Senior Brother Fan was puzzled,
he did not show it openly.
Instead, he enthusiastically offered Li Lan advice.
“Senior Brother Li, at such an age, to still have such drive, truly makes Junior Brother admire you greatly.
If Senior Brother can make significant contributions to the Sect, such as capturing a Spiritual Vein,
you can absolutely obtain a complete Foundation Establishment Pill—
Li Lan silently listened to the methods the other party mentioned for obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill through normal channels.
His brows couldn't help but furrow slightly.
Each of these methods was almost as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
Even for those powerful Cultivators who were already in the Foundation Establishment Stage, it would probably be extremely difficult to complete.
This clearly showed that they did not want Named Disciples to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills.
After patiently listening to the other party finish,
Li Lan then spoke again, asking:
“Is there an opportunity to refine Foundation Establishment Pills in the Sect task of assisting a Junior Martial Uncle in the Foundation Establishment Stage with Alchemy?”
Only then,
did Li Lan, after beating around the bush, ask what he truly wanted to know.
Since the Righteous Path was impassable, he could only think of other methods.