Chapter 110 Gift of Pills
Although at the foundation-building stage, one can practice fasting and survive by only absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
But the spiritual energy of heaven and earth cannot satisfy the desire for food.
The four of them spent several hundred spirit coins and had a delicious meal at Piaoxiang Pavilion. Jiang Li and Senior Sister Xu returned to Yuzhu Peak to practice, and Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan also returned to Ziyun Peak.
In the next few days, Li Yu did not go out. He had just established his foundation and needed some time to adapt to his current state.
Three days later, Li Yu left Kunlun Cave Heaven and flew westward for nearly a thousand miles on a spirit boat. He passed a stronghold of Kunlun there and entered a large cave heaven.
This is a small world with an extremely vast area. The space within it is also extremely stable and can be entered by those who have reached the Foundation Establishment stage.
After building the foundation, he could no longer enter the first-level secret realms such as the Purple Gold Cave Heaven, Xu Ling Cave Heaven, and Qingyu Secret Realm, so when he and Xu Yitianqi parted last time, they met here.
This place is called Shenxu Cave Heaven, a second-level secret realm with numerous entrances connecting to the main world. Basically, all the sects of good and evil have bases there to jointly develop the resources here.
In Shenxu Cave Heaven, on a certain mountain peak, when Li Yu arrived, Xu Yi and Tian Qi had already arrived. The two of them were sitting around a fire, grilling some skewers of meat.
Half a year has passed, and the cultivation of the two is still at the peak of Qi Refining. After getting familiar with them, Li Yu also understood their situation.
Xu Yi and Tian Qi's talents are considered very good in the magic world. If they were in Kunlun, they would definitely be the core disciples among the core disciples. They would not need to worry about the foundation-building matters.
Unfortunately, they are in the Demonic Path, and there are not many people in the entire Demonic Path who can refine the Foundation Establishment Pill. This third-level pill is extremely precious in the Soul Refining Sect and the Joyous Union Sect, and will be supplied first to the descendants of the Nascent Soul Patriarch.
Xu Yi and Tian Qi both had prominent ancestors, but with the passing of their family's strong men, no one was fighting for resources for them. The most valuable thing on them was the family heirloom storage ring.
Even if the two of them are more talented than those people, it will be of no use in the face of relationships.
Compared to the righteous path, the evil path has fewer resources, and this imbalance is even more serious.
Xu Yi looked up at Li Yu and said with a smile: "Friend Li is here. I just grilled a piece of meat. You can eat it first."
Li Yu took out a few pots of spirit wine from the storage space, and the three of them ate and chatted.
Li Yu learned bad news from Xu Yi and Tian Qi.
Their purple gold transaction will come to an end here.
The Soul Refining Sect and the Joyous Union Sect had not received any purple gold for more than half a year, which finally attracted the attention of certain people above them, and they were soon the target of the conspiracy.
Xu Yi and Tian Qi were also called in for a talk. Although they were not punished, they were not allowed to accept purple gold from ordinary disciples.
When Xu Yi mentioned this, his face was filled with extreme indignation. He gritted his teeth and said, "The sect's purple gold trading was originally managed by a lineage of a Yuanying-stage ancestor. They used purple gold to exchange for magic tools with your righteous Qingcheng Sect. Because I affected their interests, that Yuanying-stage ancestor took away a foundation-building pill that was originally mine. I waited for that foundation-building pill for three years!"
He looked at Li Yu and said, "I'm sorry, Fellow Daoist Li, the sect's Nascent Soul Patriarch has intervened. I can no longer help you collect the purple gold."
Tian Qi also sighed helplessly and said, "My situation is similar to Brother Xu's. The sect has warned me once that I will not be allowed to accept purple gold from other disciples in the future..."
Li Yu waved his hand and said, "It's okay. If you don't allow me to take it, then I won't take it."
He wanted the purple gold to exchange for foundation-building pills. Now that he had already established his foundation, he only had a dozen foundation-building pills left, so there was actually no use for him to have the purple gold.
At this time, Xu Yi pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "If they don't let me take it, they can't take it either. Even dogs won't eat the pills they refine. Those disciples will never go to Zijin Cave Heaven again..."
Before Li Yu appeared, the disciples of the Soul Refining Sect spent a month of hard work to refine a pound of purple gold, but they could only exchange it for a medium-quality recovery pill. After taking it, their magic power could not be fully restored, and they had to spend time refining the poison in the pill afterwards.
After Li Yu appeared, one pound of purple gold could be exchanged for a top-grade recovery pill, which not only instantly restored magic power but also had no side effects.
There is no harm without comparison. After being used to taking top-grade recovery pills, who would be willing to take those rubbish pills?
Thinking of something, he looked at Li Yu again and asked, "Fellow Daoist Li, are you still going to accept the high-level spiritual medicine?"
Li Yu nodded and said, "Take them. High-level spiritual medicines, I'll take as many as you have."
The third-level spiritual medicine can help him open up the spiritual meridians and acupoints during the Qi Refining Stage. Although it has no direct effect on his practice after the Foundation Establishment Stage, it can repair the cracks in the alchemy furnace, or after making the Tongmai Pill, it can be used to exchange for the Tuomai Pill. Naturally, the more the better.
After this meeting, the three of them no longer had to meet every month.
Li Yu agreed with them to meet here once a year to deliver elixirs and pills each time. For immortal cultivators, this time is not considered long.
Before they parted, Li Yu took out two pill bottles, threw them to the two men, and said, "We have been working together for so long, so I want to give you a small gift to thank you for taking care of the Kunlun disciples."
Li Yu had heard about the disciples of the two sects helping the disciples of Kunlun in the past six months. It must be because of Xu Yi and Tian Qi, so they took his words to heart.
Xu Yi smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite, Brother Li. It's just a small favor."
Tian Qi also smiled and said, "Of course, we must do what Fellow Daoist Li has asked us to do..."
Over the past six months, they have also gained great benefits from their transactions with Li Yu, so they naturally dare not be careless about what Li Yu has instructed them to do.
Li Yu smiled, said goodbye to the two, and then floated away like the wind.
His figure had already gone far away, and a voice floated in the wind: "We have known each other for a while, and I have something to remind you, especially Fellow Daoist Xu. Spirits and ghosts are just external things. Don't rely on them too much. You should practice magic diligently. This is the right way to practice..."
The two looked at Li Yu's departing back with envy on their faces.
When they first met Li Yu, everyone was still in the Qi Refining Stage, but now Li Yu has already entered the Foundation Establishment Stage ahead of them.
Kunlun disciples are really enviable...
Xu Yi casually opened the bottle of pills that Li Yu had given him, and after taking a look, he became stunned for a moment.
He originally thought that what Li Yu gave him was a pill like the Qi-recovering Pill.
After all, he just gave it so casually...
But Xu Yi never expected that what was in this bottle was actually the Foundation Establishment Pill!
Still two!
Two top-grade foundation-building pills with three dan patterns!
The foundation-building pills that he had been looking forward to for years but had never gotten were obtained so easily. There were two of them, which were enough to allow both his water and fire spiritual veins to enter the foundation-building stage.
He had already compressed his magic power to the limit, and the only thing missing was the foundation-building pill.
Tian Qi noticed Xu Yi's strange behavior and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you? What kind of elixir did Li Daoyou give you? Let me see it..."
Tian Qi looked into the pill bottle in Xu Yi's hand and was stunned.
"Foundation-building pill!"
His voice was trembling as he spoke. For those of them who were at the bottleneck of foundation building, nothing was more important and precious than the foundation building pill.
Without having time to envy Xu Yi, he immediately opened his own pill bottle and found that there were indeed two top-grade foundation-building pills inside his bottle.
He had never taken the Foundation Establishment Pill, but this kind of pill had appeared in his dreams countless times.
After reacting, the two of them immediately put away the Foundation Establishment Pills and then distanced themselves from each other.
In the demonic world, it is not uncommon for brothers to turn against each other and for fathers and sons to become enemies because of a foundation-building pill, let alone two.
At this time, no one can be trusted.
However, the two soon realized that Li Yu was very thoughtful. Since they both cultivated dual spiritual veins, Li Yu gave each of them two Foundation Establishment Pills, so no one had to fight over anyone else's.
The two of them coughed lightly and took a step forward at the same time to cover up the embarrassment of their subconscious behavior.
Then, they all showed touched expressions on their faces at the same time.
To be honest, their master was not so good to them.
Not to mention the Foundation Establishment Pill, all the resources that their master obtained from the sect were given to his descendants. In the devil's way, blood relations are the most trustworthy. As for them, they are just working for the master, and they have to do all the dirty, hard and tiring work. If the master is happy, he will reward them with a low-quality Qi-recovering pill, which is already a special gift. They can have their current cultivation level thanks to their hard work.
Thinking of Li Yu's instructions before he left, Xu Yi's mind emerged the scene of the Qingyu Secret Realm where there was no spirit ghost and the other two fellow disciples were at a loss.
What Li Yu said was right. The disciples of the Soul Refining Sect relied too much on the spirit ghosts. Once they lost their spirit ghosts, they were not good at magic and would not be opponents of their peers in a fight.
Being in the evil world, he was used to intrigues and bloody fights, and no one had ever been so nice to him.
And Li Yu, a disciple from a rival sect, not only gave him the Foundation Establishment Pill, but also pointed out the flaws in his practice. It was difficult for Xu Yi to describe his feelings at the moment.
Tian Qi looked at the direction where Li Yu disappeared and murmured, "Daoyou Li—really a good person."
Xu Yi tightly grasped the pill bottle and said, "It is enough to have a friend like this in life. If I have the chance in the future, I must repay Li Daoyou for his kindness..."
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After leaving Shenxu Cave Heaven, Li Yu released the spirit boat and quickly returned to the sect.
After building the foundation, the magic power becomes more condensed and can stimulate the maximum speed of the spirit boat.
When one's cultivation reaches the Golden Core stage, the fastest speed one can burst out can even exceed that of an ordinary spirit boat. However, in terms of endurance, the spirit boat is still better.
Just now in Shenxu Cave Heaven, he gave out four Foundation Establishment Pills at once, of course it was not because he was generous.
This is Li Yu’s investment.
He is very optimistic about Xu Yi and Tian Qi.
When such people arrive in Kunlun, they are at the level of the Seven Sons of Kunlun. They are not as good as Senior Sisters Qin and Xu, but they are still stronger than Lu Xingzhou and have better talents than ordinary core disciples. It is really a waste of their talents to be in the resource-poor magic world.
If the two of them had been practicing in Kunlun since childhood, they would now be at least in the middle stage of the three spiritual veins foundation building, or even in the late stage, instead of being stuck at the peak of Qi Refining and having difficulty even building a foundation.
In the magic world, at this age, it is already a very remarkable thing to have the current level of cultivation.
With the meager resources and cruel competition in the Demonic Path, he can still stand out among the disciples of the same level. Whether in terms of talent or character, he is first-class and can go further on the path of immortality.
People like this, during the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages, are limited by resources and their strength may not be as good as those who have connections, second-generation immortals, third-generation immortals, or Nth-generation immortals. But once they form a pill, they will soar into the sky and leave those people far behind.
What Li Yu invests in is their future.
Don’t look down on the young and poor. Who can be sure that one of them will not become the leader of the Soul Refining Sect or the Joyous Union Sect?
At that time, they would not take the Foundation Establishment Pill, the Meridian Extension Pill, or even the Infant Pregnancy Pill seriously. But at this moment, the two Foundation Establishment Pills were undoubtedly a timely help and a light in the dark room for them.
Li Yu treated them with sincerity. He did not discriminate against them just because they were disciples of the evil sect. Anyone with a little humanity would remember his kindness.
After dealing with them for half a year, Li Yu could see that although the two were in the devil's way, they were both honest people.
Even if he was wrong, the loss was nothing more than four foundation-building pills. These foundation-building pills were exchanged for the purple gold they gave him. The wool comes from the sheep...
They may make money, but Li Yu will never lose money.
Li Yu used ten of the foundation-building pills he had accumulated over the past six months, Zhou Zixuan used four, and gave away four. He still had eight in his hand. Li Yu walked into the yard, waved to Ling'er, and said, "Ling'er, come here..."
A white shadow that was playing on the swing flew over. Li Yu caught it and said, "Open your mouth."
After being fed one Marrow Cleansing Pill and one Spirit Opening Pill every day, its intelligence has reached a very high level. It can even understand what Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan say, but it just can't speak.
Li Yu fed it a foundation-building pill and used the Qi-watching technique to observe the situation inside its body.
Its spiritual vein has eighty-one acupoints, which it had previously compressed to fifty. At this time, the magic power was still in a stage where it was extremely easy to compress. One foundation-building pill compressed the magic power to thirty acupoints.
Li Yu continued to feed it, and finally after four foundation-building pills, only a drop of liquid mana was left in its spiritual vein, and the surrounding spiritual energy was quickly gathering towards its body.
Li Yu fed it another second-level recovery pill. After a while, the magic power in its entire spiritual vein turned into a thin liquid thread.
From now on, it is a little tiger in the foundation-building stage.
There is not much change in its appearance, except that its fur is more crystal clear and shiny, its eyes are more lively, it looks more intelligent, and its nails hidden under its pads emit a faint metallic luster.
Tiger-type monsters usually possess golden spiritual veins, and tiger claws are their weapons.
Even if they form demon pills and transform into humans, the properties of their spiritual veins will not change.
Except for a very small number of ancient species, all monsters are born with a single spiritual vein.
After building the foundation, it lay on the grass in the yard and fell into a deep sleep. Li Yu returned to the room and took out a jade box. Ten pills were neatly laid out in the box.
This was more than half a year ago, when he participated in a competition among Qi Refining disciples and won ten Tuomai Pills. These pills were used by the sect as rewards, and they were of very high quality. All ten pills were top-grade without exception.
At that time, he had not yet established his foundation, and the spiritual veins in his body were fragile, so he was unable to take such high-level elixirs. In the process of building the foundation, the spiritual veins would be gradually widened. Now, he has no problem taking these spiritual vein widening pills.
Li Yu purified these top-grade elixirs once again, making them super-grade, so there was no need to worry about the elixir poison problem.
Li Yu took out a pill and put it into his mouth without hesitation.
The taste of Tuomai Pill is similar to that of Tongmai Pill. Both melt in the mouth and have a slightly sweet taste. A warm current flows into the Fire Spirit Vein, and Li Yu clearly feels that the spirit vein has been slightly widened.
Tongmai Dan opens up the spiritual meridians vertically.
Tuomai Dan is used to widen the spiritual veins horizontally.
After taking ten capsule-expanding pills, each of his spiritual veins was widened twice. However, he was still far from completing the foundation building process. The process of expanding the meridians had to be repeated 9981 times, which was much more difficult than unblocking the meridians.
From Qi Refining to Foundation Building, if you have a little bit of talent, you can get there by enduring.
However, the transition from foundation building to golden elixir is a breakthrough from the Qi realm to the Dan realm. More than 90% of cultivators cannot make this transition in their entire lives. Every day, cultivators in the late stage of foundation building die with regret.
After stabilizing his realm a little, Li Yu arrived at Lingyun Peak.
Wang Hua saw Li Yu and said in surprise: "It's not even the end of the month yet, and the inferior pills from the various peaks haven't been delivered yet."
Li Yu smiled and said, "I'm not here to collect inferior pills this time. Elder Wang, can the sect exchange thirty Tongmai Pills for one Tuomai Pill?"
Wang Hua nodded and said, "That's right. Why, do you want to change?"
Li Yu said: "In the past six months, I have collected a lot of jade spirit fruits outside and refined a lot of Tongmai Pills. They are all left after I established my foundation. I thought I might as well exchange them for Tuomai Pills to improve my cultivation."
Wang Hua said: "That's true. You have already established your foundation. Tongmai Pill is of no use to you."
Exchanging thirty Tongmai Pills for one Tuomai Pill is indeed the sect's rule. This is because those second- grade alchemists who have made excess pills will definitely not hand them over to the sect. In order to recover those pills, the elders set this rule after discussion.
Thirty Tongmai Pills are naturally more valuable than one Tuomai Pill, but second-grade alchemists are basically in the foundation-building stage, so no matter how many Tongmai Pills they have, they can’t be used. It’s better to exchange them for Tuomai Pills.
He asked Li Yu, "How many Tongmai Pills do you have?"
Li Yu said: "About sixty."
Wang Hua was a little surprised. To accumulate sixty Tongmai Pills in more than half a year, most second-grade alchemists could not do this. However, if it was Li Yu, it would be possible.
After all, no second-grade alchemist has the connections that Li Yu has, so he would definitely be able to collect more materials.
Li Yu took out sixty Tongmai Pills. After Wang Hua examined them, he took out two Tuomai Pills from the sect and gave them to him. Then he said, "By the way, since you have already established your foundation, those inferior pills are useless, right?"
For Li Yu, there is no such thing as inferior pills.
Li Yu smiled and said, "If the sect has no use for those inferior pills, just give them to me. I can sell them to the demon sect or independent cultivators. After all, they are short of elixirs, and they will rush to get even inferior pills..."
In fact, the sect is the sect, and the disciples are the disciples. Kunlun can sell magic elixirs, but if Kunlun disciples have too much contact with the magic path in private, the sect will give them a warning for fear that they will be influenced by the magic path.
However, Li Yu's character is obvious to all, and he is so honest. In the entire Kunlun, he is probably the only disciple who can do this openly.
Li Yu said a little embarrassedly: "Elder Wang, you also know that I don't have much talent. After building the foundation, it is very difficult to practice. I have to try every possible way to earn resources for my practice. Otherwise, how can I have the opportunity to form a pill..."
Wang Hua sighed and said, "I understand, I understand, but you don't have to come in person in the future. When the inferior pills arrive every month, I will send a steward disciple to deliver them to you."
Wang Hua still has a good impression of Li Yu.
In the past six months, every time Li Yu came to Lingyun Peak, he would bring him some fruits and cakes. Although they were not expensive, they were also a token of his thoughtfulness. Sometimes at the end of the month, he had too many tasks to do and could not finish refining the pills, so he asked Li Yu for help, and he never refused.
It's a pity that he has no talent, no background, and he is only cultivating the Five Spiritual Veins. It's still okay during the Qi Refining Stage, but after building the foundation, cultivation becomes extremely difficult.
Li Yu clasped his fists to him and said, "Thank you, Elder Wang."
Wang Hua waved his hand and said, "Why are you being so polite to me? If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to me and I will help you in any way I can..."
Li Yu said by the way: "If Elder Wang refines a inferior pill of Tuomai Pill, can you give it to me? I can exchange it with spirit coins or other pills..."
Wang Hua waved his hand and said, "You don't need spirit coins or elixirs. If you want them, I'll give them to you. Anyway, these things are useless except for fertilizing the soil..."
He looked at Li Yu and asked with some concern: "You want the inferior Tuomai Pill, are you going to take it yourself? You should know that the chances of success in Tuomai expansion with inferior pills are very small. Once you fail, you will have to spend a lot of time refining the poison in the pill, which will not only delay your normal practice, but also be harmful to your body. Even if you succeed, the poison in the pill is not small..."
Li Yu nodded and said, "Elder Wang, you know that in my situation, there is no room for choice. Even if the probability is very small, I have to try my best..."
Wang Hua sighed again and said nothing more.
Disciples without talent and background are so pitiful. For the golden elixir, even if there is only a slight chance, they have to fight...
He took out three inferior Tuomai Pills from the storage space and said, "My rate of refining Tuomai Pills of high quality is pretty good. In the past six months, I have only made three inferior pills. I'll give them all to you..."
Li Yu accepted the pill and said gratefully, "Thank you, Elder Wang!"
Not long after, in Ziyun Peak, in the villa.
Li Yu held a low-quality Tuomai Pill in his hand and clenched his fist. A quarter of an hour later, sweat beads appeared on his forehead. However, when he opened his palm, there were already three dan patterns on the Tuomai Pill.
After all five spiritual veins were established, the mana in his body was extremely abundant, and his ability to purify elixirs was also greatly improved. He could upgrade inferior elixirs to superior ones. Although this would exhaust all his mana, it was definitely worth it.
After taking a few Qi-restoring pills, he upgraded the two top-grade Tuomai Pills he exchanged for to super-grade ones.
Inferior pills have too many impurities and are easier to purify. Top-grade pills contain less elixir poison. Li Yu tried his best, but could only improve it by one grade. As for mid-grade pills, he could purify them to between top-grade and super-grade, with slightly less elixir poison than top-grade and slightly more than super-grade.
Fortunately, Elder Wang took good care of him, and the pills he exchanged for him were all top-grade.
After taking five capsule expansion pills, each of his spiritual veins was widened three times on average. If he were to practice on his own, it would take him about thirty years, and if he were to practice dual cultivation, it would take him more than ten to twenty years.
The path of spiritual practice is different for everyone.
Senior Sister Qin relied on herself, Jiang Li relied on her master, Chen Ming relied on his Taoist partner, and Li Yu also had his own methods...
