Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 989: Chapter 963: Discussion_2

So, rather than dwelling on illusions, it is better to look forward to the time when the Cave Abyss Sect reconnects the Taixu Illusionary Realm again. Perhaps the Li family can gain some benefits and strengthen its foundation.

Another substantial change in the family’s territory is the increase in the number of clan members and their enhanced strength!

The myriad Cave Mansions originally sparsely distributed across the vast Mount Wanxian are now somewhat crowded, and the spirit lights flying across the mountain are even more dazzling and colorful.

It is known that the Li family only allows members above the Golden Core Realm to fly within the clan’s territory. Those below the Golden Core can only use Windwalking Skill or Swiftwalking Skill, which are spells that enhance the individual’s running speed.

Thinking of the family’s growing strength, a smile involuntarily surfaced on Li Zhirui’s face.

Although the family has not helped much with his cultivation, it has indeed provided great assistance—for instance, many of the low-rank spiritual objects needed for alchemy are supplied by the family.

Like when he goes out for training, there are people guarding the Spirit Realm, sparing him from having to reside in marketplaces or Immortal Cities under other powers, a situation many Loose Cultivators face without any security.

Although Li Zhirui did not deliberately publicize his return to Mount Wanxian, the news spread throughout the entire family within two hours, informing almost all clan members not currently in cultivation that their highest-ranking elder, who had been training outside, had finally returned after a hundred years.

However, he really did have a very important matter that required holding a grand meeting with the Clan Leader, all the Elders, and individuals like Jiang Fengwu, Da Qing, and other Lianxu Clan people.

But gathering everyone required some time, so Li Zhirui went back to the Spirit Realm to rest for now.

"Jiu, you finally came back!"

Receiving the message, Da Qing and the others appeared especially excited and flew towards the Purification Spirit Realm the instant they finished their cultivation.

When they first saw Li Zhirui, they were shocked and incredulously said, "Jiu, how has your cultivation decreased?"

"This is a long story, I will explain it all during the grand meeting."

Li Zhirui didn’t want to elaborate further, seeing that the matter was rather complex, but seeing everyone’s worried faces, he reassured them with a smile: "Don’t worry, not only am I fine, it’s actually a huge opportunity for the family."

"Another huge opportunity? Aunt Fengwu said the same thing recently," Xiaoqing pouted, clearly dissatisfied with his mysterious attitude.

"Oh?"

Li Zhirui raised his eyebrows, curious, he asked, "Fengwu came back? What kind of opportunity did she encounter?"

"If you’re not telling me, I won’t tell you either. Wait until Aunt Fengwu comes out of seclusion, then ask her yourself," Xiaoqing replied defiantly.

Da Qing and the others nearby tactfully remained silent.

"Two huge opportunities one after another, it seems that the family is on the verge of rising," Li Zhirui remarked light-heartedly, even making a joke about it.

Then, he inquired about some significant events the family had encountered over the past hundred years, as well as the difficulties Da Qing and others faced in their cultivation.

When Li Zhirui heard about how Li Hongshi managed the differentiation and suppression among factions while also showing mercy, he nodded and commented, "An extremely excellent Clan Leader!"

Speaking of which, all generations of Clan Leaders of the Li family had been very good, even Li Darong, who reluctantly assumed the position, had his own capabilities and insight in handling clan affairs and development during his tenure.

This was also an important factor why the Li family had maintained rapid development.

After explaining some solutions to the cultivation issues that Da Qing and others encountered, he then left.

After almost a month, Jiang Fengwu and Li Cheng Shuo almost concurrently emerged from their seclusion.

And after the last two Lianxu Cultivators left their seclusion, the grand meeting that Li Zhirui had previously convened could finally begin.

Once everyone was present, Li Zhirui activated the formation inherent in the family’s main hall and laid down prohibitions, excluding any means of detection, to ensure that no one could eavesdrop on the content.

Of course, it certainly wouldn’t stop Mahayana or Tribulation Transcending Cultivators, but no High-Rank Cultivator would be interested in a Lianxu clan.

"I have ventured outside for a hundred years, gaining many insights..."

Li Zhirui briefly recounted his experiences in the Taixu Illusionary Realm, focusing on how he later revised his cultivation techniques, albeit altering the part where he was trapped in a formation and had to hide in a space to modify his cultivation techniques.

"Now, the ’Myriad Spirits Scripture’ inherited by our family only allows cultivation up to the Great Vehicle Realm, and subsequent realms require our family’s own extrapolation and improvement."

"In the Taixu Illusionary Realm, I obtained the ’Terrestrial Spirit Path Records’, although no one has cultivated to the Immortal Realm with it, there might be some flaws, but it has a complete set of methods."

Then, Li Zhirui elaborated on the advantages and disadvantages of the latter.

The advantages were clear, being that in a blessed land or Cave Heaven, one’s strength would surpass their cultivation, and there exists a very comprehensive inheritance, covering all stages from Qi Cultivation Realm to Tribulation Transcendence Realm!

However, the disadvantages were equally clear; without his kind of fortune, blessed lands and Cave Heavens would only be fixed in one place, making the cultivation speed relatively slow, and later, due to the Cave Heaven evolving into a Minor Thousand World, a lot of time would be spent filling Laws, which slows down the process of Becoming an Immortal.

Li Zhirui gave everyone some time to digest this information, and after a moment, continued, "So, what do you think about replacing the ’Myriad Spirits Scripture’ with ’Terrestrial Spirit Path Records’ as the family’s future inherited cultivation technique, or if you have other ideas, feel free to propose them."

The crowd frowned pensively, seeing the ’Terrestrial Spirit Path Records’ as potentially far-reaching, eliminating the need to pave their own path ahead.

Yet, the slow speed of cultivation worried many.

The greatest advantage of the ’Myriad Spirits Scripture’ was that after contracting a spirit beast, it could slightly enhance one’s aptitude, speeding up cultivation, and the improvement in the contracted spirit beasts’ cultivation would feedback a surge of mana, saving quite a bit of cultivation time.

"Ancestor Rui, what do you think about this?"

Li Hongshi stood up and said, "Let’s list both cultivation techniques as the fundamental inheritance of the family, clearly stating their pros and cons, and let the clan members choose for themselves."

"After all, quite a few of our clan members have poor aptitude, and cultivating the ’Myriad Spirits Scripture’ is more likely to help them break through to higher realms. Moreover, the family has many years of experience in cultivating the ’Myriad Spirits Scripture’ and has achieved certain results in spirit beast cultivation."

"And for those who want to go further, they can cultivate the ’Terrestrial Spirit Path Records’. Besides, Ancestor Rui, haven’t you also said that one can perfectly switch to the ’Terrestrial Spirit Path Records’? If later on, we find a method to overcome its disadvantages, we can just directly switch to it."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhirui silently nodded in agreement. Li Hongshi’s suggestion had considered all aspects, perfectly aligning with his own thoughts.

In fact, over the years, he had given some thought to resolving the disadvantages of blessed lands and Cave Heavens being fixed in one place.

According to Li Zhirui’s idea, all they needed was to find a spirit seed that inherently formed a space within or could create a space, and that could be carried along, and refine it using a secret technique.

Or perhaps seek out special spirit seeds, such as those that could root within the Sea of Consciousness, Dantian, or flesh.

But these were just preliminary thoughts, not suitable to be shared, lest they couldn’t be realized in the end, causing disappointment among the clan members, which would be a minor issue compared to the greater difficulty it could cause in their cultivation.

Next, it was to see if others could provide feedback or better ideas.

Although there were quite a few suggestions, most of them Li Hongshi could think of solutions to, but there were no better methods.

Several hours later, no one else spoke up.

"If there are no further opinions, then let’s vote by a show of hands."

Saying this, Li Zhirui was the first to raise his hand.

Da Qing, Xiaoqing, and a group of high-rank spirit beasts also raised their hands, as they too could cultivate the ’Terrestrial Spirit Path Records’!

Compared to the cultivation techniques innate to their own bloodline heritage, the ’Terrestrial Spirit Path Records’ was clearly of a higher grade.

Moreover, as Li Zhirui mentioned, the part of their Spiritual Soul that they fused during the contract could be transferred into the spirit seed!

This meant, if they or the cultivators were to inadvertently perish, the other party wouldn’t perish as well, at most the spirit seed would be severely damaged.

But it is well known, the vitality of plants is extremely robust; like rejuvenated deadwood sprouting anew, after severe damage, with proper care, there’s a high probability of recovery!