Chapter 1196: Chapter 658: The Return of an Old Friend Chapter 1196: Chapter 658: The Return of an Old Friend It had been fifteen years since he reached Core Formation, and Chen Mobai had cultivated to the fourth layer of Gold Core!

Even in the entire history of the Immortal Gate, Chen Mobai was second only to the likes of the Yuanyang Ancestor and a handful of other notable figures.

After the breakthrough was successful, Chen Mobai couldn’t suppress the joy in his heart.

He let out a long howl towards the heavens, stirring the nature’s spiritual energy at the Top of Danxia Mountain, sounding like thunderous roars, echoing through the academy below in an instant.

Before long, the entire Red Sandstone City knew that Councilor Chen had achieved a breakthrough in his realm.

But after everyone heard the news, they just took it for granted.

After all, this was the Qualification of Deification, the uncontested number one in talent since this era of the Immortal Gate began.

A successful breakthrough was the norm; had he failed, that would have been big news.

This made Chen Mobai somewhat displeased.

He had worked so hard to consume elixirs for the breakthrough, hoping to create a stir within the Immortal Gate, reaffirming his reputation as one with the Qualification of Deification, and once again satisfy his small vain pride by showing off in front of friends and family!

But even his own parents, after hearing the news, only acknowledged with an “oh” in the family chat group, to indicate they knew.

Not to mention friends like Ming Yuhua, who didn’t even call.

It was the female friends like Qing Nu who were considerate, all sending their congratulations first thing.

After contacting each of them, Chen Mobai suddenly felt quite uninterested.

Next, it would probably only be when he reached “Nascent Soul Formation” that he would once again cause a huge stir in the Immortal Gate.

But the Nascent Soul Formation stage, even with half the resources of the Eastern Wilderness at his disposal, felt somewhat difficult.

Chen Mobai thought it was time to add the cultivation of Primordial Dao Fruit to his list of goals.

He hung up the phone with Wen Ren Xuewei and took out the Earth Veins Elixirs he had refined.

There were twenty-one in total.

Among them, three were immature products from his initial attempts at refining, with poison content exceeding 1%, which he considered Waste Pills in his eyes.

But he didn’t destroy them directly, considering that even in the Eastern Wilderness, they would still be regarded as having good quality.

Besides those three, the remaining eighteen were all products of his mature skills.

The poison in all of them was controlled within 1%, and there were even two pills that were nearly poison-free, meeting the standards even within the Immortal Gate.

Chen Mobai himself selected the nine of the highest quality and placed the other nine in a box, preparing to give them to his disciple Zhuo Ming in the future.

Speaking of which, Zhuo Ming had been fortunate in recent years, opening up canals in Rock Country and had found three strands of Qi of Creation.

Although Chen Mobai was disinclined to move, upon hearing this news, he still personally went to the Gao Huang Plateau, assisting Zhuo Ming with the All-things Altruistic Cauldron to extract them.

It turned out that Chen Mobai’s guess was correct.

When refining the fourth strand of Qi of Creation, the effect on enhancing his Earth Spirit Root had already reached its peak.

Zhuo Ming, with the aid of Chen Mobai, refined these three strands but could not increase even 1 point of her Earth Spirit Root.

When Chen Mobai refined the fourth strand, his Earth Spirit Root only increased by 2 points, which was a meager gain at best.

With the change in his Spirit Root, he naturally didn’t forget to visit the Divine Tree Secret Realm.

This time, he obtained a Grand Water Attribute Spell called Water Escape, which once mastered, would allow one to travel freely in and out of any place with water.

But Chen Mobai was unable to cultivate it and could only seal it away, to see if there would be a chance in the future to pass it on to a disciple with a Water Spiritual Body.

After the Qi of Creation proved no longer effective for his Earth Spirit Root, Chen Mobai didn’t ask for more from Zhuo Ming, allowing her to refine the rest.

Looking at the nine finest Earth Veins Elixirs in his hand, Chen Mobai took one and consumed it.

Half a day later, he looked at the Spirit-Testing Instruments in his palm.

Earth Spirit Root 45.

This number caused the corners of his mouth to turn upward unconsciously.

It was probably because he had made progress in the first layer of the Vermilion Phoenix Facing the Sun Diagram, benefiting from its auspicious powers; he directly added a maximum of 5 points to his Earth Spirit Root, off to a flying start.

Chen Mobai immediately went to the Divine Tree Secret Realm and obtained another Grand Spell.

This time it was the Earth Escape Technique, which could be used by Zhuo Ming.

After coming out, he was about to consume another Earth Veins Elixir.

But he felt a message from his Longevity Dao Body.

The poison had already accumulated quite a bit, and if he consumed another elixir now, he might not be able to neutralize it in time, which could cause permanent damage to his body.

This was mainly because the Blood Spirit Pill he had taken earlier contained a bit too much poison.

Although the Flame Lighting Technique could neutralize the poison, after his breakthrough, the primary purpose of the Flame Lighting Technique was to purify Pure Yang Spiritual Power, which would probably take a year or two.

And he still needed to take the Golden Crow Pill every year, which would leave the Flame Lighting Technique somewhat overwhelmed.

This spell from the Pure Yang Scroll, mainly for purifying and tempering Essence, Qi, and Spirit, was being used by Chen Mobai to neutralize poison, which was an underutilization of its capabilities.

Fortunately, he had Green Charm Spiritual Tea obtained from Back to Sky Valley; otherwise, Chen Mobai would not dare to consume elixirs so recklessly.

However, this Green Charm Spiritual Tea was only of Rank-3 quality. Once Chen Mobai started taking Rank-4 elixirs in the future, the tea’s effectiveness in neutralizing poison would be minimal.

If he had to rely solely on the Flame Lighting Technique then, Chen Mobai would have to be much more cautious about consuming elixirs.

But there was a solution to this as well.

The Vermilion Phoenix Facing the Sun Diagram had a total of seven layers. Apart from the first layer, “Phoenix Perched on Chinese Parasol Tree,” which laid the foundation, the remaining six layers were separately known as: Quality of Food, Drink has Ceremony, Heavenly Blessing, Response Earth Spirit, Law of the Five Tones, and Nine Virtues Introspection!

Among these, the second layer “Quality of Food,” once mastered, would bestow yet another innate talent of the Phoenix.