Chapter 721: Impacting the Primordial Spirit

After obtaining the Nascent Soul Pill, Su Fan did not leave Haohan Cheng.

After all, relying solely on the Nascent Soul Pill, Lu Qingshan's success rate for forming a Nascent Soul was less than thirty percent; if it were anyone else, they would certainly have attempted the breakthrough.

After all, this success rate was already quite high.

Many cultivators dared to attempt the breakthrough even without a Nascent Soul Pill.

But Su Fan was different. While failing to impact the Nascent Soul stage—provided it wasn't a failure in crossing the tribulation—would not be life-threatening,

it would still result in injuries. Healing those injuries would take at least several decades, and the key concern was the blow to one's spirit; falling into a state of despondency was the last thing he wanted to see.

Such things were not unheard of; some sect disciples, after failing to form a Nascent Soul despite taking the pill, never recovered from the setback.

Although Su Fan did not believe Lu Qingshan's mental fortitude was that poor, healing would certainly require time.

Therefore, by making more preparations and obtaining the Spirit-Nurturing Pill as well, the chance of successfully impacting the Nascent Soul stage would rise to about forty percent.

This was already quite high, and combined with his own insights on impacting the Nascent Soul stage, he believed Lu Qingshan had a very high probability of success.

If the Heavenly Fire Origin Liquid were added, it would be even better; Lu Qingshan himself possessed a fire-attribute spirit root.

Once the Heavenly Fire Origin Liquid was consumed, the success rate would be at least sixty percent—a very high probability, almost guaranteeing success.

In the cultivation world, it was rare to collect all three of these treasures. After all, gathering them would cost at least one hundred million spirit stones, equivalent to a top-grade spirit stone.

A single top-grade spirit stone, even if absorbed by a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, could likely boost their cultivation by one or two levels.

Moreover, top-grade spirit stones were not like other spirit stones; as long as they weren't drained completely, placing them at the mouth of a spirit vein would allow them to slowly recover.

This was the preciousness of a top-grade spirit stone.

The key was that even if you had one hundred million spirit stones, you might not necessarily be able to trade for these three treasures.

Thus, for most disciples of major sects, obtaining one Nascent Soul Pill was already quite good. Obtaining a Spirit-Nurturing Pill as well usually meant they came from the most elite sects and had high-level Nascent Soul cultivators supporting them.

As for the final item, perhaps only the direct disciples of a few Primordial Spirit-level ancestors could receive such treatment; for others, it was simply impossible.

The Spirit-Nurturing Pill required Qingmu Sanren, but while most of those materials could be gathered by other chambers of commerce, the Spirit-Nurturing Flower was different.

It was extremely precious; even for the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce or the Jiuzhou Chamber of Commerce, collecting it would take time.

Su Fan had already entrusted the two major chambers of commerce with this. Even if they couldn't obtain it, if they provided information, he would go himself. He believed that with the treasures he possessed, any one of them would tempt even a Primordial Spirit-stage expert.

As for the Heavenly Fire Origin Liquid, that was purely a matter of luck; its very birth was a matter of chance.

Su Fan did not leave Yunzhou and stayed in Haohan Cheng. He also wanted to see Qingmu Sanren impact the Primordial Spirit stage.

The Primordial Spirit stage held no secrets for him; once the cultivation level was reached, it was more or less a step-by-step process.

But he was unique; others could not replicate his path. His breakthrough was completely unrepresentative.

In the future, if the Zixiao Sect also wanted to impact the Primordial Spirit stage, his breakthrough experience would be invalid, and leaving it behind would only cause confusion for future disciples.

Qingmu Sanren, however, was different. He was an orthodox cultivator of the Yuanyang Realm, and his breakthrough experience would be the most suitable for the Zixiao Sect.

Therefore, he stayed behind to see how Qingmu Sanren would impact the Primordial Spirit stage.

Secondly, it was for the sake of the Sea Clan. To prevent Qingmu Sanren from impacting the Primordial Spirit stage, several major Sea Clan tribes, especially those in the South Sea, such as the Dragon Whale and Dragon Shark tribes, would certainly not sit idly by.

These two tribes held deep grudges against Qingmu Sanren. Over the past few thousand years, Qingmu Sanren had killed many of their fourth and fifth-tier Sea Clan members.

In particular, he had killed six or seven fifth-tier Dragon Sharks and Dragon Whales.

If it were any other Sea Clan tribe, they would have been devastated long ago.

It was thanks to the fact that these two tribes were among the most powerful in the Sea Clan—they were inherently strong, and combined with a trace of dragon bloodline, their growth potential was greatly enhanced.

Because of this, the two tribes were hegemons of the Sea Clan; in the entire Sea Clan, there were few stronger than them.

Both tribes had birthed sixth-tier Sea Demon ancestors at the Primordial Spirit stage.

Therefore, the two tribes would certainly come to attack.

And he was here for these fifth-tier Sea Demons—specifically, for their inner cores.

A fifth-tier inner core could be used to refine a Nascent Soul Pill.

The Nascent Soul Pill was a fifth-tier high-grade spirit pill. His current alchemy skills were actually sufficient for the fifth tier; he simply lacked the fifth-tier pill formula.

Relying on fourth-tier high-grade pill formulas to constantly deduce fifth-tier spirit pill formulas required a massive amount of time, and even with the evolution space of the Universe Mirror, it was extremely slow.

Su Fan had tried it, but the results were not very significant.

And it was not impossible for him to trade for a fifth-tier pill formula.

From Qingmu Sanren, Su Fan had traded for an alchemy inheritance.

He traded a portion of Fire Origin Liquid for Qingmu Sanren's alchemy notes.

This Fire Origin Liquid was even more powerful than the Heavenly Fire Origin Liquid; it could enhance one's origin, and the profound meaning of the fire origin laws contained within allowed one to gain insights into the fire origin after consumption.

For those cultivators practicing fire-attribute techniques, it was truly a supreme treasure.

Qingmu Sanren himself was a fire-spirit-root cultivator and possessed a fire spirit body. Although this precious body was not particularly powerful—far inferior to something like an Innate Dao Body—

and even slightly inferior to the Red Dragon Battle Body of his disciple Shangguan Chilong,

it was still a spirit body, and for a cultivator, the enhancement was significant.

This Fire Origin Liquid could not only enhance his fire spirit body but also allow him to gain insights into the meaning of the world's fire origin.

If he could fully absorb this portion of spirit liquid, after impacting the Primordial Spirit stage and settling down, he might be able to impact the second level of the Primordial Spirit stage within a thousand years.

Naturally, Qingmu Sanren was unwilling to give up such a treasure.

Such an item would tempt many Primordial Spirit-stage cultivators, let alone him.

It was just that he did not care about his alchemy inheritance.

After all, his alchemy inheritance also came from the ancients, combined with his own research accumulated over two lifetimes.

Even if he passed it on to others, it posed no threat to him. He was a fifth-tier high-grade alchemist, and in Yunzhou, his alchemy skills were undoubtedly the best, unmatched by anyone.

Therefore, he was not afraid of anyone competing with him.

Moreover, the cultivation world was too vast; one more alchemist would have no impact on Yunzhou. ===== CHAPTER 722 =====