Chapter 116: Initial Foundation [5K]
"After seven years of practice, I have finally reached the ninth level of Qi training."
On this day, Ye Linyuan woke up from the retreat room, exhaled deeply, and a hint of depth appeared in his eyes.
Seven years had passed since the Jiazi War, and Ye Linyuan had grown to thirty-two years old.
During this period of time, in addition to cultivating spiritual plants, Ye Linyuan spent most of his time in seclusion.
During this hard training, his cultivation had been steadily improving, and today he finally succeeded in breaking through to the perfect state of Qi Refining.
After successfully breaking through to the perfection of Qi Refining, Ye Linyuan's true Qi has exceeded more than 500 lines, and the quality of his true Qi has also improved slightly. His strength has increased by about 20% compared to before the breakthrough.
His original strength was already able to completely suppress Su Shaoyu and Xuanling Sanren. Now that it has been increased by about 20%, his overall combat power is probably enough to completely suppress these two.
But this is understandable. After all, Ye Linyuan has mastered many shortcut spells to enhance combat power, such as the Nine-Sky Bright Moon, Autumn Water and Long Sky, Blood Soul Curse, and Geng Golden Needle. His talent and understanding are far beyond the reach of those two people.
Moreover, Ye Linyuan had a feeling that after this reincarnation, his understanding seemed to have improved significantly compared to his previous life.
“Is there some mystery in the Samsara Well?”
Ye Linyuan's mind moved slightly, but then he suppressed it.
The ruined Samsara Well is a relic from ancient times. Legend has it that it is closely related to the Lord of the Lianxu Realm. Even the Holy Lord Yuanshen may not be able to glimpse the mystery within it.
In the world of the heavens, the golden elixir can be called a great power, the Nascent Soul is known as the True Lord, the Primordial Spirit is respected as a generation of Saint Lord, and the Refined Void is the master of a world.
Mysteries of this level are definitely not something he is qualified to touch with his current level of cultivation.
He suppressed his thoughts, then calmly walked out of the cave's spiritual eye and came to the spiritual field in the valley.
"good."
Looking at the spiritual field in front of him, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but smile.
These seven years were the seven years of the fastest development for the Ye family. Because there was no external pressure and with sufficient resources, the Ye family's industry and strength had greatly improved.
After seven years of development, the spiritual fields in the valley have grown to more than 60 acres, planted with various spiritual medicines and spiritual trees, including some rare spiritual trees at the level of exotic treasures.
Relying on the resources produced by these spiritual plants, the overall strength of the Ye family has been greatly enhanced.
During these seven years, Chu Lingxin, Ye Qinyang, Ye Qinchu, Ye Qinxin and four others have successively broken through to the late stage of Qi training.
Zhou Yuwan and Chu Lingxi have made rapid progress in their cultivation. They have now reached the eighth level of Qi training and should be not far from perfecting Qi training.
If the two women had not focused most of their energy on comprehending shortcut magic and paying more attention to polishing their own foundation over the years, they would probably have already reached the state of perfect Qi Refining.
Old Man Ye's cultivation progress was a little slower, but it seemed that he was not far from perfecting Qi Refining.
In addition to the existing cultivators, the number of mortals in the Ye family has increased several times over the years, and the number of mortals in the family has exceeded 600.
As a result, the number of cultivators in the family has increased by more than a dozen. Now, there are more than thirty Qi-refining cultivators in the family, and it finally looks like a large Qi-refining family.
In addition, the strength of the family's spiritual beasts has also been greatly improved.
After seven years of training, the number of those golden monkeys has increased to more than 30, of which more than a dozen have broken through to the middle stage of Qi Refining. Although the rest are a little younger, their cultivation progress is also very rapid.
Those golden-haired monkeys in the middle stage of Qi training have been practicing the Taoist military method given by Ye Linyuan in recent years. It seems that they will be able to possess the strength of the late stage of Qi training within a dozen years.
As for the golden-backed giant ape, with the cultivation of the Golden Jade Pill and exclusive skills, its height is now three feet taller than before, and its cultivation has also initially entered the realm of perfect Qi Refining.
According to Ye Linyuan's estimation, his combat capability should not be weaker than that of Chixin Sanren, and may even be slightly stronger. He is one of the best among those who have achieved great perfection in Qi training.
In addition, in the spiritual eye of the cave, the reproduction of shellfish has begun to reach a certain scale.
The strength of the Lingbei clan is extremely weak, but their reproductive ability is indeed strong. In just seven years, thousands of Lingbei have appeared in the cave.
Most of these spiritual shells have very low spirituality, and are not even at the initial stage of Qi training. They also have almost no attack capabilities, and the shells they produce are also of very low value. However, their advantage is that they are produced in large quantities and at very low costs, making them an excellent choice for cultivating spiritual fields.
The Ye family was able to cultivate dozens of spiritual fields in the past few years, and they contributed half of the spiritual shells consumed.
With sufficient resources, the Ye family members' cultivation skills improved rapidly.
Among them, Old Man Ye became a first-class top-grade weapon refiner, and Zhou Yuwan became a first-class top-grade spirit beast husband.
Chu Lingxi became a top-grade spiritual insect master. Ye Linyuan specially purchased a batch of silkworm eggs for her. The silk produced solved the Ye family's shortage of silk.
Second uncle Ye Qinyang became a top-grade first-class alchemist and could help Ye Linyuan process some low-level pills.
Third uncle Ye Qinchu became a top-grade puppeteer of the first rank and could start refining some low-level puppets to increase the overall strength and foundation of the Ye family.
Fifth aunt Ye Qinxin became a top-grade first-class formation master and was able to help Ye Linyuan compile formation flags. Over the years, most of the low-level spirit gathering formations in the family's spiritual fields were handled with the help of fifth aunt.
Chu Lingxin became a first-class top-grade talisman maker, responsible for refining the talismans needed by the family.
It is precisely because there are so many people who are good at cultivating the various arts that the Ye family now has sixty acres of spiritual fields.
Otherwise, Ye Linyuan would not only have to take care of the sixty acres of spiritual fields, but also have to make elixirs, refine weapons, set up formations, practice, cultivate spiritual beasts, and comprehend spells. That would be too much for him.
In fact, Ye Linyuan is now only responsible for taking care of the spiritual field and starting the furnace to refine high-level elixirs such as Lingzhen Huangya Dan.
As for refining formation flags, arranging formations, cultivating spirit fields, and many other trivial matters, he handed them over to the people in the family who mastered all the arts of cultivation to handle.
At most, he would only occasionally lend a hand and give guidance to the family members when refining high-level treasures.
With the help of these people, Ye Linyuan has obviously felt a lot more relaxed over the years. Many family matters can be handled in an orderly manner by the clan members, and he no longer needs to handle them personally.
In addition to these strength improvements, the family’s strongest foundation is still the seven spiritual islands.
Now, each of the seven islands in Star Lake has at least one top-grade spirit eye, and is equipped with a top-grade spirit gathering formation, a top-grade spirit locking formation, and a spirit hiding formation.
Yejia Island, as the core, has three top-grade spiritual eyes on the mountain top, valley, and cave, a total of nine top-grade spiritual eyes.
The six newly added top-grade spiritual eyes were all promoted by Ye Linyuan in the past seven years.
Over the years, Ye Linyuan has secretly gone to Tianxing Fairy City seven times under different identities.
His main purpose of going to Tianxing Fairy City was to find out the news about the Canghai Spring, and secondly to sell the various spiritual objects in his hands.
By the way, he bought more than twenty medium-grade spirit-gathering beads in batches, and used these spirit-gathering beads in conjunction with the spirit-raising method to upgrade his spirit eyes, thus obtaining the nine top-grade spirit eyes of the seven islands of Star Lake.
It can be said that the spiritual veins of the Seven Islands of Star Lake have now reached the limit of the first-level spiritual veins, and are only one step away from being promoted to the second-level spiritual veins.
"Nine top-grade spiritual eyes, sixty acres of spiritual fields, and several Qi-refining perfect and late-stage combatants."
"Plus, they have basically all the skills of cultivation. Even if I am gone in the future, as long as they can work together, they can support a top-level Qi training clan and even be qualified to plan for the opportunity to build a foundation."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart and couldn't help but smile.
Perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, the Ye family has always been low-key, but Ye Linyuan knows very well in his heart that the current Ye family is fully qualified to be called the number one Qi-cultivating fairy clan in the Qinghe Islands.
Moreover, this is not an ordinary top-level Qi-training immortal clan, but a truly top-level Qi-training family that is qualified to impact the realm of the foundation-building immortal clan and transcend its own class.
"The family foundation is now solid, and it is time to plan for the opportunity to build the foundation."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, then raised his eyes and looked not far away.
At this time, Zhou Yuwan and Chu Lingxi came over. Chu Lingxi couldn't help but look at Ye Linyuan with great joy and asked, "Sir, you are out of seclusion."
Zhou Yuwan also showed a look of surprise and immediately congratulated him: "Congratulations, young master, for successfully breaking through to the perfection of Qi training. It seems that you are not far from the foundation-building stage."
Ye Linyuan smiled and nodded calmly.
Then he looked into the distance and said, "I'm going to be away for a while. During this time, you will guard this island for me. Remember not to let anyone in."
The two girls looked at each other immediately after hearing this, and finally nodded and said, "We are not weak now, why not take us with you."
Ye Linyuan couldn't help but ponder after hearing this. The two women's cultivation has now reached the eighth level of Qi training. With the blessing of superior exercises, their strength is enough to be on par with Qi training perfection, and they are indeed not weak.
However, the strength of simply completing Qi Refining might not be able to help Ye Linyuan much.
After pondering for a while, Ye Linyuan said, "I am not here to fight with others, and more people will make the goal bigger. You should stay in the family to practice and cultivate the shortcut magic as soon as possible."
"I think if one day you can master the shortcut magic, you can really help me a lot."
Chu Lingxi and Zhou Yuwan's eyes dimmed slightly when they heard this.
It is difficult to practice shortcut magic, and it requires extremely high qualifications to be able to successfully comprehend it.
Although both of them have good aptitude and a high degree of compatibility with the two volumes of exercises, it is still quite difficult for them to cultivate the core spells of the superior exercises to the level of near-path.
In recent years, they have focused most of their energy on core spells, and have cultivated them to the Mahayana level for many years, but they are still short of the finishing touch to cultivating shortcut spells.
This last step has stopped countless geniuses, and they dare not guarantee that they can definitely get over it.
Ye Linyuan noticed their expressions and understood something, so he smiled and said, "The near-path magic was originally created by our ancestors in imitation of nature. Instead of struggling to understand it, you might as well try to comprehend its true nature."
"To comprehend the true nature?"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuwan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Ye Linyuan nodded, and then said: "If you want to comprehend the core spell 'Peach Blossom Chasing Water Sword' to the level of the Near Path, you can often stay by the peach tree, and perhaps you can get a glimpse of the true wonders of the Near Path."
"Instead of watching the 'willow catkins blowing in the wind' of Lingxi, it is better to watch the scenery of willow trees blowing in the wind."
The two girls suddenly felt enlightened after hearing what he said. They all bowed and said, "Thank you for your guidance, young master."
Ye Linyuan smiled and waved his hand, saying, "You guys continue to practice."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan stood up and left. He first went to Chixing Island to say goodbye to Old Man Ye, and then quietly changed his appearance, transformed into a man in blue and left Qinghe Islands.
Relying on his great skills and courage, Ye Linyuan was too lazy to take the treasure ship, but simply crossed the sea alone.
In this vast ocean, he was not afraid of his magic power running out. He used all his strength to drive Qiu Shui Chang Tian across the sea. In one day, he could fly over 3,000 miles of sea, and his speed was one-third of that of a person in the early stage of foundation building.
With such a fast speed and without having to stop along the way, Ye Linyuan only took less than a month to cross tens of thousands of miles of vast ocean and arrive outside the Tianxing Continent.
"Although the time is a little tight, it should still be in time."
After arriving at the outskirts of Tianxing Continent, Ye Linyuan found a secluded place to go ashore, and then went directly to Tianxing Fairy City.
Arriving all the way to Tianxing Fairy City, Ye Linyuan came to a low-key market town with familiarity.
"Tianxing Black Market."
Looking at the market in front of him, Ye Linyuan's eyes couldn't help but move slightly, and an inexplicable luster appeared in his pupils.
The Tianxing Black Market is an anonymous black market under the Tianxing Sword Sect. Unlike the markets outside, one can hide his identity when entering this black market, and the Tianxing Sword Sect will not ask about the origins of the items being traded.
It is said that there was once a cultivator who had reached the peak of Qi Refining and traded for a rare treasure here, and then successfully broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
It is also because of this that most of the cultivators in the late stage of Qi training in the Tianxing Sea like to come to this black market to trade.
In the black market, every year, there is an exchange fair limited to the Qi Refining Perfection circle, and each time it attracts many Qi Refining Perfection cultivators to participate.
In the previous few times, Ye Linyuan was unable to enter this level of exchange due to his insufficient cultivation.
Now that his cultivation had broken through to the Qi Refining Perfection, he was finally able to participate in this barter meeting. Naturally, he would not miss this once-a-year opportunity.
"I hope I can exchange it for a satisfactory treasure."
Ye Linyuan's mind was floating. He put on a black cloak, and then, after revealing the aura of perfect Qi training, he passed the inspection and stepped into the black market.
Because the exchange would not open for another two days, after entering the black market, Ye Linyuan did not rush there, but came to a remote attic.
"Tianyan Building."
Looking at the plaque outside the attic, Ye Linyuan's eyes couldn't help but move slightly, and a hint of memories appeared in his pupils.
The origin of Tianyan Tower is mysterious. Not only does it have its own branch in the Cangling Sea, but it also seems to have many branches in Chixiazhou, Nanling, where Ye Linyuan lived in his previous life.
This lineage is good at the way of heaven's secrets. Legend has it that there is a divine master behind them who is also good at the way of heaven's secrets. However, with Ye Linyuan's cultivation level in his previous life, he was unable to verify the truth of this news.
The inheritance of Tianyan Tower is also very special. They like to do intelligence business very much. They not only sell intelligence but also like to purchase intelligence.
Relying on the calculations of the Heavenly Secrets and its own powerful intelligence network, Tianyan Tower has a very deep grasp of various inside information of the entire world of immortal cultivation.
Moreover, the rules of Tianyan Tower are very strict. When they buy and sell information, they never inquire about the background of the customers, nor can they violate the regulations by selling unauthorized information, and they cannot personally participate in other people's games.
So in Ye Linyuan's understanding, Tianyan Building is a very reliable and safe intelligence agency.
"I hope to find news about the Cang Hai Spring."
Ye Linyuan's mind moved slightly, and then he stepped into the Tianyan Tower.
At this time, a Taoist priest was lying on a rocking chair in Tianyan Building. Seeing Ye Linyuan approaching, he couldn't help but stand up and said with a smile: "I wonder what kind of information you came here for, sir?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan took a quick look at the man and couldn't help but frowned slightly.
This Taoist's cultivation seems ordinary, but it gives Ye Linyuan a feeling of being unfathomable.
"I'm afraid he is a foundation-building cultivator who is good at hiding his cultivation."
Ye Linyuan's mind was in turmoil, but he immediately suppressed the thought, bowed and said, "Junior wants to purchase a piece of intelligence."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan handed over a note.
"The Spring of the Sea?"
The Taoist took it and took a look at it, then looked at Ye Linyuan with some surprise.
But a moment later, the Taoist returned the note to Ye Linyuan, then smiled and said: "I do have information about the Canghai Spring, but the price is not cheap."
Ye Linyuan's eyes lit up slightly, and then he said, "Please name your price, senior."
"Two hundred spirit stones."
The first thing this Taoist said was a price that made people's eyes water.
Fortunately, Ye Linyuan had anticipated this. He took out two hundred spirit stones from his sleeve and handed them over.
The Taoist took the spirit stone and did not ask any more questions. He directly took out a bamboo slip and handed it to Ye Linyuan. Then he said with a serious look: "This information cannot be spread to others, otherwise don't blame me, Tianyan Tower, for settling the score later."
"The younger generation understands the rules."
Ye Linyuan took the bamboo slips, bowed, and left Tianyan Tower.
The Taoist calmly watched Ye Linyuan leave, and suddenly a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.
"Another person who is trying to find out the news about the Cang Hai Spring. I don't know whether it is lucky or unlucky to get that ancient inheritance."
"Forget it. After all, he is just a man with a tragic fate. What does it have to do with me?"
Having said this, the Taoist lay back on the rocking chair and fell into a nap again.
"..."
On the other side, after leaving Tianyan Tower, Ye Linyuan checked the information in the bamboo slips, and then decisively destroyed them.
Afterwards, a hint of depth appeared in Ye Linyuan's calm eyes.
(End of this chapter)
