Chapter 41: Preparing for Foundation Establishment
Chapter 41: Preparing for Foundation Establishment
Among the harnessed beasts, the flying harnessed beasts were much more popular than the other harnessed beasts, especially the harnessed beasts that had been cultivated since childhood, and were able to reach the realm of heart-to-heart with their masters.
One of the reasons why Yu Ke’er coveted this Black Scaled Eagle Demonic Beast was that this Black Scaled Eagle Demonic Beast had undergone a mutation, and its strength and bloodline were stronger.
Secondly, she practiced archery, so if she could have a strong flying harnessed beast mount, it would be a huge boost to her strength.
It was a pity that the meat that Su Yu had eaten in his mouth, how could he spit it out to her again.
The Black Scaled Eagle and the Earth Fire Ape were two harnessed beasts, one with extremely strong ground combat power and one with extremely strong aerial combat power, and when they joined forces, they would definitely be able to greatly enhance Su Yu’s safety and security.
Of course, the prerequisite was to train them up.
Not only did the Black Scaled Eagle Demon Beast Egg not give Yu Ke’er, Su Yu also asked her for the payment for refining the Beast Attracting Powder before, a Foundation Establishment Dan core material.
This added up, the Su family already had three core materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Yu Ke’er stayed in the Cloud Mountain Marketplace for another half a year and then disappeared.
Su Yu stayed in the Dan Pavilion, and usually, apart from his daily routine cultivation, he was now studying all three of his secondary professions of alchemy, talismans, and puppets.
In terms of puppeteer, with the inheritance he received from the ancient jade box, Su Yu progressed rapidly.
And staying in the workshop market, it wasn’t difficult for him to collect materials for puppet beasts.
Time passed in a flash.
Two years later.
The backyard of the Dan Pavilion.
Su Yu pinched his spell to cast a spell, and a wooden vine instantly rose up from the ground, trapping a ten foot huge puppet beast in front of him.
Just as Su Yu wanted to take the opportunity to attack the puppet beast, the puppet beast struggled with force.
“Bang!!!”
All the wooden vines instantly crumbled.
The puppet beast with a black body shaped like a shadow leopard flashed like a ghost and instantly appeared in front of Su Yu.
A sharp claw was placed against Su Yu’s throat.
After another attempt with this result, Su Yu sighed lightly and admitted defeat.
Without utilizing the power of the body refining technique, only with his own mana cultivation of the sixth level of the Sixth Turns Qi Refining Realm in a round, wanting to fight against a first-rank upper top grade puppet beast was really a fool’s errand and overthinking.
That power that was comparable to the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm was not at all comparable to the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm.
“Squeak squeak squeak!”
Not far from a big tree nearby, the Earth Fire Ape with reddish fur all over its body, already six or seven feet tall and with a cultivation level that had long ago reached a mid-first stage demonic beast, screamed at the puppet beast, holding a lower-grade magical artifact club in its hand, stupidly moving, as if it wanted to join hands with its master to take down this black thing and knock it to death with a single blow.
And on the roof of the room behind, a body covered with ghostly black scale armor, with a divine and a few strange looks, standing about four feet tall, the black scale eagle demonic beast’s eyes were glowing with a cold light, and seemed to look at the ‘dead man’ like gaze staring at the puppet beast.
Although it didn’t scream or make any movements, if Su Yu gave an order, it would definitely give that black fellow a fatal blow.
The spiritual intelligence of these two fellows was not enough to understand that this thing was a puppet beast refined by their master and was not an enemy.
“You are looking for abuse yourself, this thing’s strength even I may not be able to deal with it, unless other things such as talismans are used …… But using talismans to deal with puppet beasts, it is estimated that the effect will also be greatly reduced.”
Under the eaves, Su Yun had a head of silver-white hair draped over his shoulders and wore a gray robe, looking at the puppet beast, he marveled, “If I want to take on it, I’d rather trap it and immediately run away, this guy’s body, it’s comparable to a mid-grade defensive artifact!”
Su Yu heard the blow from his master and just smiled without saying anything.
He actually wanted to get used to the power of the various cultivation levels, ever since he had cultivated, he had only done it himself once.
Having an understanding of the power of each cultivation level, he wouldn’t panic against it in the future.
Su Yun was satisfied with the strength of the puppet beast, but it was a bit hard to accept the cost of this puppet beast.
Before and after, Su Yu had refined thirteen puppet beasts in these two years.
From a first rank lower grade puppet beast, to a first rank upper grade top puppet beast, it cost two to three thousand lower grade spirit stones, especially this one in front of him, the materials alone were worth almost a thousand lower grade spirit stones, which was frighteningly expensive.
If not for this, Su Yun really wanted Su Yu to refine a few more.
Su Yun and Su Yu chatted for a few moments and then left. Su Yu waved his hand and put away the puppet beasts, looked at the Earth Fire Ape and the Black Scaled Eagle, and let out a light sigh.
During these two years, the Cang Mu Age Wheel Skill had successfully broken through one round of six revolutions, and his cultivation had reached the sixth level of the Qi Refining Realm, while the Crocodile Demon 108 Style Body Refinement Technique had broken through to the eighth level, and his strength had been greatly improved.
Only, he was already thirty years old this year, and fourteen years had passed since he was eliminated from the Cloud Sword Sect’s entry disciple selection.
Calculating like this, he would probably have to be fifty or sixty years old before he could build his foundation.
“Twenty to thirty years of time …… doesn’t have to be that long, probably another eight or ten years or so, the Earth Fire Ape and the Black Scaled Eagle will be able to cultivate into second rank demonic beasts.” Su Yu secretly pondered, then had a bit of a headache.
Because these two fellows’ appetites were getting bigger and bigger, raising two harnessed beasts had already made it a bit overwhelming for him.
Of course.
This was mainly because he had entered the pit of puppet beasts.
Plus the resources consumed by cultivating his own mana and practicing body refining techniques.
The spirit stones that Su Yu had saved over the years had almost all been smashed in.
Usually, he also had to secretly sell talismans and even puppet beasts to barely break even.
“Have to think of a way to expand, or else the second stage puppet beasts in the future ……” Su Yu pondered, the scale of the Cloud Mountain Marketplace was still a little small, to continue like this, if he wanted to have a better cultivation environment, then he would have to consider a change of place.
“Young master, your letter.” A young maid delivered a letter.
Su Yu took the letter and opened it, immediately rejoicing, “Preparing to build the foundation …… is a good thing!”
A few days later.
Su Zhi, Chen Sisi, and Su Qing Yi came to the Dan Pavilion, Su Zhi’s age was less than half a month older than Su Yu, but she was also already thirty years old.
However, Su Zhi’s current appearance was not much different from that year, looking like a young girl.
Her cultivation had already reached the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm.
Chen Sisi was two years younger than Su Zhi, her appearance had changed a bit, but it was becoming more mature and charming, if Su Zhi was still a young girl, then Chen Sisi was a young woman of the clan, residing in the face.
Chen Sisi’s cultivation level is almost the same, now it is the eighth layer of the Qi Refining Realm.
The last is Su Qingyi …… change a little big, the body has gained some weight, missing an arm, originally quite handsome a teenager, now has a tendency to the development of middle-aged potbelly, and the face although there is a hidden cover, but that gloom is still able to be seen.
It seems that the injuries suffered that year is still very big impact on him.
Right now, his cultivation level was the seventh level of the Qi Refining Realm.
After chatting, Su Zhi said, “Recently, the demonic path has been rampant, so I picked one of them at the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm to complete the sect’s mission, and counting the contribution value I accumulated before, it’s barely enough to exchange for a Foundation Establishment Pill.”
“I hope everything goes well.”
Su Yu smiled and took out some of the things the clan had asked him to prepare.
Including talismans, pills, and even that top first-rank top-grade puppet beast.
The family had contributed spirit stones and resources to support Su Zhi one more time when she was about to build her foundation, Su Yu naturally did not have any opinions.
With those spirit stones and resources from the family, he could at least make two first-order top-grade puppet beasts.
Instead of losing out, he would still make a profit.
After all, his true success rate in refining things was extremely high.
This was something that no one but him knew.
And once Su Zhi succeeded in breaking through the Foundation Establishment Realm, with the backing of a Cloud Sword Sect Foundation Establishment Cultivator, coupled with the Su Family’s Fifth Elder, who was in the Foundation Establishment Realm, their Su Family, could barely be considered as a major Immortal Cultivation Family within the boundaries of the Cloud Sword Sect.
Even those forces of the Huang family would have to weigh the gains and losses against the Su family.
The Su family has invested a lot in Su Zhi, in order to push her up to the Foundation Establishment realm to become the backbone of the Su family.
Now, whether or not the Su family’s power can go to the next level is just a matter of one last shiver.
(End of chapter)