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Chapter 897: Chapter 497: The Nascent Soul Formation Path of the Dance Tool Dao Academy Chapter 897: Chapter 497: The Nascent Soul Formation Path of the Dance Tool Dao Academy During Qi Cultivation, the greatest dream in this life was Foundation Establishment.

After establishing the foundation, the thought of successfully forming a core would be wonderful.

Now that the core was formed, Chen Mobai began to yearn for “Nascent Soul Formation”.

But compared to the Core Formation realm, Nascent Soul Formation was even more mysterious and difficult; although the resources of the Immortal Gate were scarce, each generation could still maintain a constant presence of several hundred Golden Core Masters.

With such a number of examples, the Core Formation realm had been thoroughly studied, and according to the theories of the Immortal Gate, as long as there were sufficient resources, practically everyone had the potential to form a core.

But the Nascent Soul was different.

Even within the Immortal Gate, they were few and far between.

Chen Mobai could use resources from two realms to form his core, but he did not know if he could achieve Nascent Soul Formation.

However, compared to the Tianhe Realm, the Immortal Gate at least had a complete set of more than a dozen theories on Nascent Soul Formation, as well as related elixirs and spiritual objects.

Among them, the methods of Nascent Soul Formation at the Four Great Daoist Sects were naturally the most top-notch.

The Dance Tool Dao Academy had an unbroken lineage of Nascent Soul Cultivators, precisely because of this Rank-5 Vermillion Fruit Tree.

If he could obtain a Fifth-Order Vermillion Fruit and refine it with the academy’s secret technique, Chen Mobai could at least increase his chances of forming a nascent soul.

But to serve a three-hundred-year sentence…

After careful consideration, Chen Mobai still felt it wasn’t worth it.

With that time, he might be able to find resources of the same grade in the Tianhe Realm.

Yet just as he was shaking his head to decline, Duanmu Longrong mentioned another benefit.

“Besides a Rank-5 Vermillion Fruit for serving a three-hundred-year tenure, you can also obtain an Infant-Feeding Elixir.”

This statement made Chen Mobai’s pupils dilate.

He hadn’t expected that in addition to the Vermillion Fruit, there would also be an Infant-Feeding Elixir.

The three spirit medicines for Immortal Gate’s Nascent Soul Formation.

If consumed in sequence—Nurturing Infant, Cultivating Infant, Transforming Infant—they could increase the probability of Nascent Soul Formation by ten percent, equivalent to the Foundation Establishment’s trithings.

But compared to those trithings, these three medicines for Nascent Soul Formation were each extremely precious.

Even Gongye Zhixu, the Vice Hall Master of the Xianwu Hall, who had served the people for two jiashis, had only exchanged his longevity of service for a single Infant-Feeding Elixir.

“Why is there also an Infant-Feeding Elixir? Did the academy refine it itself?”

Chen Mobai asked in confusion, knowing that the three spirit medicines for Nascent Soul Formation were even higher grade than the Golden Liquid Jade Pill, all being Fourth Grade Superior elixirs that required over a thousand types of medicinal herbs to refine. Surely only the Immortal Gate had the capability to collect everything necessary, right?

Duanmu Longrong: “The Rank-5 Vermillion Fruit is one of the twelve main ingredients used to refine the Infant-Feeding Elixir. This Vermillion Fruit Tree can mature ten fruits in three hundred years. The academy keeps one for the caretaker, the remaining nine are taken by the Immortal Gate to refine nine Infant-Feeding Elixirs, and eventually, one will be returned to the academy.”

Chen Mobai: “Is this one for the caretaker as well?”

Duanmu Longrong: “It’s a benefit from the academy. Those with a teaching tenure of more than one hundred twenty years can exchange it for academic credits. When I entered the Treasure Trove three hundred years ago, this Infant-Feeding Elixir’s exchange quota was already assigned to me.”

Hearing this, Chen Mobai finally understood why Duanmu Longrong would guard this monotonous place for three hundred years.

Within the Immortal Gate, this could be said to be the most hopeful path to Nascent Soul Formation for the Dance Tool Dao Academy.

Chen Mobai: “Teacher Duanmu, by what you said, could it be that the Vermillion Fruit is about to mature?”

Duanmu Longrong: “If nothing goes wrong, the first fruit can be picked in twelve years, and thereafter, one can be harvested each year. Once the ten Vermillion Fruits are all picked, it will be time for the academy to select the next caretaker.”

Chen Mobai: “The caretaker position requires selection?”

Duanmu Longrong: “Three hundred years ago, your teacher Che Yucheng, Hong Mengkui, and I competed for this caretaker position, and I just barely prevailed.”

Hearing her words, Chen Mobai could not help but be amazed.

People were fighting for a three-hundred-year custodial duty.

Yet thinking of the preciousness of the Nascent Soul Formation’s spiritual things on the Immortal Gate’s side, it seemed indeed worth competing for.

This was the Dance Tool Dao Academy’s best path to Nascent Soul Formation. Once every three hundred years, it’s sufficient to ensure continuity between generations of Nascent Soul Cultivators; with a bit of luck, there might even be two or three Nascent Soul Cultivators in the same generation.

For instance, at the Repairing Heaven Institute, apart from the principal, Elder Yuanxu, there was also Elder Qingping.

Given that the Dance Tool Dao Academy had only Master Chengxuan as the sole Nascent Soul Cultivator over hundreds of years, the True Person who last consumed the Vermillion Fruit and Infant-Feeding Elixir must have failed in the Nascent Soul Formation.

One wondered if Duanmu Longrong could succeed this time?

“I’ll consider it further.”

Chen Mobai did not outright refuse either.

After all, there were twenty-one years left, and if he could not find resources for Nascent Soul Formation on the Tianhe Realm side, then as a genuine successor of the Dance Tool Dao Academy lineage, he felt it his duty and obligation to take up Ancestor Baiguang and Master Chengxuan’s mantle, becoming the next principal of the Dance Tool Dao Academy and reaching new heights of glory.

“With your talent, if you are willing to preside over this place, even if other Golden Core Masters within the academy object, we and the principal will help you clear the path,” Duanmu Longrong said clearly.

After forming his core, Chen Mobai had become the face of the Dance Tool Dao Academy lineage, second only to Master Chengxuan.

If he was willing, the academy was ready to fully support his attempt at Nascent Soul Formation.

“Thank you for your generous offer, Teacher Duanmu.”

After expressing his gratitude to Duanmu Longrong, they talked some more about the Vermillion Fruit and Nascent Soul Formation before he bid her farewell and left.

Once outside the Treasure Trove, the first person he naturally sought out was Che Yucheng.