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Chapter 830: Chapter 836: Promotion
𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝙘𝙤𝒎
This, after all, concerned everyone’s cultivation, so the majority of the clan members were dissatisfied with the decision to first develop the Wood-Attribute Spiritual Realm, hoping the family would provide a reasonable explanation.
"Because the Fifth-order Spiritual Intelligence required to open the Spirit Realm, we only have this one, and it was Ancestor Rui who sold it to the family at a low price!"
Li Mingzi looked indifferently toward the crowd and said, "Are you satisfied with this answer?"
"If you too can produce a Fifth-order Spirit Plant, the family will naturally come forward to ask Ancestor Rui to open the Spirit Realm, but if not, then wait honestly for the family to acquire a Fifth-order Spirit Plant."
"There is another solution, which is for you to make a breakthrough in Divine Transformation and apply for a Spirit Cave from the family. Then, you can use whatever Spirit Plants you want to cultivate your own Spirit Realm!"
In short, no matter which method it was, neither was something they could achieve in a short time, so they had no choice but to return dejectedly.
Afterwards, when Li Zhirui recalled the event, the Wood-Attribute Spiritual Realm had already fully taken shape. He immediately sent a Sound Transmission Talisman to Li Mingzi, instructing her to focus on planting Wood-Attribute Spiritual Objects and not to mix in any of other attributes.
"In a few decades, we should be able to know what kind of Primal Qi will be produced."
It was clear from Li Zhirui’s decision not to visit in person that he was not very concerned about this Spirit Realm, since there were currently no geniuses with a Wood Spirit Root, and the realm had just been opened, leaving it desolate.
Therefore, with a sigh, Li Zhirui continued his cultivation.
With the pure Purifying Primordial Qi and the Primal Qi Pill, his cultivation speed could be said to be lightning fast, and Li Zhirui naturally would not miss this excellent opportunity.
Regrettably, the production of Purifying Primordial Qi was extremely slow, unable to keep up with Li Zhirui’s cultivation. Thus, it wouldn’t be long before his cultivation speed would return to normal.
Ultimately, this issue came down to the Li family’s lack of foundation. If they had known about this secret earlier and had developed the Spirit Realm sooner, they would have been able to accumulate some Primal Qi, and Li Zhirui wouldn’t be running out in just a few months.
Time flies, the sun and the moon race by.
In the blink of an eye, several years had passed.
Perhaps it was because the family had been restructured, with the family environment and atmosphere becoming significantly clearer, that over these few years the Li family made great progress and advancements in certain areas.
Firstly, the overall cultivation and strength of the clan members had far surpassed previous years. This was partly due to the reestablishment of the family competition and partly because the family could now cultivate those with unaltered talents more precisely.
To prevent tampering with the Spiritual Root tests, the Li family, building on their existing foundation, created a supervisory team and installed Memory Stones in every testing chamber for purity of Spiritual Roots and Spiritual Bodies.
Secondly, the production of various Spiritual Objects within the family also saw a significant increase. After all, to perform well in family competitions, each Skill Artisan spared no effort to improve their skills.
Moreover, Li Mingzi also proposed the ideas of ’innovation and creation’. Innovation meant making beneficial changes to existing Methods; creation, understandably, hoped the artisans could invent new, useful Methods.
The refining of Spiritual Objects not only became more plentiful but also of better quality. The dissatisfied Loose Cultivators who had fled Wanxian Province due to the Li family’s forcible levies and investigations, crumbled before actual gold and silver, scurrying back.
The influx of a large number of Loose Cultivators brought in substantial income but also potential for disorder. However, this latter issue was not a great concern, as the Li family had the absolute power to maintain order in the Marketplace and Immortal City.
"Clan Leader, last year the family had a total income of 68,500,000 Spirit Stones, with a net profit of 35,703,300 Spirit Stones. Excluding monthly allowances for clan members, advancement of the Spirit Vein, and other expenses, there were still 8,000,000 Spirit Stones added to the treasury."
On Wanxian Island, in the clan’s grand hall, a group of Elders was reviewing the financial situation of the previous year. (I don’t understand, just writing nonsense)
"How many years has the Spirit Vein upgrade been ongoing? Has it not been successful yet?" Li Mingzi reviewed the accounts and asked the question she most wanted to know.
It was a huge expense, and if it could be saved, the family could reserve more Spirit Stones and provide a slight increase to the monthly salaries of the clan members.
"The key to the Spirit Vein upgrade lies in obtaining High-Grade Spirit Stones, but the family’s reserves are insufficient. We can only purchase them at high prices from the outside world," the accounts Elder explained.
No help for it; it was unclear whether the Li family was just unlucky or if resources in the Extreme Eastern Corner were scarce.
In any case, despite the vast Wanxian Province the Li family occupied, not a single large Spirit Stone Vein had been found!
There were a few micro, small, and medium-sized Spirit Stone Veins, but the chances of mining High-Grade Spirit Stones from them were too low...
After so many years of mining by the Li family, they had only excavated a few dozen High-Grade Spirit Stones and were forced to buy them at high prices from the outside world.
Besides, there was another reason.
It was that the Li family had used Fifth-order puppets several times, during which the supply of High-Grade Spirit Stones diminished, causing a delay of several years.
"However, according to the explorations of several Earth Masters of the family, the Spirit Vein is on the verge of advancing. It won’t be many years before success," said the Internal Affairs Elder.
"Let’s hope it happens sooner rather than later," Li Mingzi remarked wistfully before inquiring about other matters.
The advancement of the Spirit Vein was a major issue related to Li Zhirui’s cultivation, and neither Li Mingzi nor anyone else dared to suggest halting it.
Currently, Li Zhirui’s dependence on the family’s Spiritual Energy was minimal, because he spent most of his time Refining Primal Qi and did not focus on absorbing Spiritual Energy to increase Mana.
Moreover, he had his own space, where the Spiritual Energy was even denser than that of a Fifth-Order Spirit Vein.
But the latter couldn’t be mentioned, and even if Li Zhirui didn’t need a Fifth-Order Spirit Vein, the other Nascent Soul Cultivators in the family did!
Although they were not yet present, it was better to upgrade the Spirit Vein now rather than to play catch-up later.
Because the Li family lacked a high-rank Earth Master, they couldn’t use Array Power to accelerate the upgrading of the Spirit Vein.
They could only use the dumbest, slowest method—placing Spirit Stones on the Spirit Vein and waiting for it to absorb them naturally.
Boom—
Just as Li Mingzi and the Elders continued to discuss major family matters, the ground suddenly erupted with a distinct tremor.
"What’s happening? Is it an Earth Dragon Turning Over?" one of the Elders said with trepidation.
"That’s not right! The family specifically set up an Early Warning Array; if it were an Earth Dragon Turning Over, the Array would’ve reacted."
"Then what’s going on..."
The finance Elder seemed to suddenly realize something, his eyes lighting up, "Could it be the Spirit Vein upgrading?"
"Oh, right!"
With that revelation, the other Elders quickly caught on and couldn’t wait to rush out of the grand hall.
Then they saw a burst of multicolored Spirit Mist erupting from beneath the ground, eventually enveloping the entire territory of the Spirit Vein.
"It really is the Spirit Vein advancing!" exclaimed one Elder with a mix of shock and joy.
The commotion on Wanxian Island naturally attracted other clan members, who came out one after another to witness this extraordinary phenomenon.
