Chapter 710: The Secret of Suiyuan

Li Ximing broke through the Great Void on Zhijing Mountain and appeared, landed, sent someone down to invite Li Zhouwei, and sat by the table. Cui Jueyin didn't dare to sit and served on the side. He asked about things overseas, and after a few words, Cui Jueyin answered respectfully, and then noticed someone coming up the mountain.

This person was tall, strong, and vigorous, but not overly majestic. At a rough glance, he just felt that this person was not easy to provoke, and there was nothing strange, only those golden eyes made people awe-inspiring.

Cui Jueyin only looked at those golden eyes, and his mind became chaotic for the first time:

"Imperial descendant? The Wangyue Li family has an orthodox bloodline!"

The Cui family might misidentify other things, but they could never misidentify the Wei Li bloodline. The man in front of him might not be comparable to the Crown Prince Li Xunquan back then, but he was also at the level of Li Xuan who restored the country back then. Cui Jueyin was shocked and speechless, bowed first, and said respectfully: "Pays respects to Your Highness!"

Li Zhouwei seemed to be in a good mood, didn't recognize this person, raised his chin slightly, responded, and looked over suspiciously. Li Ximing smiled:

"Minghuang, this is a direct descendant of the Cui family."

Li Zhouwei understood immediately and nodded: "So it is the Cui clan, no need to be so polite."

Cui Jueyin retreated respectfully to the side. Behind Li Zhouwei came another person, strong in stature, five big and three thick, with a round waist, holding a gold hammer in both hands. Li Zhouwei had some joy:

"Reporting to the True Person, Li Wen has successfully broken through and achieved Foundation Establishment!"

The person in front of him was Li Wen, who was in seclusion in the spiritual jade mine of the Helin Mountain Range. Li Ximing raised his eyebrows and smiled: "What a good fortune!"

How could it not be? Li Wen could be said to be the one who occupied all the time, place, and people among the Li family members who broke through Foundation Establishment. Li Ximing had seen it early, and the hope of this man's Foundation Establishment was far less than that of the fallen Li Chengliao... but he succeeded.

Li Ximing felt emotional and opened his mouth:

"You cultivate the Yu Zhen path, and your talent is about the same as that An Jiyan. You didn't have the life of Foundation Establishment. When you were in Qi Refining, you met the True Monarch's testimony, the world's jade was prosperous, and you had a line of opportunity."

"So you went into seclusion to break through. The family met the struggle between the North and the South, and the previously unattainable Suiyuan Pill was surplus, and you got the spiritual jade mine found in the Helin Mountain Range. The spiritual energy of the same attribute in one place was blessed, and the Qingchi direct descendants didn't have this treatment."

"You were in seclusion for seven years, the Foundation Establishment must have been extremely difficult. As a result, the one on Changhuai Mountain fell, and the spiritual atmosphere 【Juxin Chongxuan】 was beneficial to the ancient, immortal path, and seclusion cultivation... 'Yu Zhen' is an ancient path, you occupied everything!"

Li Wen was a simple man, only knelt on the ground and nodded. Li Ximing laughed and replied:

"With this Foundation Establishment of yours, how could there be any reason for failure?"

Li Zhouwei nodded with a smile, and Li Wen muttered:

"Li Wen only relied on luck, and I still want to congratulate the True Person. There is a Zifu on the lake, which is better than a hundred Li Wens."

Li Wen was an old man. Li Ximing had seen him guarding Li Yuanping since he was a child. When his father died, the old man cried miserably. He remembered it all in his heart. At the moment, he was very happy and said several good words in a row.

Cui Jueyin on the side paid close attention. Although this rough man might not be able to walk fifty rounds in his own hands, seeing that he was close to Li Ximing, he remembered it in his heart, so he saw Li Ximing say:

"Jueyin, what kind of technique do you cultivate? What scriptures have you read, and what spells have you practiced?"

Cui Jueyin said hurriedly: "I cultivate 'Changming Step', use a fifth-grade technique, and have read most of the Mingyang scrolls in the family... Spells, brilliance, pupil techniques, and body techniques are all mandatory for the family. Among the peers in the island, I am in the top three."

"When fighting, there is no need to talk about loose cultivators of magic, as long as the Dao lineage is not restrained, middle and late Foundation Establishment can be blocked, and under the same cultivation, noble monsters in the sea can also fight..."

Li Ximing nodded with satisfaction and ordered Li Wen: "You take this young master of the Cui family down and arrange for him to stay in the continent."

Cui Jueyin got up in response, still couldn't help but observe Li Zhouwei. Li Ximing smiled: "After things are arranged, you can talk to my Minghuang carefully."

The two hurriedly went down. Only then did Li Ximing restrain his expression and said: "This trip really has a great harvest."

He told about the harvest of this trip, took out the "Body-Suppressing Tiger Pass Treasure Classic" for Li Zhouwei to read, and finally said:

"Cui Jueyin is not a person who speaks big words. Since he said he can block it, his strength should be at the level of being evenly matched. He has many spells and deep Dao practice. I'm afraid only you can suppress him in the family. Cheng and Weizhen fight him for a hundred rounds, at least they will fall into a disadvantage. If it exceeds a hundred rounds, there will be danger."

Cui Xianye obviously didn't perfunctory him. Although it was not as good as the all-out help of Li Xunquan and Li Xuan, he also sent one of the most excellent descendants of his family. Li Zhouwei nodded:

"Cui and Li both came from a Wei. The four True Monarchs of Wei Li, the Cui clan occupied two of them. The Cui clan has been loyal for generations, which is indisputable. Now, although they have also perished, leaving only one branch, they are also of the same nature."

The Chongzhou Cui clan is a Cui branch that can truly be traced, not like the Li family who denies it on the surface, and the situation is much better. Li Zhouwei took a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Li Ximing, which was exactly the matter of the three sects of Mi Fan that Li Cheng explained.

Li Ximing read it carefully and was quite moved: "Since the three sects of Mi Fan have inheritance, will there be..."

He naturally referred to the fragments of the Dharma Appraisal. His family could have obtained them from the Mi Fan cultivators, but he didn't say it out loud. Li Zhouwei already knew it and replied: "The Zifu matter must not rely solely on the one-sided words of one family. This matter may not be as simple as it looks on the surface. My family still has many things to do, and this spiritual tool is not a matter of one or two years. Let's wait and see."

"It's just Wen Hu... he masters the Mi Yun Dao lineage, so he can't be killed carelessly. Let him recuperate and be under house arrest for a while, and inquire slowly. If this matter is true, my family won't be without a card."

"You can handle it boldly."

Li Ximing naturally trusted Li Zhouwei's handling of affairs. He took the "Guanxie Guo Shentong Fire Refining" given by Changxi and asked Li Zhouwei to plan to build this high platform first, then said: "How is the Jade Court of 【Red Dust on the Court】?"

The "Baishou Qouting Classic" on the lake is also a Zifu technique, and 【Red Dust on the Court】 requires a huge Jade Court. The Li family's mining in the Helin Mountain Range is for this. At the moment, seeing Li Zhouwei reply: "It was collected a few years ago, and the mining in the Helin Mountain Range has stopped, but these years my family has been in a hurry, and there is no intention to build this Jade Court. These jade stones piled up like mountains have been mined, and most of them are in the Helin Mountain Range and have not been transported back."

"Moreover, this Jade Court... is really a big move that wastes money and people!"

Li Zhouwei asked this, and Li Ximing understood. When it comes to moving mountains and transporting stones, who can compare to the neighboring Xuan Yue? It's nothing more than a nod of his own, so he said:

"This matter is easy to handle. You write a letter to Kong Guxi and ask him to send some Earth Virtue Foundation Establishments to help my family move them back, and then apply the immortal foundation to build the Jade Court. It's just right to take advantage of these three years to solve this matter as much as possible."

"Furthermore, ask Kong Guxi to take a handwritten letter from Changxi to move my family's Foundation Establishment spiritual roots to the continent."

After several things were done, Li Ximing was also ready to go into seclusion for cultivation. At the end, he explained things, took out the purple fire small tripod from his sleeve, and said: "This is the relic magic tool of Yu Yuwei. You send someone to send it back..."

Don't say there is the Tuoba family's mark on the tripod, even if there isn't, the Li family doesn't covet his things. The Yu family is torn apart, and Yu Yuwei himself doesn't go home. Just send it to Li Quantao to decide, which is not cheapening outsiders.

Li Ximing finished the miscellaneous matters and instructed:

"My family is now in a prosperous age that hasn't been seen in a hundred years. 'Mingyang' has you sitting in town, 'Yu Zhen' An Siwei, Li Wen, 'Xiaolei' Cheng, 'Zhenhuo' Minggong, 'Shangwu' Chenghuai, 'Zhenqi' White Ape, outside there is 'Earth Virtue' Qu Bushi, 'Combined Water' Miaoshui, Cui Jueyin who is also 'Mingyang', 'Hengzhu' Ding Weizhen..."

"Excluding the few who are in the dungeon and sealed, and Jiang Huzi whose death date is approaching, my family has eleven Foundation Establishments, which has caught up to the Yuan family back then, not to mention that I am sitting in town... At this time, we must be more careful."

Li Ximing calculated this, his family has eleven Foundation Establishments, which is still short of the twelve of "Guanxie Guo Shentong Fire Refining", not to mention that not everyone is free, one by one is busy and can't get away, manpower is still not enough, so he had to ask:

"Who else in the family has a chance for Foundation Establishment?"

Li Zhouwei is very familiar with this and opened his mouth:

"If Chen Mufeng, An Siming, and others back then were not dead, they could try Foundation Establishment now. The two of the Tian family went into seclusion and broke through and died. In the Yuting Guard, the third one has fallen in breakthrough. The Xu family is declining. It is... there is a Fei Qingyi in the Fei family, and there are many Qi Refining descendants of Xitan... It's just that they are the legacy of the past, and changing their surname has hurt their vitality. There is no one who can Foundation Establishment yet."

"Only Chen Yang is almost there."

"Chen Yang..."

Li Ximing finally remembered such a character and replied: "He cultivates Kan Water... it's a pity, but he can replace others, free up space. As for the Fei family... there was a Fei Qingyi who served by my elder brother's side, which can also be used."

Speaking of breaking through Foundation Establishment, Li Ximing suddenly fell silent for a moment and opened his mouth:

"Are there any remaining Suiyuan Pills bestowed by Qingchi back then? Take them for me to see."

"Naturally there are."

Li Zhouwei sent someone to take them. Before long, Chen Yang came. Li Ximing glanced at him, took the elixir, and immediately dismissed him.

"Seven Suiyuan Pills were obtained from Qingchi before and after, all of which are Jueyin and Xi Qi. The first two were obtained from the Ning family, which were originally traded by Qingchi and the Xiao family."

These two were taken by Li Chengliao and Li Minggong (originally Chenghuai, but later transferred to cultivation and delayed, Minggong took them). The Ning family didn't have Zifu at that time. In fact, it was Chi Zhiyan's meaning. According to the plot, the Xiao family and Qingchi have always had exchanges in elixirs. Chuting was in the North Sea at that time, and Chi Zhiyan knew that the Li family didn't eat blood energy, so he specifically chose from the batch exchanged from the Xiao family.

Another point is that some readers may not know that gray-patterned elixirs may also be refined by monsters, with slight differences. Li Ximing can distinguish them. The five given later were forgotten to be explained when used.

I wrote it in a hurry yesterday, and I will refine it carefully today. ===== CHAPTER 711 =====

"For the 'Suiyuan Pill', regardless of how many precious auxiliary ingredients there are, the foundation lies in a single primary ingredient. In ancient times, they used 【Lanhu Spirit Grass】, which is terrifyingly precious. Nowadays, it is all tailored to the individual. For the Kan-Water lineage, it is best to use Kan-Water as the medicine, and it is even better to refine it with divine abilities. That way, it is not just that one-tenth or half-tenth increase; it can be considered a true 'Suiyuan Pill'."

His own ancestor, Li Tongya, had consumed such a treasure pill, meticulously refined by the Zifu, back in the day, which allowed him to break through to Foundation Establishment with ease. Li Ximeng sighed in his heart and said, "For this primary ingredient, the absolute best choice is a fellow cultivator in the same practice. A second-tier demonic beast is also acceptable. Only when those are unavailable does one use precious medicinal herbs to refine it. Three pills are best, but one is the absolute minimum."

"Thinking about it now, the fact that the Zifu direct lineage has so many Foundation Establishment cultivators is not without reason. It is just that they guard the secret of the Suiyuan Pill together and do not make it public. The one-tenth or half-tenth of Suiyuan Pills released for guest elders and peak masters to consume is merely 【Inner Sect treatment】. Those who are obedient in secret are given better ones, while those who rebel or pose a threat are given worse ones, or even given a primary ingredient that conflicts with their Daoist lineage to harm them. How much effect that actually has, one cannot know!"

Li Zhouwei immediately raised his head, as if he had realized something. The expression in his eyes quickly jumped from calm to shock, anger, and venom, and he asked:

"The ones Qingchi gave to our family!?"

"Naturally, they were the worst—and not just the worst!"

Li Ximeng finally tore away his restraint, his voice harsh: "Those primary ingredients, I examined them one by one; they were all Jue-Yin and Xi-Qi primary ingredients! Why did Chengliao fail his breakthrough?! He had a Ming-Yang Dao foundation! To consume Jue-Yin and Xi-Qi Suiyuan—it is outrageous!"

Although the five Suiyuan Pills from Qingchi had gray markings and were refined using demonic beasts and precious herbs, Li Ximeng had personally inspected them before allowing his family to use them. However, at that time, he could not discern the difference in their immortal foundations.

Li Zhouwei closed his eyes, finally understanding why his father, Li Chengliao, had failed and died so quickly after only a few years of seclusion, with the phenomena not even being very obvious. They were both Suiyuan Pills... why had his aunt, Li Minggong, and An Siwei passed through without danger... yet his father, Li Chengliao, who had the highest temperament and cultivation technique grade, had failed...

Li Ximeng let out a breath, the light in his eyes gradually brightening:

"I still remember... back then, Lord Xuanfeng exchanged Suiyuan Pills from Qingchi for his second uncle, Li Yuanjiao. He discovered they were 'human pills' and did not use them, giving them to Yuan Huyuan instead, which actually allowed him to succeed in a Tu-De Foundation Establishment in one stroke... Thinking about it now, that was exactly a Tu-De Suiyuan Pill. Earth smothers Kan-Water... what a 'Earth smothers Kan-Water'..."

Li Ximeng digested this for a moment, then spoke:

"The Chi family was destroyed, and Chi Fupo and Ning Hejing also died, leaving no bones behind... Otherwise, they should have torn these wretches to pieces!"

As Li Ximeng spoke, he actually understood in his heart that Si Boxiu must have known about these matters, and perhaps even Si Yuanli knew them clearly! They all kept it in their hearts, simply unwilling to speak.

"After all, given the situation at that time, weakening our family was something his Si family was happy to see... There was no need to remind us..."

Seeing Li Zhouwei lowering his head in silence, Li Ximeng did not know how to respond to him, only sighing:

"Among the three carts of spirit items sent by the Xiao family, there are two Kan-Water precious herbs. Take them and refine them into pills for me! Once this pill is refined, I will enter seclusion to refine my divine abilities... A great enemy is approaching."

After he finished speaking, Li Zhouwei had already recovered, nodding as he retreated, saying:

"Leave the family to me. You can rest assured, True Person."

……

Spring departed and autumn arrived on the lake, and time slipped away quietly. For a Zifu, a year or more was nothing more than a brief seclusion. Although Li Ximeng had cultivated his divine abilities, his mastery of techniques was truly lacking, so he took the simplest 'Shang-Yao Shangyao Fu Guang' to practice first.

Fortunately, after cultivating divine abilities, practicing techniques became much faster. Li Ximeng had read 'Shang-Yao Shangyao Fu Guang' before, so he made some progress and took a trip to the Xuanmiao Temple midway.

Su Mian was equally enthusiastic toward him, but when asked about the Mifan Sect and discussing old matters, when it came to truly investigating, he could not explain the reason. Li Ximeng pondered repeatedly, fearing he would have to ask True Person Changyun behind the Fanyun Cave.

But before he had even set off, while passing through the Xuan-Yue territory, he already saw ripples in the Grand Void. The Earth-spirit energy surged, and he landed on the ground to carefully examine the earth veins—there was one more mountain in the Xuan-Yue territory.

"Who failed their breakthrough and fell here!"

Once this happened, Changxi would certainly be even sadder, but it was within the expectations of the various Zifu and Li Ximeng. The 'Earth-suppressing' effect of 【Juxin Chongxuan】 was no laughing matter. Changxi's own remaining time had plummeted, let alone that of several Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Let's return to the mountain first. Changxi might come looking for us."

Filled in the holes of Li Chengliao and Yuan Huyuan.