The Gap Is Huge

Yue Qianchou nodded happily, took out three Storage Bag, walked around the table, and gave one to each of the two people first, saying, "Each Storage Bag contains ten thousand high-grade spirit high-grade Spirit Stones. Use them as you like, and ask if you need more." Then he gave one to the last person, saying, "You might need more Nascent Soul Realm stage. This one contains one hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Stones. Alright, let's begin here!"

Guan Yu, with a somber expression, took three purple spirit pills from the table and silently distributed one to each person. After bowing to the leaders, the three stood up, sat cross-legged, swallowed the spirit pills, grabbed a handful of Spirit Stone from their Storage Bag, and began to close their eyes to catalyze the absorption of spiritual Spiritual Qi by the spirit pills.

A moment later, the skin of the three turned bright red, and they began to tremble uncontrollably, appearing to be in pain; it was likely that the effects of the elixir were taking hold. The three suddenly opened their eyes, all showing expressions of disbelief and surprise. After exchanging glances, they closed their eyes again.

Yue Qianchou and the others remained silent, observing the three's reactions. Their cultivation levels could be discerned from the speed at which they absorbed Spiritual Qi; the higher their cultivation, the more frequently they would take out Spirit Stone from their Storage Bag to absorb them, while the lowest cultivation took a long time to absorb even a single handful.

The Spiritual Qi Spirit Stone, now a deathly gray color due to depleted spiritual energy, gradually accumulated before the three, especially the Nascent Soul Realm, whose quantity far exceeded the combined total of the other two. Five hours later, the three's complexions slowly returned to normal, and they opened their eyes almost simultaneously, their expressions filled with extreme shock. Yue Qianchou nodded to himself; it seemed the elixir's effects truly only lasted five hours, just as recorded in the Pill Formula. He smiled and asked, "How was the elixir's effect? How do you feel?"

The three men stood up excitedly and bowed. The first one, who was closest to Yue Qianchou, replied, "Leader, when the medicinal properties of the elixir were released in the body, it felt like being in a furnace. A large amount of purple qi grew within the body, and the temperature of that purple qi was extremely high, making it unbearably hot. However, as soon as the Spiritual Qi from the Spirit Stone was inhaled, a cool sensation was immediately felt, and that Spiritual Qi was quickly refined into True Essence by the purple qi. My subordinate was originally at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, but now he has broken through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage realm. It is simply unbelievable that such a miraculous elixir exists."

As he spoke, his face was still filled with barely suppressed excitement. Imagine, even in the major sects outside, it would take at least several decades for someone with good aptitude to break through from the Nascent Soul Early Stage to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage the Nascent Soul realm, and that's with abundant Spirit Stone. For those with poor aptitude, it goes without saying; breaking through even after a hundred years is considered good, and some never make a single step forward in their entire lives. Yet he accomplished it in just over five hours—how could he not be excited?

"Not bad, not bad." Yue Qianchou nodded and smiled, then asked the two behind him, "How are you two?"

The middle one replied excitedly, "Leader, my subordinate was originally at the early stage of Core Formation, but has now broken through to the middle stage." The last one nodded repeatedly and said, "My subordinate has also broken through from the Foundation Establishment Early Stage to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage."

"Good, you did a good job. Go back now!" Yue Qianchou said with a smile.

"Yes!" the three of them bowed in unison, and then handed over the storage items they were holding. But Yue Qianchou waved his hand and laughed, "Take them back. This is a reward for you."

The three exchanged a glance, bowed again, and said, "Thank you, Chief!" Then they filed out.

As soon as the three left, Chen Feng rushed to the table, grabbed the purple elixir, and exclaimed, "Heavens! Taking one of these pills, as long as you have enough Spirit Stone, will allow you to break through to the next level of Tribulation Transcendence stage? My god! Nearly ten thousand Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators, what does that even mean?"

Qu Ping'er and Guan Yu were also filled with disbelief. They knew the elixir was miraculous, but they never imagined it was this miraculous. Yue Qianchou shook his head and smiled bitterly, "I did this experiment to verify the records in the Pill Formula. Now that part of it has been fully confirmed, I suppose the rest must be true as well."

"Is there a problem?" Guan Yu asked, frowning.

"This is a big problem!" Yue Qianchou looked around at the three of them and asked, "Did you notice how many Spirit Stone they used just now?"

Qu Ping'er hummed in agreement, walked up to the Spirit Stone that had been drained of its Spiritual Qi, and said, "I just noticed that the Foundation Establishment Realm used more than a hundred high-grade Spirit Stones, the Core Formation stage used more than three thousand, and the Nascent Soul Realm used nearly ninety thousand. The difference in the number of Spirit Stone used by each level of cultivation is huge."

"Sigh! Women are just more meticulous than men." Yue Qianchou sighed and said, "Yun Chang, do you know the cultivation levels of everyone in Utopia?"

After a moment's thought, Guan Yu replied, "There are over two thousand people in the Qi Refining stage, nearly four thousand in the Foundation Establishment Realm, nearly three thousand in the Core Formation stage, and almost eight hundred in the Nascent Soul Realm."

Yue Qianchou nodded and said, "The Pill Formula records that taking one spirit Foundation Establishment Early Stage requires over a hundred high-grade Spirit Stones to break through from the early to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, over three hundred from the middle to the late stage, around a thousand from the late stage to the early stage of Core Formation, and over three thousand from the early to the middle stage of Core Formation. This continues until the early Tribulation stage Transcending, where the number of Spirit Stone required increases threefold. In other words, it takes nearly nine hundred thousand high-grade Spirit Stones for someone to break through from the late stage of Nascent Soul to the early Tribulation stage Transcending. You can calculate how many Spirit Stone a Foundation Establishment Early Stage would need to use spirit pills to reach the early Tribulation stage?"

Chen Feng muttered to himself, counting on his fingers, "The Foundation Establishment Realm has about 1,400, the Core Formation stage has about 39,000, and the Nascent Soul Realm has about 1,170,000. Adding them all up..."

"No need to count. Even if it takes him 1.2 million high-grade Spirit Stones to go from the Foundation Establishment Early Stage to the early Tribulation stage, let's exclude the others and just assume that all four thousand Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators are at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage. How many Spirit Stone do you think it would take for all four thousand of them to reach the early Tribulation stage?" Yue Qianchou asked the others in return, then waved his hand and exclaimed in surprise, "Nearly 5 billion! Nearly 5 billion high-grade Spirit Stones! Where are we going to get so many Spirit Stones all at once? And that's without even counting the existing Core Formation and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators. Not to mention the Qi Refining stage."

Five billion! The group was stunned by such a huge number and looked at each other in disbelief. After a moment of silence, Chen Feng chuckled and said, "No problem, when has Utopia ever lacked money? The boss can easily handle it."

Yue Qianchou rolled his eyes and snorted coldly at him, "How about I let you go out and try it out? Just get me a billion yuan, that's all."

"No, no, I don't have that ability." Chen Feng waved his hands repeatedly and hid behind Guan Yu without saying a word.

"Then what should we do?" Qu Ping'er came over and gently took Yue Qianchou's arm, saying, "How about we put this plan on hold for now and wait until we have the money?"

Yue Qianchou's composed expression immediately softened. It wasn't that he couldn't afford fifty billion high-grade Spirit Stones; the supreme-grade Spirit Stones alone were worth far more, not to mention the divine-grade ones he still held. The key was that he considered them his last reserves, and he wouldn't squander them unless absolutely necessary. He patted the jade-like hand on his arm and said to Guan Yu and Chen Feng, "The plan will proceed as scheduled. Given the current financial situation, first raise the cultivation of the veteran team members to the Tribulation Transcendence stage, then help the other supreme-grade Spirit Stones Nascent Soul Realm. For the remaining team members, we'll address their needs gradually, from highest to lowest, based on their military rank and cultivation level. I'll find a way to obtain the Spirit Stone later."

"Can't the Origin Qi Pill also improve cultivation? Can we use Origin Qi Pill instead of Spirit Stone?" Chen Feng popped up again and asked, it seems he also knew the shortage was large and wanted to contribute.

"The Origin Qi Pill won't work. This Restriction Breaking Pill can only interact directly with Spiritual Qi; nothing else will do. Just proceed according to plan," Yue Qianchou said helplessly, wondering to himself, "Could this be the chemical reaction they talked about in my past life?"

Guan Yu and Chen Feng exchanged a glance and nodded, saying, "Understood."

"We need so much money, how are you going to figure it out?" Qu Ping'er asked with some concern.

"The Wu family of the Four Great Families, still owes me tens of millions. Heh heh! They dare to renege on their debts; I'll definitely get that money back double." Yue Qianchou suddenly sneered, his face contorted with malice. "If all else fails, I'll rob, steal, and cheat. Whoever has money, I'll take them down. At worst, I'll make enemies of the entire Cultivation World. Anyway, there aren't many good people there. To hell with it, my plan can't be delayed..."

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