Cultivation: Immunity to Negative Effects

Chapter 235: Chapter 235: Spirit Stones Acquired, Over a Decade Later

"A Top Grade Golden Core? Xiao Yunhong’s luck is pretty good!"

Zhang Chi had also received the news. He was a little surprised, but that was all.

Typically, a Top Grade Spirit Root could at most form an Upper Grade Golden Core. However, the other party’s background was too powerful; his physical body, Divine Soul, and Cultivation Technique were bound to be excellent, and his luck wasn’t bad either. Therefore, achieving a Top Grade Golden Core was perfectly normal.

After that, Zhang Chi continued his Cultivation in Seclusion. Several years passed in a flash. It was now his fifty-seventh year since joining the Sect, and his physical body was already seventy-three years old.

Meanwhile, Zhang Chi had finally saved up enough Spirit Stones. This was largely thanks to the price of materials like the Dust Condensing Pill, which had been steadily rising over the years, allowing him to sell each one for a high price.

Furthermore, six months ago, Zhang Chi had received a message left by Xiao Yunhong at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower in Golden Crow City.

Apparently, after achieving his Top Grade Golden Core, exchanging for Top Grade Spirit Stones was not very difficult for Xiao Yunhong, the Young Master of the Profound Yin Sect.

Zhang Chi had no idea what excuse Xiao Yunhong had used to succeed, but it didn’t matter. All he needed was to get the Top Grade Spirit Stones.

So, early one morning, Zhang Chi took the Spirit Stones to Golden Crow City and sent them to Xiao Yunhong through the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower’s delivery service.

A mere ten days or so later, he successfully collected the twelve returned Top Grade Spirit Stones from the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.

He had not met with Xiao Yunhong at all during the entire process, so as to avoid any unnecessary complications.

Besides, with the Spirit Contract in place, he wasn’t worried about the transaction going wrong. If anyone should be worried, it was the other party, who had to be concerned about him not keeping his end of the bargain.

"Excellent! I finally have the Top Grade Spirit Stones!"

At that moment, inside the Nine Peaks Lake Cave Mansion, Zhang Chi gazed at the twelve Top Grade Spirit Stones before him, which pulsed with an astonishing Spiritual Light, and he couldn’t help but feel a surge of excitement.

In truth, he only needed nine Spirit Stones. Even with the two Tier Three Peak Puppets, he would need eleven at most.

He had requested twelve just in case it wasn’t enough, but he hadn’t expected the other party to actually be able to acquire them all.

These Top Grade Spirit Stones didn’t look much different from Upper Grade or Middle Grade ones, but the Spiritual Qi they contained was far more astonishing, and their quality was clearly higher.

After that, Zhang Chi sealed the Spirit Stones inside a Jade Box, placed it in his Storage Ring, and only then did he truly feel at ease.

With these Top Grade Spirit Stones in his possession, he could leave the Great Abyss at any time.

Moreover, several years had passed, and the Earth Palace where the Teleportation Array was located had not been discovered by any Cultivators.

Evidently, since there was little Spiritual Qi in that area and it was just a desolate mountain, no Cultivators had reason to venture near it. It was even more unlikely that someone would be so coincidental as to stumble upon the Earth Palace and the Teleportation Array.

Following this, Zhang Chi continued his Cultivation in Seclusion.

He could, in fact, leave right now, but he was completely ignorant of the situation outside the Great Abyss.

Things were still relatively stable here, and his friends and sect-mates were all here as well. Therefore, unless he had no other choice, he didn’t want to leave before reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.

Over the past few years, the war between the Righteous and Demon factions had grown especially fierce. Every year, a large number of captives were sent to the Demon Abyss, and many Cultivators perished.

The defensive lines of the Ten Great Immortal Sects had been pushed back significantly. Even the Cangwu Sect’s territory had shrunk by a third, but the threat was still a long way from reaching the Cangwu Sect’s main headquarters.

Of course, this was also because the Demon Sects needed to guard the Demon Abyss and establish a firm foothold after their recent arrival, properly consolidating their control over the territories they had already occupied.

Otherwise, the situation would certainly be much worse.

Time continued to flow, and soon it was the year of Zhang Chi’s eighty-third birthday. Twenty years had already passed since he formed his Top Grade Golden Core.

Although his Cultivation was still at the Golden Core Early Stage, a breakthrough was just around the corner.

Meanwhile, Qin Susu had successfully broken through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage Realm three years ago, her powerful bloodline finally beginning to provide a greater boost to her Cultivation.

He Shi and He Yan, on the other hand, had only entered the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage a few years ago, despite having been at the Foundation Establishment Realm for about thirty years.

Over the past two years, Zhao Yi and Guanhai Shan had successively attempted to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, and for Guanhai Shan, it was his second time.

However, their luck was poor once again, and they both failed.

As a result, they both gave up. They began to marry, have children, and carry on their family lines, hoping to produce offspring with superior Spirit Roots who could fulfill the dream of reaching Foundation Establishment, or even Core Formation, in their stead.

Zhang Chi and the others were not surprised by this.

After all, both men were already in their eighties. Recovering from this failure would take at least eight to ten years and consume a considerable amount of Spirit Stones.

By the time they were in their nineties and ready to attempt the breakthrough to Foundation Establishment again, not only would their chances of success be even lower, but the backlash from failure would be even more severe. They might even die on the spot.

Therefore, choosing to give up was actually the wiser decision.

This way, they could at least enjoy another forty years of life. If they managed to buy a Tier One Life Extension Pill, they could live well for another sixty years.

It was just that whenever they saw Qin Susu and the others, they couldn’t help but feel envious.

They were all the same age, yet Qin Susu and the others still had over two hundred years of life ahead of them, and they still looked just as young as ever.

Unlike them, who already looked middle-aged and were even starting to show signs of old age.

Besides these two, Zhao Zijian had also attempted to break through to Foundation Establishment over the years, but his luck was just as poor, and he failed.

Moreover, he was even older than Zhang Chi and the others, so he had given up long ago.

However, these three men had some connection to Zhang Chi, so even without reaching Foundation Establishment, they lived fairly well within the Sect.

"Martial Uncle, Hong Hu and Hong Jin’Er are here. Do you want to see them?"

One morning, just as Zhang Chi finished practicing his Star Sword Control Technique, which was on the verge of reaching the Great Success stage, Qin Susu came over and asked.

"What are they here for?" Zhang Chi asked, puzzled.

"It seems Hong Hu’s master, Fu Hongchang, isn’t going to make it. They’ve probably come because of that," Qin Susu said.

"I see. In that case, I’ll see them."

Understanding dawned on Zhang Chi, and he finally realized that sixty-seven years had passed since he joined the Sect.

Fu Hongchang had already been a white-haired old man back then; after several decades, his Lifespan had obviously dwindled even further.

It was just that he had been so busy with his Cultivation for the past ten-plus years that he hadn’t seen Fu Hongchang in a long time and had forgotten about this matter.

Soon, he met the Hong Family siblings in the main hall of his cave mansion. They were filled with anticipation, but also a hint of nervous anxiety.

They had both reached the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, but they still had a long way to go before reaching the Late Stage.

In Zhang Chi’s presence, they were even more respectful than they had been years ago.

After speaking with them for a while, Zhang Chi learned that the two had come to ask for his help in purchasing a Tier Two Life Extension Pill from the Sect.

They and Fu Hongchang were able to purchase one themselves, but they had been stuck in a queue for a long time, and there were still many people ahead of them.

Thus, left with no other choice, they had thought of Zhang Chi.

As a Nascent Soul Seed, Zhang Chi could surely help them cut the line and move to the front.

"Martial Uncle, would it be convenient for you to help?"

Hong Hu asked apprehensively, while Hong Jin’Er watched Zhang Chi, not even daring to breathe.

Fu Hongchang had taken great care of the siblings, and they had long since come to regard him as a close family elder.

"I’m afraid that won’t be possible. After all, everyone in the Sect’s queue is someone whose Lifespan is nearing its end. Even if I could help, it would only make you enemies. However... I just so happen to have a Tier Two Life Extension Pill right here. You can take it directly to Senior Brother Fu."

Zhang Chi shook his head slightly.

Upon seeing this, the Hong siblings couldn’t help but feel a wave of despair, but then Zhang Chi’s words took a surprising turn, leaving them overjoyed.

Especially when they saw Zhang Chi actually produce a Lifespan Extension Pill, they suspected they were dreaming.

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