Born with immortal seed

Chapter 95 Middle Grade Spiritual Stone
Several elders expressed their willingness to lead the team on this trip to the Five Sacred Mountains Temple.

It was still the sect leader who made the final decision. Yan Pengchong's previous leadership was sound, allowing the sect to acquire several top-tier inheritances. Replacing him midway was not a way to reward merit.

Peng Chong continued to serve as the team leader, which gave him more say in the selection list.

In the past few months, many people have come to him for help.

The alterations on this list are due to favors that were difficult to refuse.

"No."

Bai Zichen shook his head, not even bothering to look at the list closely. Among the people he knew, there wasn't a single one who met the requirements.

Otherwise, if he suggests a few candidates, given his current position, Peng Chong would almost certainly not reject them and would definitely try to put them on the list.

"The list of those cultivation families will be sent in a while. I will have someone inform Junior Brother Bai in three months, and we will set off for the Five Sacred Mountains Temple together."

Peng Chong put away the long list. He had at least three spots in his hands. He would decide whether to use them for favors or directly accept the gifts from those who made the requests. He would study the matter later.

"That works too. I'll make time when I have time."

Bai Zichen wondered who his family would send this time.

According to the letters my uncle has sent over the years, since he, Bai Ling, and Bai Wei Na Bo, the Bai family has not had any outstanding successors to fill the gap.

This is the norm for cultivation families.

With only tens of thousands of people in total, the number of promising talents detected each year is so small that it's already a blessing from our ancestors that a few geniuses have emerged in succession.

The problem is that Black Mountain is dangerous and resource-poor. Places suitable for farming are basically places with flowing spiritual veins, so naturally, cultivators have to be given priority.

Apart from the exceptional case of the Fire Phoenix Mo Clan, the mortal population of other families has grown slowly.

"I heard there's been quite a stir about that spirit stone mine on the border. How's it going now?"

At the elder level, the sources of information are naturally different from those of the disciples.

Even though true disciples receive many benefits similar to elders, such important sect matters are not communicated to Bai Zichen, nor can they attend elder council meetings or listen in on such matters.

"It's a bit tricky. Five fellow disciples and hundreds of other disciples have already gone to investigate. We organized another exploration recently. Junior Sister Mingluan's estimate of the scale of the spirit stones in the vein was correct, but she didn't expect there to be something else hidden deep inside!"

Peng Chong licked his lips, a hint of greed flashing across his dark face.

"This spirit stone vein contains a cluster of mid-grade spirit stones... According to the latest exploration results, there are at least nearly a thousand mid-grade spirit stones!"

"Since a mid-grade spirit stone has been produced, the Ghost Spirit Sect will definitely not let go..."

Bai Zichen had only asked casually, but he hadn't expected there to be a new development, so he sat up straight.

The spirit stones that cultivators in the cultivation world generally mention are all low-grade spirit stones. Nine out of ten cultivators will never come into contact with higher-grade spirit stones in their entire lives, so there is no need to explain them in detail.

However, for high-level cultivators, especially those at the Core Formation stage, low-grade spirit stones are actually not enough.

Whether it's assisting in cultivation, restoring mana, or operating formations, mid-grade spirit stones are required.

This cannot be compensated for by quantity, but by the difference in quality.

The Bai family's original protective formation, the Four Symbols Heavenly Origin Formation, survived for a long time thanks to mid-grade spirit stones when attacked by Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Ghost Spirit Sect.

However, if a third-tier formation is used, it requires mid-grade spirit stones to activate.

Therefore, in terms of spiritual energy content alone, a mid-grade spirit stone is equivalent to one hundred low-grade spirit stones, but in reality, it would cost at least one hundred and ten to exchange for one.

If there really are a thousand mid-grade spirit stones in this spirit stone vein, then its value has increased by almost half again.

"The Ghost Spirit Sect probably doesn't know about this news yet, but I'm afraid they can't keep it a secret... The mine has already been set up with a second-tier top-grade Ten Thousand Miles of Yellow Sand Formation. Unless the Ghost Spirit Sect really launches a large-scale attack, it can hold them off for a while."

Peng Chong didn't hide anything and recounted the contents of the elders' meeting.

"The sect leader intends to send more people to quickly mine the spirit stones in the veins, trying to extract as many as possible before the Ghost Spirit Sect can react. Otherwise, once the war starts, just maintaining the Ten Thousand Miles of Yellow Sand Formation every day will require an unknown number of spirit stones."

"However, this would leave the sect with a shortage of manpower, and drawing too many people at once might affect the arrangements in other places. An elder suggested that we could conscript cultivator families and independent cultivators, and at the same time practice battle formations to prepare for future pioneering wars."

"It's only been a few years since the great war between the righteous and the demonic paths ended. Could another great war break out in Black Mountain?"

Bai Zichen was slightly worried. He was currently in the preparation stage before breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and he really didn't want to delay for even a moment.

If a major war were to break out between the two sects, it would definitely affect his original Foundation Establishment plan.

"Don't worry, the Ghost Spirit Sect and we have a long-standing feud. If it really came down to it, it would have started back when Old Ancestor Yang was seriously injured in a great battle with a Core Formation cultivator from the Ghost Spirit Sect. We haven't really fought each other for so many years. We are wary of the other side, and the Ghost Spirit Sect is just as wary. They can only resort to underhanded tactics in private."

Peng Chong didn't care. Anyway, he had a position in the weapon refining hall. With the war, the demand for magical weapons would increase greatly, so he wouldn't be sent to the front line.

"Don't worry, Junior Nephew Bai. With the two elders here, nothing will go wrong."

Bai Zichen could only nod silently. No matter how much importance a true disciple receives, in such an event, he could only go with the flow.

After leaving the weapon-refining hall, Bai Zichen originally planned to go to the general affairs hall.

I had already used up my two bottles of Blood Activating Pills, and last month I asked Su Lie to give me two more bottles of Dragon Power Pills, which are even more potent.

Although it has the word "dragon" in its name, it actually has absolutely no relation to dragon-type monsters.

It is made from spiritual herbs such as Fire Spirit Blood Ganoderma and Hundred-Year-Old Dragon Beard Grass, and is the most effective body-refining pill for the Qi Refining stage.

After taking it, Bai Zichen indeed felt that the feedback was several times stronger than when he refined the Blood Activating Pill.

Once you master the Five Crystal Glass Body, your cultivation speed is fast, but your efficiency in absorbing medicinal power is also remarkable.

Bai Zichen used up both bottles of Dragon Power Pills in just over a month.

"Never mind, I'll go to the market."

After taking two steps, Bai Zichen changed his mind and turned around.

When Su Lie returned last time, he mentioned that when he applied for Dragon Power Pills from the General Affairs Hall, the resident deacon looked ashen and talked at length about the difficulties of the General Affairs Hall, the limited resources, and how he had to apply to Elder Gu and wait for half a day before finally being allowed to take away two bottles.

After doing some calculations, I realized that I had indeed asked the General Affairs Hall for more spiritual items recently.

There were several kilograms of second-grade superior silver needle tea alone, and nearly twenty kilograms of second-grade inferior ordinary silver needle tea, plus a basket of second-grade agarwood.

"Even if they don't want to fall out with me, their true disciple, they still have to know when to stop fleecing others..."

Bai Zichen flew towards the market on his sword, partly because he didn't want to reveal that he had consumed so many Dragon Power Pills in such a short period of time.

For a normal body-refining cultivator, it would take at least three months to fully digest and absorb the medicinal power of the Dragon Power Pill.

His speed was so astonishing that it easily reminded people of the Five Crystalline Body.

Bai Zichen planned to keep his body-refining strength a secret, so it would be better to obtain the Dragon Power Pill from another place.

(End of this chapter)