Hide in The Immortal Cultivation World, Strike Hard in the Martial World - Chapter 228 134 - Golden Body, Three Spiritual Roots_3

In the Foundation Establishment Period, Chen Yi’s cultivation path focused on body refining. He reached two significant milestones – the Purifying Viscera at the fourth layer and the Marrow Refining at the fifth layer.

After refining his marrow to perfection, he could attempt to combine the refinement of all five aspects of his body in one step, in a process known as embracing the pill.

Upon successful completion of this step, he would enter the sixth layer of body cultivation, which would also be the Core Formation Realm for body cultivators.

For body cultivators, each step forward became increasingly costly as they moved deeper into their practice. At some point, even the resources of the entire world would not be enough to aid their advancement.

At this stage, Chen Yi required large amounts of second-tier medicinal materials, demon beast meat, and corresponding heavenly treasures.

Unfortunately, Zhao Family and Spirit Fish Island could not provide these particular items he needed.

This solidified Chen Yi’s decision to leave.

In the past few years, Chen Yi had occassionally “successfully” produced a high-quality Gold Body Pill while alchemising on Spirit Fish Island.

This feat had officially established him as a high-quality alchemist in the public eye.

When Zhao Chongjian, the Zhao Family Head, recieved this news, he remained silent for a while before sending a message to Chen Yi. The message proposed that Chen Yi stay with Zhao Family. He did not need to formally marry into the family, but instead form a normal cultivation partnership with Zhao Chengjing. His treatment would be on par with the core disciples of the Zhao Family.

Chen Yi put forth a condition: the Zhao Family should provide enough materials to produce a Coal-made Foundation Establishment Pill every two years until he could successfully produce the pill himself.

“What a joke! If I could get that many materials for Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhao Family would be a Core Formation Clan!

Get out, tell him to get out!”

Chen Yi was not being greedy with his demand. His plan was just as he stated—collect the materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill and refine it himself.

He knew that the Zhao Family could not afford it, so he had to leave.

In recent years, Ye Family’s daughter Ye Huanhuan would visit the Zhao Family’s shop from time to time. She seemed to be casually chatting with everyone,

But her real intention was to find the elusive Green Lotus Hermit.

Chen Yi had also been asked by her. However, she enquired, “Chen Yi, if you notice any elders with unusual behavior, you can tell me. I am willing to buy the information from you with spirit stones. If we can confirm that the person is the Green Lotus Hermit, I am ready to give you 500 spirit stones as a sitting fee.”

Chen Yi touched his nose, didn’t expect that his alias would worth 500 spirit stones.

He agreed with a smile, thinking that if he ever needed spirit stones, he could tell her once. The Green Lotus Hermit was an old man, and it would be fine if he just made an appearance and then disappeared.

However, this young lady’s patience was just average. After searching for more than two years, she stopped, claiming she was going home to prepare for a breakthrough to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.

Ye Huanhuan, who was nearly twenty years younger than Chen Yi, was about to reach the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer before him.

But Chen Yi just shook his head and laughed. What was the point of cultivating quickly early on? It was still uncertain who would go further in the end.

….

Six years later,

Spirit Fish Island, a Cave Mansion in the Market Town.

A strong wave of spiritual energy spread outwards. The whole town’s Gathering Spirit Array briefly converged in one place for a short while.

Then, a unique wave of mana emerged.

After cultivating for 26 years, now at the age of 43, Chen Yi had broken through to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, becoming a significant Great Cultivator.

In ordinary Foundation Establishment Families, those at the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer were considered high-ranking elders. Moreover, Chen Yi was a high-quality alchemist,

It was enough for him to be taken seriously by common Foundation Establishment powers.

“Who has broken through to the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation?”

The neighbors were curious.

Th𝒾𝐬 ₡hⱯp𝑡ꬲr 𝖎ѕ p𝗼𝓈𝑡℮đ b𝖞 𝙆𝖎𝗍ℯ𝕟ℴ𝗏ᥱ𝕝

In the end, they determined the person who had broken through was Chen Yi, an alchemist who had been living on Spirit Fish Island for more than a decade.

“Amazing. I never thought that Chen, the alchemist with the Turtle Breathing Technique, could also break through to the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation.”

“Yes, I heard Chen has a Four Spirit Root. He’s in his 40’s now, right? Breaking through to the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, he must have taken quite a few pills.

Being an alchemist is indeed good; you’ll never be short of pills for your own cultivation.”

The neighbors debated and discussed outside,

Three days later, Chen Yi came out greeted by incessant congratulations.

Liu Huo also came out to congratulate Chen Yi.

A couple years before, Liu Huo had been stuck at the peak of Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer for far too long. Unable to resist, he spent all of his savings from many years to exchange for a Breaking Tier Pill to break through to the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation.

Now, he too, was at the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer.

However, using a Breaking Tier Pill to improve a minor realm would consume a cultivator’s potential.

When he would attempt a breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment, it would be even more difficult.

Although Liu Huo understood this, he was originally just a fisherman. Having reached the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation was already beyond his wildest dreams.

He was very optimistic and felt there was not much difference between living for a hundred or two hundred years.

Today, Liu Huo was well-fed and round. He was the spitting image of a wealthy merchant.

A year ago, after breaking through to the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation, he took another concubine. He finally achieved the life of having three wives and four concubines.

He also had two sons, and rumor had it the youngest one was also tested for spiritual roots.

Zhao Chengyu promised him that when he took over the Zhao Family, he would let his son with spiritual roots carry on the Liu Family name to honor Liu’s many years of loyal service.

Now, Liu Huo was surrounded by wives and concubines, and even had grandchildren. He had lost all the desperation he had in his early years.

Moreover, he was gradually entrusted with the entire management of the restaurant. Zhao Chengyu would only come every two years to collect spirit stones.

This time, when Chen Yi advanced to the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation, Zhao Chengyu did not come. Instead, he sent people to give a congratulatory gift of hundred spirit stones.

It was said that Zhao Chengyu was fully focused on his cultivation, planning to increase his cultivation to the peak of Qi Cultivation, preparing to breakthrough to Foundation Establishment without using a Foundation Building Pill.

After Chen Yi broke through to the Late Stage of Qi Cultivation, he sent a message to Zhao Chongwen of the Zhao Family, stating he would leave the Zhao Family in half a year.