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Chapter 828: Chapter 834: Sincerity
Jiang Fengwu went to the Purification Spirit Realm with the doubts in her heart.
Just the day before, Li Zhirui had refined a Purified Primordial Pill, so he came out to greet her the moment he received the news.
Upon seeing Jiang Fengwu for the first time, Li Zhirui guessed the state she was in, and a joyful expression covered his face as he said, "Fengwu, congratulations on your imminent breakthrough to Divine Transformation!"
"It’s still early," Jiang Fengwu said with a smile, shaking her head.
The two chatted casually as they walked into the Spirit Realm.
Jiang Fengwu inquired about the key points to pay attention to for a breakthrough to Divine Transformation, and Li Zhirui was forthcoming, sharing all of his understandings and experiences without reservation.
After discussing this most important matter, Jiang Fengwu, curious, asked, "On the way here, I noticed that there seem to be far fewer people on Wanxian Island. Has the family experienced a great battle in recent years?"
"No."
After a pause, Li Zhirui still talked about how he dealt with some of the family members.
"I see," Jiang Fengwu said, suddenly understanding; however, her reaction was quite indifferent because such matters had little to do with her.
"I’ll go back to my Cave Mansion to rest for a few days, then I’ll be ready to go into seclusion to make a push toward Divine Transformation."
After sharing her plans, Jiang Fengwu then got up to leave.
Li Zhirui had provided all the help he could for this matter. Whether she would succeed or not was up to Jiang Fengwu herself, and all he could do now was to offer his blessings.
"I wonder when Sheng and Shuo will decide to return," Li Zhirui murmured to himself.
They had left the family many years ago and could not be like Jiang Fengwu, at a critical juncture of a realm breakthrough—after all, they had only just achieved the Nascent Soul not long ago. Their journey was mainly to elevate their path and temper their Dao Heart, so it was about time they returned.
As for danger? They were Nascent Soul Cultivators, with Contracted Spirit Beasts that had broken through to the Fourth Order; unless they encountered a Divine Transformation or were ambushed, they generally wouldn’t be in any danger.
Moreover, their Life Tokens were still intact, so Li Zhirui was not very worried about their safety.
Casting aside these concerns that he couldn’t resolve, Li Zhirui continued to return to the Spirit Realm and quietly cultivate.
Roughly half a year had passed.
One day, just as Li Zhirui finished his cultivation, he received a pleasant surprise: Li Mingyao, who had contemplated for many years, had finally succeeded in making his first Fourth Order Earth Escape Talisman!
Since his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm, Li Mingyao had been the family’s only Nascent Soul Realm Talisman Maker, and his Earth Heavenly Spirit Root was perfectly suited to the task.
Therefore, Li Zhirui immediately passed on the methods for drawing the Fourth Order Earth Escape Talisman to him, hoping that without delaying his cultivation, he would quickly learn this high-level life-saving Talisman.
"You have worked hard these years!" n𝚘𝚟𝚙𝚞𝚋.𝚌o𝚖
Li Mingyao quickly shook his head and said, "Ancestor Rui, please don’t say that. The process of contemplating the Earth Escape Talisman has been a cultivation exercise in itself for me. It’s thanks to the Earth Escape Talisman that my cultivation speed has become so astonishing."
Indeed, Li Mingyao, although not yet in the middle stage of Nascent Soul, had already come more than halfway. It’s worth noting that it had only been two or three decades since his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul.
Even Li Zhirui felt somewhat envious of such an incredible cultivation speed.
"This piece of Great Earth Breathing Soil is a Spiritual Object I obtained in the past; it may be of some help to your cultivation." Li Zhirui took out the top-tier Earth Attribute Heavenly Material and Treasure he had come across accidentally.
He had initially planned to integrate it into his space, but considering his space was already quite mystical, even blending in the Breath Soil might not yield much improvement and could potentially be wasteful. Therefore, he had kept it.
"I... I can’t accept this." Despite being very tempted by the piece of Great Earth Breathing Soil, which could allow him to better comprehend the earth and greatly aid his cultivation, Li Mingyao still refused.
"Consider it a gift from me to congratulate you on your breakthrough to the Nascent Soul," Li Zhirui insisted, decidedly placing the Great Earth Breathing Soil into Li Mingyao’s hands.
This treasure, although precious, is not much use to me; keeping it would only be to let a valuable item gather dust. Better to give it to a member of the family who needs it and can make great use of it.
"I am now going to assign you a task!"
Li Zhirui said solemnly, "I hope you can reverse-engineer the method for drawing the Third Order Earth Escape Talismans."
The Li family currently had the First, Second, and Fourth Order Earth Escape Talismans but were missing the Third Order.
Because no power would sell Third Order Earth Escape Talismans externally, as they were considered real life-saving spiritual objects.
Had it not been for Li Zhirui’s good fortune in encountering the invasion of the Yuanhao Realm and with Yu Xue’s help to perfect the Fusion Qi Pill Recipe, the Li family would never have obtained the Fourth Order Earth Escape Talisman.
The Fourth Order Earth Escape Talisman was more effective, enabling one to escape the Divine Sense range of Nascent Soul Cultivators immediately upon use, greatly enhancing its life-saving capability.
But the problem was, they were too expensive!
A single Fourth Order Earth Escape Talisman required Fourth Order Talisman Paper, made from beast skin or Fourth Order Spirit Grass, as well as Fourth Order Spiritual Ink and a Fourth Order Talisman Brush.
Moreover, Earth Escape Talismans were very complicated to make, and even a skilled Talisman Maker could only craft two per day.
It was simply unrealistic for the Li family to give out a Fourth Order Earth Escape Talisman to every member with good potential and prospects of reaching the Nascent Soul or Divine Transformation realm!
Only those actual Transforming Spirit forces could achieve this, and even then, they would only do so for their Divine Transformation seed candidates.
Therefore, the family had to settle for distributing Third Order Earth Escape Talismans to the important members.
But because they lacked the methods of drawing them, the Li family had to spend a large amount of Spirit Stones each year purchasing them from the Southern Edge Commerce Association and Xuanfa Pavilion.
Now that Li Mingyao had learned the Fourth Order Earth Escape Talismans, as well as the First and Second Order ones he’d already known, perhaps he could deduce the missing Third Order Earth Escape Talismans.
Li Mingyao said with a determined face, "Ancestor Rui, rest assured, I will definitely complete the task!"
"Of course, I believe you can do it, but this is not something that can be completed in a short amount of time."
Li Zhirui said solemnly, "And it is very likely to hold up your cultivation."
"But it will allow me to better understand the laws of earth, which will be beneficial to my cultivation in the future."
At these words, Li Zhirui was stunned, then burst into laughter, "Good, good, good! That’s the spirit a son of the Li family should have!"
Li Mingyao, Li Xianxun...
Li Zhirui seemed to already see the picture of them breaking through to Divine Transformation hundreds of years later.
"If you don’t understand something in your cultivation later on, feel free to ask me in the Spirit Realm."
For this, Li Zhirui naturally wouldn’t stint on his support.
"Take these bottles of Top-Tier Treasure Pills I refined not long ago as a sign of support from your elder."
"This... Ancestor, I..."
Li Mingyao truly hadn’t expected such an unexpected gain; his previous words were all from the heart.
He hadn’t finished speaking when Li Zhirui interrupted him.
"When an elder offers a gift, one must not refuse!"
With Li Zhirui’s centuries of experience and wisdom, how could he not see the sincerity in Li Mingyao?
If it were otherwise, why would he care so much?
