Chapter 157 Mid-stage Golden Core

The world bustled on. The Chen Family continued its low-profile development for five years, and Chen Li remained in seclusion for five years.

The war between the Southern Border Alliance and the East Sea Islands continued. It was no longer a large-scale decisive battle but rather small-scale, continuous skirmishes. Over these years, enticed by the Alliance's rewards, Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Cultivators still set out to infiltrate, hoping to seize those rewards!

The Beast Hunting Sect remained the same Beast Hunting Sect, still possessing those few Golden Core Cultivators and two Nascent Soul Cultivators.

The overall cultivation environment in Nanwu Kingdom remained very stable. The infiltration by Demonic Path Cultivators had essentially caused no major threats. Now, the methods for dealing with Demonic Path Cultivators were already very familiar; these lone Demonic Path Cultivators could basically hardly stir up any big waves.

Ever since those three Foundation Establishment Demonic Path Cultivators disappeared a few years ago, there were rarely any groups of Demonic Path Cultivators causing trouble here.

The schemes and deceit of the Foundation Establishment Immortal Clans could not affect the three-Family Foundation Establishment Alliance in Yuanwu Prefecture. After the Maan Prefecture Chu Family was ravaged by those three Demonic Path Cultivators, the Chu Family's Foundation Establishment Cultivators no longer had the energy to spare.

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In Black Magpie Mountain, inside the Great Sun Seed Cultivation Cave Mansion, the life spirit flower, which was originally three thousand years old, had been forced to mature to five thousand years old over these five years.

Over the past two years, Chen Li had harvested two more batches of thousand-year Immortal Dew Grass and thousand-year Wind Marrow Flower, refining over a hundred lotus dew pills and marrow flower pills.

For these five years, Chen Li had been consuming Medicinal Pills and absorbing the life spirit flower unceasingly.

On this day inside the Immortal Cave, after Chen Li swallowed another marrow flower pill, that layer of the Realm could no longer block the surging medicinal power, and it broke through!

At this moment inside the Immortal Cave, the Spiritual Qi released by the five-thousand-year life spirit flower was frantically absorbed by Chen Li, with Spiritual Qi rushing madly into his Golden Core.

Chen Li felt his own changes; he had successfully reached the Middle Stage Golden Core!

The Medicinal Pills he had consumed over these six or seven years were worth at least twenty or thirty million Spirit Stones. The Spiritual Qi absorbed from the life spirit flower was equivalent to that of a Golden Core level Spiritual Vein, and it was even purer, with a value impossible to calculate.

With both methods used together and massive resources, more than ten years after promoting to Early Stage Golden Core, Chen Li had reached the Middle Stage Golden Core!

He did not know how many years it would take for some Golden Core Cultivators within Sects to advance from Early Stage Golden Core to Middle Stage Golden Core.

Chen Li was nearly sixty years old; he would strive to condense a Nascent Soul by the time he was around a hundred!

After reaching the Middle Stage Golden Core, he found that relying on Medicinal Pills to increase his cultivation had become slow. He was no longer sensitive to the lotus dew pill and the marrow flower pill, and absorbing their medicinal power increased his cultivation very slowly, so he decided to end his seclusion.

The drunken dragon bamboo would reach ten thousand years in another two or three years. He spent two years going out on a trip.

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Black Magpie Mountain, today was cloudless. It was early summer again, and the cicadas were chirping incessantly. Chen Li was boiling water and brewing wine in the Zizai Pavilion.

Seeing Chen Li end his seclusion, Zhu Lingyue also came to the Zizai Pavilion.

Chen Li probed with his Divine Sense; Zhu Lingyue had reached Foundation Establishment Perfection!

"Husband, you've ended your seclusion!" Zhu Lingyue looked him over, beginning to probe Chen Li's cultivation.

"Husband, you've improved again. Seeing that your internal cultivation is incomparably thick, I can't tell!"

"I've reached the Middle Stage Golden Core!" Chen Li said while taking a sip of tea.

"Middle Stage Golden Core!" Zhu Lingyue was shocked, followed by wild joy. It had only been ten-plus years, and he had improved again. He was one small step closer to the Nascent Soul of this world.

"Yes, with this seclusion ended, I need to go out for a trip. You have been at Foundation Establishment Perfection for three years; it's time to seek a Cultivation Technique for pseudo spirit root Core Formation!"

Zhu Lingyue also said: "Husband, I have asked around quite a bit over these years, but there are no precedents for pseudo spirit roots condensing a Golden Core!"

Chen Li replied unhurriedly: "I'm afraid there aren't any in this vicinity. Besides, with your status as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, you have no way to access a higher perspective!"

"Then I will trouble you, Husband!"

"It is only right. The first to form a Golden Core will lead the later ones!"

"Haha, thank you, Husband!"

"Husband, this is the golden core formation I refined. Take a look?"

"Not bad!" Chen Li took a few pills over and examined them.

"Three golden pill patterns, with a medicinal scent like a blazing sun. This is indeed the golden core formation recorded in the texts!"

"Husband, do you think I can condense a Golden Core if I eat this?"

"I'm not sure. Let's not try this golden core formation until the very end. Wait until I go out and inquire further."

"Alright, Husband!"

"Husband, should I reveal my Foundation Establishment cultivation to the outside world?"

Chen Li thought about it. His Family had just reached Foundation Establishment ten years ago, and now they had another one, and she still had a pseudo spirit root. He was afraid it would attract unnecessary trouble. At this juncture, it was better to slow down.

The Zhu Family knew about Zhu Lingyue's Spiritual Root. To avoid unnecessary trouble, it was better to delay it a bit longer.

"Wait until you reach the Golden Core stage to reveal it, or reveal it when you are seventy-something. That will be more reasonable. At that time, we can just say it was a lucky Foundation Establishment!"

"Haha, that works. I'll listen to you, Husband. That is truly steady!"

Over these years, the Family members would leave messages for Chen Li about the changes in the Family.

Among them, there were already six people in the bai generation. Two years ago, Chen Songxuan and Lu Qinglan gave birth to a daughter and a son, respectively named Chen Baiyue and Chen Baimeng.

Chen Songyan and Xu Yunqiu conceived again a year ago, and the birth would be in these few days.

Among them, Chen Bairui was over eight years old, but no Spiritual Root had been detected.

Clan Elder Chen Baifeng and Chen Baizhi were both six years old, but only Chen Baizhi had Four Spiritual Roots.

Chen Songyan was slightly disappointed and wanted to conceive another, but he believed that since they hadn't reached ten years old, there should still be some hope, though he knew the hope was slim.

Chen Li recalled this news and said: "Take these two fruits and secretly give them to Chen Bairui and Clan Elder Chen Baifeng to eat!"

Zhu Lingyue opened the box. The moment she saw the Crimson Sun Spirit Fruit, she immediately recalled the records in her memory.

[The Crimson Sun Spirit Fruit tree bears nine fruits at a time. It blooms in a hundred years and matures in a hundred years. If a Mortal consumes it, they can develop a Spiritual Root; ordinary Yao Beasts can also use it to open the path to immortality.]

In that instant, she understood everything. Why the song generation all possessed Spiritual Roots!

Previously, when Chen Songmei was five, none were detected, but after a year, one was immediately detected!

At this moment, the whole truth was revealed.

She had thought the probability for the two of them was very high; she hadn't expected the truth to be like this.

Zhu Lingyue's eyes were full of shock. This was the legendary Crimson Sun Spirit Fruit. She had never heard of anyone in the Southern Border discovering such a tree, yet her husband had found it, and it had even borne fruit.

This Luck was Heaven-Defying!

She said with an excited tone: "Husband, are Songli and the others..."

Zhu Lingyue did not finish, but the meaning was obvious. Chen Li nodded calmly, "Yes, it was by eating the Crimson Sun Spirit Fruit, only Song Xuan had a Spiritual Root!"

After learning the truth, Zhu Lingyue was moved in addition to being shocked.

Chen Li could have easily found an excuse to let them eat it secretly, but he chose to tell her, which showed that her position in Chen Li's heart had reached a very high level, and the trust was immense!

With nothing to repay him with, she could only follow him forever!

"I understand, Husband!" Zhu Lingyue nodded earnestly and replied.

"Haha, no need to be nervous. I trust you. However, there were only eight left when I found this tree, and there are still two left in my hands!"

"Husband, what about that spirit tree?"

"That spirit tree has also borne fruit. I don't know when it will mature, but there are also only nine fruits!"

After more than five years of forced maturation, the nine crimson flowers of the chiyang spirit fruit tree had borne fruit.

"I understand, Husband. We will ensure the bai generation is complete, and the rest will depend on their own fortunes!" Zhu Lingyue understood the subtext of Chen Li's words.

Chen Li nodded. In the future, there would be more and more descendants, and some clan members would be Mortals; this was an inevitable trend of Family development.

Once the bai generation grew up, the subsequent descendants would just be selected for some outstanding ones to focus on cultivating.

Three days later, Zhu Lingyue went to visit Xu Yunqiu again. Chen Bairui and Clan Elder Chen Baifeng secretly ate the fruit. Zhu Lingyue just said it was an ordinary spirit fruit; Chen Songyan and Xu Yunqiu did not know.

Chen Li told Zhu Lingyue that he didn't plan to tell Chen Songyan and Chen Songxuan and the others yet, fearing it would cause some unnecessary contention. Zhu Lingyue understood.

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Ten days after Chen Li ended his seclusion, Xu Yunqiu gave birth to another son. The bai generation added one more person, named: Chen Baiwang.

Chen Songyan hoped this child would have a Spiritual Root.

It was also on this day that the Luck bar in Chen Li's Sea of Consciousness changed. The yellow Luck bar was completely finished.

He entered his Sea of Consciousness at the Zizai Pavilion, preparing to deduce the green Luck bar!

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