Chapter 169: Is There a Possibility

"Is it the Primordial Dao Fruit!"Upon hearing Yuan Chizhi's words, Chen Mobai immediately thought of this supreme divine ability, rumored to be the greatest in the Eastern Wilderness, and blurted it out instinctively.

"Oh, you know about the Primordial Dao Fruit? However, the cultivation method for this divine ability is held by the Earth Meridian of the Five Elements Sect; our Divine Wood Sect doesn't possess it." Yuan Chizhi shook his head.

Chen Mobai couldn't help but ask him what the true heritage of the Divine Wood Sect was.

"I don't know that either, but every talented disciple who successfully establishes their foundation for the first time can visit the forbidden area where the Three Divine Trees are located. The more outstanding their spiritual root talent, the greater the benefits they can obtain. The head of the previous generation's core disciples received a tree fruit and its method of consumption, which directly advanced him from the early stage to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, saving twenty years of arduous cultivation. Even Old Ancestor Mo's life-bound flying sword from Golden Light Cliff came from a branch broken off one of the Three Divine Trees. It's said that his courageous progress and successful Core Formation were due to the superior sword cultivation method obtained along with this branch."

Hearing this, Chen Mobai, who had been somewhat indifferent, felt his eyes light up.

Whether it was the tree fruit that allowed for direct breakthroughs or the branch valued by Core Formation cultivators, both were extraordinary treasures to him.

He wasn't asking for much; he didn't need cultivation techniques, just the tree fruit for breaking through.

However, according to Yuan Chizhi's description, it seemed the Three Divine Trees selected people based on their spiritual roots; the better the root, the better the spiritual item granted. With his ordinary True Spiritual Root, he wondered if he could pass the test. Yet, Chen Mobai felt that since the Three Divine Trees were spiritual wood left by ascended cultivators, they shouldn't be as crude as a spirit-testing platform.

If only he had a Heavenly Spiritual Root.

Amidst his thoughts, Chen Mobai suddenly remembered something.

He seemed to have a "Wood Spirit Talisman" in his bag.

Could it be possible...

After this thought flashed through his mind, Chen Mobai became restless.

He immediately bid farewell to Yuan Chizhi.

After returning to his room and announcing another period of secluded cultivation, he went back to the train.

Over the past year, he had thoroughly tested the functions of the Turtle Treasure.

Teleportation could only send him to the last place he departed from the Heavenly River Realm. Returning to the city, however, targeted the Turtle Treasure's main body.

This meant that no matter where he was in the Heavenly River Realm, if he pressed the return button and wasn't disturbed for eight seconds, he would appear next to the Turtle Treasure on Earth Star.

The proxy could only be activated if his cultivation progressed. Progress after a regression in cultivation was not recognized.

For example, after Chen Mobai switched to cultivating the Pure Yang Scroll, his realm improved, but the Turtle Treasure considered him essentially at Qi Refinement Layer Seven, ignoring any breakthroughs below Layer Seven.

After a flash of silver light, Chen Mobai looked at the familiar restroom, picked up his backpack from the sink, and walked out.

The first-class cabin was still empty.

He sat on the sofa, put down the *Everlasting Scripture* he was holding, and began to contemplate Foundation Establishment.

Originally, Chen Mobai had planned to attempt Foundation Establishment after reaching Qi Refinement Layer Nine, even if he failed.

The general view of Foundation Establishment in the Immortal Sect was that the first attempt served as a practice run to lay the groundwork for a successful second attempt.

The Imperial Medical Academy had compiled statistics. Excluding samples with Heavenly or Variant Spiritual Roots, they collected data from cultivators with ordinary spiritual roots who successfully established their foundation. They found that over 65% of cultivators succeeded only after one failure, only 20% succeeded on their first attempt, and the remaining 14.5% succeeded after three attempts. Finally, there were some very rare lucky individuals who succeeded on their fourth attempt, accounting for 0.5%.

The reasons for this, apart from the differences in concepts between the two realms, were also due to the Immortal Sect not refining Foundation Establishment Pills. Furthermore, the Immortal Sect possessed more experience and insights into Foundation Establishment, along with a complete system of guidance, which gave cultivators with ordinary spiritual root talents greater hope of success.

However, the above data was based on attempts made before the age of sixty. Among those who succeeded in Foundation Establishment after the age of sixty, they were one in ten thousand.

Chen Mobai's father would certainly only have one chance at Foundation Establishment.

It was precisely for this reason that he had asked Yuan Chizhi if he knew where to get Foundation Establishment Pills, hoping to acquire one for his father.

However, Chen Mobai was clear-headed; he knew that acquiring a Foundation Establishment Pill within the year would depend solely on luck, and he certainly couldn't resort to unconventional means to force it.

If fate didn't grant him such luck, there was nothing he could do.

But he definitely needed to make an effort.

And now, he had an additional motivation.

That was to succeed in Foundation Establishment on his first attempt.

Or, he could secretly attempt Foundation Establishment here in the Immortal Sect; even if he failed, as long as he promptly recovered his cultivation and vital essence, the Divine Wood Sect probably wouldn't notice his failure, would they?

Shaking his head to dispel this unrealistic idea, Chen Mobai began to ponder how to rapidly increase his cultivation.

He had basically understood the *Everlasting Scripture*; the rest involved using the Two-Phase Art to cultivate both this grand technique of the Divine Wood Sect and the Pure Yang Scroll after he entered university.

Looking at the sky outside, which had completely darkened, Chen Mobai felt no drowsiness.

He sighed, thinking of his meager Qi Refinement Layer Seven cultivation and how the progress of his Pure Yang Scroll cultivation had slowed down without the assistance of True Person Scarlet Robe.

He wanted to quickly take the Qi Supplementing Spirit Water to improve himself, but on the train, there was only basic First-Order spiritual qi available for cultivators to absorb, making actual cultivation impossible.

It was no wonder that true cultivators who had established their foundation rarely took trains.

Chen Mobai then looked at the Two-Phase Art again and found this cultivation method even harder to comprehend. If not for Old Ancestor Fu's personal insights and annotations beside it, he probably wouldn't have understood it at all.

No wonder the Divine Wood Sect did not allow disciples outside of the core lineage to cultivate it.

After a difficult read-through, Chen Mobai sighed and put down the Two-Phase Art.

He checked the time and realized it was still six hours until they reached Scarlet City Grotto-Heaven.

Such a long time.

If only there were a beautiful young lady beside him to admire.

Involuntarily, Chen Mobai thought of Shi Wanyu.

However, he certainly couldn't go back to the ordinary carriages; the people there were simply too enthusiastic about him, a student of the Weapons Dance Academy.

"Right, there's something else I haven't opened yet."

Chen Mobai, looking for something to do, suddenly remembered the storage pouch he had picked up on Azure Light Island.

He learned from Yuan Chizhi that this item could be refined and opened simply by having a spiritual sense stronger than its previous owner.

He hoped the previous owner of this storage pouch didn't have a spiritual sense as strong as his.

Thinking this, Chen Mobai opened his backpack and took out the palm-sized brocade pouch that had been pressed under the turtle shell.

He raised the storage pouch and placed it against his forehead.

Since he hadn't yet established his foundation, his spiritual sense couldn't leave his body, so he could only attempt to break the seal this way.

The feeling, similar to opening a treasure chest, filled Chen Mobai with anticipation.

About an hour later, Chen Mobai, breathing heavily, reluctantly put down the storage pouch.

Bad luck. The previous owner of this storage pouch had a stronger spiritual sense than him, likely a cultivator at Qi Refinement Layer Nine.

It seemed he would only be able to try breaking the seal again after taking all the Fire Clearing Pills he had.

Coincidentally, seven days had passed since he last took a Fire Clearing Pill, so he could take the second one.

This kind of pill was specifically for enhancing spiritual sense and had no requirements for spiritual qi, so it could be taken as usual even in an environment like a train.

After a word with a crew member outside, Chen Mobai entered the first-class lounge and sat on the bed to begin his cultivation.