I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 90: Zhao Xiu's Breakthrough

Although he hadn't encountered any demonic beasts, the breakthrough of the Purple Gold Toad was the biggest gain this time. Looking at the Purple Gold Toad, which was now at the mid-stage of Foundation Building, Lin Qing wanted to test its abilities, so he had it try spitting out some venom.

The obedient Purple Gold Toad sprayed out a mouthful of venom, shimmering with a golden hue. When the venom touched a nearby tree, the two-foot-wide tree instantly corroded and collapsed to the ground. The venom continued to corrode the ground until it formed a hollow.

Seeing such power, Lin Qing thought to himself that it wouldn't be good if he got even a little bit of it on himself.

After thinking for a moment, he took out a first-grade superior spiritual weapon from his storage bag. When Lin Qing activated it and had the Purple Gold Toad attack, the toad once again spat out venom just like before. However, this high-quality first-grade spiritual weapon, after being tainted by the venom, lost its luster in less than two breaths and then lost its spiritual power, becoming completely damaged.

Looking at the scrapped first-grade superior spiritual weapon, Lin Qing couldn't help but take a deep breath.

If it were him, damaging this spiritual weapon wouldn't be an easy task. At most, he could render the weapon ineffective, but completely destroying it was not so simple. Yet the Purple Gold Toad easily rendered this spiritual weapon useless. Its strength was truly terrifying.

If a person were to be affected by it, Lin Qing shuddered at the thought of the consequences.

He definitely didn't want to fight against such a highly toxic Purple Gold Toad.

Fortunately, it was his spiritual beast.

Lin Qing put the Purple Gold Toad into his spiritual beast bag, then piloted the flying boat back into the air and headed towards the Red Sun Immortal City. With the breakthrough of the Purple Gold Toad, he felt a momentary relief.

In the cultivation world, strength was everything, and the Purple Gold Toad had greatly increased his strength.

Upon returning to the Red Sun Immortal City, Lin Qing fed the newly breakthrough Purple Gold Toad. Compared to the consumption of five hundred spirit stones per year in the early stage of Foundation Building, Lin Qing estimated that the consumption of the Purple Gold Toad would increase by fifty percent after reaching the mid-stage of Foundation Building.

But even if it doubled, Lin Qing could afford it.

After all, this was a mid-stage Foundation Building spiritual beast. Placed in any cultivation family, it would be treated like an ancestor.

What were a few hundred or a few thousand spirit stones? The benefits brought by this spiritual beast couldn't be compared to just a few spirit stones.

Just like the three families of the Bilin River back then, if the Zhao family, where Zhao Xiu was, had this spiritual beast, how could the Wang and Li families dare to attempt to annex them? They wouldn't even dare to step into the Bilin River. It was a great deterrent.

After returning and feeding the Purple Gold Toad for a few days, Lin Qing went out to set up formations again. This had become one of his tasks.

Time passed quickly. In the past six years, Lin Qing had spent his time practicing formations.

But today, he patiently waited at home.

It wasn't because a guest was visiting, but because Zhao Xiu was about to have a breakthrough.

Back then, Lin Qing promised to protect the Zhao family for fifteen years, and now fourteen and a half years had passed. In another half year, that time would be up. During these years, the Wang and Li families of the Bilin River had not made any moves against the Zhao family, so Lin Qing was extremely relaxed.

But while Lin Qing was relaxed, the Zhao family was not, especially Zhao Xiu next door. He knew that once the fifteen years were up and Lin Qing no longer protected them, the Wang and Li families would devour the Zhao family like hungry wolves and tigers.

And the solution to this predicament was for him to break through the Foundation Building stage.

It's worth mentioning that Zhao Xiu had already broken through the ninth level of Qi Refining long ago and had been preparing for Foundation Building all these years. Two days ago, he somehow obtained a Foundation Building Pill and began his closed-door breakthrough.

Lin Qing has been waiting at home for a day, but there is no movement at Zhao Xiu's residence, and it is unknown whether he can make a breakthrough.

"Dad, I found out that he obtained that Foundation Building Pill through connections from a Foundation Building cultivator," Lin Xuchang said to Lin Qing at this time.

Lin Qing nodded. After learning that Zhao Xiu had a Foundation Building Pill, he was curious and had Lin Xuchang inquire about it. Unexpectedly, he actually found out.

"Foundation Building cultivator," Lin Qing thought to himself.

The Zhao family has been passed down for hundreds of years. Although their strength is currently weak, they still have some background. It is not impossible for them to obtain a Foundation Building Pill from a Foundation Building cultivator. However, Lin Qing thought that although the Foundation Building Pill is not useful for Foundation Building cultivators, it is still valuable for any Foundation Building cultivator. The Zhao family probably paid a great price for it.

Lin Qing even thought that the Zhao family was taking a desperate gamble.

If they didn't exchange for this Foundation Building Pill, they would still have some relationship with that Foundation Building cultivator. In the future, they might be able to borrow some strength in the conflicts with the Wang family and the Li family.

But now that they have obtained this Foundation Building Pill, it is likely that the Zhao family will no longer have this relationship.

Without the Foundation Building Pill, they can have a relationship with a Foundation Building cultivator, which can be helpful. But with the Foundation Building Pill, they won't have this relationship anymore. However, if they successfully make a breakthrough, the Zhao family will have a Foundation Building cultivator, which is naturally better than any relationship.

The Zhao family has already given the answer to this choice.

As for whether Zhao Xiu can make a breakthrough, Lin Qing feels that the chances are not small. With the collective strength of the entire family, Zhao Xiu has a much greater chance than ordinary solo cultivators.

However,

What Lin Qing doesn't know is that the Foundation Building Pill obtained by Zhao Xiu is just a subpar product, with only 70% of the effectiveness of a regular Foundation Building Pill. What's even more fatal is that Zhao Xiu is under immense pressure.

In Zhao Xiu's residence, he is currently sitting cross-legged on the ground, circulating his cultivation technique. He has already absorbed the effects of Foundation Building, but although he appears calm on the surface, his heart is in chaos.

Faced with Foundation Building, he doesn't know how to make a breakthrough.

He has read the notes left by Foundation Building cultivators in the family, but at this moment, he has forgotten everything. When he exchanged for the Foundation Building Pill, he also listened to the guidance of the Foundation Building cultivator, but now it is nowhere to be found.

"Keep your mind calm, don't be impatient." Various experiences seem to have fled at this moment, and Zhao Xiu is becoming more and more anxious.

"I have to make a breakthrough, I must make a breakthrough. The hopes of the family are all on me. If I can't make a breakthrough, how can I face my uncles and how can I face my younger generation? I have to make a breakthrough, I must make a breakthrough, I can't not make a breakthrough."

Zhao Xiu's mind is like a racecourse, with various thoughts taking turns to appear. Even the people he has seen before keep emerging, various uncles in the family, the Foundation Building cultivator from the Wang family, the neighboring Lin Qing, and he even thinks of a female cultivator who almost became his wife but didn't because the family considered his cultivation level.

Various people, countless faces, make Zhao Xiu's head spin like a grinding stone, faster and faster, more and more urgent.

Sweat drips continuously, and if experienced cultivators were present, they would be able to tell that Zhao Xiu has already fallen into a demonic state. It is necessary to break this state in time, otherwise not only will he not be able to make a breakthrough, but it may also harm his cultivation.

But now, there is only him in the room.

(End of this chapter)