Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation Chapter 99
"If it is four spiritual roots, one can still gamble with a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill. But if it is five spiritual roots, in this lifetime it will be nearly impossible to establish a foundation."
Wang Yu had long since understood these principles. He grew impatient and said.
"Get to the point."
That man shivered and hastened his words.
"Senior brother, do you know that aside from Foundation Establishment Pills, cultivators can also establish their foundation on their own? This requires an extremely profound foundation to succeed. In ancient times, cultivators mostly relied on this method, but successful cases were few."
"Aside from that, there is also the method of establishing a foundation by relying on heaven and earth spiritual items..."
Heaven-and-earth spiritual items?
Wang Yu was taken aback. He truly had not known this. He knew of spiritual items that aided Core Formation, but not of spiritual items for Foundation Establishment.
"What do you mean?"
"The so-called Foundation Establishment spiritual items have effects similar to Foundation Establishment Pills, but they are nurtured by heaven and earth. Their numbers are scarce, and they come with attribute requirements.
"As far as I know, among second-rank spiritual items, those suitable for senior brother are not many, only a few kinds.
"For example: Ice Spiritual Spring, Netherflower, and Heavenly Frost Cold Qi."
"Oh?"
Seeing Wang Yu raise his brows, he hurriedly produced a jade slip and handed it over.
"The records concerning Foundation Establishment spiritual items inside are very detailed. Please take a look, senior brother."
After receiving it, Wang Yu quickly skimmed through a portion. He pondered for a moment, then handed over six high-grade Ghost Eyes. The existence of Foundation Establishment spiritual items was extremely important to him.
If he could not execute his best plan, this would be his second path. After all, when he reached seventy years old and attempted Foundation Establishment, he would only have one chance. Without a supreme-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, it was nearly impossible.
If he failed, his cultivation would drop several levels, and he would have no chance of attempting again in this lifetime.
A Foundation Establishment spiritual item was equivalent to a supreme-grade Foundation Establishment Pill. For him, it was an extra layer of insurance. Even if his plan to enhance his aptitude succeeded, this information was still worth it.
Six high-grade Ghost Eyes as payment were already precious enough for this junior brother.
"Many thanks for your generosity, senior brother."
The man was overjoyed. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly seemed to recall something. He pulled out an old scroll from his sleeve with a mysterious look.
"There are not many people in the sect as meticulous as senior brother. Let me reciprocate as well. This fragment map records the location of an ancient cultivator’s cave abode. It is said that within it lies the Ice Spiritual Spring."
After speaking, he hurried away.
Wang Yu watched his departing figure and sneered repeatedly. He had thought the man was honest, but now it seemed he was rather scheming.
Who would believe such rumors? He glanced at the fragment map in his hand, then casually tossed it into the spiritual field of Spiderheart Grass, treating it as trash.
"Idiot."
Meanwhile.
Not long after leaving Wang Yu’s stone house, that drifting blood mist reassembled. The junior brother who had just spoken with him arrived at another stone house on the opposite side of the spiritual field.
Inside, seven or eight people were gathered.
"Mu Xiao, how did it go?"
"It succeeded." The cultivator with a rather simple appearance still kept his clear eyes as he replied.
"I sprinkled blood-leech insect powder on the secret scroll I gave him. Since we have the Ghost-Faced Phantom Moth, we can lock onto his location within five li even through a storage bag.
"However, the other party seemed somewhat cautious. He had no intention of going to the trap recorded in the fragment map. Our arrangement was wasted."
"It does not matter."
At this moment, a burly man with a thick beard suddenly stood up. His cultivation had already reached the ninth layer of Qi Refining, which was almost the peak among ordinary disciples.
Although he still looked in his prime, in truth it was only because he had taken a Youth Retaining Pill when young. With that, he maintained a youthful face while living for more than ninety years. He had not been in the Blood Reversal Sect for long.
Originally, his purpose in joining was to obtain a chance at acquiring a Foundation Establishment Pill. After all, with such a great Nascent Soul sect, second-rank resources should be abundant.
Unfortunately, the Blood Reversal Sect sold its low-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, also called Blood Reversal Pills, at an external market price of about twelve thousand spirit stones. These were only found in large trading cities, and the quantity was limited.
Given his status and background, he could not possibly buy one.
When he entered the sect and asked around among older disciples, he learned the internal price was actually higher than the outside price. Two thousand more spirit stones, twenty thousand in total, fair and square, and as long as one paid, one could buy it.
Disciples like Wang Yu from the True Disciple Pavilion could exchange thirty thousand spirit stones for a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill. That was an entirely different matter compared to the low-grade ones.
In terms of identity and background, he had no choice but to obey. Outside, he did not even have the qualification to participate in the lowest-level auctions. There was no channel for him to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill.
He had been eyeing Wang Yu for some time. At this moment, his expression was somewhat ferocious.
“This one named Wang Yu has earned at least ten thousand spirit stones over the past year through selling Ghost Eyes. After deducting his daily cultivation and expenses, he still has at least five or six thousand left.
“If we succeed this time, I, your big brother, will be able to exchange for a real Foundation Establishment Pill. Once I break through Foundation Establishment, I will pull you all up as well.”
“Good.”
“We’ll listen to big brother.”
“We are not in a hurry.”
“I am only at the fifth layer of Qi Refining, big brother’s advancement comes first.”
Everyone agreed one after another. These seven or eight people were all from Cold Blood Peak’s outer sect. Their auras carried a bandit-like quality, slightly different from orthodox demonic cultivators.
They were like a degraded version, unrefined and unpresentable.
“Then prepare yourselves, we will find an opportunity for a clean kill.”
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As for being targeted, Wang Yu had long expected it.
After all, he had not concealed his actions. Because his hunting volume far exceeded others, and with so many Ghost Eyes being sold, he earned twenty thousand spirit stones in just a single year.
Profits like that were no different from picking up money. Spider Mountain was like a minting machine, and he was just one of its inner parts. Whatever he could secretly take was his own skill.
In essence, this meant stealing from the Blood Reversal Sect’s resource pool. It was indeed against the rules, but as it was already an unspoken convention of this place, anyone who dared expose it would be acting against the interests of everyone.
Even the two Foundation Establishment cultivators would never allow such a fool to live.
He and Situ Hong had entered the Ghost Eye Cavern many times, and had even seen the Ghost Eye Spider Queen. Those glaring eight bloody holes on its head, who else could have done that.
No wonder Spider Mountain was always violent and restless, its wild nature hard to tame.
The Spider Queen’s fate was pitiful. Each time it recovered, its eyes were plucked out again. If people from Fierce Nether Peak did not come to suppress it, an outbreak would occur sooner or later.
When one earns too much, jealousy is inevitable.
The harsh environment inside the Ghost Eye Cavern was not something everyone could handle like Wang Yu, moving in and out freely and even targeting high-quality ghost spiders for the kill.
It was likely not only people from Cold Blood Peak who had set their sights on Wang Yu. Many from Five Yin Peak were doing the same, but they had not acted because of Situ Hong’s involvement.
In matters of demonic cultivation, Wang Yu had always made sufficient preparations.
For now, however, his focus was not on those people.
He preferred to bide his time, gather a few groups, then eliminate them all in one stroke. It would be more convenient, and the deterrence would be greater.
As for the so-called Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects, Wang Yu planned to investigate. The matter about the Ice Spiritual Spring was certainly false, but treasures of that kind were not entirely fabricated.
That day, just after spreading fertilizer on his spiritual fields and preparing to practice his Invisibility Technique, Situ Hong came to him excitedly.
“Something big has happened, something big has happened.”