Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 457 - 463: The Winner

”You can keep the jade box, who knows, it might come in handy later,”

Leaving behind these words with a deeper meaning, Li Zhirui rose and walked out.

Fu Qinghuan remained silent for a long time, ultimately heaving a helpless sigh. He had known from the start that he had boarded a thiefʼs ship with no chance of getting off, and he could also see the boundless ambition in Li Zhirui.

He only hoped that Li Zhiruiʼs demands wouldnʼt be too excessive, lest they implicate him as well.

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The items Li Zhirui took from Xuanfa Pavilion this time included not only the Green Heaven Fruit Spirit Seed but also the alchemy materials delivered this time, totaling a hundred sets!

Adding on the materials that had been continuously sent over the last few months, Xuanfa Pavilion had invested three hundred sets of Spiritual Medicine in Li Zhirui!

From this, one could see just how terrifying Xuanfa Pavilionʼs foundation was; they could easily gather materials for three hundred batches of fourth-grade Spirit Pills.

For Li Zhirui, having these one hundred sets of fresh alchemy materials meant that he was within armʼs reach of refining his first Green Heaven Precious Pill!

After over a hundred practices, Li Zhirui had corrected all the mistakes, with only some minor issues remaining in the last two steps.

But he was confident that with another thirty or forty practices, he could smooth out all the kinks, and then successfully refine the first batch of Precious Pills!

However, upon leaving Myriad Thunder State, Li Zhirui did not immediately return to his clan, but instead retreated into the void, ready to use a large number of Spirit Stones to hasten the maturity of the Green Heaven Fruit Spirit Seed.

Then, he would hand over one Spirit Seed to the clan, keeping all the remaining seeds in the void to slowly expand the planting area.

In fact, apart from the primary fourth-grade herb needed for the Green Heaven Precious Pill, Li Zhirui had long since gathered the other required Spiritual Medicines and achieved a certain planting area.

This meant that, before long, Li Zhirui would have enough Precious Pills for his cultivation, speeding up his cultivation pace.

Although Li Zhirui hadnʼt thought so far ahead when he initially schemed for the Green Heaven Fruit Spirit Seed, now he had become the biggest winner in this affair!

Without any personal cost, he had acquired a fourth-grade Spirit Seed for free.

”I wonder if these Spirit Stones in my hand are enough to ripen the Green Heaven Fruit,” Li Zhirui was not wealthy now, as he had used many Spirit Stones to hasten the maturity of Spiritual Medicines, leaving only eleven to twelve thousand Spirit Stones.

Luckily, the Spirit Stones used for bribing and buying people like Fu Qinghuan were provided by the clan, otherwise, Li Zhirui, the Nascent Soul cultivator, would have been penniless by now.

Throwing handfuls of Spirit Stones into the pit of the Green Heaven Fruit, it began to grow at an unbelievable speed, rooting, sprouting, flourishing, blooming, fruiting, until the fruits ripened and fell...

Steps that would normally take one to two hundred years were completed in just an hour, with the nourishment of a large number of Spirit Stones and the rich Spiritual Energy gathered by Li Zhirui.

The only regret was that this time only three Green Heaven Fruits were produced; expanding the cultivation scale in the short term was still an unattainable dream.

Unless Li Zhirui once again produced tens of thousands of Spirit Stones to ripen them, but he did not have them!

”Truly… seizing the wonders of heaven and earth!” Hugan, one of the three demons, was seeing such a magical scene for the first time and couldnʼt help but utter in amazement.

Li Zhirui glanced at them and noticed their rosy complexions and far more robust auras than before; it was evident that they were thriving.

”Take good care of these two Green Heaven Fruits, there can be no slip-ups, or else prepare yourselves for punishment!” Director Li reminded them with a stern expression.

”Please rest assured, Master!” The three demons quickly opened their mouths to guarantee.

Speaking of which, Hugan and the other two demons really worked very hard. In order to make themselves valuable, they studied various jade slips on cultivating spirit plants every day for the past six months.

They wouldnʼt dare claim their planting level to be very high, but it definitely wasnʼt inferior to a second-tier Spiritual Plant Cultivator! And their progress was swift.

Li Zhirui certainly knew their capabilities, so he didnʼt say anything further and flashed out of the space; he still had to rush back to the clan to hand over the Spirit Seed.

There was silence all the way!

The moment Li Zhirui returned to Wanxian Island, he immediately went to visit the two elders without stopping.

”You seem so happy, is it because youʼve refined the Green Heaven Pill?” Li Shilian asked with a face full of curiosity.

Li Zhirui shook his head and took out the sealed Spirit Seed from the jade box, unable to hide his excitement as he exclaimed, ”I successfully got the Green Heaven Fruit Spirit Seed!”

”Good, good, good! In the future, our clan will have a fourth-grade Spiritual Medicine!” The two old men were overjoyed, and the smiles on their faces never faded away.

Once the two calmed down, Li Zhirui reminded them with a wry smile, ”However, there is a problem now. The grade of the Spirit Vein on the island isnʼt high enough. Even if itʼs planted in a Spirit Cave, Iʼm afraid it will need Spirit Stones to supplement the Spiritual Energy, otherwise, it will have difficulty even sprouting.”

Although he wasnʼt entirely sure how many Spirit Stones the clan had at the moment, he knew without thinking that it was definitely not possible to gather a huge number to promote the Spirit Vein in a short time.

After all, to obtain this Spirit Seed, the clan had spent millions of Spirit Stones—an astronomical price for a Spirit Seed!

But, to be honest, if someone said that one could obtain a brand new fourth-grade Spirit Seed for a million Spirit Stones, any Nascent Soul force that wasnʼt foolish would scramble to collect the Spirit Stones even if they had to sell everything they owned.

”Hmm, that is indeed a problem.” Li Shilian frowned, for as a Spiritual Plant Cultivator, he was naturally more enthusiastic about fourth-grade Spirit Seeds than the ordinary cultivators.

In the brief moments just now, he had already figured out how to care for this precious Spiritual Medicine. But now, they were telling him that they couldnʼt even take the first step.

”Zhirui, youʼve always been exceptionally intelligent since you were young. Do you have any ideas?” Li Shilian looked at Li Zhirui eagerly, hoping he had a good suggestion.

Li Zhirui, however, disappointed him as he shook his head and said, ”Iʼm not sure either. Itʼs better to ask the Great Primordial Chieftain; perhaps he has an answer.”

It wasnʼt that he was being modest; he genuinely didnʼt know!

After all, Li Zhirui had been away from the clanʼs management for many years and wasnʼt very clear about the current state of the clan. How could he possibly offer a good and appropriate suggestion?

”I need to go back to prepare for alchemy, so Iʼll leave first.” Leaving the Spirit Seed with the two elders, he rose to his feet, feeling much lighter, and left.

When he returned to his dwelling, his eyes immediately fell on Jiang Fengwu sitting in the center of the room.

”Are you finished with your tasks?” She didnʼt press him about what he had been doing, merely saying flatly.

Li Zhirui paused for a moment, then was about to tell her everything when Jiang Fengwu spoke first, shaking her head, ”Such a top-level secret is obvious at a glance; donʼt bother telling me about it.”

”Alright.” Laughter filled Li Zhiruiʼs voice; he knew she didnʼt want to put him in a difficult position.

”I just went to collect some alchemy materials. For the next while, I will probably be in the Alchemy Room. Unless itʼs something urgent, donʼt let anyone disturb me.”

”Understood!”