Volume 1: The Decline of the Yue Family Chapter 9: Mid-Stage Foundation Building

  "Uncle Peak, you must promise me not to tell anyone about this matter. I don't want others to know yet," Yue Cheng said to Yue Zifeng. This matter really can't be let out, otherwise it might stir up some unnecessary trouble. Moreover, his current cultivation level was simply too low.

  "Why? Don't you know that if you can refine third-grade elixirs, the Yue family will become rich?" Yue Zifeng looked at Yue Cheng with suspicion. He didn't know why Yue Cheng could refine third-grade elixirs. In the past, this kid had been checked and was absolutely not qualified to be a pharmacist, but a third-grade pharmacist was too important for the current Yue family. If the Yue family produced a third-grade pharmacist, the Huang family opposite would no longer be their opponent, and more importantly, the Yue family's status in the town would also rise again. A third-grade pharmacist is even more valuable than an ordinary martial arts master.

  "I have my own reasons, I'll tell you later." Yue Cheng said to Yue Zifeng with a serious expression. He was also clear about the situation in the Yue family. If others knew that the Yue family had someone who could refine third-grade elixirs, it would definitely bring some unexpected trouble.

  "Not even your father can be told?" Yu Zifeng asked in puzzlement, unsure how Yu Cheng could have such an idea.

  "Can't tell." Yu Cheng replied, the Yu family's power is now too weak, and there is no strength to compete with other forces.

  "Alright, I'll listen to you, but you have to promise me one thing," said Yue Zifeng to Yue Cheng.

  "What's going on." Yue Cheng asked, doing something for the Yue family was also in Yue Cheng's plan, and he had to repay this body somehow.

  "When you're free, help me refine some elixirs, best if they can be third-grade elixirs. The business of the Yue family has been getting worse and worse." Yue Zifeng said seriously to Yue Cheng, if things continued like this, the Yue family would really decline.

  "Alright, but you have to give me the pill formula and materials, I don't have any pill formulas." Yue Cheng replied softly. He didn't have any pill formulas from the Xuan Tian Continent, and it was only right that he should help the Yue family refine some pills. Once his cultivation reached the middle stage of foundation building, he believed refining pills would become much easier. Moreover, refining pills would also greatly benefit his own cultivation.

  "Alright, I'll first organize some Dan formulas. After I've organized them, I'll bring them over to you." Yue Zifeng replied. The elixirs of the Yue family were now all outsourced for refining. Apart from providing the medicinal materials, the Yue family also had to give a 30% profit share to him. In this way, the Yue family originally didn't have much profit left. Adding on that business was getting worse and worse, their profits were dwindling day by day. If things continued like this, they would eventually collapse.

  After bidding farewell to Yue Zifeng, Yue Cheng and Su Xiner returned to the Yue family's large mansion. Yue Cheng planned to spend the next period of time practicing diligently, as his current foundation-building stage cultivation was not enough to bring out the attacking techniques in the Hunyuan True Classic, nor could he refine his own magic weapon; if he were to encounter an opponent, it would be disastrous.

  The following days, Yue Cheng immersed himself in practice every day and told Aunt Feng and Su Xin'er not to disturb him. If there was anything, he would go find them himself. On the third day, Yue Zifeng indeed brought a spatial storage belt to give to Yue Cheng, which contained some medicinal materials and Dan formulas.

  Half a month later, in Yue Cheng's room, a thick and dense green aura enveloped everything. In the midst of this dense aura, Yue Cheng sat cross-legged at the center, following the principles of the Hunyuan True Classic. The green aura circulated alternately within his body. After a moment, the dense green aura slowly entered Yue Cheng's body completely.

  "Ah" Yue Cheng deeply exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, slightly opening his eyes, two strands of essence gathering in his gaze, and the aura on his body also underwent a tremendous change at this moment. Yue Cheng broke through from the initial stage of foundation building to the middle stage of foundation building. If such speed were known in Huaxia, it would definitely be called monstrous. In less than a month's time, he had directly advanced from an ordinary person to the middle stage of foundation building, which was simply unbelievable.

  Feeling the true energy on his body, Yue Cheng's face also floated a hint of a smile. The mid-term foundation establishment was different from the initial stage, and the whole body's true energy had become much stronger. Now, some attacking techniques in the Hunyuan True Classic could be practiced.

  Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye. During these two months, Yue Cheng only occasionally left his room to eat something, and his cultivation was still below the level of Bigu. Yue Cheng couldn't help but eat. For the rest of the time, Yue Cheng devoted himself to practice. In these two months, Yue Cheng also helped Yue Zifeng refine dozens of so-called second-grade elixirs, and also refined a few third-grade elixirs.

  The so-called second-grade elixir was not particularly difficult for Yue Cheng, it's just that when he first started refining it, due to his unfamiliarity with the alchemy formulas of the Xuantian Continent, Yue Cheng made a mistake and ruined some of the medicinal materials. All the other second-grade elixirs were successfully refined without any issues.

  As for the three-product elixir, it was a bit difficult for Yue Cheng, but after his cultivation reached the middle of the foundation period, he could barely complete it. In addition, Yue Cheng also helped himself refine several "Recovery Elixirs", which had a great effect on recovering true energy, and according to the Xuantian Continent's statement, it should also be at the third-grade level.

  During the process of refining Dan medicine, Yue Cheng also gained a deeper understanding of alchemists on Xuantian Continent. Refining Dan was just an auxiliary skill for cultivating truth in Huaxia, but unexpectedly it became a lucrative profession on Xuantian Continent.

  After refining the Dan medicine, Yue Cheng had a servant who knew a little about Dou Qi send it to Yue Zi Feng. He continued to practice in his room. During these two months, Yue Zi Shan also came to see Yue Cheng several times and saw that he was fine, so he put his mind at ease. He also felt that his son seemed to have changed a lot.

  Another month has passed, and Yue Cheng finally mastered the Soul-Grabbing Finger and Demon-Slaying Palm techniques from the Chaotic True Classic. Although with his current foundation-building middle-stage cultivation level, he can't exert much of their power, but at least in the future when facing enemies, he will have some reliance. In addition, Yue Cheng's cultivation has also reached the peak of the foundation-building middle stage, and entering the foundation-building late stage is only a matter of time, believing it won't take long either.

  After more than three months of practice, Yue Cheng also plans to go out and do something. In any case, he doesn't even have a usable magic tool in his hand now. Moreover, Yue Cheng wants to find some materials for setting up arrays. Since his current cultivation is not high, he can only rely on magic tools and array methods to improve his strength.

  However, before that, Yue Cheng also knew that to find the materials for refining artifacts and arrays, he had to go out and buy them. The Yue family's military equipment store didn't have those materials, and even if they did, Yue Cheng wouldn't use them because their quality was too low, and the resulting refined items would be of poor quality as well.