Chapter 502 Development

During the four years of building the island, Zhang Zhixuan cultivated and refined another furnace of foundation-building pills. There were still two mature chalcedony golden mushrooms. As long as he collected all the auxiliary spiritual medicines, he could start refining pills at any time.

This time, the refining of pills was smoother than the last time. With the improvement of experience, Zhang Zhixuan became more adept at refining foundation-building pills and successfully refined five foundation-building pills.

At the same time, during these four years, Han Yan also broke through to the seventh level of the Purple Mansion.

Han Yan opened up the Purple Mansion six years earlier than Zhang Zhixuan, but in terms of cultivation speed, she was left behind by Zhang Zhixuan by more than ten years. Her spiritual roots were better than Zhang Zhixuan's, but because Zhang Zhixuan created his own skills and entered the state of enlightenment three times, she actually took the lead in the Purple Mansion stage.

After refining the foundation-building pill again, it immediately caused a sensation in the sect, and the cultivators on several islands were a little panicked.

However, Zhang Zhixuan engraved the rules for exchanging foundation-building pills on the rocks, and any cultivator passing by the spiritual vein of Dafang Island, Huayu Mountain, could easily see it.

This time, as many as five foundation-building pills were refined, but the competition was very fierce. Not only did the cultivators of Dafang Island want to exchange them, but even the cultivators of Huangsha Island and Crescent Island were eyeing them.

There were eleven ninth-level Qi training cultivators on the Huangsha Islands who were suitable for taking foundation-building pills. Li Yulin on Crescent Island had already gotten rid of slavery and served as a deacon elder, and had also accumulated a sum of resources.

With their competition, it would become increasingly difficult for the sect to exchange foundation-building pills.

On the spiritual vein of Crescent Island, Li Yulin and the other five sat around with solemn expressions. It has been ten years since the discovery of Crescent Island. After ten years of development, the island has not only cultivated spiritual veins, but also opened up more than thirty acres of spiritual fields. Even a few years ago, Li Yulin and others discovered a third-level spiritual wood, Iron Yuanmu, when they went out to sea, and transplanted it to Crescent Island.

Not only that, 80,000 acres of farmland have been reclaimed on the island. After more than ten years of recuperation, the population on the island has also developed greatly, increasing by four thousand in ten years.

Now Zhang Zhixuan and his two companions have been operating in Qingli Sea for fifteen years. They already have thirty-two foundation-building cultivators, one thousand four hundred Qi training cultivators, four third-level upper-grade treasure ships, and two third-level lower-grade treasure ships. The total number of mortals controlled by the sect is three hundred thousand.

This force has exceeded that of Taicheng County.

However, the islands controlled by the sect are all small islands, and their development is greatly restricted. If they want to truly establish a foundation, they must occupy a large island and cultivate millions of mortals for sustainable development.

"Brother Li, what have you thought about? Will you help me?"

"Sister Yuan, it's not that I don't want to help, but I really can't do anything. You are still in slavery and have no annual salary for the time being. If I rely on myself alone, I really can't come up with good deeds to exchange for foundation-building pills for Zhenyang."

Because of the difficult situation after joining the sect, the five people from Giant Whale Island have always been very close. Li Yulin got rid of his slavery and had the highest status in the sect. He soon became the leader of the five people and would take care of them more or less when carrying out tasks.

Over the past ten years, they have made some achievements. Although Sheng Tianlu and Yuan Ruoyun have not escaped slavery, their sentences have been reduced by half, and they will be free in another twenty years. Shao Qingming and Cao Yunxiao's sentences have also been reduced by twenty years, which gives them some hope and prevents them from breaking the jar and causing trouble.

Yuan Ruoyun hesitated for a moment and said, "Otherwise, I will give you the magic weapon in my hand and let you exchange some good deeds for Zhenyang. He is a cultivator with two spiritual roots. According to the rules of the sect, he can borrow 7,000 good deeds, which can easily be exchanged for foundation-building pills."

Yuan Zhenyang is Yuan Ruoyun's nephew. He has been practicing to the ninth level of Qi training for eight years. He is the person with the best spiritual roots among the next generation of cultivators on Crescent Island and is valued by several foundation-building cultivators.

Yuan Zhenyang, the next generation of cultivators on Crescent Island, is their hope for turning over. Li Yulin will naturally take care of him secretly. As early as two years ago, Yuan Zhenyang made contributions under Li Yulin's care and escaped slavery and regained his freedom more than ten years ahead of schedule.

Li Yulin has been carefully managing for ten years, in fact, he is waiting for this day. If Yuan Zhenyang can build a foundation, he will definitely become a deacon elder and be responsible for one aspect. At that time, it will be easier for the monks of Crescent Moon Island to get rid of slavery and their power will be greater.

In recent years, seven monks of Huangsha Island have been freed from slavery because of building the island. The remaining monks will be freed from slavery in three to five years because of their shorter sentences.

Once Yuan Zhenyang misses the opportunity to exchange for foundation-building pills, it will be difficult for Crescent Moon Island to exchange for foundation-building pills after the monks of Huangsha Island get rid of slavery.

Because the number of monks on Huangsha Island is larger, there will be more seedlings with good spiritual roots, and the exchange of foundation-building pills must be given priority to those with good spiritual roots. Unless the sect can provide a large number of foundation-building pills to change the shortage of foundation-building pills.

The last time they exchanged foundation-building pills, Jia Mengzhen, He Zhongxing, Gu Qiwen, and Shi Guiqing had consumed 10,000 merits. It has only been a few years, and their families are already a little short of money, so they can only support Yu Youzhen, Yu Wancheng, and Lu Linghao to exchange.

The monks of Crescent Island were in a more difficult situation than those of Yellow Sand Island. As prisoners of war, their storage bags were taken away and their magic tools were forced to be handed over to the General Affairs Hall.

Even after ten years, they only received some rewards in the battle and refined a few magic tools with some third-level monster materials, which averaged less than one per person.

Even Li Yulin, a master of the ninth level of foundation building, only has one third-level medium-grade magic weapon, but he has accumulated nearly two thousand good deeds. It is precisely because of this embarrassment that the monks of Crescent Moon Island are as united as the Zhang family two hundred years ago.

After listening to Yuan Ruoyun's words, Li Yulin nodded and said, "One third-level magic weapon may not be enough. I have less than two thousand good deeds in my hand. Everyone needs to contribute a magic weapon to raise the capital to exchange for the foundation-building pill."

The five people were silent for a moment, and finally Sheng Tianlu sighed: "When cultivators seek the Tao, I help you and you help me. Today I helped Zhenyang, and in the future I will rely on Zhenyang to take care of Mingxuan."

Because of the chaos on Giant Whale Island, many of Sheng Tianlu's relatives and friends were killed and injured, and the only child left was Sheng Mingxuan. When they were defeated that year, Sheng Mingxuan was less than six years old, so he would not be guilty and would not be enslaved at all.

Now ten years have passed, and the child has grown to sixteen years old, and his cultivation has reached the third level of Qi training. Those who have cultivated to this stage at this age are most likely to be three-spiritual root cultivators. Even if a three-spiritual root cultivator does not rely on external objects, he can cultivate to the ninth level of Qi training in thirty years and have the opportunity to impact the foundation-building pill realm.

Among the five of them, Li Yulin has the highest cultivation, but Sheng Tianlu is older. His life span is over 200 years old, and he may not be able to support Sheng Mingxuan to enter the foundation-building stage, so at this critical moment, he must leave some favors to make Sheng Mingxuan better in the future.