Chapter 71



71 Chapter 71-narrow or wide road?

The spirit beast saddle was a kind of beast taming magic tool. In the case of taming a spirit beast, this saddle could store the spirit beast inside and shrink it to the size of a thumb. It was convenient to carry around and could be released when needed. When a spirit beast was in the saddle, it would be muddleheaded and fall into a deep sleep. It would not be able to sense the change in time in the outside world, so there was no need to worry about the spirit beast being unhappy if it stayed in there for a long time.

It was a very practical special magic weapon, and it was a level two mid-grade magic weapon. However, not many people knew how to make it, and it was not too sensitive, so it could be made and sold.

It could also be sold together with the water-Spirit Horse, and the price would probably increase by a lot.

However, the materials were not easy to find. The space-time Stone needed to make the storage bag was not available in the Feiyun state, so they had to import it. Moreover, large pieces of spacetime stones were strategic materials that could be used to make teleportation arrays, so others would not often sell them. The only things that could be bought in the market were some spacetime stone fragments, which were relatively cheap.

The making of the spirit beast saddle was divided into the refining part and the array part. The number of spacetime stone fragments required was relatively large. The cost of one piece was seven to eight hundred spirit stones, and the working time was at least half a year. The selling price was about one thousand and five hundred.

It was a little difficult for the clan to build one now, but they could slowly gather the materials. They could earn a few hundred spirit stones just by building one, which was also a way to increase their income.

For this, spending 50 karma was quite worth it.

The star Observation platform was a building that array Masters needed. Array Masters could comprehend the stars and learn array techniques there. They could also guide the power of new stars to create array disks.

There was a simplified version of it in the family.

Building a two-star Observatory could lower the cost of making array disks and speed up the learning of array techniques. This would be of great help to the clan in nurturing new array Masters.

50 karma points for this blueprint wasn’t expensive. The cost of production was about 500 spirit stones. He could plan for the future. In two years, when the family’s accounts were rich, they could get one.

As for the [ Spirit Rain curse ], it was only a one-star exchange item that could be exchanged for with 20 karma.

This was a spell that water-element cultivators could learn, and it was used for farming. Under this spell, the rain that was summoned would carry a slight amount of spiritual Qi, which would help the growth of spiritual plants.

In the clan, the cultivators in charge of taking care of the herb garden had learned it, and it would be useful. Furthermore, he could even send low-level cultivators to circle around Pingyao County, rain spiritual rain, and win over the hearts of the people. That was another story.

In short, these three items were not expensive and were somewhat useful, so it was done after exchanging.

Lu Qing still had more than 600 karma with him after he was done with the exchange.

He had prepared 50 of them for Lu mingchao.

This girl was about to break through again.

If this breakthrough was successful, Lu mingchao would definitely be considered a genius to be able to reach the eighth-tier foundation building realm at the age of 84.

In a mere 12 years, Lu mingchao had advanced from the fourth-tier foundation building realm to the eighth-tier foundation building realm. On average, she advanced to the eighth-tier foundation building realm every three years. Her progress was rapid.

If nothing unexpected happened, she would be able to enter the ninth layer of the foundation building stage in at least three to five years, at most six to seven years, and make preparations to break through to the initial enlightenment stage.

With her talent of having two spiritual roots and a rare treasure like the yin-essence water Jade, Qiming would have a high chance of success.

However, perhaps it was because her progress in the past 12 years had been a little too fast, which led to her reaching a bottleneck and making it difficult for her to break through.

Lu Qing was her father. If he had the conditions, he would definitely help her.

He still had an exchange option in his hand, which could be used at this time.

[ 2-star bottleneck-breaking: it can increase the probability of a Clansman breaking through the bottleneck. It is only effective on cultivators below the initial enlightenment stage. 50 karma ]

It was not expensive.

It was of great help. After Lu mingchao exchanged for this item, she broke through her bottleneck on the third day and officially became an eighth-tier foundation building cultivator.

……

When the Lu clan’s first major examination ended and they were selecting the candidates for this trip to the northern border, the Qingfeng sect’s internal competition had just begun.

The Qingfeng sect’s internal competition was not something that the current Lu clan could be compared to. The rewards for the top few places were the genuine foundation building pills!

One could only imagine how desperate the inner sect disciples would be in the great competition that was held every fifteen years. This was the place where true geniuses fought. If some of the sect’s disciples with ordinary talent achieved Qi refining later, and if they were unlucky and didn’t have the right time, they might directly miss it and not even have the chance to participate.

Lu Wenen wasn’t worried about this. Putting aside this year’s competition, he would only be thirty-two years old in the next competition fifteen years later. He would meet the requirements.

He had also signed up for this year’s Qingfeng sect competition.

Of course, the top few places and the fight for the foundation building pill were definitely not related to him. The 17-year-old him was only at the fourth level of the Qi refining stage. He couldn’t compete with those experienced people for the foundation building pill.

He signed up to participate only to gain some experience. His real battlefield would be the next great competition fifteen years later. By then, he would have cultivated for twenty-two years, and he would strive to gain something.

This time, he wanted to see if he could raise his ranking a little and get more ordinary rewards. That would be good.

He, who wasn’t born in a famous family, deeply understood that he couldn’t be like some of the rich second generation disciples in the sect, who could casually pile countless resources on him. The money and resources sent by his grandmother, the portion provided by the clan, and the annual Tributes he received from the sect were enough to support his cultivation, but he definitely couldn’t be extravagant.

In order to get more resources, he had to work hard.

On the day before the competition, he was called over by his master, the foundation cultivator Zhang Shiman.

Zhang Shiman looked at Lu Wenen, who was standing at the bottom of the stairs, with admiration. He was 17 years old this year and was already a tall, gentle, and elegant young man. He had a handsome face and a gentle voice. It was said that he had a good reputation among the disciples of the same generation. He was friendly and never arrogant because of his talent. Everyone called him Jun Zifeng.

“Wenen, I called you here today because I have something to tell you.”

“Is it for the sect’s internal competition?” Lu Wenen asked humbly.

“It’s about your Foundation establishment.” Zhang Shiman said.

“For my Foundation establishment? Isn’t it a little too early?”

“It’s getting late.” Zhang Shiman shook her head and said, ” all the children in the sect who have the ambition to build their foundations will make plans in advance. You should do the same.

“I will listen to master’s teachings.”

in the Qingfeng sect, there are three ways to give a foundation building elixir to a disciple.

first, it’s a direct gift from my master and Grandmaster. Don’t even think about it. You’ve been with me for twelve years, and you know that I can’t give you a single foundation building pill.

“I’ve never had any wishful thinking,” Lu Wenen said with a bow.

What he said was true. Out of the 200 foundation building cultivators in the Qingfeng sect, almost none of them could afford a foundation building elixir for their disciple. If he had that money, why not use it on himself? Even if he really wanted to exchange foundation building pills for his descendants, why didn’t he give them to his own immediate family members and instead gave them to his disciples?

Although he was close to his disciple, they were still separated by a layer. Lu Wenen understood this principle.

Zhang Shiman nodded and continued,”second, if you get into the top five in the inner sect competition, you’ll each get a foundation building pill.” The third was to accumulate 10000 sect contribution points and then line up to receive the foundation building pill. Of these two, have you thought about which path to take?”