Published: March 3, 2025
Chapter 281: Soothing and Settling (Seeking Double Monthly Votes!)
Liu Yu reached out and opened the jade box, revealing a black ice crystal about three inches in size lying quietly inside.
With a hint of heat in his gaze, Liu Yu carefully stored it in his storage bag.
Although he was only at the mid foundation establishment stage, it was never too early to prepare for the golden core bottleneck.
After all, he only possessed three spiritual roots and lacked the genuine recognition from the sect's higher-ups, which meant he was destined not to receive the sect's focused cultivation.
The Golden Core Pill, which was vital for the sect's destiny and inheritance, was certainly not something he would be allocated.
According to the usual principles, the sect would naturally prioritize the allocation of the Golden Core Pill to disciples with exceptional aptitude to ensure that the success rate of forming golden cores was as high as possible, with new golden core cultivators emerging in each generation.
This would not change unless it was a special period, or someone had made significant contributions to the sect.
Even though Liu Yu was considered a named disciple of the sect's elders and was closely related to the Yan Family, he would still receive no assistance regarding the Golden Core Pill allocation.
If there were truly Golden Core Pill distributions, Elder Li Changkong would definitely prioritize his direct disciples, and the Yan Family would not consider an outsider, regardless of how close their relationship was.
As for the other branch of the sect, there was no point in even thinking about it.
If the higher-ups of the other branch did not create obstacles for him when the time came, Liu Yu would be grateful.
So, looking at the current situation, when it came to breaking through the golden core bottleneck, seeking help from the sect could not be said to be nonexistent, but it would likely only be slightly better than having none.
He still had to rely on his own plans.
Aside from the highly valued Mysterious Origin Ice Crystal, Liu Yu opened each of the dozens of other jade boxes one by one, and couldn’t help but smile.
Inside the jade boxes were various spiritual herbs required for configuring Canglang Spiritual Water.
Apart from the Star Ripple Fruit, the other spiritual herbs were already fully prepared.
"It seems Elder Qing Song indeed calculated well from the start; his appetite is quite large," Liu Yu thought to himself, and then carefully examined the spiritual herbs, finding that they had all been specially treated to preserve their medicinal properties and spiritual power for a long time, though they could not be planted again.
"However, for other cultivators, the inability to continue planting may be a problem, but for me, it may not be the case," Liu Yu murmured.
The black spiritual farmland in the Immortal Abode had incredibly miraculous effects, possessing the power to transform decay into the miraculous, effectively stimulating the life force of spiritual herbs, allowing them to continue growing.
Even normal spiritual herbs with just a trace of life force could be stimulated by the black spiritual farmland and rapidly grow, with an hour of growth equivalent to twenty years in the outside world.
Liu Yu had already become completely familiar with this effect after countless experiments.
In addition to the jade boxes, the storage bag also contained four supreme magical artifacts, over two thousand low-grade spiritual stones, several vials of elixirs, and miscellaneous living items like clothing.
His commonly used Dustless Sword and white-bearded duster had long been lying in his storage bag.
As for cultivation manuals or secret techniques, there were none at all.
It seemed this person had long been prepared for an untimely death, not wanting to expose his foundation and implicate his family and relatives.
The four supreme magical artifacts were clearly not in line with Elder Qing Song's style, obviously not for personal use, and their origins were self-evident.