This Foundation Establishment Pill was obtained from the wealth accumulated by the family for decades. Even the patriarch was seriously injured because of this Foundation Establishment Pill. Several eldest uncles in the family who were at the ninth level of Qi training also tried to protect the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Fallen.
Once the Sixth Elder fails to break through, it will be a heavy blow to the Chen family, which is not wealthy.
Sure enough, the third elder pondered for a long time and finally said.
"Qingmeng left customs yesterday."
"It has never broken through the foundation building period..."
As soon as Chen Qinghao finished speaking, the expressions of many people present changed drastically. Even if they had expected it, they still found it difficult to accept the news.
The seventh uncle, Chen Changqing, was already 107 years old. He felt dizzy on the spot. He felt a surge of blood rushing to his forehead. He spurted out a mouthful of blood and passed out.
"Seventh uncle."
"Uncle Seven..."
The scene was chaotic, and everyone hurriedly protected the seventh uncle's heart and then sent him to the mansion.
After being busy for an hour, everyone returned to the clan affairs hall. At this time, everyone looked pale and looked a little uneasy.
The failure of Chen Qingmeng to build the Foundation was a huge blow to the Chen family. This time the Chen family was so unlucky. They had already suffered a lot from buying the Foundation Establishment Pill. In order to protect the Foundation Establishment Pill, they even killed several of their ninth-level qi-practicing uncles.
, even the clan leader was severely injured.
Now that Chen Qingmeng's breakthrough has failed, this means that in the next thirty years, the Chen family will no longer be able to purchase foundation-building pills for the family.
Without the ability to obtain foundation-building pills, the family did not have enough monks to take charge, and the income suddenly shrank by nearly half. This was a major blow to the Chen family monks of the Qing and Nian generations.
It is very likely that the Chen family will cease to exist from now on, completely decline, and disappear from the world of immortality.
Everyone looked at each other, feeling their throats were dry and their hearts heavy with panic. The third elder, Chen Qinghao, glanced at everyone before speaking.
"Generally, even with the help of the Foundation Establishment Pill, you are only 40% sure of establishing the Foundation. Qingmeng's failure to establish the Foundation is also common sense."
"Let's put this matter aside for now. Let's take stock of the family's current situation."
After the third elder was injured many years ago, he gave up the plan to build the foundation, and has managed the family in an orderly manner over the years.
In the past few years, under his care, the family had just improved a lot. Unexpectedly, it encountered this catastrophe, he said with a somewhat sad expression.
"In order to purchase the Foundation Establishment Pill, we took out a loan of 8,000 spirit stones this time. The longer this money is delayed, the bigger the hole will become. We must pay it off as soon as possible."
"The family also spends a lot of money every year. In the early stage of Qi training, monks are paid two spiritual stones per year, in the middle stage of Qi training, they are paid five yuan, and in the late stage of Qi training, they are paid ten spiritual stones."
"The patriarch's annual salary is 300 spiritual stones, and the elder's salary is 30 spiritual stones. There are still 106 monks left in the family. The total annual salary is about 937 spiritual stones."
The third elder moistened his throat and continued.
"Let's talk about family benefits."
"The main sources of the family's income are the Five Elements Essence, the seventeen acres of spiritual land on the mountain, Linghu Island, and the income from several shops in Yuyangfang City."
As the third elder narrated, Chen Nianzhi had a certain understanding of the actual situation of the family for the first time. This was the first time he attended such a meeting after becoming a senior member of the family.
Among these incomes, the source of the Five Elements Essence is the most stable.
As the name suggests, the Five Elements Essence is the pure five kinds of essence refined by the Five Elements Spiritual Root monks.
This kind of treasure is of great use to high-level monks, as it can improve the grade of the natal magic weapon. Therefore, high-level monks often purchase a large amount of Five Elements Essence to use it to refine the natal magic weapon, so it is a hard currency comparable to spiritual stones.
The Chen family's more than 100 qi-training monks can refine about 600 strands of five-element essence every year, and after selling them, they can get about 120 spiritual stones every year.
In addition to the five elements of essence, the seventeen acres of spiritual fields on the mountain are planted with elixirs that the Chen family has cultivated for hundreds of years. In recent years, elixirs have been produced one after another, with an average value of more than 150 spiritual stones per year.
The three shops in Yuyangfang are used to sell elixirs and spiritual weapons, and the annual income they bring is about two hundred and twenty spiritual stones.
In fact, the Chen family originally had five stores in Yuyangfang City. In order to raise spiritual stones to purchase Foundation Establishment Pills, they sold two of them at low prices, which can be considered a big loss.
In addition, the Chen family also has a Linghu Continent five thousand miles away from Qingyuan Mountain. There is a first-class high-grade spiritual vein in Linghu Continent. The green spiritual fish contained in the Linghu Lake is a specialty of the Chen family.
It can bring in 80 spiritual stones every year.
"Five Elements Essence, Qingyuan Mountain Lingtian, Linghuzhou, and the shops in Yuyangfang City."
"Together, these four pieces can bring us a total of 570 spirit stones every year. Adding in other scattered income, the family's annual income is less than 600 spirit stones."
After Third Elder Chen Qinghao finished speaking, everyone present looked a little embarrassed. This amount of income was not even enough to cover the family salary. How could they use it to replenish the loan of eight thousand spiritual stones.
Fifth Elder Chen Qingwan couldn't help but ask: "The income from the year before last was more than 1,300 spirit stones, how could it be so much less this year?"
The third elder shook his head: "The family's 10% stake in the Daqingshan mine was mortgaged for 12,000 spirit stones last year. Now, the income of the family has been reduced by 300 spirit stones every year."
"This time the clan leader suffered a heavy blow, and seven uncles from the ninth level of Qi training died. Now we are short of manpower. We will not be able to continue the Five Elements Essence business going to Tianxu Mountain in the future. This time, we will lose about 300 yuan a year.
Spiritual stone."
"With these two items alone, we lose 600 spiritual stones every year, and now there are two fewer shops in Yuyangfang City."
Chen Nianzhi couldn't help but feel a little depressed as he listened.
The Daqingshan Mine is a miniature spirit stone mine discovered thirty years ago. It was jointly developed by six major families in Yu County. The Chen family spent 20,000 spirit stones that year, putting in many people and efforts, and accounted for 10% of the shares.
After thirty years of mining the Daqingshan Lingshi vein, the Chen family has paid back more than 9,000 Lingshi. Last year, the Chen family exchanged the income rights of this vein for 12,000 Lingshi for the next 45 years.
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Therefore, in the next forty-five years, the Chen family's annual income will be reduced by 300 spiritual stones.
The Five Elements Essence Business in Tianxu Mountain is one of the few low-level monks who can earn spiritual stones from high-level monks.
Patriarch Jiang of Tianxu Mountain has a high level of cultivation, but he is a casual cultivator. Unlike the ancestors of the big sect, he has a large number of disciples who can supply the Five Elements Essence.
In order to refining his natal magic weapon, he could only spend a lot of money to buy the five elements essence from the hands of low-level monks. This is why Taoist Jiang is willing to sell precious elixirs such as Foundation Establishment Pills to earn spiritual stones.
There are at least thousands of low-level monks in the entire Yu County, and it is a hundred thousand miles away from Tianxu Mountain. The route is extremely dangerous. Naturally, it is impossible for everyone to travel thousands of miles to sell the Five Elements Essence for a few spiritual stones.
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So there was the Five Elements Essence business. Among the six major families in Yu County, one family was responsible for purchasing the Five Elements Essence of Yu County every year, and then formed a caravan to go to Tianxu Mountain to sell it to Jiang Taoist, and earn the price difference from it.