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Chapter 928: Chapter 933: Cultivation
Once everyone had arrived, Li Zhirui suddenly appeared on the platform prepared for him.
"We pay our respects to Ancestor Rui, Elder!" Whether it was members of the Li family or cultivators from various clans, they all stood up at once, offering their respectful greetings.
According to the traditions of the Profound Origin Realm, he should have shared some less significant insights, such as thoughts on the cultivation of spells and divine powers or alchemy techniques.
But this time, Li Zhirui brought out something genuine.
He spoke of the Cultivation Method of Nascent Soul Cultivators, how to strengthen the Nascent Soul, solidify mana, and lay a solid foundation for the breakthrough into Divine Transformation.
With Li Zhirui’s current realm, looking back on the Nascent Soul Realm was as clear as watching fire, with everything immediately apparent, and he spoke in a very simple and understandable way, so that even Golden Core cultivators could benefit from it.
The time was short, only half an hour.
When Li Zhirui’s voice faded away, everyone was so engrossed that they were reluctant to come out of their reverie for a long time.
"Thank you, Elder, for your enlightening speech!"
"Congratulations to the Elder on breaking through to Void Refinement! May you walk the Great Tao, become an immortal, and achieve Ascension soon!"
The cultivators from various clans expressed their sincere gratitude because they knew that recording the content of this lecture and organizing it later would add a heritage piece to their clans, and the difficulty of Cultivation for future Nascent Soul Cultivators would be slightly reduced.
"Joy shared is doubled, let us encourage each other!" Li Zhirui replied and then disappeared in a flash.
After all, if he stayed around, the others would probably not dare to let loose, and wouldn’t that be a waste of the various Spirit Foods and fine wines prepared by the Li family?
The subsequent ceremony would be presided over by Clan Leader Li Xiansong.
When the wine had been served three times and the dishes presented with five flavors, and the ceremony was nearing its end, Li Xiansong suddenly stood up and said, "My Li family comes from afar and plans to settle here, becoming neighbors with all of you. We hope to live in harmony, advance together, and achieve mutual prosperity through cooperation."
The moment he stood up, the leaders of the various powers set down their wine cups and even used mana to dissipate the effects of alcohol, staying as clear-headed as possible to listen seriously to what Li Xiansong was saying.
"Therefore, we plan to construct a Marketplace one hundred miles to the northwest. However, the Li family alone cannot supply all Spiritual Objects, so we invite all of you to join the Marketplace and open shops."
"In this way, the cultivators from the southeastern mountains will not have to travel thousands, even tens of thousands of miles, to the Immortal Cities in the south, north, and west to purchase Spiritual Objects."
The crowd remained silent.
Because the establishment of the Li family Marketplace would inevitably affect their own smaller marketplaces.
Although their marketplaces were not large, they still brought in a considerable profit each year.
Li Xiansong did not speak further, but quietly waited for their response. After all, whether they were willing or not, the Li family was determined to establish this Marketplace, with or without their participation, slowly developing from a smaller venue.
They were not fools either; they knew that the Li family would not abandon the construction of the Marketplace simply because of their refusal. It was just a matter of great importance, and they could not possibly give an immediate response, so they said they would consider it for some time.
Naturally, Li Xiansong would not press them hard. Given the events and the ceremony coming to an end, it soon concluded and disbanded.
However, before this, the Li family also presented their return gifts.
The gifts were not many, only one bottle of Golden Sprout Pill and one bottle of Red Origin Pill, and they were only of medium quality.
The reason they did not present higher quality Spirit Pills was that most of the Spirit Pills sold in the Marketplace in the future would be of this type, and it served to highlight the advantages of the two types of Spirit Pills.
After all, not everyone could craft high-quality Spirit Pills, production was limited, and it was not possible to sell them on a large scale. Surely they couldn’t expect Li Zhirui to spend his time purifying Spirit Pills, right?
More so, this secret was yet to be revealed by Li Zhirui, and only a few within the Li family were aware of it.
Besides, scarcity adds value, and high-quality Spirit Pills could earn more profit.
"These two types of Spirit Pills will be the flagship products of the Wanling Marketplace in the future. If you need them, you may purchase them from the Marketplace," Li Xiansong explained with a smile.
This was both a display of the Li family’s foundation and a way to use their presence to spread the word.
"Since that is the case, we would be disrespectful to refuse."
The originally reluctant crowd, upon hearing Li Xiansong’s words, immediately changed their minds and accepted the gift.
The next day, the Li family dispatched people to clear out the Devil Beasts in the valley and its nearby areas while another group began constructing the Marketplace.
Even though the valley was on the outer periphery of the mountains, there was still a large number of Devil Beasts nearby, including a Fifth-order Devil Beast Tribe!
Initially, Li Zhirui had planned to take action himself.
It was not because he was concerned about major casualties among the clan members—Ihe Fifth-order Devil Beasts in that tribe were not numerous, and the current strength of the Li family was more than enough to crush them.
His reason for acting was that he wanted to capture those Fifth-order Devil Beasts alive and turn them into breed beasts for the Li family, providing Fifth-rank Spirit Beasts for the clan members to form contracts with.
Unfortunately, the Devil Beasts were not witless fools devoid of Spiritual Intelligence. Upon learning of Li Zhirui’s breakthrough to Void Refinement, they abandoned their territory and retreated deep into the mountains.
In actuality, the Thousandfold Mountains were still in a state of cohabitation between humans and demons, and the Devil Race even held the upper hand because the best Spirit Mountains and Spirit Veins were located deep within the mountains, in the territory of the Devil Race.
This was but a microcosm of the Primal Spirit Realm!
When viewed on the scale of the entire Primal Spirit Realm, the Immortal Tao was not the strongest power; the Devil Race, the Demonic Tao, and the Sea Clan were just as formidable!
