The Clan Leader Breaks Through to Purple Mansion
Chen Nianzhi glanced at everyone and solemnly gave instructions.
"I will be guarding the clan leader during his seclusion. During this time, the ten of you Foundation Establishment will remain here, guarding Darksteel Mountain with two third-tier treasure ships."
"Clear."
Everyone nodded in agreement, naturally understanding the importance of third-tier Earth Vein.
After giving instructions to everyone, Chen Nianzhi flew to Spirit Isle Lake with the Old Clan Leader. The Old Clan Leader needed to break through to the Purple Mansion to avoid the risk of insufficient Spiritual Qi in Third-Order Spirit Vein.
Upon reaching the critical point of breaking through to the Purple Mansion realm, both Chen Nianzhi and the Old Clan Leader were extremely excited. Although there were still many things to be done after advancing to the Purple Mansion Immortal Clan, they couldn't worry about them at the moment.
After Chen Nianzhi and the Old Clan Leader left, Chen Qinghao looked at the Foundation Establishment elders present with a smile and said...
"The Darksteel Mountain Spirit Vein is only of the Tier 2 Low-grade. To set up a third-tier grand formation, it needs to be upgraded to at least the Tier 2 high-grade."
"It will take about 50,000 Spirit Stone Spirit Stone to advance the Spirit Vein. The clan treasury is not quite enough. Let's all chip in first, and we'll pay you back later."
After Chen Qinghao finished speaking, everyone nodded. Now that the clan leader and Nianzhi were not around, the elders also needed to take care of some trivial matters.
For example, the advancement of the Darksteel Mountain Daoist Grounds to the Tier 2 superior Spirit Vein, or the expansion of the shops in Yuyang Market, these are things that the two of them do not need to worry about personally.
"..."
After flying for half a day, Chen Nianzhi and the Old Clan Leader quickly returned to Spirit Isle Lake.
The Old Clan Leader immediately went to the Spirit Pool in Spirit Isle Lake to begin his secluded cultivation to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm, while Chen Nianzhi guarded the outside of the Spirit Pool, cultivating and protecting him at the same time.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Chen Nianzhi was refining the Blazing Fire Return-to-Ruins Sword with the Geng-Metal Lihuo Essence Qi Li Huo.
Many years ago, the Five-Elements Qi refined by the Chen Clan cultivators was no longer sold to the public, and they have been buying up large quantities of Five-Elements Qi ever since.
He had accumulated quite a bit over the years, and three months ago he mobilized the Geng-Metal Lihuo Twin Essences that his Lineage had accumulated in recent years to continuously refine his Life-Bound Immortal Sword.
Now, three months have passed, and he has finally brought the Blazing Fire Return-to-Ruins Sword to the threshold of the Tier 3 Mid-grade.
"Sing--"
As Chen Nianzhi infused a Lihuo Essence Qi into it, the Blazing Fire Return-to-Ruins Sword suddenly let out a soft hum, and its azure sword aura surged dramatically, advancing to the Tier 3 Mid-grade rank.
Looking at the azure immortal sword whose power had greatly increased, Chen Nianzhi smiled. With his Life-Bound Immortal Sword advancing to the Tier 3 Mid-grade, his offensive methods had finally been enhanced.
Although the Great Geng Immortal Sword was powerful, it consumed too much of his Law Power, so it could only be used as a last resort. With this Tier 3 Mid-grade Blazing Fire Return-to-Ruins Sword, his Life-bound Magical Treasure was no weaker than that of Mid-Purple Mansion realm cultivator.
"Buzz..."
Just as he was filled with joy, the void trembled slightly, and countless Spiritual Qi surged into the Spirit Pool like a whale sucking in water.
Chen Nianzhi looked in surprise towards the direction of the Spirit Pool behind her, realizing that the Old Clan Leader had successfully broken through to the Purple Mansion realm.
A figure pushed open the door to the Seclusion Chamber, revealing the clan leader with white hair and a youthful face, possessing an Bu Fan bearing.
For many years, the Old Clan Leader Chen Nianzhi had seen was always over sixty years old, but when she saw him recently, she found that the Old Clan Leader had become young again. If you ignored his full head of white hair, his appearance was more like that of a young man in his late twenties.
Upon seeing Chen Nianzhi, the Old Clan Leader burst into hearty laughter.
"Hahaha..."
"I never imagined that I, an old man, would one day break through to the Purple Mansion."
Chen Nianzhi, also with a smile, congratulated him from the side, saying, "Congratulations, Old Granduncle! You have achieved the Purple Mansion today, and you will surely become Golden Core realm Ancestor in the future."
"The Golden Core realm is still a long way off for me; I'm already quite satisfied with achieving the Purple Mansion."
Chen Changxuan shook his head, a slight smile on his face.
That's what he said, but there was also a hint of longing in his eyes. He was 156 years old at the time, and at this age, he had broken through to the Purple Mansion, meaning he had about 250 more years of lifespan ahead of him.
Generally, after a cultivator with Two Element Spiritual Root breaks through to the Purple Mansion, they will break through one level of cultivation approximately every thirty years. If they cultivate diligently, this time can be shortened to about twenty-five years.
If one is a wealthy individual in the Purple Mansion, for example, with an annual salary exceeding five thousand Spirit Stone, they can afford some third-tier spirit pills and treasures to enhance their cultivation, and can shorten this time to seventeen or eighteen years or even less.
Moreover, the Chen Clan possesses Tier 3 Spirit Peach, which is the most Higher Vehicle treasure for increasing cultivation. The Old Clan Leader estimated that he might be able to break through to the next level of cultivation in ten years.
In this way, as long as he doesn't get stuck at the bottleneck of the Mid-Purple Mansion realm for too long, the Old Clan Leader will still have more than a hundred years of lifespan left when he reaches the Peak Purple Mansion realm.
A cultivator in the Purple Mansion can attempt to break through the Golden Core realm bottleneck once every thirty or forty years. Based on this calculation, he might have three or four opportunities to break through to the Golden Core realm realm. His chances of breaking through to the Golden Core realm realm are probably greater than most Purple Mansion cultivators.
Of course, this is on the premise that the bottlenecks in the Mid-Purple Mansion realm and Purple Mansion Late Stage realm can be broken through quickly.
Both of these bottlenecks are very troublesome. Without the Cloud-Pattern Creation Pill and the Violet-Qi Cloud-Pattern Pill, it would probably take thirty to fifty years to hone one's Law Power.
Adding the two together, it would take decades, even centuries, which is an extremely time-consuming and laborious task.
Refining the Cloud-Pattern Creation Pill requires precious Five-Elements Treasure Crystal such as the Blazing Fire Crystal and the Geng-Metal Crystal, while refining the Violet-Qi Cloud-Pattern Pill requires even more precious Violet Sun Jade as the main ingredient.
This is also the main reason why, although there are over a hundred Purple Mansion cultivators in the Chu Kingdom, there are only a dozen or so Purple Mansion Late Stage cultivators.
"Cough cough..."
While contemplating the future, the Old Clan Leader suddenly coughed, his face turning somewhat pale.
Chen Nianzhi helped the Old Clan Leader up, her face full of concern, and said, "What's wrong?"
"It's alright." The Old Clan Leader shook his head and said calmly, "I lacked some True Essence when I was breaking through to the Purple Mansion, and I consumed some of my Natal Essence Blood. I can recover in twenty or thirty years."
Chen Nianzhi's eyes flickered slightly, knowing that this was a sign of severe depletion of vital essence. If it could not be recovered quickly, the Old Clan Leader would need to spend twenty or thirty years healing.
However, there is a way. The Qi-Replenishing Return-Origin Pill recorded in Chen Qianyuan 'Pill Formula was actually created for cultivators who have just broken through to the Purple Mansion.
Thinking of this, Chen Nianzhi said calmly, "There's no need to waste twenty years; the medicinal effects of the Return-Origin Ginseng from the spirit medicine Garden are already sufficient."
"Once I start refining a batch of Qi-Replenishing Return-Origin Pill, they will be able to replenish your severely depleted essence."
"..."
In order to refine the Qi-Replenishing Return-Origin Pill, Chen Nianzhi went to Qingyuan Mountain and picked the Return-Origin Ginseng.
Then, auxiliary medicines were prepared in Yuyang Market and the clan storehouse. There are a total of 29 kinds of auxiliary medicines for Return-Origin Ginseng. Chen Nianzhi found 27 kinds in the two places and found that 2 kinds were still missing.