Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 961: Chapter 949: Misfortune and Happiness_2

Speaking of Shen and Mu, perhaps they really are a pair of natural-born foes who take joy in their enmity, competing with each other in every aspect, from cultivation and combat power to the speed of their spiritual practice and the grade of their bloodline.

Li Zhirui was happy to see this, for they were constantly putting pressure on each other and thus accelerating their own cultivation speed.

Therefore, after arriving in the Primal Spirit Realm many years ago, they rarely showed themselves because they were engrossed in arduous cultivation!

Shen, having the advantage of starting his cultivation earlier, still managed to outpace Mu by a good margin, which naturally left Mu far from satisfied.

And Shen, in order not to be surpassed by Mu and live a life of misery, dared not slacken in the slightest, to the point where his cherished goal of cultivating his own kind was cast aside.

As a result, one was at the late Fourth Order while the other was at the early Fourth Order, and their speed of cultivation could not be said to be anything but swift.

And now was the perfect opportunity for Mu to catch up!

Since Shen’s original grade was Fourth Grade, to break through to the Fifth Order, he must first promote his original Spirit Ginseng.

The outcome was that they both practiced even harder.

So much so that Li Zhirui had to intervene from time to time to prevent the two from rushing for quick success and risk bringing lasting negative impacts on themselves.

But let’s get back to the point!

”It’s growing quite well, but the supply of Spirit Stones is not sufficient to speed up the process significantly.”

Li Zhirui estimated in his mind and said, ”At the current pace, the Red Date Spirit Root will mature in about a hundred years.”

This was already extremely fast. If it were in the outside world, it would take at least twice as long!

But Da Qing wasn’t very satisfied with this, for he was eager to obtain the Red Dates and advance his bloodline.

Li Zhirui saw his intent and asked, ”You still have a way to go before breaking through to the Sixth Order, right? There’s no need to be in such a hurry!”

”But bloodline advancement isn’t achieved overnight, I can use the bloodline advancement time to catch up with that small gap, or even make up for it afterward.”

Hearing Da Qing say this, Li Zhirui understood that Da Qing, who had always been the big brother among all the Contracted Spirit Beasts, now felt his status was a bit unstable, and he was getting anxious.

Da Qing, Xiaoqing, and Cang had previously ventured out together. Over so many years, they had gained more than just a Seventh Order Spirit Root; most of their gains had been in terms of enlightenment in cultivation.

So when the three returned after a long period of healing, the bottlenecks and constraints of the past were no longer there, and they were all diligently amassing Mana, aiming for a breakthrough to the Sixth Order.

But Da Qing had a fatal problem, which was his bloodline!

Without compensating for this weakness, Da Qing would not only fall behind, but he would also not have the possibility of breaking through to the Sixth Order.

Li Zhirui watched Da Qing for a moment and said, ”I don’t have enough Spirit Stones on hand. If you want to use the Red Dates as soon as possible, you must find a way to get more Spirit Stones.”

In a sense, he wasn’t lacking in Spirit Stones because a single Top-Tier Treasure Pill of the Fifth Order could earn tens of thousands of Spirit Stones, and his massive Contribution Value in the family could also be exchanged for a large number of Spirit Stones.

But at the same time, Li Zhirui never had an abundance of Spirit Stones, especially now that he needed to cultivate Sixth Order Spirit Seeds and obtain Alchemy Materials, as well as collect more Spirit Seeds to expand the scale of planting in the future.

”Here are a million Spirit Stones, Jiu, do you think it’s enough?” Da Qing, as if he had predicted this, had prepared the Spirit Stones in advance.

A trace of surprise flickered in Li Zhirui’s eyes; he must have sold a few precious Spiritual Objects to come up with so many Spirit Stones at once.

”Enough.”

With Da Qing so prepared, how could Li Zhirui dissuade him? He simply acquiesced to his desire and took the million Spirit Stones into his space, burying them among the root system of the Red Dates.

Under the profound power of the space, the surging Spiritual Energy was absorbed by the Spirit Roots. The flowers, which had only just begun to wither, had turned into tiny Red Dates and then continued to grow, changing from their original green color to the final red, looking from afar like little flames burning on the tree.

”There are twenty-seven Red Dates in total. Take them all and use them,” Li Zhirui waved his hand, plucking all the Red Dates and placing them into a Jade Box that had been prepared earlier.

Of the million Spirit Stones Da Qing provided, there were still hundreds of thousands left, which Li Zhirui didn’t return to him because they were for restoring the Spirit Root to its original state of freshly wilted Spirit Flower.

After all, the Red Dates were not solely for Da Qing’s benefit, but belonged to all three of them.

As for whether such frequent forcing would damage the foundational roots of the Red Dates?

It wouldn’t! Such is the mystique of the space.

If there were enough Spirit Stones, Li Zhirui could keep nurturing Red Dates, and it might even facilitate the advance of his Spiritual Root.

”Jiu, you’ve worked hard!”

Li Zhirui shook his head, advising, ”Don’t be too hasty! Steady progress is the way!”

”Don’t worry, Jiu, I won’t act recklessly.”

Seeing Da Qing’s serious face, Li Zhirui said no more and took him out of the space.

”Alas!”

Watching the siblings wrapped in Purification Spiritual Light, Li Zhirui shook his head helplessly and continued with his cultivation for the day.

Time flew, and an era of peace ensued.

Since the great war between Immortals and Demons had passed, twenty or thirty years had elapsed, and the Primal Spirit Realm was a scene of serenity, free from any significant conflicts.

This situation was naturally a great boon for small powers like the Li family, as they could focus on development and strengthening themselves without worrying about being conscripted and sent off to die somewhere.

But Li Zhirui’s mood was far from good, as Li Chengshuo’s injuries were still unhealed!

Fortunately, there were no serious issues, and he no longer needed to stay in the Spirit Realm to heal.

But Li Chengshuo didn’t see it that way; the fact that he had retained his life despite such severe injuries was already incredible—weren’t the injuries healing?

Moreover, it seemed that from this colossal calamity, she had gained an opportunity to reach the Void Refinement Realm!

Li Chengshuo had never forgotten the agony and torment that Yang Qi had caused her, but at the moment of collision between Yin and Yang, she seemed to glimpse the conflict and connection between them.

For Li Chengshuo, who possessed a Taiyin Spirit Body, reaching the Void Refinement Realm was more difficult than for average Cultivators due to the excess Yin Qi within her body, but at this stage, it was about evolving the Spiritual Soul into a pure Sun God.

”Yin alone cannot grow, nor can Yang alone sustain...”

From the moment she regained consciousness, Li Chengshuo had been contemplating the principles of Yin Yang transformation, and she faintly sensed she had understood something.

Strictly speaking, Li Chengshuo was not a Taiyin Spiritual Root, nor was Li Chengsheng a Solar Spiritual Root—the siblings both had Yin Yang Spiritual Roots!

It was just that the bit of Taiyin or The Sun was so minute it was almost imperceptible, even to themselves.

Only now did Li Chengshuo recall, as the balance of Yin and Yang harmonized within her, Spiritual Energy surged from heaven and earth, and the injuries that should have taken nearly ten years to heal miraculously improved!

But this sudden enlightenment didn’t end there.

The Realm advanced rapidly, and she eventually crossed the threshold into the Void Refinement Realm!

Boom!

A powerful aura soared into the sky, and all the clan members looked towards the source of the imposing pressure with shocked faces.

Though such pressure hadn’t been seen for over a hundred years, those who witnessed Li Zhirui’s breakthrough into the Void Refinement Realm still remembered it vividly.

”An ancestor has broken through to Void Refinement!”

The crowd buzzed with speculation; some thought it was Jiang Fengwu because she was the highest in Realm, others believed it to be Xiaoqing or Cang, for under Li Zhirui’s lead, they faced no bottleneck issues, nor did they have Da Qing’s bloodline constraints.

But when they rushed to the source of the explosion of pressure, everyone froze.

Because the person who broke through far exceeded their imaginations.

”Could it really be Shuo Ancestor?!”

But the faint pressure emanating from her body and the Thunder Tribulation brewing above the Nine Heavens all proved that the person who broke through was indeed Li Chengshuo!

Not just them, even Li Zhirui, who received the news and rushed over anxiously, was stunned on the spot when he saw Li Chengshuo undergoing Tribulation Transcendence from afar.

”It looks like the wish you made back then can now be fulfilled!”

Li Chengshuo had always wanted to surpass Li Chengsheng, and as long as she crossed this tribulation, that goal would be achieved!