A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 30: Should we choose the Chen family, Dong Xuan'er, or Fairy Hong Fu?

"Senior Uncle, I..."

Regardless of Zhong Lingdao's bitterness and regret at this moment, at least Han Li breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness, thank goodness we made it in time:
"Disciple Han Li pays respects to Grandmaster Hong Fu!"

"Greetings, Senior Sister Dong."

The younger one, who else could it be but Dong Xuan'er?

original.

Before coming to Huangfeng Valley, Han Li had prepared two plans for handling the Foundation Establishment Pill related to the Huangfeng Valley Ascension Order.

The main plan is to make a deal with the Chen family, one of the three most famous cultivation families in the sect.

The breakthrough in this plan lies with Chen Qiaoshan, the eldest son of the Chen family.

The eldest son of the Chen family only possesses the aptitude of three spiritual roots. Judging by the time, he's almost forty years old and has already consumed a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Unfortunately, it ended in failure.

With his three spiritual roots, he couldn't obtain the priority that sects gave to those with outstanding spiritual root talents. Therefore, unsurprisingly, without any other way to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills, this eldest son of the Chen family had no choice but to take an unconventional path, just like in the main storyline, and venture into the Crimson Forbidden Land a few years later.

Considering all of the above, his main plan was to sell the Foundation Establishment Pill to the Chen family's eldest son, who was gentle, refined, scholarly, and of excellent character.

In this way, they could directly befriend the eldest son of the Chen family and indirectly befriend his six younger brothers and sisters, using this as a springboard to get on board the Chen family's coattails and gain their goodwill and protection.

Regardless of whether Young Master Chen can establish his foundation with this Foundation Establishment Pill, it is unlikely that he will be targeted by the other Foundation Establishment cultivators in Huangfeng Valley.

If Young Master Chen is fortunate enough to achieve Foundation Establishment, he will receive even more hidden benefits in the future.

Even if the other party is unlucky and fails to establish their foundation, he will still have a reliable and powerful helper when he goes to the Crimson Forbidden Land a few years later.

After all, this person's combat strength is recognized as being among the top three of the tens of thousands of Qi Refining cultivators in Huangfeng Valley.

He is a strong contender for the first stage of Qi Refining.

With a set of top-tier magical artifacts—a golden book and a silver pen—he could simultaneously hold his own against two seed-level elites. Having this person's protection within the Crimson Forbidden Land provided him with a small extra layer of security.

As for whether Young Master Chen or the Chen family will steal his Foundation Establishment Pill?
You can rest assured about that.

To put it simply, other cultivation families within the sect might, like the Xu family's Foundation Establishment cultivator and that certain Uncle Ye, steal his Foundation Establishment Pill. However, the Chen family and a few other families are highly unlikely to do so.

The reputation of the three major cultivation families in Huangfeng Valley is well-deserved.

The Chen family's ancestor was a Nascent Soul cultivator during the most prosperous period of Yellow Maple Valley hundreds of years ago!

Even though the Chen family has declined, it still possesses the legacy left by its Nascent Soul ancestor, such as a Spirit Eye Spring that aids in cultivation! In addition, the family now has an elder at the early Core Formation stage, making it one of the three unshakeable evergreen trees of Yellow Maple Valley.

It can be described as a large and successful family business.

Even if it's just to maintain a good reputation, they wouldn't haggle over a Foundation Establishment Pill or scheme against a mere low-level Qi Refining disciple like him.

Others may behave badly.

The Chen family, however, has to consider more factors, which is not acceptable.

in this way.

He could not only give Young Master Chen face and obtain the full amount of the goods in the transaction, but also gain the goodwill of the Chen family patriarch's lineage.

Once he has the Chen family's protection and people know about his connection to them, who in Yellow Maple Valley would be so idle as to bother him?
This main plan can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

original.

Not surprisingly.

He will act according to the main plan.

just.

Some of the coincidences are...

Before the main plan could be implemented, he was fortunate enough to encounter a key figure involved in the secondary plan.

It was Dong Xuan'er.

Among the group of fairies surrounding Mount Taiyue was Dong Xuan'er.

Although the Dong family is not one of the three major Core Formation families in Huangfeng Valley, it has the presence of Senior Sister Hongfu, who is the "candidate for the first Core Formation female cultivator in Yue Kingdom," making it not much less special than the Chen family.

Dong Xuan'er is the bloodline of the elder brother of the Core Formation cultivator Hong Fu Fairy, with whom she once depended on each other for survival. After Hong Fu Fairy's elder brother tragically passed away more than ten years ago, Dong Xuan'er became the sole heir of that lineage. She was always treated as her own daughter by Hong Fu Fairy, who took her in and carefully taught and nurtured her for many years.

However, Dong Xuan'er's spiritual root was only an ordinary three-elemental spiritual root. Foundation Establishment Pills were indispensable for reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

Two or three might not be enough.

The more Foundation Building Pills you need, the better.

In the original storyline, Dong Xuan'er did indeed consume several gems before she managed to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

Of course, with Fairy Hongfu's cultivation level and connections, obtaining a few Foundation Establishment Pills wouldn't be difficult.

On one hand, each time the sect distributes Foundation Establishment Pills, it first gives a fixed quota of Foundation Establishment Pills to the three founding families of Yellow Maple Valley: the Linghu family, the Lei family, and the Chen family. Then, it offers them to the Core Formation stage elders within the sect to encourage Core Formation cultivators to have offspring. After that, it distributes them to the outstanding Qi Refining stage elites selected in the ten-year grand competition, as well as those with excellent spiritual roots, and finally to the lucky ones who stand out in the Seven Sects Ascension Conference.

The remainder will then be divided among the various cultivation families.

With Dong Xuan'er's three spiritual roots talent, she definitely wouldn't be able to obtain one through the [Spiritual Root Assessment].

Considering the young girl's current cultivation level and lack of combat experience, it's unlikely she'll shine in the Sect Grand Competition. The prize awarded to outstanding performers during the competition will probably be out of her reach.

The Ascension Ceremony is for independent cultivators from outside the region. Dong Xuan'er is not in a position to participate, nor should she participate, lest she be harmed by some ignorant fool, and it would easily lead to criticism of Huangfeng Valley from the outside world.

In short, Dong Xuan'er only has three ways to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills.

One is a gift from the family.

Secondly, it was a gift from my senior uncle, Hong Fu.

Thirdly, it involves trading with others.

If he could use the Foundation Establishment Pill to trade with Fairy Hong Fu, she probably wouldn't refuse.

Moreover, given Hong Fu Fairy's dislike of taking advantage of others or owing favors, he would definitely not lose out. The gains would be no less than what he could get from selling the Foundation Establishment Pill to the Chen family. Hong Fu is not as stingy as Li Huayuan.

then.

Han Li, who happened to encounter Dong Xuan'er who was out and about before entering Huangfeng Valley, and was taken into Huangfeng Valley by several fairies, immediately decided to abandon the main plan and choose the secondary plan.

When Dong Xuan'er learned that a Foundation Establishment Pill had been thrown at her out of nowhere, she made no attempt to refuse.

This even boosted her confidence in her own charm.

He immediately returned to his cultivation cave to see his great-aunt and master, Hong Fu, and told her everything. He urged his master to come to the main hall for discussion as soon as possible, fearing that the Foundation Establishment Pill would be intercepted.

The young girl isn't stupid; she knows the importance of Foundation Establishment Pills—they're priceless no matter where they're sold.

In addition, he himself was extremely eager to establish his foundation.

The chances of winning with one more are undoubtedly much, much higher.

If I get snatched away, I'll be so angry I'll stomp my feet.

After learning the general outline of the situation, Hong Fu was even less likely to delay. Since it concerned her grandniece and disciple's Foundation Establishment, and involved a strange man, she was determined to make the trip herself. As it turned out, she happened to witness a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators from Huangfeng Valley putting pressure on a mere Qi Refining cultivator.

While she wouldn't call herself a paragon of evil, as a wealthy Core Formation cultivator, she naturally despised such despicable and cunning methods of extortion. Furthermore, as a high-ranking Core Formation elder of Yellow Maple Valley, she naturally cared for the sect's better development; how could she tolerate such a corrupt practice of bullying the weak and taking advantage of the weak? If this continued, wouldn't the sect be filled with resentment?

This time, she just happened to run into him.

Besides, these people are robbing her.
Tsk tsk, how can you tolerate this?

"You bunch of disgraceful wretches..."

Those who were scolded lowered their heads and remained silent, quietly accepting Elder Hongfu's criticism and instruction. Not one of them dared to utter a sound.

At this moment, how could Sect Leader Zhong still sit still? He had already given his seat to his senior sister Hong Fu. When he got up, he changed to another clean cushion and wiped it with his sleeve as if afraid of any dirt. Then he stood aside wiping his cold sweat while smiling and trying to please her... What kind of sect leader aura was that?

As for the old man surnamed Xu? He kept his head bowed the lowest, wanting to be the least noticeable. During those two extra glances from Fairy Hongfu, he felt a sense of dread, as if the sky were falling.

Fortunately, this person ultimately didn't really do anything to him.

"You should all reflect on your actions. Do you even deserve the position you're in? Humph."

After giving the Foundation Establishment cultivators present a lesson, he left with Dong Xuan'er and Han Li.

After they had walked a distance, the sound of exhaling could be heard from inside the sect leader's council hall.

It took the many Foundation Establishment stage managers and Sect Leader Zhong to recover from their panic.

"What that kid said was actually true?"

"He traded the Foundation Establishment Pill to his Martial Uncle Hong Fu?"

(End of this chapter)