Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 89: Twenty Percent

”Ren Uncle, you should also go back and rest for a bit. We can talk about anything else in the afternoon.” Li Zhirui truly couldnʼt hold on any longer.

During their trial in the ruins, among the three of them, Li Zhirui was the weakest, yet he had been the main force in the magical duels, consuming a massive amount of mana and weakening his spiritual soul because he had overused his divine sense.

Upon returning to the Li family, he had no time to rest as they counted their gains from the trial throughout the night, and now he was absolutely exhausted, unable to hold on any longer.

After Li Zhirui returned to his small courtyard and touched the bed, he fell asleep, not waking up until the sun was high at noon.

”Just woke up, and now I have to attend a meeting,” Li Zhirui sighed with irritation, his heart urgently wishing that Li Zhizhun would quickly reach Qi Cultivation Completion and succeed in Foundation Establishment to drag him out of this misery!

Sometimes Li Zhirui thought that the words he had used to refuse the position of Clan Leader in the past were probably not the whole truth.

He had now realized that he felt resistant to the role of Clan Leader not only because of the responsibility but also because of the endless tasks and meetings!

But there was no other choice, who else could it be when he was currently the Acting Clan Leader of the Li family?

Even if he was reluctant and unwilling, in the end, he still had to collect his emotions and go to the main hall for the meeting.

The meeting was not exactly substantial, it was simply to announce their findings in the ruins and the matter of the Golden Armor Corpse that had been executed, and they brushed quickly through the process.

Regarding the Golden Core era artifacts they had obtained, Li Zhirui and the others had discussed and agreed not to publicize them, except for the nest of Giant Spirit Poison Bees, to avoid attracting trouble to the family.

After all, it was the belongings of a Golden Core cultivator. Perhaps the Golden Cores from sects and families wouldnʼt care much for such trinkets, but the Loose Cultivator Golden Cores surely would not miss any opportunity to get rich. To them, the Li family was like a child holding a gold brick, such an easy target to deal with.

”The Spirit Medicines will be handled by Elder Shihe and Elder Shigui.” The former was the Pill-refining Elder, and the latter was in charge of the Spirit Fields, with one responsible for alchemy and the other for cultivation.

”The Spirit Pills will be checked thoroughly by Elder Shihe and myself before being placed in the storeroom.”

After discussing the adventure in the ruins, Li Zhirui began to delegate tasks.

”The sub-nests of the Giant Spirit Poison Bees will be handed over to Elder Shilian, with Elder Shiyu assisting by the side.”

He arranged each task in an orderly fashion, and finally added, ”These tasks will be overseen by Li Zhizhun leading the Enforcement Team.”

”If thereʼs nothing else, weʼll adjourn,” Li Zhirui waited a moment and seeing that no one had anything to say, he took the lead in getting up and leaving.

But this time, he didnʼt head straight back to his courtyard. Instead, he went to the rear hall. After Li Shilian and the other two arrived, they together struck the Knocking Stone at the entrance.

The purpose of the Knocking Stone was to inform the cultivator in seclusion that someone was looking for them without being too abrupt and disrupting their cultivation.

Disrupting a cultivatorʼs practice carelessly can easily lead to mistakes in their practice and falling into demonic possession.

”Did something happen to the family? Someone is knocking on the stone.” Around a quarter of an hour later, Li Shiqing slowly ended his cultivation and stood up with his eyebrows tightly furrowed, walking towards the door.

When he opened the door and saw Li Zhirui and the others standing at the entrance, looking calm, it was completely different from what he had imagined.

”What is this about?” Li Shiqing couldnʼt guess why they were knocking and decided to ask outright.

”Big Brother, letʼs go inside and talk,” Li Shilian spoke with a smile. ”Itʼs an incredibly good piece of news!”

Li Shiqing raised his eyebrows, stepped aside to let the four of them into the rear hall, and said, ”Out with it, then. What is this great news that made you come knocking at my door?”

”Is it worth stopping your cultivation for a chance to increase your Core Formation success by as much as this?” asked Li Shiren with a smile.

Li Shiqingʼs body shook, and his eyes sparkled with anticipation, ”What happened?”

Li Zhirui recounted the story of how the three of them had worn down that walking corpse, saying, ”This is the Core Formation experience recorded by that Golden Core, you should study it carefully, itʼs definitely going to benefit your Core Formation.”

”Your guts are too big,” frowned Li Shiqing, but as he took the Jade Slip and looked at it, a smile of joy instantly spread across his face, ”With this Jade Slip, my chances of Core Formation have increased by another twenty percent!”

Li Shiqing had entered seclusion this time with the determination to succeed or die in the process, and if it werenʼt for his profound foundation, his chances of forming a core would probably be less than twenty percent.

Although he had mastered the Divine Turtle Ocean-Suppressing Chart to a high degree, able to suppress his Sea of Consciousness and resist the Heart Demon, this effect would only come into play when he actually started the Core Formation process and distractions arose in his heart.

Even with this newfound understanding, his chances of forming a core were still less than forty percent, but for Li Shiqing, this was already very high!

”Itʼs good that we could help Uncle,” Li Zhirui said with a smile.

Li Shiqing quickly regained his composure and said sternly, ”Still, what you did was too dangerous, you must never take such risks again in the future.”

”Uncle, donʼt you know me? I am the most greedy for life and afraid of death, always cautious. If I wasnʼt sure of it, I would never have followed Ren and Mrs. Ting to do such a thing.”

Li Shilian interjected, ”Second Brother, you better grasp the heart of Core Formation from this experience, we wonʼt disturb your seclusion anymore.”

After saying that, he gestured for the three of them to follow him and leave the back hall.

Watching their receding figures, Li Shiqingʼs heart grew steadier by the moment.

Aside from Li Zhirui, each of the four had their own matters to attend to. Li Shilian was responsible for splitting the nests of the Giant Spirit Poison Bees, Li Shiting had to place seals on the new methods sheʼd acquired, and Li Shiren was due to oversee the Marketplace in a few days, so they split up as soon as they left the back hall.

The three of them had no complaints about Li Zhirui, whom they perceived as being idle, because they knew that he was busy making Consolidating Yuan Pills, and this was even more important than their tasks!

After all, the Consolidating Yuan Pills could speed up their cultivation, giving them more time to accumulate their foundation, increasing their chances of breaking through to Golden Core.

Upon returning to his small courtyard, Li Zhirui immediately flashed into his space to check on the female bee that was evolving towards a queen bee which he had placed there after waking up, along with the several dozen worker and drone bees.

As he understood Spirit Bees well, he saw no issues and allowed them to develop freely with peace of mind.

”I need to find an opportunity to transplant some Spirit Flowers in here,” he thought, as although he had planted many Spiritual Medicines in the space, some did not flower, and others flowered for too short a period, making them unsuitable for collecting nectar.

Li Zhirui went to an empty space on the mountain and took out several Phoenix Qi Grass and Red Essence Fungus plants he had secretly pocketed. He separated the Spirit Seeds from them and distributed them distinctly across this empty space.

Of course, apart from these two types of Spiritual Medicines, Li Zhirui had pocketed quite a few other Spiritual Medicines that were not present in his space and busily found spots to plant them, waiting for them to grow.

After checking on the condition of the other Spiritual Medicines and tending them with Da Qing for a while, the two of them headed to the Spirit Lake, where they ate freshly ripened Spirit Fruit.

”Da Qing, with your rate of cultivation, it might take eight to ten years for you to break through the Foundation Establishment stage, wonʼt it?” Li Zhirui suddenly remarked.

Squawk!

Da Qing looked up somewhat confusedly, with a pitiful and aggrieved expression facing Li Zhirui.

”Alright, alright, youʼre clearly a male; why do you always put on this innocent and pitiable act?” Li Zhirui felt quite helpless, and he was amazed at how Da Qingʼs Spiritual Intelligence seemed to be improving.