Chapter 650: Foundation Establishment Candidates (2600 Add-on)

"Sold?!"

Aaron took another sip of the spirit tea in his cup, unhurried and composed.

This spirit tea was quite extraordinary; within the bright yellow tea soup, a faint, silvery-white dragon swam about. Known as the "Small Dragon Group," it was the finest among spirit teas.

As he sipped it down, that little white dragon suddenly shrank by half.

"Sold to whom? For how much?"

Aaron asked the most crucial question.

Seeing his calm and collected demeanor, Li Linghai became much more relaxed: "Reporting to the Supreme Elder... just a moment ago, Qingdan Old Ancestor suddenly announced he was joining the Haoran Sect. The entire Qingding Sect has practically become a lower courtyard of the Haoran Sect, and the Lin Kingdom has merged with the Wu Country, completely abolishing the Lin Kingdom's imperial family..."

"I understand." Li Linghai gave a bitter smile, already knowing what kind of earth-shattering waves this news would cause at Xiaoyue Mountain once it spread.

This Li Yaohuo was too young and focused solely on cultivation; in reality, he had made no contributions to the family.

"A fine Qingdan. Ever since the destruction of the Sanshan Association, I suspect he's had this intention all along, hasn't he?"

"The Supreme Elder means?"

Aaron said casually: "There is one more thing... Zhang Lingxiao is dead, and that Foundation Establishment Pill of the Zhang Family is now in my hands."

Excluding those over sixty who had no hope of Foundation Establishment, there were four left!

The two chatted more about the future development of the situation and the Li Family's response.

He thought for a moment and said: "Foundation Establishment resources, while prioritizing aptitude, must also consider family contributions! A Foundation Establishment Pill is worth at least ten thousand Spirit Stones conservatively; it cannot be given away for free just because of good Spirit Root talent..."

Aaron finished the spirit tea: "The key is, where should small families like ours go from here?"

A series of earth-shattering news spilled from Li Linghai's mouth: "Because it was not mutual warfare, and furthermore, the 'Saint Heart Scholar' is the leader of the Extreme West Alliance, the other countries and Golden Core Sects have remained silent on this..."

Li Linghai was full of trepidation; the massive changes in the Lin Kingdom's cultivation world would inevitably affect them, the vassals of the Qingding Sect.

After all, the Demonic Dao also needed a steady supply of Loose Cultivators and even cultivation families to grow like leeks so they could be harvested for their souls and flesh to refine treasures.

Even so, in all the years Aaron had lived, he had never heard of a method to improve aptitude, let alone allow a mortal to spontaneously manifest a Spirit Root.

"Besides that, the Zhang Family's Lotus Pond?" he asked tentatively.

This world was quite harsh; although one could cultivate to achieve Changsheng, if one was born without a Spirit Root, one could only grope in the dark.

Hearing this, the hand Li Linghai used to hold the teacup became somewhat unsteady.

"Base it on family contributions. One Foundation Establishment Pill counts as ten thousand family contributions... However, when redeeming, apply a discount based on aptitude. Heavenly Spirit Roots have no bottlenecks, so they don't count... Different Spirit Roots get a fifty percent discount and are allowed to borrow from the family, owing the family contributions first and paying them back slowly after Foundation Establishment. Dual Spirit Roots get a thirty percent discount and are allowed to owe the family up to five thousand contributions... Three Spirit Roots pay the full amount and cannot owe family contributions. If it's a Four Spirit Root or Five Spirit Root, it's a twenty percent surcharge, and borrowing is not allowed. Heaven creates all things; one must always leave a glimmer of hope. Even for a Pseudo Spirit Root, as long as the contributions are met, they can redeem the opportunity for Foundation Establishment!"

'Heavenly Spirit Roots and Different Spirit Roots? The Ancestor really dares to dream. If one truly appeared in the family, we would smash the pots and sell the iron to send them to a major sect... Perhaps in a few hundred years, a Golden Core Ancestor would emerge.'

He had not expected that the Supreme Elder would either not act, or if he did, it would be with such Thunder-like force, leaving the opponent without the slightest power to resist.

"Actually... there is no need to worry too much." Aaron thought for a moment and suddenly smiled: "Our Immortal Cultivation World is actually not much different from the mundane world. Loose Cultivators are the commoners, we are the local tycoons, and the Golden Core Sects are the government... Although the sky has changed in the Lin Kingdom and the government has been replaced, we still pay our tributes as usual. The Haoran Sect, after all, prides itself on being the righteous path and still needs us to manage the parts they cannot oversee, so there is nothing major to worry about!"

They were the 'Ling' generation: Li Lingyu, Li Lingfu, and Li Ling Mu, as well as the 'Yao' generation below the 'Ling' generation—Li Yaohuo.

People who have accumulated contributions for a lifetime must have a place to spend them.

"No... it cannot be calculated that way."

Li Linghai muttered to himself, then suddenly trembled: "Age? What about age?"

Currently, within the Li Family, due to abundant cultivation resources and the assistance of Spirit Pills, there were many Great Perfection cultivators—eight of them appeared all at once!

"Actually, even if the Black Demon Sect occupies the Lin Kingdom, they eat the main portion, but there must be subordinates to follow and drink the soup, right?"

"Hearing the Supreme Elder's words, my heart is much more at ease..." Li Linghai laughed: "Looking at it this way... Qingdan Old Ancestor's move is quite brilliant. He and the Haoran Sect both win, and we have suffered no losses. The only one who suffered a bloody loss is the Qingding Sect, yet this sect only has one Golden Core Cultivator; I fear they can only swallow this loss."

"Thinking about it now, it seems that is indeed the logic." Li Linghai replied with a bitter smile: "As for how many benefits this Ancestor obtained from the Haoran Sect? Outsiders are likely unable to know..."

Aaron sneered: "Even if he sells out the country and the sect, only he can sell them. Can the Sanshan Association not compete with him?"

"As for the order of redemption? First come, first served. Whoever brings enough contributions first gets it."

Aaron sighed.

"Then, the distribution of the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

This was also his recent realization.

Fortunately, Fang Yu was born with Three Spirit Roots and had the opportunity to enter the race, which was already much better than the ninety-nine percent of mortals who could not enter the race at all.

Li Linghai thought for a moment and said: "Lingyu and Lingfu are already over fifty... although they haven't reached the sixty-year limit, the older one gets, the lower the probability of a breakthrough... Although Li Ling Mu was born with the Spirit Eye ability, they are only a Three Spirit Root... Why not give it to Li Yaohuo? They are only thirty and have Dual Spirit Roots..."

"Exactly so..."

'You want fire?'

Aaron's expression was a bit conflicted; this name made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.

What's wrong with old people? Did they eat your family's rice?

With this statement from Aaron, it was equivalent to directly cutting off most of the other party's hope.

"Regarding age, there will be no restrictions!" Aaron hated those who looked down on the elderly and did not know how to respect their elders.

Do not bully the poor in their old age!!!

He, Aaron, was an old man himself! Naturally, he had to stand his ground!

After redeeming it, eight times out of ten, it would still be prepared for one's own descendants.

However, Aaron was not prepared to forbid this.

"To be able to move a Golden Core Cultivator, it can only be a method to break through a realm or a life-extending Spirit Pill... But Qingdan also joined the Haoran Sect; the meat is rotten in the pot, and the Haoran Sect does not lose..."

Of course, while this restriction was said to be lifted, in reality, those elderly Qi Refining cultivators probably didn't have the spirit to swallow a Foundation Establishment Pill.

This Head of the Family, Li Linghai, rolled his eyes and immediately began to calculate rapidly.

Of course, that would be too dark; no need to say it out loud and scare people.

Li Linghai asked solemnly.

"At this time, it is better to be still than to move..." Aaron waved his hand: "However, those things in the family who eat inside and out can be cleaned up."

"I obey the Supreme Elder's decree!" Li Linghai bowed, his voice carrying a hint of killing intent.

(End of chapter)