Chapter 652: Fear of Death

"Broken through..."

"As expected... by slowly grinding away with time, one can overcome bottlenecks... The ancients did not deceive me!"

"Those who go on adventures and fight are all idiots!"

After the breakthrough, Aaron felt the vast Dharma Power of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, his face full of joy.

【Name: Fang Yu (Aaron)】

【Talent: Immortality】

"So... go to Great Gan? No, no, no... even if I have a map, it is too dangerous. Better to just lay low... At worst, I'll slowly grind in the mortal world; I can always wait for the day the Black Demon Sect stops the blockade!"

Aaron estimated that relying on it, he simply could not max out Third-tier Alchemy.

And after maxing out the 3,000 points of Proficiency for the thirteenth layer of the cultivation method, that is what is called a 'Foundation Establishment Perfection' or 'False Core' cultivator.

Aaron patted his Spirit Beast Bag and called out Xiaoqing.

Aaron stared at the cultivation method column, lost in thought.

The Head of the Family of the Li Family had changed to 'Li Yaotian' of the 'Yao' generation. Upon hearing the news that Aaron had come out of seclusion, he immediately rushed over to pay a visit, his brows filled with worry.

"Although the probability is very low, do I really have to gamble?"

After the breakthrough, Aaron was in a great mood. He announced his exit from seclusion and summoned a group of songstresses raised by the Li Family, beginning to enjoy fine food, songs, and dances.

"In less than another hundred years, I can form a Golden Core... just thinking about it makes me a little excited..."

【Realm: Foundation Establishment Late Stage】

"In case I ever really leave the Extreme West, the most important Nine-Eyed Begonia Spirit Medicine Garden will have to rely on you to guard it!"

At this time, it was also over two hundred years old, and its cultivation had successfully entered the Qi Refining Middle Stage.

The Foundation Establishment stage only has three realms: early, middle, and late.

"Reporting to the Ancestor... currently, our Extreme West Alliance and the Black Demon Sect are locked in a fierce battle on the two fronts of Dongwu and Xixu. Most of the young people in the family have been sent to the battlefield..."

"As for this... my family can provide money and men, but this seat must sit in command at Xiaoyue Mountain and cannot move lightly."

"Even if the probability of failure is one in ten thousand, I will not be a gambler..."

Aaron stroked Xiaoqing's head.

A cultivator's spirit pet has a Blood Contract, so it is impossible for it to betray them.

This turtle is very useless, and keeping it by his side serves no purpose.

In the past, the Li family members dared to be angry but dared not speak, and didn't even dare to think about it.

【Spells:......】

"Stop talking about these unhappy things..."

Even if there were... he would likely not be able to snatch it from others.

What is meant by "old and not dying is a thief"?

Someone like Aaron is exactly that.

Aaron laughed heartily, burying his head in the dancer's ample bosom, indulging in debauchery...

He even successfully refined a batch of Third-tier Spirit Pills!

Thereby pushing his alchemy skills to the Third-tier level.

The Li Family originally had no songstresses, but after Aaron took power, he felt the need to strengthen spiritual entertainment, as Immortal Cultivators are human too, after all.

And there was naturally a reason why he raised Xiaoqing, who cultivated even slower than he did.

And after seeing the terrifying Proficiency requirements, he knew that these Third-tier skills were likely only something that Golden Core Ancestors and Nascent Soul monsters had enough leisure time to practice and accumulate one by one.

Aaron had long since made the worst-case plans, and these two projects actually didn't require much investment. Even if they all failed, while it would be a pity, the loss would not be great.

Hmm...

Li Yaotian was actually very heavy-hearted.

This loss... had long since been made up for.

'Barely able to pull it out to fight ordinary Qi Refining cultivators... it can take on the responsibility of guarding the door.'

【Age: 455】

Seeing this scene, Li Yaotian shook his head inwardly, firming up a certain decision in his heart. However, at this moment, his face instead wore an even more fawning smile: "The Ancestor is right... but according to reports from the front line, the Black Demon Sect sees they cannot win on the main battlefield, so they have sent people to secretly go to the rear to cause trouble... It is currently confirmed that a group of Demon Cultivators has infiltrated the Lin Kingdom. We should be extra careful and it would be best to form a Demon-Extermination Squad to find and eliminate that group of Demon Cultivators!"

And over these fifty years, because his cultivation encountered a bottleneck, Aaron was able to devote more energy to the Four Arts of Cultivation, maxing out everything he had inherited.

Hmm, this Longevity Turtle does not have bottlenecks like its master. Because it has a large supply of Spirit Pills, it successfully promoted more than twenty years ago. At this time, its demonic aura is roughly at the Qi Refining Layer 5.

【Skills:...... Second-tier Jade Bone (601/1000), Second-tier Talismans (1000/1000), Second-tier Artifact Refining (1000/1000), Third-tier Alchemy (11/10000), First-tier Array Formation (100/100)】

After all, Immortal Cultivators mingling in the mortal world are mostly in the Qi Refining Early Stage!

If the Longevity Turtle were equipped with a few Magic Tools and Spirit Talismans, it might even be able to fight a Late Stage cultivator!

Of course, if luck is bad and the turtle dies in battle and the Spirit Medicine Garden is lost, there is nothing to be done...

Aaron leaned back in the beauty's arms, drinking wine, and said with a smile: "The sky... won't collapse!"

Furthermore, if he decided to travel far, Aaron would definitely harvest a batch of Spirit Medicine in advance to carry with him.

But keeping it in Taize Lake to drive away mortal fishermen, Martial Masters, and low-level Immortal Cultivators is still not much of a problem.

【Cultivation Method: Mingyu Art Thirteenth Layer (1/3000)】

"What is it now?"

"Today this seat is overjoyed... let us sing and dance, drink and be merry..."

Sending large numbers of Li family disciples to the battlefield while hiding in the rear to enjoy himself.

Only then did he spend a fortune to build a song and dance troupe. It is said that the lead dancer even received special training from the Joyous Gate in Wu Country, and with Aaron's personal guidance, they are all peerless in both song and dance, their beauty unrivaled in all directions.

Among the circles of playboys from nearby cultivation families, that reputation was top-tier.

After his alchemy advanced to the Third-tier, Aaron calculated the Spirit Pills he could refine and discovered that even if the healing effects were excellent, it could not guarantee one hundred percent that he would not die if his Golden Core formation failed!

And the Spirit Medicine required to truly survive a failed Golden Core formation was extremely rare in the Far West.

"It's just that... this Golden Core formation... if one's luck is too poor, one could also perish directly."

"Congratulations to the Ancestor on exiting seclusion."

"Therefore... there is no bottleneck from the Foundation Establishment Late Stage to the False Core realm!!!"

However, now that Li Yaohuo had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Mid-stage, dark undercurrents had long been surging within the Li Family.

How heroic and heaven-soaring was the Ancestor Li Qingjing back then when he saved the family from crisis and accepted the mission at a critical moment?

But now he is old, and has fallen into depravity after all...

But that is all there is to it; the Third-tier Alchemy Inheritance of the Sanshan Association is pieced together and very incomplete.

One hundred years later, the Spirit Medicine Aaron planted would likely have reached four hundred years of age, just right for refining life-saving pills!

【Martial Arts:...】

"Finally at the late stage. According to previous experience, in about ninety years, I will be able to complete the thirteenth level of the Mingyu Art and have a chance at Golden Core formation."

"And... I won't be able to stay in the Li Family for much longer... In another few decades, Li Qingjing's time limit will arrive... Where should I cultivate for the remaining few decades?"

Aaron waved his hand: "Just go by this standard."

"Yes." Li Yaotian had long anticipated this; nowadays, this Ancestor was increasingly unwilling to go out and risk his life against enemies.

Perhaps people are just like this; the older they get, the more they fear death.

(End of this chapter)