53: Chapter 53 Five years have passed, overall improvement

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, five years have passed.

Inside the Cultivation Immortal Cave, Li Luochen opened his eyes, a flicker of pleasant surprise in his gaze.

"Seven hundred and thirty drops of liquid Qi, not far from a Breakthrough to the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment."

Five years have passed, the spirit rice has been harvested five times, and each harvest has been about the same.

However, the System rewards were different, allowing Li Luochen to obtain quite a few cultivation resources.

Were it not for these abundant resources, Li Luochen's cultivation speed could not have been this fast.

First was the High Grade spirit rice, harvested five times, amplified twice, both times by threefold, and critical hits occurred three times.

The three treasures were: nine leaves of Dao-Enlightenment Tea, one copy of the Five Elements Golden Body Technique, and one copy of the Five Elements God-Forging Technique.

Next was the Medium Grade spirit rice, harvested five times, amplified once, obtaining four times the spirit rice, with four critical hits.

Respectively obtained were the second layer of the Heaven-Covering Technique, twenty drops of hundred-year stalactite milk, one set of mother-child jade pendants, and twenty drops of hundred-year spirit milk.

Following that was the Low Grade spirit rice, harvested five times, amplified twice, once with a twofold amplification and once with a fivefold amplification. Critical hits were successful three times.

These three times yielded three High Grade Breakthrough pills, one set of Second Grade High Grade island-protecting arrays, and one premium foundation establishment pill.

Afterward was the ordinary spirit rice, harvested five times, with five successful critical hits.

Respectively obtained were one Second Grade Medium Grade Magical Artifact Five Elements Rope, one set of Second Grade Medium Grade Magical Artifact Five Elements Spirit Clothing, one hundred drops of fifty-year spirit milk, one hundred drops of earth pulse stalactite milk, and one copy of the First Grade Artifact Refining Legacy.

Finally, there were the stalks, amplified twice, with three successful critical hits.

Respectively obtained were one First Grade premium talisman brush, one drop of essence spirit true liquid, and one spirit embryo sword mold.

These were the resources rewarded by the System; as for the spirit rice, it was all sold by Li Luochen.

In five years, the spirit rice matured five times, and apart from the spirit rice kept for his own consumption, a total of 280,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones were obtained.

Thirty thousand Spirit Stones were used every year to purchase danxiang spirit liquid, a practice that never stopped, so only 130,000 Spirit Stones remained.

Adding the annual salary from these five years, in the end, only a little over 130,000 Spirit Stones remained.

Logically speaking, for a Foundation Establishment Family to store this many Low-Grade Spirit Stones in five years is already quite good.

But the current number of Li Family members is still small; if the number were to increase, the required danxiang spirit liquid would increase, and the Spirit Stones might even decrease.

He also sold the spirit rice amplified by the System; all the Spirit Stones fell into his hands, totaling over 268,000 Spirit Stones.

These Spirit Stones were indeed much more than the Family's, but after purchasing the Five Elements Yin and Yang Materials, only 70,000 remained.

At this moment, Li Luochen could no longer care about that much; he had to open up the Li Family's Secret Realm first.

Only by opening the Secret Realm could they directly implant a Second Grade Spiritual Vein if one were acquired in the future.

However, the rudimentary Secret Realm is a big consumer of Spirit Stones; nearly 200,000 Spirit Stones worth of Five Elements Yin and Yang Materials, plus 100,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones, were thrown in, yet the rudimentary Secret Realm was still not large.

The current area of the rudimentary Secret Realm reached fifteen mu, and the height reached thirty meters, which can only be considered a very small Secret Realm.

It seems that to Cultivate a Family Secret Realm, increasing Family industries is a must.

The spirit rice rewarded by the System was converted into Spirit Stones and all thrown into the Secret Realm, ultimately only obtaining a fifteen-mu Secret Realm; it seems the next goal should be placed on a First Grade premium Spiritual Vein.

In another four months, the new spirit rice will mature; hopefully, the System can be a bit more effective.

Thinking of this, Li Luochen calculated the cultivation status of the clansmen over these five years.

Zhou Ran's cultivation speed was not slow; she had broken through to Qi Refining Level 8.

Li Yanlong and Li Yanhu had broken through to Qi Refining Level 9, not far from the Peak of Qi Refining Level 9.

Li Yanfeng had also broken through to the Peak of Qi Refining Stage 7, and would soon break through to Qi Refining Level 8.

Li Yanzhong, with Three Spirit Roots, because he had been cultivating since childhood, now had the highest cultivation in the Li Family; although he had not reached the Qi Refining 10th Layer, he was at the Peak of Qi Refining Level 9.

Li Yanqing had also reached Qi Refining Stage 6; although he hadn't broken through to Qi Refining Stage 7, he was close.

The Yan generation had increased by one person, namely Li Yanshu, who had broken through to Qi Refining Level 3 after cultivating for more than two years.

When Li Yanshu's Spiritual Roots were tested, Li Luochen tested her himself, not in front of everyone.

Li Yanshu's Spiritual Roots were passable—Gold, Wood, and Fire Three Spirit Roots—very suitable for cultivating Sword Techniques. After all, Wood nourishes Fire, and Fire forges Gold; combined with the Innate Sword Body, the Metal-attribute Sword Intent cultivated would be even sharper.

Possessing the Innate Sword Body herself, coupled with the Li Family's Light Splitting Sword Technique, it would be strange if Li Yanshu's cultivation speed slowed down.

Gao Qingzhou, Wang Cuicui, and Liu Xiaoling had also broken through to Qi Refining Stage 6; this was the current state of the Yan generation, where even the weakest had broken through to Qi Refining Stage 6.

As for the Chang generation experts, Li Changfeng had broken through to Qi Refining Level 8, Li Changqing had broken through to Qi Refining Level 8, and Li Changling had broken through to Qi Refining Level 8.

These three became cultivators as soon as the Family was established, so after having resources later, breaking through to Qi Refining Level 8 was nothing special.

Li Changming had broken through to Qi Refining Stage 5; Li Changfei and Li Changge were not bad either, at Qi Refining Level 4, and Li Changhu was at Qi Refining Level 3.

As for Li Changsheng, with Double Spirit Root talent, although he had been cultivating for less than seven years, under the supply of massive resources, combined with suitable Cultivation Techniques, he successfully broke through to the Peak of Qi Refining Stage 6, almost breaking through one Realm every year.

Perhaps by the time he came of age, he would have already broken through to the Perfection of Qi Refining 10th Layer.

Liu Changmei and Wang Xianyun's current cultivation had also broken through to the Peak of Qi Refining Stage 5, not far from Qi Refining Stage 6.

Over these five years, the Chang generation had increased by eight people: Li Changyu, Li Changwu, Li Changchun, Li Changcun, Li Changan, Li Changhong, Li Changhe, and Li Changhai.

Among these eight, Li Changan had Three Spirit Roots, and Li Changhe and Li Changhai both had Double Spirit Roots; although they couldn't compare to Li Changan, they were still good, and with the Li Family's resources, letting them break through to Foundation Establishment would not be a problem.

However, because they had been cultivating for too short a time, none of them had broken through to Qi Refining Level 3 yet.

Li Wenhua of the Wen generation had also increased his cultivation quite quickly, breaking through to the Peak of Qi Refining Level 4.

In these five years, four new people were added: Li Wenying, Li Wenyun, Li Wenchang, and Li Wentao.

Among them, Li Wenying was Li Changfeng's daughter, and Li Wenyun was Li Changqing's son; both had Three Spirit Roots, which was quite good.

As for the remaining two, Li Wenchang and Li Wentao, both had Five Spirit Roots Aptitude, which was also quite good.

In five years, the Li Family members had increased to thirty-four people; the children of cultivators like Li Luochen actually all had Spiritual Roots.

Moreover, the number of children in the secular world had increased quite a bit; although there were none in the Yan generation, there were six in the Chang generation with Spiritual Roots and two in the Wen generation with Spiritual Roots—eight in five years.

It was a great thing that the Li Family had more cultivators, but Li Luochen had a major headache because while the number of Family cultivators was growing, the secular clansmen were also constantly increasing.

Five years ago, 100,000 people were migrated to Youlong Island; now, they had surged to over 150,000, most of whom were children under five years old.

As for the 20,000 clansmen who stayed behind, they had now grown to over 30,000, most of whom were also children under five years old.

They could still afford to raise them for now, but if they were to grow up, Hidden Dragon Island and Youlong Island might not be able to sustain them.

Li Luochen sat at the desk, frowning in deep thought; it seemed that after this year's spirit rice harvest, he must purchase those two ordinary islands; the rudimentary Secret Realm could not be relied upon for the time being.