Chapter 54 The Zhu Family Advances to the Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan

White clouds drifted quickly, and four more months passed.

Inside Black Magpie Mountain, at the Zizai Pavilion.

After Chen Li's Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, through these months of unhurried comprehension, he could now draw a complete Fifth-grade Formation pattern on draft paper.

In the Pill Refining Residence, as soon as Zhu Lingyue had free time, she refined qi overflowing pills, and with Chen Li's help, she also successfully refined vitality replenishing pills.

Zhu Lingyue had already become the second main force for Alchemy in the Chen Family!

Given that they lacked nothing in Spiritual Plants, Zhu Lingyue had refined no less than eight hundred bottles of qi overflowing pills over these months, and over a hundred bottles of vitality replenishing pills as well. The Family would not lack Qi Refining Medicinal Pills for the next ten years!

During these few months, Chen Songyan had also advanced to the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining, closely followed by Chen Songli, who also reached the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining.

Chen Songyan only spent less than ten bottles to achieve the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining, after all, he had Three Spiritual Roots. Chen Songli, with Four Spiritual Roots, was only a few days later, consuming a dozen or so bottles of qi overflowing pills before also successfully advancing.

While improving his cultivation, Chen Songli also brought the Soul Suppressing Art to Major Achievement, and further improved several minor functions within the Wuque Mountain Early Warning First Generation Comprehensive Array, all by applying the Second-Rank Formation knowledge he had learned, such as incorporating sound recording stones to achieve real-time synchronization of character audio.

The foremost Prodigy of the first volume of Black Magpie Mountain belonged to Chen Songli!

Under the dual attention of Chen Li and Chen Songli, Chen Songyan finally mastered the skills for hatching and nurturing the Iron Fire Ant, basically reaching the entry point of the Insect Rearing Art!

Third brother Chen Songxuan was discussing with Uncle Niu in the spirit fields on how to utilize the Puppetry Art to liberate productivity.

Chen Songxuan developed several sets of spirit plant Puppets, including weeding Puppets, sowing Puppets, harvesting Puppets, tilling Puppets, as well as warehouse transport Puppets, and so on.

However, they still required much debugging, but he took time off to consume about ten bottles of qi overflowing pills and raised his cultivation to the Third Level of Qi Refining.

The foremost Prodigy of the second volume of Black Magpie Mountain belonged to Chen Songxuan, possessing the demeanor of a Family Head.

Fourth brother Chen Songxiao was studying the Fourth-grade star fixing plate that Chen Li bought for him, but his cultivation was insufficient, so he could not use it proficiently yet. Thus, he raised his cultivation to the Third Level of Qi Refining, found that his cultivation was still insufficient, and he was still in closed-door cultivation attempting to Breakthrough to the Fourth Layer of Qi Refining.

Fifth sister Chen Songmei was in the Concentric Heart Hall reading the children's storybook written by Chen Li, and occasionally asked her third brother to roast Yao Beast meat for her to eat!

At the Zizai Pavilion, Chen Li brought up the task status of the orange fortune bar!

[orange fortune bar]: 60 / 100

[Family's Highest Combat Power, Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, Highest Combat Power of Descendants Breakthrough to Mid-stage Qi Refining]: Old Ancestor Foundation Establishment, Descendants Fourth Layer of Qi Refining—Achieved

[Family Can Refine foundation establishment pills >= 30 Pills]: > 30—Completed

[Family Recruits Non-Clan Cultivators >= 10 People]: 3 People—Incomplete

[Family Accumulates Spirit Stones >= 100000 Pills]: >= 100000—Completed

[Family Plants spirit wood >= 30 Mu]: 0—Incomplete

He needed to assign the remaining two tasks to the Non-Clan Cultivators to complete, but recruiting a Qi Refining First Layer Cultivator was different from cultivating one's own Family members. He also had the patience to wait for Li Chun and the others to grow up!

Exiting the Sea of Consciousness's fortune bar, Chen Li arrived at the Great Sun Seed Jade Immortal Cave to collect the Spiritual Plants that had been ripened. After planting new seeds, he entered closed-door cultivation in this Immortal Cave to inscribe a set of Fifth-grade Formations.

He took out the bone and hide of a Sixth-level Yao Beast he had purchased; the hide was from a Sixth-level Yao Beast, the Seven Emotions Toad, and the leg bones were also from it.

The attack Formation made from this material could carry the toad's toxicity. As a Formation Master, Chen Li intended to bring this toxicity to its extreme and integrate it into the Formation pattern.

Formation Master Master Chen began his creation journey...

Outside the mountain, Chen Songli and Zhu Lingyue were setting up and adjusting some upgrades for the Wuque Mountain Early Warning First Generation Comprehensive Array.

"Father is going to refine a Fifth-grade Formation?" Chen Songli asked curiously.

Zhu Lingyue nodded, "Mmm, have you mastered the Second-Rank Formation?"

"Almost. I can already create various types of Second-Rank Formations! When will I be able to keep up with Father's pace!" Chen Songli wailed!

Zhu Lingyue flicked Chen Songli's forehead, "You are only a teenager, yet you are already a Second-Rank Formation Master. Some Sect Prodigies are no better than you, and you are still not satisfied!"

"Hee hee, not bad, not bad... Mother, have you finished comprehending the Third-grade Formation?"

"Almost. With guidance from your father, it's much faster! I even have a complete draft of the Third-grade Formation pattern!"

"Mother, teach me!!"

"You, you!"

... Outside an Immortal Cave in the Zhu Family's ancestral land in Lingchuan County, an abnormal spiritual energy fluctuation occurred.

The Zhu Family Ancestor, watching from not far away, noticed the situation and let out a long sigh of relief. During this period, the Zhu Family was under martial law, and many clansmen dared not speak loudly, lest they affect Zhu Zelin's Breakthrough.

Two days later, the spiritual energy fluctuation disappeared, and Zhu Zelin broke out of seclusion, his face overflowing with joy!

"Old Ancestor, I have not failed your hopes. Zelin has advanced to Foundation Establishment!" Upon exiting seclusion, Zhu Zelin reported to Zhu Baiqiu immediately.

"Good, good, good!" Zhu Baiqiu said the word 'good' three times.

Sixty years later, they had returned to being a Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan. He, the Old Ancestor, could be considered to have revitalized the Zhu Family!

Zhu Baiqiu said happily, "Zelin, you should first go and stabilize your cultivation. We will handle the other matters!"

"Yes, Old Ancestor!"

After advancing to Foundation Establishment, they no longer needed to pay tribute to the Lu Family, and they also needed to re-plan their territory with the Lu Family.

At this time, Zhu Baiqiu and Zhu Lingyue's paternal aunt, Zhu Baiyao, were in the main hall, discussing how to hold the Foundation Establishment Immortal Banquet and how to communicate with the Lu Family regarding the territory?

"The Lu Family just killed a Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the same Realm, so it is advisable not to clash with them. I will trouble you to make a trip to the Lu Family!"

"Understood, Eldest Brother. I will try my best to negotiate."

"Oh, right, Eldest Brother. I can pass my position as Family Head to Zelin. It would be better for our Zhu Family to have a younger and stronger Family Head!"

Zhu Baiqiu pondered for a moment, "Let's ask for Zelin's opinion after he comes out of seclusion!"

"Understood."

...

"That girl Zhu Lingyue, after marrying off, completely forgot her maternal Family. She hasn't returned to her maiden home these past few years!" Zhu Baiyao mentioned Zhu Lingyue.

"I heard that girl is at the Sixth Level of Qi Refining, and Chen Li is already at the Seventh Level of Qi Refining. Their development over a dozen years is quite good... You should take the opportunity to go see her!"

"Mmm. Now that we have returned to being a Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan, we can request Liangxi County. This can reduce some of the tribute they owe."

Zhu Baiqiu nodded, thinking it feasible, "Yes!"

...

Three days later, at the Yun Family's ancestral land in Liangxi County. Ever since Huang Jin's Family was annihilated and those two mountains originally belonging to the Yun Family were given to the Chen Family, their Yun Family had reflected on the situation.

They suddenly realized that the Chen Family was an existence they absolutely could not afford to provoke, so they did not cause any trouble or voice any objections!

They heard that the Chen Family's in-laws had now advanced to Foundation Establishment, and Liangxi County might be partitioned to the Zhu Family. The two of them discussed again in the hall whether they should break away from the Lu Family!

"Old Ancestor, I think we should follow them!"

"Our relationship with the Chen Family is very good, and there aren't too many conflicts of interest. Moving over would also allow the Chen Family to take care of us a little."

Yun Chengyue thought for a moment, "I'm afraid the Zhu Family will raise the tribute terms for our Family. How should our Yun Family respond?"

Yun Tiancheng sighed, "Alas, we are still too weak; we lack the qualifications to negotiate. Let's wait and see! We can first try to probe the Zhu Family's stance. If the terms don't change much, we will follow them!"

Yun Tiancheng nodded. With no other choice, they could only compromise in this manner.