Foundation Establishment

The Earth Fire Ape Cub seemed to have undergone a slight transformation under the nourishment of the Azure Wood Age Wheel Art's mana. Its temperament was no longer quite so violent, and its intelligence had greatly increased.

This transformation took both Su Yu and Second Elder Su Yun by surprise, and delighted them.

If the Earth Fire Ape posed no risk of losing control, then it was absolutely an excellent demonic beast with a Rank 2 bloodline.

Its berserk strength would not disappoint.

Back courtyard.

Whether Su Yu was refining pills or cultivating, the Earth Fire Ape Cub followed closely at his heels, clinging to his side as it absorbed the aura of his mana and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathering around him.

With Su Yu, an alchemist capable of refining mid-grade Rank 1 pills with pill pattern, around, the Earth Fire Ape Cub never lacked food.

As long as the Earth Fire Ape Cub could endure them, it could eat Perfect-grade Hundred Beasts Pills as if they were ordinary meals.

Under such circumstances, the Earth Fire Ape Cub grew at nearly twice its normal rate.

Half a month after Fifth Elder Su Bin entered seclusion, a subtle ripple of heaven and earth spiritual energy spread from the center of Cloud Mountain Market. Every immortal cultivator who sensed it looked in that direction, and a burst of uproarious discussion arose.

"It's the Core Cave Mansion over by Cloud Mountain!"

"That fluctuation—someone has definitely succeeded in breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage! I heard that two Foundation Establishment Pills appeared at the previous auction. Someone must have used one to break through!"

"Who could it be? The Foundation Establishment stage... Damn it, I, Old Hu, have been stuck at the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm for a full twenty years, and I still can't see any hope of breaking through!"

"I heard that of the two Foundation Establishment Pills, one was bought by a Su Family for five thousand two hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones, while the second sold for even more—five thousand eight hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones to the Yu Family. The Yu Family left long ago, so this should be someone from that Su Family."

"Over five thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones... Hiss. Even if I spent my entire life in the market, I might not earn that much!"

Quite a few people in the market discussed the matter fervently. Most of them were envious, jealous, and red-eyed with resentment.

Cloud Mountain Market had not seen any trace of a Foundation Establishment Pill for a very long time.

For ordinary people, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage was far too difficult.

Perhaps going to larger market cities like Moon Worship Immortal City would offer a few more opportunities.

Su Family Alchemy Pavilion.

Su Mengshan and Su Bin returned from the Core Area. Seeing that Su Bin's aura had changed drastically and become exceptionally terrifying, Su Yun, Su Yu, and the other members of the Su Family were all deeply stirred.

This was the Foundation Establishment stage!

What their Su Family lacked now was precisely a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator to hold the fort.

Otherwise, the foundation they had gradually accumulated through their first-grade Spirit Vein, Beast Luring Powder, and other enterprises would instead bring disaster upon the Su Family.

Without the strength to protect such wealth, it would only be a calamity.

"Big Brother, go back first. I'll remain in seclusion a while longer."

"When I return, everything will come to an end and turn for the better."

Su Bin's tone was calm.

Yet a trace of coldness and killing intent flashed through the eyes of Su Mengshan, Su Yun, Su Yu, and the other Su Family members, and they sneered.

They had said before that the Su Family possessed a first-grade Spirit Vein and the foundations of a blessed land. Time and opportunity were on the Su Family's side.

It was not that they were weaker than the Lin Family; they simply did not wish to bother with that mad dog of a Lin Family.

Once the Su Family turned its opportunities and foundations into strength and rose to a higher tier, dealing with the Lin Family would be no different from crushing an ant beneath their feet.

That would be the day the Su Family settled all accounts.

"The Lin Family has been hopping about all these years. I've endured them for far too long," Su Mengshan said with a cold laugh.

After sneering, Su Yun's face returned to its usual cold, expressionless, almost poker-faced look. He said indifferently, "Everything that should come will come. Everything that should be will be."

Su Mengshan left the market first and returned to Azure Mountain in Jiang City.

Su Bin, meanwhile, stayed in the Alchemy Pavilion and began his seclusion.

Breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage was only a beginning. To achieve a qualitative leap in strength, he still needed to cultivate stronger spells and perhaps even replace his magic artifacts with better ones.

However, perhaps because the Lin Family had learned that the Su Family had obtained a Foundation Establishment Pill, as well as the news that someone in Cloud Mountain Market had successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage—

Half a month later, before Su Bin had even returned to Jiang City, news arrived from the family.

The entire Lin Family had migrated, fleeing Jiang City overnight.

Their destination—

The vicinity of the Maple City Bai Family.

Family Head Su Peng led men to intercept the Lin Family, but they only managed to keep a small portion of the Lin Family's immortal cultivators behind. The rest abandoned their ancestral holdings and escaped successfully.

Su Yu secretly found it a pity. Fifth Elder had yet to emerge from seclusion, and there was nothing he could do about this matter.

Each day, he followed his routine, cultivating the Azure Wood Age Wheel Art, Crocodile Demon's 108 Forms Body Refining Technique, and two spells.

Aside from that, he did not attempt to refine high-grade Rank 1 pills. Instead, he continued raising his proficiency with pill formulas for mid-grade Rank 1 pills and below.

Before his cultivation improved, rushing to attempt high-grade Rank 1 pills was not a good thing.

And in his spare time between pill refinement, Su Yu began practicing talisman-making, expanding his side profession toward becoming a Talisman Master.

In just two months, Su Yu successfully drew his first low-grade Rank 1 talisman.

If word of that speed got out, the other Talisman Masters would likely be stunned.

With the Proficiency Panel, Su Yu faced no difficulty at all in practicing and improving these side professions.

Su Bin only emerged from seclusion after three months.

When he learned that the Lin Family had fled Jiang City and moved near the Maple City Bai Family, Su Bin merely gave a cold chuckle.

"Left? Who do they think they are?"

"Do they really think that having a junior marry into the Bai Family will make the Bai Family protect them unconditionally?"

Su Bin shook his head.

The Bai Family had some strength, but not enough to make him wary.

If the Black Rock Mountain Yu Family intervened, he might weigh the matter carefully. But the Maple City Bai Family—baleful intent flashed through Su Bin's eyes.

The Lin Family had previously taken out so many Talismans to deal with the Su Family. He had yet to settle that score with the Bai Family!

"I'll go back first. I'll handle the Lin Family matter myself." Su Bin left Cloud Mountain Market.

With Su Bin, a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, there was no need at all for Su Yu or Su Yun to interfere.

Less than a month after Su Bin returned, news concerning the Lin Family arrived.

Su Bin had gone directly to the Lin Family alone and used an Earth-Wood Dual Attribute Spell to wipe out the entire Lin Family. Other than Lin Danlang, who had married into the Bai Family, not a single living member of the Lin Family remained.

And Spirit Moon Lake, the Lin Family's foundation in Jiang City, fell into the Su Family's hands as well.

Spirit Moon Lake produced a Rank 1 early-stage spiritual creature known as the Moonlight Fish.

Though this Moonlight Fish could not compare to a resource like Low-grade Spirit Stones in terms of cultivation effects, its greatest virtue was its exquisite flavor. It was a treasure upon the tongue.

The reason the Lin Family had been able to sustain such a vast family enterprise and support over a hundred immortal cultivator clansmen in their cultivation was the Moonlight Fish within Spirit Moon Lake.

Su Bin's destruction of the Lin Family enraged the Maple City Bai Family. A Bai Family Foundation Establishment Ancestor took action and fought a great battle against Su Bin.

When another Bai Family Foundation Establishment stage cultivator was about to intervene, Su Bin withdrew calmly, and the Bai Family could not keep him there.

Although this matter damaged the Bai Family's prestige, a mere destroyed Lin Family was not enough to make the Bai Family disregard everything and move against the Su Family.

Not to mention that the Bai Family did not actually have much energy to spare for the Su Family right now.

After hearing all this, Su Yu secretly marveled, Fifth Grandfather really was fierce.