Chapter 141 Uncle San builds his foundation [5K]
After taking these materials, Ye Linyuan looked at the several rare spiritual medicines in the spiritual field and found that it would take some time for the main medicine, the Enlightenment Flower, to mature.
So Ye Linyuan did not delay and immediately began to practice in seclusion. Not long after, he finally mastered the Geng Jin Zhen.
"Geng Jinzhen has also successfully entered the Dao."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart and couldn't help but smile.
The Gengjinzhen spell was originally used to treat pests in spiritual medicines. However, there have not been any large-scale insect disasters and pests in the Tianxing Sea in recent years, so it has not been used much. Ye Linyuan used it as a means to defeat the enemy in one blow.
"The Gengjin Needle has improved my combat power, but it's just a small matter. The key is that even if there is an insect disaster or pest in the future, I should be able to protect the first and second level spiritual medicines of the Ye family. It should be more than enough."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart and couldn't help but think of the locust plague he encountered in his previous life.
In the past, in Chixiazhou of Nanling, it was common to see evil insects everywhere every few years. Wherever those evil insects passed, the spiritual medicine garden would be devoured.
Even the family that Ye Linyuan belonged to in his previous life had a medicine garden that had accumulated wealth for a hundred years, but it was completely devoured overnight.
In this life, there have been no large-scale locust plagues or insect infestations in the entire Tianxing Sea, but that does not mean that the weather will always be so good in the future.
If the day comes when spiritual insects wreak havoc again, the Geng Jinzhen, which is only close to the Dao level, may not be able to protect the second-level spiritual medicine of the scale of the Seven Islands of Star Lake.
"Ordinary second-level spiritual medicine will not attract Jindan-level demon insects, but this Gengjin should be more than enough to deal with foundation-building-level demon insects."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and then put the thought aside.
In the following days, he focused on the enlightenment flowers that were about to mature and the hundred acres of spiritual fields. In his spare time, he used the flesh and blood of the Nine-Curved Spirit Crane to refine a furnace of flesh-refining pills.
The flesh and blood of this spirit beast in the middle stage of foundation building was indeed extraordinary. After taking it, Ye Linyuan's physical strength was increased to the early stage of foundation building, once again enhancing Ye Linyuan's physical strength.
The path of body refining is extremely powerful. Even if one has just entered the initial stage of foundation building, one will have a force of one million pounds, which greatly enhances Ye Linyuan's physical combat power.
"This is just the beginning. If you can cultivate to the third level of physical cultivation, you will be able to move mountains and fill the sea with the power of your physical body, and even sink an island with one punch."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and couldn't help revealing a little anticipation.
Third-level physical cultivators are extremely rare, and the power of the Tao Seed is integrated into their physical bodies, so they can exert divine powers that can destroy the sky and split the universe.
But Ye Linyuan had seen such existence in his previous life. Even his pet, the Red Dragon of Lihuo, had practiced the third-order intermediate level of body refining. At that time, the Red Dragon of Liyan could smash a huge mountain with the strength of its physical body alone.
If it were an island like Yejia Island with a radius of dozens of miles, Li Yan Chi Jiao would probably be able to move it easily.
"It's the power to move mountains and fill the sea, but it's not easy to cultivate to the third level of physical cultivation."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his mind, and then put all thoughts aside.
With his current level of cultivation, he is not yet capable of planning for the third-level body refining. The most urgent task is to make good use of the existing resources and try his best to cultivate the quasi-third-level body refining skills before forming the pill.
Shortly after Ye Linyuan completed the second stage of body refining, the enlightenment flower finally matured completely. Ye Linyuan did not waste any time and immediately started to refine the foundation-building pill.
In order to increase the success rate of alchemy, Ye Linyuan even specially prepared a second-level spiritual wood and a second-level inferior alchemy furnace obtained from the Qinghe Immortal Sect.
With the help of these two treasures, Ye Linyuan's alchemy process was everything in order. After about three days, he had naturally refined a furnace of foundation-building pills.
"Six pieces in one furnace."
Looking at the six foundation-building pills in front of him, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
The Foundation Establishment Pill is a rare first-grade pill. The difficulty of refining it is almost the same as that of a second-grade inferior pill. Ye Linyuan is a second-grade superior alchemist. Generally speaking, the success rate of refining the pill is about 60%.
However, Ye Linyuan had no experience as it was his first time refining pills, so the success rate should have been slightly lower. But he still managed to refine six pills, which was considered good luck.
"There are six foundation-building pills in total. One for each of Second Uncle, Third Uncle, Fifth Aunt, Linze, and Huaixue. The remaining one is for Song Qingming."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
No wonder Song Qingming has a noble destiny. Judging from the fact that he obtained this foundation-building pill, he is the kind of person who will achieve great success after years of accumulation.
"Although his fortune is up and down, he has a noble destiny and may achieve something in the future."
Ye Linyuan's thoughts were floating, and he started to refine another batch of soul-nourishing pills, and he got a total of six soul-nourishing pills.
After getting the Soul-Nourishing Pill and the Foundation-Building Pill, Ye Linyuan did not waste any time. He first came to the family hall and summoned Ye Qinyang, Ye Qinchu, Ye Qinxin, Ye Huaixue and other five people.
Seeing them all gathered together, Ye Linyuan looked at them and couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
As the first group of members of the family, these five people have received special care from Ye Linyuan over the years, and the cultivation resources they have received are comparable to those of the true disciples of the large foundation-building clans.
You know, as a family with second-grade top-quality spiritual plants, the resources controlled by the Ye family are by no means comparable to those of the Qinghe Immortal Sect. Moreover, the Ye family has a small population, and the resources allocated per capita are several times that of the Qinghe Immortal Sect.
By concentrating more resources on fewer people, the five people's cultivation speed was naturally fast. Now their cultivation has basically reached the state of great perfection of Qi training.
Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan directly took out the foundation-building pill and the soul-nourishing pill and said, "The Enlightenment Flower has matured in the past few days. I have refined a furnace of foundation-building pills. My uncles and brothers can take them and retreat to break through."
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other and showed surprise.
Especially Ye Qinyang and Ye Qinchu, both of them are more than 30 years older than Ye Linyuan, and are now over 90 years old.
If they delay for another seven or eight years, they might never have the chance to build their foundation again.
Thinking of this, they all cupped their hands and said in surprise, "Thank you, clan leader, for your generous gift."
Ye Linyuan nodded without being polite. He called them uncle out of affection, but they called him clan leader out of clan rules, and there was nothing to argue about.
Seeing that everyone had received a foundation building pill and a soul nourishing pill, Ye Linyuan took out two rare meridian protection pills and said, "The meridian protection pills can protect the meridians, giving you a better chance of survival after a failed breakthrough."
Everyone was stunned.
Seeing this, Ye Qinxin spoke directly: "The Qingyang Sutra that my second brother is practicing, if this method fails to break through, it will go out of control and burn through the meridians, eventually leading to death in flames."
"In my opinion, this meridian protection pill must be given to the second brother first."
"No."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qinyang frowned and said, "My life span is short. If I fail to break through, even if I survive with the Meridian Protection Pill, I will have no hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage."
"So if we don't succeed in this breakthrough, we will die."
Upon hearing this, Ye Linyuan fell silent.
Indeed, this Meridian Protecting Pill is not the best choice for Ye Qinyang, because the greatest effect of the Meridian Protecting Pill is to preserve the foundation of the cultivator when a breakthrough fails, allowing him to break through again ten years later.
However, Ye Qinyang is already old. Even if he has preserved his foundation, he is afraid that he will not be able to reach the stage of building a foundation in this lifetime.
But Ye Linyuan thought of Old Man Ye. After a long silence, he handed the Meridian Protection Pill to Ye Qinyang and said, "The other members of the family are not practicing the Fire and Gold Method. They will not die if they fail to break through. This Meridian Protection Pill will not be of much use to them."
"Uncle, you can have an extra layer of protection with this."
Ye Qinyang still wanted to refuse, but after looking at the expressions of the five people present, he finally took the meridian protecting pill.
As for the others, Ye Qinxin majored in the Canghe Sutra which has dual attributes of water and soil, Ye Huaixue majored in the wood attribute technique, and Ye Linze practiced a water attribute technique.
Ye Qinchu mainly practiced the Puppet Dao Sutra, which was a special practice of practicing the five elements, and its core was the puppet refining method.
The skills of these people are relatively moderate and peaceful, and do not require the help of the Meridian Protecting Pill, so after thinking it over, Ye Linyuan decided to keep the pill.
After dealing with all of this, Ye Linyuan said, "You have already obtained the opportunity to build your foundation, but don't rush to do so immediately. Remember to break through only when your magic power reaches its highest level."
"We understand."
The five people nodded, and couldn't help showing a solemn look. Seeing them leave one after another, Ye Linyuan didn't say much, but summoned Song Qingming.
When he saw Song Qingming again, Ye Linyuan discovered that this man's luck was becoming more and more unique. The haze above his head had mostly dissipated, and the green light in the dark seemed to become more and more clear.
"My luck is strong and I have reached the peak of my life."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, thinking of Song Qingming's extraordinary luck, he decisively took out the foundation-building pill, the soul-nourishing pill, and the meridian-protecting pill and said: "I once promised to give you the opportunity to build your foundation, and now it's time to fulfill my promise."
"Foundation Building Pill, Soul Nourishing Pill, Meridian Protecting Pill."
The moment he saw these three precious pills, Song Qingming couldn't help but said with a slightly changed expression: "It's just a foundation-building opportunity, how dare I ask for three rare precious pills?"
Ye Linyuan couldn't help but smile, and then he said: "The Soul Nourishing Pill can increase the power of the soul and slightly improve the success rate of foundation building. The Vein Protecting Pill can protect the tendons and veins, ensuring that you will not die if you fail to break through the foundation building."
"You are cultivating the dual spiritual roots of gold and wood. If you don't take the meridian protection pill, you will probably die if you fail."
Song Qingming was silent for a moment, then he prostrated himself on the ground and said, "Brother Ye, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. When I break through the foundation-building stage, I will definitely serve you at my utmost."
Ye Linyuan couldn't help but smile. Song Qingming had called him Senior Ye before, but now he called him Brother Ye. It was obvious that this person really treated him as his own.
Thinking of this, Ye Linyuan patted Song Qingming on the shoulder, and then said: "I think you have a tenacious fate, and you have the potential to achieve great things later in life."
"Practice well, your future may be more than just the foundation-building stage."
Having said this, Ye Linyuan said nothing more, but returned to Yejia Island.
"..."
In the following days, Ye Linyuan practiced as usual every day. He spent most of his time taking care of the spiritual field. Occasionally, he would play the zither on the edge of the cliff facing the sea, quietly contemplating the essence of the natural world.
Unfortunately, after entering the realm of Mahayana supernatural powers, it is much more difficult to further transform into pseudo-supernatural powers than to transform into shortcut magic. In addition, Ye Linyuan's cultivation is still insufficient, so he has always found it difficult to break through that crucial step.
“Perhaps I need to break through the late stage of foundation building before I can have a better chance of cultivating pseudo-divine power.”
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart, and integrated all his thoughts into the heaven and earth, quietly comprehending the essence of the Tao of heaven, earth, mountains and rivers.
Although he was unable to break through, all the essence of the mountains and rivers had accumulated in his heart. He believed that one day he would emerge from the cocoon and become a butterfly.
While Ye Linyuan was in seclusion, everyone in the Ye family began to strive to reach the foundation-building stage one by one.
The first person to attempt a breakthrough was Ye Linze. He waited until he had accumulated enough energy and then took the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Soul Nourishing Pill to break through the Foundation Establishment stage. However, he ultimately failed after three full days of seclusion.
Ye Linyuan had anticipated this. It was extremely difficult to break through the foundation by majoring in water magic. Ye Linze's failure to break through was expected. It would have been a surprise if he succeeded.
Fortunately, Ye Linze is only in his seventies, and he majors in water magic, so he recovers quickly from his injuries and will have many opportunities to make breakthroughs in the future.
The second person to try was Ye Huaixue. She used the wood method to break through to the foundation-building stage, but ultimately failed after two days of seclusion.
Ye Linyuan remained unmoved by this, because the success rate of the wood method was only 20%, and Ye Huaixue still had three chances to break through.
"For cultivators with water and wood spiritual roots, the success rate of building a foundation is too low after all."
"Fortunately, with the accumulation of experience from the first time, if they build their foundation again in the future, perhaps they can increase their success rate a little bit."
Ye Linyuan pondered in his heart that every time he took the foundation-building pill to break through, it didn’t matter even if he failed, because every time he tried to break through the foundation-building realm, he could slightly penetrate the Dantian barrier.
Even if only a small piece is penetrated each time, after multiple breakthroughs, the difficulty of opening the Dantian can be greatly reduced.
Generally speaking, for a cultivator with wood spiritual roots, after failing to break through four foundation-building pills in succession, the success rate of breaking through the dantian the fifth time is no less than 50%, which is much greater than the success rate of a single breakthrough for a cultivator with gold spiritual roots.
For cultivators with water spiritual roots, after taking foundation-building pills for six or seven consecutive times to break through, most of the barriers in their dantian will be completely broken through.
Especially for cultivators with water spiritual roots, they often do not take foundation-building pills, but directly rely on their magic power to try to impact the foundation. Although without the help of foundation-building pills, the success rate of the impact will be greatly reduced.
But they can make an attack every three years. Even if they can only blast open a small piece of the barrier each time, over time they can rely on the power of water dripping through a stone to open their Dantian, and finally condense their Tao foundation in their Dantian with the help of the Foundation Establishment Pill.
It is also because of this that cultivators with wood spiritual roots and water spiritual roots have the opportunity to break through to the foundation-building stage. Otherwise, with their low breakthrough success rate, they would not be able to obtain such a precious opportunity as the foundation-building pill.
Ye Huaixue and Ye Linze have four and five spiritual roots respectively, but they use water spiritual roots and wood spiritual roots. In fact, they are also preparing to take the path of water dripping through a stone.
In fact, age is the most critical factor in order to succeed on this path.
If one could achieve great perfection in Qi training before the age of fifty, and with the support of two or three foundation-building pills, the success rate of foundation-building would probably be no less than 70% to 80%.
It is also because of this that most independent cultivators build their foundation with gold and fire spiritual roots, while most cultivators in sects and families build their foundation with earth, water, and wood spiritual roots.
Because the former is short of resources and can only rely on the quality of his mana to rush forward, the latter has the support of the sect's abundant resources and can cultivate to the great perfection of Qi training early, and then rely on slow work to open up the Dantian barrier again and again, which is much safer.
Of course, those who can achieve great perfection in Qi training before the age of fifty are basically the core descendants of the foundation-building sect, and most of them are true disciples with dual spiritual roots.
Among the two people from the Ye family, Ye Huaixue is over sixty years old and majors in wood magic. Judging from his recovery speed, he still has about three chances to build a foundation.
Ye Linze is in his early seventies. He majors in water magic and can make a breakthrough once every three years.
They are a little older, and the probability of them succeeding in the end by taking this path of perseverance is probably only 30 to 40 percent.
Unless Ye Linyuan provided them with the Foundation Establishment Pill for breakthrough every time, but the price was too huge. Each breakthrough cost more than three thousand spirit stones, which even Ye Linyuan could not afford.
There is no other way. Both of them only have four and five spiritual roots. No matter how hard Ye Linyuan tries to cultivate them, it is unlikely that they can reach the great perfection of Qi training before the age of fifty.
"Om-"
Shortly after the two failed to break through, an extremely strong aura suddenly came from Yejia Island.
Ye Linyuan didn't look back, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The one who made the breakthrough this time was Ye Qinchu. The Puppet Refining Taoist Scripture practiced by Third Uncle Ye Qinchu included the Five Elements. There was actually nothing special about the properties of the technique. It was only moderate and peaceful.
The greatest advantage of the Puppet Refining Taoist Scripture lies in the making of puppets. It is also the highest level of puppet inheritance mastered by Ye Linyuan in his previous life.
At this time, with Ye Qinchu's breakthrough, it seems that the Ye family will have another second-level puppet master.
Ye Qinchu’s breakthrough lasted for only one day. After he had completely completed the foundation building, he immediately soared into the sky and landed beside Ye Linyuan.
Seeing this, Ye Linyuan handed a prepared spiritual weapon to Ye Qinchu and said, "Third uncle has completed the foundation building. The foundation of our Ye family has finally increased a little bit again."
"It's all thanks to that volume of Puppet Refining Scripture."
Ye Qinchu took the spiritual weapon and said with emotion.
It turns out that the Puppet Refining Taoist Scripture is good at making and controlling puppets, and has its own secret method for spiritual consciousness.
With the help of this secret method, Ye Qinchu's powerful soul was brought to its fullest extent after taking the Soul-Nourishing Pill, and ultimately it actually increased the success rate of foundation building a little.
Understanding this, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but nodded slightly.
The power of spiritual consciousness is unfathomable, but it does not mean that the stronger it is, the more powerful it is.
Although they had also taken the Soul-Nourishing Pill, ordinary people could only exert 30% of the power of their spiritual consciousness, but Ye Qinchu relied on his exclusive secret method to exert 100% or even 120% of his power.
It was also because of this that Ye Qinchu’s breakthrough in foundation building was able to break through the bottleneck without any danger.
Knowing this, Ye Linyuan said, "Uncle San does not need to rush into seclusion to consolidate his cultivation. I think Aunt Wu and Uncle Er are about to break through."
PS: Wait for the next chapter.
(End of this chapter)
