Four Successes, Four Failures: The Ma Household's Strange Success Rate
Soon, the door opened, and Ma Zhenyu, the patriarch of the Ma Lineage, walked out. He looked visibly disappointed, likely due to the setback he had suffered in his previous attempt at "Star Inlaying."
"Fellow Daoist Ma, congratulations on successfully advancing to the Foundation Establishment Stage!"
At this moment, Yan Zhiyu stepped forward with a smile to congratulate him.
Upon hearing the congratulations, Ma Zhenyu looked up and saw Kong Wenxuan and Yan Zhiyu. His initial disappointment vanished, replaced by a smile. He first returned Yan Zhiyu's greeting, saying with a smile, "Congratulations! Congratulations!"
Then he bowed to Kong Wenxuan and said, "Thank you, Magistrate, for protecting me."
Kong Wenxuan looked at the other person, nodded, and said, "Congratulations on successfully Foundation Establishment."
"It was entirely thanks to the projection and suppression of the ' Peacock True Spirit Star ' power of the master family that I was able to successfully Foundation Establishment and suppress the Demonic Nature Backlash. I must thank you, sir, and thank you, master family."
Ma Zhenyu immediately replied modestly.
Kong Wenxuan shook his head slightly and said, "External forces are ultimately just assistance; the success of Foundation Establishment mainly depends on your own strength."
He ultimately didn't inquire about the "Star Inlaying Trial" situation, but instead changed the subject, pointing to the house of the Ma Household cultivator who had failed to advance to the Foundation Establishment realm that morning, saying, "Clan Chief Ma, the cultivator inside attempted to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage this morning but couldn't suppress the backlash from the demonic nature in his bloodline, falling into Demon Beast form. He has already been killed."
"This should be a cultivator from your Ma Household. Go inside and tidy up."
Upon hearing Kong Wenxuan's words, Ma Zhenyu's smile suddenly froze. He turned to look at the house and confirmed that it was indeed the house where his cultivator was in seclusion. A look of sadness immediately appeared on his face, but he quickly suppressed his grief.
For these cultivators who are not from the "True Spirit Lineage" bloodline, breaking through to a higher realm is a matter of walking on the edge of life and death. They had already considered the possibility of failing to break through and being reduced to Demon Beast and killed, and they were somewhat prepared for it.
Therefore, upon suddenly receiving this news, although Ma Zhenyu could not hide the sadness in his eyes, he did not lose his composure.
He bowed to Kong Wenxuan and said, "Thank you, sir, for granting him dignity and allowing him to leave without pain."
Kong Wenxuan nodded slightly without saying anything more. Ma Zhenyu didn't say anything more either, turned around and walked into the house of the loser to clean up the corpse of the loser who had degenerated into a demon bird.
Kong Wenxuan returned to his main house and continued the refining of the "Yellow Earth Divine Sword".
Yan Zhiyu, looking at the Sparrow demon's corpse lying on the ground in the open house, also showed a heavy expression. She had no heart to continue congratulating Ma Zhenyu on his successful Foundation Establishment. Instead, she returned to the house where her two disciples were in seclusion to continue protecting them. However, she could not suppress the worry on her face.
Even though everyone knows that for these low-level cultivators, breaking through to a higher realm is a perilous adventure with a nine-out-of-ten chance of death, they are already prepared for failure, for being reduced to demonic Demon Beast and killed.
But no one really wants to face such an ending.
Therefore, after seeing Ma Zhenyu, the patriarch of the Ma Lineage, successfully Foundation Establishment, Yan Zhiyu sincerely congratulated him, since he could always see a glimmer of hope for success in him.
However, this also led to his death after witnessing another Ma Household cultivator fail to break through and fall into the form of Sparrow demon bird.
This bubble of hope was easily burst, and Yan Zhiyu had no choice but to continue worrying about the progress of his two younger brothers.
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In the following days, as the two members of the Ma Household successively attempted to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, it seemed to mark the beginning of a new chapter.
The three members of the Yun Household, the two members of the Yan Household, and the last member of the Ma Household all began to break through and attempt to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage.
It should be said that the Yan Household, Ma Household, and Yun Household, who chose to receive the "Peacock True Spirit Star" projection imprint in order to break through to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer in the Foundation Establishment Stage, are basically the top disciples of the three families. Their Qi and Blood, bloodline power, and Law Power are all at their peak, and they are not lacking in pills, talismans, Law Artifact, formations, etc. prepared for Foundation Establishment.
Therefore, none of the eight Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators from the three families failed at the Three Foundation Establishment Gates; all of them successfully broke through the three stages, opened their Sea of Consciousness, and developed Spiritual Consciousness.
Those who failed among them all succumbed to the final Demonic Nature Backlash.
In the end, the two Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators from the Yan Household had a mixed outcome. The male disciple successfully suppressed the backlash from the demonic nature and advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm; while the female disciple failed in her struggle against the demonic nature, fell into the form of Swift bird, and was personally killed by the Yan Lineage patriarch Yan Zhiyu.
Of the three Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators from the Yun Household, two lost and one succeeded. Among the losers was even the Yun Household patriarch, Yun Qishen. The one who succeeded was the only female cultivator among Yun Household three, named Yun Changhui, who was one generation younger than Yun Qishen. It is estimated that she will become the new patriarch of the Yun Household in the future.
The only slightly surprising thing was that the last remaining member of the Ma Household also successfully Foundation Establishment, suppressing the backlash from his demonic nature. This resulted in a 20% success rate and a 10% failure rate for the three members of the Ma Household to Foundation Establishment, which can be considered a very high success rate.
After studying it for a while, Kong Wenxuan thought of a possibility: the Bloodline Divine Ability of the "Sparrow" Ma Household is "Five Visceral Qi", which is also of the Five Elements attribute. It should be more compatible with the Five Elements attribute of their Kong Household's "Five-Colored Peacock True Spirit Star" power.
It should at least be a much better fit than the Yan Household and Yun Household.
Therefore, the three Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators from the Ma Household were able to achieve a 20% success rate and a 10% failure rate under the suppression of the "Peacock True Spirit Star" projection and imprint, far exceeding the success rate of the other two families.
Of course, this is just Kong Wenxuan's speculation, and whether it is accurate remains to be seen and will depend on more examples in the future.
It's also possible that the Ma Household's 20% success rate and 10% failure this time was simply due to good luck?
Therefore, Kong Wenxuan did not dwell on this issue and quickly suppressed these thoughts and speculations.
Furthermore, after the several Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Ma Household, Yan Household, and Yun Household successfully suppressed the backlash of their demonic nature and stabilized their cultivation, Kong Wenxuan clearly sensed that the "Celestial Stars True Spirit Diagram" in the sky was emitting a mysterious power, guiding these Foundation Establishment cultivators into the "Star Inlaying Trial".
Several Foundation Establishment cultivators also ascended the "Starlight Stairway" and entered the trial.
However, the three who followed, like Ma Zhenyu before them, quickly failed the test.
Based on the time it took for the three to come into contact with the "mysterious power," Kong Wenxuan deduced that Yun Changhui and Ma Zhenhe, another Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Ma Household, must have failed while climbing the "Starlight Stairway," and hadn't even reached the "Ninth-Grade True Spirit Heaven," let alone Star Inlaying.
However, Yan Zhiwen, the male cultivator from the Yan Household who successfully Foundation Establishment, took significantly longer to undergo the "Star Inlaying Trial." He must have successfully crossed all the "Starlight Steps" and ascended to the "Ninth-Grade True Spirit Heaven."
Unfortunately, the other party ultimately failed to complete the test and successfully Star Inlaying, his face full of resentment as he left the house.