Chapter 301 - 284: The Final 20% Progress, to be Filled by Our Yang Family!
This time going to the Dragon God Immortal Palace, they still rode on Long Hong’s Treasure Ship.
The Treasure Ship was immense, like a fortress in the sky, with incredibly fast flying speed, darting past like an apparition.
Surpassing the speed of sound, but under the protection of the many arrays inscribed on it, the Treasure Ship didn’t make a sound, like a ghost.
The cultivators inside felt as comfortable as they did on land.
Oh no, for Yang Fu and Yang Fushuo, the cultivation speed on this Treasure Ship was much faster than at their home base.
There was a huge high-rank Spirit Gathering Array inside, with thousands of Spiritual Energy swept into the ship, the average Spiritual Energy Concentration reaching 100!
In some specialized practice rooms, the Spiritual Energy Concentration even reached above 200!
"My sister always says Father’s Meteor Star Immortal Mansion is a treasure land for cultivation, but it’s nothing compared to a hair on this ship... Once I have money, I’ll buy a ship like this, fly to the Danai Dynasty, and let my family live on the ship!"
Every time he came, Yang Fushuo would feel emotional, and then he’d return with more vigor for alchemy.
"You’ll get the chance."
Yang Fushuo looked at Yang Fu with surprise, "Yo~ the sun came out from the west today. Didn’t you use to tell me to stop dreaming?"
"If anyone in our family can achieve this goal, it’s only you."
"Damn, why suddenly so cheesy...you’re giving me goosebumps."
"I’m serious... In recent years, the Danai Dynasty’s development outpaced our expectations, with the overall cultivation speed doubling. Alchemists at the Qi Cultivation Stage who can work for us are appearing in large numbers. The Second Grade Medicinal Herbs we have planted are now growing, and the three kinds of Second Grade new elixirs you hid away can be produced by them. Soon, they will become our family’s explosive elixirs following the ’Five Elements Nourishing Yuan Pill,’ ’Demon Beast Obedience Pill,’ and ’Dual Cultivation Pill’."
The corners of Yang Fushuo’s mouth slightly curled, "No one, is better, at refining new elixirs, than me! These three elixirs that haven’t been given to the Sect... are my trump cards. I just don’t understand why the elders haven’t let us promote them earlier to earn Spirit Stones?"
"Previously, it was because the alchemists in the Danai Dynasty and the Fierce Sun Dynasty were not enough to meet the demand, and the production couldn’t keep up. Second Grade Medicinal Herbs were also in short supply. After all, they want to develop and alchemize for their own cultivators, so they couldn’t spare attention for us. But there’s another reason the elders haven’t mentioned... our Yang Family’s power still isn’t strong enough."
"One Jin Family from the Myriad Beasts Sect could pressure us into doing business. These years, if not for tying their interests with ours... we would definitely be like the nearby Zhao Family and the Qian Family, extorted by them."
Yang Fushuo nodded, "The Jin Family are not kind. They are ruthless! I heard from a fellow cultivator that the Jin Family has even eradicated an entire clan..."
"Exactly, so if we want to earn these Spirit Stones ourselves, without relying on the Sect, at the very least... we need to have the power to deter the Jin Family, otherwise, these jackals will definitely not restrain themselves."
Now both families use two kinds of elixirs, with one family earning 200 Mid Grade Spirit Stones annually. It’s not to the point of falling out, but if they see the Yang Family holding elixirs that can earn 1000+ Mid Grade Spirit Stones every year... the Jin Family will definitely want a piece of the action.
"Then why wait until now? You’re going to achieve Golden Core?"
"Far from it... but if we can succeed this time at the Dragon God Immortal Palace, the benefits we obtain will definitely enable our Family’s strength to climb to the next tier, and then we won’t need to worry about the Jin Family anymore."
"Aha... I get it now. Do we have a plan for this time?"
"We do!"
"Tell me in detail!"
"To obtain our Yang Family’s allotment rights! We don’t want the rewards from the Spirit Pavilion! We want to be the players at the table!"
Yang Fu’s eyes were determined. This time, he was fully confident!
Because he was sure, without the Yang Family, this time the Dragon God Immortal Palace wouldn’t be able to open, not even in 10 years!
They might even have to wait 20 years!
Before this trip to the Dragon God Immortal Palace, the Earth Spirit Pavilion had already organized two treasure offering ceremonies.
Each time the progress increased was less than before!
The first year Yang Fu participated was the peak moment, when the progress increased by 10 percent!
It reached just over 60 percent of the total progress.
Long Hong even claimed that the Dragon God Immortal Palace would be opened within 40 years.
Now 30 years have passed...
The previous two times increased by 8% and 6%, respectively.
The current progress is at 74%.
The main reason is that the Elixir Pavilion’s new elixir output has decreased... And the speed at which the Earth Spirit Pavilion finds "Unknown Treasures" has slowed down. The treasures they can find are limited, and the ones they have previously offered cannot be repeated, making it increasingly difficult for them to find suitable treasures.
This year, even with an optimistic estimate, if they can maintain a 6% progress, it would just barely reach 80%.
It’s far from enough.
So, on this year’s Treasure Ship, after exchanging their information, everyone was not very excited because they knew they’d need to prepare for many more years...
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For the Earth Spirit Pavilion, the Danai Dynasty had persisted for 60 years!
In the first twenty years, the pavilions of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, as well as some other smaller spirit pavilions, had all lent their strength, laying a solid foundation for them, but... it was too difficult, and no one could guarantee the future benefits; it was all based on Long Hong’s conjecture through his own perception.
Thus, forty years ago, the other pavilions withdrew one after another, demanding that the Earth Spirit Pavilion assume all expenses incurred in offering treasures, converted into spirit stones, burdening the Earth Spirit Pavilion with a huge debt.
Yang Fu had also been the professional scapegoat acting Pavilion Master for 40 years...
Until today, except for the financially robust Elixir Pavilion, all other spirit pavilions had withdrawn.
The Earth Spirit Pavilion had sunk a huge investment, unable to extricate itself; otherwise, everything would have been in vain. Say another 50 years, or even a hundred years—Long Hong was determined to open the final barrier of the Dragon God Immortal Palace!
The others in the Earth Spirit Pavilion felt the same way.
The one in charge of this matter for the Elixir Pavilion was Du Yuyan, Yang Fushuo’s master, who, clad in an emerald fairy robe, pondered looking down at the continent below.
Meanwhile, inside the cabin... another Foundation Establishment Stage Du Yuyan and a Foundation Establishment Stage Yang Fushuo were frantically practicing alchemy.
Seeing everyone going about their duties and heading to the Dragon God Immortal Palace like it was part of their daily routine, a smile tugged at the corner of Yang Fu’s mouth.
At this moment, no one knew that today was the day the Dragon God Immortal Palace would be opened.
....
A month later, the crowd crossed a hazy void-like boundary and arrived at the Dragon God Immortal Palace, hidden inside a minor world.
Pushing open the grand doors, they were enveloped in a glittering golden light.
Everything was as usual as before; everyone started to offer their treasures, each to their own role.
Long Hong took out one treasure after another from his storage ring and placed them on the altar.
Most were qualified, and the progress bar slowly increased.
It wasn’t until Du Yuyan finished placing the newly developed elixir from the Elixir Pavilion that the offering of treasures concluded, and the progress halted just shy of eighty percent.
Long Hong squinted measuringly with one eye.
"We’re just lacking one new second grade elixir to reach eighty percent, hmm... everyone has done well. If we keep up this pace, in 30 years, with our most prized possessions offered, we should be able to open it."
This time, Long Hong didn’t dare to boast and used a vague term instead.
The Deputy Pavilion Master stroked the altar, feeling both love and hate.
"Dragon God oh Dragon God... you’ve been gone for so many years, why do you still need so many new treasures. In the end, it’s still ours. Why not give us some face and let us in today?"
Long Hong laughed lightly.
"Perhaps... the Dragon God believes only those who have amassed so many treasures are worthy of its legacy. Among the pure-blooded Dragon Clan, they rank their status based on the amount of treasure stored. Even a Golden Core Stage young dragon, if it acquired a treasure from the Dragon God Immortal Palace, would be courteously treated by a Divinity Transformation Stage giant dragon."
"Oh? There’s such a saying... That’s enlightening."
Yang Fu was hearing the secrets of the Dragon Clan for the first time.
After all, for cultivators... it’s completely different. In the world of cultivators, the one with the stronger cultivation is the senior, and if a weaker cultivator possessed great treasures... that would be courting a path to their death.
You just "cackle" in response.
"Let’s go, until we meet again in 10 years!"
Long Hong led the reluctantly departing crowd away, everyone accepting the result of another 30 years of effort...
At that moment, Yang Fu reached out his hand.
"Master, wait a moment, I haven’t offered my treasure yet."
"Oh? You practice daily in the sect, could it be that you have some novel treasures?"
"A little bit," replied Yang Fu with a shy smile.
"A little bit is good! It’s just enough to fill the gap, otherwise, it bothers me to look at it."
Long Hong felt uncomfortable viewing the progress bar just a hair’s breadth away from eighty percent.
"Well then, Master, let the last twenty percent of progress be filled by the contribution of our Yang Family."
"Ah???"
At this instant, everyone’s minds seemed to short-circuit for a moment as they all turned to look at Yang Fu and Yang Fushuo in astonishment.
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