Chapter 45: Tier One Upper Grade Pill Master Inheritance
Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Tier One Upper Grade Pill Master Inheritance
The Wang family’s Old Ancestor had gone to great lengths to gather enough spiritual materials for one batch of Foundation Establishment Pills.
Then, using his connections with the Meng family, he commissioned Master Hu Feng, who successfully refined two Foundation Establishment Pills.
With two Foundation Establishment Pills in hand, his plan was to use one of them to nurture a Foundation Establishment Cultivator for the family.
This way, after he passed away, the family would not be left without a successor. A new Foundation Establishment Cultivator could hold down the fort and protect most of the family’s interests within the Immortal City.
The remaining Foundation Establishment Pill would be passed down as part of the family’s legacy.
That way, should a crisis ever befall the family in the future, they could select one person to use this pill and achieve a breakthrough!
...
Considering the probability of success, the Wang family’s Old Ancestor selected the only cultivator in the family with Dual Spirit Roots to use the Foundation Establishment Pill and break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage!
Ever since this descendant’s Dual Spirit Roots were discovered when he was twelve, he had been kept by the Old Ancestor’s side to cultivate under his personal tutelage.
Under more than a decade of his patient instruction and with an uninterrupted supply of cultivation resources, the descendant’s cultivation had already reached the Peak of Qi Refining.
In the Old Ancestor’s view, with the aptitude of a Dual Spirit Root and the aid of a Foundation Establishment Pill, this descendant’s chance of a successful breakthrough was at least fifty percent.
But what he hadn’t expected was this: after he had solemnly explained to his descendant how rare the Foundation Establishment Pill was, and how the fate of the entire family’s several hundred cultivators rested on his shoulders—expecting the boy to turn this pressure into motivation and achieve a breakthrough in one go—the boy actually said he was afraid and wanted to give the opportunity to another clansman.
At this, the Wang family’s Old Ancestor was deeply disappointed. ’I can’t believe that after more than a decade of painstaking effort, I’ve raised such a useless piece of trash.’
’A success rate of over fifty percent, and he doesn’t even dare to try!’
And as for whether it was his own overbearing nature, the constant pressure he applied, and his tendency to scold at the slightest provocation that had cultivated such a cowardly personality in the boy?
To that, the Wang family’s Old Ancestor would say, ’What the hell do you know? Haven’t you ever heard that "the greater the pressure, the stronger the motivation"?!’
’Without pressure, there is no motivation!’
...
At that moment, in the Wang family’s ancestral lands, the Old Ancestor and his genius descendant were not alone.
Patriarch Wang Quyan and several other cultivators at the Peak of Qi Refining were also there.
Hearing the Old Ancestor’s exasperated words and seeing the candidate for Foundation Establishment trembling, the other Peak of Qi Refining cultivators, all under sixty, couldn’t help but show a flicker of interest.
’If the Old Ancestor changes his mind, then this could be our chance.’
Wang Quyan glanced at the slender figure before the Old Ancestor and sighed inwardly.
He had only been chosen by the Old Ancestor to serve as Patriarch after he was already an adult whose cultivation had reached the Late-stage Qi Refining.
By then, he was already in his forties or fifties and considered his personality fully formed, unafraid of any setback.
Yet after several decades of interacting with the Old Ancestor and being berated by him daily, he felt he was now on the verge of becoming depressed.
’And this poor kid? He was taken under the Old Ancestor’s wing as a teenager. With the Old Ancestor’s explosive and stubborn personality, one can only imagine his teaching methods.’
’The fact that the kid is only timid and hasn’t gone crazy is a testament to his mental fortitude.’
’Attempting Foundation Establishment in such a state... Even with Dual Spirit Roots, his chances of success won’t be high.’
’If he fails, with the amount of pressure he’s under, I’m afraid... he’ll be completely broken.’
At this thought, Wang Quyan felt that as the Patriarch, he had to do something. He began, "Old Ancestor, since Xingwei is unwilling, why not choose someone else from the clan for Foundation Establishment? Xingwei is still young, and in the future..."
"You damn fool, what do you know!"
Before Wang Quyan could even finish, the Old Ancestor’s rebuke roared in his ears, forcing him to swallow the rest of his words.
In the Old Ancestor’s eyes, Wang Quyan was spouting nonsense. ’Change the person? The other Peak of Qi Refining cultivators in the Wang family all have Three Spirit Roots. How can their success rate for Foundation Establishment possibly compare to someone with Dual Spirit Roots?’
After scolding Wang Quyan, the Wang family’s Old Ancestor took a Jade Bottle from his Storage Bag. "Xingwei, go into seclusion and attempt your breakthrough to Foundation Establishment now. I will personally stand guard for you!"
Faced with Wang Xingwei’s pleading gaze, Wang Quyan sighed but ultimately didn’t dare to say another word.
...
「In Li Ping’s cave residence.」
It was the same female cultivator from the Meng family he had dealt with last time. She spoke respectfully, "Elder Li, this is the Alchemist inheritance you requested."
Li Ping nodded, taking the Jade Scroll from her hand.
In top-tier professions like Alchemists, Artifact Refiners, and Array Masters, every artisan jealously guarded their own secrets. Inheritances of Tier Two and above almost never circulated on the market.
Even Tier One inheritances were exceedingly rare.
Li Ping had inquired around the market for days without any concrete leads. In the end, it was the Meng family who, taking into account the good relationship between them, was willing to sell him a Tier One Upper Grade Alchemist inheritance.
Furthermore, before he could purchase it, he had to swear a Great Dao oath that he would not pass on this Alchemist inheritance.
Truthfully, if there had been another way, Li Ping would have much preferred to acquire some Alchemist’s Alchemy Furnace, just as he had gotten the Talisman Brush from Meng Qingyi.
That way, not only would he be free from any oath, but he could also save the Spirit Stones he would have spent on the inheritance.
Unfortunately, an Alchemy Furnace wasn’t like a Talisman Brush.
Pill Furnaces were durable goods; once an Alchemist got used to one, they wouldn’t replace it unless it exploded or was completely destroyed.
The excuse he’d used before to buy the Talisman Brush from Meng Qingyi was that he was short on funds, so he was starting with a second-hand brush to tide himself over.
When it came to an Alchemy Furnace, that excuse clearly wouldn’t hold water.
The other option was to buy an Alchemy Furnace that had been completely destroyed in an explosion during the refining process.
However, the likelihood of a furnace explosion was very low. He could be waiting a very long time for an Alchemist of Tier One Upper Grade or higher to have their furnace explode.
The uncertainty was too great, and he was unwilling to wait.
Therefore, for him, obtaining Tier One Upper Grade alchemy skills by purchasing an inheritance was the most suitable and hassle-free method.
After paying the Spirit Stones for the inheritance and dismissing the female cultivator from the Meng family, Li Ping’s gaze fell upon the Inheritance Jade Scroll.
The "nutrients" needed to activate his ’peerless talent’ were already materializing in the void before him.
[Tier One Upper Grade Alchemist Inheritance, Lower Grade Spirit Stones x100, three 50-year-old Spirit Medicines, one strand of Tier One Upper Grade Spiritual Fire. Consuming as nutrients allows one to master Tier One Upper Grade alchemy techniques.]
Li Ping nodded slightly.
’One hundred Spirit Stones are easy enough to get. As for the fifty-year-old Spirit Medicines, I can easily buy those in the Immortal City as long as I’m willing to spend the stones.’
’Then there’s the Tier One Upper Grade Spiritual Fire. The term "Spiritual Fire" here doesn’t exclusively mean the kind of spiritual flames nurtured by heaven and earth, but rather any flame that possesses Spiritual Qi.’
’That also includes the Demon Fire nurtured within the body of a Tier One Late Stage Demon Beast.’