Chapter 64 Breakthrough to the Mid-Foundation Establishment Stage

Inside the Immortal Cave, after Chen Li swallowed four more High Grade breakthrough pills, the barrier within his body separating him from the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage was finally broken through.

"Foundation Establishment Middle Stage!" Chen Li let out a long sigh of relief.

Refining medicinal potency was extremely tedious, day after day, but taking pills was blissful! Some people wish they could take pills but don't have any!

This promotion to Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cost twenty-nine High Grade breakthrough pills, which would be around five hundred thousand Spirit Stones if converted! Even a Golden Core Cultivator's fortune wouldn't dare to be consumed like this!

So, from now on, I must be even more low-key!

This seclusion for the Breakthrough took almost nine months in total. Such a long time, the process was painful, but the result was good! So, cultivating immortality ultimately tests oneself.

Chen Li first harvested the five hundred matured five-hundred-year-old Breakthrough Spiritual Plants he had accelerated, then planted a new batch. During the period of swallowing pills and cultivating, he also harvested several batches of hundred-year-old qi overflowing grass. He had already harvested roughly over three thousand plants.

Having been in seclusion for so long, he was in no hurry to advance to the next stage. After all, his mental state also needed to recover. It was fine to come out to relax a bit, otherwise, it would be easy to suffer Qi Deviation.

After leaving seclusion, Chen Li released his Divine Sense. His Divine Sense at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage had already reached a distance of five li, enveloping most of the outer perimeter of Black Magpie Mountain.

An ordinary Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm Cultivator could only reach a distance of five li, yet he had already achieved it at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. Truly terrifying!

Only a fully developed Five Spiritual Roots Cultivator could understand the superiority within!

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Inside Concentric Heart Hall, Chen Songmei was reading. She hadn't seen her father for a long time.

"Mother, is Father's 'seclusion' this long?"

Chen Songmei still didn't fully understand the meaning of the word 'seclusion'. She only knew that after entering seclusion, two people who were clearly very close became hard to meet.

Eldest Sister was like this, Second Brother was like this, Third Brother and Fourth Brother were also like this, even her own mother was the same!

"Mother, I will definitely not go into seclusion in the future," Chen Songmei mumbled.

Zhu Lingyue laughed, "Silly child, seclusion is for a better reunion!"

"Little Five, what are you mumbling about?" Chen Li flew to Concentric Heart Hall after leaving seclusion.

Seeing her father appear, Chen Songmei happily jumped up, "Ah! Father, you're out of seclusion!"

"Mn, you've gotten quite a bit chubbier in these few months!"

"Third Brother's cooking is really good, I really like the food he makes."

Chen Songmei wanted Chen Li to hold her. Chen Li picked up Chen Songmei and instinctively said, "Little Five, how are your studies recently?"

"Father! You're just like Mother and Eldest Sister, asking about studies as soon as you see me... so annoying." Chen Songmei looked aggrieved.

"Haha, you little one, only remember your Third Brother's food."

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After father and daughter chatted for a while, Chen Songmei fell asleep when she got sleepy. Inside Concentric Heart Hall, Zhu Lingyue looked Chen Li over.

"Husband, are you now at the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage?"

Chen Li nodded. Zhu Lingyue was overjoyed. Chen Li took out a Storage Pouch.

"Wife, there are three thousand plants of qi overflowing grass inside. Take them for Alchemy!"

Chen Li's expression was calm. Zhu Lingyue took it, her heart utterly unperturbed, as if it were very normal.

A while later, Chen Songli and the others also learned that Chen Li was out of seclusion. These nine months, Chen Songli and the others had not been idle, constructing many buildings.

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Within the mountain, a Formation Comprehensive Building had appeared. This was led by Chen Songli, supported by Zhu Lingyue, and built together with Chen Songyan and several younger brothers.

Inside the Formation Comprehensive Building, Chen Li listened to Chen Songli's ideas. Chen Songli was already a genuine Third-Rank Formation Master, and even more full of ideas and courage to experiment.

At this moment, she was introducing a new teleportation rule.

"Father, before it was a one-to-many teleportation method. Now it's been changed to a many-to-many method. Each room door corresponds to a different teleportation location."

Chen Li looked at the room doors marked with names like Qingfeng Mountain, Luoxia Mountain, Feiyan Mountain, and seven others. He thought it was excellent, very comprehensively integrated.

Chen Songli continued, "Father, I've made a unique teleportation token for each mountain. One must hold the tokens of two specific mountains to teleport between them. For example, only by possessing both the [Black Magpie Mountain] and [Qingfeng Mountain] tokens can one teleport between them. It's the same for other mountains! Moreover, these tokens are updated in batches every three years to ensure the safety of the Teleportation Arrays!"

Chen Li directly praised, "Songli, well done! Even better than what Father imagined. Those Formation sky bridges of the Sect are probably no better than this!"

Chen Songli was extremely happy, receiving Chen Li's strong approval! This was the first comprehensive Formation she had taken charge of. The overall framework was her idea, and the completion was very high.

Besides the Teleportation Arrays, she had also moved the display Formation of the Wuque Mountain Early Warning First Generation Comprehensive Array into the Formation Comprehensive Building. On the second floor, in a separate warning hall, there was a large Formation display screen, operating all day, monitoring in real-time!

She also categorized and stored some completed First-Grade, Second-Grade, and Third-Grade Formations in the warehouse on the third floor. Formation Materials were also moved there. Additionally, there were separate workrooms for Chen Li, Zhu Lingyue, and Chen Songli on the third floor, all set up with Restriction Formations!

First floor: teleportation. Second floor: monitoring. Third floor: production!

"Songli, your father can truly retire now, haha! You are a once-in-a-millennium Formation genius!"

Chen Li did not stint on praising his eldest daughter. She deserved it!

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After viewing Chen Songli's excellent work, Chen Li went to see Chen Songxuan's Puppetry Technique.

At the foot of the mountain, on a mountainside, Chen Songxuan took out the Fireball Technique Puppet, Self-Destruct Puppet, and Three-Sword Style Puppet.

Chen Songxuan introduced them one by one. The first type could concentrate and remotely unleash dense fireball techniques. The second was a crawling self-destruct Puppet. The third was a combat Puppet that could wield blades against people, suitable for legion-style Puppet warfare.

Chen Songxuan demonstrated their power and said to Chen Li, "Father, currently they only have the power of Mid-stage Qi Refining. Once I research some more Materials, I can make Puppets with the power of Late Stage Qi Refining or even Foundation Establishment level."

Chen Li was surprised and greatly praised his third son, "Song Xuan, your Puppetry Technique is no less impressive than your eldest sister's Formations! Very impressive!"

"Thank you, Father!" Chen Li's praise made the smile on Chen Songxuan's face unstoppable.

Chen Songxuan also took Chen Li to see many warehouses built at the foot of the mountain. There were warehouses for storing Spiritual Plant seedlings, warehouses for finished Puppet products, and warehouses for storing miscellaneous items.

Chen Li patted Chen Songxuan's shoulder, affirming him once more, praising him until Chen Songxuan became embarrassed!

Especially the phrase "the bearing of a family head" kept Chen Songxuan reminiscing endlessly!

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After observing the excellent works of Chen Songli and Chen Songxuan, Chen Li came to Second Brother's Immortal Cave. The Insect Rearing Art finally had good news; the Iron Fire Ants could finally release ant fire, reaching the standard of first-level insect beasts.

Chen Songyan's cultivation at this time had already climbed to Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

In these nine months, besides feeding and cultivating the Iron Fire Ants, Chen Songyan spent another four months seriously raising his cultivation to Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

"Father, after all, your son has Three Spiritual Roots, so I prioritize improving my cultivation. The next step is to Cultivate the Iron Fire Ants to the level of second-level insect beasts!"

Compared to the other two, Second Brother Chen Songyan could only be considered good. This time, Chen Li gave some advice.

"Songyan, if you feel learning too many techniques wastes time, just focus on the ones you need, the ones needed for self-defense! Also, specifically research one lethal technique. Specialization is key!"

"Alright, Father!" Chen Songyan immediately replied affirmatively.

At Immortal Learning Tower, Chen Songxiao was on the second floor reading some advanced books on the Pulse Seeking Art. His cultivation was also at Qi Refining Sixth Layer. He had also spent a considerable amount of time taking pills to raise his cultivation.

He specifically spent six months swallowing pills and cultivating. Zhu Lingyue even came to persuade him, saying advancing too fast could damage his Foundation.

However, Chen Songxiao himself felt there was no problem; it was just a bit boring during the seclusion for cultivation.

Chen Li came to the second floor and asked a few questions. Chen Songxiao could already utilize sixty to seventy percent of the star fixing plate's functions, which was sufficient!

Chen Li said to his fourth son with authority, "Fourth Son, for the coming period, stabilize your cultivation, stabilize your mental state. There's no need to improve your cultivation level for now."

"Alright, Father."

A forced rest from Father—Chen Songxiao obeyed without a second thought. Father definitely had his reasons. Listening to him was never wrong.

Inside the Pill Refining Residence, seeing Chen Li, Brother Ox let out a "Moo~" sound, expressing joy.

"Brother Ox, did it take you four months to refine grain dispelling pills?" Chen Li laughed.

Brother Ox's four hooves pointed at the sky—it couldn't be helped, he was a cow!

Brother Ox spent four months to completely master the refinement of grain dispelling pills. The remaining time was spent researching the refinement of qi overflowing pills. Zhu Lingyue patiently taught for a month before finally breaking down and letting Brother Ox learn on his own!

Chen Li, unwilling to accept this, stepped up again to teach Brother Ox, "Come on, Brother Ox, I'll also teach you how to refine qi overflowing pills!"

Hearing this, Brother Ox was overjoyed.