The next morning, Li Zhirui, having rested for the night and fully revived, summoned the Elders and announced a significant matter. Stay updated through My Virtual Library Empire
"Responding to the Yuanming Sect's call, besides the basic rewards, we have also unexpectedly gathered over twenty thousand Contribution Value."
Li Zhirui said, "I intend to add our family's existing fifty thousand Spirit Stones to join the auction that will be held in a few days, aiming to acquire a Foundation Establishnt Pill."
"And this Foundation Establishnt Pill will be given to Li Zhizhun for refinent, to aid him in achieving Foundation Establishnt!"
Upon hearing this, Li Zhizhun's breathing paused for a mont, his fists clenched tightly, suppressing the excitent within his heart.
As for the other Elders, their reactions were not as significant, although no one had openly ntioned it, they had already guessed it.
Being the Clan Leader's protégé, Li Zhizhun could not possibly remain a Qi Cultivation cultivator, or else he would simply be unable to suppress the rest of the family.
"Elder Shilian and Li Zhizhun will participate in the auction a few days from now."
After pondering for a mont, Li Zhirui added another comnt, "Given the zombie disturbance, it's likely that other forces have also obtained a considerable amount of Contribution Value, so the price of the Foundation Establishnt Pill may be quite high this ti."
"If we really can't secure it, it's alright to wait for the next auction."
After all, Contribution Value remains valid over the long term, and the family's stockpile of Spirit Stones will continue to grow. By the next auction, securing a Foundation Establishnt Pill should certainly be achievable.
Moreover, Li Zhizhun hasn't reached Qi Cultivation Completion yet and is only forty years old, so waiting another year would not hurt.
"Understood!" Li Zhizhun knew this speech was primarily directed at him, hoping he would not feel resentful if Li Shilian was unwilling to compete due to high prices.
Having discussed the most important matter, the rest were trivial issues.
First, Li Zhirui entrusted the Spirit Earthworm to Elder Li Shiyu, who was in charge of nurturing Spirit Beasts, hoping he could cultivate more, as the seven they had were far from sufficient for the many Spirit Fields the family had now established.
Then he stored the rewards given by the Yuanming Sect, three bottles of Consolidating Yuan Pills and ten bottles of Jade Spirit Pills, in the storehouse for family mbers to exchange.
"During this trip, I also ca across an opportunity," Li Zhirui ntioned the Pill Scripture, but did not disclose how he obtained it or ntion its origin from dicine King Valley.
To avoid any association between the Pill Scripture and dicine King Valley, what Li Zhirui handed over to the family was a specially copied Jade Slip that contained only the Pill Recipe, and he did not record the unique Hundred Herbs Pill either.
All necessary matters having been discussed, Li Zhirui handed over the Jade Token that recorded the Contribution Value of the Yuanming Sect to Li Shilian, then stood up and left the main hall.
He planned to examine the other Jade Slips in the female cultivator's storage bag and then retreat to ponder the original Pill Scripture Jade Slip.
The contents of those Jade Slips were her insights and experiences in alchemy as well as so guidance from her seniors.
This systematic knowledge was what Li Zhirui lacked; it was not that he didn't want to learn, but there was simply no place to learn such teachings. Even though her records were scattered, they were greatly beneficial to Li Zhirui.
The only downside was that the information was all based on Fire Refinent thod, not the Water thod Alchemy that Li Zhirui practiced.
However, this was normal, as the Fire Refinent thod is the most widespread and common thod of alchemy.
"If I don't want to purchase any more Pill Recipes, I'll have to deduce the Water Refinent Pill Recipes based on those in my possession," Li Zhirui knew it wouldn't be easy, but decided to try it anyway.
It wasn't about saving a few Spirit Stones, but rather, it was a form of training for Li Zhirui, a cultivation journey on the Tao of Alchemy, which would certainly benefit his future alchemy endeavors.
For instance, the Spirit Clearing Pill recorded in the Wanling Sutra is a Fire thod recipe, and now Li Zhirui was determined to contract a second Devil Beast. If he did not have the Spirit Clearing Pill to remove the devilish energy, how could he dare to make a contract?
Ti ticked by, and soon, the day of the auction arrived. Li Shilian took Li Zhizhun to the Marketplace for the event, with Shiren also taking ti to observe.
Perhaps due to the treasures found in the ruins, the auction was very lively with many precious Spiritual Objects up for bidding, though none were fated for the Li family.
"The next item to be auctioned, I'm sure everyone is aware of!" the auctioneer shouted excitedly, "That's right! It is the Foundation Establishnt Pill that can increase the chances of Foundation Establishnt!"
"To thank everyone here for their contributions recently, Yuanming Sect has taken out five Foundation Establishnt Pills for this auction!"
Li Zhizhun's eyes lit up, this ti there was a good number of Foundation Establishnt Pills, and it was very possible for his family to get one!
The auctioneer walked to the back of the display table and took out five jade bottles from his storage bag, shouting, "The auction starts now!"
The emotions of the crowd were stirred up by him, the scene beca very heated, and even a bit crazy.
"Sixty thousand Spirit Stones!"
"Seventy thousand Spirit Stones!"
No sooner had his voice fallen than two bids rang out in succession, and the price of the Foundation Establishnt Pills was instantly raised to a high level.
Li Zhizhun, who was originally bright-eyed, suddenly grew dim, knowing that under these circumstances, his family would not be able to get a Foundation Establishnt Pill in this auction.
"How could other families possibly accrue so much Contribution Value?" Li Shiren asked with a puzzled face.
They had received a reward from Jiang Tianming, which gave them twenty thousand Contribution Value, but could other families have had the sa opportunity?
But if it wasn't for the Contribution Value, how could these families co up with so many Spirit Stones?
"Could it be that you've forgotten? Last year's auction didn't have Foundation Establishnt Pills, so naturally, they saved up enough Spirit Stones," Li Shilian said helplessly.
It was just unfortunate that the family had bought a Foundation Establishnt Pill two years ago; even though they now had quite a few extra Spirit Stones coming in, they still couldn't compete with these families that had accumulated over several years.
"Sigh!" Li Shiren let out a heavy sigh and comforted in a dry tone, "It's okay, Zhizhun, if worse cos to worst, we wait another year, you're still young and there's no need to rush."
"Right," Li Zhizhun said, nodding his head energetically in agreent.
"Seventy-five thousand!"
The Li family hadn't even entered the bidding yet, and the price was already at their limit.
In the end, a certain family won the Foundation Establishnt Pill with seventy-eight thousand Spirit Stones.
And the prices for the other four Foundation Establishnt Pills all exceeded seventy-five thousand. Li Shiren did bid at tis, but he was quickly outmatched.
In the end, the three of them could only return empty-handed.
When Li Zhirui heard the news afterward, he just patted Li Zhizhun on the shoulder as a gesture of comfort.
However, Li Zhirui was still busy comprehending pill recipes and wasn't aware of what happened to Li Shilian and the others.
For modifying the pill recipes, Li Zhirui used a rather clumsy thod, which was to compare two different pill recipes in the hope of finding so patterns between them.
The family had previously bought him quite a few first-grade Water thod Pill Recipes, and he now had enough Fire thod Pill Recipes. The number wasn't large, but it was barely enough to work with.
Through Li Zhirui's efforts, he actually managed to discern so patterns! For instance, in the Water thod Pill Recipes, the amounts of certain Spiritual dicine used to neutralize dicinal properties would be less.
However, such comparisons were re armchair strategizing. Without hands-on practice, one couldn't arrive at an accurate conclusion.
So, after making so progress, Li Zhirui began to modify the Nourishing Qi Pill Recipe.
But first, he needed to hasten the maturity of enough Spiritual dicine.
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