Chapter 20 The Birth of the First Generation of Cultivators

A chill instantly enveloped his heart!

The smile the Scarred Cultivator usually reserved only for high-level Cultivators was now directed at Chen Li.

"Yes, yes! Fellow Daoist, Fellow Daoist, you still have a Third-Rank Formation? I accidentally got lost just now and attacked your Family's territory. I am truly sorry. As long as you dispel the Spirit Trapping Formation, I will leave immediately."

Chen Li laughed heartily and said, "Good, good, good! Let this life go, but remember not to get lost in the next one!"

Hearing this, the Scarred Cultivator's expression darkened. "You cannot kill me! I am a Disciple of the Beast Hunting Sect!"

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist, rest assured as you depart. The number of people from the Beast Hunting Sect who have died in the Boundless Forest is countless!"

Chen Li activated the 3.8th Grade Wood Attribute Attack Array. With two screams, the Scarred Cultivator died, turning into ashes.

A gust of wind blew, and the ashes merged into the heavens and earth.

...

Within Black Magpie Mountain, Chen Li rearranged a set of Second-Rank Defensive Formation Array and deactivated the running Fourth-Rank Defensive Formation Array.

At this time, Chen Li held the Scarred Cultivator's Storage Pouch. Upon probing it with his Divine Sense, he discovered sixty Third-level Yao Beasts—he had a lot of work ahead of him.

Most importantly, there were three Silver Tiger Demons. The information about the place of Opportunity, 【Inside the Silver Tiger Demon's Belly】, was within them.

Chen Li found an open space and began processing these three Silver Tiger Demons.

He took out the Yellow Springs Blade. On the first one, he cut it open, found nothing, separated the hide, flesh, and bones. The meat was cured and sealed, and the hide and bones would be used as Formation Materials.

The second one, upon opening it, he indeed found something: a manual. This Cultivation Technique was lodged in the Silver Tiger Demon's intestines. After cleaning the pages,

He saw the five large characters: 【Five Qi Facing Primordial Breakthrough Method】.

Chen Li quickly previewed it. In a short while, Chen Li was shocked!

This book described how a Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivator could rely on their own Five Elements Spiritual Qi to Cultivate to the Qi Refining Stage, then advance to Foundation Establishment, and from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core.

As far as he knew, in the current Cultivation World, for Qi Refining to advance to Foundation Establishment, only those with a Heavenly Spiritual Root could condense Foundation Establishment on their own. Most Cultivators guided the process using foundation establishment pills. A small number also had other methods to achieve Foundation Establishment.

There was also the Demonic Path method of directly infusing spiritual power, but this method easily led to losing one's mind.

The 【Five Qi Facing Primordial Breakthrough Method】 stated that during the Eighth or Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, one should refine the Five Elements Spiritual Qi to condense the Qi of Returning to the Origin and place it into the Qi Sea they opened up.

It required opening five Qi Seas, with each Qi Sea capable of holding nine wisps of the Qi of Returning to the Origin. Once the Qi of Returning to the Origin in the five Qi Seas was full, these five Qi Seas would be merged into a pill.

The five Qis returning to the sea would establish the Dao foundation!

Chen Li read for a while and felt there were still some issues.

Refining the Qi of Returning to the Origin also consumed one's own spiritual power stored in the Qi Sea, and the consumed Spiritual Qi also needed replenishment.

Therefore, after refining with the 【Five Qi Facing Primordial Breakthrough Method】, a large amount of Spiritual Qi replenishment was needed to condense it again.

If one absorbed the Spiritual Qi from the weather to replenish, the time spent would be quite long. Before the five Qi Seas could be fully condensed, their lifespan would likely be almost over.

In this Cultivation World, he seemed not to have heard of a Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivator successfully achieving Foundation Establishment by taking a single foundation establishment pill. Perhaps they needed over ten pills.

Fine! These were the methods of the wealthy. One required a massive amount of Spiritual Qi, and the other required over ten foundation establishment pills!

The difference was that the former was somewhat easier to achieve. Over ten foundation establishment pills for one person's Foundation Establishment—in most Sects or Families, they might not have that generosity!

Wouldn't it be much more cost-effective for them to give these to some Second or Three Spiritual Roots Cultivators for their Foundation Establishment?

Oh, there was also a prerequisite: among Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivators who reached the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, fewer than one in ten survived. Most Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivators perished before reaching the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining.

However, having an additional method for Foundation Establishment and the path to Golden Core was still good!

As for the later stages where a Five Elements Spiritual Root Cultivator advanced from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, it required opening even more and more complex Qi Seas, which he hadn't looked at yet!

After safely storing the 【Five Qi Facing Primordial Breakthrough Method】, the third Silver Tiger Demon yielded nothing. The procedure was the same as before.

The remaining fifty-seven Third-level Yao Beasts also had their hides, flesh, and bones separated; the hides and bones were for Formation Materials, and the meat was cured and sealed, resulting in at least a hundred thousand catties of sealed Yao Beast meat.

He obtained the hides and bones of 60 Third-level Yao Beasts as Formation Materials. This was enough to craft another batch of Third-Rank Formations. Selling one set for eight hundred Spirit Stones would bring in nearly fifty thousand Spirit Stones!

He was rich!

Chen Li felt only gratitude towards the Scarred Cultivator. Even though he killed him, he held no hatred for him!

...

Time flew by quickly. Two months later, the Beast Hunting Sect's Group Hunt meeting ended. It was rumored that two-thirds of the Qi Refining Stage Cultivators suffered losses; it was quite tragic.

Today, in Concentric Heart Hall within Black Magpie Mountain, two infant cries were heard. Zhu Lingyue had given birth to dragon and phoenix twins.

After taking a vitality replenishing pill, Zhu Lingyue recovered much of the vitality lost during childbirth. Chen Li showed great care and concern for Zhu Lingyue. Looking at these two little buns, Chen Li was extremely happy—his Chen Family Immortal Clan had welcomed its first generation of Cultivators.

Zhu Lingyue said from the side, "Husband, please give these two children names!"

Chen Li pondered for a moment and said, "The elder daughter will be named Chen Songli, and the younger son will be named Chen Songyan. In the future, the second character will follow the pattern of 'Song Bai Chang Qing, Shan He Tong Shou' (Pine and Cypress Evergreen, Mountains and Rivers Share Longevity)."

"The names Husband chose are excellent!" Zhu Lingyue replied with a smile.

"Madam, rest well, and take more vitality replenishing pills!"

Zhu Lingyue thought of something and asked, "Does Husband consider taking in some Mortal women? They could also add more offspring to the Family?"

Chen Li had previously considered completing the tag mission by directly marrying some Mortal women. They could give birth to several in a year?

But he thought about it and immediately dismissed the idea?

There is always a distinction between Immortals and Mortals. Moreover, he only chose this tag because it required having five children. Furthermore, after a hundred years, these Mortal women would only bring added sorrow!

Chen Li replied, "We are still young; a few more times will suffice!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Lingyue's face flushed red, and she worried, "But the matter of Spiritual Roots is truly ethereal. We two Cultivators with Spiritual Roots only slightly increased the probability; the children are not guaranteed to have them, are they?"

Chen Li held her hand, his eyes firm. "Don't worry, I believe our children will definitely have Spiritual Roots!"

Zhu Lingyue met Chen Li's gaze. Seeing his confident eyes, she chose to believe this man.

Generally, Spiritual Roots are tested between the ages of five and eight.

Some children's Spiritual Roots require annual testing during this period to prevent their Physical Body and Divine Soul from developing slowly, which might affect the Spiritual Root test. If no Spiritual Root is detected after the age of ten, then they have none.

After consuming the Crimson Sun Spirit Fruit, a Spiritual Root will naturally grow within a year. Which level of Spiritual Root is unknown; it is random.

So, they test once at five years old. If there is no Spiritual Root, they consume the Crimson Sun Spirit Fruit, and the next year they test again for a Spiritual Root. Very few people would be suspicious, as there are many precedents.

Chen Li thought to himself.