Chapter 1084: The Secret Of Essence Gathering Pill (II)
After finishing with those matters, Li Ximing prepared to enter seclusion. He issued his final instructions, taking a small purple flame cauldron from his sleeve and saying, "This is the dharma artifact left behind by Yú Yuwei. Send someone to return it..."
Even without the Tuoba Family's mark carved on the cauldron, the Li Family would never covet what belonged to others. The Yú Family had already fractured into pieces, and Yú Yuwei himself had long ceased returning home. Sending the relic to Li Quantao for him to decide its fate was already a gesture that kept it from falling into the hands of outsiders.
After settling the miscellaneous matters, Li Ximing instructed, "Our family has reached a prosperity unseen in a hundred years. Bright Yang has you to hold the line. Jade True has An Siwei and Li Wen. Celestial Thunder has Chenghui. True Fire[1] has Minggong. Supreme Shaman has Chenghuai. True Essence has the white ape. Beyond them we also have Earth Virtue with Qu Buzhi, Converging Water with Miaoshui, Cui Jueyin of Bright Yang, and Hengzhu with Ding Weizeng...
"Excluding those imprisoned in the dungeon, those sealed away, and Jiang Huzi whose end is near, our family already has eleven Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. We have reached the level once held by the Yuan Family. And with me sitting in command, we must be all the more cautious in this era."
By his count, their family had eleven Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators, which was still short of the twelve required for the Divine Technique of Pavilion View: Refining Within Fire. Moreover, not everyone was free, since each one was already burdened with responsibilities. Their manpower was still lacking.
Li Ximing asked, "Who else in the family still has a chance at Foundation Establishment Realm?"
Li Zhouwei, well-versed in this matter, replied, "If Chen Mufeng and An Siming from back then were still alive, they too could now attempt the Foundation Establishment Realm. Two members of the Tian Family perished while trying to break through in seclusion. The Jade Court Guards have already lost a third man to a failed breakthrough. The Xu Family has declined. As for the Fei Family, there is Fei Qingyi of Western Pool descent. Many of their descendants still train in the Qi Cultivation Realm, but since they were a dispossessed family who changed their surname, their vital qi has been greatly damaged. None among them has yet managed to achieve Foundation Establishment Realm. Only Chen Yang is already very close."
"Chen Yang..." Li Ximing finally recalled this figure and said, "He cultivates Pit Water... a pity indeed, but he can at least take another's place and free them up. As for the Fei Family, there was once Fei Qingyi, who served at my elder brother's side. He can still be of some use."
When speaking of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, Li Ximing fell silent for a moment before asking, "Do any of the Essence Gathering Pills bestowed by the Azure Pond Sect in those years remain? Bring them here for me to see."
"There are indeed some left," replied Li Zhouwei and he sent someone to fetch them. Chen Yang soon arrived with them. Li Ximing glanced at him, received the pills, and immediately dismissed him.