Chapter 242: Achievements Through Generations (II)
Li Tongya ascended on the wind, while the Cloud Crowned Peak market below grew smaller.
He mused to himself, Our family is backed by the mountains, producing many herbs and spirit items… Having a shop in the market is essential. With alchemy recipes and furnaces at home, establishing a lineage of alchemists is crucial, and medicines are indispensable. This clever and bold shopkeeper could be useful later on, so I'll keep him as a potential asset.
Reflecting on how others had reacted to his presence, he was deeply moved. He had always known Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators were respected, but not to such an extent.
He recalled how when Si Yuanbai descended from the sky, the Li brothers could only muster a facade of bravado. Now, having reached the Foundation Establishment Realm himself, he was among the same rank, being addressed as "Ancestor" and on par with a peak master of Azure Pond Sect.
"There are the three sects, seven gates. Azure Pond had thirty-six peaks and most Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, around forty of them… The Golden Feather Sect and Yue Cultivating Sect combined have fifty or so, and the remaining seven gates have around fifty to sixty. Adding in the various families and rogue cultivators, Yue State likely has just over two hundred Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators."
With a population of millions and tens of thousands of cultivators, only a little over two hundred were at the Foundation Establishment Realm, highlighting their rarity.
Though the Li Family couldn't compare to the Xiao Family, they had solid foundations now compared to other families. With the support of their talisman seeds, Li Xuanfeng was on the path to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
"As for the Purple Mansion Realm…" Li Tongya sighed. After meeting so many people, only his fourth brother Li Chejing and An Jingming showed potential to reach the Purple Mansion Realm. Adding those with mere passing encounters, perhaps Ning Wan could be included.
"Xuanxuan and Xuanling lack spiritual orifices and rely on talisman seeds… Reaching the Qi Cultivation Realm was already a huge feat for them. Xuanfeng is too fierce and wild. He is good at killing men and demons, but likely will not reach the Purple Mansion Realm. Yuanjiao and Qinghong have better talents, but not to a monstrous level. With talisman seeds, they might have a chance at the Foundation Establishment Realm, but Purple Mansion Realm is still a long shot… Who knows how many generations it will take for the Li Family to produce someone like that?"