18: Cure

Li Xiangyun naturally didn't know that his words had already caused an uproar in the outside world.

At this moment, listening to the pleasant sound from the System in his ear, his face blossomed into a smile.

“Congratulations, Host.”

“The Li Family has been promoted to a Golden Core Family!”

“Now distributing rewards…”

“Rewarding the Host with 20,000 Prosperity Points. Please continue to work hard, Host.”

As Li Xiangyun had guessed, the reason he had been in a detached state before was because he hadn't received recognition from the outside world.

Now, as the news spread, the outside world learned of Li Xiangyun's return to the Li Family.

Naturally, they recognized the Li Family as a Golden Core Family.

Looking at the Prosperity Points, which were finally not zero, Li Xiangyun couldn't hide his excitement and immediately clicked on the System store.

It wasn't that Li Xiangyun had a poor Heart-Nature; in this situation, he believed that even those old monsters who had lived for tens of thousands of years would be the same.

After all, who could remain calm when facing death?

Subsequently, Li Xiangyun discovered that the exchange rate between Prosperity Points and Spirit Stones was one to ten.

In other words, one Prosperity Point was worth ten Spirit Stones.

Clearly, the System couldn't allow Li Xiangyun to instantly become invincible.

But even so, Li Xiangyun was very satisfied.

Because although the System couldn't make him instantly invincible, it contained an endless supply of Heaven And Earth Treasures and Divine Abilities.

As long as you had enough Prosperity Points, anything could be exchanged.

And this ability alone was enough to satisfy Li Xiangyun.

Because often, what hindered a Cultivator's Cultivation, besides Aptitude, was Cultivation resources.

Many precious Cultivation resources were controlled by major powers, making them completely inaccessible to ordinary people.

For example, Foundation Establishment Pills were strictly controlled by the Great Zhou Dynasty and the three major Sects, with only a handful of them entering the market each year.

Every auction of Foundation Establishment Pills would trigger a bloody storm.

The previous Clan Chief of the Li Family was severely injured while purchasing Foundation Establishment Pills outside and passed away shortly after.

It showed how Heaven-Defying the System was; almost anything you could think of was available.

With excitement, Li Xiangyun tentatively searched for “methods to heal a shattered Golden Core.”

“Eternal Evergreen Pill, a seventh-grade Medicinal Pill, can not only heal a Cultivator's Golden Core but also extend their Lifespan and improve their Aptitude and Comprehension Ability.”

“Value: Twenty million Prosperity Points.”

“Hiss~”

Li Xiangyun gasped, utterly astonished.

A seventh-grade Medicinal Pill… The Cultivation Realms were: Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation, Infant Transformation, Void Refining, Void Tempering… A seventh-grade Medicinal Pill corresponded to Void Refining.

And Void Refining powerhouses, let alone in the Great Zhou Dynasty, might not even exist in the entire Dark World.

It showed the preciousness of a seventh-grade Medicinal Pill; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it an Immortal Pill.

But its effects were indeed terrifying. The Eternal Evergreen Pill, as its name suggested, healing the Golden Core was merely a side effect.

Its true effects should be increasing Lifespan and improving Aptitude and Comprehension Ability.

Lifespan and Spiritual Root Aptitude were still manageable, as there were other ways to improve them.

What truly surprised Li Xiangyun was the improvement in Comprehension Ability.

After all, Comprehension Ability was not like a Spiritual Root.

Comprehension Ability was intangible and invisible; you either understood it or you didn't.

In Spiritual Qi Cultivation, even with poor Spiritual Root Aptitude, as long as enough time passed, one would eventually catch up.

But Comprehension Ability was different; if one couldn't comprehend, even Cultivating for ten thousand years would only lead to stagnation.

It could be said that Spiritual Root Aptitude determined a Cultivator's lower limit, while Comprehension Ability determined a Cultivator's upper limit.

Li Xiangyun prided himself on his good Comprehension Ability, but after Cultivating to the Foundation Establishment Peak, it still took him twenty years to comprehend the Ice Glaze Dao Intent and step into the Golden Core Realm.

This showed the preciousness of the Eternal Evergreen Pill.

Although tempted, Li Xiangyun knew that this was not something he could covet at present.

After all, the Li Family only received 20,000 Prosperity Points for being promoted to a Golden Core Family, so wouldn't 20 million Prosperity Points require a thousand Golden Cores?

The key was that the Li Family barely had a few Foundation Establishment Cultivators, let alone Golden Cores.

Therefore, Li Xiangyun composed himself and continued to look down.

“Flourishing Decline Pill, a fifth-grade Medicinal Pill, can heal a Cultivator's shattered Golden Core.”

“Value: One million Prosperity Points.”

This value was somewhat acceptable, but it was still out of reach~

Li Xiangyun sighed and continued to look down.

“Myriad Life Flame, ranked tenth on the heaven and earth spirit fire chart, contains endless vitality and can repair the Golden Core.”

“Value: One million four hundred thousand Prosperity Points.”

“Yin and Yang Creation Art, a Creation-grade Cultivation Technique, Cultivating it can reverse Yin and Yang, be Reborn from death, and recreate vitality.”

“Value: Five million Prosperity Points.”

…Li Xiangyun finished reading in one breath, feeling a bit helpless.

It had to be said that the System was indeed powerful.

For methods to heal a Golden Core, ordinary people had never even heard of them, but the System could casually provide more than ten.

These included everything from Medicinal Pills to Heaven And Earth Treasures to Cultivation Techniques, truly having everything one could wish for.

But the key was that the prices were truly out of reach~

Ranging in the millions of Prosperity Points, was this something someone with a mere 20,000 Prosperity Points could even look at?

So, Li Xiangyun changed his approach and asked the System to formulate an effective treatment plan tailored to his injuries and existing conditions.

As a result, the treatment plan alone cost him five thousand Prosperity Points.

It was really a rip-off!

But to survive, Li Xiangyun still bought it with a heavy heart.

And the result was pretty much as Li Xiangyun had guessed.

It was to first take the Flourishing Decline Pill that Fire Old was about to refine for him, then comprehend that wisp of Mystic Frost Ice Crystal Flame, and gain insight into the Dao Intent of Yin and Yang Life and Death.

Finally, Cultivate the “Ice Phoenix Nirvana Art” to achieve Rebirth and advance further.

It had to be said that these five thousand Prosperity Points were quite worth it.

The System not only freely gave him the Pill Formula for the Flourishing Decline Pill but also marked the possible locations of the Materials, and even told him the auxiliary Cultivation methods for comprehending the Mystic Frost Ice Crystal Flame.

However, Li Xiangyun was not in a hurry to collect them now; instead, he wanted to see what gains he could get from this grand ceremony.

After all, the Spiritual Qi in his body was constantly flowing away, so he couldn't waste it… On the other side, within the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.

At this moment, the Sect Master and many Elders had once again gathered in the deliberation hall.

Clearly, they had received Li Xiangyun's voice transmission.

“This is Li Xiangyun's voice transmission, everyone take a look?”

The Sect Master, dressed in a cyan robe embroidered with light golden cloud patterns, with a black belt around his waist inlaid with an ancient jade pendant, sat majestically at the head, exuding nobility and authority.

With a wave of his right hand, lines of golden characters appeared in mid-air.

“Ten-Thousand Year Stone Milk, Flourishing Decline Wood, Transformation Void Grass, ziyang mysterious ginseng, azure water pearl, Dragon Flame Grass, third-grade Fire Qilin Beast Inner Core…”

“These are all third-grade Spirit Medicine; they should be the Materials for some kind of high-grade third-grade Medicinal Pill.”

The Alchemy Pavilion Elder stroked his beard and slowly said.

Sun Ping sneered from the side, “It seems Li Xiangyun still hasn't given up!”

Although Sun Ping had been punished to guard Tianyun Cave before, he didn't set off immediately, as he, being an Inner Sect Elder, still had some matters to hand over.