Chapter 653: Foundation

Su Fan left behind many trump cards for the Su Family, and this Mechanical Puppet Beast could be considered the greatest one; as for those technological weapons brought back from Swallowed Star,

Su Fan had also experimented with them, but due to the differences in world rules, they could not be used; he had been prepared for this long ago and did not mind.

A single Mechanical Puppet Beast, with combat power rivaling a Golden Core Peak, was enough to protect Liuyun Mountain well.

Even if a true Fifth-Rank Demon Beast were to arrive, Su Fan would not be worried.

After all, the Liuyun Mountain Range could still hold out for a period of time, and he had sufficient time to return.

With the Beast Tide approaching, the Liuyun Mountain Range had begun to enforce martial law; in fact, as early as several years ago, the various families in the Liuyun Mountain Range had already started preparing for the Beast Tide.

They were gathering supplies, especially Dharma treasures and Spirit Talismans for combat, as well as Spirit Pills to restore mana and medicinal pills for treating internal and external injuries.

This caused the prices of these Dharma treasures, Spirit Talismans, and Spirit Pills in Zheng Guo to rise slightly, and those Alchemists and Artifact Refiners with skills were all beaming with joy.

Others disliked the Beast Tide, but they welcomed its arrival; moreover, as Alchemists and Artifact Refiners, they rarely appeared on the front lines, unless the front line had reached a moment of extreme crisis.

Due to the threat of the Beast Tide, the Liuyun Mountain Range had also lost a portion of its cultivators; after all, this was the front line, and when the Beast Tide struck, it would inevitably be the most dangerous place.

Some Loose Cultivators and Cultivation Families who did not have faith in the Su Family naturally chose to leave.

The Su Family did not force them to stay, but from now on, it would be very difficult for this type of person to come to the Liuyun Mountain Range again.

After all, they had previously taken quite a few advantages from the Su Family, but the moment they encountered danger, they thought of running; no one was willing to accept them again.

Of course, the majority of cultivators did not act rashly, especially those family forces with sensitive intelligence.

They all knew that the Su Family and their allies had two Golden Core cultivators, as well as more than ten Purple Mansion cultivators.

Over these years, many Cultivation Families in Zheng Guo had opened branches in the Liuyun Mountain Range, and especially those long-established families, they naturally understood the Su Family's situation.

The Su Family's strength was not weak.

Combined with the Great Array, they felt there was still a certain chance to hold the Liuyun Mountain Range.

Once they held it, they also believed they would receive greater rewards.

The Su Family had always been very generous and acted with grandeur.

In these few decades, the number of Foundation Establishment Pills that had flowed out from the Su Family reached a full ten, with almost one Foundation Establishment Pill flowing out every five years on average.

This was far more than the Taihe Mountain Range had previously.

After all, in the Taihe Mountain Range, they generally refined one batch of Foundation Establishment Pills every twenty years, and each time there was only one Foundation Establishment Pill.

Compared to the Su Family, it was quite a bit worse.

Precisely because of this, many Cultivation Families chose to open branches in the Liuyun Mountain Range.

And every time a Beast Tide occurred, a large number of Third-Rank Demon Beasts would inevitably die, and their Inner Cores could be used to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.

Thinking about it, when the time came, there would certainly be a large number of Foundation Establishment Pills flowing out.

Foundation Establishment Pills were still a very scarce commodity in Zheng Guo.

Apart from those Cultivation Families, the majority of cultivators remaining in the Liuyun Mountain Range were Loose Cultivators; although most of the Foundation Establishment Pills that had flowed out from the Su Family over these years had been snatched up by the various Cultivation Families,

there were also a very small number of Loose Cultivators who had managed to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills.

Among them were three lucky ones; one had already become a deacon of the Su Family, while the other two had established their own families or cultivation forces in the Liuyun Mountain Range.

It was precisely because they saw the prospects that countless Loose Cultivators chose to stay; although it was dangerous, it was also an opportunity.

The Su Family had also long since announced that during the Beast Tide, as long as one performed meritorious service, there would be rewards.

Moreover, this time they would bring out at least twenty Foundation Establishment Pills to be used as rewards for meritorious service, and of course, there would also be other Dharma treasures, Spirit Talismans, and even cultivation techniques.

Dongying City, Wu Guo.

"Master!"

"Ninth Brother!"

"Ninth Uncle! Ninth Grandfather!"

Upon Su Fan's arrival, the group of Su Family disciples stationed in Dongying City were all exceptionally happy; nowadays, Dongying City was no longer just Lin Wei and Su Qidong.

Over these years, Clan Leader Su Wanjun had also allowed some family disciples with good talent to come to Dongying City to open up a new site.

Regardless of anything else, the Spirit Vein of Dongying City was much better than the Su Family's; it was a Fourth-tier high-grade Spirit Vein with abundant Spirit Energy.

Moreover, as a cultivation market city in the south of Wu Guo, Dongying City naturally had more resources, and for the younger generation of the family to come here was beneficial to them.

Over these years, one after another, more than ten juniors of the family had come to Dongying City, and they had already gained a firm foothold.

They had also opened a small, comprehensive shop in Dongying City, selling various Dharma treasures, Spirit Pills, or Spirit Talismans, and so on.

Because everything was below the Third-tier and their market share was not large, they did not snatch business from the major forces in Dongying City.

Plus, the Su Family had the care of that person from the Tai Nan Chamber of Commerce, so the business of this shop had been quite good over these years.

It was quite favored by the local Loose Cultivators.

Because of the trading, the Artifact Refiners and Alchemists who had come from the family received a great deal of practice, and their technical progress was not slow.

Almost everyone had reached the Second-tier level.

And Lin Wei was the first to become a Third-tier Talisman Maker.

Listening to everyone recount the situation over these years, Su Fan nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad! It seems you all haven't slacked off over these years."

As for Lin Wei, Su Fan had never worried; he had been sensible since he was small, almost never needing him to worry, and even he, this master, had adopted a "free-range" style after taking him as a disciple.

This irresponsible master of his had actually taken in a good disciple; decades had passed, and now Lin Wei had also become a Purple Mansion cultivator; although he was only at the first level of Purple Mansion, Su Fan's Divine Sense swept over him,

and he discovered that the mana within the other's body was also very profound and solid, clearly indicating a very stable foundation.

Furthermore, becoming a Third-tier Talisman Maker was no simple feat.

The path of talisman making was not that easy, and after reaching the Third-tier, the opportunities to make money increased significantly.

A single Third-tier low-grade talisman was worth at least around 1,500 to 2,000 Spirit Stones.

As for the cost, it was still not high.

Of course, the prerequisite was that your talisman-making skill had to reach thirty to forty percent success, otherwise, you would still lose money.

Based on Su Fan's understanding of Lin Wei, the other party must have reached thirty or forty percent, otherwise he would not have announced that he had become a Third-tier Talisman Master.

Others, such as the two brothers Su Qidong, both have cultivation levels that have reached the Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer, and are also Second-tier Upper Grade Alchemists or Artifact Refiners.

Nowadays, the disciples of the four generations of the Su Family, "Su Qihua Minglun," are gradually growing up, especially the two generations of Qi and Hua, which can be considered the backbone.

Most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Su Family's main clan belong to these two generations; as for the Shao and Xian generations, their numbers were small to begin with, and most have already passed away, while those who haven't passed away have now succeeded in Foundation Establishment, but they are few and far between.