Zhou Xun held a booklet in his hand, which recorded the names of cultivators who came to celebrate and the number of gifts.

Examine carefully!

Wow! I'm rich!

Representatives from nearly twenty major forces came, each offering treasures worth more than five hundred Spirit Stones, totaling over ten thousand Spirit Stones.

The nearly hundred Late-Stage Qi Refining cultivators each contributed dozens to hundreds of Spirit Stones, which also amounts to nearly ten thousand Spirit Stones.

In other words, from this Foundation Establishment celebration, Zhou Xun has received more than twenty thousand Spirit Stones in gifts.

Indeed, it feels like robbing and pillaging with a golden belt, direct receipt of a mountain of gold through gifts!

Of course, this is related to Zhou Xun's status as an alchemist.

If it were an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator advancing, they might also be given a gift, but a hundred Spirit Stones would be the limit.

However, Zhou Xun is different. He has the potential to advance to a Tier Two High-Grade Alchemist in the future, with a promising future. No force leader would choose not to form good relations.

Moreover, the position of an alchemist is already the pinnacle of cultivation hundred skills.

Additionally, Tier Two Middle and High-Grade Spirit Medicine are scarce, making alchemists who truly reach Tier Two High-Grade all extraordinarily gifted individuals.

This also highlights the rarity and excellence of High-Tier Alchemists.

It's worth noting that in the current White Cloud Immortal City, there are only two Tier Two High-Grade Alchemists.

And Zhou Xun now has a ninety percent chance of becoming such a person.

In terms of status, Zhou Xun is already comparable to a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

After counting the gifts, Zhou Xun collected them all.

He was quite pleased with this celebration; his only regret was that Lin Xueying was not in attendance.

She wrote in her letter that she received the news while she was already arranged to cultivate in a secret realm of the Cloud Light Sect, so she couldn't attend.

The letter expressed Lin Xueying's joy for Zhou Xun's Foundation Establishment.

Both advancing together to Foundation Establishment means that within two hundred years, neither will face the possibility of leaving the other alone.

Along with the letter came a carefully prepared gift from Lin Xueying, packed in a box.

Opening the gift box

Inside was a finely crafted pill furnace, with an ancient appearance, entirely copper-red, emitting a faint red light, extremely extraordinary.

"Top-Grade Level pill furnace." Zhou Xun's eyes lit up.

The three pill furnaces he currently uses are all High-Grade Level.

For him, now a Tier Two Middle-Grade Alchemist, they are somewhat inadequate.

The one Lin Xueying gifted now relieves his urgent need.

Zhou Xun had searched for a Top-Grade pill furnace in White Cloud Immortal City, but found nothing.

After all, only Tier Two Middle-Grade or above alchemists could use such a level of pill furnace.

But such figures are scarce within White Cloud Immortal City, so the market for Top-Grade pill furnaces is small, and even the largest mercantile Pill Treasure Pavilion in the Immortal City doesn't have any in stock.

Feeling great, Zhou Xun put away the Top-Grade pill furnace.

Lin Xueying always knows exactly how to help in times of need.

...

"Big brother, the Foundation Establishment celebration has ended, and I'm returning to Red Leaf Square!"

The next day, Wang Erniu's family came to bid farewell, Wang Shun would also follow them back.

"Very well!"

Zhou Xun nodded.

At the same time, he handed the Jade Bottle containing "Black Cloud Evil Qi" to Wang Erniu.

"Here is the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi I obtained, hoping it can help you!"

"Thank you, big brother!" Wang Erniu was quite moved.

Since entering the cultivation realm, besides his master, Zhou Xun was the only one who made him feel some warmth.

...

Back in the cultivation room, Zhou Xun began to plan and contemplate his future.

Having successfully established his foundation, he determined his main cultivation technique, the Spirit Wood True Technique.

Though this technique's mana is mediocre, once the lifebound Spirit Plant is sacrificially refined, the cultivation speed increases, comprehensively surpassing most techniques.

Moreover, this enhancement will increase as the lifebound Spirit Plant advances.

Meaning his cultivation will only get faster in the future.

Zhou Xun estimated that once he succeeds in sacrificially refining the lifebound Spirit Plant, even if the Spiritual Root remains at the Middle-Grade level,

the cultivation speed from the feedback of the lifebound Spirit Plant would still not be slower than that of high-grade root cultivators with a sensitivity of over forty points.

"I don't know if the lifebound Spirit Plant can successfully extract the Spirit Medicine Essence, if it can, I will possess a stable method to acquire high-tier Spirit Medicine!"

At that time, his Spirit Root Talent could continue on a path of rapid progress.

He only waits for the successful sacrificial refining of the lifebound Spirit Plant to experiment.

As for post-extraction, the lifebound Spirit Plant's destruction and potential damage to his foundation, Zhou Xun doesn't care at all.

"The Spirit Medicine Essence can replenish any foundation damage!"

"Once this is confirmed, then I should just focus on cultivation following that!"

...

As the saying goes, those who do not plan far ahead cannot plan for a domain.

Zhou Xun also considered the longer-term issue of Core Formation.

In the past, at Qingyue Square, upon reaching Late-Stage Qi Refining, he began preparing for Foundation Establishment.

Thus he was able to attempt the breakthrough soon after reaching Peak Qi Refining and succeed in one go.

Core Formation is the third realm in the cultivation path.

Cultivators have three qualities in their Core Formation.

Fake Pill, True Pill, and Golden Core.

Fake Pill, also known as Inferior Pill, barely counts as a Core Formation cultivator.

But the mana strength of Fake Pill cultivators is only half that of True Pill cultivators, and they have no chance of further progression, forever stuck at Fake Pill.

Still, the blessing is that Fake Pill cultivators can live for five hundred years.

This alone attracts countless cultivators fervently.

True Pill, represents normal Core Formation cultivators who can advance normally. With great fortune, they might even have the chance to reach the fourth realm of cultivation, Nascent Soul Stage.

Golden Core, refers to the top-quality Core Formation cultivators, each Golden Core cultivator is a Nascent Soul seed.

Scriptures record that over seventy percent of Nascent Soul cultivators established Golden Core quality during their Core Formation stage.

Therefore, if Zhou Xun aims to achieve success on the cultivation path, he must begin preparing from the Foundation Establishment stage, striving wholeheartedly for a Golden Core.

But given his current Middle-Grade Extreme Spirit Root talent, the chances of forming a Golden Core in the future are very low.

Generally, Golden Core realms belong to Earth Spirit Root or Celestial Spirit Roots.

Even among High-Grade Roots, only one in ten manages to form a Golden Core.

As for Middle-Grade Roots, it's rare to find one in thousands.

"It seems that during the Foundation Establishment stage, I need to improve my Spirit Root Talent to at least Earth Spirit Root level!"

Thankfully, with the increased lifespan to two hundred during the Foundation Establishment stage, I have all the time I need.

If consuming some Life-Extending Pills, the most extreme case could even reach two hundred forty-five.

In Xui Country's scriptures, the longest-lived Foundation Establishment cultivator was a wood attribute Spirit Root cultivator from over eight hundred years ago, living up to two hundred fifty-one years, a true blessing in the world.

"Now under forty, with the Spring Condensation Scripture, I should reach cultivation's limit. Adding Life-Extending Pills, at least two hundred twenty years of lifespan!"

"Thus calculated, I have over a hundred eighty years of lifespan left!"

With this, Zhou Xun formed a rough plan.

He wants to collect high-tier Spirit Medicine as much as possible to improve his talent.

This requires a legitimate reason for collecting Spirit Medicine; being an alchemist is a perfect justification. But currently only Tier Two Middle-Grade, collecting quasi-third tier Spirit Medicine is still too challenging.

He must quickly enhance his alchemy skills to reach Tier Two High-Grade, even quasi-third tier.

Then, he can leverage resources from White Cloud Immortal City and even the Cloud Light Sect to gather.

But cannot rely solely on others.

"Looks like Danhai Pavilion needs to open soon!"

Firstly, it can accept elixir custom orders, enhancing alchemy skills while earning Spirit Stones.

Secondly, it can purchase Spirit Medicine.

Zhou Xun intends to start a Spirit Medicine exchange for elixirs business, which might directly allow him to acquire high-tier Spirit Medicine needed for upgrading the Spirit Root Talent.

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