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Chapter 228 - 192: Four Years (Extra update, please subscribe)

Chapter 228: Chapter 192: Four Years (Extra update, please subscribe)

"Five Elements Evil Qi is only a spirit material for Foundation Establishment," "it significantly trails behind Foundation Establishment Pills in terms of increasing the odds of Foundation Establishment and in protecting the meridians."

However, this kind of evil qi can also be used in artifact refining and even in cultivating Five Elements Magic.

So it is heavily consumed within the Five Elements Sect.

Fang Xing swept his sleeve, and those twenty-seven Sha Qi Crystals instantly vanished from sight.

Real person Lv Yi saw this and decided to turn a blind eye: She focused on her breath and inner peace as if she had seen nothing.

After all, the victory over the Five Elements Sect was solely due to General’s efforts; she had no objections to how the spoils of war were handled.

The Five Elements Sect leader was even more sensible, erasing the records in the accounts, making it seem as if the treasure vault had never contained such Sha Qi Crystals.

"These thirteen Foundation Establishment Pills," "take out three and distribute them to the three Qi Cultivators with the best performance this time..."

Fang Xing picked up another bottle of Foundation Establishment Pills and upon inspecting, he found some residual fire energy, suggesting they were refined within the last year.

He immediately took a bottle for himself and pulled out the dusty Foundation Establishment Pill from his own storage bag.

In the Cultivation World, elixirs also have a shelf-life; theoretically, the higher the rank of the Spirit Pill, the longer it can be preserved.

Even so, the potency of the genuine Foundation Establishment Pill upgraded from an inferior grade in his storage bag had diminished a bit, as it had been stored for quite some time.

Besides... having been upgraded from an inferior product to a genuine one, it had shrunk in size and consequently, some of its efficacy had been reduced.

If a genuine Foundation Establishment Pill offered a thirty percent chance of Foundation Establishment, this particular Pill would probably offer only around twenty-six to twenty-seven percent.

Fang Xing intended to reward this Foundation Establishment Pill first and then compensate himself with a genuine one.

"Foundation Establishment Pills are of no use to me," "maybe it’s better to exchange them for merits..."

"Seal this treasure vault for now," "take me to the Evil Cave!"

Fang Xing looked around once more, not finding anything particularly valuable, and immediately gave the order.

The Five Elements Sect’s Five Elements Evil Cave was renowned, situated below the Five-finger Peak at a position known as ’the palm.’

Following the Sect Leader, Fang Xing came to an Earth Cave and saw the Five Elements Evil Cave.

Although called a cave, it was more like a small lake, with five colors circulating inside, swirling with astonishing evil qi... A dark expanse seemed to lead directly to the Nine Netherworld.

"This evil cave is so treacherous that even Core Formation ancestors can’t delve deep, producing only four or five strands of Five Elements Evil Qi each year,"

the Sect Leader explained on the side.

"Too little, too little..."

Fang Xing shook his head: "If we don’t mind depleting the cave’s essence and forcefully stimulate it, how many strands of evil qi can be produced in a year?"

"That would yield seven or eight strands, or even up to ninety," the Sect Leader replied, sweating profusely on his forehead.

Although he didn’t mind surrendering to save his life, the idea of killing the goose that lays the golden egg still instinctively discomforted him.

"Let me think about it... Lv Yi!"

Fang Xing called over Real person Lv Yi: "I will be stationed here; you go and deal with the arrays and the rewards and punishments."

"At your command!"

Real person Lv Yi’s voice carried a hint of joy.

In her heart, she had already decided that at least two Foundation Establishment Pills would be given to the Qingxuan Sect Cultivators.

Additionally, the new Third Rank arrays needed to be set up promptly—they were the foundation for survival and stability.

’This Sword Child seems to value the Five Elements Evil Qi quite a bit?’

Lv Yi mused in her heart but did not voice her thoughts. Instead, she bowed and led the Sect Leader away...

...

In the Five Elements Evil Cave, only Fang Xing remained.

A moment later, Fang Xing’s original self, having looted the storage bags of Jiedan and Fake Core cultivators, walked in.

The two looked at each other and smiled, sitting down face to face.

Then, Fang Xing started to tally the main loot from this campaign.

"More top-grade spirit stones again... and a few Magic Treasures..." "Except for the Five Elements Robe and the Purple Thunder Cone which are quite interesting, the rest are mediocre..."

As for Cultivation Techniques? They mostly paled in comparison to the "Great Freedom Mysterious Gold Sword Scripture," but a few secret techniques intrigued Fang Xing, feeling that his Cultivation Avatar could learn them in the future.

He toyed with an elixir in his hand, his eyes lighting up, "This is... a Returning Qi Pill? Although it’s also a Third Rank top-grade... in terms of value, it probably even surpasses that ’Calamity Relief Pill’... Auctioning it for a million spirit stones would be no problem."

The Calamity Relief Pill could only excite cultivators with Perfect Foundation Establishment, but how many spirit stones could a Foundation Establishment Cultivator have?

If it was only for healing, ordinary Jiedan Cultivators wouldn’t be willing to spend so much spirit stone.

But this ’Returning Qi Pill’ was sure to drive a large number of Core Formation Middle Stage Cultivators mad.

"Who would have thought the Five Elements Ancestor had such good things... This must have been acquired recently; otherwise, he would have attempted to Refine the potency and break through to the Core Formation Late Stage Realm..."

"Such is fate, command, and fortune..."

"After verifying there are no issues with this elixir, it wouldn’t hurt to keep it... preserve its potency well and use it when I reach Core Formation Middle Stage?"

Having a Heavenly Spirit Root means no bottleneck before Core Formation, but what happens after is uncertain.

Fang Xing had to consider his resource issues after Core Formation.

He checked the other people’s storage bags and after some comparison, found that the Five Elements Ancestor’s storage bag was the most bountiful.

It must be said, the patriarchs of such Jiedan Sects loot more fiercely than Core Formation Cultivators of Nascent Soul Sects.

Perhaps Lei Jingmeng had many more assets, but they were likely stored in the Sect’s Cave Mansion and not carried around.

"Hmm?"

Fang Xing rifled through the Five Elements Ancestor’s storage bag and suddenly his eyes shone brightly as he drew out a Jade Box.

Upon opening it, he saw three crystal stones inside, glistening with five-colored brilliance.

At the center of the stones was the viscous Sha Qi Essence Liquid.