Sect Master’s Immortal Journey

Chapter 231: Difficulties

In the world of Cultivation, only a minority of geniuses can successfully reach the Foundation Building stage without relying on Foundation Building Pills. For the vast majority of cultivators attempting to break through to the Foundation Building stage, external assistance in the form of pills is essential.

The ability to cultivate new Foundation Building stage cultivators is crucial for the inheritance of various sects.

Only the Flying Swan Sect possesses the technique to refine Foundation Building Pills. As for the matter of Shi Changqing from the Shi Family successfully refining a furnace of Foundation Building Pills, neither Meng Zhang nor the Shi Family intentionally leaked any information about it.

Seeing the expectant gazes of the crowd, Gu Tanghai smiled bitterly. He exchanged a glance with Daoist Guang Hong and straightforwardly said, "Everyone, after our Alchemist conducted extensive research on the pill formula, we found that it is indeed quite challenging to refine Lesser Foundation Building Pills."

"Forest Spring Watch faces the same problem; we simply cannot produce Lesser Foundation Building Pills," Guang Hong Daoist added.

Gu Tanghai and Daoist Guang Hong explained the entire situation to the others in a few words.

It turned out that after acquiring the pill formula for Lesser Foundation Building Pills, both the Shi Family and Forest Spring Watch immediately began their research. Although refining Lesser Foundation Building Pills is less difficult than refining Foundation Building Pills, they still belong to the category of Second Rank pills, which are relatively challenging to produce within the Second Rank pill range.

If the difficulty was only in the refinement process, it wouldn't have been much of a problem. After all, Shi Changqing from the Shi Family had successfully refined Foundation Building Pills before. While the materials for Lesser Foundation Building Pills were precious, they still paled in comparison to the requirements for Foundation Building Pills.

However, the main issue lies in the fact that the production of Lesser Foundation Building Pills requires two specific materials that only the now-destroyed Twin Success Valley could provide. With the demise of Twin Success Valley, its heritage was lost, and the methods for producing these two materials naturally disappeared as well.

Without these two crucial materials, it is impossible to refine Lesser Foundation Building Pills.

Upon hearing Gu Tanghai and Guang Hong Daoist's words, everyone felt greatly disappointed. Previously, as subordinate sects of Twin Success Valley, they could pay a sufficient price to occasionally obtain Lesser Foundation Building Pills from them. But now that Twin Success Valley has been destroyed, and Lesser Foundation Building Pills cannot be refined, how can they ensure the future cultivation of Foundation Building stage cultivators in their sects?

Do they have to deal with the Flying Swan Sect and find a way to obtain Foundation Building Pills from them?

As the crowd turned to him for help, Guang Hong Daoist also felt somewhat embarrassed. Most of Forest Spring Watch's Foundation Building cultivators relied on the assistance of Spirit Pearls obtained from Spirit Clams that had lived for hundreds of years. Although these pearls served as supplements, their effects were not as remarkable as Lesser Foundation Building Pills, and their production was extremely low, barely sufficient for Forest Spring Watch's own use.

As for obtaining Foundation Building Pills from the Flying Swan Sect, that was not even something worth considering. Although Flying Swan Sect appeared to have reconciled with Forest Spring Watch on the surface, it was only temporary. Flying Swan Sect's vigilance towards Forest Spring Watch would not disappear.

Flying Swan Sect would undoubtedly find a way to hinder the growth and expansion of Forest Spring Watch. Without Foundation Building Pills, the number of Foundation Building cultivators in Forest Spring Watch and its subordinate sects would not increase rapidly.

Therefore, Flying Swan Sect would not easily allow Forest Spring Watch to obtain Foundation Building Pills. In the past, Twin Success Valley, despite its dominance, still allowed its subordinate sects to exchange for Lesser Foundation Building Pills. Now that Forest Spring Watch has replaced Twin Success Valley's position, if this problem remains unsolved, these subordinate sects will likely become disloyal and distant.

Upon seeing Daoist Guang Hong's dilemma, Meng Zhang suddenly spoke up, "One person's wisdom may be limited, but collective wisdom is extensive. Brother Gu, why not publicly disclose the formula for Lesser Foundation Building Pill and let everyone research it together to see if we can find a solution."

Meng Zhang's suggestion immediately garnered agreement from the crowd.

"Indeed, Sect Master Meng makes sense. If Brother Gu can't solve the problem, maybe someone else can."

"Pooling our ideas together, we might come up with a solution."

Driven by their desire for Lesser Foundation Building Pills, everyone hoped to solve the problem and successfully refine the pills together. Even if they couldn't solve the issue, having access to the pill formula itself would still be valuable.

It should be noted that even in Singing Sand City, let alone the Firewell Market, Second Rank pill formulas were rarely available for sale. Unique formulas like Lesser Foundation Building Pill were incredibly scarce in the entire Endless Sea of Sand.

Gu Tanghai hesitated, and Daoist Guang Hong became intrigued. Meng Zhang continued, "We won't just take the pill formula for free. Let's all contribute and compensate Brother Gu and Forest Spring Watch adequately."

Everyone wholeheartedly agreed with Meng Zhang's proposal.

As a result, they began to discuss the appropriate amount of spiritual stones for compensation and how the various sects should share the burden.

Witnessing the enthusiastic response from everyone, Daoist Guang Hong made up his mind.

Qiaoshou Sect, Golden Blade Sect, Taiyi Sect, and Forest Mountain School each contributed five thousand low-grade spiritual stones in exchange for the Lesser Foundation Building Pill formula.

As for how Gu Tanghai and Daoist Guang Hong would split the twenty thousand spiritual stones, that was their concern.

A complete pill formula should contain detailed instructions on various materials, their processing methods, and the precise steps involved in the refining process, including the timing and techniques.

Strictly speaking, the formula obtained by Daoist Guang Hong was not complete. One of the materials required for refining Lesser Foundation Building Pills was the essence of the Six God Flowers, extracted using a secret method from Twin Success Valley.

Although the Six God Flowers were expensive spirit flowers, they were not too difficult to obtain. Both Shi Changqing and the Alchemist from Forest Spring Watch had used different methods to extract the essence of the Six God Flowers but failed to meet the requirements of the pill formula, resulting in a waste of materials.

Moreover, another material called the Three-Leafed Dan Ginseng seemed to be only plantable in the former Twin Success Valley. After Twin Success Valley's destruction, the cultivation method for this material was lost.

Without these two critical materials, it was impossible to refine Lesser Foundation Building Pills.

After obtaining the Lesser Foundation Building Pill formula, everyone planned to bring it back to their respective sects for thorough research by their Alchemists. However, even Shi Family and Forest Spring Watch were unable to find a solution, and their efforts were destined to be in vain.

In contrast, Meng Zhang carefully examined the formula for Lesser Foundation Building Pill and recalled the ancient scriptures brought back by Deep Earth Spirit General from Twin Success Valley.

With his exceptional memory, Meng Zhang almost had a photographic memory, immediately recalling the contents he had seen before.

The secret method for extracting the essence of the Six God Flowers and the cultivation technique for the Three-Leafed Dan Ginseng were all recorded in those ancient scriptures.

Having grasped the origins of the missing materials, Meng Zhang realized that if he cooperated with Shi Family, they could refine Lesser Foundation Building Pills successfully.

However, Meng Zhang had suffered a significant loss at the hands of Shi Family before. He wouldn't make the same mistake twice. The last time Shi Family swallowed his Foundation Building Pill, it took the intervention of Luo Ye, a late-stage Foundation Building cultivator, to retrieve it.

Luo Ye had long since left the Endless Sea of Sand, and without this strong support, Meng Zhang couldn't force Gu Tanghai to do anything.

He decided to keep this secret and wait until Taiyi Sect trained its own Alchemist. Only then would he have their Alchemist refine the Lesser Foundation Building Pills. Even if it took decades, he was willing to wait.

After returning to the sect, Meng Zhang would keep some of Twin Success Valley's ancient scriptures separate, ensuring that ordinary disciples wouldn't have access to them.

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