A lack of resources was fatal to a family!
Back at the Frigid Cloud Valley, Patriarch Cai told Lu Li that the entire wealth of the Liu Family could only support one warrior to try for three times to reach the Fate Wheel Realm!
This meant that if a martial artist wanted to become a powerhouse, they needed to accumulate countless resources. Without resources, there would be no powerhouses. How could this family develop and grow?
When the martial artists of this family saw that the family had no resources and no hope, who would be dead set on it?
Who would still be loyal?
Not to mention the martial artists of the Outer Hall, even the disciples of the Outer Hall would probably defect.
This was a very real problem!
In the battle of the Wu Ling County, the Liu Family had used up most of the family resources in order to invite that powerful warrior to fight.
Then, in order to get into the Thousand-island Lake, many Mystical Materials and treasures were lost. He didn't bring any high rank Xuan Skills with him.
Having been extorted by the Sundown Island of more than a thousand Xuan Crystals, the Liu Family was now very, very poor. If they did not find a solution, the elderly, the weak, the women, and the children of the Liu Family would all starve to death.
He had to get Mystic Crystals!
As long as they had Xuan Crystals, they could buy all kinds of resources, recruit more wandering warriors, and strengthen the Liu Family.
After thinking for a long time, the group of Elders discussed for the whole afternoon and finally decided to buy some Blood Caterpillar Grass seeds to see if they could grow some Blood Caterpillar Grass.
Even if the quality was not good, as long as he could earn a small amount of Xuan Crystals, he would be able to solve his urgent need.
Patriarch Seven took some treasures of the Liu Family and went to the Blood Evil Island again. He wanted to trade the treasures for seeds and the method of growing Blood Caterpillar Grasses.
One day later, Patriarch Seven came back. Xue Chou was very generous. He didn't even take the treasures. Instead, he gave some seeds to the Liu Family for free. He also gave the method of planting them.
However, Xue Chou clearly told Patriarch Seven that the lava land on the Blood Dragon Island was not good enough. Planting Blood Caterpillar Grasses could only cover the cost.
Why did he use the word "cost"?
This was because the cultivation of Blood Caterpillar Grass required a large amount of fresh blood, the blood of livestock and animals.
The Blood Caterpillar Grass normally needed a year to bloom and bear fruit, producing Blood Caterpillar Fruits.
If a large amount of blood was injected into it, the growth cycle of the Blood Caterpillar Grass would be greatly reduced. It would bloom and bear fruit in half a month, and its grade would be greatly improved.
There weren't any large beasts on the island, and the grass that grew here was poisonous. It couldn't be used to raise livestock, so they could only buy it, in large quantities.
There was another way, and that was to buy a Xuan Beast called the Blood Rhinoceros.
The Blood Rhinoceros was huge and had a strong hematopoietic function. It could bleed every day, but it only had a lifespan of three months.
Whether it was buying livestock or Blood Rhinoceroses, they all required Mystic Crystals.
If the quality of the Blood Caterpillar Grass was not good, it would be easy to make a loss …
Whether it was a loss or not, Patriarch Seven and the others decided to give it a try. Patriarch Seven personally brought people to the God-down Island to buy the Blood Rhinoceros.
If he were to buy livestock, he wouldn't have that many. Slaughtering them every day was too cruel and bloody. If he were to buy a few Blood Rhinoceroses, they would be able to last for three months.
A few days later, three warships dragged six Blood Rhinoceroses over. Fortunately, these Blood Rhinoceroses were aquatic creatures and could float on the lake.
Otherwise, the battleship would not be able to fit them in, as one of them was as big as a small mountain.
Everything was ready. Patriarch Seven chose an open space in the valley as the medicine field and planted a thousand Blood Caterpillar Grasses. He asked people to take care of them day and night. At the same time, blood rhinoceroses were drained to water the Blood Caterpillar Grasses every day.
Liu Yi had been going to the herb farm for the past few days. Many elders went there as well. They treated the Blood Caterpillar Grasses as their treasures.
However …
After several days, many people's expressions became more and more awful.
The Blood Caterpillar Grasses in the farm began to grow. However, the color was light and lusterless, far inferior to the Blood Caterpillar Grasses at the Blood Evil Island.
According to Patriarch Seven's investigation at the Sundown Island, the Blood Caterpillar Grasses here were of the lowest rank.
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"My cultivation speed is too slow!"
Lu Li had been cultivating in the stone fort for seven or eight days before he came out. He could now release seven Xuan Power at the same time for the Rolling Thunder Xuan Skill. He couldn't release more. He needed to experiment and study.
The cultivation of Xuan Energy was a pain in the ass.
He had asked Liu Yi about the cultivation of the Spirit Sea Realm. He had learned something about it. The cultivation of the Spirit Sea Realm mainly focused on cultivating Xuan Energy and expanding the Spirit Sea.
Doubling the size of the Spirit Sea Realm would be the middle stage of the Spirit Sea Realm. The method of expansion was similar to condensing the Spirit Sea.
Also, the prerequisite was that the Xuan Energy in the Spirit Sea had to be cultivated to the extreme so that the entire Spirit Sea could be filled with Xuan Energy.
The Xuan Energy in the Spirit Sea was condensed. One strand of Xuan Energy could be compared to 100 normal strands of Xuan Energy of the Xuan Wu Realm.
To fill the entire Spirit Sea with Xuan Energy would take a long time. At Lu Li's current speed, he would need at least three years.
Three years to reach the middle stage of the Spirit Sea Realm?
How long would it take to reach the later stage of the Spirit Sea Realm? Five years? Or 10 years?
How long would it take to reach the Soul Pond Realm?
How long would it take to reach the Fate Wheel Realm?
Lu Li could not imagine.
Only now did he truly understand the importance of resources. Without pellets to speed up cultivation, no matter how talented a warrior was, it would be hard for him to reach the Soul Pond Realm in his lifetime.
The older a warrior got, the slower his cultivation would be, and the worse his bodily functions would be …
On top of that, Little White was out of food. Lu Li asked Liu Yi for some Fire Jade Spars on the way. He secretly fed Little White in the carriage every day.
At the moment, Lu Li didn't take care of Little White in the stone fort. The small bag was eaten up by Little White in a couple of days. Therefore, Lu Li had to leave his cultivation.
He walked around the castles but didn't see Liu Yi. He asked around and found out that he went to the farm.
After he got the address, Lu Li walked towards the farm. He also wanted to see what the Blood Caterpillar Grass that the Liu Family had been treating like a treasure was.
The farm was not far away. It was in a small valley more than three miles to the south. The valley was surrounded by mountains on three sides, so it was easy to monitor. Patriarch Seven had set the farm here.
Lu Li arrived at the valley and saw a small river. Two warriors of the Liu Family were guarding at the entrance of the valley.
Seeing that Lu Li was here, the two warriors naturally didn't dare to stop him. Lu Li walked in in strides.
The valley was not big, with a radius of more than 1000 feet. All the weeds and trees in the valley had been cleared away. Red plants were planted on the brown soil. There were at least more than 1000 of them.
The plants were small, red in color, and only as thick as a middle finger. There were four red leaves on them.
"What a strong smell of blood!"
Lu Li covered his nose and looked to the side. He saw several cabins in the corner. Next to the cabins was a huge blood pond filled with blood.
"Over there!"
He saw Liu Yi in one of the cabins, staring at the farm with a frown. Lu Li walked over, cupped his fists and said, "Family Patriarch!"
"It's you."
Liu Yi turned around and looked at him. She forced a smile and said, "Why don't you cultivate today?"
Lu Li pointed to Little White on his shoulder and said, "Little White is out of food. I need some Fire Jade Spars."
Many people knew about Little White, but they didn't know it was a Xuan Beast. They just thought it was Lu Li's pet.
Lu Li once asked Liu Yi for some Fire Jade Spars. She saw Little White eating it several times, so Liu Yi didn't find it strange.
There were many strange Xuan Beasts in the world. Stone Rats even ate stones.