Lord Shenxiu-Chapter 953: Growth

Three days later.

Lu Wen Yuan sat cross-legged, making another attempt to break through to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.

This time, he faced no obstacles, smoothly entering the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, and his cultivation level did not fall back.

"Indeed... although the power of the Elixir Pills will soon fade, the bottleneck I once broke through has disappeared... Three days ago, even though I fell back a level, as long as I have enough mana, I can 're-cultivate' back up. The realm still exists, the bottleneck is naturally gone, and breaking through has become easier... This means, with innumerable Soul Cleansing Pills, not only can I cultivate to Qi Cultivation Perfection in this life, but Foundation Establishment is also very hopeful... without even a trace of pill poison!"

Pill poison and drug resistance are challenges true inheritors of major sects must face.

They inherently have access to resources and can rapidly progress in cultivation by consuming large amounts of Elixir Pills. However, overconsumption gradually accumulates pill poison within the body, hindering cultivation, and breeds the problem of drug resistance.

But Lu Wen Yuan is not afraid. Even if he consumes a hundred Soul Cleansing Pills, as long as they are summoned objects, they will naturally disappear when the time comes, so how could there be any pill poison?

He can leverage the power of the Elixir Pills to experience the next realm in advance, which is naturally beneficial.

Through his exploration over these three days, he gained a deeper understanding of the 'Mystical Book'.

With his current mana, he can retrieve at most one Soul Cleansing Pill or an item of equivalent value from history in a day.

More than that would be unsustainable.

"This is truly a fortuitous encounter sent by the heavens. For a cultivator seeking the Dao, aptitude and resources are secondary; opportunity is most crucial!"

Lu Wen Yuan exuded vigor: "With the aid of this Spiritual Treasure, I am bound to achieve Foundation Establishment, and even Core Formation and Nascent Soul are no longer mere dreams!"

He was not foolish; during this period, he thought of many ways to utilize this treasure.

The most combat-beneficial was to 'summon' talisman paper. If he could acquire a powerful talisman and 'summon' it, it would certainly become a trump card.

Although a talisman would disappear once its time expired, the person it killed would not be able to come back to life.

"I must also undertake Alchemy and Artifact Refining... Even though it will consume many materials, using fakes to make up the numbers will completely allow me to be piled up to the level of a Pill Master and Artifact Refining Master!"

Lu Wen Yuan was overwhelmed with excitement: "And the Foundation Establishment Pill, yes! The Foundation Establishment Pill! The one that Sixth Uncle has is not for me to covet now, but if I can possess it for even a moment... I will be able to continuously summon it from history! This treasure... defies the heavens!"

"Haha!"

"Haha!"

At this thought, even with Lu Wen Yuan's disposition, he couldn't help but laugh foolishly.

…

Inside the triangle pattern.

"This fool finally learned to use these abilities, huh? But... it's beyond my expectations, after all, Taihuang Heaven isn't a classical immortal cultivation world, but a world where resources rule in the life of mortals!"

Zhong Shenxiu internally criticized.

Even falling into this world, he couldn't ensure whether this was Taihuang Heaven.

After all, the danger of the Eternal Battlefield, the Time's Ouroboros had mentioned it multiple times, it didn't seem like here.

"So... could this world even be just an illusion technique specifically meant to confuse me?"

Precisely because of these various concerns, Zhong Shenxiu didn't immediately take action, casually seizing a cultivator.

Instead, he planned to lodge within this minor cultivator's body, carefully observing this world before making plans.

…

Five years passed in a blur.

During these five years, Taiqing Lu Family suffered successive heavy blows.

Back then, Lu Family exhausted all their resources and indeed purchased a Foundation Establishment Pill from the Feiyun Sect.

But after Lu Xiaotian secluded himself for half a year, in the end, helplessly announced, failure in breaking through Foundation Establishment, still remaining at the Qi Cultivation Realm.

It's said that many elders, upon hearing this news, directly spat three liters of blood, causing the family to hold several funerals.

And due to the severe depletion of resources in purchasing the Foundation Establishment Pill, the Lu Family had to announce the suspension of further tributes to most of the Qi Cultivation Stage clan members, causing discontent throughout the clan.

The negative results of previously exhausting the clan's foundation began to manifest steadily.

The Zhang Family and the Yuan Family noticed Lu's decline and began to encroach on their influence. These two families are both Foundation Establishment Families, each having a Foundation Establishment Cultivator within the clan.

If Lu Xiaotian had succeeded in Foundation Establishment this time, then along with an old clan leader in mid-stage Foundation Establishment, it would have had two major Foundation Establishment strengths, capable of countering the Zhang and Yuan families, perhaps even coercing them to cede some benefits.

Now... Clan Leader Lu Cidi could only run around struggling against the two families' Foundation Establishment cultivators' magic battles, although managed to win barely, it considerably damaged his vital energy, with not much lifespan remaining.

This made the whole family's atmosphere very bleak.

Taiching Mountain.

At the mountain's base.

"Ah... is this... a Heavenly Flame Talisman?"

Lu Wen Yuan expressionlessly tore open a Spirit Talisman, as if this talisman worth hundreds of Spirit Stones were a mere scrap of paper.

Chirp chirp!

A firebird formed, spreading impressive heat, reducing the two Qi Cultivation Cultivators opposite him to ashes.

He walked over, picking up two storage bags, shaking his head and sighing: "The family name is increasingly dwindling, even rogues like Meng Mountain's Double Killers dare ambush Lu Family disciples near Taiching Mountain's foot..."

The Meng Mountain's Double Killers were experts at Qi Cultivation Ninth Level.

However, Lu Wen Yuan had already reached the Great Perfection Realm of Qi Cultivation Tenth Level, merely disguising himself with the Concealing Breath Skill as having Qi Cultivation Seventh Level.

Plus, with the help of a second-rank talisman summoned from history, eliminating these two was effortless.

"But other clan disciples could be in great danger..."

Lu Wen Yuan returned to the family, completed his tasks, then went back to his cave, focusing on cultivation.

Executing the Cultivation Technique, he finished today's homework, then headed to a Pill Furnace, proficiently extended a hand, and grabbed into the void.

A jade box appeared out of nothing, opening to reveal ten stalks of Snow Dragon Ginseng, five stalks of Qi Refining Grass, along with some auxiliary materials, all ingredients for refining a first-order low-grade Spirit Pill - 'Spirit Enhancing Powder'.

Lu Wen Yuan nodded, hurriedly began the phase that would make other Alchemists inevitably heartbroken at seeing him practice...

"A furnace of first-order low-grade Spirit Pills, with a pill emergence rate steady at thirty to forty percent, I can be considered a legitimate Alchemist now..."

After a long while, the Pill Furnace opened. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Lu Wen Yuan gazed at these pills, casually throwing them on the ground, as these Spirit Pills were already useless to him.

And not long after, these Spirit Pills directly turned into nothingness, vanished into thin air.

"What a pity, though, it doesn't significantly help the family..."

He was initially a devoted cultivator, possessing a Spiritual Treasure, the family's cessation of resources didn't really affect him.

After four years of cultivation, he was now standing at the threshold of Foundation Establishment.

Yet Foundation Establishment Pills were extremely rare, nowhere to be found.

Even the recent instance, it was the clan leader who secretly bought the Elixir Pills, personally handing them to Lu Xiaotian, then guarded outside the seclusion room.

Even Lu Wen Yuan only learned about it after Lu Xiaotian's Foundation Establishment failed.

This left him pounding his chest and lamenting for a while, yet helpless.

Having missed this chance to 'snatch' the Foundation Establishment Pills, he had already decided to venture outside the family in search of other opportunities to 'snatch pills'.

Anyway, as long as he once possessed them, the Mystical Book can incessantly summon them!