txolops Chapter 135 Wang Xingwei's Foundation Building
Chapter 135 Wang Xingwei's Foundation Building
Cola Novels: turn the page and you're in another world.
The matter of Yan Liming possessing another's body.
The immortal city conducted a thorough investigation for a period of time, but ultimately found nothing.
Yan Liming himself has not shown any further trace, leaving Xiancheng with no choice but to temporarily put the matter aside.
Before long, peace was restored in the immortal city.
On this day, the sky was clear and the soft sunlight shone on the earth, making the mountains and valleys full of spring.
In Zhang Tie's cave on Qinglong Mountain.
Zhang Tie was getting ready to go to Xiancheng to take charge of logistics and other administrative affairs, with the help of his wives and concubines.
Having been a Foundation Establishment cultivator for four years, he was no longer the simple and honest young man he once was.
He was dressed in a light blue robe, with a gold and silver belt around his waist, a tall crown on his head, and a pair of black magic boots on his feet.
He looked confident and dignified, not like a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but more like a young master who was a high-ranking official in a mortal dynasty!
This is not surprising, as Foundation Establishment cultivators already hold a high status.
During this period, he also served as the logistics manager of the Immortal City, which gave him even greater power and influence.
Not to mention low-level cultivators, even cultivators of the same level, if they need his help, they must be careful to flatter him.
Having occupied a high position and looking down upon all the cultivators, his demeanor naturally arose.
Zhang Tie smiled and looked at his wives and concubines: "You all stay home and take good care of the children. I may be home a little late today."
Upon hearing this, his wives and concubines all nodded obediently.
After instructing his wives and concubines, Zhang Tie stepped outside, but just as he was about to leave the cave...
Suddenly—
The spiritual energy within the entire cave suddenly surged violently.
"What's this?" Zhang Tie's gaze fell on the small house on the side of the courtyard, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
He could clearly sense that the source of the spiritual energy fluctuations was in that small house, and in that small house... was Wang Xingwei, who had been sent by Cheng Yao to borrow his cave to attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Zhang Tie was very familiar with Wang Xingwei's situation and admired him greatly: "He actually dared to attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage without a Foundation Establishment Pill!"
At this moment, right under Zhang Tie's gaze.
Above the cabin, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth rapidly converged, gradually forming a spiritual energy vortex with a diameter of tens of feet!
"Without Foundation Establishment Pills, you've come this far. I hope you succeed," Zhang Tie thought to himself before striding away from the cave.
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A few days later, under the watchful eyes of Cheng Yao, who rushed over, and Zhang Tie.
With a clear, long howl, the vortex of spiritual energy above the cabin suddenly dissipated, and within the dissipated vortex, a beautiful glow faintly appeared.
Then, a powerful spiritual pressure surged out from the small house, causing Cheng Yao to unconsciously take several steps back.
She looked at Zhang Tie in disbelief: "Second Brother, he... he succeeded?"
"Yes, he has successfully established his foundation." Zhang Tie nodded affirmatively: "Wang Xingwei is now a Foundation Establishment cultivator."
As he spoke, his expression showed admiration, but also a hint of envy.
Although cultivators with two spiritual roots can have a success rate of about 30% even without using Foundation Establishment Pills.
Therefore, theoretically, they can directly attempt to reach the Foundation Establishment stage without needing Foundation Establishment Pills.
In reality, not to mention cultivators with two spiritual roots, even cultivators with different spiritual roots can achieve a 50% success rate in attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage on their own, and they will prepare Foundation Establishment Pills beforehand.
After all, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage is not like ordinary cultivation; failure could lead to certain death.
Without using Foundation Establishment Pills, is it possible to risk one's life to directly attempt Foundation Establishment?
Apart from cultivators with innate Foundation Establishment Heavenly Spiritual Roots, no cultivator would dare to do this.
Of course, this also applies to cultivators who have established their own foundation.
Generally speaking, not only is their magical power much stronger and deeper than that of other cultivators of the same level, but they will also find it easier to break through bottlenecks in the future.
This is also why Zhang Tie is envious; once Wang Xingwei successfully establishes his foundation, he can directly overpower him.
"It really worked." Cheng Yao's expression was complicated upon hearing Zhang Tie's confirmation.
Wang Xingwei successfully established his foundation and is now a Foundation Establishment cultivator, whose status and position are vastly different from hers.
"Squeak!"
Right before their eyes, the door to the cabin was gently pushed open, and Wang Xingwei slowly walked out.
Upon seeing the two, he calmly cupped his hands and said, "I, Wang, greet Fellow Daoist Zhang."
Zhang Tie smiled and agreed, "I congratulate Fellow Daoist Wang on successfully establishing your foundation, bringing you one step closer to immortality."
"I must thank Fellow Daoist Zhang for lending me his cave dwelling; otherwise, how could I have successfully established my foundation?" Wang Xingwei said politely.
In response to his thanks, Zhang Tie smiled and accepted, saying it was no trouble at all.
Wang Xingwei is a cultivator with two spiritual roots and has also established his own foundation, so he has a bright future ahead of him. Zhang Tie is also happy to befriend him.
As the two chatted, Cheng Yao stood to the side with her mouth agape, unable to get a word in edgewise.
For some reason, Wang Xingwei's confident and eloquent demeanor was quite different from before.
Feeling inexplicably wronged, she thought, "You've reached Foundation Establishment and now you don't care about me anymore? All that time I spent taking care of you was for nothing. I even had to beg my second brother to let you come here to try and break through to Foundation Establishment. Humph, you bastard!"
Just as she was silently feeling wronged, Wang Xingwei finished exchanging pleasantries with Zhang Tie and then looked at Cheng Yao and said, "Sister Cheng Yao, let's go home. We'll visit Fellow Daoist Zhang again next time."
"Huh? Going home?" Cheng Yao looked up and saw Wang Xingwei looking at her with a smile.
While Cheng Yao was still in a daze, Wang Xingwei had already taken her hand and then said goodbye to Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie smiled and nodded in agreement. He could see the unusual relationship between his fourth sister and this fellow Daoist Wang.
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Time flies by like flowing water.
While Li Ping was refining elixirs, cultivating his spiritual practice, and feeding birds, another year passed in the blink of an eye.
Apart from the incident of Yan Liming possessing his body at the beginning of the year, Li Ping lived a very ordinary life, spending most of his time in seclusion and arduous cultivation.
I only went through customs twice in between.
The first time was when he ran out of spiritual herbs to refine a second-grade low-level Qi-cultivating pill, so he had to leave seclusion to sell the pills he had refined and buy the spiritual herbs needed for refining pills.
The second was the grand auction held in the Immortal City Black Market. Because many unique items appeared at the auction, many Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Western Wilderness made a special trip to Immortal City to participate in the auction.
Among the participants were even demonic cultivators who could disguise themselves.
Li Ping also took the opportunity during the black market auction to sell all the unusable magical artifacts he had obtained from the demonic cultivators and exchange them for medicinal herbs that were hundreds of years old and could be used for alchemy.
Moreover, after tasting the benefits of Fu Bao...
With his deep pockets, he decisively made a move at the black market auction, spending 3,200 spirit stones to purchase the talisman "Void Seal," adding another trump card to his portfolio.
In addition, he took the opportunity to spend a large sum of money to purchase a batch of rare poisons, which he fed to the Blood Banner for refining.
The power of the Blood Banner's Blood-Corroding Poison has increased considerably compared to when it fought Liu Wusheng.
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Xiantao Mountain Cave.
Zhang Tie, Gu Musheng, Cheng Yao, and Bai Qing arrived one after another.
The five people sat around in the pavilion.
Li Ping scanned the four people with his divine sense, and their cultivation levels were immediately apparent to him.
Zhang Tie's situation goes without saying; he's currently busy with having children and managing the logistics of the Immortal City, leaving him almost no time for cultivation.
Gu Musheng broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining two years ago. After two years of hard training, he is still far from the peak of Qi Refining. Perhaps he can reach the peak of Qi Refining next year and try to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Cheng Yao, relying on her own advantage of having three spiritual roots, finally cultivated to the ninth level of Qi Refining, catching up with Gu Musheng's realm.
Of course, she had only recently broken through to the next level, and in terms of magical power, she was still not as profound as Gu Musheng.
Finally, there's Bai Qing. After a year of hard work, he has made significant progress at the seventh level of Qi Refining. Perhaps he can break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining before next year's gathering!
Seeing that everyone had made progress over the past year, Li Ping couldn't help but show a satisfied expression.
After checking everyone's cultivation level, it was time to pay the Foundation Establishment Fund.
Cheng Yao and Bai Qing had no intention of increasing their contribution amount, so the Foundation Establishment Fund remained at 560 spirit stones, bringing the total amount of the Foundation Establishment Fund to 2,660 spirit stones.
After completing the standard procedure, the group then recounted their gains and losses over the past year.
Zhang Tie said somewhat embarrassedly that because he was currently serving as the logistics steward of the Immortal City, he was usually very busy with general affairs, so he had temporarily put aside his research on weapon refining techniques and focused on managing general affairs.
He might have to wait until he's more familiar with the general affairs before he can continue studying weapon crafting techniques.
Upon hearing this, Li Ping gave him a strange look and reminded him that his own skills were the foundation of his livelihood and that he should not become overly engrossed in trivial matters.
Zhang Tie nodded to indicate that he understood.
Just when Li Ping thought Zhang Tie had finished speaking, he brought up another matter. He looked around at everyone and said solemnly, "According to the rumors I've heard, because of Ye Chen's matter, Master is planning to release two Foundation Establishment Pills at once at next year's Immortal City auction in order to restore the Immortal City's reputation."
"Two Foundation Establishment Pills?" Upon hearing this, Gu Musheng couldn't help but show a look of joy.
He was preparing to bid for the Foundation Establishment Pill at the Immortal City Auction next year. If two Foundation Establishment Pills were put up for auction, his chances of winning one would obviously increase significantly.
"Yes." Zhang Tie nodded, then shook his head: "However, I only heard about this secondhand, so I can't tell if it's true or not."
Gu Musheng's eyes lit up: "I hope it's true."
In fact, he already had a Foundation Establishment Pill with Li Ping, but since he had four spiritual roots, one Foundation Establishment Pill was not enough. Therefore, he hoped to use the Foundation Establishment Fund to bid for another Foundation Establishment Pill at the Immortal City Auction next year.
Two Foundation Establishment Pills, plus the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Object Jade Heart Liquid that he had acquired long ago.
His chances of achieving Foundation Establishment will greatly increase.
Cheng Yao, who was standing to the side, was also intrigued when she heard that there were two Foundation Establishment Pills. With her three spiritual roots, she was capable of cultivating to the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining within two years.
However, the Immortal City Auction is held only once every five years, so even if she cultivates to the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining, she can only wait another three years.
If there were two Foundation Establishment Pills at this auction, she could probably get them earlier.
With something on their minds, the two briefly recounted their experiences from the previous year.
Finally, there was Bai Qing. His experience was no different from usual, but Li Ping could sense that he seemed very relaxed, and that he had probably already moved on from the troubles of his family of origin.