Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 66: Spiritual Medicine (Please follow~)

”Second brother, should we invite other powers from Yunping State?” Li Shilian hurried over upon hearing the news of Li Zhiruiʼs breakthrough, just in time to hear the two discussing the banquet. He agreed with the idea and saw it as an opportunity to showcase the familyʼs strength.

Li Shiqing considered for a moment seriously and did not immediately respond but asked, ”Zhirui, what do you think?”

”I think itʼs better not to,” Li Zhirui pondered and then said, ”First, the time is too short; second, our familyʼs territory is not suitable for accommodating too many outsiders; and third, doing so would likely give off an impression of using our position to pressure others.”

Li Shiqing nodded in agreement and said, ”Ever since the news spread that we are a Beast-Taming Family, powers big and small have become wary of us. Itʼs better not to provoke their sensitive nerves at this time.”

Although the Li family is now called the number one Foundation Establishment family in Yunping State, no matter how impressive the prefix is, it is still limited to Foundation Establishment power. Compared with the true rulers of Yunping State, the Yuanming Sect, it is like comparing fireflies to the bright moon!

Furthermore, the Li familyʼs status has been elevated so high partly because of the other powers. They are promoting the Li family extensively, simply to make the Yuanming Sect discontent and exaggerate the threat of the Li family, to facilitate a joint front against us.

Therefore, what the Li family needs to do now is to keep a low profile and definitely avoid drawing the attention of the Yuanming Sect, even though they might not take us seriously.

If it werenʼt for the handover of the Clan Leaderʼs position, Li Zhirui wouldnʼt even want to hold this banquet.

”Shilian, Iʼll leave the preparations for this matter to you.” Seeing Li Shilian nod, he turned and left.

Li Shiqing said to Li Zhirui, ”Now that you have broken through to Foundation Establishment, itʼs time to teach you the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation technique of the ʼWanling Sutraʼ.”

The Li family has only one cultivation technique that can be cultivated up to the Golden Core Realm, which is the ʼWanling Sutraʼ. Naturally, Li Zhirui is no exception, as the vast majority of the family also cultivates this technique.

Of course, having a heritage of three hundred years, the Li family has collected some other cultivation techniques as well, but very few people practice them.

After all, these techniques are inferior in rank to the ʼWanling Sutraʼ, not as complete as the ʼWanling Sutraʼ, and not to mention that contracting Devil Beasts through the secret skills of the ʼWanling Sutraʼ can also accelerate cultivation.

Moreover, Li Zhirui doesnʼt need to spend several months altering his cultivation technique after reaching Foundation Establishment; he can just directly practice the Foundation Establishment Realm techniques of the ʼWanling Sutraʼ.

Li Shiqing went alone to the rear hall and soon took out an ancient teal Jade Slip, saying, ”This is the original ʼWanling Sutraʼ, so you cannot take it outside. You can only copy down the technique in the main hall, and I will also place a Sealing Skill within your Sea of Consciousness to prevent the leakage of the technique.”

This Sealing Skill was a complimentary gift from the Beast Taming Sect when they bestowed the ʼWanling Sutraʼ, with the purpose of ensuring the technique wouldnʼt be leaked.

Li Zhirui stayed in the main hall for two days and finally managed to memorize the entire ʼWanling Sutraʼ. After Li Shiqing applied the Sealing Skill, he returned to his courtyard, dazed and groggy.

”This technique is much more complex than I imagined,” Li Zhirui rubbed his brow and said wearily.

In just a short span of two days, Li Zhirui didnʼt fully comprehend the technique, but he had a general understanding.

The Foundation Establishment Realm technique of the ʼWanling Sutraʼ can be divided into three parts.

The first part is the circulation route of the technique, which absorbs external Spiritual Energy and refines it into pure Mana through the meridians.

The second part describes how to contract a second Devil Beast and, after the contract, how to purify the Spiritual Soul from the demonic qi to avoid its influence, ensuring the purity and clarity of the Spiritual Soul.

This is not present in the Qi Cultivation Realm techniques because, generally speaking, the demonic qi of one Devil Beast doesnʼt have a significant impact on cultivators.

Furthermore, it is stated at the beginning of the ʼWanling Sutraʼ that it is best to contract Devil Beasts that have just been born, to ensure that the cultivatorʼs strength surpasses that of the Spirit Beast.

When Li Zhirui saw this part, he understood that the elders of his family had not contracted a second Devil Beast not only because of a lack of resources but also due to the need to remove the demonic miasma contaminating their Spiritual Souls.

The cultivation technique included a method to clear away the demonic miasma, the simplest of which was to take a second-order Spirit Pill known as the Spirit Clearing Pill. A more difficult method involved various precious Spiritual Objects.

Precious Spiritual Objects were naturally out of the question, so Li Zhirui spent some time looking at the Pill Recipe for the Spirit Clearing Pill and found that most of the Spiritual Medicines required were already planted in his space, but he lacked two main ingredients, and one of them was a Spiritual Medicine he had never heard of before.

The third part of the cultivation technique had nothing to do with cultivation practice itself; it was a beast compendium that documented a large number of Devil Beasts, detailing their appearance, rank, attributes, directions for bloodline regression, and more.

Li Zhirui did not completely memorize this section because the content was simply too much. Compared to the so-called comprehensive beast compendiums on the market, this one made them unworthy of the title.

Fortunately, this section did not involve secret techniques, so the Foundation Establishment members of his family were allowed to copy it, as long as it was not spread outside.

After returning to his small courtyard, Li Zhirui did not immediately begin practicing the cultivation technique. First, because there were still some things he did not understand, and starting cultivation in haste could potentially lead to problems. Second, because he had overtaxed his mind in the past few days trying to remember the technique, it was not suitable for him to cultivate.

After some thought, Li Zhirui flashed into his space.

”Has the Spiritual Energy in this space become denser?” Li Zhirui felt this change as soon as he entered and murmured, ”Is it because of my Foundation Establishment breakthrough?”

Over the years, Li Zhirui rarely put Spirit Stones into the Spirit Lake since, before leaving Bailang County, the space had absorbed an undeveloped Spirit Vein, making the Spiritual Energy comparable to a second-order Spirit Vein.

And now, with Li Zhiruiʼs breakthrough, the Spiritual Energy in the space had become even denser, just shy of a third-order Spirit Vein.

Li Zhirui briefly paid attention to it before dismissing it from his mind; since he still had no clarity about the nature of this space, there was no need to trouble himself over it.

Turning his gaze to Da Qing, as expected, Da Qing was under the influence of Li Zhiruiʼs Foundation Establishment breakthrough and was now in a deep sleep, breaking through.

Unfortunately, Da Qing had only been at the seventh level of Qi Cultivation before and, even with the feedback from the contract, could at most break through to the eighth level of Qi Cultivation.

After tending to the Spiritual Medicines for a while, Li Zhirui slowly walked to the edge of the Spirit Lake, beside the mysterious Spiritual Medicine he had mistaken for a seed that had fallen by accident.

In fact, he had realized before his seclusion that this plant was not an ordinary first-order Spiritual Medicine.

If it had been a first-order Spiritual Medicine, it would not be possible for it to have survived for so many years and still be only a seedling.

But because it was still only a seedling, Li Zhirui honestly could not identify what kind of Spiritual Medicine it was.

As for the origin of this seedling, Li Zhirui also remembered—it was the black Spirit Seed that he had picked up at a stall as an extra.

Previously, Li Zhirui had been focused on his cultivation and did not have the time to accelerate the growth of this Spiritual Medicine. Now that he had succeeded in his Foundation Establishment, he wanted to mature it and see what kind of Spiritual Medicine it actually was.

No sooner said than done, Li Zhirui took out one hundred and fifty Spirit Stones from his storage bag and buried them in the soil around the Spiritual Medicine, waiting for it to grow rapidly under the influence of the space.

The growth rate of the Spiritual Medicine suddenly accelerated many times over. But after the one hundred and fifty Spirit Stones were completely absorbed, the plant had only grown slightly from a seedling, sprouting a pair of leaves without coming anywhere close to becoming a mature plant, let alone flowering and bearing fruit.

To know that a ten-year second-order Spiritual Medicine could completely mature with the help of over a hundred Spirit Stones, yet this plant had only just sprouted leaves.

”This...” Li Zhirui frowned slightly, after some mental calculations, said in disbelief, ”Could this be a Spiritual Medicine that takes at least a hundred years to mature!?”