Chapter 166: The Cave Dwelling of the Purple Mansion Ancestor

"What?"

When Su Fan returned to Cloud Terrace Peak with his Foundation Establishment cultivation, the entire Su Family was shocked.

"Qifan has established his foundation!"

Everyone couldn't believe it.

"He didn't have a Foundation Establishment Pill, how did he dare?"

Fifth Elder Su Shaoquan was first shocked, and then anger rose from his heart.

"Too reckless!"

Although Su Fan succeeded in Foundation Establishment, Fifth Elder Su Shaoquan still couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. Seeing Su Fan, he couldn't help but nag him a few times.

Su Fan wasn't angry, because he could hear the deep concern in the tone.

But regardless, Su Fan had successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage. This was a huge happy event. Their Su Family had one more Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the family's strength had increased by another portion.

Over the past hundred years, the Su Family had currently added three Foundation Establishment cultivators, which could be called a series of surprises.

Even the Clan Leader, who was in seclusion to heal his wounds, came out of seclusion from the back mountain because of Su Fan's return.

Very few people in the family knew about the Clan Leader's injury; only a small number of elders knew.

Su Fan also learned the reason for the Clan Leader's injury from the Great Elder afterward.

That cave dwelling was ultimately visited by the Clan Leader and the Great Elder personally. The two of them also spent more than half a month grinding open the cave dwelling's great array.

During this process, the Clan Leader also suffered a minor injury. Of course, afterward, they encountered an ambush by Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Black Abyss.

The Clan Leader's injury was more due to being wounded in the battle against the three Black Abyss Foundation Establishment cultivators, damaging his meridians.

Fortunately, the Clan Leader's cultivation was profound, so he suppressed it. As long as there were spirit pills for healing, he could recover within a few years.

Those three Black Abyss Foundation Establishment cultivators ultimately died at the hands of the Clan Leader and the Great Elder.

However, this trip was a bountiful harvest for the Clan Leader and the Great Elder.

Not to mention anything else, just this cave dwelling alone was indeed a senior's cave dwelling, and inside the cave dwelling, there was an inheritance left behind by the senior.

That was a great expert at the ninth level of the Purple Mansion.

This person called himself Superior Zixu and was not a person from Zheng State, but a cultivator from Yuan State, which also belonged to the Ten Kingdoms of the Southern Wilderness. However, the Yuan State's cultivation world was stronger than Zheng State's.

This Superior had obtained a False Core at an auction in Yuan State. What is a False Core? It is a spirit pill refined from the inner core of a fourth-grade monster beast, which can assist Purple Mansion cultivators in breaking through to the Golden Core stage.

It has the same meaning as a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Of course, this False Core is far more precious than a Foundation Establishment Pill. Even in some sects with Nascent Soul experts, False Cores are extremely precious.

Naturally, Zixu winning this False Core at auction also aroused the covetousness of countless cultivators.

The ending goes without saying. Because of this False Core, he was wounded by a Golden Core Ancestor and fled all the way to Zheng State. Unfortunately, his injuries were too heavy, and he ultimately died stifled in a wild mountain cave.

It is truly sigh-inducing.

A Purple Mansion cultivator with a bright future ultimately fell in the darkness of the cultivation world.

If there hadn't been a Golden Core Ancestor's move, perhaps he could have broken out from among the Purple Mansion cultivators, then found a place to go into seclusion and practice, and might have broken through to the Golden Core stage to become an Ancestor of one side.

Unfortunately, there are no "ifs."

He died, but the inheritance he left behind enriched the Su Family.

The inheritance of a ninth-level Purple Mansion expert was not a bit inferior to that of the Taihe Ancestor on Taihe Mountain. His alchemy skills reached the third-grade high-tier, and his array skills were the same. It could be said that he was a master of both pills and arrays.

The key was that his age was not large, only a little over three hundred.

One must know that general Purple Mansion cultivators have a lifespan of four hundred years. If you add some spirit pills for extending life, spirit fruits, etc., you can even live to five hundred years old.

One can imagine how young his age was and what a bright future he had.

The Su Family obtained his inheritance, and suddenly the family's array inheritance and alchemy inheritance were improved again.

Especially the pill formulas. Excluding what the family originally had, the Su Family now had more than sixty pill formulas.

Among them, forty-six were first-grade, thirteen were second-grade, five were third-grade, and two were fourth-grade, including the pill formulas for the Foundation Establishment Pill and the False Core.

This inheritance suddenly placed the Su Family in the top tier of Zheng State. Just in terms of alchemy inheritance, I'm afraid only the Profound Heaven Sect and the Taihe lineage in the entire Zheng State could surpass them.

Excluding these, there were also some immortal cultivation techniques—a full dozen or so techniques, among which five reached Foundation Establishment, and two were for the Purple Mansion.

Of course, the things Superior Zixu left behind were not just knowledge, but also some artifacts, spirit talismans, etc., that he possessed during his lifetime.

But unfortunately, most of them were broken, clearly showing that his last battle during his lifetime was quite tragic.

Even so, as a ninth-level Purple Mansion cultivator, the third-grade artifacts he left behind also made the Clan Leader and the others extremely excited.

Third-grade artifacts cost at least three thousand spirit stones at the lowest.

Superior Zixu, at the ninth level of the Purple Mansion, didn't have any third-grade low-tier artifacts in his hands at all; most were third-grade high-tier. Of course, those were broken.

The three complete third-grade artifacts left behind were all third-grade mid-tier.

Although the Clan Leader couldn't exert their full power, the Clan Leader possessing third-grade artifacts could be said to be an invincible existence in the Foundation Establishment stage. Even against a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, he didn't fear them at all.

These few artifacts were what improved the family's strength the most.

Of course, these were not the most valuable things in the cave dwelling.

The true treasure was actually a third-grade spirit plant in the cave dwelling—the Fire Origin Apricot. Although it was only third-grade low-tier, this Fire Origin Apricot could be said to be a heavenly treasure.

This third-grade Fire Origin Apricot tree flowers in ten years, bears fruit in ten years, and matures in ten years—a cycle of thirty years, with ten Fire Origin Apricots each time.

But this one Fire Origin Apricot could allow a Purple Mansion early-stage cultivator to increase their cultivation by ten years. If a Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivator took it, it would very likely increase their cultivation by several decades.

Perhaps a seventh-level Foundation Establishment cultivator could reach the ninth level of Foundation Establishment in less than ten years.

It could be said that this was a priceless treasure, which was too important for the Su Family. With this third-grade spirit tree, the possibility of the Su Family becoming a Purple Mansion family greatly increased.

Perhaps in a hundred years, the Su Family would become the number one family in Yu County, or even the first Purple Mansion family in Yu County.

Of course, opportunity also means risk. Once this news leaks out, I'm afraid the Su Family will be wiped out in a single day.

This is no joke.

It is precisely because of this that the Clan Leader risked being injured to kill the three Black Abyss Foundation Establishment cultivators, not daring to let one go, even though they didn't know what was in the cave dwelling.

The Clan Leader still didn't dare to be careless.

Even though those three Foundation Establishment cultivators included one who was a seventh-level Foundation Establishment cultivator, they ultimately died tragically at the hands of the Clan Leader.

Of course, the only people in the entire Su Family who knew of the cave dwelling's existence were the Clan Leader, the Great Elder, and Su Fan.

Su Fan was also told by the Clan Leader as an exception only after he established his foundation.

After all, this cave dwelling was discovered by Su Fan first, and this contribution was truly very great. ===== CHAPTER 167 =====