Chapter 659 - 59: Mid-stage Golden Core

Funiu Ascendant was born with Middle Grade Spirit Root in Funiu Mountain. His mother was affected by magical combat and died early, and his father was devoured by demon beasts on the grassland before he started Qi Cultivation, leaving him with the responsibility of taking care of his younger sister at a young age.

Regardless of talent or family background, they were the lowest of this realm.

In the eyes of many, on the path of cultivation in this life, even reaching Foundation Establishment would be a fortunate achievement of a pitiable person.

Facts proved that his journey of cultivation and even survival was extraordinarily difficult.

Several times he was nearly driven out for not being able to afford the market rent.

Eventually, by delving into Spirit Plant Skill through his Wood Spirit Root and cultivating high-quality spirit grass, he caught the attention of a local Beast Taming Clan, which offered him a job.

This allowed him to truly establish himself and solve his livelihood problems.

However, his subsequent cultivation journey was fraught with obstacles.

When he saved up spiritual resources from selling cultivated spirit grass to buy a Superior Cultivation Technique for Rebuilding, the people around him advised against reaching too high; his father’s cultivation technique was enough for Foundation Establishment.

Yet, he made a shocking declaration that in order to glimpse the peak, he must lay a solid foundation; the earlier the Rebuilding, the less impact on his potential.

This made those around him frown secretly, believing his aspirations were unrealistic, and they advised him to set his goal at Foundation Establishment as ambitious enough. To aspire for Core Formation, they said, was overreaching.

He remained unmoved, resolute in his decision.

Later, due to disrupting spirit grass cultivation for Rebuilding, he lost his stable job and found the Rebuilding journey difficult due to lacking mentors and allies.

Fortunately, after recovering his cultivation, his Spirit Plant Skill improved with increased magical power, and he earned his income again through Spirit Plant Skill.

By this time, he wasn’t cultivating spirit grass for an employer but rather cultivating and selling it himself.

But this process was tumultuous, facing multiple failures and financial downfall; during the hardest times, his sister advised him to secure a stable income by joining the Beast Taming Clan.

Nevertheless, he always smiled and shook his head, never arguing, only steadfast in his decision.

Finally, after uncountable failures, he was able to stabilize himself.

At sixty, he finally reached Foundation Establishment.

This marked the greatest hurdle in a cultivator’s path, Foundation Establishment!

With his exquisite Spirit Plant Master skills and decades’ accumulation, he expected to afford a Lower Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

Unfortunately, to avoid the pill medicine’s poison affecting his future potential, he always provided Upper Grade Pill Medicine for his sister and consumed Upper Grade Pill Medicine himself, nearly exhausting his spiritual resources with none left for trading Foundation Establishment Pill.

Fortunately, by practicing Superior Cultivation Technique with a solid foundation and pure powerful magical power, alongside decades of honed skill, his success rate without consuming Foundation Establishment Pill is above sixty percent.

Boldly, at the peak of the Qi Refining Realm, he rented a Dao Field without using Foundation Establishment Pill to achieve Foundation Establishment.

After successful Foundation Establishment, he was elated and received congratulations from friends, finally becoming the first Foundation Establishment Wanderer of his clan.

His sister also found blissful matrimony with a surrounding Foundation Establishment Clan.

From then on, his cultivation path became smoother; with Foundation Establishment Wanderer’s cultivation and status, obtaining spiritual resources became much easier.

This led to his small workshop-style Spirit Grass Workshop further expanding and upgrading.

Generally speaking, if he stayed content, marrying, having children, and spreading roots, a hundred years later, this place might witness a newly risen family.

He could even amass sufficient spiritual resources for descendants, enforce strict family discipline, excel in planning, berating ten generations later, there might be hope for a Core Formation True Man.

However, he was not content with this; he kept gazing forward, never pausing.

Thus, although earning spiritual resources became easier post Foundation Establishment, cultivation during Foundation Establishment naturally consumed more.

Still, he continued using only Upper Grade Pill Medicine; Second Tier Pill Medicine was costly, not to mention Upper Grade!

Within a few years, his Spirit Grass Workshop business faced several spiritual resource turnover crises.

During these times, opposition surfaced even from his sister and her married family.

Relying on Superior Cultivation Technique and solid foundation, thirty years later, he surprisingly progressed further, reaching the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment.

This shocked his sister’s affiliated family, bringing those who previously gossiped to apology.

Where once they secretly said Funiu Ascendant overreached, unrealistic, now changed to praising his ambition and determination, an admirable exemplar.

His sister was proud and delighted once again.

Yet, what puzzled everyone again was, after advancing to Middle Stage Foundation Establishment, Funiu Wanderer remained unsatisfied and grew more extreme.

To advance to the Late Period Foundation Establishment, he sold his Spirit Grass Workshop outright.

This time, although gossip ceased, hope in his success was absent.

After all, with Middle Grade Spirit Root and advanced age at Foundation Establishment, progressing to Middle Stage was already against destiny.

For Middle Grade Spirit Root, the Late Period Foundation Establishment posed an almost insurmountable bottleneck.

In the end, as anticipated, Funiu Wanderer seemingly exhausted his potential; even after spending his family fortune, he still couldn’t break through the bottleneck.

He had to leave the market and began an adventurous journey.

His Middle Stage Foundation Establishment cultivation made him strong within the market.

However, amidst Funiu Mountain’s broad range of adventuring parties, he was just a drop in the ocean, not quite remarkable.

Every day, countless like him fell.

While few even receive rare opportunities.