[You gathered all the elders to head to Muye Hall for a discussion.]
[You brought up the issue of lineage disciples grinding tasks too excessively, which led to floating cultivation bases and a lying-flat phenomenon.]
[The gathered elders had all noticed this, especially Grand Elder Mu Shengquan, who was in charge of the Elder Hall.]
[You pinpointed the core of the problem with laser focus, stating that it lay in the mismatch between tasks and rewards.]
[Because the lineage previously needed to vigorously develop its industries, the task rewards related to serving lineage industries had all been set very high.]
[After discussing with the elders, you immediately deployed the following proposals: 1. Lower the task rewards for lineage industries and balance the reward mechanisms for various tasks. 2. Gather disciples in the Elder Hall to cultivate for two hours every day. 3. Establish a year-end martial arts assessment with generous rewards to mobilize the disciples' enthusiasm for cultivation. 4. Establish progression rewards; whether for cultivation or spell techniques, rewards would be given based on the degree of improvement.]
[You knew that the development of the lineage could not focus solely on industries; it needed to focus even more on the disciples' cultivation. In this world, strength was the absolute truth.]
[One month later, in September of the second year, driven by the lineage system, the cultivation atmosphere within the lineage improved.]
[That same month, you attempted to refine the Yellow Grade Low Rank Qi Gathering Pill.]
[You maintained absolute focus, first using spiritual power to process the Qi Gathering Grass. Once the Qi Gathering Grass and the remaining spiritual herbs were mixed, you once again controlled your spiritual power to send them into the alchemy furnace for refinement.]
[Sweat slid down your forehead, and you clearly wore a tense expression.]
[Off to the side, your mother and Mu Xinger both broke out in a cold sweat for you.]
[Time flew by, but for you, it felt like a day dragged on like a year.]
[Finally, you felt the medicinal pills were just about refined, so you slowed your spiritual power and used your own spiritual power to retrieve the pills.]
[Three pills formed!]
[Your mother and Mu Xinger both rushed toward you simultaneously. Seeing that this was your very first time refining medicinal pills and you were actually able to form three pills, both of them wore expressions of shock.]
[You had to know that even Mu Xinger, when she first refined the Yellow Grade Low Rank Qi Gathering Pill, had only formed four pills. With a maximum of ten pills per batch, being able to guarantee the formation of more than two pills already qualified someone as a competent alchemist.]
[You had to know that Mu Xinger's alchemy talent was the most outstanding since the founding of the Mu Family, and even your mother felt inferior by comparison. Meanwhile, the alchemy talent you displayed was only a hair's breadth behind Mu Xinger's.]
[The crucial point was that you were already at the Foundation Establishment Realm at such a young age, with transcendent cultivation talent and equally astonishing talent in the Dao of Alchemy. This was simply a monstrous anomaly!]
[This was what your mother and Mu Xinger were thinking in their minds at this moment.]
[You successfully became a Yellow Grade Low Rank alchemist!]
[In October of the second year, you continued to refine Qi Gathering Pills to increase your alchemy experience. You could now guarantee the formation of four pills, and your alchemy skill level grew rapidly.]
[That same month, your mother successfully broke through to the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.]
[You steadily improved your cultivation and alchemy experience. Your alchemy experience clearly increased, yet your cultivation base did not increase by the slightest bit.]
[You specifically went to consult your grandfather regarding cultivation issues at the Foundation Establishment Realm.]
[Your grandfather told you, "The Foundation Establishment Realm is only divided into four stages: Early Stage, Mid Stage, Late Stage, and Great Circle." Your grandfather had already lingered at the Foundation Establishment Late Stage for close to ten years. For a Foundation Establishment cultivator, breaking through a minor realm could take several decades. The reason he was able to possess Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation at the young age of just over sixty was thanks entirely to some minor fortuitous encounters he obtained while traveling in his youth.]
[That Spirit Replenishing Pill he previously gave you was also obtained from that fortuitous encounter. Speaking of his past travels, a trace of nostalgic recollection surfaced on your grandfather's face.]
[Finally, your grandfather consoled you, saying that cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Realm was not as fast as Qi Cultivation and required taking it step by step, keeping your feet firmly on the ground.]
[You received the instruction and left in a satisfied mood.]
[In October of the second year, the Wang Family Ancestor came knocking to request that your grandfather or you head to a secret realm, stating that the secret realm was located within the borders of Jinzhou County and that only Foundation Establishment cultivators could enter.]
[In your nightmare, you vaguely remembered that the elderly Fire Cloud Evil God seemed to be recuperating his injuries in this secret realm. Now, his injuries presumably had not fully healed, so there might just be a chance.]
[You told your grandfather that there might be a Golden Core Stage demonic cultivator inside the secret realm, but he was currently nursing injuries. Should you follow the Wang Family Ancestor and launch a surprise attack, because if that Golden Core demonic cultivator's injuries fully healed by the fourth year, he would likewise launch an attack on Muye Mountain!]
[Your grandfather asked you how you knew about this.]
[You confessed that you had a nightmare two years ago, and truthfully recounted some of the matters from the nightmare.]
[After hearing this, your grandfather remained speechless for a long time, seeming to likewise plunge into hesitation.]
[A moment later, your grandfather made his decision: do it!]
"!"
"Grandpa is awesome!" His own grandfather's tyrannical and resolute reply gave Mu Xingqi a real fright.
He knew his grandfather dared to charge and fight, but he hadn't expected him to be so tyrannical!
A new turning point had actually appeared in this simulation once again. He wanted to see if this was something that could bring a turning point to himself and the lineage...
[Your grandfather stated bluntly that since that Golden Core demonic cultivator inside the secret realm intended to wipe out their Mu Family, they had to seize the opportunity while he was currently injured to eliminate future troubles once and for all!]
[You and your grandfather agreed to the Wang Family Ancestor's request, planning to head to the secret realm to investigate.]
[In November of the second year, you followed the memories from your dream and brought the spirit stones the lineage had earned over these past few years to Myriad Treasure Tower.]
[Because you knew that relying solely on two Foundation Establishment cultivators like you and your grandfather, even if the elderly Fire Cloud Evil God was heavily injured, you could not possibly be his match; you had to borrow external force.]
[You immediately thought of the Thunder Pearl from your past life.]
[Yet this time, you did not promote the unscrupulous Mi San and Half Mi San like in the dream, and up until now the spirit stones earned by the lineage industries were not as plentiful as in the dream. Therefore, even after scraping together every last cent, you only managed to gather just enough spirit stones to purchase two Thunder Pearls.]
[Blinking, a month flew by, and it was once again the year-end Lunar New Year.]
[You still feasted with your family, gathering together wonderfully.]
[You did not tell your family that you were about to head into a secret realm and that your life or death was uncertain; you did not wish to let them worry about you.]
[In January of the third year, after you and your grandfather made your preparations, you decided to head toward the secret realm he spoke of with the Wang Family Ancestor. Accompanying you all as well was the Zhang Family Ancestor.]
[You and your grandfather brought most of the usable spirit-grade spirit artifacts from the lineage. Both you and your grandfather were fully equipped with spirit-grade spirit artifacts from head to toe. Although you knew spirit-grade spirit treasures did not hold much use against a Golden Core True Person, blocking for one second was better than nothing.]
[The Wang Family Ancestor led the three of you to a secret realm entrance, which was a stone door embedded in a cliff face.]
[The Wang Family Ancestor stated bluntly that the conditions to open this stone door were not difficult—one only needed to infuse spiritual power. However, there was a formation array behind the stone door, and only those with Foundation Establishment cultivation could pass through smoothly. Qi Refining cultivators would simply be forcibly shredded to death.]
"Huh? How did this..."
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