Chapter 95: Visiting in Person

My son, now that you've entered the Foundation Establishment stage, you should begin using magic tools. These two mid-grade tools were left by your Third Great Uncle; you can use them for now. We'll refine new ones once we have more resources.

Wang Mingyuan took out a two-foot-long blue short sword and an egg-sized blue spherical bead, then handed them to Wang Changsheng.

Wang Changsheng acknowledged him and accepted the two magic tools.

"Alright, Changsheng, you've just reached Foundation Establishment. You should seclude yourself for a period of cultivation to consolidate your realm. Currently, you can't control the spiritual energy fluctuations around you, and that's not ideal," Wang Yaozong's words were filled with earnest advice.

After seeing off Wang Yaozong and Wang Mingyuan, Wang Changsheng returned to his secret chamber, placed the blue jade slip against his brow, and began reviewing its contents.

The True Scripture of Kui Water truly lived up to its reputation as a major sect's foundational cultivation method. It took Wang Changsheng three days just to comprehend the fourth layer, even with the cultivation insights left by his Third Great Uncle recorded in the jade slip.

The True Scripture of Kui Water utilizes water-attributed spiritual objects to temper the body, achieving a body-refining effect. Upon mastering the fourth layer, it grants a divine ability called the Nine Yuan Shadow Split Art, along with several mid-level spells.

The Nine Yuan Shadow Split Art is a life-preserving divine ability. Upon mastering the fourth layer, one can conjure three identical illusory figures, making it difficult to distinguish the real one. Mastering the sixth layer allows for the creation of nine identical figures. While primarily used for self-preservation, it can also aid in combat.

The True Scripture of Kui Water increases the chances of forming a core by 20% due to its ability to enhance magical power. This is also why its cultivation speed is slow. Even with the aid of spiritual objects, attempting to cultivate it forcefully without sufficiently strong spiritual sense will only lead to one's demise by body explosion.

To successfully cultivate the fourth layer of the True Scripture of Kui Water, one requires the assistance of a spiritual water called 'Kuiyin Profound Water.' This Yin-attributed spiritual water forms from highly concentrated Yin energy in places with extremely dense Yin qi. It is remarkably pure and an excellent material for both alchemy and artifact refining.

This water is naturally formed. If this particular spiritual water is unavailable, other Yin-attributed spiritual waters can suffice. Should naturally occurring spiritual water be impossible to find, alchemists can also formulate a spiritual liquid called Jade Cold Spiritual Water using various water-attributed spiritual fruits and herbs. While the acquired spiritual water prepared from spiritual herbs is not as effective as naturally formed spiritual water, it can still assist Wang Changsheng in cultivating the True Scripture of Kui Water.

Jade Cold Spiritual Water is formulated using three century-old spiritual fruits as primary ingredients, supplemented by over a dozen fifty-year-old water-attributed spiritual herbs. As a second-tier spiritual water, it can only be concocted by alchemists of the second tier or higher.

The Wang family currently lacks any alchemists. Their ancestors rose to prominence through artifact refining, and with ample spirit stones, they naturally prioritized cultivating artifact refiners. Alchemists require a large quantity of spiritual herbs for practice, making the cost of training an alchemist significantly higher than that of an artifact refiner. Consequently, all elixirs needed by Wang family members are procured from the market.

The only first-tier mid-grade talismansmith is Wang Yaozhen, who is the twenty-seventh among the 'Yao' generation. Wang Mingbai is a first-tier high-grade formation master, and there are also two first-tier low-grade formation masters.

Wang Changyu began learning the art of talisman crafting from Wang Yaozhen. After extensive practice, Wang Changyu has become a first-tier low-grade talismansmith, capable of crafting several simple first-tier low-grade talismans.

The Wang family's primary source of income is now puppet beasts. The Xuanjin ore vein has been depleted, yielding no more Xuanjin ore. Wang Mingmei's group of three has seen a slight improvement in their success rate for refining first-tier low-grade puppet beasts and has begun to turn a profit. However, the family's total investment amounted to over six thousand spirit stones, meaning many first-tier low-grade puppet beasts will need to be sold to recoup the costs.

Without the assistance of spiritual water, Wang Changsheng found cultivation to be very arduous.

A month later, Wang Changsheng's realm stabilized at the first level of Foundation Establishment. To cultivate to a higher level, he absolutely needed to acquire spiritual water.

Upon learning of Wang Changsheng's Foundation Establishment, everyone in the Wang family was delighted. Wang Mingyuan suggested holding a celebration and inviting other immortal cultivation families to announce the news, but Wang Changsheng declined.

The Xuanjin ore vein was depleted, and most of the family's income relied entirely on puppet beasts. At such a time, extravagance and waste should be avoided. While the addition of a Foundation Establishment cultivator did give the Wang family more confidence, announcing it wouldn't bring significant benefits.

Now that Wang Changsheng had entered the Foundation Establishment stage, his words carried significant weight, and Wang Mingyuan had to heed them. Moreover, Wang Changsheng's reasoning was sound: the cost of holding a celebration was not proportional to the benefits gained. It was a time when the family needed spirit stones, so frugality was preferable.

Wang Changsheng's successful Foundation Establishment brought the most joy to Liu Qinger, Wang Mingyuan, and Wang Changyue.

Wang Changyue was quite young and only had a vague understanding of Foundation Establishment. Nevertheless, she knew Wang Changsheng would always be her doting elder brother. She would visit him every few days to play, often resulting in a scolding from Liu Qinger.

Like all parents, Liu Qinger hoped her children would become exceptional. After Wang Changsheng reached Foundation Establishment, she harbored the same hope for Wang Changyue, becoming extremely strict with her.

At the Mao hour (5-7 AM), Wang Changyue had to wake up. After breakfast, she would begin reviewing the previous day's lessons. At the Chen hour (7-9 AM), she went to the Lecture Hall to study theoretical knowledge. She rested for half an hour at the Wu hour (11 AM-1 PM) and could only leave the Lecture Hall at the Shen hour (3-5 PM).

After leaving the Lecture Hall, she would immediately find Wang Changsheng. She would play with the Azure-scaled Horse for half an hour, then eat dinner, recite artifact refining knowledge, and finally go to sleep at the Zi hour (11 PM-1 AM).

Liu Qinger's actions inspired other female family members to follow suit. They all intensified their discipline over their children, hoping they would become outstanding adults.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, Wang Changsheng dispatched people to various market cities to procure the spiritual herbs and fruits required to prepare Jade Cold Spiritual Water.

The spiritual fruits and herbs required for Jade Cold Spiritual Water were not considered rare and could be readily purchased in larger market cities.

Within half a year, Wang Changsheng managed to gather three sets of the necessary materials. With the ingredients assembled, all that was missing was a second-tier alchemist.

Zhao Ningxiang had joined the Medicine King Valley, a sect renowned for its alchemy throughout the Song Kingdom's immortal cultivation world.

As soon as he had the materials, Wang Changsheng immediately headed to the Zhao family to visit Zhao Yuhui.

He hoped Zhao Ningxiang could introduce him to a second-tier alchemist who could help him prepare the Jade Cold Spiritual Water.

One's destiny is in one's own hands; to make progress, one must actively strive for it, rather than simply waiting at home for opportunities to arise.

Zhao Yuhui was delighted by Wang Changsheng's visit.

After Zhao Ningxiang joined the Medicine King Valley, Zhao Yuhui hosted a grand banquet and invited many guests. However, Wang Changsheng was in Xianyuan City at the time and was unable to attend.

After Zhao Ningxiang joined the Medicine King Valley, the Zhao family's confidence grew significantly, and more immortal cultivation families gradually began cooperating with them. However, Zhao Yuhui still highly valued the Wang family. After Wang Changsheng reached Foundation Establishment, Zhao Yuhui strengthened cooperation with the Wang family. The two families jointly opened a restaurant in Tianhe Market City, with Wang Changxing as one of the head chefs.

"Changsheng, you've just reached Foundation Establishment. You should be cultivating at home, consolidating your cultivation, rather than running around and neglecting it," Zhao Yuhui said kindly, holding Wang Changsheng's hands.

Wang Changsheng smiled and said, "Auntie, I truly feel guilty that I couldn't attend your grand birthday celebration because I was undergoing Foundation Establishment. Today, your grandson has specifically come to visit you. After more than a year apart, your complexion is still as radiant as ever."