Big Data Cultivation-Chapter 1266 Fire Marrow Pill Match

That night, three standardized flying boats from the Crimson Pheonix Sect landed at the edge of Thunder Plains.

The appearance of the standardized flying boats, and in a trio no less, startled the Thunder Cultivators. The two eminent cultivators in the heavens pit hurriedly ran out.

However, by the time they arrived, Kong Ziyi and Feng Jun were already greeting them, with the sect master’s assistant having taken the initiative to come forward, ensuring all due courtesies were observed.

Chi Luan was not shy either, directly manifesting the Chi Luan residence, which is a public asset of the Crimson Pheonix Sect, for Chi Luan’s use. Though the pomp was not as grand as the residence held by the sect leader, it was still of Golden Core level.

Indeed, the Chi Luan residence is of Golden Core level because every generation of Chi Luan is almost equivalent to a prospective sect leader. Naturally, it must be prepared for possible intrigues, with strong defensive capabilities to showcase the power of the Crimson Pheonix Sect.

Kong Ziyi’s residence was not worth mentioning compared to this; she could somewhat understand why Huang Fu Wuxia did not bring out her residence.

Chi Luan was not intending to flaunt, merely indicating that here she was the landlord, and now you’re on my territory, I must host you. Of course, considering both of you have residences, I cannot lower myself too much, thus I take out the Chi Luan residence assigned by the sect.

It really was assigned by the sect. Bai Luan and Hei Luan, who are counted among the nine luans of Crimson Pheonix, do not even have their own residences—the sect does not allocate them.

However, the earth vein here is unsuitable; there’s no need to activate a Golden Core Stage spirit gathering array.

Busy with affairs, after exchanging a few polite words, Chi Luan went directly to the point, "Friend Zi Yi, you are traveling together with Mountain Master Feng, who is leading your expedition?"

Kong Ziyi was quite adept at handling such encounters, smoothly smiling as she replied, "Mountain Master Feng and I have no clear purpose. Whoever thinks of an interesting place, that’s where we will go... Mostly for exploration."

Chi Luan did not expect this question to have any ultimate purpose—confirming both parties have autonomy was enough.

So she inquired further, "Have you come to Thunder Plains to assist the Thunder Cultivators?"

"Not at all," Kong Ziyi shook her head with a smile, "Our visit to Thunder Plains is for some other minor matters, but coincidentally the Thunder Cultivators need some assistance, and my senior sister is also body-forging with lightning, so we’re staying a bit longer."

Chi Luan actually looked down on An Yuhong, calling her senior sister despite being a whole realm lower—not just a step but an entire realm.

Nevertheless, she did not express this, merely smiling and nodding, "I’ve heard of the Taiqing Divine Thunder long ago. Should it be needed for cultivation here, just give me a heads-up, and I’ll have someone arrange it."

Kong Ziyi responded with a smile, "Thank you, there will be inevitable inconveniences in the future, and I would appreciate your guidance, Chi Luan." freēwēbnovel.com

Chi Luan felt the preface was laid sufficiently, directly looked at Feng Jun, "Mountain Master Feng, in your view, can Yan Beifeng recover his cultivation level?"

"Yes," Feng Jun nodded, replying without hesitation, "He’s paid me ten thousand Spirit Stones; unless he encounters unforeseen events, he will definitely recover. If you don’t believe it, I’m willing to bet with you."

He was genuinely confident and tired of constantly being questioned, thus directly unleashing the betting tactic—if you’re not afraid of losing, I’m absolutely game, as I’m indeed short on Spirit Stones.

Yet, regrettably, Chi Luan was merely the Young Sect Leader of Crimson Pheonix Sect, and not a CEO of some Earth Realm venture company.

She unromantically stated, "I dislike gambling; from top to bottom, the Crimson Pheonix Sect forbids gambling... Can I understand this as Mountain Master Feng confirming that Yan Beifeng’s injury is within manageable limits?"

Using such language, it’s easy to not make friends. Feng Jun nodded, stingily uttering two words, "Exactly."

His mood was sour, naturally unwilling to say more, despite guessing their appearance might be because they required his assistance.

Chi Luan perceived his lack of interest but was unperturbed, instead glancing at Kong Ziyi, asking solemnly, "Mountain Master Feng should be familiar with the Fire Marrow Pill, right?"

"Heard of it," Feng Jun responded indifferently, nodding, feeling a bit puzzled—you speak to me, yet you look at Kong Ziyi?

The Fire Marrow Pill is a cross-realm elixir of the Crimson Pheonix Sect, extremely rare, somewhat akin to the foundation-building pills in Earth Realm web novels, allowing Qi Refining Peak cultivators to step into the Sublime Stage.

This knowledge came from the compendium he had collected. As for the specific circumstances of the Fire Marrow Pill, such as production and application, he was utterly clueless—not a part of the inner circle.

However, Chi Luan easily discerned his situation, so glanced at Kong Ziyi, "Friend Kong, why don’t you introduce it instead; I’m not suitable for it."

Nonetheless, Kong Ziyi would not follow her rhythm strictly; what difference does the Young Sect Leader of the Crimson Pheonix make? She had two Golden Core elders—and there she, the sole successor, stood, "I’ll ask first, do you want Mountain Master Feng to assist in testing it?"

Chi Luan did not favor this sense of losing control over affairs, yet ultimately nodded, "That’s certain."

"Then trouble Mountain Master Feng to come over," Kong Ziyi beckoned Feng Jun over to outside the residence, looked around to ensure no one was near, then softly began explaining.

It turns out the Fire Marrow Pill was indeed the primary reason she previously did not want Feng Jun to visit the Crimson Pheonix Sect.

Female cultivators practicing fire attribute techniques face inherent deficiencies. This does not deny the fact that there are women born with fire attributes, without any deficiency, but in reality, this is not commonplace.

Therefore, the Crimson Pheonix Sect is heavily recruiting female cultivators. Aside from their unique cultivation techniques, there’s also an important factor: Crimson Pheonix has corresponding cultivation pills.

Generally speaking, for humans in these two realms, men tend to be Yang-deficient, while women tend to be Yin-deficient—men are of Yang and women are of Yin,

Taking the Earth Realm as an example, men are generally afraid of heat, while women are generally afraid of cold.

In the heat of summer, men wish to set the air conditioning to minus eighteen degrees Celsius, but women feel that twenty-eight degrees is just fine.

Why are men afraid of heat? Due to excessive Yang and deficient Yin; why are women afraid of cold? Due to excessive Yin and deficient Yang.

These things are lengthy when written in detail, but to put it simply, the female cultivation techniques of the Crimson Pheonix Sect are special. They can cultivate Fire System techniques, but when it comes to breakthroughs, if the fire attribute or Yang energy is insufficient, it easily leads to failure.

The Crimson Pheonix Sect doesn’t only have fire attribute techniques, other Five Elements techniques are also available, as well as Yin Yang, Wind Thunder, and even forging techniques with examples of advancing to Nascent Soul.

But in any case, the founding intention of this sect is extraordinary; it only wants to recruit female cultivators, but female cultivators have inherent shortcomings. What should be done? Some methods have to be used to make up for it.

The Fire Marrow Pill is one such method, mainly used for breakthroughs. When female cultivators reach the Qi Refining Peak, they aim to advance to Transcendence—this is, of course, a very important stage; before Transcendence, they cannot fly, but afterwards, they can fly with their physical bodies.

So, as some say, beneath Transcendence all are ants, and there’s reason to that.

Back to the point, the Fire Marrow Pill is crucial, and at the moment of breaking through, determining how many Fire Marrow Pills to consume is also crucial.

Some disciples can achieve advancement with just one Fire Marrow Pill, but most disciples need two to four to successfully break through, and there are those who need five, but that’s extremely rare, as the Fire Marrow Pill has medicinal resistance.

The key issue is also on the resistance, because the Fire Marrow Pill is consumed one by one; if one is not enough, then the second, third, and so on are consumed... The further it goes, the stronger the resistance, and the lower the chance of breaking through.

All along, the Crimson Pheonix Sect has had this understanding that if one can accurately determine how many Fire Marrow Pills are needed for advancement and consume them all at once, the success rate of advancement will greatly increase.

This statement has factual basis, with more than one example proving it.

For instance, over five hundred years ago, that individual who was the only one to advance by consuming six Fire Marrow Pills.

That person had average talent, but through a fortuitous encounter, found the Miao Family’s ancestral treasure at Sword Forging Peak.

The Golden Core Ancestor of the Miao Family was greatly comforted and allowed her to make a request. She had no particular needs and finally remembered that Miao Zhenren excelled in deduction, so she asked the master to deduce how many Fire Marrow Pills she needed to break through.

It’s said that Miao Zhenren’s face turned dark at that time, but he couldn’t go back on his word—though she was just a Qi Refining Practitioner, she was a disciple of the Crimson Pheonix.

In the end, his deduction was that consuming five at once would suffice. If you don’t believe me and take only four, then afterwards, you’d need two more.

This disciple indeed didn’t believe in this misfortune, and crucially, Fire Marrow Pills were also quite precious, so in the end, she achieved the breakthrough with six Fire Marrow Pills, though she eventually died at the third level of Transcendence, slain in combat chasing an evil cultivator.

This is a rather extreme case, but there are many similar cases. Among Qi Refining Disciples, there are those with fortuitous encounters, finding someone to calculate how many Fire Marrow Pills are needed for their own breakthrough and then consuming them all in one go, indeed greatly increasing the probability of breakthrough.

Feng Jun understood the use of Fire Marrow Pills and naturally understood why Kong Ziyi was unwilling to go to the Crimson Pheonix Sect on her own. Once he proved his ability to calculate the required Fire Marrow Pills, especially if he could make continuous batch calculations of this sort, it indeed would be unusual if he ever got out of the Crimson Pheonix Sect.

Of course, it wasn’t a big deal at the Thunder Plains, especially with two Taiqing masters by his side.

After some discussion between Feng Jun and Kong Ziyi, it was still Kong Ziyi who negotiated with Chi Luan, "Fellow Daoist Feng can give it a try, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem, but... as for calculating for Qi Refining Disciples, I don’t know how the fee should be charged."

It’s not that she couldn’t set a price, but such calculations are quite consuming, and even Golden Core Ancestors are unwilling to get involved; now using it to calculate for Qi Refining Practitioners... aren’t you making things difficult for me?

Chi Luan understood her meaning, pondered for a moment, and replied, "Three thousand spirit stones per person, how about that?"

Kong Ziyi couldn’t help but change her expression slightly upon hearing this, "Are the benefits for the Crimson Pheonix’s Qi Refining Disciples that generous?"

Chi Luan nonchalantly replied, "It’s the same everywhere; there are both good and poor benefits. I wish for Mountain Master Feng to demonstrate, and if it’s indeed not bad, I plan to purchase a hundred slots, to be used later to reward the sect’s disciples."

Kong Ziyi immediately understood her operational thought, "Oh, this is quite good, it can effectively enhance the motivation of disciples to accept sect tasks."

Chi Luan nodded subtly, "The sect has a responsibility to proactively find resources for the disciples, enhancing the sect’s sense of honor."

At that moment, Feng Jun spoke up, "Doing this... isn’t it a bit... inappropriate?"

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