Born with immortal seed

Chapter 380 The New Generation of Core Formation Seeds
"Senior Brother Wei sent me a letter a few months ago, saying that he had found an opportunity to break through his cultivation level and is probably currently in seclusion in his cave to try to break through to the mid-stage of Core Formation."

"Only the defense of morality is missing," Zhou Suqing began to explain.

"Breaking through to the mid-stage of Core Formation is a good thing."

For Ge Cang, there is little difference between the early and late stages of Core Formation, unless it is someone as extraordinary as Bai Zichen.

However, the breakthrough of a Core Formation cultivator is still a fortunate event for the sect.

In any sect, the difference in status between a Nascent Soul True Monarch and a Core Formation True Person is like heaven and earth.

In sects with strict rules, all job titles are changed the moment a Nascent Soul True Monarch appears.

It will never be like the Qingfeng Sect, where both are called ancestor, blurring the lines of identity.

However, the Qingfeng Sect has been gradually changing, from granting elder status to granting it to anyone who has reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

Now, one has to complete a ten-year internship before competing for a job.

Every time an elder position becomes vacant, no matter how unpopular or unprofitable it may be, three or four people will apply to compete for it.

Last month, the position of the Elder in charge of the Hejian County branch of the General Affairs Hall became vacant, and a total of fifteen people applied.

Besides Foundation Establishment disciples without official duties, there are also many elders from less popular branch halls who want to switch sects.

In the plan that Tong Huan reported to Bai Zichen, the goal was to raise the minimum cultivation level of all elders to the late Foundation Establishment stage within sixty years.

If one does not reach this level of cultivation and wishes to become an elder, one can only do so by establishing a special honor or possessing exceptional skills, and by obtaining special approval from the sect leader or several elders.

Bai Zichen was pleased with this outcome, as his ultimate goal was to raise the threshold for both the sect leader and the five hall masters to the Core Formation stage.

Only in this way can the Qingfeng Sect be worthy of being called a true Nascent Soul Grand Sect.

Only after I and Senior Brother Ge Cang left could the sect operate stably and support the Qingfeng Sect.

Among the five palace masters, Su Li and Long Long are old acquaintances, but to be honest, the door to Core Formation has not been completely closed, and the chances for them are slim.

The acting head of the Weapon Refining Hall is a transitional candidate, so we won't discuss him.

Liu Sanshui of the Alchemy Hall has remarkable talent in alchemy. According to Master Zhu of the Danxia Sect, he has a 70-80% chance of becoming a third-level alchemist.

Furthermore, with the strong support of the Qingfeng Sect, he had ample opportunities to refine pills, a feat that even the most outstanding second-tier alchemists of the Danxia Sect could not match.

It's practically a done deal that he'll become a third-tier alchemist.

However, compared to his talent in alchemy, Liu Sanshui's aptitude for cultivation was much worse, and reaching the Foundation Establishment stage was basically his limit.

He didn't know much about Lian Liangpu from the Transmission Hall, only that he joined the sect when the Qingfeng Sect was implementing the Great Opening of Spiritual Fields plan and began to significantly increase the number of disciples it recruited for the first time.

He was shocked to find that he had accessed Lian Liangpu's information using his own identity token.

His cultivation path is somewhat similar to Zhou Suqing's; both are cultivation prodigies who can master one method and then all methods.

He possessed an extraordinary mastery of the Five Elements magic, and was also incredibly knowledgeable and had a thorough understanding of many basic techniques. In terms of teaching and imparting knowledge, he was in no way inferior to Zhou Suqing in her prime.

In terms of guiding younger disciples, he can be considered the second most outstanding person in the Qingfeng Sect over the past few hundred years.

The main difference between him and Zhou Suqing lies in their respective skills in cultivating immortality.

Unlike Zhou Suqing, who studied array formations and became a second-tier array master in just a few months, this approach was different.

They even achieved remarkable success in practicing alchemy.

If he hadn't focused on formations, he might have become a decent alchemist.

However, although Lian Liangpu is not famous for his combat skills, at least he is not completely ignorant of combat skills like Zhou Suqing, and has the level of a normal cultivator.

This is his only advantage compared to the other two.

Upon seeing Lian Liangpu's case file and his age of over 120, Bai Zichen felt as if he had discovered a hidden gem, a hidden seed for Core Formation.

Perhaps achieving perfection in alchemy and the path to forming the perfect core is somewhat difficult.

There is still a considerable chance of success if one follows the ordinary Core Formation path.

After all, the Qingfeng Sect is currently not lacking in Pure Spirit Jade Marrow, and every Foundation Establishment cultivator can enjoy the triple blessing of Core Formation Spiritual Objects, the Desolate God Stealing the Sun Technique, and a third-grade top-quality spiritual land.

Aside from the Holy Sons and Daughters of the Holy Lotus Sect, who are among the very few qualified to consume the Enlightenment Lotus Seeds, the external conditions that 99% of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the cultivation world can enjoy when attempting to break through to the Core Formation realm are far inferior to those of the Qingfeng Sect disciples.

Bai Zichen has several disciples, with his eldest disciple Tong Huan serving as the sect leader. In terms of cultivation, he can only be described as diligent but lacking in talent.

The third disciple, Huo Feiyan, is quick-witted and handles matters flawlessly. Over the years, she has managed Tianlei Cliff without any mishaps and has successfully resolved the undercurrents of conflict between the Bai clan and the Qingfeng Sect disciples.

However, he still lacks a bit of spirituality in the path of cultivation.

The second disciple, Li Guizhen, possesses a strong spiritual root and a resolute and determined character. He is energetic, has strong execution skills, and his combat prowess is the most similar to his master's.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he was almost undefeated in battles against opponents of the same level, and he also had a record of defeating multiple opponents while traveling to other countries.

Most importantly, they have excellent fortune.

He came to Qingfeng Sect at a young age and successfully became a disciple of Elder Bai after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. With the blessed land of Tianlei Cliff, he could absorb lightning-type spiritual power to quickly improve his cultivation.

While traveling abroad, he acquired a top-tier lightning technique that perfectly suited him.

If it weren't for his ambitions and the desire to achieve mastery of alchemy, which suppressed his cultivation, he would have already reached the Foundation Establishment stage by now.

As for the fourth disciple, Ma Ruoxi, she was the one who brought Bai Zichen the biggest surprise.

In his eyes, the cultivation speed of the Mountain and Water Spirit Body after obtaining the Five-Eyed Bodhi of the Winding Stream was just so-so. What was truly surprising was Ma Ruoxi's talent in swordsmanship.

He has always been hailed as the most talented swordsman since ancient times, but none of his disciples are skilled in swordsmanship, which is a disgrace to him.

On the contrary, Ma Ruoxi, who was partly accepted for other reasons, showed amazing talent in swordsmanship and made rapid progress under his guidance, showing a new look every day.

He had long since grasped the essence of sword energy and thunderous sound, and easily mastered several sword techniques, delving deeper into their study.

Li Guizhen and Ma Ruoxi are both potential Core Formation cultivators among this generation of disciples, and it is highly likely that they will both reach the Core Formation realm.

Leaving aside Core Formation cultivators, the peak period for late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Qingfeng Sect should be within these few decades.

After the sect became powerful, it opened its gates to recruit disciples who were now approaching the age to reap the rewards.

The cultivation conditions enjoyed by this group of disciples are incomparable to those of the past; they are on a completely different level.

Take spirit rice as an example. During Su Li's time, only true disciples could be guaranteed a daily supply of first-grade spirit rice, while inner disciples could only receive six catties of spirit rice per month.

Now, even the outer disciples' daily meals include a portion of first-grade spirit rice.

True disciples can even receive an unlimited amount of second-tier spirit rice from the General Affairs Hall every month, with as many as seven different types of second-tier spirit rice.

This would have been unimaginable decades ago.

Bai Zichen earned his first pot of gold by planting Longya rice.

Two types of these second-tier spirit rice were discovered by disciples during the development of Black Mountain, and the spirit seeds were donated to the sect to be cultivated on a large scale.

There are two other types, namely, the Shennong Sect, a former vassal sect of the Holy Lotus Sect, which offered tribute by providing the highest quality first-generation spiritual seeds.

After the death of True Monarch Nine Lotus, the Holy Lotus Sect could only protect itself and was powerless to take care of its vassal sects.

Many sects, including the Shennong Sect, are seeking their own way out.

Every time the Qingfeng Sect opens up a third-tier spiritual vein, even without any other resource gains, it adds at least tens of acres of spiritual fields to its accounts.

Adding them up from place to place, the total number of spirit fields in the entire sect has reached an astonishing amount.

Every year, a large number of menial disciples are transferred to become spirit farmers, but this still cannot meet the huge shortage of spirit fields.

It is precisely because of this that the produced spirit rice can meet the needs of all the disciples of the Qingfeng Sect.

In this respect, we should remember the merit of Gu Xisheng, who has already passed away.

His plan to cultivate spiritual fields, which included the creation of the Spiritual Field Hall, greatly promoted the development of spiritual agriculture within the Qingfeng Sect.

If we only consider the spiritual fields, Qingfeng Sect is only behind Shennong Sect in the cultivation of third-grade spiritual rice, but is in no way inferior to Shennong Sect in the cultivation of mid-to-low-grade spiritual rice.

The spiritual rice has greatly improved the disciples' average physique, and this has already begun to be reflected in the success rate of breaking through realms.

Once the number of late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators in a sect explodes, the total number of Core Formation cultivators will inevitably break through.

Bai Zichen was very confident that he would achieve his grand goal within a hundred years.

"I've called you here mainly to inform you of two things..."

Bai Zichen told everyone about the astonishing events that had occurred on Meili Snow Mountain, selecting only the parts he could tell them.

The mouths of those present grew wider and wider, their eyes wide with disbelief.

In the minds of all cultivators, the Nascent Soul True Monarch has already stood at the pinnacle of the cultivation world, becoming a sect leader and ancestor, and is omnipotent.

With a lifespan of a thousand years, one can witness the changes of heaven and earth, the transformation of mountains and rivers; an ordinary person's life can only account for one-tenth of his lifespan.

Foundation Establishment cultivators and Core Formation cultivators often don't live to their lifespan limit, but Nascent Soul cultivators, except for those with incurable injuries, can generally live beyond their lifespan limit.

For Nascent Soul True Monarchs, obtaining various longevity pills and spiritual items becomes much easier.

There are even many secret methods that can prolong life.

The sudden loss of five Nascent Soul True Monarchs, who were like gods in the eyes of ordinary cultivators, had an unimaginable impact on these cultivators.

Those with fragile minds may even begin to doubt the meaning of their cultivation.

"I'm telling you this for two reasons. First, we need to cut off trade with the caravans from Zengguang Immortal City. In the coming days, the Immortal City will be the target of everyone's attacks, and the caravans won't be able to do business there."

Bai Zichen turned to Tong Huan and gave orders to his disciple.

"Without the Zengguang Immortal City route, how will we sell the sect's abundant resources and acquire scarce spiritual items... especially the Thousand-Year Golden Crown Lingzhi? I hope you can find a substitute so that the sect can't run out of Foundation Establishment Pills."

He and Ge Cang have decided to personally kill third-tier demonic beasts for the next two or three decades.

The ultimate goal was to use third-tier demon cores to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, ensuring a minimum quantity of Foundation Establishment Pills produced.

However, there's no need to tell the sect members about this, lest they become complacent and lose their sense of crisis.

"Master, rest assured, I will definitely find an alternative source within the next two years to ensure the supply of alchemy materials for the Pill Hall."

Tong Huan looked solemn and made a guarantee.

(End of this chapter)