I Cultivate Longevity in the Cultivation Realm

"Additionally, there’s this Small Instant Teleportation Talisman."

"Thirty-five thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stone per piece; it’s not cheap."

"But it’s genuinely a lifesaver; definitely worth the purchase."

Zhou Changwang muttered, not placing it in the Storage Bag, but keeping it close to him.

This way, it could be activated in an instant and exert its effects in very short time.

"Foundation Establishment Pill, seizes the Power of Creation from Heaven and Earth, protects life, aids Qi Cultivation Cultivators in progressing to Foundation Establishment Spirit Pill."

"Primarily crafted using nine Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects, and over thirty kinds of auxiliary Spiritual Materials to be refined."

"Within the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects are the Twelve-Color Flower, Soul-Protecting Spirit Grass, Mother Earth’s Root, Nourishing Spirit Flower, Earth Yin Lingzhi, Seven-Colored Immortal Lotus, Bicolored Flower, Money Spirit Flower, Ten Thousand Year Spirit Marrow. As for the auxiliary Spiritual Materials, they include Snowflakes, Regeneration Grass, Five-Colored Root..."

Zhou Changwang immediately took out the Foundation Establishment Pill Formula and began examining it closely again.

Word by word, very earnestly.

At first, regarding the material introductions, then the alchemy techniques, the blending procedures, the methods of fusion of various Spiritual Materials, the steps and principles, from start to finish, the number of pill formulas required reached as many as thirty-eight.

There were also methods for two-item fusion, three-item fusion, and four-item ratio... certainly the most complex he’s ever seen among pill formulas.

"Fortunately, there are indeed annotations from various senior Pill Masters in the formula, nearly every alchemy technique, every alchemy step includes corresponding discussions and experiences."

"Especially some of the insights are extremely brilliant, very clear in their thought processes, and the person indeed has successfully refined Foundation Establishment Pills."

"I assume this must be the Second-grade High-level Alchemist mentioned by Wang Tianshuo."

"But I wonder who this Pill Master is?"

"Still, with these annotations, it makes it much more convenient for me; at least I don’t have to rely solely on my experience to explore and refine."

Zhou Changwang muttered, fully immersing himself in the pill formula.

Once, then a second time, and then a third.

With each reading, he was able to learn something new.

Of course, new confusions would arise as well.

Zhou Changwang recorded all these issues and confusions, and analyzed them one by one.

Only after five readings did he use Spiritual Spring Water to boil and brew tea.

He naturally brewed Thousand-Year Enlightenment Spirit Tea.

Each time with two leaves; as the Spirit Tea entered his stomach, his mind immediately became extremely clear, his thoughts unusually active, then he revisited the pill formula.

With his accumulated doubts, he soon found answers and gained insights.

One time, two times, three times, he continually rectified omissions.

After ten readings, he set aside the pill formula.

"There’s plenty of time in the future."

In a short time, he did not intend to directly refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

"Firstly, the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects haven’t been fully prepared; secondly, this pill formula has just come into my possession, and I need to spend sufficient time familiarizing and understanding it."

"This, too, is a form of cultivation."

"Cultivation of the Alchemy Path."

Upon completing the interpretation of the pill formula, the sky brightened.

Zhou Changwang did not rest, directly taking out the more than ten thousand Demon Pills obtained from the recent transaction.

He executed the Spirit Seizing Technique.

In an instant, droplets of Demon Beast Spiritual Liquid were extracted.

This time, he directly prepared a large jar, equivalent to a thousand bottles from before, conveniently filling the jar with extracted Demon Beast Spiritual Liquid.

One pill, two pills, three pills...

Later, he realized that frequent extraction of Demon Pills was relatively inconvenient, so he straightforwardly extracted a hundred at once, using the Spirit Seizing Technique to quickly drain all hundred First Grade Low Tier Demon Pills.

One hundred, then another hundred.

This cycle repeated.

...

Half an hour later.

"Extracting Demon Beast Spiritual Liquid is indeed a tough job."

Zhou Changwang sighed, shaking his head, and stored the third jar of full Demon Beast Spiritual Liquid.

Then came the fourth jar, and the fifth jar.

Until the tenth jar, he finally stopped.

"Ten jars, equivalent to ten thousand bottles from before."

"It’s enough for a short time."

Zhou Changwang muttered, immediately rushing into the Spirit Field to get busy.

He began another round of cultivation of the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects.

This time, it was the Money Spirit Flower.

Ninety years of Ring Time.

If not for him burying the Profound Yellow Spirit Soil early around them, it would only have eighty-five years of Ring Time at most.

He executed the Annual Ring Skill.

The Money Spirit Flower grew rapidly, then he began infusing Demon Beast Spiritual Liquid.

This cycle repeated.

Two hours later, an auspicious sign descended, the Power of Creation spread around.

After absorbing the Power of Creation, Zhou Changwang smoothly dug out the Profound Yellow Spirit Soil.

"Seven taels and nine coins!"

"Increased a bit more."

"Good, good, keep up the effort!"

Zhou Changwang was full of joy, then set his sights on another Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object.

Nourishing Spirit Flower!

This Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object is actually the most difficult to cultivate.

Because its age requirement is five hundred years.

Only after reaching five hundred years is it considered mature.

The maximum can reach up to a thousand years.

A Thousand-Year Ring Time is a Fourth-Grade Spirit Plant.

Of course, average cultivators usually don’t have the heartpower to cultivate it, nor can they afford to cultivate.

Thus, many cultivators’ sought-after Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects mostly do not include the Nourishing Spirit Flower; because one, if auctioned, requires at least seventy thousand, even eighty thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stone, nearly double the cost of ordinary Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects.

Nevertheless, if the offered Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects to the sect include this Nourishing Spirit Flower, the time taken to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill will be advanced by one or two years accordingly.

That is to say, cultivators who typically receive one Foundation Establishment Pill in eight years, if offering Nourishing Spirit Flower among their Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects, usually can acquire their own Foundation Establishment Pill by the sixth year, at most the seventh.

With no mind to think more on this, Zhou Changwang swiftly began this round of cultivation.

Annual Ring Skill, Annual Ring Skill, Annual Ring Skill...

Together with the Life-Cutting Finger, infusing Demon Beast Spiritual Liquid.

...

As Zhou Changwang continued cultivating Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects, a group of cultivators hurriedly made their way towards the Divine Wind Valley Marketplace.

"Brother Zhang, just over twenty miles, and we’ll be back at the Divine Wind Valley Marketplace."

"This trip has indeed been incredibly tough and arduous."

Among the group, someone couldn’t help but speak, though a faint trace of joy appeared on their face.

This group, hired by a certain cultivator to explore a secret place, encountered numerous dangers, ultimately losing even that Ninth-Layer Qi Cultivation cultivator employer.

Of what was once a ten-person team, only five returned, having indeed faced hardships and peril beyond measure.

"Indeed."

"We were rather lucky, unlike Pang Wang and the others... who would’ve thought the place concealed a Ghostly Land and even had a Ghost General guarding it."

"Had Brother Zhang not possessed extraordinary means to lead us out of the Ghostly Land, we might have followed in their footsteps."

Another person promptly spoke, wearing an expression filled with fear.

"In any case, preserving one’s life is worthwhile in itself."

"Much less, we’ve also had substantial gains this journey."

"A set of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects and treasures valued over a hundred thousand Lower-Grade Spirit Stone."

"I don’t plan to go out exploring for a while, comfortably preparing for Foundation Establishment."

"Aim to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill before turning sixty, and give it a good try."

The one known as "Brother Zhang" also spoke, his tone slightly excited.

"Brother Zhang? Have you already gathered three sets of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects?"

One person hurriedly asked in surprise.

Mere brothers born of battle, Brother Zhang had no intention to hide, only nodded slightly.

The remaining few instantly showed expressions filled with envy.

As they spoke, the group soon arrived at the marketplace, feeling entirely safe there, each heaving a sigh of relief.

Just then, a person stood in their path and said, "Could you be Fellow Daoist Zhang Shihu? Our master wishes to see you!"