Secrets

"You're saying that Yuan Chiye and I helped you enter the sect in South Stream Market?"

After hearing this, Ding Ying was stunned for a moment, but then seemed to understand something and looked enlightened.

"Alright, I understand. Don't bring this up again."

"Yes, Senior Sister Ding."

Chen Mobai nodded knowingly.

"If there's nothing else, don't come looking for me anymore?"

"It's like this..."

Seeing that Ding Ying was about to close the door, Chen Mobai gritted his teeth and, for the sake of his father, shamelessly made his request.

"You said you wanted to buy the Foundation Establishment from Junior Sister Yin."

Upon hearing this, Ding Ying looked at Chen Mobai with a strange expression, then sized him up and down before revealing a mocking smile.

"Junior brother, sometimes you need to recognize your own position. There are some things that you cannot covet."

After saying that, she closed the door.

Chen Mobai frowned slightly, looked deeply at the courtyard, and finally turned and left.

He stayed in Divine Wood City for two more days, not only to wait for Lu Jun to complete the handover procedures for Little Sun Ridge, but also because Qi Rui a message saying that he was coming to find him.

Qi Hou and Chen Mobai were not particularly close, and besides, Qi Hou had also obtained a Foundation Establishment Pill and was currently refining his spiritual power, so he didn't have time to come over.

However, he sent his Junior Brother Xi over for a chat.

That evening, at the agreed-upon restaurant, Chen Mobai met Qi Rui and his Junior Brother Xi, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.

"Junior Brother Chen, I knew that with your talent, joining my Divine Wood Sect would be a piece of cake."

Qi Rui and Chen Mobai are sworn brothers who have faced life and death together. Both are generous and forthright, and they greet each other with a big hug as soon as they meet.

"My name is Xi Jinghuo."

Junior Brother Xi's name is very interesting. After he finished speaking, he quietly sat down in his seat.

Where is Senior Brother Wang?

"Alas, when the Demon Beast attacked the island, he and a dozen or so senior brothers took the lead and stood guard outside the Teleportation Array to escort us away. They have already lost their lives on Green Light Island."

Qi Rui spoke, his initial joy at the reunion faded.

"If I have the chance in the future, I'll go to Green Light Island to pay my respects again."

Chen Mobai could only sigh, and then asked about the situation of the other members of the team.

"Shi Pengyi and Luo Lin got separated from us when the Demon Beast came to the island, and Junior Brother Wu died in battle alongside Senior Brother Wang..."

Qi Rui shared what he knew, and Chen Mobai could only pray that Shi Pengyi and Luo Lin, the two senior brothers and sisters, could survive. However, given the situation on Green Light Island, their chances of survival were slim.

"By the way, I've broken through to the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer."

Finally, Chen Mobai heard some good news: after the life-or-death battle on Green Light Island, Qi Rui had finally reached the final step of Qi Refining, and all that was left was Foundation Establishment.

"Congratulations."

Xi Jinghuo, who had been listening quietly, couldn't help but congratulate Qi Rui.

"I hope to be in the top 100 during the year-end competition and strive to become a true disciple within five years. However, I also need to start working hard to earn the 10,000 contribution points needed to exchange for Foundation Establishment."

Qi Rui devised a plan for himself to move forward steadily.

The Divine Wood Sect holds a Sect Grand Competition every year. Only cultivators at the Qi Refining stage and under sixty years old can register to participate. The purpose of this competition is to select the future of the sect, and the sequence of true disciples is also determined from this competition.

Chen Mobai had no intention of participating; it would be too much of a waste of time.

Moreover, he knew his own level of Spell Duel. On Earth Origin Star, he could be called "Magic Combat Victor," but in the Sky River Realm, without enough Talisman and Magic Artifact, he would basically be easy prey.

Since his Merit Points from the Immortal Sect had been exhausted, the Talisman in his storage bag were mostly his previous stock and the homework he had done in the Talisman class at the Wuqi Dao Academy over the past year.

Each one used is one less, so we can't waste them.

Although participating in the Sect Grand Competition could hone his Spell Duel skills, Chen Mobai felt it was better not to go up and suffer first. He would hone his skills after reaching the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer and reaching the limit of advancement.

Venerable Qingping once said something that Chen Mobai would always keep in mind.

As long as your skill level is much higher than your opponent's, you will never lose.

After Qi Rui brought up the topic of Foundation Establishment, Chen Mobai naturally mentioned the one that the Heaven Spirit Root possessed.

"If we want to buy Foundation Establishment Pills from Junior Sister Yin, it's probably too late."

Xi Jinghuo heard Chen Mobai mention this matter, she couldn't help but shake her head.

"Those of you who have no access to the true lineage may not know, but we know perfectly well that Old Ancestor Fu bestowed this Foundation Establishment only to pass it on to his blood relatives through Junior Sister Yin."

He was a descendant of Foundation Establishment Elder and could be considered a second-generation immortal of the Divine Wood Sect, thus knowing some secrets that Chen Mobai and Qi Rui were unaware of.

Among the previous generation of true disciples, there was a direct descendant of Old Ancestor Fu named Fu Xingzhou.

Unfortunately, even with the help of Old Ancestor Fu and the Foundation Establishment he had obtained, he still Foundation Establishment Failure.

However, Fu Xingzhou had a powerful background and many Magic Artifact. Even though he Foundation Establishment Failure, he did not step down from his position as a true disciple. He originally wanted to hold on until he could refine the Foundation Establishment Pill this time, so he exchanged for another Foundation Establishment.

However, the previous Spirit Ferrying Envoy was very lucky to snatch the Heaven Spirit Root, Old Ancestor Fu immediately used this as an excuse to give her the Foundation Establishment that should have been exchanged for the disciple in the next queue after the True Disciple.

"Fu Xingzhou successfully Foundation Establishment five years ago. Officially, it was said that Old Ancestor Fu bought a Foundation Establishment from the Tongbao Merchant Association, but we all know that it was Junior Sister Yin who handed it over to him."

Upon hearing this, Qi Rui was stunned into thought, while Chen Mobai frowned.

"Isn't this very unfair to the senior brother who should have received the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"Fairness? In the Divine Wood Sect, the Old Ancestor Fu to use the Heaven Spirit Root as an excuse to obtain this Foundation Establishment is already an act of maintaining fairness on the surface."

After listening, Xi Jinghuo said something expressionless that silenced Chen Mobai.

"Only by becoming a true disciple can this Foundation Establishment be guaranteed to be foolproof."

After a long while, Qi Rui spoke, his already spirited face becoming even more alert, clearly determined to fight hard in the Sect Grand Competition.

"It seems that we won't be able to buy Foundation Establishment anytime soon."

In the end, Chen Mobai had no choice but to sigh. He had already made up his mind to buy his father a Spirit Ascension Powder to help him gather the Foundation Establishment Trio and to show his filial piety.

"Perhaps there is an opportunity."

At this moment, Xi Jinghuo suddenly said something.

"Oh?"

"Although the battle of Green Light Island was a great defeat for our Divine Wood Sect, we still gained something."

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai and Qi Rui exchanged a glance, their eyes lighting up simultaneously.

Foundation Establishment refined from the Demon Beast Inner Core! "Uncle-Master Zeng already completed its refinement?"

"I don't know about that. If you have connections with the Spiritual Plant Department, you can check if any of the Auxiliary Medicine used to refine the Foundation Establishment have been taken from the medicinal fields recently. This will give you an idea of how far the Foundation Establishment has been refined."