Chapter 144 – Foundation Building Pill Controversy
Jianzhou is located in the northern part of Yue Country, ranking second among the thirteen states in terms of area, its territory is mostly mountains and hills, sparsely populated, and at the same time, it borders with the neighboring Yuanwu Country.
The Taiyue Mountain Range is located in the western part of Jianzhou and stretches for thousands of miles, not only are all kinds of beasts and raptors endless, it is a primitive mountain forest that is rarely visited by human beings, and there are even occasional rumors of woodcutters and hunters claiming to have seen fairies and monsters, which has put a layer of mysterious veil over this place.
Naturally, secular people could not imagine that the entire central part of the mountain range has long been occupied for thousands of years by the Yellow Maple Valley, one of the seven major Immortal Cultivation Schools.
From the top looks, here and other mountain ranges are not much difference, also is the mountain range is steep, lush trees, but in fact is covered by an oversized qimen array, all illusion, in fact, the following has long been densely built countless platforms, halls, and more than a few feet on the leaf shape of the magic weapon of the Immortal Cultivator, in the low altitude to fly around, constantly busy.
Yellow Maple Valley now the head of the Zhong Ling Dao has more than a hundred years old, but is still three wisps of beard of the middle-aged look, his person is the late Foundation Establishment stage of cultivation, and the nature of the calm, good at organizing, in the door of the prestige is very high, the door of the elders and his brothers and sisters are extremely convinced of it.
But this always calm and confident Zhong Da Sect Master, now is tightly frowning, sitting on the main seat of the hall, looking at a middle-aged man and an old man in front of him who are arguing fiercely somewhat helplessly, while the hall on both sides also another dozen of differently looking cultivators, these people are all the Yellow Maple Valley’s stewardship personnel.
”Senior Brother Murong! Obviously, the Foundation Establishment Pill had been assigned to a few months ago, but now the one for my nephew’s grandson has been canceled and given to a loose cultivator, this is also too unjustifiable!” The old man yelled at the white-faced, beardless middle-aged scholar in exasperation.
It was really surprising that this old man, who was obviously much older than the middle-aged man, had to address the other party as senior brother!
”Senior Brother Ye, it’s not like there was an accident! Something like this that only happens once in hundreds of years, where someone comes with an Immortal Ascension Order to get started, how can we just ignore it and have to give up a Foundation Establishment Pill to the visitor!” The middle-aged scholar’s expression remained unchanged as he said slowly.
”But this person isn’t even from an Immortal Cultivation Clan, he’s just a casual cultivator, and this is to give him a Foundation Establishment Pill as well? I think it’s fine to just let him be initiated, that way he’ll be considered blessed!” The old man argued with a reddened face.
”Senior Ye, words can’t be said like that! How do you know that people’s ancestors weren’t from Immortal Cultivation Families, maybe it’s just that the family fell apart and they became casual cultivators! Besides, who can guarantee that their family will not decline for a long time! Maybe Ye’s family will fall someday, and when the descendants of Ye’s family come to the door with the Immortalization Order, we in the Yellow Maple Valley will have to not give him the Foundation Pill, and just let him join the family. If senior brother dares to make this poisonous oath in front of the group, I, Murong Shirt, will turn my head and leave, never mentioning the matter of Foundation Establishment Dan again.”
The middle-aged man spoke eloquently, saying that the old man’s face was white and green for a while, and he was speechless.
How could the old man dare to make such an oath with endless consequences! Besides, even if he did, it would just be the guy in front of him who had been at odds with him scattering his hands, who knew if there were others who would pop up again?
”But why does it have to be my nephew’s grandson’s grain to give it up? Can’t the others?” The old man was unwilling and asked aloud.
”This has to be asked of this nephew-grandson of Senior Brother’s who is too uncompetitive! Surprisingly, he ranked so far back in the test.” The middle-aged man shook his head with a look of regret.
Seeing the person on the opposite side of the room acting like this, the old man’s teeth itched with hatred! But when it came to his nephew’s interests, he couldn’t think of anything else, and still tried to distinguish, “My nephew’s ranking is indeed a bit backward, but he’s not the last person to take the Foundation Establishment Dan! Aren’t there two others?”
”Senior brother is right, there are two other people who ranked after your nephew and grandson during the test, but these two people’s situation is really special! We can only condemn Senior Brother Ye’s nephew’s grandson!” The middle-aged man said in a very regretful tone.
”What’s so special about it? If you don’t give me a convincing original reason, I will not be able to swallow this breath!” The old man was also anxious and let out harsh words.
”Nonsense! What is there to swallow? These two are indeed special, skipping over the two of them and directly selecting the nephew and grandson of the senior brother was also something I nodded my head in agreement with. As for the reason! If senior brother doesn’t ask, I will explain it to you.”
Seeing that the old man really didn’t want to talk, Zhong Ling Dao sunk his face and chided a few words.
The old man’s heart flinched when he saw Zhong Ling Dao say the same thing! He only knew that during the test, there should be two more people behind his nephew and grandson, as for what they were, he really didn’t know, and this was where he was really angry and upset! Could there really be any exceptions that would make even the always impartial Sect Leader show favoritism?
Zhong Ling Dao waved his hand, signaling the middle-aged scholar to sit back down before he sighed and said, ”Senior Brother Ye, I’m afraid that this time, I really have to aggrieve your nephew and grandson for a bit! The other two, one is the only descendant of Uncle Hong Fu in the secular world, so even though the little girl originally failed the test, I still picked her out in the beginning and ranked her on the list for taking the Foundation Establishment Dan. I’m sure that Senior Brother Ye, wouldn’t want to cancel this person’s Foundation Establishment Pill, right?”
The old man was startled when he heard the name of Hong Fu, his face then changed drastically and he became terrified.
”Since this is the descendant of Senior Uncle Hong Fu, of course I should take care of him for a while, how could Little Brother be so disrespectful to his elders! For this person’s arrangement, little brother is convinced.” The old man said with a somewhat white face.
Zhong Da Sect Master, see the old man such a look, is not surprised, after all, as the Yellow Maple Valley JieDan stage cultivators in the only female surname, this red foo uncle’s protective temper, in the seat and which one does not know! If that little girl’s Foundation Establishment qualification was really stripped away, not to mention that the old man would be out of luck, I’m afraid that even he, the Sect Leader, wouldn’t have much of a good time in the future!
”Where is the other one?” The old man was still a bit undeterred, although he knew that the remaining person must also have sufficient reasons, but he still held a fluke mentality and asked.
”The remaining one, possessing a wind-attributed foreign spirit root, do you think that’s reason enough?” Zhong Ling Dao twisted his long beard in his hand and slowly said.
Once the old man heard this, he fell silent. The Yellow Maple Valley’s disciplinary rules explicitly contained such a clause: those with Heavenly Roots and Ectoplasmic Spirit Roots were prioritized for Foundation Establishment. This was even less to complain about!
But his nephew, although not his own grandson, but since the day he entered the door, he had watched him grow up day by day, and was closer to him than his own grandson, so how could he bear to tell him that the Foundation Establishment qualification had been canceled!
”Then this nephew of mine, is it really hopeless? You know, if you wait for another ten years, this nephew of mine will have missed the best Foundation Establishment period, and will have no hope of entering the Foundation Establishment period again in this life!” The old man’s words were a little bleak, causing many of the people sitting beside him to murmur.
”Senior Brother Ye, it’s actually not without a solution!” An old man with a somewhat gloomy face and a hawkish nose stood out and comforted the old man surnamed Ye.
”What? Senior Brother Wu still has a way?” When the old man surnamed Ye heard this, his spirit was revitalized, within the sect, this Senior Brother Wu was famous for his resourcefulness, so maybe there really was some way!
The old man surnamed Wu smiled slightly, did not answer this question immediately, instead he turned his head and saluted Zhong Ling Dao Yi, and asked in a loud voice: “May I ask the Sect Leader, has the Spiritual Root Attribute of the person holding the Immortal Ascension Order been tested? How is his qualification?”
”It doesn’t seem to be very good! Senior brother Wang, you personally brought and did the test on the person, so speak up!” Zhong Ling Dao said to someone in the row on the left.
”Yes, Sect Master!” A pale green middle-aged man stood up and said indifferently, “This person is not very old, eighteen or nineteen years old, early ninth level of the Wood Attribute Basic Technique, and the four attributes of the Spiritual Root Attribute are lacking in gold, which belongs to the Pseudo Spiritual Root. Judging from the whole, this person should have a low qualification, but should have had a miraculous encounter and be able to practice diligently and hard, otherwise there is no way to have today’s realm. If there are no other opportunities, basically this life at most practiced to the 11th or 12th layer of the Basic Technique, unable to enter the Foundation Establishment Stage. Even if one takes a Foundation Establishment Pill, the possibility of being able to enter the Foundation Establishment Stage is only one percent ……”
”Good!” The old man surnamed Wu interrupted loudly before this Master Wang finished.
”What’s good?” The Ye surname old man pressed the question.
The others also looked at the old man surnamed Wu with puzzled faces, only Zhong Ling Dao frowned slightly, guessing a few points in his heart.
”May I ask Senior Sect Leader, if the person coming here voluntarily gives up taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, does it not count as us breaking our promise!” The old man surnamed Wu said.
”Of course, but no one is allowed to use threats and coercion to do this, otherwise our Yellow Maple Valley’s reputation will be ruined!” Sect Master Zhong gently nodded.
”Heh! Please rest assured, Sect Master, of course!” The old man surnamed Wu, smiled faintly, then turned his head to the old man surnamed Ye and said, “Senior Ye, you don’t mind breaking the bank to buy his Foundation Establishment Pill, do you? Knowing that his qualifications are so low, and his Foundation Establishment success rate is even more pathetic, there should be a high chance that he will give up his Foundation Establishment Dan in exchange for something more practical!” The old man surnamed Wu looked confident.