Chapter 596: Chapter 405: 300 Foundation Establishment Cultivators

"With your strength, Husband, our Celestial Cloud Sect is already the number one sect in the Qionglin Domain beneath any Nascent Soul Influence," Song Qiaoqiao said, assessing the sect’s current overall strength.

"More or less," Fang Yun nodded.

The sect now appeared to have seven Mid-stage and five Early-stage Core Formation cultivators. In reality, there were five cultivators each at the Early and Mid stages. The remaining two Mid-stage cultivators were a special case: one had the power of a Late-stage Core Formation cultivator, and the other was already somewhere between the Early-stage Nascent Soul Realm and the Peak of Core Formation.

’In terms of overall strength, I far surpass any Peak of Core Formation cultivator, though I’m still a small distance shy of an Early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.’

"Has anything happened inside or outside the sect during the half-month I was in seclusion?" Fang Yun asked about the sect’s recent situation.

"Not much has changed outside the sect, and nothing major has happened inside... While you were in seclusion, the sect gained five new Elders. Two successfully reached Foundation Establishment here, and three succeeded at the First Sub-Sect."

"Not bad. The number of disciples who reached Foundation Establishment in over half a month is comparable to a whole year’s worth."

In the past three years—last year, the year before, and the year before that—a total of fifteen disciples reached Foundation Establishment, averaging five per year.

Of these fifteen new Foundation Establishment cultivators, only one succeeded without using a Foundation Establishment Pill. The other fourteen used at least a Middle Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

With the expansion of the sect’s territory, the addition of sub-sects, and the increase in Spirit Fields, the top priority for the Second Tier Spirit Medicine grown there was to guarantee the supply needed for refining Foundation Establishment Pills.

Currently, the average number of Foundation Establishment Pills the sect needed to refine each year was already more than double what it used to be. In another ten years or so, it would exceed triple the amount.

In recent years, the sect has produced an average of five new Foundation Establishment cultivators annually. If we assume each disciple achieves this at sixty years old, their life span would extend to just over two hundred. This means that over a period of one hundred and forty years, the sect could amass as many as seven hundred Foundation Establishment Elders.

In a completely stable environment with no conflict, the number of Foundation Establishment Elders in the sect would be even higher. This is because most Sect Elders succeed in reaching Foundation Establishment between the ages of forty and fifty, and the Life Span of most Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators is between two hundred ten and two hundred thirty years.

In reality, one must also subtract the Elders who die in battle. This is related to the environment surrounding the sect. The more chaotic it is and the more battles there are, big and small, the slower the net growth rate of Foundation Establishment Elders will be.

"Has the number of Peak of Foundation Establishment Elders in the sect increased?" Fang Yun asked casually.

"It’s increased by two."

"A lot has increased in the half-month I’ve been in seclusion. Including these two, the number of Elders at the Peak of Foundation Establishment has now reached forty."

’Doing the math, most of the current Peak of Foundation Establishment Elders reached their realm after he began refining Top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills. More than a hundred years have passed since then.’

Of the forty Peak of Foundation Establishment Elders, more than half had Dual Spirit Roots. In contrast, the proportion of those with Dual Spirit Roots among the Late-stage Foundation Establishment Elders was much lower.

’With the aid of cultivation resources, the cultivation speed of cultivators with Dual Spirit Root Talent really is fast.’

Besides the high proportion of those with Dual Spirit Root Talent, another large group among the Peak of Foundation Establishment Elders were those from Battle Peak.

Even before Fang Yun entered seclusion to upgrade his Lifebound Magical Treasure through Sacrificial Refinement, the number of Sect Elders had already surpassed three hundred. Elders from the Spirit Field Institute made up the largest portion with over a hundred members, while the number of Elders from Battle Peak was approaching one hundred.

Combined, the Elders from the Spirit Field Institute and Battle Peak made up two-thirds of all Elders, which was perfectly normal.

And while the Spirit Field Institute had more Elders in total, their proportion among the Peak of Foundation Establishment Elders was far lower than that of Battle Peak. This was because Elders from the Spirit Field Institute had much less time to cultivate compared to those from Battle Peak.

In another few decades, the proportion of Spirit Field Institute Elders among those at the Peak of Foundation Establishment would rise. The sect now has abundant cultivation resources, especially in alchemy, and prioritizes the supply of breakthrough pills. This applies to Foundation Establishment Pills for major Realm breakthroughs, as well as Cyan Clarity Pills and Purple Essence Pills for minor realm breakthroughs.

The Elders from the Spirit Field Institute only cultivated slowly; they would eventually catch up. With the guarantee of high-quality breakthrough pills, it wouldn’t be difficult for them to reach the Peak of Foundation Establishment under normal circumstances.

"Without the aid of a Golden Core Pill for the breakthrough, it shouldn’t be difficult for two or three of these forty Peak of Foundation Establishment Elders to succeed."

"It’s quite possible that four or five could break through to the Core Formation Stage," Fang Yun estimated.

"Elder Han Yichen is already close to being able to perfectly refine the Spirit Ascension Pill."

"I remember he only broke through to the Foundation Establishment Stage a few years ago, right?"

"It’s been seven years, actually."

Song Qiaoqiao brought up the topic of Dan Cloud Peak, and the husband and wife continued to chat.

As the one managing Dan Cloud Peak, Song Qiaoqiao knew the affairs of its Elders, as well as those of some disciples with exceptional Alchemy Talent, like the back of her hand.

「Elsewhere.」

The Elder the two were talking about was now refining a pill.

The Second Tier Spirit Ascension Pill. It was previously used to aid the cultivation of Early and Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Elders, but now it was only used for Early-stage Elders. Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Elders had better supplementary pills to use.

’So close. But this final step is the hardest.’

Han Yichen looked at the batch of Spirit Ascension Pills he had just refined. They still hadn’t reached the standard of perfect refinement.

’I probably need the experience of refining another ten or so batches before I can perfectly refine the Spirit Ascension Pill.’

Compared to his time as a disciple, Han Yichen worked even harder after becoming an Elder. The main reason for his diligence was for the sake of his own future Core Formation.

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