Chapter 648: Foundation Establishment Pill

Inside the quiet room.

Aaron patted his Spirit Beast Bag, releasing the basin-sized Xiaoqing.

At this moment, Xiaoqing had grown another circle; after all, counting its age, it was already around one hundred and fifty years old.

A Longevity Turtle enters Qi Refining at one hundred years, becomes Qi Refining Middle Stage after another one hundred years, Qi Refining Late Stage after one hundred years, and enters Foundation Establishment at two hundred years!

It enters Golden Core at one thousand years, and can form a Nascent Soul at ten thousand years!

Xiaoqing only had a little over one hundred years of cultivation, which was equivalent to about the second or third layer of Qi Refining.

Even this was the result of Aaron cultivating it with a Spirit Vein and occasionally feeding it Spirit Pills.

"The Longevity Turtle really seems quite a pitfall... For me right now, even if it were a servant, it would need to be at least Qi Refining Late Stage or even Great Perfection to be of any slight use... Xiaoqing, you working turtle, you still need to grow for at least another hundred years or more..."

After letting the Li Family make some inquiries, Aaron felt... rather than hoping to get lucky and stumble upon one, it was more practical to farm the land himself.

And after entering the Array Dao, one needs to know both the 'what' and the 'why', fully grasping the principles of an array so that one can set it up, adjust it, and modify it as one pleases...

Aaron was fiddling with a few small Array Flags and paused upon hearing this, thinking of that old man from back then who understood when to advance and when to retreat: "He can live quite a long time, huh? Looks like he's good at preserving health... However, the time has finally come."

A trace of dissatisfaction welled up in Aaron's heart.

"If it were someone with ulterior motives, they would definitely suppress the Li Family and not allow a second Foundation Establishment cultivator to emerge... so as not to divide the power."

Watching Xiaoqing finally come out for some air, Aaron smiled while tossing out turtle feed, all the while pondering the problem of his own Golden Core formation.

Better not think too much; just honestly refine pills for healing and life-preservation.

And as it seems now, within the Li Family, things are not entirely calm.

After all, the first batch of Spirit Herbs he planted at the very beginning already had about two hundred and fifty years of medicinal potency, which could be used for refining Foundation Establishment Spirit Pills.

It is said that the rare medicinal materials required for it are also extremely hard to come by.

Yes...

"Wherever a Spirit Item that slightly increases the chance of Golden Core formation appears, people will fight tooth and nail for it..."

He estimated that even with the pill formula, this Far West region might not be able to gather all the medicinal materials.

In reality, it is hard for a cultivator to go through life without coming into contact with arrays.

"The Zhang Family's Foundation Establishment?"

"This bottle of 'Qi Boosting Pill' can help Qi Refining cultivators increase their cultivation; it costs several dozen Spirit Stones a bottle outside..."

Of course, it is only for healing.

Besides this, apart from his daily cultivation and leisure time... Aaron also made adjustments, focusing more time on the Four Arts of Cultivation.

The Zhang Family is the same, which is why they are so impatient to purchase a Foundation Establishment Pill, wanting to cultivate the next Foundation Establishment cultivator.

This is not just about taking revenge, but even more about seizing the opportunity to attain the Dao!

It is just that this Foundation Establishment Pill concerns the life and death of the Zhang Family, so it must be personally kept by Zhang Lingxiao; in the end, he will still have to risk his own life.

"Yes, the hatred from when the Zhang Family besieged Xiaoyue Mountain back then is etched into the bones of every cultivator in my Li Family; we never dare to forget it for a moment!"

Therefore...

Others cultivate immortality for longevity, he cultivates immortality to save his life, but why... does someone always come to shatter his sense of security?

Aaron covered his forehead and sighed.

"I won't even think about Spirit Items that assist in Golden Core formation; I'll just find a few life-saving items... and try slowly..."

The more Aaron delved into array formations, the more he felt he gained.

However, just as he was immersed in arrays, the Li Family Head, Li Linghai, came to visit; his face was flushed with excitement as he brought news: "Supreme Elder... the Zhang Family's Supreme Elder, Zhang Lingxiao, is finally going to die!"

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, several more years have passed.

Aaron complained while taking out a bottle of Spirit Pills, pulling out the stopper, and pouring out a bright yellow pill.

Although the Li Family has been quite prosperous these years, no second Foundation Establishment cultivator has appeared.

The 'Foundation Establishment Pill' also counts as a Second-tier pill, but Aaron has never seen the pill formula.

He looked at Li Linghai: "Many elders in the family have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, right?"

And if he waits another one hundred and fifty years, if everything goes smoothly and they don't stop growing, those Spirit Herbs will become four-hundred-year-old Spirit Herbs that are of great use even to Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators!

The Li Family has also done their best during this time, managing to collect a First-tier Array Formation Inheritance for him.

Xiaoqing raised its head, seemingly smelling the fragrance of the Spirit Pill, and looked at Aaron with its watery, pleading eyes.

There is no Spirit Pill to break through the Foundation Establishment bottleneck, but Aaron has time!

Ever since he fell into a bottleneck, he has taken all the Essence Qi gained from his daily fixed-hour meditation and used it to refine the 'Black Jade Seal'.

"The Array Dao actually has commonalities with parts of Artifact Refining and Talisman making... Could it be that the Four Arts of Cultivation all lead to the same destination in the end?"

Li Linghai said: "Furthermore... the people I arranged have also heard news that the Zhang Family is currently selling off their family assets and has managed to obtain a 'Foundation Establishment Pill' through connections..."

"However... one hundred and fifty years or more... those Spirit Medicines are already hard to grow in the mortal world, and they will inevitably need to be transplanted to a Spirit Vein later on... Can the Lin Kingdom's Immortal Cultivation World still give Xiaoyue Mountain another hundred years of peace?"

With the help of Dharma Power, this Spirit Tool, although it currently looks no different, is indeed slowly increasing in power.

For example, the Blood Contract on the Longevity Turtle, as well as the patterns attached when refining some Magic Tools... can all be considered part of array formations.

Aaron scolded him with a smile, but still tossed out a Spirit Pill like he was throwing candy beans, letting Xiaoqing open its mouth wide to catch it.

In the inheritance of alchemy, there are quite a few recipes for healing Spirit Pills, which seem suitable for healing after a failed Golden Core formation.

If seen by outside cultivators, they would surely curse this as a wasteful and extravagant act, but it became one of the few pleasures Aaron had in his spare time.

'Consolidating power is only to better support my cultivation... Otherwise, no matter how great the power, what does it count for under the erosion of time?'

"The pits are that this Far West region is truly worthy of being a desert in the Immortal Cultivation World... all kinds of high-level Spirit Items are pitifully scarce..."

"Hmm... I remember in my past life I was also a homebody; plants were only fit for raising cacti, and pets were only fit for raising turtles..."

Of course, those are 'Dead Arrays', where the Array Master draws the design and other cultivators just have to copy it.

"Even those Golden Core Cultivators from the Golden Core Sects all rely on the accumulation of long periods of time or are promoted due to having a Heavenly Spirit Root..."

As for things like the recipe for the "Golden Core Formation Pill" that increases the probability of a breakthrough to Golden Core, there wasn't even a single hair of that in Aaron's inheritance...

"But for me, the stronger the Li Family is, the more advantageous it is for me."

One grain after another...

Although it was somewhat rotten, Aaron still reluctantly accepted it and began to Can the Array Dao.

Thinking of this, Aaron's expression was incomparably calm: "Understood... I will take action personally; as for other matters like gathering information and concealing our tracks, that will depend on you all."

After all, the Zhang Family and the Li Family are both affiliated forces of the Qingding Sect, so attacking rashly would be improper.

However, disguising as rogue cultivators and launching an ambush halfway is something that even the Qingding Sect cannot manage, nor would they want to!

(End of this chapter)