At the top of Taiqiu Mountain, the green plum tree and the pink third-order peach tree complement each other.
After so many years, the third-level spiritual peach tree snatched from the third-level black forest python has begun to bear fruit. Li Xuangang stood beside his fifth uncle Li Changqing, subconsciously looking up at the hundreds of large and small spiritual peach trees above his head.
Peach.
Obviously, these spiritual peaches have become a new resource for the family.
Naturally, Li Xuangang's cultivation level could not be hidden from Li Changqing, who was already at the peak of foundation building. The latter could clearly see his current cultivation level with just a brief inspection.
Due to his many years of mining career, Li Xuangang didn't have much time to practice, so his spiritual power didn't increase much, but it was much stronger than it was eight years ago.
Li Changqing smiled with satisfaction and raised his hand to signal Li Xuangang to sit down on the stone bench in front of him.
"Have you collected your family's contribution?"
After hearing what was going on, Li Xuangang stood ready and respectfully took out his family token.
The family contribution on it is impressively more than 11,000 points.
This was obtained by Li Xuangang in exchange for the prepared spiritual stones at his family's meritorious service hall before going to the top of the mountain.
After taking his family token and looking at it, Li Changqing nodded slightly.
With a wave of his hand, the family contribution on the token was reduced to less than a thousand points, and then he handed his token back.
Along with the token, a green jade bottle was handed back.
Li Xuangang took the token and jade bottle with a little excitement.
said:
"Thank you, fifth uncle."
Obviously, inside the jade bottle was the Foundation Building Pill promised to him by the patriarch Li Changqing.
"This Foundation Establishment Pill is hard-won. There are many clan members in the ninth level of Qi Refining. As for why I chose you, I believe you know a thing or two. I hope you will not disappoint your family's expectations of you."
"Don't worry, Fifth Uncle, I will do my best when it comes to Xuangang's path."
Later, Li Changqing told him some experiences in the process of foundation building, and also mentioned that the foundation building pill given to him was the last foundation building pill.
Before him, in the cave at the top of Taiqiu Mountain, his seventeenth uncle Li Qingshui and his second brother Li Xuantian had entered a state of seclusion and breakthrough.
Since there were already two caves occupied, he randomly selected one of the nearby vacant caves, stepped into it, and slowly closed the door of the cave.
Looking at the slowly closing door of the cave, Li Changqing thought of the time when he and his eighth brother Li Changji discussed who should give the Foundation Establishment Pill to him, and the latter strongly recommended Li Xuangang to him.
One of these three foundation-building pills was purchased by Li Changqing from Binhaifang City, and the other two were taken to Limeng Island after he picked the foundation-building fruits from the foundation-building fruit trees.
Refined.
After all, the two Foundation Establishment Pills last time were refined by the alchemist of the Corpse Sect. If they go to the other party this time, they will inevitably not arouse the other party's suspicion.
Li Changqing knew very well that if he wanted to avoid future troubles forever, he must cultivate a third-level alchemist of his own.
He murmured to himself: "I hope everything goes well for my eighth brother during this retreat!"
...
A year later, a jade tube brought back by a caravan came into Li Changqing's hands.
After reading the content inside, his face was filled with uncertainty, and then he turned into a ray of light and flew to Binhaifang City.
He was going to pick up Li Qinghuan back to the mountain. The small airship made of the black forest python corpse as raw material had been successfully refined on Li Meng Island. Now the latter was taking the airship with him, preparing to find an opportunity to board the boat from Li Meng Island back to Binhaifang City.
Treasure ship.
This sound transmission jade tube was the signal sent by Li Qinghuan in advance. Judging from the content recorded in it, his current situation is not very good.
...
In the cave, Li Xuangang sat cross-legged on the stone bed. He did not open the jade bottle containing the Foundation Establishment Pill, but silently closed his eyes to soothe his mind.
In the past few years, the news received by the outside world, including the vast majority of clan members, is that Li Qingshui, the seventeenth-ranked member of the Qing generation, took the lead in raising eleven thousand points of family contribution, and then redeemed them from the clan leader Li Changqing.
The only foundation-building pill in the family.
But they didn't know that Li Changqing actually had three Foundation Establishment Pills in his hand. However, because two of them could not be made public, Li Changqing and Li Changji secretly discussed it and told the appropriate clan members in private.
Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, Li Qingyang, Li Qingjing, and Li Xuanyuan did not take the Foundation Building Pill to break through the realm, but in fact, only Li Xuanyuan among them really did not take it.
In addition, when Li Xuantian and Li Xuangang retreated to the foundation-building realm, the rest of the tribe thought that they wanted to follow Li Qingyang and Li Qingjing's example and chose to break through without the foundation-building pill.
...
In the first year after entering the cave, Li Xuangang never used the Foundation Establishment Pill. Instead, he continued to practice with the spiritual energy of the third-level mid-grade spiritual veins in Taiqiu Mountain and the ruby pills he had saved before. He wanted to practice as much as possible.
The spiritual energy in your Dantian is pushed to the extreme.
The Red Jade Pill was originally suitable for ninth-level Qi Refining monks like Li Xuangang, but since he had not broken through to the second-level Alchemy Master before, he decided to take the Spring Dew Pill, which was suitable for mid-level Qi Refining monks.
This dilemma actually exists for all the monks in the foundation-building stage of the Li family. Since the family does not have a third-level elixir recipe or a third-level alchemist, what they usually take is the ruby elixir that is only taken by monks in the later stage of Qi Refining.
Only at critical moments in cultivation, the family would purchase corresponding third-level elixirs from the market and provide them with them for cultivation.
After a year, Li Xuangang had almost exhausted the red jade pills he had saved before, and his current state in the dantian had reached the limit that a Qi Refining monk could achieve.
With his spiritual consciousness internalized, Li Xuangang could even see the extremely rich golden mist in his Dantian.
Opening his eyes, he took out the foundation-building pill that he had already prepared from the jade bottle and held it in the palm of his hand.
Eyes full of spirituality stared at the ice-blue elixir in the palm of his hand, and waves of unique elixir aroma emanated from it.
After casually absorbing a little bit, I felt that the spiritual power in my entire body began to boil, and the speed of operation increased a little without realizing it.
Without hesitation, since he had decided to break through the realm and his condition had reached its peak, Li Xuangang raised his head and swallowed the Foundation Building Pill.
The medicinal power slowly spread through his body and gradually poured into his Dantian.
As the power of the foundation-building pill poured in, the golden mist in the Dantian also changed somewhat and began to rotate slowly.
For a time, Li Xuangang's Dantian was filled with turmoil.
And he closed his eyes tightly, and followed the experience taught to him by the patriarch Li Changqing before retreating, and tried his best to attack the foundation-building realm.
In the blink of an eye, another three years passed, and Li Changqing finally welcomed the seriously injured Li Qinghuan back to Taiqiu Mountain with a small flying boat that could accommodate 25 people.
Then, Li Qinghuan also entered a cave on the top of the mountain to recuperate in seclusion.
...
Han Yuru would visit Li Xuangang's original cave from time to time.
When he first came back from Mangshanfang City, Han Yuru was refining elixirs at Danfeng. After she finished refining elixirs, she learned about Li Xuangang's return from Li Yuheng.
But she didn't see it after all, because Li Xuangang only stayed in Shanggong Hall for a while, then went to the top of the mountain and fell into seclusion.
Han Yuru would sometimes climb to the top of Shandan Peak. From there, he could see the place where he was in retreat at the top of Taiqiu Mountain, but there was only a layer of light blocking the view, so he couldn't see clearly.
"I don't know if Li Jiu's breakthrough went smoothly or not?"
In fact, more often, Han Yuru likes to stay next to the Ice Heart Lotus on Linghu Peak. Since Li Xuangang left her the solution, the Ice Heart Lotus in this lake has grown greener and greener, and the blue lotus has become more and more green.
One flower after another blooms.
The mist was lingering, and the woman in white was leaning on the wooden bridge. Her big, watery eyes looked at the lotuses in front of her through the hazy mist.
Among the lush green, there are dozens of lingering touches of blue.
"One, two, three..."
Every time she discovers it, Han Yuru becomes more happy.
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One day, a storm composed of spiritual energy gathered on the top of Mount Taiqiu.
This attracted the attention of countless Li clan members, all of whom were speculating on which clan member had successfully broken through to the foundation-building realm.
When the spiritual energy storm ended, a cave was opened, and Li Qingshui, who was ranked seventeenth in the Qing Dynasty and always liked to dress like a scholar, walked out of it holding a white paper fan.
He has successfully entered the foundation-building realm.
Half a year later, another spiritual energy storm appeared.
A familiar figure walked out of the cave, and the aura on his body that had not yet completely calmed down indicated that he had entered the second step of cultivating the Tao.