Longevity Begins With The Birth Of A Daughter At An Old Age

Chapter 102: Fourth Level of Foundation Building [Seeking First Subscription]

Zhu Feng City

Training Room Underground!

Xu Mu swallowed a pill that looked like a red lotus seed. A faint warmth spread from his stomach and quickly spread to his limbs.

The rich spiritual energy in the training room gathered in Xu Mu's body like a funnel, entering his meridians and condensing into pure spiritual power.

When the spiritual power reached its peak, its speed increased dramatically.

Chirp chirp!

Having completed its transformation, the ink crow, now transformed into a blue-tailed sparrow, flew out of Xu Mu's consciousness and merged with the spiritual power, pushing his cultivation to the next level.

Boom!

An invisible spiritual pressure descended, causing the spiritual power within Xu Mu's body to undergo rapid changes, becoming even purer and more abundant, increasing by more than thirty percent compared to before.

"I didn't expect to break through on the first try!"

After stabilizing his cultivation, Xu Mu opened his eyes and a smile appeared on his face.

He checked the system and indeed, his cultivation had reached the fourth level of Foundation Building, and his lifespan had increased slightly to 386 years.

With his cultivation reaching the mid-stage of Foundation Building, his overall skills naturally became more powerful. If he were to encounter the group from the Liyang Sect who were also at the Foundation Building stage, dealing with them should be easier.

Chirp chirp!

The blue sparrow flew out of Xu Mu's body and landed on his shoulder, gently rubbing against his cheek as if celebrating his advancement.

Xu Mu smiled and patted its head before taking it back into his body. He then opened the formation of the training room and walked out.

In order to smoothly advance, he had specifically rented the training room instead of practicing at home.

Long Ye, who was sitting in front of the counter, looked up and saw Xu Mu. He casually put down his book and stood up, revealing a refined smile.

It was he who had introduced Xu Mu to the Four Seas Immortal Palace, so they were naturally familiar with each other.

"Fellow Daoist Mu, congratulations on further improving your strength!"

Xu Mu restrained his aura, and Long Ye didn't know his exact strength, so he complimented him out of habit.

"Fellow Daoist Long, you're too kind!"

Xu Mu smiled and returned the gesture.

After Xu Mu settled the payment for the training room, Long Ye hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Fellow Daoist Mu, I have a few friends who have taken on a task to guard a spiritual stone mine. Would you like to join them? I remember you haven't completed the task assigned by the Immortal Palace this year!"

Since Xu Mu was introduced by him, Long Ye naturally wanted to take care of him.

"Thank you for your kind offer, Fellow Daoist Long, but I can use spiritual stones to offset the task!"

"Alright then!" Long Ye smiled bitterly.

With spiritual stones, one could be domineering. That was all he had to say.

"Fellow Daoist Long, may I ask you a question?"

"Fellow Daoist Mu, feel free to ask!"

"I wonder if there is a way to increase the authority within the Immortal Palace in a short period of time?"

The reason Xu Mu wanted to increase his authority was mainly to be able to directly purchase alchemy materials within the Four Seas Immortal Palace.

Compared to the market, the medicinal materials within the Four Seas Immortal Palace were not only more affordable but also more abundant, so there was no need to worry about not being able to buy them.

"The normal way is to complete more tasks and accumulate contribution points. Once you reach the required amount, you can advance smoothly!"

"Can't it be completely replaced by spiritual stones?"

"If it could be completely replaced by spiritual stones, Fellow Daoist Mu..." Long Ye sighed inwardly.

He and the others were eager to complete tasks and accumulate spiritual stones, and contribution points were just a byproduct. But this person directly used spiritual stones to buy contribution points.

"Contribution points can be exchanged for spiritual stones, but the advancement tasks must be completed by oneself. However..."

Long Ye hesitated for a moment before saying, "There is a way to cheat!"

"Please tell me, Fellow Daoist Long!" Xu Mu hurriedly asked.

"If Fellow Daoist Mu can become a disciple of an inner sect Gold Core Elder, you can directly increase your authority to four stars."

"Inner sect Gold Core Elder?"

Xu Mu frowned.

Those who could become inner sect elders were either those who had made great contributions to the Four Seas Immortal Palace or those who had been cultivated by the Four Seas Immortal Palace since childhood and were extremely loyal.

It wasn't easy to have such a person accept him, an unknown cultivator, as a disciple.

"Fellow Daoist Long, I wonder if you have any connections?"

Xu Mu handed over a middle-grade spiritual stone.

There was nothing that couldn't be done with spiritual stones in this world. If there was, it meant that you didn't have enough spiritual stones.

"Fellow Daoist Mu, I really can't help with this!"

Long Ye smiled bitterly and pushed the spiritual stone back.

"We are both cultivators who started as wanderers. We can't curry favor with these inner sect elders!"

"Is there really no way?"

Xu Mu handed the spiritual stone over again.

"There really is no way, but..."

Long Ye hesitated again.

"But I can help Fellow Daoist find a list of inner sect elders. It contains their basic information and preferences. Perhaps you can try something!"

"Thank you very much, Fellow Daoist Long!"

"It's just a small matter!"

This time, Long Ye didn't postpone it any further and accepted the spirit stones, allowing Xu Mu to come tomorrow to collect the list.

Back at home, the three women were all very happy to know that he had made a breakthrough, especially Lan Shijin, who even allowed him to use the Heavenly Extreme Purple Thunder Body.

Xu Mu satisfied his curiosity for a moment, but...

As soon as he entered, orange liquid came out!

Ah! The bedsheets have to be changed again, and the entrance probably won't be usable for several days.

...

On the second day, Xu Mu successfully obtained most of the list from the inner sect elders.

The reason why I say most is because there are some hidden in the dark, doing things that cannot be seen.

Xu Mu opened the list and began to look through it page by page.

"Yuan Xi, 547 years old, Gold Core 5th layer, likes food..."

"Chen An, 630 years old, Gold Core 3rd layer, likes marrying and taking concubines..."

"Lu Qingping, 315 years old, Gold Core 4th layer, a bitter cultivator..."

"Shen Fu, 710 years old, Gold Core 7th layer, likes dual cultivation..."

...

"Nangong Suyi, over 800 years old, Gold Core 9th layer, has a solitary personality..."

"Hmm? A Gold Core cultivator over 800 years old? Doesn't that mean they only have a few years left to live?"

The lifespan of a Gold Core cultivator is between 500 and 800 years, but those who practice special techniques can exceed that, like Xu Mu who practices both the law and the body.

When Xu Mu saw Nangong Suyi's information, his eyes couldn't help but brighten.

Because under normal circumstances, a Gold Core cultivator of this age is already in the stage of approaching their end, basically having no desires or ambitions.

Similar to the Xuan Guang Old Ancestor of the Liyang Sect.

If you were to take such a person as your master, you wouldn't have to worry about her constantly watching you and probing your secrets, nor would you have to worry about her having ulterior motives.

After all, a dying person's words are usually good, and it's easier to get along with them.

After flipping through all the names, Xu Mu ultimately chose Nangong Suyi.

In addition to the other party's suitable conditions, it was also because the other party was a woman!

It's not that Xu Mu has spared even old ladies, but he has a big killer against old women.

Don't think too much, it's not the Yin-Yang Unity 108 Forms, but the Youth-Preserving Pill.

With Nangong Suyi's identity, it would be easy for her to obtain the Youth-Preserving Pill, but the pill can't keep one young forever, it can only slow down the aging process of the cultivator's appearance.

However, given Nangong Suyi's age, unless she eats the Youth-Preserving Pill every day, it's impossible for her to maintain a youthful appearance.

Ordinary Youth-Preserving Pills have side effects and long-term use can affect one's lifespan, and the effect is not good either.

If it's a top-quality Youth-Preserving Pill, not only is the effect better, but there are no side effects and it can be taken in large quantities.

For an old and faded woman, the temptation of a top-quality Youth-Preserving Pill is absolutely irresistible.

Xu Mu originally planned to sell the Youth-Preserving Pill, so it's not a waste of Luck value.

As for why he didn't continue to sell Foundation Building Pills?

Because...

They don't sell!

In the past six months, he has traveled to many cities and discovered a very frustrating phenomenon.

That is, each city has its own established powers that sell various qualities of Foundation Building Pills, and the market is already saturated.

He wanted to sell the pills to pharmacies, but either the prices were ridiculously low or they simply didn't want them.

The reason is simple, they have established channels for purchasing, and there's no reason for them to buy from someone with an unknown background selling unknown pills.

After all, Foundation Building Pills are different from other pills, if there's a problem, it can really cost lives.

Ordinary cultivators only have one chance in their lifetime to build the foundation, so naturally they don't want to risk their lives for a small gain.

That's why there are so many cultivators in the Tianhe Sect who are willing to take risks.

If Xu Mu wants to continue selling Foundation Building Pills, there is only one way, and that is to join a major power and become a contracted alchemist, letting the other party eat meat while he drinks the soup.

Naturally, Xu Mu doesn't want to become a wage laborer because that wouldn't be enough to support himself, let alone his family, so he can only sell other pills.

After considering it, only the Youth-Preserving Pill is suitable.

First, the grade of the Youth-Preserving Pill is low, but the profit is high!

Second, the effect can be seen, and those pharmacies are willing to buy them at a high price privately.

Third, Xu Mu can directly refine top-quality Youth-Preserving Pills by adding points.

For old and faded female cultivators, top-quality Youth-Preserving Pills are daily consumables and they won't have trouble selling them.

Xu Mu took out the formula for the Youth-Preserving Pill, wrote down the contents, and pondered it alone for a few days, accumulating some experience before starting to add points.

[Youth-Preserving Pill +100]!

[Youth-Preserving Pill +100]!

[Youth-Preserving Pill +100]!

...

[Youth-Preserving Pill Grandmaster; 0/2.56 million]!

After completing the upgrade, Xu Mu immediately went out to purchase the medicinal materials for the Youth-Preserving Pill. Since he was going to refine top-quality Youth-Preserving Pills, the required medicinal materials were relatively precious and it took him a lot of time to collect them.

This is also the reason why Xu Mu wanted to increase his authority, as collecting the medicinal materials himself was too troublesome.

The process of refining the Youth-Preserving Pill unexpectedly went smoothly. Three days later, six round and smooth top-quality Youth-Preserving Pills, like agate, were collected in a pill bottle.

With everything prepared, Xu Mu boarded a flying boat and headed to the city where Nangong Suyi was located.

(End of this chapter)