A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 52

Chapter 52 Heartfelt Words

“Senior Sister Xuan’er, may I ask how many Foundation Establishment Pills you currently possess?”

“Five… Why?”

Dong Xuan’er asked casually.

Five?

Tsk, Fairy Hong Fu is truly willing to spend money.

“Senior Sister, how many spirit stones do you think five Foundation Establishment Pills are worth?”

“Well, they should be worth some spirit stones.”

She hadn’t really considered the exact amount, as her master had been planning everything for her.

“Senior Sister, five Foundation Establishment Pills would fetch at least 18,000 spirit stones within the sect! Outside the sect, they’d be worth over 20,000!”

“And for ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators within the sect, the sect only provides one mid-grade spirit stone per year, which is about 100 low-grade spirit stones. Without considering that this Foundation Establishment cultivator possesses various skills for earning money, such as weapon crafting, pill refining, talisman making, and array setting, they would need to live within the sect for at least 180 years to acquire this wealth.”

“180 years!”

If there were other ways to earn spirit stones, that would be a different story.

For example, Master Ma, who cultivated a medicinal garden in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

This person lived to be two hundred years old, but failed to reach

the Core Formation stage in the original timeline. The legacy left to his disciple, Xiao Cuier, consisted of various spiritual herbs worth tens of thousands of spirit stones. “For a Foundation Establishment cultivator outside the mountain gate, the ways to earn spirit stones are even fewer. If they want to accumulate eighteen thousand spirit stones, they can only take wilder and more risky paths, and perhaps they will never accumulate such wealth in their lifetime.”

This is mainly because almost all the mines within the Yue Kingdom are occupied by the seven major sects, including Huangfeng Valley, preventing other families or independent cultivators from mining them.

Even if new mines are discovered, they belong to the seven major sects.

Any cultivation family that isn’t a core member of the seven major sects and dares to secretly dabble in them will suffer a thunderous crackdown.

“Senior Sister, you should understand what it means that Grandmaster Hongfu gave you five Foundation Establishment Pills, right?”

“Twenty-twenty thousand spirit stones?”

The five Foundation Establishment Pills in her hand were actually worth twenty thousand spirit stones?

Dong Xuan’er’s beautiful eyes widened.

As far as she knew, many newly established Foundation Establishment cultivators within the sect, lacking substantial resources, couldn’t even afford top-tier magic artifacts worth three to five hundred spirit stones, instead relying on upper-tier artifacts costing only a hundred or so spirit stones. Yet she held five Foundation Establishment Pills worth twenty thousand spirit stones?

“That’s right, the price of Foundation Establishment Pills is that outrageous. Otherwise, how could I, your junior brother, have started with just one?”

Han Li smiled.

Of course, this didn’t mean Foundation Establishment Pills were particularly superior pills, nor did it mean their true value was that high. It was entirely due to supply falling short of demand, because scarcity drives up prices.

This was especially evident in the Yue Kingdom’s cultivation world, where there were far more cultivators than available resources

. Yue Kingdom was merely a medium-sized country, yet it boasted seven major Nascent Soul sects. If two or three sects were fewer, if the number of family-based cultivators decreased by twenty or thirty thousand, the price of Foundation Establishment Pills would plummet. In other words, the demand was too high, leading to a supply shortage and soaring prices.

Furthermore, the decreasing availability of materials for refining Foundation Establishment Pills in Yue has led to a year-on-year decline in the production of these pills, causing their price to skyrocket.

Scarcity drives up prices.

In many southern regions outside Yue, such as the Luoyun Sect and Ancient Sword Gate in Xi Kingdom, a Foundation Establishment Pill might only cost two or three thousand spirit stones.

In places with better environments and richer resources, such as the cultivation holy land of Da Jin, a Foundation Establishment Pill costs only a little over a thousand spirit stones. And in the Chaotic Star Sea, a Foundation Establishment Pill only costs six or seven hundred spirit stones.

The situation where a Foundation Establishment Pill costs three or four thousand spirit stones only occurs in the area surrounding Yue Kingdom in the heart of southern China.

“Senior Sister, do you now realize how much Grandmaster Hongfu cherishes you and how high her expectations are for you?” Han Li said solemnly, “From what I understand, high-level cultivators are generally quite indifferent to blood ties. Those who can be like Grandmaster Hongfu are extremely rare…” “

Furthermore, Grandmaster Hongfu’s current seclusion will undoubtedly allow her to break through her bottleneck and advance further, becoming a late-stage Core Formation expert. She is also currently the only late-stage Core Formation female cultivator in Yue Kingdom. At that time, Grandmaster will be the number one Core Formation female cultivator in Yue Kingdom.”

“In the future, it’s not impossible for her to reach the Nascent Soul Ancestor realm…”

“Once Grandmaster succeeds…”

“Senior Sister, as Grandmaster’s only direct disciple, don’t you think you’re special?” “

With the full support of a Nascent Soul Ancestor, even if your spiritual root is only three spiritual roots, you still have a great chance of forming a Core.”

Han Li’s voice was powerful and resonant, seemingly possessing a strange and captivating magic that stirred the heart, making one involuntarily imagine the future.

Dong Xuan’er was no exception, subconsciously imagining her own future as well.

Furthermore, Han Li had another implication:

even if Fairy Hong Fu failed to reach the Nascent Soul stage before her lifespan expired a hundred years later…

Dong Xuan’er, as the sole successor, still had a good chance of attempting to reach the Core Formation stage if she were to “lick the coffin” (i.e., exploit the system).

After all…

That’s the legacy of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator.

You see, Xiao Cuier’s acquisition of cultivation resources from Senior Brother Ma, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, greatly accelerated her Core Formation process. If Dong Xuan’er inherits Hong Fu’s legacy and chooses the right path, she’ll only go further in the future.

“So, the key is for you, Senior Sister, not to fall behind, but to keep up with Grandmaster’s pace.”

“The first step is Foundation Establishment!”

“It would be best to successfully establish your Foundation before Grandmaster emerges from seclusion

.” “That way, even if you do something outside that makes her uncomfortable, she’ll see that you’ve cultivated diligently these past two years and haven’t fallen behind, and she’ll look at you with new respect and be more tolerant. Instead of severely confining you and embarrassing you…”

Mentioning Fairy Hong Fu and confinement, Han Li wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt Dong Xuan’er tremble slightly.

Like a conditioned reflex.

Perhaps it was just his imagination?

“And when you look back from the perspective of a mid-to-late Foundation Establishment cultivator, you’ll surely find that many of your previous experiences were nothing but meaningless farces…” “

Those so-called Senior Brothers Liu, Ma, and Feng, if they hadn’t yet reached Foundation Establishment, wouldn’t even be qualified to appear before you. You wouldn’t deign to toy with them like this today.”

“Once you condense your Golden Core and enter the Golden Core stage, looking back at these people and events, you’ll probably think that your senior brothers’ antics, and even your own playful antics, were just children playing house…”

“What seems like the spotlight today might become your dark history in the future!”

“What do you think, Senior Sister?”

Han Li’s words were sincere.

He genuinely hoped that Fairy Hong Fu and this Senior Sister Xuan’er would get along.

The former had been kind to him, and the latter was a promising prospect.

Therefore, he said these things.

As for whether she listened?

It would be best if she did.

If you won’t listen, then let’s go back to the old path…

Cultivating with Old Demon Yunlu is actually quite good, isn’t it?

In short, do your best and leave the rest to fate.

“Junior brother, aren’t you afraid these words will reach the ears of those people?” the girl said with a mischievous smile.

“Hehe.”

If it really gets back, it might not be a bad thing. In fact, he’d love to be harassed so he wouldn’t have time to care about you, Dong Xuan’er.

At that point, it won’t be him being irresponsible, but rather that good advice is hard to persuade, and he’ll have no choice but to give in.

“Tch, boring man.”

The girl curled her lip, then murmured softly:

“Foundation Building, Core Formation…”

How could she not want to form a Core?

“Unfortunately, Core Formation is too far away for someone with three spiritual roots like me.”

She shook her head, sighed, and showed a deep sense of helplessness regarding her spiritual root aptitude.

Han Li’s heart sank upon hearing this.

Could it be that all his heartfelt words to this woman had no effect at all?

But then the girl changed the subject:

“Well, I can’t count on reaching the Core Formation stage, I know that much, Senior Sister Dong. But what you said about quickly reaching the Foundation Establishment stage is exactly what I’m looking for. I really want to see what kind of expressions those men who always fawn over me and call me Junior Sister Xuan’er will have when they suddenly find out I’ve become a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Hehe, how will they react? And how will they try even harder to please me?”

“Oh, just thinking about it is interesting.”

“By the way, if I reach the Foundation Establishment stage before them, they can’t call me Junior Sister anymore. Even if they reach the Foundation Establishment stage later, they can only call me Senior Sister…”

“Those who didn’t reach the Foundation Establishment stage, will they be ashamed and hide away every time they see me?”

“And Master will definitely feel at ease letting me leave Taiyue Mountain to travel outside…”

The more the girl spoke, the brighter her eyes became, and she seemed to be in a state of excitement.

Han Li, standing to the side, twitched his lips: “…”

Well.

Although his efforts were misguided, the result wasn’t too bad.

As long as this woman can establish her foundation before Fairy Hongfu emerges from seclusion, no matter what happens afterward, he will have lived up to Fairy Hongfu’s expectations.

(End of Chapter)