Chapter 18: Formation
"The royal family has even married a fairy to the ancestor of the Li family. It is said that this fairy is young, beautiful, and also a princess. The Li family's ancestor is truly fortunate!"
"What's the big deal about the royal family? The Li family's ancestor is a revered immortal whom many other immortals seek to please!"
Speaking of which, if the Li family's ancestor became the emperor, it would be wonderful. Unfortunately, as an immortal, the Li family's ancestor probably doesn't even care about the throne.
That's right, in this lifetime, we can't even become a county magistrate, but the Li family's ancestor doesn't even want to be an emperor. That's the nature of being an immortal!
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In the city of Luo, the news of Li Su marrying a royal princess sparked a significant discussion.
In the eyes of ordinary people in the martial kingdom, the royal family holds a high position.
Within the royal family, there are also "immortals."
However, they never expected that the royal family would now send a "fairy" to marry the ancestor of the Li family.
It is said that even after entering the Li family, she will remain a concubine.This is enough to illustrate the power of the Li family's ancestor, this "immortal."
Among the "immortals," they are all extremely powerful.
A living immortal of such great power, who is also kind to the people around Luo City, has earned Li Su unanimous praise from everyone.
In the vicinity of Luo City, influenced by Li Su, many officials dare not engage in corruption, and even robbers refrain from committing crimes around Luo City. It can be said that the roads are safe.
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In the warm room, the candlelight illuminated the entire space with a red glow.
On the edge of the bed, a beautiful woman dressed in a crimson robe sat there.
She is the princess of the royal family.
Li Su lifted the red veil.
The other person is indeed young, having recently come of age.
Although she has spiritual roots, at her age, she hasn't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage.
However, her appearance is quite pleasing, with phoenix-like eyes and willow-shaped eyebrows, a classic beauty.
She is the little princess of the royal family and is known as a "bright pearl" in the imperial city.
Initially, she had some resistance, but after meeting Li Su, that resistance quickly vanished.
Although she has spiritual roots, she won't be able to cultivate her foundation in her lifetime, so it's better for her to find a husband who can fulfill her desires.
Li Su can fulfill every fantasy of a woman.
He possesses great strength, handsomeness, and treats his woman exceptionally well.
It made her feel an instant attraction.
Li Su extinguished the candle flame~
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"Husband, how did this happen again?"
However, the royal princess soon began to worry.
After three years of marriage to Li Su, she had already given birth to two children for him. But after a few months, she unexpectedly became pregnant again.
Li Su had not left their side throughout these years, always staying with them.
Another half a year passed, and the royal princess gave birth to a descendant with spiritual roots.
"Finally surpassed 20."
With the birth of this descendant, the number of Li Su's descendants with spiritual roots exceeded 20.
Among them, the two descendants with eighth-grade spiritual roots had the best spiritual roots.
Spiritual roots are unpredictable.
Sometimes, even an ordinary couple can have descendants with sixth-grade or higher spiritual roots.
In the territories of the Three Great Immortal Sects, spiritual roots above the sixth grade are still relatively rare.
Every appearance of such a descendant would be regarded as a core disciple by the Three Great Immortal Sects and provided with concentrated resources for cultivation.
Although Li Su owed a favor to the sect master of the Fei Xian Sect, the resources he enjoyed were incomparable to those of core disciples.
With 20 descendants possessing spiritual roots, Li Su gained another 100 years of cultivation and 100 years of formation experience.
"Finally reached the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment!"
This time, Li Su's cultivation finally reached the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment.
Having 20 descendants with spiritual roots also elevated Li Su's spiritual roots to an acceptable level, resulting in even better cultivation effects during these 100 years.
Although there was a significant difference between the ninth and tenth levels of Foundation Establishment, these 100 years of cultivation brought Li Su to the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment.
Now, he was only one step away from the Golden Core stage.
However, this step was not easy to take.
If he were to cultivate normally, after reaching the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment, the first thing he needed to do to break through to the Golden Core stage was to accumulate strength and continuously refine his true essence.
This process required a considerable amount of time. Even for those with poor aptitude, it was possible that they would not have enough time, even if they immersed themselves in spiritual stones throughout their lifetime.
After all, reaching the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment required a significant amount of time.
The distance between the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment and the Golden Core stage was much greater than the distance between an ordinary person and the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment.
Once they broke through to the Golden Core stage, there would be a world of difference compared to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage generally lived for around two hundred years.
But Golden Core stage cultivators had a minimum lifespan of more than five hundred years, more than doubling it.
As for Golden Core late-stage cultivators, they could live for around one thousand years.
And this was without using any life-extending elixirs.
In terms of strength, there had been a qualitative change as well.
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Li Su's path diverged from others'.
"I wonder if I can break through to the Golden Core stage relying on the cultivation rewarded by the system," Li Su pondered.
Considering his current level of spiritual roots, it would likely take him another thousand years or even longer, solely focusing on cultivation, to meet the standards required for impacting the Golden Core stage.
And this is after experiencing significant growth in his spiritual roots over the years.
If he had started with his initial spiritual roots, even ten thousand years of cultivation wouldn't have been sufficient.
"No need to rush," Li Su remained calm.
He still had an abundance of time.
"Formations."
Li Su absorbed the 100 years of formation experience.
Looking at it this way, the increasing number of descendants with spiritual roots not only allowed Li Su's cultivation to grow but also provided him with experience in other aspects of cultivation.
Moreover, the relationship between formation experience and spiritual roots was not particularly significant to some extent.
Of course, without spiritual roots, cultivation would be impossible, and without true essence and spiritual energy, setting up formations would be unattainable.
Experience played a vital role in formations and artifact refinement.
Comprehension was equally important.
Therefore, the 100 years of artifact refinement experience Li Su had previously obtained didn't significantly influence his current 100 years of formation experience due to his spiritual roots.
This showcased Li Su's remarkable achievements in both artifact refinement and formations.
Within these 100 years of formation experience, numerous methods for arranging basic formations were included.
However, this primarily consisted of foundational experience. If it involved more advanced formations, Li Su would need to study them.
Of course, acquiring foundational experience was relatively straightforward.
After obtaining the formation experience, Li Su occasionally experimented with it and set up formations around the Li Residence.
Unlike artifact refinement, which required materials that Li Su had to collect himself, formations were simpler.
Li Su dissolved some of the previously refined artifacts, separated the materials, and created a few formation flags for setting up formations.
It worked out well.
The presence of formations enhanced the security of the Li Residence.
Although the region where the Three Great Immortal Sects were located was generally peaceful, with no significant incidents occurring and no one daring to provoke Li Su foolishly.
Having additional means naturally increased safety, and it was still necessary to exercise caution just in case.
"Husband, where did the estate go?"
One day, Li Su brought his women to the outskirts of the estate and activated the protective mountain formation.
Then, the women witnessed the estate vanish from their sight.
"Husband's formations are amazing!"
The female cultivators immediately recognized them as formations.
Ning Xiaoyu flew over, but regardless of her search, she couldn't locate the estate within the designated area.
"Xiaoyu, take this formation plate. If I'm not around and you encounter danger, you can activate the grand formation," Li Su handed a formation plate to Ning Xiaoyu. She was his first female disciple, and he entrusted her with many things.