23: Chapter 23 Another Bountiful Year, Yuanling True Liquid

Li Yanzhong quickly took the items Li Luochen handed to him and hurriedly stowed them into his Storage Pouch.

Seeing this action, Li Luochen could not help but laugh. He patted Li Yanzhong on the head and quickly left Hidden Dragon Island.

There were still two months until it was time to plant the spirit rice. He needed to return to watch over those Spirit Medicines; after all, those Spirit Medicines could sell for a high price.

Each stalk of sea soul grass and crystal flower was worth thirty-five Spirit Stones. Even if the two types of Spirit Medicine combined matured to two hundred stalks, that would still be seven thousand Spirit Stones. If they all matured, he could obtain fourteen thousand Spirit Stones.

As for the water lingzhi, it went without saying; each stalk could earn fifty Spirit Stones, and two hundred stalks would be ten thousand Spirit Stones.

If all the Spirit Medicine here matured, the value would absolutely reach twenty-four thousand Spirit Stones.

Li Luochen was not greedy; he would be satisfied if seventy percent matured. The critical hit rewards at that time would definitely be substantial.

After finishing this, Li Luochen quickly refined the century-old spirit milk within his body, charging at the barrier of Qi Refining Level 8.

Half a month later, another ring appeared outside the mana vortex in Li Luochen's Dantian. Although it was not as distinct as the previous seven rings, he knew clearly that he had finally broken through to Qi Refining Level 8.

Although the Qi Refining Level 8 Realm was not considered high among cultivating forces like the Qingsha Sect, it was quite powerful among Loose Cultivators. Coupled with Li Luochen's Water Evasion Technique, even if he encountered a Cultivator at the Qi Refining 10th Layer Perfection, he would still be able to escape.

At this moment, Li Luochen quickly took out a bottle of Medicinal Pill; it was exactly the premium essence Spirit Pill. This Medicinal Pill was perfectly suited for improving cultivation in the Late Stage of Qi Refining.

If he combined it with the century-old spirit milk he had not yet refined, breaking through to Qi Refining Level 9 would not be a problem.

By then, breaking through to the Qi Refining 10th Layer before the age of eighty would be very easy; it would just depend on whether he had a foundation establishment pill.

After his cultivation broke through, Li Luochen cultivated for another month and a half, completely stabilizing his cultivation, before returning to Hidden Dragon Island to plant spirit rice.

After planting the spirit rice, Li Luochen returned to the Underwater Cave; the Spirit Medicine here needed to be watched.

Time flew by, and in just nine and a half months, after Li Luochen and the others finished harvesting the spirit rice, the System rewards arrived.

First was the first-grade Medium Grade spirit rice. He harvested four thousand five hundred catties. It did not trigger a critical hit reward, but instead increased by two times, obtaining a total of thirteen thousand five hundred catties of first-grade Medium Grade spirit rice.

Following the usual practice, he kept one thousand five hundred catties for eating and took all the rest to sell.

There were thirty thousand catties of first-grade Low Grade spirit rice. The critical hit succeeded, and he obtained one drop of essence spirit true liquid. This was a good item for increasing the success rate of Foundation Establishment.

If the essence spirit true liquid was taken in combination with an ordinary foundation establishment pill, it could allow a Qi Refining 10th Layer Cultivator to reach a sixty percent success rate for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage. If combined with a premium foundation establishment pill, it could allow a Cultivator to reach an eighty percent success rate for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

As long as one was not terribly unlucky, an eighty percent Foundation Establishment success rate was enough. It was just that this essence spirit true liquid was a rare treasure of heaven and earth; it was said that in large quantities, it also had an effect on Core Formation. Very few people obtained it, and even if they did, they would not use it as a treasure for Foundation Establishment.

If one purely consumed the essence spirit true liquid, it could also increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment, but only by twenty percent.

As for the two hundred thousand catties of ordinary spirit rice harvested, it surprisingly also triggered a critical hit, obtaining the Five Elements True Spirit Art Foundation Establishment Cultivation Technique.

The appearance of this Cultivation Technique was simply timely help. Li Luochen had previously only obtained the Qi Refining Cultivation Technique of the Five Elements True Spirit Art. Now that the subsequent Cultivation Technique was added, not only could he Cultivate it, but the members of the Li Family could also Cultivate it.

After all, the Five Elements True Spirit Art could be separated into five types of Cultivation Techniques; no matter which one was cultivated, one could Cultivate to the Peak of Foundation Establishment.

As for the straw, perhaps because his luck had run out, it only increased by one time.

Li Luochen did not mind this; after all, these were all to be handed over to Li Yanzhong.

After obtaining these resources, Li Luochen made a trip to Qingsha Market and found Bai Qingkong again.

Because this time the first-grade Medium Grade spirit rice reached ten thousand catties, the price given to Li Luochen was still the market price.

Twelve thousand catties of first-grade Medium Grade spirit rice sold for four thousand Spirit Stones, thirty thousand catties of first-grade Low Grade spirit rice sold for three thousand Spirit Stones, and two hundred thousand catties of ordinary spirit rice sold for two thousand Spirit Stones.

The amount of Spirit Stones from this sale was not much, only obtaining nine thousand.

However, that kid Li Yanzhong had good talent for talisman making; after selling the spirit talismans he drew, he also obtained three thousand Spirit Stones.

According to the Family rules, after deducting costs, the remaining profit was split seventy-thirty between the Family and the Talisman Maker.

Even so, that kid Li Yanzhong could still get seven or eight hundred Spirit Stones, enough for him to buy Medicinal Pills and improve his cultivation.

Therefore, Li Luochen could only keep three thousand Spirit Stones from this time; as for the rest, besides buying Medicinal Pills and distributing the Family annual stipends, the remainder had to be stored in the Family.

Next, Li Luochen purchased two hundred bottles of premium spirit condensing pills, one hundred bottles of premium spirit gathering pills, fifty bottles of premium yellow dragon pills, and ten premium dragon essence pills.

After buying these Medicinal Pills, Li Luochen had less than five thousand Spirit Stones left.

He also purchased a drop of earth pulse stalactite milk, costing four hundred and fifty Spirit Stones, and finally had only four thousand five hundred Spirit Stones left.

After finishing his purchases, Li Luochen, carrying the Medicinal Pills and Spirit Stones, left Qingsha Market at an extremely fast speed.

Just after leaving, he felt that someone was following him.

This feeling made him very uncomfortable, and he had no means of self-preservation in his hands. Just as he arrived at the seaside, he quickly cast the Water Evasion Technique and disappeared into the seawater.

The two people who landed only took one look and eventually had to leave helplessly.

Facing such an existence with self-preservation methods, they had no way to deal with it and could only watch helplessly as the person escaped.

Li Luochen did not stop. After returning to Hidden Dragon Island, he knew that his self-preservation methods were a bit weak. He hoped the next harvest would critical hit a few self-preservation methods.

After returning to the Family, Li Luochen distributed the resources.

The Medicinal Pills went without saying. Next were the annual Spirit Stone stipends. Li Yanlong and Li Yanhu were both at Qi Refining Stage 5, each receiving forty Spirit Stones. Li Yanfeng was at Qi Refining Level 4 and received thirty Spirit Stones.

Li Changfeng had also broken through to Qi Refining Level 3, receiving twenty Spirit Stones annually.

Besides this, everyone else in the Li Family was at Qi Refining Level 2, receiving ten Spirit Stones annually.

Adding it all up, the Li Family members' annual stipend this year was one hundred and fifty Spirit Stones, leaving a final total of four thousand three hundred and fifty Spirit Stones.

Of course, this included Li Luochen's own annual stipend. Although he was the Family Head and had quite a few Spirit Stones on him, he did not intend to shortchange himself.

The subsequent annual stipends were also planned out: Qi Refining Stage 6 received fifty Spirit Stones and twelve premium yellow dragon pills annually.

Qi Refining Stage 7 received eighty Spirit Stones and twelve premium spirit law pills annually.

Qi Refining Level 8 received one hundred and twenty Spirit Stones and twelve premium dragon essence pills annually.

Qi Refining Level 9 received one hundred and fifty Spirit Stones and twenty-four premium dragon essence pills annually.

Qi Refining 10th Layer received two hundred Spirit Stones and twelve premium essence Spirit Pills annually.

Li Luochen was now at the Qi Refining Level 8 cultivation, with an annual stipend of one hundred and twenty Spirit Stones, plus the value of two dragon essence pills, totaling two hundred and twenty Spirit Stones.

In this way, the remaining Spirit Stones were only four thousand one hundred and thirty Spirit Stones; this was the Family's public account.