Chapter 583: Chapter 398: Sect Changes (Part 2)

As he made his way to the next Profound Spirit Vine, Mi Xiaoqi was thinking about Core Formation.

He was thinking of entering seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to the Core Formation Stage once he reached the true Peak of Foundation Establishment.

’I wonder if, when I try to break through to Core Formation, I’ll have... Forget it, I won’t think about it.’

As someone with Four Spirit Roots, his chances of successfully breaking through to the Core Formation Stage without any assistance were very low.

Within the sect, the Elders who could obtain a Golden Core Pill were either Core Formation Seeds with Abnormal Spirit Roots, or Elders who were exceptionally talented in other areas.

However, there was no concrete standard for what "exceptionally talented" meant.

This standard fluctuated based on the sect’s inventory of Golden Core Pills. If the number of Golden Core Pills was high, the standard would be a bit lower. If the sect didn’t have many left, the standard would naturally be higher.

These Golden Core Pills were either granted by the sect, or redeemed by members of the sect’s upper echelon.

As the number of high-level members in the sect increased, Mi Xiaoqi had heard a piece of news: the requirements for the upper echelon to redeem a Golden Core Pill were getting higher and higher, with no signs of decreasing.

He hadn’t paid much attention to this issue, because among the sect’s upper echelon, no one would redeem a Golden Core Pill for him.

At many meetings of the Spirit Field Institute’s Elders, they all said that with his talent in planting, he would definitely be granted a Golden Core Pill by the sect.

Only Mi Xiaoqi himself knew that it was still uncertain whether he would receive a Golden Core Pill.

’If only the Spirit Medicines for refining Golden Core Pills grew faster.’

The number of Elders in the Spirit Field Institute was increasing, and the number of Tier Three Spirit Fields opened by the sect’s sub-sects was also increasing, but all these planted Tier Three Spirit Medicines would need a hundred years to mature.

Any rapid increase in the sect’s number of Golden Core Pills was something for the distant future, and he simply wouldn’t live that long.

「A short while later.」

Mi Xiaoqi, having just finished tending to another Profound Spirit Vine, sensed a fluctuation of Spiritual Power approaching him.

When he saw who it was, he paused his work.

"Sect Leader."

After Fang Yun landed, Mi Xiaoqi bowed in greeting.

"Elder Mi, about when will you be able to cultivate to the true Peak of Foundation Establishment?"

"Four or five years, I expect," Mi Xiaoqi answered after a moment’s thought.

"Mm, when you’re ready to enter seclusion to break through to the Core Formation Stage, come find me to receive the Golden Core Pill for your breakthrough."

Mi Xiaoqi’s eyes lit up at his words.

He had never asked whether he would receive a Golden Core Pill to assist his breakthrough to the Core Formation Stage.

He knew that if he met the talent standard, he would be given a Golden Core Pill to help him. If he didn’t meet the standard, asking would be pointless and might even put the Sect Leader in a difficult position.

Now that he had received this news, he was both happy and relieved. With this confirmation, there was no harm in asking one more question.

"Sect Leader, what grade is the Golden Core Pill?"

’There shouldn’t be any Low-grade Golden Core Pills left in the sect, only Middle Grade and Upper Grade.’

"An Upper-grade Golden Core Pill," Fang Yun replied.

Mi Xiaoqi’s mood improved even more upon hearing this.

For someone with Four Spirit Roots like him, with the help of an Upper-grade Golden Core Pill, the chance of successfully forming a core could be as high as fifty percent.

One had to know that in the past, the sect’s Core Formation Seeds generally had a success rate of just over forty percent.

"Elder Mi, when you attempt your breakthrough to the Core Formation Stage in the future, don’t disappoint me. I look forward to the day you break through."

"Yes, Sect Leader!"

After a brief chat, Fang Yun left.

He hadn’t appeared here just to inform Mi Xiaoqi of this matter. Rather, he had come to tend to the Tier Three Top-Grade Spirit Medicine and had simply informed Mi Xiaoqi of the news while he was at it.

Given Mi Xiaoqi’s talent in planting, the sect could either grant him a Golden Core Pill for his breakthrough or not.

On this matter, Fang Yun did not hesitate. He had been in contact with Mi Xiaoqi back when he was still an Elder, and their relationship was reasonably good.

As the master of a sect, he was still a person, and all people have their own selfish inclinations.

This was a current example. If two Elders had similar talent, but there was only one Golden Core Pill, then under such circumstances, it would come down to the relationship those two Elders had with him, or rather, which of them had made a better impression on him.

Mi Xiaoqi watched Fang Yun’s departing figure.

After looking away, he felt more motivated and more hopeful for the future.

If he could successfully form a core and become a Supreme Elder of the sect, he would still plant Spirit Medicine. Not only that, but he could plant even more and take even better care of them.

If the sect were to plant Tier Four Spirit Medicine in the future, besides the Sect Leader, he would be the only one who could care for them.

’But that’s a long way off. I should wait until I’ve successfully formed my core before thinking about it.’

In Mi Xiaoqi’s heart, he had his own grand planting enterprise.

And this grand enterprise was something he, a mere Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, could never achieve even if he exhausted his Life Span. To reach his goal, he had to at least succeed in Core Formation.

...

"Elder Zheng, this Tier Two Middle-Grade Fiery Sun Array, how did you come to understand it back then?"

"The layout of the Fiery Sun Array is very particular about its orientation..."

Zheng Chunyu recalled for a moment before beginning her explanation.

The young man asking her the question was a Sect Elder who had held the position for less than a decade.

From the time she became an Elder until now, Zheng Chunyu had yet to take on a single disciple.

Following her master’s example, anyone who wished to become her disciple had to possess a certain level of talent in arrays.

Among the disciples and Elders in the Celestial Cloud Sect who had talent in arrays, the Elder currently consulting her was the most talented of them all. However, he still hadn’t met her standard for accepting a disciple. If he had, he would have become her apprentice back when he was still an Inner Sect Disciple.

Although she hadn’t taken a disciple, she would still guide the sect’s disciples and Elders who followed the Array Dao whenever she had the time.

Currently, besides herself, there were two others in the sect who could be considered Array Elders.

The one before her was one of them.

There were four Inner Sect Disciples who had already become Tier One Array Masters, and one of them had even become the apprentice of another Array Elder.

「Several hours later.」

When the discussion ended, Zheng Chunyu returned to her Cavedwelling.

’Compared to a few decades ago, the sect’s Earth Realm has expanded more than threefold... I hope that in the future, there will be a disciple in the sect whose talent for arrays meets my standards.’

The Earth Realm was larger, and there were now two sub-sects nearly the size of the main sect.

The number of disciples the sect recruited each year had increased dramatically.

With the increase in the number of disciples, the theoretical probability of a disciple appearing with talent that met her standards was also greater.

Now at the Late-stage Foundation Establishment, her attainments in the Array Dao had long surpassed her master, Deng Fusheng. After the Demon Spirit Sect was annihilated, she single-handedly completed the layout of the Grand Array for the sub-sect established there.

Her speed in setting up the Grand Array was much faster than her master’s when he was responsible for setting up the Grand Array at the First Sub-Sect.

Her master, Deng Fusheng, had failed in his attempt to break through to the Core Formation Stage and perished before the sect destroyed the Demon Spirit Sect.

’On second thought, my master’s failure to break through to the Core Formation Stage was somewhat related to me.’

If she hadn’t appeared, given the situation with the Array Masters in the sect, her master would have had at least a ninety percent chance of obtaining a Golden Core Pill to aid his breakthrough to the Core Formation Stage.

When the sect distributed Golden Core Pills, disciples other than the Core Formation Seeds were required to have talent that met a certain standard. This standard would be lowered for certain crucial talents, such as Array Masters and Spirit Vein Masters.

There were few such Cultivators in the sect to begin with. For talents like planting or Artifact Refining, the requirements were much higher.

However, her appearance had eliminated any possibility of her master obtaining a Golden Core Pill.

The sect’s supply of Golden Core Pills was currently limited, and with her outstanding talent in the Array Dao, she would definitely require a Golden Core Pill to assist her in Core Formation.

Both Zheng Chunyu and Mi Xiaoqi had Four Spirit Roots. But unlike Mi Xiaoqi, who was uncertain and only found out after Fang Yun spoke to him, Zheng Chunyu never once wondered if she would be able to get a Golden Core Pill to aid her Core Formation.

Because she knew she would definitely be granted a Golden Core Pill by the sect.

’I need to cultivate to the Peak of Foundation Establishment sooner so I can attempt to break through to the Core Formation Realm sooner.’

In the Cultivation Room of her Cavedwelling, Zheng Chunyu took a medicinal pill and began her daily cultivation.

She was now at most two years away from cultivating to the peak of the Late-stage Foundation Establishment.

Much like Fang Yun during his Foundation Establishment Stage, she had a virtually unending supply of Upper-grade Spirit Ascension Pills and Primordial Spirit Pills for her cultivation.

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