Chapter 719 - 361: Foundation Establishment (Part 2)

Chapter 719: Chapter 361: Foundation Establishment (Part 2)

That was pure Spiritual Liquid, formed from extreme compression. This one glob alone was comparable to the peak Spiritual Power of ten Qi Cultivation Great Perfection Cultivators!

He could also feel that his Power had taken a fundamental leap forward!

He wanted to go to the Cultivation Room to test its might, but he suppressed the impulse. Instead, he absorbed the remaining medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill to stabilize and enhance his Cultivation.

While this was a somewhat wasteful use of a Foundation Establishment Pill, to him, it was nothing.

As he finished absorbing all the medicinal power from the Foundation Establishment Pill, the Dantian Qi Vortex inside him continued to rapidly refine it, gradually filling the "empty barrel" of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

After Refining the immense medicinal power of five Foundation Establishment Pills, his Cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage had advanced by a huge margin, bringing him to the brink of the Middle Stage!

This just went to show the sheer potency of five Upper Grade Foundation Establishment Pills.

’With this North Nether Swallowing Qi Method, I could probably reach the Nascent Soul Realm in just ten years!’ Cheng Zongyang marveled. The cultivation speed of this Cultivation Technique was truly astonishing.

He then took out a Spirit Testing Paper to check his Spirit Root aptitude.

As five different colors appeared, representing a shift in the proportions of his Spirit Root aptitudes, Cheng Zongyang couldn’t help but smile. ’Just as I thought. My earth and gold Spirit Root aptitudes have improved. My aptitudes for wood, fire, and water have also gotten a bit better.’

Next, he left the room and went to the Cultivation Room to test his new strength in a simulated environment.

「Three days later.」

In the top-floor conference hall of the Commerce Association in Jade Peak Immortal City, the chiefs of forty-three different factions were gathered. They had all received a notice from the Cheng Clan Commerce Association: the departure for the Cultivation Immortality Realm had been moved up.

An increasingly composed Zhou Zhendong managed the proceedings with practiced ease.

"Everyone, our City Lord will be here shortly. Are you all clear on the terms we previously discussed? If you have any reservations, you may leave now and receive a full refund. Our Commerce Association will not hold it against you. You can always sign up again once you’ve made up your mind." At this, Zhou Zhendong’s smile faded, and his tone turned cold. "However, if you wait until our City Lord arrives to back out, you will be considered to be deliberately causing trouble. In that case, you will have to face the consequences."

After speaking, he looked at the forty-three people in the room.

Some of these people were old enough to be his great-grandfather. ’But so what?’

He was now at the Qi Cultivation Third Level, while the strongest person here was only a Single Spirit Root cultivator at the Qi Cultivation Second Level.

But the Celestial Break Gang’s Immortal Martial Hall also had members with a Single Spirit Root. With a sufficient supply of resources, the strongest among them had even reached the Qi Cultivation Sixth Level!

Cheng Zongyang didn’t even need to lift a finger; the Immortal Martial Hall alone was enough to suppress all the Qi Cultivation Practitioners in the Immortal City!

Over the past year, their screening process had added six more qualifying factions to the original thirty-seven.

All forty-three of them were Cultivators at the Qi Cultivation First Level.

This was a change in the requirements; it was no longer enough to be at Innate Great Perfection. Now, one had to reach the Qi Cultivation Stage.

This would encourage them to spend more on Cultivation resources during their stay in the Immortal City.

Seeing no objections from the crowd, Zhou Zhendong gave a slight nod.

Meanwhile, in the backyard of the Commerce Association’s first floor, Cheng Zongyang had just emerged from the Magical Treasure Space, having withdrawn two hundred sixty million taels of silver and eight million taels of gold.

This was the result of the promotional team’s efforts over the past year or so.

In one year—no, according to Li Lu, it only took half a year—the Seven Kingdoms Royal Families had agreed to use Spirit Tickets, and the various other factions naturally consented as well.

Adoption among the common people was much slower, and they were less receptive. But a gradual conversion was underway.

As a result, over the past year, not only was the promotion of the Ten Thousand Races Spirit Seal extremely successful, but the exchange for Spirit Tickets also went very smoothly.

That was how they had accumulated this amount of gold and silver!

Cheng Zongyang was very pleased with this.

"Boss, you can go up now," Li Xuejin said, cupping his hands toward Cheng Zongyang at the entrance to the Magical Treasure Space.

Cheng Zongyang gave a slight nod.

Li Xuejin had returned while he was in seclusion.

On the way over, he had listened to Li Xuejin recount his story of revenge.

He hadn’t made a public spectacle of it. Instead, he had used poison to kill everyone in the Zheng Family’s Direct Lineage. Afterward, he used a Talisman in a trap to kill the three Innate Great Perfection Martial Artists who had originally attacked the Huangfu Family.

The incident had caused a huge stir in Da Liang, but Cheng Zongyang had been busy at the time and hadn’t inquired about it.

Now that Li Xuejin was back, he certainly wasn’t going to ask for more details.

’The matter is resolved. Now, he just needs to focus on his Cultivation and his duties.’

Arriving at the top floor, Cheng Zongyang saw that everyone was gathered and looked to Zhou Zhendong, who nodded to indicate that there were no problems.

Cheng Zongyang walked onto the stage, faced the crowd, and said, "Thank you all for waiting. I had originally planned to go to the Cultivation Immortality Realm in another year, but it happens that I have business to attend to there, so we’ll go now. I presume you are all aware of the procedures involved."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

At a wave from Zhou Zhendong, a dozen people came in carrying a basin of water.

After everyone had drunk a cup, Cheng Zongyang took them all into the Realm of Ten Thousand Races.

Cheng Zongyang looked at Zhou Zhendong and the others. "I’ll head over first. The Immortal Mountain plan can begin as soon as I return. You can also start the initial promotion. I just left the information booklets with Zongwen; you can go get them from him."

"Yes," Zhou Zhendong replied with cupped hands.

Cheng Zongyang didn’t linger and returned to the basement.

He still needed to use the Teleportation Array for the upcoming journey. After all, with so many people, he couldn’t teleport them in batches from the Realm of Ten Thousand Races to Site Two. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to leave the passage and enter Ice City, since none of them had official identities.

The moment they stepped out, they would be captured.

Soon, he had teleported all the way to the East Sea Abyss. After observing his surroundings and seeing no issues, he took out the Teleportation Token, inserted it, and entered the Ice and Fire Cultivation Immortality Realm.

After appearing in the cave, Cheng Zongyang retrieved the Token for the Array inside and left.

He then made his way to the same small valley as before.

Half an hour later, everyone awoke. After a brief explanation from Cheng Zongyang, he led them out of the mountain forest by air.

Once they reached a road, Cheng Zongyang turned to the crowd behind him and said:

"Everyone, follow this road straight, and you will reach Zi’an County. You were all briefed on matters concerning Zi’an County back in the Immortal City. Therefore, from this point on, you must act on your own. I will not be accompanying you."

"Thank you, City Lord!" someone immediately called out, thanking him with a cupped-fist salute.

Seeing this, the others all chimed in with their thanks.

"Don’t mention it. After all, you’ve all paid your fees. I have other business to attend to, so I won’t dally." Cheng Zongyang released his Flying Cloud Shuttle and departed at once.

The forty-three people left behind exchanged glances, then quickly headed toward Zi’an County.

After leaving them, Cheng Zongyang returned to the cave.

From the cave, he teleported again, arriving at Ma Yue’s residence.

The underground secret chamber was protected by an Array. Even with his powerful Divine Sense, which could cover a five-kilometer radius, he was unable to probe beyond the Array.

After putting on a disguise of beast hides, Cheng Zongyang emerged from the underground chamber alone.

The room was empty, however. He figured Ma Yue was out on business and hadn’t returned yet.

He decided to wait. At the same time, he carefully extended his Divine Sense to investigate the surrounding area.

Finding nothing unusual, he sat cross-legged on the bed and sent his consciousness into the Realm of Ten Thousand Races.

Upon entering the Realm of Dominator, he discovered that the grand map of the Realm of Ten thousand Races was already mostly filled in, with only about a third left to reveal.

’Wow. The Martial Arts Realm alone has contributed nearly four hundred million taels of silver, and the offerings from the Cultivation Immortality Realm must be in the tens of millions of taels. And it’s still not enough to reveal the entire map?’ Cheng Zongyang was astounded.

A diameter of four hundred thousand kilometers—and that wasn’t square kilometers, but linear distance—and it still wasn’t enough to cover the whole realm. Anyone would be shocked to hear it.

The Ring Spirit responded, "The unrevealed portions are mostly extensions over the sea. According to my calculations, there is a shortfall of about one hundred million taels of silver to display the full realm, which will have a diameter of approximately five hundred thousand kilometers."

"Does that mean silver will be useless afterward?" Cheng Zongyang asked.

The Ring Spirit replied, "You can sell it on consignment."

Cheng Zongyang nodded slightly, not dwelling on it. Useful or not, the implementation of the Spirit Tickets was a foregone conclusion.

"Then let’s establish the mission bounty board," Cheng Zongyang said. "The bounty board will be divided into the Realm of Ten Thousand Races Mission Board and the Personal Mission Board."

He had designed this mission bounty board long ago but had delayed its implementation. There hadn’t been much demand for it, and he had been focused on targeting all the Spirit Veins in the Cultivation Immortality Realm.

Now that he had some free time, it was the perfect opportunity to get it done.