Chapter 477: Showing Cards

"Brother Bai, for this Foundation Establishment Pill, your Bai family only needs to take out 10,000 spirit stones. Even if you can't take it all out now, you can owe it first."

Su Shi'an placed the Foundation Establishment Pill into Bai Yuan's hand, watching the other party still in a daze, and smiled inwardly.

However, he also understood that this news was indeed a bit of a shock to the Bai family.

Who could have imagined that fifty years ago, the Su family and the Bai family had no difference in strength, but fifty years later, the Su family would soar, with the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators doubling, and even having a Purple Mansion cultivator.

More importantly, the Su family could also refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

You must know that in Zheng State, the powers capable of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill were only the Yunyang Sect and the Taihe lineage. Other Purple Mansion families only had one that could barely refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The reason it was "barely" was because the main ingredient for the Foundation Establishment Pill was difficult to obtain, and secondly, it required high-level alchemists.

Aside from the Yunyang Sect, only the Taihe lineage had third-tier high-grade alchemists. Other families didn't have them at all. If they wanted to refine, they could only collect spirit herbs and then ask other alchemists to refine them.

Not everyone could be like Su Fan, this cheater.

Third-tier alchemists—which one hadn't reached that level after hundreds of years in the alchemy industry? Unless it was that kind of extremely talented cultivator.

So in other words, the cultivation of third-tier high-grade alchemists was at least Purple Mansion or higher.

And the Su family being able to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill also left Bai Yuan in disbelief. He knew that the Su family head was not an alchemist.

Although the Su family had also collected other auxiliary spirit herbs for the Foundation Establishment Pill some time ago, he had originally thought they would ask someone else to refine it.

But hearing Su Shi'an's explanation, he realized that the Su family's Foundation Establishment Pill was refined by the Su family members themselves.

"The Su family has a second Purple Mansion cultivator?"

A flash of lightning flashed through Bai Yuan's mind, and he asked suddenly.

"Hmm! Brother Bai, you thought correctly. The Su family does have another Purple Mansion cultivator, and he is an expert with strength comparable to a half-step Golden Core."

Su Shi'an didn't hide it and directly pointed out Su Fan's strength. This was also what they had planned.

And it couldn't be hidden. When they attacked the Liuyun Mountain Range, it would inevitably be known to the outside world, so it was better to reveal it in advance, which could also increase the confidence of their allies.

"Half-step Golden Core strength?"

"How is that possible?"

"Brother Shi'an, you aren't lying to me, are you?"

Bai Yuan widened his eyes. This time, he was even more shocked than when he saw the Foundation Establishment Pill. How could the Su family have an expert comparable to a half-step Golden Core?

"If we didn't have this strength, would our Su family be targeting the Liuyun Mountain Range? Do you really think our Su family is so reckless?"

Su Shi'an looked at the former with amusement and said calmly.

"This..."

Although Bai Yuan still couldn't accept it, after hearing Su Shi'an's explanation, he really couldn't refute it. After all, the Su family's plan to attack the Liuyun Mountain Range was too inexplicable before. Even if Su Wanjun broke through to the Purple Mansion, he shouldn't have chosen the Liuyun Mountain Range.

If the Su family really had an expert with half-step Golden Core combat power, then taking down the Liuyun Mountain Range was not impossible.

Back then, when the Taihe Ancestor attacked the Taihe Mountain Range, his strength hadn't reached the peak of the Purple Mansion either.

The Taihe Mountain Range's strength was not as good as the Liuyun Mountain Range, but a half-step Golden Core combat power was different.

Theoretically, a half-step Golden Core already had Golden Core combat power, far from what Purple Mansion cultivators could compare to.

One person could fight several late-stage Purple Mansion cultivators or several third-tier demon beasts alone.

And the Su family head, Su Wanjun, Bai Yuan also knew that before he opened the Purple Mansion, relying on arrays, he could already contend with third-tier low-grade demon beasts.

Now that his cultivation had broken through to the Purple Mansion level, coupled with his arrays, he could probably contend with mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivators.

With these two great experts, if they could win over one or two more Purple Mansion experts, they might really be able to take down the Liuyun Mountain Range.

So he gradually accepted the Su family's plan to attack the Liuyun Mountain Range in his heart.

But he couldn't accept why the Su family would have a half-step Golden Core cultivator.

"Brother Shi'an, what is going on with that half-step Golden Core alchemist in the Su family? Could it be a Guest Elder you invited from outside?"

Bai Yuan knew very well how many cultivators the Su family had; he knew every single one of the older generation of the Su family.

He fundamentally didn't believe that the Su family could produce a half-step Golden Core expert, so that half-step Golden Core cultivator must have come from outside.

He might not even be a Zheng State cultivator. After all, a half-step Golden Core cultivator couldn't be unknown in Zheng State. More importantly, this was a high-level alchemist capable of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

There were no more than three people in the entire Zheng State capable of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

So it was very likely that the Su family was lucky enough to encounter such a master.

"Hmm! That one is a fellow Daoist the Clan Head befriended in the Nanli State back then. Because that one offended someone in the Nanli State, he had to leave the Nanli State. Later, after the Clan Head learned the news, he invited him to our Zheng State."

"Unexpectedly, the other party agreed and became a Guest Elder of our Su family. This time, the proposal to attack the Liuyun Mountain Range was actually proposed by him; he wanted to find a cave dwelling for himself."

"The Liuyun Mountain Range is very good. That third-tier high-grade spirit vein, even after he succeeds in forming the Golden Core, can be upgraded to the fourth-tier level."

Su Shi'an said with a smile. This explanation was something the three of them had discussed for a long time before coming up with.

Su Fan was destined to expose his strength, but if it were his own identity, it would be too shocking.

Some clever people would inevitably think that he, Su Fan, was very likely "reincarnated."

Exposing the news of Nascent Soul reincarnation too early was not a good thing.

Although most Nascent Soul cultivators who reincarnated didn't have much danger and no one dared to target them.

But some demonic cultivators loved to deal with these reincarnated cultivators.

Generally, Nascent Soul cultivators who could successfully reincarnate came from major sects and had protectors, having arranged everything early on, so cultivators in the cultivation world rarely targeted these people.

Demonic cultivators were different; they wouldn't fear their sects. Instead, being able to kill these reincarnated people was equivalent to weakening the power of the cultivation world.

Demonic cultivators and cultivators could be said to be absolute enemies; whenever they met, it was a life-and-death struggle.

Although cultivators and the demon clan were also enemies, they were not mortal enemies at the high level.

Even when the demon clan invaded, human cultivators would still join forces with the demon clan to resist the demon clan.

So Su Fan's identity, the Clan Head and Su Shi'an naturally didn't want to expose. They weren't afraid of anything else, just afraid of being targeted by high-level demonic cultivators, which would be troublesome. ===== CHAPTER 478 =====