Qin Kexing told Zhang Wan and the others that if they intended to make the breakthrough to the Prenatal realm, they had to start considering how to accumulate Sect Merit to exchange for a Prenatal Pill.
Qin Kexing had explained it very clearly: the sect had only a limited number of Prenatal Pills, and the requirements for exchanging one were extremely high.
They needed a considerable number of spirit stones and sufficient Sect Merit before they could exchange for one.
If their merit was insufficient, they could make up the difference with spirit stones, but the cost would be enormous.
The Ninth Level Postnatal expert from the Wu Family had lacked sufficient merit back then and could only make up the difference with spirit stones. To exchange for a single Prenatal Pill, he had sold off all the treasures of his Lineage before finally gathering enough spirit stones.
Even a Lineage whose Prenatal expert had only just passed away had needed to sell off its treasures to gather enough spirit stones for a Prenatal Pill. For an ordinary Ninth Level Postnatal martial artist, gathering enough spirit stones by themselves was basically impossible.
The best choice was to earn Sect Merit, then spend a small amount of spirit stones to exchange for one from the sect.
Of course, it was also possible to attempt the breakthrough without a Prenatal Pill.
It was just that without the pill's assistance, not only was the difficulty much greater, but failure would also result in a backlash.
At best, one's cultivation would regress. At worst, one's cultivation would be completely destroyed, and one would pass away on the spot.
Unless they had no other choice, no martial artist would choose to break through to the Prenatal realm on their own.
Zhang Wan possessed the Experience