SFS Chapter 63: The Li Family of Yunmeng Lake
Chapter 63: The Li Family of Yunmeng Lake
This week, the family has an ancestor who joined the Azure Flame Immortal Sect in his early years. He is already in the late Foundation Establishment stage and has quite a reputation.
Even within the Zhou family of 'Ironwood County', there are five Foundation Establishment cultivators.
This clan possesses profound knowledge and skills in the art of puppetry, with a history spanning nearly seven hundred years.
They are truly the foremost Foundation Establishment family under the rule of the Azure Flame Immortal Sect.
"The Zhou family of 'Ironwood County': masters of mechanical puppetry!" Yang Jiuli whispered.
"A puppet?" Tang Yifan became interested.
"Secondly: the Liu family of Qingfu County in the North also has an ancestor in the Qingyan Immortal Sect."
This family possesses a second-tier talisman-making inheritance, and has four Foundation Establishment cultivators within them; their foundation is extremely formidable.
"The third one is the Chen family of Wufeng County in the eastern part of Daze County."
"The clan has an ancestor who was an alchemist in the Azure Flame Immortal Sect, and there are four Foundation Establishment cultivators in the clan." Liu Yuelong said, taking a sip of tea.
"Making talismans and refining pills, these aristocratic families seem quite powerful!" Tang Yifan murmured.
"That's for sure!" Liu Yuelong said, "However, the Chen family's limelight has been somewhat waning lately!"
"Why?" Tang Yifan asked.
"This all started with the Li family of my Daze County!" Liu Yuelong said, keeping everyone in suspense.
Tang Yifan's eyes widened, his face full of anticipation, as if he really wanted to hear about these cultivation families.
Yang Jiuli took a sip of tea and listened.
"The Li family of Daze County was originally the fourth among the Foundation Establishment families under the rule of the Qingyan Immortal Sect... But since nine years ago, when their ancestor, Li Hongtai, obtained the Dao of Alchemy in an ancient cultivation cave, the family has been thriving."
Liu Yuelong said.
When talking about the Li family, he became very animated.
"Ancient great cultivator...the inheritance of alchemy!" Yang Jiuli's gaze sharpened, showing interest.
"The Li family patriarch obtained many pill formulas from that ancient great cultivation cave..." Liu Yuelong continued.
"The most eye-catching one among them is the 'Replenishing Vitality and Correcting Self Pill' formula, which can help people form their core..."
"It is said that this elixir formula can replenish one's vital energy, rectify one's spirit... so that one can unite oneself with one's essence... and condense the true elixir!"
Liu Yuelong said.
However, when the phrase "the unity of the true self and the divine consciousness" was mentioned, he frowned, as if he found it somewhat obscure and difficult to understand.
"The Elixir of Nourishing Vitality and Correcting Self?" Yang Jiuli's gaze sharpened.
In his previous life, in order to break through the bottleneck and condense his nascent soul, he also sought out many alchemy inheritances.
Coincidentally, a prescription from a highly accomplished Daoist alchemist also included this "Replenishing Vital Energy and Correcting Self Elixir".
This elixir can indeed help people condense the true elixir.
However, the medicinal materials inside are extremely difficult to find, and refining them is also very difficult, resulting in a very low success rate for producing high-quality pills.
Yang Jiuli also failed to raise enough of the main ingredients back then.
Unexpectedly, someone else in the cultivation world of Chu obtained this pill formula.
It left him feeling wistful, as if in a dream, and reminded him of many past events.
"With this pill formula, Li Hongtai began preparing for the formation of the core, which greatly enhanced the Li family's status within the Azure Flame Immortal Sect."
Liu Yuelong said.
"If there is a Core Formation Ancestor, the Li family will indeed rise to prominence like a fish leaping over the Dragon Gate," Yang Jiuli murmured to himself.
In this third-level cultivation kingdom, the Core Formation Ancestor is the pillar of heaven, a figure at the pinnacle of immortality.
However, he wasn't very optimistic about it.
Unless the Li family patriarch was exceptionally gifted.
Otherwise, it would be wishful thinking to think that one could condense a true elixir with the "Replenishing Essence and Correcting Self Elixir" alone!
Forming the Golden Core requires more than just the aid of elixirs.
The most important factor is whether the cultivator's personal foundation is solid.
The requirements for the grade of spiritual roots are very high.
In addition, talent is also extremely important.
"So, does that mean the Li family has a chance to become the number one Foundation Establishment family?" Tang Yifan said.
"Of course!" Liu Yuelong said, "If the Li family patriarch successfully forms his core, the Azure Flame Immortal Sect will have to take another step forward."
He took a sip of tea and continued.
"Even now, the Li family has been relying on the 'Azure Profound Pill' formula bestowed by their ancestor in recent years to recruit many retainers and train alchemists to refine this breakthrough pill, thus taking away a lot of the Chen family's pill market... Their business is booming."
"There's even the Azure Mystic Pill." Yang Jiuli's heart stirred slightly upon hearing Liu Yuelong's words.
The Azure Profound Pill is a first-grade, high-quality pill that allows one to advance to the next level.
It can help cultivators at the sixth level of Qi Refining break through their bottlenecks and enter the seventh level of Qi Refining, making it quite valuable.
If the Li family can seize this market, they can indeed grow rapidly.
After all, the ingredients for the "Azure Mystic Pill" are easy to find and can be mass-produced.
The ingredients for the "Replenishing Vitality and Correcting Self Pill" are rare and difficult to refine. It is already difficult for ordinary cultivators to collect even one batch of the ingredients.
Let alone mass production!
"It seems that if I can't join a sect of immortals, joining the Li family isn't a bad option," Tang Yifan murmured to himself.
"The Li family is indeed a good choice!" Yang Jiuli said.
For at least the next decade or so, the Li family will undoubtedly maintain an upward trend.
"Would other Foundation Establishment families just stand by and watch the Li family grow stronger?" Qin Zhixue asked, her eyes gleaming with wisdom.
"Fellow Daoist Qin is truly wise. Other noble families will naturally not stand by and watch the Li family grow stronger!" Liu Yuelong said.
"That's why, in order to curb the Li family's development, various families have been recruiting members from other clans..."
"Originally, there were seventeen towns near my Dragon Ridge Mountains. Every seven years, the Immortal Sect would select a sect, and each time only two or three Foundation Establishment families would come... But this time, all seven families came, just to compete with the Li family for the Immortal Seed, so as not to let them develop too fast," Liu Yuelong said.
Yang Jiuli understood.
With a sect patriarch overseeing the Li family, wiping out that clan would obviously not be an easy task.
Right now, all they can do is compete with each other for talent!
This allows many lower-level cultivators to benefit from the resources of Foundation Establishment families.
Next, Liu Yuelong will have three more Foundation Establishment families left:
Zhang Family of Yashan County, Eastern Region:
Qi Family of Changhe County, Southwest China:
He recounted the situation of the Luo family in Liyun County in the south.
Although these three companies also have considerable resources, they are clearly not as powerful as the previous four.
Yang Jiuli nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.
He then stood up, cupped his hands in greeting, and said, "The information delivered by Fellow Daoist Liu is exceptionally valuable; I will remember this kindness!"
These messages were indeed very valuable to Yang Jiuli.
With this, he gained some understanding of the various forces under the Qingyan Immortal Sect, which will help him make the right choice when the time comes.
If the Liu family didn't have connections within the Azure Flame Immortal Sect, ordinary people would not have been able to obtain this information.
"Hey, we're all on the same side, it's nothing!" Liu Yuelong stood up, smiling and waving.
"One of our own?" Tang Yifan looked at Liu Yuelong.
"My Liu family and the Lu family are related by marriage, and you are also half Lu family members... so we can naturally be considered one family!"
Liu Yuelong laughed.
"That's fair!" Tang Yifan nodded slightly.
"The selection process for immortal sects is approaching. Would you all like to exchange for a low-grade magic weapon to accompany you?" Liu Yuelong said.
"A low-grade magic artifact?" Tang Yifan scratched his head and asked weakly, "How much for the exchange? Is it expensive?"
"Even the worst Tier 1 low-grade magic weapon costs 8 to 10 low-grade spirit stones," Liu Yuelong said.