Chapter 3577 — Foundation Establishment Pills!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
For anyone else, however, the spiritual energy within a cave dwelling was no longer sufficient to supply what the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill required; a great quantity of spirit jade had to be used in concert to accomplish it.
And so the cost involved was terrifyingly high. Even a cultivation scion like Xu Lingchong could only afford to take the Foundation Establishment Pill together with a great deal of spirit jade once or twice; use it too often, and even he could not bear the expense!
For both of these things were precious, none more so than the Foundation Establishment Pill—not just anyone could refine it. It took a pill refiner, and even then the success rate was exceedingly low.
The pill refiners of the northern island of the Heaven Rank could succeed perhaps once in a hundred attempts; only those on the central island enjoyed a somewhat higher rate of success.
Never mind the grandson of the Soaring Heaven Pavilion's third elder—even the grandson of the Pavilion Master was held in check by the other two pavilions. He could not use the Foundation Establishment Pill without limit; such a matter had to be decided by a joint council of the three pavilions.
"Senior Ghost, do you mean this formula for the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill? It's true that Jingjing once modified the Divine Farmer's Cauldron for me, and with my present strength I could refine this Foundation Establishment Pill—but the crux is that I don't have the raw materials!" Wei Zhao said, somewhat perplexed.
"They may be lacking in the mortal realm, but that doesn't mean Cloudstep Island lacks them. Keep an eye out while you're here—you may well stumble on an unexpected harvest!" Ghost Thing advised.
"Oh? So that's how it is. Thank you for the guidance, Senior Ghost." Wei Zhao was suddenly enlightened. He truly had been sitting atop a mountain of treasure without knowing it; he had not yet grown accustomed to thinking in terms of Cloudstep Island, and was still stuck in the ways of the mortal realm. Since the materials could be gathered here, and he already had this ready-made formula for the Heavenly Dao Golden Pill in hand, then all he had to do was collect the herbs and fire up the cauldron.
His mind made up, Wei Zhao rose at once and left his cave dwelling.
Wei Zhao was a complete newcomer now, a stranger in a strange land. He had no idea where in this place the materials might be found—but though he did not know, the long-suffering senior brother surely did.
The long-suffering senior brother might hold no real authority, but matters of common knowledge like this were certainly within his ken.
At that thought, Wei Zhao hurried down the mountain and made his way to the mountain opposite. That mountain did not hold merely nine cave dwellings but more than a dozen; the dwellings after the ninth, however, stood unused.
Wei Zhao came to the entrance of the ninth cave dwelling. With his present strength, he could have forcibly broken its prohibition and stormed in, but he did not do so—he could not afford to reveal his power just yet.
Assuming the bearing of a cultivator at the peak of the late Heaven Rank, in the fullness of his powers, Wei Zhao knocked on the ninth cave dwelling, then settled in to wait.
Sure enough, after a moment the long-suffering senior brother emerged from the cave dwelling, a look of puzzlement on his face.
Under ordinary circumstances, no one ever came looking for the long-suffering senior brother; no one sought him out over matters great or small. Apart from the occasional routine event, he simply stayed in his cave dwelling to cultivate.
Seeing that it was Wei Zhao, the long-suffering senior brother came to a realization. "So it's Junior Brother Lin. Is there something you need?"
So the poor senior brother truly had no visitors at all—his reputation as the long-suffering one was indeed well earned!