Clan Cultivation: I Transmigrated With My Smartphone
Chapter 121: Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer (Second Update, Please Subscribe)

Chapter 121: Chapter 121: Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer (Second Update, Please Subscribe)

Cultivation is fundamental; divine techniques are secondary.

The same Fireball Technique from a Qi Cultivation first-layer cultivator can only burn a house; but from a Nascent Soul Patriarch, it can become a sky-high flame engulfing dozens of miles.

Hence, enhancing cultivation is the key.

After swallowing the True Essence Pill, Lu Xuanji began refining it, as the medicinal power started to be digested.

Simultaneously, he took the Spiritual Liquid from the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron and drank it directly.

Woo woo woo!

Inside the cave mansion, Spiritual Qi flew out from the spiritual vein, turning into a stream of air entering the body, being refined by Lu Xuanji as his cultivation steadily improved.

Time passed by.

In cultivation, years went unnoticed; in the blink of an eye, eight years had passed.

Crack!

Crack!

Lu Xuanji flexed his muscles and bones, his aura leaked out, now at Foundation Establishment fifth layer.

His age was already a hundred years.

In eight years, he consumed four True Essence Pills, averaging one pill every two years.

His ability to digest pills was a year less than anticipated.

The auxiliary effects of the True Essence Pill are indeed top-tier.

Four pills saved four years of time.

Originally needing twelve years to step into Foundation Establishment fifth layer, now only required eight years.

It seemed a bit too fast, making the foundation slightly unstable.

Lu Xuanji had to end his seclusion, using the Heaven Mending Cauldron to temper his True Essence, refine his physical body, and solidify his foundation. Speed is important, but a stable foundation is equally important.

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Upon leaving seclusion, Lu Xuanji met the Grand Elder.

The Grand Elder laughed, appearing a bit stout.

Due to a breakthrough in the Great Realm, the Grand Elder returned to a middle-aged state, not only in appearance but also his mindset returned to a middle-aged state.

In these ten years, he successively took in twelve female cultivators as concubines and fathered thirteen children.

As for cultivation, he was still at Purple Mansion first layer, progressing insignificantly.

With the help of Ancestor Jin, after reaching Purple Mansion Realm, his potential was exhausted, and before exhausting his lifespan, he could at best reach Purple Mansion fourth layer.

No hope for Golden Core.

Due to exhausted potential, he shifted his focus from cultivation to family affairs, primarily nurturing family cultivators and progeny.

At this moment, he was flipping through account books and organizing the accounts.

"Xuanji has exited seclusion."

"Exited seclusion."

"These are the account books." The Grand Elder directly handed over the account books.

Lu Xuanji did not take them but asked, "Is there anything, just say it, Grand Elder."

"In the last ten years, the family has produced eight Foundation Establishment cultivators, two have deceased in meditation, and two died in battle. Currently, there are seven Foundation Establishment cultivators in the family. It is estimated that within fifty years, we will nurture fifteen Foundation Establishment cultivators, with the family financing them, providing loans."

"Recently, the family has acquired some businesses, mainly Hundred Spirit Fish farming. Added two Second Grade Alchemists, one Artifact Refiner. The mineral veins in the territory are starting to dry up, the family has lost another source of income."

"Last year, the family’s annual income was thirty-five thousand spirit stones, expenses were twenty-eight thousand spirit stones, with a surplus of seven thousand spirit stones."

The Grand Elder spoke about the state of the family’s cultivators, the distribution of family industries, and their revenue and expenditure status, etc.

In general, family cultivators increased, financial income increased, and financial expenses also increased.

Lu Xuanji inquired, "Is there a way to increase family financial income?"

"It’s not easy to increase."

The Grand Elder said, "Many cultivation clans are self-sufficient, requiring little from outside; shop customers are primarily loose cultivators. But loose cultivators’ consumption ability is limited; the annual demand for elixirs and spiritual artifacts is limited, with no need to expand production. Expanding production could lead to increased production but not revenue."

"It’s quite troublesome."

Lu Xuanji frowned slightly.

Only by selling products, do they have value, converting into spirit stones.

If accumulated in hand, it’s a troublesome affair.

For instance, the family now has fifty-three thousand acres of spirit fields, planting Spirit Medicine, White Sun Rice, etc., sufficient for Lu Family’s consumption, with some left to store.

Currently, expanding the spirit field to one hundred thousand acres, two hundred thousand acres, is also not a problem.

The problem arises when expanding the cultivated area, and excess Spirit Medicine, Spirit Rice, etc., cannot be sold, leading to serious waste when accumulated on hand.

Similarly, in some family shops, the daily sales of elixirs, spiritual artifacts, etc., are limited.

Producing more elixirs or crafting more spiritual artifacts won’t sell, only leading to stagnation in hand.

In many cases, the family has to reduce production capacity to minimize losses.

As for price wars, they’re absolutely impossible.

Price wars would lead to one of two outcomes: being isolated by other families or sliding into a loss-making state.

Moreover, many low-level elixirs, talismans, and spiritual artifacts, are already in a thin profit margin state. Further price wars are almost suicidal.

"Xuanji, I’ve heard you’ve become a Third Grade Spirit Plant Master?"

The Grand Elder inquired, seeking confirmation again.

"Yes."

Lu Xuanji nodded and said, "In thirty acres of spirit fields, I’ve planted Jade Marrow Lingzhi, Pure Yang Grass, Purple Sun Grass, Nirvana Flower, etc., caring for them one hour daily, accelerating their growth. In another twenty years, two Jade Marrow Lingzhi will mature, allowing for Foundation Establishment Pill refinement then."

"Moreover, two Jade Marrow Lingzhi will mature yearly, allowing for Foundation Establishment Pill refinement."

"However, Pure Yang Grass, Purple Sun Grass, Nirvana Flower, etc., take longer, with the first batch needing at least two hundred years to mature, a long time to wait."

"Heaven blesses our Lu Family, not only producing a Purple Mansion Great Cultivator but also a Third Grade Spirit Plant Master, there’s hope for a second, third, or even fourth Purple Mansion cultivator in our Lu Family." The Grand Elder laughed heartily, feeling an indescribable joy.

In this era, the territories of many cultivation clans have been established, with the rules of the Dan Yang Sect preventing wars to seize other territories.

In this era, the best way to make money is to nurture high-grade Alchemists, Spirit Plant Masters, Artifact Refiners, etc., selling high-grade spiritual artifacts, high-grade elixirs, high-grade Spirit Medicine for profit.

In the past, there was a price scissors gap, where eight hundred million shirts could exchange for a Boeing airliner.

This was due to high value-added products generating huge profits.

The same is true in this world.

The profits generated by high-grade Spirit Medicine far exceed those of low-grade Spirit Medicine.

In the fifty-three thousand acres of spirit fields, the low-grade Spirit Rice, low-grade Spirit Medicine, etc., annually yield only a tenth of what Lu Xuanji’s thirty-acre high-grade Spirit Medicine field yields.

The only drawback is the long operation cycle and high risk.

"In twenty years, thirty percent of Lu Family’s income will come from you; in two hundred years, seventy percent of the income will come from you." The Grand Elder lamented, "By then, it will be you alone sustaining the entire Lu Family."

"In the past, when I was weak, it was Lu Family’s protection that allowed me to grow; when I become a Purple Mansion cultivator, I will naturally protect Lu Family."

Lu Xuanji said sincerely.

He thanked the Lu Family, for they made him who he was.

In the early days, Lu Family protected him, giving him time to grow;

Later on, they shielded him from storms and external threats.

Because of Lu Family’s protection, with the Grand Elder’s care, he grew stronger.

If he were born a loose cultivator, struggling alone outside, he might grow stronger, or he might die halfway.

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