"My Artifact Refining techniques have improved quite a bit."
Su Bai looked at the Medicinal Hoe in front of her with satisfaction.
It was completely black, smooth to the touch, and its Rank was High Grade.
Being able to craft it indicated that Su Bai's Artifact Refiner Rank was also High Grade.
Just as Su Bai was about to use her newly made Medicinal Hoe,
the Formation was suddenly triggered.
Su Bai's expression shifted.
She opened the Formation.
A Sound Transmission Talisman flew in.
She took the Sound Transmission Talisman.
Listening to the message inside,
Su Bai's face froze, then she sighed with a touch of melancholy.
She put away the Medicinal Hoe.
Summoning her Flying Sword, she flew out.
Her destination:
Peach Blossom Mountain.
When Su Bai arrived,
the entire mountain was draped with white silk banners,
overshadowing the originally beautiful peach blossom scenery.
She did not stop at the Yang Family territory but flew directly to the back mountain.
On the back mountain,
besides a few crying Yang Family members, there were only Xu Changge, Lu Ning, and Shen Fang.
Yang the Old Daoist didn't have many close friends in the Starfall Archipelagos.
The allies who came here with him were Yang the Old Daoist's best friends.
After Su Bai landed,
she looked at the lonely grave in front of her.
"Tomb of Yang Kai."
Yang Tian, Yang the Old Daoist's great-grandson, was wearing mourning cloth, silently gazing at the tombstone.
Su Bai had known for a long time that Yang the Old Daoist's Lifespan was about to run out.
So, when she learned of his death, she wasn't too surprised.
But truly seeing Yang the Old Daoist's tombstone, she still felt a bit sad.
He was arguably the first friend she had made in the Immortal Realm.
Su Bai silently bid farewell to Yang the Old Daoist.
After offering a cup of wine before Yang the Old Daoist's offerings, she then comforted Yang Tian.
"Don't be too sad. Your grandfather was remarkable. At the very least, he fulfilled the lifelong dream of countless Loose Cultivators, finding a Family territory for the Yang Family."
"In the future, manage the Family property well, and don't let your grandfather down."
After comforting him,
Su Bai then noticed Lu Ning and Shen Fang, each holding a child in their arms.
This made Su Bai slightly stunned.
At the same time, she understood the choice these two had made.
With no hope of Foundation Establishment, they had begun to procreate, deciding to continue their Family Bloodline.
Su Bai said nothing.
These were all personal choices.
She just hadn't expected Lu Ning and Shen Fang to reach this point.
They must have tried.
Perhaps in another forty or fifty years, she would also attend Lu Ning and Shen Fang's funerals.
Su Bai greeted Lu Ning and Shen Fang.
"The children are very cute."
"Heh heh, they were born in the last two years."
Lu Ning looked at the child in his arms with doting affection.
Then he looked at his beloved wife, Shen Fang.
"In this life, I only love Fang'er. I can only do my best to continue the Family Bloodline. My Lu Family will have to rely on the next generation, haha."
Lu Ning was not sad that his Dao path had come to an end.
There was only joy at the birth of his child.
Su Bai looked at the couple before her.
She understood that she and they were, after all, not on the same path.
At this moment, Xu Changge walked over.
She hadn't left after mourning Yang the Old Daoist.
With Yang the Old Daoist's passing, and Lu Ning and Shen Fang choosing to continue their Bloodline,
Xu Changge understood that their Cultivation journey had reached its end.
Now, perhaps only Su Bai could continue on with her.
But Su Bai's Aptitude was not good.
Her Cultivation speed was too slow.
She was only at Refining Qi (8th Layer) now.
Although Xu Changge had given the Foundation Establishment Pill to Su Bai,
Foundation Establishment wasn't something that could be achieved merely by having a Foundation Establishment Pill.
Xu Changge came to Su Bai's side. Neither of them spoke, but walked down the mountain together.
"Xiaobai, if it doesn't work, don't try to Foundation Establishment at Qi Refining Peak. Just go for it directly from Qi Refining (9th Layer)."
Breaking through to Foundation Establishment did not necessarily require Qi Refining Peak.
It was just that at Qi Refining Peak, the spiritual energy was deeper, which could slightly increase the success rate.
With the Foundation Establishment Pill providing an additional 30% success rate for Foundation Establishment, it was also possible to directly break through to the next Realm at Qi Refining (9th Layer).
At most, one would become a somewhat weak Foundation Establishment Cultivator, needing more time to make up for the Foundation.
But as long as one became a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, their Lifespan would instantly double compared to the Qi Refinement Stage.
It was worth it.
Xu Changge was truly worried that if Su Bai was too stubborn, she might miss the Peak age for Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment.
Leading to failure in Foundation Establishment due to declining vitality.
Then her future Cultivation path would be a solitary one.
Su Bai naturally heard the care and worry in Xu Changge's words.
Xu Changge was touched by the scene. She was already a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and there was a significant difference in Lifespan between her and the four people who had originally come to Wumu Island.
Well, at least that's how it seemed in Xu Changge's eyes.
Su Bai did not respond to Xu Changge's suggestion.
Xu Changge thought that Yang the Old Daoist's Lifespan running out today had put Su Bai in a bad mood.
So she didn't press further.
How could she know?
In Su Bai's heart, her pseudo-Spiritual Root Aptitude meant that her step-by-step Cultivation and Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment had no bonuses whatsoever.
Now, the Foundation Establishment Pill could provide a 30% success rate, and Cultivating to Qi Refining Peak could increase it by another 0.5%.
The auxiliary Cultivation Technique, "Jade Liquid Storing Qi Inscription," could increase spiritual energy and also provide Su Bai with a 0.5% chance of Foundation Establishment.
Furthermore, Su Bai's Body Refining Major Achievement could also increase the chance of Foundation Establishment.
Su Bai had no Lifespan restrictions, and the Cultivation Technique she learned from Great Wu could also lock her vitality. The so-called Peak age of sixty for Foundation Establishment was as good as non-existent for Su Bai.
All in all, relying solely on her current methods, Su Bai's probability of Breaking Through to Foundation Establishment had already reached over 60%.
But attempting to Break Through to Foundation Establishment with a 60% probability was like seeking death in Su Bai's eyes.
She would absolutely not do it.
Therefore, Su Bai hadn't even considered Xu Changge's suggestion of attempting a Breakthrough at Qi Refining (9th Layer).
How much better would it be to first Foundation Establishment through Body Refining, and then use her Body Refining Cultivation to pull up her Qi Refining Cultivation?
No need to take so many risks.
After leaving Peach Blossom Mountain,
Su Bai returned to her Haijiao Cliff.
Over the years, she felt that her time was surprisingly insufficient.
She had to Cultivate, and also do Alchemy.
Artifact Refining and Formations were also being learned.
Su Bai felt that she was somewhat unable to learn everything.
Of course, it wasn't that she truly couldn't learn everything, but rather that Su Bai could only choose to learn what was most helpful to her first.
For example, Alchemy could not stop. The Medicinal Pills Su Bai used for Cultivation were all refined by herself.
Formations were the same.
She had never forgotten that the Formation she was currently using was set up by Xu Changge.
Su Bai was not accustomed to using life-saving items that others also knew about.
Xu Changge knew the weaknesses and secret passages of this Formation perfectly clear.
Su Bai couldn't even sleep soundly.
Sooner or later, she had to raise her Formation Cultivation and then replace it.
There was no time to feel sad about Yang the Old Daoist's passing.
What Su Bai needed to do immediately was to water her Medicinal Garden.
Yang the Old Daoist was, after all, just a passerby on the long path of Cultivation.
After her moment of emotion, Su Bai had already adjusted.
Upon returning to her Daoist ground,
she began to test her new Medicinal Hoe.
As her fingers formed a hand seal,
the Medicinal Hoe flew out from her Storage Pouch.
Under Su Bai's control, it began to dig up some overgrown Spiritual Plants with a single hoe stroke.
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