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

Chapter 80: Foundation Building Pill

"I wonder what the price is?" Xu Mu asked, although he had already anticipated it, his heart was not as excited as he thought.

Perhaps it was because of the island environment, the maidservants were dressed lightly, casually revealing large areas of fair skin, which was quite different from the conservative attire in the Tianhe Sect area.

Upon hearing Xu Mu's inquiry about the price, the maid's smile remained.

"The hundred-year-old ones are twelve medium-grade spirit stones, and the five-hundred-year-old ones require one high-grade spirit stone! As for the thousand-year-old ones, our store currently doesn't have any."

The Dragon Heart Nine Leaf Mushroom is not only used to refine Foundation Building Pills, but also has other uses. Generally, a hundred-year-old one is enough for refining Foundation Building Pills, but if you want to refine top-grade ones, you need the five-hundred-year-old ones.

"Give me two hundred-year-old ones and one five-hundred-year-old one. However, I don't have any high-grade spirit stones on me. Can I use medium-grade ones instead?"

This kind of large store generally does not bargain.

Xu Mu couldn't help but feel a bit anxious in his heart. He wanted to get the medicinal materials first, so he didn't want to waste too much time on a few spirit stones.

"That's naturally possible, but the price will be slightly higher!"

Unexpectedly, Xu Mu was a big customer to the maid. Although her expression and demeanor didn't change much, it invisibly made people feel a bit more enthusiastic.

This is probably what it means to be attentive!

"That's alright! Bring the medicinal materials over!"

"Guest, please follow me!"

The maid enthusiastically led him to the back hall, served tea, and hurriedly went to fetch the medicinal materials.

Not long after, a Foundation Building stage cultivator walked in with her.

"This is the Dragon Heart Nine Leaf Mushroom that Fellow Daoist requested. Please take a look!"

The Foundation Building cultivator took out two jade boxes from her storage bag and placed them on the sandalwood table in front of Xu Mu.

Xu Mu opened them and took a look.

In one of them, there were two dark blue Lingzhi mushrooms with curled leaves, forming a heart shape.

In the other one, there was a dark red Lingzhi mushroom with curled leaves as well, with fine veins on the surface resembling blood vessels.

All three Lingzhi mushrooms had nine leaves, but the dark red one was slightly larger.

After confirming that everything was correct, Xu Mu handed over the spirit stones to the other party, feeling a huge sigh of relief in his heart.

Even if he immediately returned to Liyang City, this trip could be considered successful.

However, the medicinal materials for the Foundation Building Pill were really expensive!

When everything was added up, it was almost as expensive as a sixth-grade pill.

In addition to the spirit stones spent on purchasing other medicinal materials, Xu Mu had already spent a considerable amount of his savings.

"I wonder if you accept magic tools, robes, and materials from demonic beasts here?"

He had a lot of things he had snatched from the Luo family, which were not easy to sell in Liyang City, but it didn't matter here.

It just so happened to get rid of them and increase his savings.

"We do! Fellow Daoist, if you have any, you can take them out and let me have a look!"

The originally intending to leave Foundation Building cultivator smiled and sat back down.

"I forgot to introduce myself to Fellow Daoist. I am Wen Ruoyu, the shopkeeper on the first floor of this store!"

"Wen Senior, no need to be polite. I am Mu Yu!"

Xu Mu used an alias. Anyway, his current appearance was fake. He had changed his face and there was no longer such a person in the world.

He took out some unused magical tools, robes, and various materials from his body and placed them on the table.

When Wen Ruoyu saw that there were materials from a fourth-rank demonic beast among them, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes, but he didn't ask further.

After discussing the price, the two quickly completed the transaction.

Xu Mu received three high-grade spirit stones the size of fists, emitting a faint light.

When leaving, Wen Ruoyu gave him a token, saying that it would be convenient in the branches of the Chenxing Pavilion in various cities.

Xu Mu didn't refuse and accepted it. As for whether he would use it or not, it would depend on the situation.

After leaving the Chenxing Pavilion, Xu Mu had Su Luan take him to several other shops to sell all the things he didn't need.

After emptying his storage bag, he received a total of six high-grade spirit stones and more than eighty medium-grade spirit stones.

Xu Mu's shrunken purse was filled up again.

"Senior, this is the place for seclusion cultivation. It is established by the Four Seas Immortal Palace. Not only is there a formation guarding it at all times, but it is also said that there is a Gold Core stage expert presiding over it. It should be the safest place besides the City Lord's Mansion! However, the price is a bit expensive!"

As far as she knew, the cheapest room here cost ten low-grade spirit stones per day, and it was said that the most expensive one reached one high-grade spirit stone per day.

She couldn't imagine what kind of person could afford it.

It's probably only a powerful person at the Gold Core stage!

"I understand!"

Xu Mu nodded and took out two low-grade spirit stones, handing them to the girl.

"Thank you for your help today. Consider these two spirit stones as your reward."

"No, no, I volunteered! No need for spirit stones!"

After saying that, Su Luan quickly waved her hand and stepped back, then turned around and ran.

After running a distance, she turned back, waved her hand, and shouted, "Senior, if you need anything next time, you can come to the Daoist Pavilion to find me!"

"Okay!"

Xu Mu helplessly took back the spirit stones, watched Su Luan run far away, and then turned around and entered the attic behind him.

Sitting in front of the counter was a young man dressed in a light blue robe, with a scholarly and elegant temperament.

Hearing footsteps, the young man put down the book in his hand and looked up.

"Fellow Daoist, are you here to rent a training room?"

"Yes!"

Xu Mu nodded.

"I wonder what kind of rooms are available?"

"Do you have any requirements for the room, Fellow Daoist?" the young man asked calmly.

"Able to refine pills!"

"The alchemy room? Let me see!"

The young man took out another booklet from the counter and quickly flipped through a few pages.

"The rooms available for alchemy now are only one piece of medium-grade spirit stone and five pieces of medium-grade spirit stone per day!"

"I wonder what the differences are between these two types of rooms?"

To be honest, even Xu Mu was a little overwhelmed by the price.

This is for one day, not one month.

"In addition to the differences in spiritual energy and defensive formations, the room with five pieces of medium-grade spirit stone also has a fire formation and a fourth-grade alchemy furnace available for use!"

"A fire formation and a fourth-grade alchemy furnace!"

Xu Mu's heart was moved.

But the price really made people feel distressed.

In the end, Xu Mu gritted his teeth and indulged himself, renting the room with five pieces of medium-grade spirit stone for twenty days.

After all, he was about to break through the Foundation Building stage, and he didn't want any accidents.

"Fellow Daoist, please follow me!"

After paying one piece of high-grade spirit stone as rent and one piece of high-grade spirit stone as a deposit, the young man led Xu Mu into the attic and then opened a downward passage.

A room that can set up a fire formation naturally cannot be in the air; it must be underground.

The two of them walked down for at least a hundred meters. Xu Mu felt that they should have reached a depth of thirty to forty meters underground. Only then did the young man take out a formation token and wave it in front of him. The smooth wall slowly opened a door.

The young man led him in, and inside were a row of small rooms, all with uniform stone doors. If it weren't for the numbers on top, they would be almost indistinguishable.

"It's this one!"

The young man took out a green token and stuck it on the stone door of the seventh room from the entrance.

The stone door opened silently, revealing a small room that was only fifteen or sixteen steps long and wide.

There was a white stone embedded in the top of the room, illuminating the entire room as if it were daytime. In the center of the room was a huge red alchemy furnace about the height of a person, covered with dense runes that flickered with a faint spiritual light.

"Fellow Daoist, this is the token that controls the formation. Except for you, no one else can enter!"

After handing the formation token to Xu Mu, the young man continued, "This token also has a communication function. If Fellow Daoist needs it, you can directly activate the formation inside to notify me!"

After explaining everything that needed attention, the young man turned and left.

Xu Mu passed through the formation barrier at the entrance and entered the room, controlling the formation to close the stone door.

From the arrangement of the room, except for the alchemy furnace in the center, it was almost rudimentary.

But...

"What a rich spiritual energy!"

As soon as Xu Mu entered the room, he felt his cultivation level improve slightly with just one breath, as if he had taken a second-grade pill.

The spiritual energy in the room was so dense that it was almost visible.

This kind of room was simply a perfect place for breakthroughs in cultivation.

"No wonder the price is so expensive! This place is not meant for ordinary cultivators to practice, but for those who are about to break through in their cultivation!"

Just this training room alone can elevate the cultivation speed of all the cultivators in the city to a higher level.

No wonder there are so many experts in the city.

Compared to Licheng City, Liyang City is really far behind.

After carefully inspecting the entire room and confirming that there were no problems, Xu Mu sat cross-legged, opened the system, and began to improve his skills in refining Foundation Building Pills.

【Foundation Building Pill +100】!

【Foundation Building Pill +100】!

...

When selling magical artifacts, he also inquired about the availability of Foundation Building Pills.

There are some!

But very few!

The reason Xu Mu decided to refine them himself was not only because of the scarcity and high price of the pills sold in the shops, but also because the shops only sold low-grade Foundation Building Pills. Not to mention top-grade and supreme-grade, they didn't even have a single mid-grade pill.

Using a low-grade Foundation Building Pill for a breakthrough not only has a low success rate and may require multiple pills and attempts, but the foundation after the breakthrough is also not stable, which affects future cultivation progress.

Breaking through the Foundation Building stage is a transformative opportunity. The better the pill used, the more solid the foundation will be, and the greater the benefits in the future.

Moreover, for Xu Mu, Foundation Building Pills will become his next stable source of income, so investment is necessary.

Since that's the case, there's nothing to hesitate about.

After consuming most of his accumulated Luck value, Xu Mu raised his level of pill refining to the Grandmaster level in one go.

At this level, as long as he doesn't intentionally ruin the process, there is a ninety-nine percent chance of producing top-grade Foundation Building Pills.

After practicing for a day, Xu Mu adjusted his state to the best condition and refined the fourth-grade pill furnace in the room.

The Red Crow flew out from his body and merged into the pill furnace. The originally ordinary room suddenly flickered with densely packed runes.

A void suddenly cracked open in the center of the formation, and a surge of heat rolled out. A cluster of crimson-gold flames spewed out from inside.

Divine Ability·Fire Control!

A crisp crow's cry came from the furnace, and the fierce earth fire instantly became docile, like a sheep.

The flames enveloped the pill furnace as Xu Mu performed his techniques, and one after another, runes lit up on the furnace.

After the preheating was completed, Xu Mu began to put the medicinal materials for refining Foundation Building Pills into the furnace one by one.

Fire Spirit Reishi, Blood Essence Grass, Condensed Light Grass, Sunfire Fruit, Crimson Light Ginseng, Frostbite Fruit...

And the most important one, the 500-year-old Dragon Heart Nine-Leaf Mushroom!

Although it was his first time refining, the Grandmaster level of alchemy made everything seem so relaxed and comfortable.

Three days later.

Then Xu Mu struck the technique to retrieve the pill, and the furnace lid slowly opened. Five pills, crystal clear and free of impurities, flew out and landed in Xu Mu's palm.

The room was filled with a strong and refreshing medicinal fragrance, as if it could cleanse one's soul.

"They are all top-grade Foundation Building Pills!"

"I'm finally going to break through!"

(End of this chapter)