The Path to Immortality

Faced with Fang Ping's question, Liu Wuchen thought for a moment and said, "This depends on your spiritual root aptitude, Junior Brother Fang. What is your spiritual root aptitude?"

Spiritual root aptitude is a fixed thing that has been tested when entering the sect, so there is no need to conceal it.

Fang Ping said directly: "I have four spiritual roots, and the quality is very poor."

Senior Brother Liu's tone was a little heavier: "The situation is hard to say."

"You must have heard about the effect of the foundation-building pill. It can increase the possibility of foundation-building by 30%."

"If you have dual spiritual roots, you can build a foundation by yourself. More than 30% of the possibility. After taking the foundation-building pill, the success rate is 60%, which is very high."

"In this case, the sect will definitely give you a chance to try to build a foundation."

"Four spiritual roots, the quality is very poor, the success rate of foundation-building is much lower. Even if you are given two or three foundation-building pills, you may not be able to succeed in building a foundation!"

"The cost is too high."

"It is good to be an apprentice of the alchemy who can refine the condensed essence pill, but you also understand the value of the foundation-building pill. In many cases, it cannot be measured simply by spirit stones."

Speaking of this, Liu Wuchen also made an analogy that he thought was unlikely.

"Even if one day in the future, you, Junior Brother Fang, become a true first-class alchemist. Let the sect invest a lot of money and make a furnace of foundation-building pills for you alone, and force you to the foundation-building stage. But what is the price?"

"No matter how much the sect gives you, you will pay it back double sooner or later after you build your foundation."

"As long as the Golden Pill Ancestor takes action and recites a heart-searching mantra, you can serve the sect for free for a hundred years, and you can only pay it back when you die!"

"Think about the gains and losses, Junior Brother Fang."

………

If you have poor spiritual roots, it is difficult to get a foundation-building opportunity from the sect?

Even if you become a first-class alchemist and can get almost unlimited resources and support, you still have to pay it back afterwards?

Thinking about it carefully, it seems reasonable.

After all, the sect is not a charity.

But in this way, the option of refining pills for the sect is greatly reduced to Fang Ping.

It is rare to travel to such a prosperous world of cultivation. He is unwilling to enjoy it for just a few decades and turn into a handful of dust.

If there is any possibility, it is natural to forge ahead on the immortal path, and eventually live as long as the heaven and earth, shine as brightly as the sun and the moon, live forever, and be free and detached!

Although this "small goal" may be a bit too extravagant and even arrogant.

Even if it is a Yuanying Zhenren or even the legendary Huashen Daojun, at most they can only travel through the world for a few thousand years. I have never heard of anyone who can truly live forever.

But since you have already worn it, you still have to have ideals.

What if it comes true?

With a decision in mind, Fang Ping knew what he should do in the future.

If you fight for the ranking with all your strength, you will be sent out as cannon fodder if you get the benefits; if you don't want to be cannon fodder, you have to show your talent in alchemy and go to the alchemy hall to make pills obediently; but if your spiritual root qualifications are not good, it will be difficult to get the opportunity to build a foundation while serving the sect!

In this case, I shouldn't fight for this ranking from the beginning.

On weekdays, there is no need to deliberately show your talent in alchemy, and you should even be low-key and hide your shortcomings appropriately.

If you have average talent in alchemy, you don't have to worry about being used as an alchemy tool by the sect. After all, not everyone can get into the alchemy hall!

"It seems that you have thought it through."

Seeing Fang Ping listen to his advice, Liu Wuchen felt relieved.

He smiled gently and continued, "Well, now you can put forward the real conditions."

Fang Ping said calmly, "If I want to compete for the ranking, I may ask for some talismans, magic tools, or other means that can help. Since I don't compete, I actually have nothing to ask for in the short term... How about this, I will help you for free once. If there is a need, I hope you can help me once in the future."

Using hands to help, in exchange for hands to help?

Liu Wuchen showed a dilemma.

This condition seems fair, but it is not equal at all.

Fang Ping certainly knew Brother Liu's concerns, and added: "Don't worry, I won't make things difficult for you. First, this matter will not violate justice and morality, and second, the enemies we need to face will not exceed the Qi training stage. If I can build a foundation by chance, then even if this agreement is not fulfilled, it will be automatically invalidated."

No need to face opponents above the Qi training stage!

Building a foundation will be automatically invalidated!

These two promises immediately dispelled Liu Wuchen's biggest concerns.

He said very straightforwardly: "One thing for another, Brother, I agree! If you encounter difficulties in the future, you can come to me at any time, and I will never break my promise!"

After that, the two smiled at each other and the deal was reached.

After dealing with the last person, Brother Liu stood up again and said to everyone in the pavilion: "In this way, Liu Wuchen's future depends on you."

"I will give you a week to prepare. Please gather here at noon a week later."

………

As soon as the news of the sect competition was announced, the entire Luoyang Sect fell into chaos and noise.

Especially the first place in the outer sect leaderboard, which involves a foundation-building pill, has attracted the attention of countless people.

Liu Wuchen, who has a chance to compete, of course reacted immediately and used all his connections.

The other two late-stage Qi training disciples, who are also the three great masters of the outer sect, naturally could not miss this unique opportunity and used various means.

Even several foundation-building uncles in the inner sect frequently passed on messages regardless of their status, trying to interfere with the ownership of this foundation-building pill.

Fang Ping, who temporarily joined Liu Wuchen's chariot, was the calmest one at the moment because he had already prepared for the exploration of the spirit stone veins.

He practiced, refined pills, and cultivated the Fiery Sun True Fire as usual every day.

In a blink of an eye, it was the departure time agreed by Liu Wuchen.

Putting on the spirit snake robe and the two-yin spirit pendant, Fang Ping took out his full set of clothes and arrived at the back mountain of Tiandu Peak, the place where the trading fair was held in the past.

Liu Wuchen and several cultivators who had arrived earlier had been waiting here for a long time.

Seeing Fang Ping arrive, Liu Wuchen waved to him kindly: "Junior Brother Fang, come here."

Such a friendly gesture made the several senior brothers who arrived in the middle stage of Qi training first look a little sideways.

Soon, seven or eight more disciples arrived one after another.

But among the crowd, Senior Brother Zhang Feng, who was as strong as the sixth level of Qi training and was considered one of the core members of this trip, did not show up.

As time went by, Liu Wuchen's brows slowly knitted up.

The people who had already arrived saw that the agreed time had passed, but several people had not yet arrived, and they could not help but make a buzz of discussion.

Finally, after almost a quarter of an hour after the agreed time, Gongsun Qing arrived late and hurriedly arrived at the back mountain.

Seeing her appear, Liu Wuchen's face showed no expression, but he said in a half-joking tone: "Junior Sister Gongsun, why are you so late? Could it be... something happened suddenly and you want to regret it?"

Gongsun Qing pretended to be disappointed and said: "I have been friends with Senior Brother Liu for many years, but you don't trust me so much? Before I left, someone did pass a message through an outer sect steward, asking me not to go with you. But since I have already promised Senior Brother Liu, I will naturally not regret it."