BXBX NOVEL Chapter 243 - 234: Tree Fruit of Immortality_2
“This Heavenly Cicada Spirit Leaf is actually so miraculous? If paired with a Foundation Building Pill, wouldn’t that guarantee a successful Foundation Establishment.”
Chen Mobai thought in a different direction, bringing up a key point unnoticed by E Yun and Yuan Chiye.
“I will write a report on this matter to the Sect Leader. It might even be placed in the Book Pavilion for future generations to reference,” E Yun said. Since everyone’s chances in the Divine Tree Secret Realm vary greatly, and he seemed to be the only one who had obtained a Heavenly Cicada Spirit Leaf, the feasibility of his idea still required more samples for validation.
On the side, Zhuo Ming, who was serving wine, had his eyes gleaming, absorbing everything about this Spiritual Object.
Heavenly Cicada Spirit Leaf!
“It’s just a pity that Junior Brother Niu failed to establish his foundation,” they talked about another True Disciple from their faction, Niu Longyuan from the Spirit Beasts Department. Despite his preparations, he was unlucky and failed to pass this threshold.
“By the way, Chen junior brother, little sister Ding came to me a few days ago. She said there was a misunderstanding with you before and wanted me to clarify it.”
This Little Sister Ding was, of course, Ding Ying.
After the sect competition, she immediately secluded herself and took the Foundation Building Pill. Regrettably, due to inadequate groundwork and lack of opportunities, she failed.
“I have long forgotten about it,” Chen Mobai casually shrugged off the incident that had happened earlier. With his promotion to the Foundation Establishment Realm, those little troubles had faded away.
Moreover, there wasn’t really any deep grievances between him and Ding Ying.
In fact, it was him who had initially approached her. At that time, he was a low-ranker and it was normal for someone like her to underestimate him.
“That’s good. Sister Ding heard that you’re looking for materials to make Talisman Brushes. Fortunately, she had collected some wolf hairs earlier, and there were some leftovers after she made her brushes. She asked me to give them to you.”
E Yun handed over a box of wolf hairs, the quality of which was even better than the Mysterious Spirit Rabbit Fur Chen Mobai had.
Ding Ying had been the chief of the talisman-making department for many years, so whatever she saved must be of top quality.
“There’s no real grudge between me and Sister Ding. As long as we clarify things, it’s good. I can’t take this,” Chen Mobai, now a Foundation Establishment cultivator, thought to display a broader perspective and he pushed back the box of wolf hairs.
“Junior Brother Chen, it would be better if you just accepted it. Sister Ding would feel more at ease then. She’s talented, and she’ll likely succeed in establishing her foundation if she gets another Foundation Building Pill next time. I can’t bear to see her living in fear every day.”
E Yun softly broke the ice, pointing out the issue.
Chen Mobai understood his point and laughed bitterly, shaking his head. If he didn’t accept this box of wolf hairs, Ding Ying would be stuck thinking he still held a grudge against her for mocking him in the past. As a True Disciple, the thought of having a grudge with a promising Foundation Establishment elder would definitely terrify her, making her extremely anxious.
If she had a weak mentality, her cultivation might be ruined forever.
“Well, since Brother E Yun put it that way, I’ll accept it.”
Chen Mobai took E Yun’s advice and accepted the wolf hairs, regarding it as settling another karma.
Next, the three of them discussed the results of the True Disciple group who attempted the Foundation Establishment with the pills.
Apart from Yuan Chiye, five others had succeeded in establishing their foundation, but three of them were taking the Foundation Building Pill for the second time. In other words, four people would enter the Divine Tree Secret Realm.
When Chen Mobai calculated the success rate excluding his and Yuan Chiye’s exceptions and the three others, Hong He, Zhou Wangshen and E Yun, who had already successfully established their foundation, there were only eight successful True Disciples.
This amounted to a success rate of just over 30% for the Foundation Establishment. It just proved the worth of the Foundation Building Pills as top-tier spiritual medicine. It was a pity the main ingredient was not abundant enough on the immortal side for pill production.
“These are records in the Book Pavilion about the Divine Tree Secret Realm. However, many senior brothers and sisters didn’t want to disclose the opportunities they got, so the records are only about well-known Spiritual Objects,” E Yun handed two prepared scrolls to Chen Mobai and Yuan Chiye when they were about to leave.
After thanking him, they each returned to their residences in Divine Wood City.
Chen Mobai, with Zhuo Ming, arrived at the property he had received when he reached the Foundation Establishment Realm. Despite its location in a populated area, it still contained Rank-1 high-grade spiritual energy. It was a testament to the rich Spirit Vein of Giant Tree Ridge.
He sat in his courtyard on a reclining chair and pulled out the record of the Divine Tree Secret Realm.
The book was thicker than he expected, and contained not only the records from the Divine Wood Sect but also those from the time before the split — the Five Elements Sect’s cultivators’ experiences when they entered the Divine Tree Secret Realm.
Having read it through, Chen Mobai found many desirable goodies such as the Azure Wood Spirit Heart which could expand the Sea of Knowledge at the Purple Mansion, the defensive spirit leaf capable of blocking a Rank-3 spell attack once, and tree sap which was exceptionally beneficial for Body Forging Techniques, etc.
The most famous among these was a branch obtained by Mo, the True Man of Golden Cliff, in the Divine Tree Secret Realm. He refined it into his lifebound Flying Sword and became the foremost Sword Cultivator of the Eastern Wilderness.
Next was the top True Disciple of the Divine Wood Sect twenty years ago, who had eaten a “Long-Life Tree Fruit”. After consuming it, he directly progressed from the early Foundation Establishment stage to the mid-stage, saving several decades of effort.
Chen Mobai coveted the “Long Life Tree Fruit” the most.
As a disciple of the Realm Suppression Doctrine, he wondered if the “Long Life Tree Fruit” had any side effects when used for advancing realms, because such effects were simply heaven-defying..