BXBX NOVEL Chapter 65: Gathering
Mike scrolled to the paragon rank mana pill and said to Arnold while looking as if he was an him like an idiot.
"Don't you see the requirements there, first you have to be peak Grandmaster rank before you can even take the pill to breakthrough, even if you break through and continue swallowing the pill like a snake and get to peak of the Paragon rank, your foundation might be unstable, and you might drop a realm instead"
"Then I would just buy a perfect foundation pill to support my cultivation and foundation process, that way there would be no risk or anything of any sort" Arnold replied.
Then Arnold had a sudden outrageous thought in his mind.
"What if I buy a perfect foundation trait or something like that from the system shop making me no longer need perfect foundation pill or points to buy the foundation pills at all passively helping me make a perfect foundation everytime, such brilliant idea" Arnold shouted with glee.
It suddenly hit everyone as what Arnold said was indeed true, if they bought such trait the gains would be stupendous.
They immediately opened the system shops to look for the trait even though all of them have zero subordinate points at the moment.
Anthony looked at them with a smile, they basically wanted to buy a trait his physique granted him, he didn't tell them about his trait or anything but he was sure it was the perfect foundation pill he gave them that made such idea come to Arnold, but he just kept quiet and smiled waiting for their reaction.
The instant they all saw the price, their eyes nearly exploded from the ridiculous amount of zeros they saw.
"I think we should just stick to buying the pills" Marcus said
"I think so too, such ridiculous price" Ross said as he sucked in cold air.
Anthony just laughed at them as he already expected this.
In this world foundation was everything, everyone chased a good foundation.
Well the rich and talented chased a perfect foundation and untalented or poor chased just a good enough foundation to get to the next realm in cultivation.
There is nothing like perfect foundation in this world as this isn't even a concept, foundation isn't divided or classified into any ranks.
Everyone chased a sturdy foundation because they understood this affected everything about theirself from battle prowess to cultivation speed to the next rank, to their lifespan as cultivation increases.
Foundation literally did a lot of things, creating a sturdy foundation takes time just like mana cultivation.
Unlike what Anthony did when he stepped into the master rank by swallowing pills left and right and got to the peak of the master rank, others can't do that even if they take pills that stabilise foundation in order to continue.
Surely other people have the same thought on what Anthony had done, others who have sought a short cut, but alas none of them were alive today for having and putting such nonsensical thought process to life.
That's why even if these young masters have so much money to buy whatever resources they want, they can't just go eating pills in other to break through as this was tantamount to suicide.
Of course there are those who even had thoughts of another way of cutting short cultivation, but you can't cheat the laws of this world unless you have a treasure or ability that transcends the laws of the world.
This is one of the reasons geniuses could fight across ranks, because talent also affected foundation in itself.
They come together like twins, you can't have a talent for cultivation and won't be able to have the ability to form a sturdy foundation to support your mana rank and cultivation, or having ability to form a sturdy foundation without the corresponding cultivation talent.
So these pill shorten the time used to form a sturdy foundation just like how mana rank pill shortens the time to actually cultivate to that rank or you can use these foundation pills to steady your foundation when they become unstable if you caused any problems to them during your cultivation period.
Of course there are different ranks to the foundation pills as you can't take a foundation pill of an F ranker and give to an S ranker, or can you even take the foundation pill of a Master ranker and give them to a Grandmaster ranker
So in this world if you are an alchemist or at least a talented one then you simply destined to be rich like healers, as they basically make everything from mana potion, health potion, mana rank pill, stamina potions.
So at least in this planet, if you have enough money you can cultivate in peace and without issue.
But of course the prerequisite to that peace is to have enough strength to actually guard the wealth you want to use to purchase resources, or even sell the resources, if not you might as well book a ticket to the death realm.
Even when you sell treasures to auction houses, they would still kill you and take back the money they gave you as the price for the treasure if you are a weakling or you don't have a backer.
But at the end of the day, the question should be asked, what is really a treasure?.
A treasure is basically everything, no matter how small and insignificant it is in your eyes, it is a treasure in another person's eyes.
A B ranked would see an E ranked holding a mana rank pill of the E rank, now that is not a treasure to them but trash, but an F ranker with no hope to step into the E rank seeing an E ranker with an E rank mana pill would plot or poison or fight, whatever method they use, best believe they are coming for that mana pill
So in this world, everything is a treasure, it only depends on who actually sees the treasure, so if you don't have the strength to protect it, hide it.
So basically in this world, if you have enough money or resources you could basically make a pig fly, but that is if you really have the strength to guard such wealth in the first place.
Although Anthony's subordinates were different because he provided them with perfect foundation realm pill he bought from the system so they all had perfect foundations.
The pills were cheap to him because he is in the Master rank and they are in the mortal rank, so they were simply too cheap to him to even bat an eye.
But that didn't mean he was ready to use his own points to raise them making them become lazy.
So he chose a system for them with a shop so they could raise themselves with their own points, everybody wins.
But it seemed his decision when he chose a system was really a good one, the being limited him to a spending limit.
Imagine him fitting in additional ten people into that spending limit, it was fine now because they are now in the mortal rank, but what about later, nobody knows for sure.
So with this system he wished for, his subordinate won't become lazy.
He dodged a big bullet by getting them their own system and not having to take a share from his own resources.
"So tell me about your journey in the realm" Anthony asked with a smile.
They all started discussing and laughing with one another like children their age were really supposed to without the need to spill blood.
They talked for hours as Anthony bought food and drinks from his OP system and they all ate and drank to their heart full till it got late.
"It is nice getting to meet all of you and talk like this, I believe you should all get back now as it's indeed getting late" Anthony said with a smile.
"It was nice seeing you boss" Marcus said
"Thanks for the food sir" Litt said
They all thanked them and teleported on their own as they already marked their rooms with the Spatial mark skill.
Anthony laughed and shook his head as they left, 'these children really intend to abuse this skill to the end' he thought as he removed the void barrier surrounding the room.
He sat down at the balcony while looking at the sky with a smile on his face as he admired the moon.
He really enjoyed their stay and the discussion and gist they had together that lasted hours.
In his past life he had no friends or anything of any sort, only constantly working, so the feeling of happiness and joy of discussing with friends while having food and drinks was something he has never experienced.
So he quite cherished this memory he just had right now.
They were subordinate and he was their master doesn't mean he intends to treat them like slaves or anything like that.
He would laugh with them once in a while and play with them, but keep it professional when the time for that is need.