Pengxing Breaks Through
Inside a private room of a teahouse in West Yang Market Town.
The six Foundation Establishment Cultivator from Huai River County who had previously participated in the battle to defend the market town had all gathered here.
The six Foundation Establishment Cultivator are Ling Yunhong and Ling Pengxing of the Ling Clan, Luo Minghui, the Clan Head of the Falling Dusk Luo Clan, Wen Xianyun of the Cloud Mist Wen Clan, Wang Changming of the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan, and Liu Daozhou of the Liu Tiger's Roar Liu Clan.
Luo Minghui, the most powerful cultivator here, saw that everyone had arrived. He waved his hand and took out two corpses of Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Beast and two inner cores from his Storage Bag. He then spoke to everyone present in detail.
"Gentlemen, in the battle just now, although the six of us killed six Foundation Establishment Demon Beast, the corpses of two Foundation Establishment Demon Beast were taken away by the retreating Demon Beast."
"Therefore, we only obtained the corpses of four Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Beast this time."
"Aside from the two Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Beast corpses and their inner cores that were confiscated by the Hundred Spirits Sect, there are only two Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Beast corpses and two inner cores left."
"The corpse and Early-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator are basically only worth 500 Spirit Sect Contribution Points. These four items together are worth about 2,000 Spirit Sect Contribution Points."
"According to our agreement, I can get 25%, which is 500 Contribution Points. So I directly took an inner core of a Early-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator."
"You two Ling Daoyou, like me, have also received an inner core from a Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Beast."
"As for the remaining two Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Beast corpses, Liu Daoist Friend, Fellow Daoist Wen, and Fellow Daoist Wang, how about you three divide them among yourselves?"
Upon hearing this, the others present all expressed their agreement.
From the moment they banded together to hunt down Foundation Establishment Demon Beast, they agreed on the division of profits.
Luo Minghui of the Falling Dusk Luo Clan possessed formidable strength due to his Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, and thus held a 25% stake in the profits.
Because the Lingxiao Ling Clan has two Foundation Establishment, they can also receive 25% of the profits.
Liu Daozhou, the Clan Head of the Tiger's Roar Liu Clan, broke through to the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment and received a share of the spoils.
Wen Xianyun of the Cloud Mist Wen Clan and Wang Changming of the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan, both only at the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment, could each receive only 1.5 percent.
After everyone had divided up the spoils of the battle, the small gathering came to an end.
Everyone left one after another, but when Ling Yunhong and Ling Pengxing were about to leave, Luo Minghui called them away.
Once the quiet room was empty, Luo Minghui took out three Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Demon Beast cores and a large quantity of spirit medicine from his Storage Bag, and spoke to Ling Yunhong with a smile.
"Ling-xiong, I'll have to trouble you to refine these three inner cores into Spirit Gathering Pill for me."
"Those spiritual materials are auxiliary ingredients needed to refine three batches of Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Gathering Pill."
Ling Yunhong was already used to this. Since the Demon Beast Uprising began, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the other four families in Huai River County would basically seek his help to refine the Spirit Gathering Pill after killing the Foundation Establishment Demon Beast and obtaining their inner cores.
"It's a small matter. The usual rules apply. Refine three batches of Spirit Gathering Pill. Regardless of whether I succeed, I will give you eight Spirit Gathering Pill of medium quality or higher. If I can refine more Spirit Gathering Pill, they will all be mine." Ling Yunhong handed over the three Demon Beast inner cores and a large amount of spiritual materials to his subordinate and replied.
"Thank you very much." Luo Minghui's face lit up even more when he saw Ling Yunhong's reply.
Three Early-Stage Foundation Establishment inner cores are generally worth only 1,500 Spirit Stone on the market, but eight Spirit Gathering Pill are worth at least 1,600 Spirit Stone.
It was precisely because he could earn an extra hundred Spirit Stone by having Ling Yunhong Pill Refining that Luo Minghui sought out Ling Yunhong for this Pill Refining.
Of course, Ling Yunhong was confident in his ability to refine Spirit Gathering Pill for others.
His success rate in refining Spirit Gathering Pill is now quite high, reaching 60%.
Moreover, for each batch of Spirit Gathering Pill successfully refined, there will be at least four to five Spirit Gathering Pill.
In general, there are times when you lose money and times when you gain money when Pill Refining for others.
At least until now, he has neither made a profit nor a loss by Pill Refining for others.
However, with the help of the spiritual materials provided by the other four Foundation Establishment Cultivator in Huai River County for refining Spirit Gathering Pill, his success rate in refining Spirit Gathering Pill has been increasing day by day.
Afterwards, Luo Minghui chatted with Ling Yunhong for a few more minutes before leaving the teahouse together.
After leaving the teahouse, the three parted ways.
When Ling Pengxing and Ling Yunhong returned to the Ling Clan's stronghold in West Yang Market Town, Ling Pengxing transmitted his voice to Ling Yunhong beside him.
"Third Grandfather, after this battle, I am somewhat confident in breaking through to the second level of Foundation Establishment. I would like to borrow some Contribution Points from you to purchase two bottles of century-old Evergreen Spirit Water in West Yang Prefecture to aid in my breakthrough. Is that alright?"
"Breakthrough is a good thing, but I don't have many Contribution Points. These days, I've been hunting Foundation Establishment Demon Beast with the other four Foundation Establishment Cultivator. As for the dividends I received, I deliberately took the inner cores because I'm Alchemist, to refine Spirit Gathering Pill."
"I originally intended to keep those Spirit Gathering Pill I refined for future use in distributing offerings to you and Peng Yun, so I didn't sell them."
"However, there is a huge shortage of Spirit Gathering Pill on the market right now, so they are easy to sell. West Yang Prefecture also buys these kinds of pills. You can take these eight Spirit Gathering Pill and sell them to West Yang Prefecture at a lower price. That will be enough to raise the money needed to buy four mouths of 100-year-old Evergreen Spirit Water."
"Two of them are for you, and the other two are for Peng Yun. Peng Yun has been stuck at the peak of the first level of Foundation Establishment for some time. With the help of the hundred-year-old Evergreen Spirit Water, he can break through the bottleneck of the second level of Foundation Establishment faster." After thinking for a while, Ling Yunhong took out four bottles of Spirit Gathering Pill from his Storage Bag and handed them to Ling Pengxing.
West Yang Market Town is now surrounded by enemies on all sides, and it is difficult for non- Golden Core cultivators to leave the market, so it can be said that it has been cut off from the outside world.
Under these circumstances, the price of any spiritual item in the market naturally increased.
Elixirs and similar spiritual items are even more priceless and unavailable.
As for West Yang Prefecture, it was established by cultivators of the Hundred Spirits Sect and served the same function as the Affairs Hall of the Ling Clan. Corpses could be handed over to exchange for Contribution Points, which could then be used to purchase spiritual Contribution Points.
"Third Grandfather. I will return these four Spirit Gathering Pill to you as soon as possible, without delay." Ling Pengxing took the four medicine bottles handed to him, his expression bright with joy, and thanked Ling Yunhong.
"We're all family, so let's not stand on ceremony. Just do your best to break through your cultivation level. If you can reach the second level of Foundation Establishment, it will be a great benefit to the Ling Clan."
"Also, don't forget to explain your closed-door breakthrough to the cultivators of the Hundred Spirits Sect in West Yang Prefecture, lest your breakthrough delay your future duties of guarding West Yang Market Town and cause the Hundred Spirits Sect to blame you." Ling Yunhong waved his hand and said with a smile.
"Okay." Ling Pengxing replied, bowed slightly to Ling Yunhong, and then quickly left on his own.
During this trip to West Yang Prefecture, eight Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Gathering Pill were sold to West Yang Prefecture at a rate of 190 Contribution Points each.
A total of 1,520 Contribution Points were obtained.
After obtaining these Contribution Points, Ling Pengxing spent 1,200 Contribution Points to buy four bottles of 100-year-old Evergreen Spirit Water. He also explained to the steward of West Yang Prefecture that he would be unable to participate in guarding the market for the next half month or so, and that he would need to break through his seclusion.
Since the Ling Clan already had a Foundation Establishment Cultivator participating in the battle, the steward of West Yang Prefecture did not make things difficult for Ling Pengxing and agreed to his request for leave.
After thanking Ling Pengxing returned to the Ling Clan's residence in West Yang Market Town and consumed the two sips of the four hundred-year-old Evergreen Spirit Water he had bought.
Relying on the vast and gentle spiritual energy contained within these two springs of Evergreen Spirit Water, they broke through the bottleneck.
Ten days later, Ling Pengxing, who had been stuck at the peak of the first level of Foundation Establishment for two or three years, broke through the bottleneck smoothly and entered the second level of Foundation Establishment thanks to his strong foundation and the help of the hundred-year-old Evergreen Spirit Water.