Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 775 - 781: Success

”I forgot to mention that the Spirit Vein at Profound Ice Mountain has been drained by them. Now itʼs just a desolate mountain filled with a deathly stillness. I havenʼt checked other places, but I think itʼs probably the same,” Li Chengshuo hurriedly added.

Jiang Fengwu, unconcerned, said, ”It doesnʼt matter. There are many mining veins in Profound Ice State. They couldnʼt have possibly emptied all the spirit mines in just a few days, could they?”

The Li family only needed to establish a few strongholds in Profound Ice State for the miners to rest; after all, such an extremely harsh environment really isnʼt suitable for mortals to live in. The Li family isnʼt like the Profound Ice Sect, which has no territory to use and can only live in bitterly cold places.

Thereʼs even less to say about Great Void Province—just that third-order Secret Realm makes it worth the Li familyʼs effort!

However, although everyone discussed the matter, the final decision still lay with Clan Leader Li Wenli. After all, while they could take action, they were far from Li Wenliʼs equal when it came to managing the territory.

”The Elders make good points, and it certainly benefits the family. I will discuss a plan with the Elders in the coming days, and when the time comes, Iʼll have to trouble the Elders to lend a hand,” he said, then bowed deeply to Jiang Fengwu and the others.

”Donʼt worry, with me here, I absolutely will not allow a single clan member to come to harm!” Xiaoqing declared with a thump on her chest.

In just a few short days, Li Wenli and several Elders had organized an army of thousands. Moreover, all of these people were from the Li family—no vassals or Loose Cultivators were conscripted!

Regaining control of Great Void Province wouldnʼt require so many Cultivators, but the subsequent management—such as cultivating Spirit Fields, planting Spiritual Objects, and exterminating Devil Beasts—would require a lot of manpower for these assorted tasks.

And the same was true for taking over Profound Ice State, especially since the Li family was previously not very familiar with the area. To fully explore every Spirit Vein and mining vein across the vast territory, even if they were to deploy these thousands of people, would merely cause a small ripple.

But the grandiose preparations of the Li family now frightened the nearby Sanding Sect and Fire Demon Sect in the west. Even the Wuya Sect and Water Spirit Sect, which had submitted to the Li family, were uneasy, worried that one day the Li family would march south and eradicate them.

Regarding this, the Li family offered no explanations, using the opportunity to intimidate various powers, which was also a good thing to prevent any further scheming.

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Within The Void.

”I shouldnʼt really ask this of the two Dao friends, but the current battle situation is tense, and many Dao friends on the frontline urgently need various healing and Mana recovery Precious Pills. Therefore, I must reluctantly assign some tasks to the many Dao friends busy with logistics. I hope the two Dao friends will understand,” the speaker said.

One day, as Li Zhirui and Yu Xue went to deliver Precious Pills and exchange them for a batch of Spiritual Medicine, as well as pick up some tasks, they hadnʼt expected that an additional Nascent Soul Cultivator would be in the Pill Palace that day, looking rather apologetic. Yet, they seemed quite determined as they assigned a heavy load of tasks to the two of them.

”May I ask, Dao friend, is the situation still manageable at present?”

Although this would significantly compress the time Li Zhirui and Yu Xue had for perfecting their Pill Recipes, they had no complaints. After all, they were clear about what was more important.

”Alas!”

The person sighed deeply and said, ”Our side has always held the advantage, but seeing that things werenʼt going well, the enemy stopped adhering to their sectarian disputes and racial differences and deployed a large number of Demon Cultivators and Devil Race, gradually turning the tide against us. Now the situation is actually disadvantageous for us.”

”You might consider it this way, friend. For Yuanhao Realm to make such a move, they must be at their witʼs end, making a desperate final stand. If we can withstand this wave of offense, we will be able to take them down and absorb their world,” suggested Li Zhirui with a smile.

”When that time comes, the world will be upgraded, and many Dao friends will be credited with great merit!”

In fact, like these logistics personnel, when Heavenly Dao distributes merit, they certainly canʼt compare to the Cultivators fighting on the front line!

But they were extremely important, in a previous life there was a saying that went ”Without grain, the troops wonʼt move,” and this world similarly understands this principle, so humans have given compensation, and the Contribution Value for their tasks are very high.

”Hahahaha, what the Fellow Daoist said is indeed true! Such tribulations are nothing but darkness before dawn, hardly worth mentioning!”

Then, his attitude toward Li Zhirui became much warmer, and he showed some consideration in assigning tasks, not creating too heavy a burden for the two of them.

”Have you never felt dissatisfaction due to receiving too little merit?” On the way back, Yu Xue curiously sized up Li Zhirui.

The two of them had known each other for several years now, often working together to perfect the Pill Recipe, naturally growing much closer; otherwise, Yu Xue would never ask such a question.

”Iʼve always been quite self-aware.”

The Laws he controlled werenʼt conducive to battle, which inherently limited Li Zhirui in the chaotic battlefields, and having only broken through for a mere ten years, his strength was far less than those old monsters who had accumulated years of experience.

Although Li Zhirui had thought about going to the battlefield to kill enemies, after meeting Yu Xue, he completely dismissed the idea.

Spending that effort was better used perfecting the Pill Recipe with Yu Xue!

”My broad-mindedness pales in comparison to Fellow Daoist!” Yu Xue sincerely exclaimed.

Unlike Li Zhirui, Yu Xueʼs strength wasnʼt weak, and the Frost Snow Laws he controlled were also quite formidable; initially, he thought about killing enemies so that he could later gain more merit.

However, as one of the few Fifth-order Alchemists in the Profound Origin Realm, it was impossible for him to go into battle.

Time flies, the years pass like a shuttle!

After over ten years of relentless efforts by Li Zhirui and Yu Xue, they finally managed to deduce the Pill Recipe, naming it the Fusion Qi Pill.

But facing the final result, neither Li Zhirui nor Yu Xue was as happy as they imagined, because this Pill Recipe needed to be adjusted according to the consumerʼs condition!

For example, Li Zhirui and Yu Xue needed to replace a main ingredient due to the different Laws they practiced, and the quantities of other Spiritual Medicines also needed adjusting.

It looked simple, but was extremely troublesome in practice.

In the later stages of deducing the Pill Recipe, they discovered this problem and proposed a solution, which was to use Chaotic Spiritual Liquid to replace the main ingredient that had to be changed due to different Laws.

After all, chaos breeds everything, it encompasses all; the Primal Qi of any Law derives from it, and Chaotic Spiritual Liquid is relatively easy to obtain, just by extremely compressing the Chaotic Spiritual Energy.

But with this came another problem: the effect was not as good as that of a tailor-made Fusion Qi Pill.

”These years have been tough on you, Fellow Daoist. Without your help, it would probably have taken decades to complete this Pill Recipe,” Li Zhirui repressed the complex emotions in his heart and earnestly thanked him.

Yu Xue shook his head and sighed, ”Itʼs a pity, itʼs still not perfect.”

”Itʼs already very good. Among the circulating Fifth-order Pill Recipes, which one hasnʼt undergone thousands of revisions and refinements to reach the level of perfection it has today?” Although disappointed, Li Zhirui was more satisfied at heart.