From Family Fisherman to Water Virtue True Immortal-Chapter 148: Dragon Whale Essence Blood

"Baishao Island’s Li Family, presenting three Magic Artifacts, ten bottles of Spirit Pills, extending congratulations to Supreme Elder Quanqing for achieving his Foundation Establishment, with prospects of attaining the Golden Core!"

"Yucang Island’s Chen Family, presenting the Eight Directions Jade, three hundred low-grade spirit stones, congratulating..."

Li Quanfu, dressed in a bright red robe, stood outside the hall greeting guests, ceaselessly reciting ceremonial greetings, hardly able to pause, his throat dry and his tongue parched.

These are all Qi Refining Families that make their living in the Green Jade Sea Domain; the gifts they brought were very ordinary, barely warranting a closer look by Li Quanfu.

Some of the less influential families didn’t even have Flying Artifacts and had to rely on the Li Family’s Cloud Boat to bring them up here.

Even so, these Qi Refining cultivators were still irrepressibly excited, smiling broadly and respectfully bowing from outside the hall.

After all, everyone understood that the Li Family was now immensely powerful, rising like the midday sun, many clans were eager to devote themselves even if they were not accepted.

Now having participated in the Foundation Establishment Ceremony, they could claim they were once underlings of the Li Family and had personally witnessed the Foundation Establishment of the patriarch!

Li Quanqing was sitting cross-legged inside the Evergreen Hall, idly fiddling with the Jade Ruyi in his hand, acknowledging that only those with Foundation Establishment forces had the privilege to enter the hall.

"Here they come."

Li Zongyao was also sitting on a mat, as steady as an old monk, when he suddenly spoke, his aged eyes looking towards the horizon, his divine sense most sharp and powerful.

Whoosh!

Gang Winds howled, robes fluttering.

A streak of light sped from the distant edge of Heaven and Sea, slicing through the void to arrive, perfume of myriad elixirs spreading before the person even appeared, reminiscent of a hundred fragrant herbs.

"It’s that old mudfish from the Wang Family, arriving quite promptly."

Li Zongyao smiled slightly, clearly on good terms with this person.

Li Quanqing looked towards the arriving figures within the glow; an old and a young person were riding a grey-brown medicine cauldron, reaching swiftly.

The young man was none other than "Wang Guhe," the Little Pill King, whose acquaintance he had made once before; a cultivator with high talent in pill making, indeed a candidate for Foundation Establishment.

The old man was not tall, with dark skin and bright eyes, his back slightly hunched, truly resembling a giant mudfish, his face adorned with a cunning smile.

"Wang Family’s Clan Leader, Wang Qimu..."

Li Quanqing looked at this man, recalling much information about him.

The Wang Family was the weakest, currently only maintained by Wang Qimu, a Foundation Establishment elder.

This man was also quite aged, having reached Foundation Establishment over a hundred years ago, but he was the strongest in pill-making among the four major families, having already advanced to a second-rank, mid-grade Pill Master.

Wang Qimu led his descendants up the rainbow bridge, put away the medicine cauldron, kicking up dust with each step, and quickly reached the outside of Evergreen Hall to present his gifts.

"Tonghua Island’s Wang Family, presenting fifteen supreme Tonghua Pills, three bottles of second-rank Seven Treasures Rejuvenation Pills..."

Li Quanfu’s voice trembled slightly upon seeing the gifts.

"This old mudfish truly lives up to his reputation as a master pill maker, wealthy and generous!"

Li Zongyao exclaimed in astonishment, those around him nodding in agreement.

These Seven Treasures Rejuvenation Pills were precisely what early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators consumed to enhance their cultivation, extraordinarily precious.

"Haha, old turtle, it’s been a while; your Green Jade Li Family is truly flourishing!"

Wang Qimu laughed heartily, stepped inside the hall, looked around, and chose a seat towards the back. freeweɓnovel.cøm

With a good friend’s arrival, the Evergreen Hall finally didn’t feel so empty.

One after another, all the Foundation Establishment forces arrived, eventually filling most of the hall.

"Baoshu Island’s Xie family, presenting twenty he of Spiritual Pearls, eight second-rank Treasure Spirit Pearls..."

"Carefree Island’s Yun Family, presenting one second-rank Carefree Cloud Boat, twenty mid-grade spirit stones..."

"Heavenly Talisman Island’s Shen Family, presenting six second-rank Spirit Talismans, thirty mid-grade spirit stones..."

Voices of chanting filled the air, lighting up Li Quanqing’s heart with joy; all these were his personal belongings.

"Finally, I’ve barely managed to gather the Mid Grade Spirit Stones required by the Red Dragon Puppet!"

He touched the warm puppet in his sleeve, finally feeling reassured.

With that Top-Grade Spirit Stone added, this late-stage Foundation Establishment puppet could now support several life-and-death fights.

"Seems like almost everyone has arrived."

Li Quanqing looked down at the lively scene below, where everyone was clinking cups and chatting warmly and animatedly.

"The Situ Family definitely won’t come; that leaves only the Shuihua Sword Sect, but I wonder which Elder from the Upper Sect will come?"

Li Kunlun sat on a cushion, fingers grazing his waist-hung sword, and remarked leisurely as he watched the crowd below.

Having a detached temperament complemented by the innate pride of a Sword Cultivator, he left the task of hosting the guests to his brother and the Old Clan Chief.

When the Situ Family was mentioned, Li Quanqing suddenly recalled something, "Supreme Elder, I’ve heard that the Clan Leader of the Situ Family wants to break through to the Golden Core; is it true or false?"

"Quanqing, you’re indeed well-informed. I also only heard about it just recently from Li."

Li Kunlun looked surprised, "The Situ Family has gained handsomely from the Whale Emperor Sect, and some even suspect that the Four-stage Demon Core that went missing was taken by them ahead of time."

"With them now possessing a Third Rank Spirit Vein, it makes sense that Situ Changqing wants to break through to the Golden Core Realm."

Li Quanqing slightly hesitated but still asked, "Aren’t they afraid of the Sword Sect stepping in to stop them?"

"Of course, they are afraid, but the Situ Family has its own foundation as well."

Li Kunlun pointed upwards, "A thousand years ago, that ancestor from the Situ Family was a Direct Disciple of the Nascent Soul Sect, the Star Sect. Though he later established his own family, there’s still some lingering respect and connection."

"With a Nascent Soul Sect backing them, even the Shuihua Sword Sect wouldn’t dare to oppress them too much; there must be some sort of alliance or pact to prevent attacks."

"No wonder the Situ Family is so arrogant, so they had this background!"

"Nascent Soul Sect, ah..."

Li Quanqing’s face was full of astonishment; to mention a Nascent Soul ancestor was beyond his imagination.

For the current Li Family, even a Golden Core expert was as unreachable as the sky.

Li Kunlun did not dwell on this topic further, he took out a Jade Bottle with space engravings on it: "This is the Dragon Whale Essence Blood personally bought from the Cold Chi Immortal City by Li, consider it a congratulatory gift from our family."

Second-stage Demon Beasts—Dragon Whale Essence Blood!

Li Quanqing held the heavy Sumeru Jade Bottle, suddenly overwhelmed with emotion.

Back when the Whale Emperor Fang relics emerged, he had acquired four marvelous techniques.

The Water Escape Technique, Slave Beast Seal, Dragon Whale Great Strength Body, and Ice Soul Cold Light.

Now, with Dragon Whale Great Strength Body the only technique he hadn’t mastered, this Essence Blood could finally let him resume his Body Refining Cultivation.

It was at this moment that the last streak of light finally made its slow arrival from the horizon.

"Shuihua Sword Sect Elder Duan Dongyang sends one Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object, Geng Metal True Evil, and fifty Mid Grade Spirit Stones as a gift to the Supreme Elder Quanqing!"

A Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object?!

With a swoosh, the entirety of the Evergreen Hall quieted for a moment as everyone stood up to look towards the approaching light, faces full of shock.

This certainly was the most precious congratulatory gift today; nobody expected the Shuihua Sword Sect to be so generous.

"Geng Metal True Evil... Duan Dongyang..."

Li Quanqing smirked slightly; the only cultivator with Metal Spirit Root in the entire Li Family was Li Quangeng.

This fellow was clearly sending benefits for his own disciple.

As expected, upon hearing the name of the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object, the Old Clan Chief immediately brightened up and personally stood up to welcome him.

"Ha ha ha, gentlemen, it’s been a long time. How is everyone doing?"