Ethereal Main Peak, Ethereal Palace.
The five peak masters brought Su Zimo, Leng Rou and Little Fatty here and recounted the incident of the spirit mine in Linfeng City to the Patriarch in detail without leaving out anything.
Su Zimo and the other two left.
Patriarch Ling Yun closed his eyes in deep thought and asked after a while, "What do you guys think?"
Wen Xuan replied, "Such cruel methods should be the work of someone from the fiend sects. Patriarch, you mustn't be careless."
The other four peak masters nodded as well.
"Pass down my orders. Before the sect competition, all sect disciples should avoid heading out as much as possible. If they head out, they must be accompanied by at least 20 perfected Foundation Establishment disciples! "
Ling Yun continued, "Make arrangements for the funerals of Lu Yangrong and Guan Jin. Also, reward Leng Rou and Little Fatty with spirit stones and elixirs. As for Su Zimo … "
The disheveled old man said hurriedly, "Patriarch, if not for this lad, even little crane wouldn't have been able to return, let alone Leng Rou and Little Fatty. We've all gone over to take a look. The battlefield was extremely tragic and more than 30 Foundation Establishment Cultivators died under this lad's saber! "
"Impart the Ethereal Foundation Establishment to him," Ling Yun said.
When he heard that, the disheveled old man's eyes lit up in joy as he bowed hurriedly. "That would be for the best. I'll thank Patriarch on behalf of Su Zimo."
The Ethereal Foundation Establishment was one of the three secret skills of the sect!
In the Qi Condensation realm, the requirements for cultivation techniques were very low. Any cultivation technique would allow one to cultivate a sea of qi and as long as their spirit roots were good enough, they would be able to enter the Foundation Establishment realm.
However, in the Foundation Establishment realm, there were requirements for cultivation techniques.
Foundation Establishment was divided into four levels: early-stage, mid-stage, late-stage and perfected.
At perfected Foundation Establishment, there was a meridian opening.
The so-called meridian opening referred to the use of spirit energy to open up the eight extraordinary meridians.
Every time a meridian was opened, a cultivator's strength would increase!
Although a Foundation Establishment Cultivator with eight opened meridians and a Foundation Establishment Cultivator with one opened meridian were both considered to be at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm, there was a world of difference in their strength.
Normally, if one could open up four of the eight meridians, there would be a great chance of forming the Jin Dan.
If he could open up five meridians, his chances of forming his Gold Core would be even higher.
If he could open all eight extraordinary meridians, he would definitely become a Jin Dan!
This seemed simple, but it was actually extremely difficult.
Many Foundation Establishment Cultivators might not even be able to unlock four meridians in their entire lives and could only form their cores by force. Most of them would fail in their attempt to form their cores and die in depression.
If he could cultivate a superior Foundation Establishment Cultivation Method, his chances of opening his meridians would be much higher.
Ethereal Foundation Establishment was a superior Foundation Establishment cultivation technique. Cultivators who cultivated this secret skill would be able to unlock at least four meridians at the perfected Foundation Establishment stage.
Of course, in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, there had only been one Foundation Establishment Cultivator who had unlocked all eight meridians in the past thousand years.
The most recent Foundation Establishment Cultivator to do so was that monster incarnate who walked out of Misty Peak a thousand years ago!
It was almost impossible for all eight meridians to be unlocked.
There was no Foundation Establishment Cultivator who purposely pursued unlocking all eight meridians. Normally, one could attempt to break through to the Jin Dan realm as long as four meridians were unlocked.
Of course, it was undeniable that the more meridians were unlocked, the stronger one would be and the quality of the Jin Dan formed would be different as well.
Therefore, in the inner sect, there were some middle-aged Foundation Establishment Cultivators who were in their forties but were stuck at perfected Foundation Establishment. All of them wanted to unlock as many meridians as possible and were not in a hurry to form their cores.
However, the lifespan of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator was only slightly more than a hundred years.
After 50 years of age, one's essence, qi and spirit would deteriorate. If one could not unlock their meridians in the past, it would be even more difficult in the future.
Therefore, most people who were stuck at perfected Foundation Establishment until they were 50 years old at most would attempt to form their Jin Dan regardless of how many meridians they unlocked.
The amazing thing about Ethereal Foundation Establishment was that it could ensure that a cultivator could unlock at least four meridians. That meant that they were already halfway through the threshold of forming their cores!
Furthermore, with that foundation, cultivators who were extremely talented would be able to unlock even more meridians.
After all, there was once a cultivator who unlocked all eight meridians in Misty Peak who was invincible among Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Tianhuang North Region!
In the Ethereal Palace, just as the five peak masters were about to leave, Patriarch Ling Yun added, "Right, don't spread this news."
The five peak masters were stunned for a moment before nodding in agreement.
After the five of them left, a beautiful red-haired woman suddenly appeared in the palace.
Ling Yun stood up and cupped his fists, asking in a deep voice, "Senior, have you heard of a similar demonic technique that can absorb a cultivator's essence blood?"
The red-haired woman shook her head with a grim expression.
Ling Yun frowned and murmured, "Could it be someone from the seven fiend sects? If it's someone from the seven sects, Misty Peak won't be easy to deal with. If we don't deal with it properly, we might be wiped out! "
"It's not someone from the fiend sects."
The red-haired woman shook her head and said with certainty.
Ling Yun's expression relaxed slightly. Just as he heaved a sigh of relief, the red-haired woman continued, "However, that person's background is probably not weaker than the seven fiend sects. In fact, it might even be stronger!"
"Could it be …"
As though he had thought of something, Ling Yun's pupils constricted and he did not continue.
The red-haired woman nodded and said, "That pair of green eyes should be from the forbidden grounds of Tianhuang Mainland."
"Psst!"
Ling Yun gasped and was shocked. After a long time, he asked, "How did a being from the forbidden grounds escape?"
"I don't know either."
The red-haired woman sighed. "Chaos is brewing in Tianhuang Mainland."
"Senior, your lifespan …" Ling Yun could not help but ask worriedly.
"I won't be able to last long. A hundred years at most."
The red-haired woman said, "Over the years, True Fire Sect, Iridescent Clouds Palace, Southern Mountains Sect and Azure Frost Sect have all coveted Misty Peak. Even some of the smaller sects are tempted. When I die, Misty Peak is on the brink of death. If no one in the sect enters the Void Reversion realm and becomes a Void Reversion in the next hundred years … the lineage of Misty Peak is probably going to end. "
"Senior!"
Suddenly, Ling Yun knelt on the ground and looked at the red-haired woman in silence with a guilty expression.
The crane was the spirit beast of the Founder Master of Misty Peak and had protected the sect for thousands of years. It was equivalent to a Void Reversion and was the only Void Reversion in the sect!
All these years, if not for the protection of senior crane, Misty Peak would have been destroyed multiple times!
"There's no need for that. There are thousands of Genying Zhenjun and no one can enter the Void Reversion realm without a powerful spirit refinement technique. You don't have to blame yourself either."
The red-haired woman reached out to help him up and said softly, "Don't worry, I'll protect Misty Peak until the end. At least, I won't let him down for what he entrusted me back then."
Ling Yun sighed. "Actually, the batch of disciples last year had decent potential. For example, Feng Haoyu, Leng Rou, Su Zimo and Little Fatty had limitless futures. It's a pity …"
Ling Yun did not continue.
It was a pity that those people would not be able to enter the Void Reversion realm within a hundred years and help the sect tide through this calamity.
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