Chapter 178: The Ownership of the Foundation Establishment Pill
Emperor Xue Ye shook his head. "Not yet. This matter in the Star Luo Empire didn't happen within their borders, so they want to watch the tigers fight from the mountains."
Prince Xue Xing asked, "Then, Big Brother, are you really determined to send troops? Who would be most suitable to lead them?"
Emperor Xue Ye sighed. "Let the Grand General take a few of his deputies. Have him lead two hundred thousand elite soldiers to suppress them!"
Originally, he had thought that if Spirit Hall didn't interfere, he would send one hundred thousand troops. But now that Spirit Hall had intervened, one hundred thousand soldiers were clearly not enough.
Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
As soon as Yu Yuanzhen returned to the family, he announced that a Medicinal Pill had been obtained from Spirit Hall. A meeting will be held tomorrow to gather all high-ranking family members to discuss the ownership of the Medicinal Pill.
That evening, Yu Xiaogang sought out Yu Yuanzhen.
"Father, can I see that Medicinal Pill? You exchanged a Soul Bone for Medicinal Pills this time, so there should be several, right? Can you give me one?" Yu Xiaogang rarely showed a smile.
Yu Yuanzhen looked at his son's expectant expression and couldn't help but sigh.
Yu Xiaogang saw his father sigh, and his heart sank. He tentatively asked, "Father, is there no share of this Medicinal Pill for me?"
"Xiaogang, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, but the quantity is too small. The elders in the family wouldn't agree. I endured so much pressure to raise your cultivation level back then."
"But this time is different from before. Those previous resources could be obtained as long as one had money and strength, but this Medicinal Pill is different. The family can't afford many of them!"
Yu Xiaogang frowned and said, "Father, what do you mean? Could it be that the six-thousand-year-old right arm bone couldn't even be exchanged for five Foundation Establishment Pills and five Spirit Ascension Pills? Is Spirit Hall's appetite that big?"
Yu Yuanzhen shook his head. "This one Soul Bone barely exchanged for one Foundation Establishment Pill, so don't even think about it. We actually had a brief discussion on our way back."
"This Medicinal Pill will either be taken by me or given to a Soul Douluo expert in the family with decent innate talent. If it's given to me, there might be a chance to break through to Super Douluo. If it's given to the latter, within a few years, our family might gain another Titled Douluo."
In fact, they had a third option: giving this Foundation Establishment Pill to the young disciple with the best innate talent in the family.
After all, for this type of Medicinal Pill, the younger one is, the better the effect after consumption!
After all, a Soul Master's optimal cultivation time is before the age of thirty.
After thirty, the cultivation speed will decline in a stepped manner.
Among these three options, if Yu Xiaogang was not considered, they were more inclined toward the second option.
For the first option, Yu Yuanzhen had been stuck at rank ninety-five for too long, and this wasn't something that could be solved by taking a Medicinal Pill that enhances innate talent.
His innate soul power was also ranked nine back then, and the probability of this Medicinal Pill providing him with a 0.5 increase in basic cultivation speed was less than twenty percent.
At most, it would provide a 0.2 increase.
What he lacked now was not cultivation speed. After so many years, his soul power accumulation was already sufficient; what he lacked was comprehension.
Or rather, what he lacked was a huge amount of energy—an energy so vast that he could ignore comprehension and directly force a breakthrough to rank ninety-six, such as a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone!
But that was unrealistic!
As for the third option, they might not have that much time now for disciples with low cultivation to grow.
They estimated that soon, the Spirit Empire would launch a full-scale war against the Two Great Empires.
What their family needed most now was strong individuals—specifically, the new Titled Douluo!
Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang all of this, and Yu Xiaogang fell silent.
But he was still full of indignation: "It's just a Medicinal Pill. How could its effect compare to a Soul Bone! All medicine has side effects; Father, you should understand this principle, right? There aren't that many divine medicines!"
"For a Soul Master, a Soul Bone is the option with the fewest side effects. That Qian Daoliu is just taking advantage of the fact that only they have this Medicinal Pill, so he's making exorbitant demands!"
Yu Yuanzhen looked at Yu Xiaogang's jealous expression and shook his head. "Xiaogang, it's not that I don't want to give it to you; it's just that Spirit Hall demanded too much."
"Qian Daoliu said he was interested in our family's Dragon Transformation Secret Method, but the Dragon Transformation Secret Method could only be exchanged for ten Medicinal Pills—split evenly between Foundation Establishment Pills and Spirit Ascension Pills."
"Is Spirit Hall crazy! The Dragon Transformation Secret Method can only be exchanged for so few Medicinal Pills?" Yu Xiaogang said in disbelief.
But a thought had already sprouted in his mind.
If the family wouldn't give him the Medicinal Pill, could he exchange it himself using the Dragon Transformation Secret Method?
Although his level had not reached the required level to cultivate the secret technique, as Yu Yuanzhen's son, he knew some key points of the Dragon Transformation Secret Method.
An entire Dragon Transformation Secret Method could be exchanged for ten Medicinal Pills, so a flawed Dragon Transformation Secret Method should at least be able to exchange for one or two, right?
As long as he requested Spirit Hall not to leak the secret, the family members wouldn't know that he was the one who leaked the secret technique!
As for what happened afterward, he couldn't care less right now!
Yu Xiaogang hadn't even considered what impact it would have if he suddenly broke through to rank thirty.
The people in the family weren't fools. If you were stuck at rank twenty-nine for so many years and suddenly broke through, there must be something fishy!
But Yu Xiaogang was already obsessed; he couldn't think that far ahead anymore!
Early the next morning, the family held a meeting.
First, they had to determine the ownership of this Foundation Establishment Pill.
Yu Yuanzhen sat at the center of the long table, with Yu Luomian and other Soul Douluo experts and elders from the family on either side.
Finally, after half an hour of discussion, it was decided that this Foundation Establishment Pill would be given to Yu Luomian to consume.
Yu Luomian's innate talent was actually not bad, but his cultivation had been stuck at rank eighty-seven for many years. With the help of this Foundation Establishment Pill, he should have a hope of breaking through to Titled Douluo within five years.
Yu Luomian was the second strongest person in the family after Yu Yuanzhen, meaning he was the strongest among all Soul Douluo in the family, and he was also Yu Yuanzhen's biological younger brother.
Given these many factors, he was the most suitable to receive this Foundation Establishment Pill!
Yu Luomian's joy was impossible to hide when he received this Foundation Establishment Pill.
"Luomian, consume this Medicinal Pill now and let us see the effect. If this Foundation Establishment Pill is truly that miraculous, then we should discuss how to obtain more of these Medicinal Pills!"
Yu Luomian also nodded heavily at the words and swallowed the Medicinal Pill without hesitation!
He began to circulate the soul power within his body to consume this Medicinal Pill!
The effect of the Foundation Establishment Pill was also very obvious. Soon after, a large amount of black filth was expelled from Yu Luomian's body, and a foul odor permeated the conference room, causing everyone to frown.
Some who couldn't stand it even felt like vomiting, but they endured, all wanting to see what the final effect would be!
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