Chapter 14: Two Grade Three Crystal Vermillion Fruit as a Reward

Lin Xiao's eyes widened slightly while releasing a small gasp. He then smiled wryly while admitting "Father is right. I have already stepped into the Initial Stage of the Yuan Dan realm."

Lin Zhentian's eyes brightened, mouth grinned, aura glowed, and head nodded as he heard his son's great news of his cultivation rank being at the Yuan Dan realm. He felt a surge of pride and joy in his heart as he let out a hearty laugh, warmly patting his son on the back with affection as he praises "As expected! This is great news! This will make out Lin Clan's power even stronger in Qing Yang Town!" His aura practically glowed while radiating warm and peaceful energy that rose and expanded around him with all the good news he heard and saw today.

It should be known that there are no Yuan Dan realm powerhouses in Qing Yang Town. The Lei Clan which is considered to be the strongest power, only had five Heavenly Yuan realm powerhouses while the Lei Clan Patriarch has the same realm as himself.

It can be said that whoever gains a Yuan Dan realm powerhouse will immediately gain an overwhelming advantage over the other forces.

Lin Xiao smiled as though he had a plan in mind "Father, there is no hurry. Why don't we wait until you also step into the Yuan Dan realm? Then our Lin Clan can really dominate the Qing Yang Town."

Lin Zhentian furrowed his eyebrows as his eyes looked questionably toward his third son. 'Wait for me to advance to the Yuan Dan realm? No. That won't work son, I have been stuck at the Peak Heavenly Yuan realm for so many years now, but still, I am a long way from the Yuan Dan realm…'Before he could think further his eyes widened with realization flashing slightly and his heart stirring at a possibility. "Son, could it be that you have a way to help me break through to the Yuan Dan realm?"

'That's right. I know Xiao'er's character very well. He would never speak about a serious topic such as this without facts to back it up. This means he very well has a way for me to break through.' As he was thinking this, his son casually tossed him a jade bottle. He grasped it in his hands and opened it only to see three pills with rich Yuan Power fluctuations lying at the bottom of the jade bottle.

His hands trembled as he snapped his head to Lin Xiao "This…this is… this is Pure Yuan Pills?!"

These are pills condensed from the highest purity Yuan Power in a Yuan Dan Stage practitioner's body. This item had a huge effect on one's cultivation and was many times stronger than Yang Yuan pills. However, it must be known, condensing a Pure Yuan pill was also far more difficult than a Yang Yuan pill. Only those practitioners who had reached Yuan Dan Stage had the ability to compress the Yuan Power into a pill and even then they still needed a rather long time to do so.

For someone at the initial Yuan Dan Stage, condensing one such pill would take about a month, and since there were three such pills in the jade bottle, his son spent three months condensing and compressing them for himself.

This is extremely important because when one is busy condensing a Pure Yuan Pill, their cultivation progress would become very minimal. After all, all the Yuan Power they normally take in for cultivation is used to be compressed into a pill.

Yet, though there was quite a cost to bear, this "Pure Yuan Pill" had a rather substantial effect on cultivation indeed. Think about it, a whole month's worth of Yuan Power a Yuan Dan Stage practitioner usually uses for cultivation. Even if one was unable to fully absorb all of it, it would likely still be worth at least ten days of tough training.

Thus, the price of a "Pure Yuan Pill" was crazily high. One Pure Yuan Pill could probably be exchanged for a hundred Yang Yuan Pills. This means that a Pure Yuan Pill was worth one thousand Yang Yuan Stones.

However, because condensing "Pure Yuan Pills" consumed too much time and energy, unless one really needed to exchange it for some item or was in dire need of money, most Yuan Dan Stage experts did not find the prospect of creating a Pure Yuan Pill from the Yuan Power in their bodies very appealing.

For this, Lin Zhentian was so moved, his body trembled as he realized his son gave up three months of cultivation to help him become stronger.

Lin Xiao nodded his head and affirmed "Father, with the three Pure Yuan Pills, you should be able to break through to the Initial Stage of the Yuan Dan realm."

Lin Zhentian smiled widely while clutching the jade bottle in his hands as he replied confidently "Son, this is enough. Your father will be able to break through to the Yuan Dan realm. I will be able to successfully break through within two months with your Pure Yuan Pills!"

Lin Xiao held Lin Zhentian by the shoulders and stated "Then I congratulate Father in advance."

Hearing this, Lin Zhentian laughs loudly once more.

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Lin Xiao walked briskly and gracefully into his own courtyard. He looked around and spotted his son sitting on a stone bench under a plum tree. As he walked toward his son, he had a calm and confident expression on his face, which showed his pride and satisfaction. "Dong'er, I am so proud of you. You have done a great job in the Clan Annual Competition. You have not only shown strength and talent but also reconnected with everyone who participated along the way. You have also brought honor and glory to our family."

He then pulled back and looked at his son with admiration and affection. He stated with a wry smile "Here is the reward for becoming the Champion of the competition." He then handed his son a box which was a square-shaped wooden box, about the size of a palm. It was covered with a layer of red silk brocade, which was embroidered with golden dragons and phoenixes. The brocade was soft and smooth to the touch, and it shimmered under the light. The box was sealed with a golden lock and key, which had intricate carvings of flowers and birds.

As Lin Dong took the box in his hands, he was surprised by the faint and pleasant fragrance emitting from the box. As he opened it with the key provided by his father, he smelt a refreshing and soothing aroma, which calmed his mind and relaxed his body a little.

Seeing the two third-grade spiritual elixirs, Crystal Vermillion Fruit, Lin Xiao explains to Lin Dong "Dong'er, this is a grade three elixir that can increase training speed. Your grandfather wanted to give this to you so that you can further increase your strength in the Earthly Yuan realm. However, since you are currently at the Initial Yuan Dan realm stage as well, this elixir is not going to be of much help to you. Even though it is not of much help to you, you can still go to the Martial Arts Hall to browse for one Martial Art." Smiling indifferently, Lin Xiao left his son to go to his wife.

Lin Dong on the other hand headed to his room as he put away the brocade box and held the two grade three elixirs in his left palm to refine them using the Ancestral Stone.

The two Crystal Vermillion Fruit elixirs quickly withered as a mysterious and unusual rune appeared underneath them on his palm. The two became cloud powder before slowly condensing into six red-fire-colored pills that held a trace of warmth. Lin Dong was able to refine the two grade three elixirs to have a potency that was much stronger than the Flaming Crimson Reishi, another grade three elixir that has the effect of increasing training speed.

Lin Dong immediately sat with crossed legs on his bed and swallowed the six pills one after the other before running the Lin Clan's ancestral gong method to begin cultivating.

The essence of the pill's energy immediately began to melt and explode throughout Lin Dong's body. With the refined Lin Clan's ancestral gong method, he sent the incomparably refined energy to the Yuan Dan deep within his dantian and spent thirty minutes in cultivation before releasing an exhalation of turbid qi with a hint of white mist.

Slowly he rechecked the amount of increase of the Yuan power within his body after this cultivation session before frowning slightly. 'Sure enough, the Yuan Dan realm needs much more Yuan Power than the previous two realms to increase my realm. The refined version of the grade three elixirs only help increase my Yuan power a little.'

Lin Diao (for those who do not remember he is Little Marten) appeared in front of Lin Dong before stating "The reason why it is not much of an increase is because the ancestral gong method you are utilizing is a grade three method, even if you used the Ancestral Stone to perfect it. The perfected version only allows you to push the Yuan Power through seven meridians instead of four. You would need to cultivate a grade one ancestral gong method as it will help you not only guide the Yuan Power to dozens more meridians but also cultivate the body and the soul which increases the speed of cultivation. There are even special ones where your body will cultivate subconsciously."

Cultivation Ranks:

Rank 1: Tempered Body – 9 Stages – (1-9)

Rank 2: Earthly Yuan – 3 Stages – (Early, Middle, Late)

Rank 3: Heavenly Yuan – 3 Stages – (Early, Middle, Late)

Rank 4: Yuan Dan – 3 Stages – (Initial, Advanced, Perfect)

Rank 5: Form Creation – 2 Stages – (Initial, Advanced)

Rank 6:

Rank 7:

Rank 8:

Rank 9:

Rank 10:

Rank 11: Samsara – 3 Stages – (Ordinary Samsara, Ultimate Samsara, Reincarnation Enlightened Samsara)

Mental Energy Ranks:

Rank 0: Beginning Training – NiWan Palace opened

Rank 1: Seal Symbol Master – 4 Stages – (1st-4th Seal Symbol Master)