According to the usual practice.
After purchasing the Foundation Establishnt Pill, cultivators would often be ambushed and robbed on their way back.
Faced with a tough challenge, many cultivators would choose to give up.
Lu Jinwen and Lu Jinxiu joining forces is enough to make so cultivators reconsider and abandon inappropriate thoughts.
"Yes, Uncle Seven," Lu Tianyi said, "However, to guard against certain people making a move, take this talisman."
As he spoke, he handed over a jade talisman.
The jade talisman was interwoven with thunderbolts, exuding a terrifying aura.
It seed that with just a thought, it could unleash the strike of a Purple Mansion Cultivator.
"This is a talisman refined by the ancestor. It contains a strike from a Purple Mansion Cultivator, and under such an attack, any Foundation Establishnt Cultivator struck will undoubtedly die," Lu Tianyi said domineeringly. "The Lu Family may have declined, but we’re not to be easily bullied by ordinary cultivators. If they wish to wipe us out, then we’ll wipe out their entire family."
His words carried a hint of killing intent and a trace of madness.
Though the Lu Family was indeed weakened, it was precisely in their weakness that they needed to act madly, to intimidate those with ill-intentions.
The more inferior one feels, the more they care about dignity; the weaker they are, the more they must disguise their strength.
"I understand, Uncle,"
Lu Jinwen nodded, a trace of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.
The Grand Elder advised them for a while longer and then took out so Spirit Stones, handing them to the two.
Three days later, the two of them left the mountain with over twenty thousand Spirit Stones, heading to the Ye Family marketplace to purchase Foundation Establishnt Pills.
In the Lu Family, the annual stipend for a Foundation Establishnt Cultivator was only between three hundred to five hundred Spirit Stones. Twenty thousand Spirit Stones amounted to the forty to sixty-year inco of a Foundation Establishnt Cultivator, such a massive amount would definitely attract so Foundation Establishnt Cultivators to make a move, to kill and rob.
The Grand Elder had planned to go personally to purchase, but ultimately gave up.
The Lu Family had only just been established, with unstable foundations, he couldn’t leave.
If he left and the enemy succeeded in raiding their ho, the loss would be trendous.
So losses, the Lu Family could not afford to bear.
"If they exercise a bit of caution, this will count as my test for them," said the Grand Elder with a calm expression, with a touch of coldness.
Foundation Establishnt Cultivators should be able to handle so dangerous situations independently.
And not rely on this old man’s help for everything.
...
Lu Jinwen and Lu Jinxiu, the two elders, descended from the mountain and headed to the Ye Family marketplace, searching for Foundation Establishnt Pills.
Foundation Establishnt Pills have a shelf life.
In the past, the Lu Family would refine alchemy every twenty years, giving priority to providing the refined Foundation Establishnt Pills to family cultivators, with any surplus sold externally.
If stored properly in a special pill bottle, they can be preserved for up to twenty years.
If not stored properly, at most five years.
In the territory of Chu Country, in the nearby commanderies around Qingshui Commandery, only the Ye Family, Wu Family, Dan Yang Sect and others sold Foundation Establishnt Pills, with a quality guarantee. Pills from other sources couldn’t guarantee the quality, leading to potential death if there were issues.
Lu Jinwen arrived at the Ye Family, visiting the Ye Family Patriarch, expressing the intention to purchase Foundation Establishnt Pills, directly stating a willingness to pay a premium.
"The price of twenty thousand Spirit Stones is very favorable. However, during our last alchemy session, the Ye Family refined twelve Foundation Establishnt Pills, nine were used internally, and three were sold externally. Now, the Lu Family has no stock, and the next refinent of Foundation Establishnt Pills will take twelve years. In twelve years, when the Ye Family’s alchemist refines the Foundation Establishnt Pills, they will certainly allocate one to the Lu Family,"
said the Ye Family Patriarch apologetically.
"What a pity."
Lu Jinwen bid farewell and left.
As he watched the departing Lu Jinwen, the Ye Family Patriarch had a complex expression.
The Ye Family still had stock, with two Foundation Establishnt Pills kept in reserve for unexpected situations, yet they refused to sell to the Lu Family.
In the past, the Ye Family and the Lu Family were related by marriage, competing on one hand for nearby mines, spiritual fields, population, and so on; while on the other hand, collaborating, united against the invasion of the Dan Yang Sect.
Yet, when the Lu Family fell, the Ye Family was the first to move, seizing much of the Lu Family’s assets.
And altering policies, suppressing the Lu Family.
And this suppression was very subtle.
Not long after, they went to the Wu Family. The Wu Family said they had Foundation Establishnt Pills, but had already promised to sell them to two newly-joined Foundation Establishnt Cultivators and had no stock left.
To obtain Foundation Establishnt Pills, they’d need to wait ten years.
"Third brother, they’re going too far."
Lu Jinxiu said angrily.
Lu Jinwen said nothing, but his eyes burned with anger.
The purchase of Foundation Establishnt Pills had failed.
They truly disregarded old ties.
Both the Wu Family and the Ye Family spoke of ten years, thirteen years, by then too much change could occur.
Yet knowing these were excuses, Lu Jinwen could only accept.
...
Ti slipped by, and in the blink of an eye, eight years had passed.
Crack.
Crack.
An aura transformation occurred, the bottleneck shattered, and Lu Xuanji stepped into the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation.
In the Dantian, nine Spiritual Qi vortices rotated, representing the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation.
As the vortices spun, streams of spiritual qi from the outside world surged into the body, refining into strands of true qi, nourishing the physique, nourishing the divine soul, cultivation slowly advancing.
Life was evolving slowly.
Finally achieving the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation!
Lu Xuanji was rely forty-eight years old.
In the Cultivation Realm’s recognized rules, achieving the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation before sixty was considered a genius.
When the Lu Family was at its peak, the rule was that any reaching the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation before sixty would be given a Foundation Establishnt Pill, could even be bought on credit if needed.
Reaching the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation before sixty was exceedingly difficult.
Five Spirit Roots had no hope; Four Spirit Roots had little hope; Three Spirit Roots were necessary to reach this stage.
Specifically, on average, among a hundred cultivators, only two or three could reach the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation before sixty.
The quality of the Spirit Root significantly affected a cultivator.
Upon leaving the cave mansion, Ye Feixue awaited outside, already at the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation.
A year ago, she had reached the Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation, even faster than Lu Xuanji by over a year.
"Brother, you’ve co out."
Ye Feixue said with a lancholy expression, "The Grand Elder is looking for you."
"What’s happened?"
Lu Xuanji asked anxiously.
"I’m not sure either,"
said Ye Feixue, her expression a bit uneasy, vaguely guessing so truth, but unable to speak.
A mont later, he t with the Grand Elder.
Lu Tianyi said, "Xuanji, I hadn’t planned to affect you, but the mont has co where I must share so things. Just three years ago, while your father Lu Jinwen and your sixth aunt Lu Jinxiu were purchasing elixirs for you, they encountered a formidable enemy on the way and were injured!"
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