Chapter 643

"Xiao Jiu, you're back." Su Fan returned quietly, without alerting anyone, and came directly to the main vein of Liuyun Mountain, Shangqing Peak. This peak was the place with the most abundant spiritual energy in the Liuyun Mountain Range, and the spiritual energy concentration at the mouth of its spirit vein cave was no less than the fourth-tier level.

This peak was also where the Su family's Purple Mansion cultivators practiced. On ordinary days, even those Foundation Establishment Elders of the Su family could not easily come up.

Now, only the Su family's three Purple Mansion cultivators were guarding this peak.

Su Fan scanned with his divine sense and came to the outside of the Clan Leader's cave dwelling for the first time, deliberately making a slight sound to wake up Clan Leader Su Wanjun.

The moment the other party saw him, they couldn't believe it. Su Fan had disappeared for nearly fifty years this time.

"Clan Leader."

Su Fan looked at the other party with a smile. The former's excitement and somewhat trembling hands all indicated the other party's mood at this moment.

"Good! Good! It's good that you're back."

With no news for decades, to be honest, if they hadn't seen that Su Fan's soul lamp tablet was still lit, they would have really doubted whether something had happened to Su Fan.

Anything could happen to anyone in the Su family, but absolutely nothing could happen to Su Fan.

Because Su Fan was the hope for their Su family's rise.

The reason why the Su family's strength had been able to increase so quickly over these years was all created by Su Fan single-handedly. The outside world might not be clear, but how could the people of the Su family not know?

"Over these years, you went out without a single word of news. We were so worried. Now that you're back, Xiao Jiu, my heart can finally be put at ease."

"Xiao Jiu is ashamed to have caused the Clan Leader and Elders to worry."

"It's nothing! As long as you can return safely, we are still very happy."

"Wait a moment, I'll call Shi'an and the others to come over together."

The Clan Leader didn't wait for Su Fan to react and took out a communication jade talisman. Before long, several figures arrived outside the cave dwelling.

The people who came, besides Great Elder Su Shi'an and Purple Mansion cultivator Su Shaohua, were Su Fan's Fifth Grandfather and several Foundation Establishment Elders.

These were the family's Elders with real power because this older generation had dedicated their whole lives to the family, and now many of them were still fighting for the family.

It wasn't that they were greedy for power, but because these Elders had dedicated themselves to the family.

Power was good, but compared to lifespan, the latter was more precious. However, for the sake of the family's rise, most of them had given up on cultivation.

Especially the older generation like Su Shaoquan and the others, although they had broken through to Foundation Establishment, originally, according to the family's resources, they would also be supplied.

But for the sake of the family's cause, most of their time was spent on all aspects of the family, and cultivation became less.

It was equivalent to giving up the future.

Su Fan had said this the last time he returned, but Su Shaoquan and the others didn't care.

These people were now all one hundred and fifty or sixty years old, only a few decades away from the Foundation Establishment limit, and their cultivation was only in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. Only the Fourth Elder had higher cultivation, reaching the peak of the sixth level of Foundation Establishment.

To be honest, if they let go and practiced, with the family's resources, not to mention breaking through to the Purple Mansion stage, at least they could have reached the late Foundation Establishment stage.

After all, the Su family was not really short of resources now.

In the Liuyun Mountain Range, there were several mineral veins, especially a third-tier mineral vein, which could continuously exchange spirit stones for the family.

Secondly, the family vigorously developed the hundred arts of immortal cultivation, with the insights on alchemy and talisman making left by Su Fan. Although the family had not yet produced a mid-to-high-tier third-tier Alchemist or Talisman Maker.

But low-tier Alchemists and Talisman Makers were appearing continuously.

There were a full thirty or forty second-tier Alchemists and second-tier Talisman Makers alone.

These people, besides what the family needed, could also sell to other families, loose cultivators, and even took them to the surroundings of Zheng State and Dongying City.

The Su family had channels to other countries, especially Dongying City, because of Su Fan's relationship with that Tainan Chamber of Commerce. As long as there were such spirit pills and talismans, they could be collected in large quantities.

Of course, in reality, such low-tier resources didn't need to be sold to the Tainan Chamber of Commerce. The Su family united with Jinguang's hunting squad and also took down several shops in Dongying City.

They were also selling them quite well, and because there was Li Ke, a local snake, the local forces in Dongying City didn't dare to do anything to the Su family's shops.

Not to mention that there was Jinguang, a ninth-level Purple Mansion expert, sitting in charge.

Ordinary forces didn't dare to provoke them, and those Golden Core forces naturally didn't look down on these small profits.

The Su family relied on these, and spirit stones were continuously increasing. This was the terror of channels.

Even the Yunyang Sect of Zheng State couldn't compare.

It had to be said that the Yunyang Sect of Zheng State was indeed stronger than the Su family, but unfortunately, Zheng State couldn't do what the Su family did.

The Yunyang Sect also had fourth-tier Alchemists, but after all, they were sect Alchemists and couldn't be like Su Fan.

Moreover, the Tainan Chamber of Commerce wouldn't easily cooperate with such sect Alchemists. The chamber of commerce preferred people like Su Fan, either loose cultivator Alchemists or those from small families.

Over these decades, the Su family had earned a large amount of spirit stones by relying on these channels, and resources were not lacking, so even if they didn't practice much, Su Shaoquan and the others had reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Of course, this was related to their spirit roots not being bad.

The lowest were all three spirit roots.

Coupled with practicing Su Fan's secret method, their cultivation speed was a bit faster. Otherwise, they would probably still be in the early Foundation Establishment stage.

As for the others, the Xian generation, and even the Qi generation and the juniors, Foundation Establishment cultivators, their cultivation speed was faster.

The Su family had more than eighty Foundation Establishment cultivators, among whom the Xian and Qi generations occupied half, and most of them were already in the mid-to-late Foundation Establishment stage.

With these sufficient resources, spirit pills, and secret methods, their cultivation was very fast, unless it was the kind with poor spirit roots.

But those with poor spirit roots were generally difficult to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Those who could advance to Foundation Establishment were generally three spirit roots, or had great advantages in other aspects.

Su Shaoquan and the others had completely fallen behind. In another twenty or thirty years, the Su family would have another big explosion, with nearly twenty or thirty people who could attempt to open the Purple Mansion.

Logically speaking, Su Shaoquan and the others had no hope.

But Su Fan was back, so it was different.

Su Fan brought back quite a few treasures. Even if he piled them up, he could pile Su Shaoquan and the others into Purple Mansion cultivators.

Not to mention treasures like the Life Fruit, just the energy contained in that Wood Bud Crystal was enough to make Su Shaoquan and the others' cultivation improve rapidly.

Within ten years, he believed they could all be promoted to the ninth level of Foundation Establishment.

In the world of immortal cultivation, low-level cultivators actually didn't have high requirements for realms, especially before the Purple Mansion. As long as there were sufficient resources, it was very simple to speed up cultivation.

In a major immortal cultivation country like Wu State, there were many who reached Foundation Establishment in their twenties, and many could even reach the peak of Foundation Establishment in their fifties or sixties.

Su Shaoquan and the others were now only one hundred and fifty or sixty years old, with a few decades left.