txolops Chapter 55 The middle stage of foundation building!
Chapter 55 The middle stage of foundation building!
Spirit Beast Mountain, Spirit Immortal Peak Cave.
In front of Zhang Tie, the second Soul Nourishing Crystal was slowly shrinking.
Three months later, the second Soul Nourishing Crystal also completely dissipated. When Zhang Tie opened his eyes again, a sharp light shone in them.
"Sanli!!!"
Its divine sense covered a range of three miles, comparable to a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage.
Although he had been in seclusion for six or seven months, Zhang Tie did not feel tired at all. On the contrary, he was full of energy and his spiritual power was exceptionally abundant.
"Such a significant improvement with just two Soul Nourishing Crystals, it's worth it!"
Zhang Tie stepped out of the cave and took a deep breath.
Zhang Tie extended his divine sense and sensed more than a dozen Foundation Establishment auras on the Spirit Peak. Some were strong and some were weak, but Zhang Tie was very careful to avoid the stronger ones. Those were late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators on the peak, and rashly probing them would offend them.
At the summit of Lingxian Peak, outside a cave dwelling with extremely rich spiritual energy, two figures sat facing each other. The older one possessed an unfathomable aura, ranking among the top among Core Formation cultivators. The other aura, though not as profound, was still that of a Core Formation cultivator.
Suddenly, as if sensing something.
Both pairs of eyes turned towards Zhang Tie's cave on Lingxian Peak. One of them, after seeing Zhang Tie's face clearly, was even more surprised.
Those who could live on the summit of Lingxian Peak were the two Core Formation cultivators from Lingxian Peak.
The peak master of Lingxian Peak, Han Jianshan, is at the peak of the mid-stage Core Formation realm; Qi Xuan is a newly promoted elder at the early stage of Core Formation.
"This divine sense... its cultivation is only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment? The divine soul power of the late stage of Foundation Establishment is quite interesting!" Han Jianshan's tone was somewhat surprised.
"It's this kid!" Qi Xuan glanced at Zhang Tie and said calmly.
"Qi Xuan, do you recognize this person?" Han Jianshan asked, noticing that his disciple seemed to know the strange young man.
"We've met a few times. That kid advanced to Foundation Establishment a few years ago in the Spirit Source Pavilion. He's a lucky kid, with three spiritual roots, and he broke through with just one Foundation Establishment Pill!"
"He's already at the peak of the initial stage, it seems he's had quite a bit of luck! If I remember correctly, he's also cultivated the Spirit Seeking Technique! I was the one who approved the 500 contribution points!" Qi Xuan explained the connection between the two to Han Jianshan.
"Spirit-Seeking Technique?" A hint of interest flashed in Han Jianshan's eyes. He had found the Spirit-Seeking Technique in an ancient secret realm, but he had only taught some basic introductory techniques. The true core content was known only to his personal disciple, Qi Xuan.
"His foundation is quite solid; he's a good prospect!" Han Jianshan said before paying no further attention.
But Qi Xuan, standing to the side, knew that this kid had caught his master's eye. His master had been looking for a disciple suitable for cultivating secret techniques, and if he could withstand the test, he would probably soon have another junior brother.
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Zhang Tie was completely unaware of all this. He had already returned to his cave and sat down cross-legged again.
The improvement of the soul has reached a bottleneck, so the next step is to break through the cultivation level!
Mid-stage Foundation Establishment!!!
Zhang Tie did not go to the Lingyuan Pavilion on Lingxian Peak. Firstly, he did not know how long this seclusion would last. If it lasted for a year or two, the spirit stones in his pocket would probably be exhausted, and he had other uses for them.
On the other hand, he has a way to increase the concentration of spiritual energy in the cave. Although it cannot reach the second-level high-grade level of the cultivation room, it can still reach the second-level mid-grade level.
He took out one hundred spirit stones from his storage bag, inscribed the array patterns of the spirit-gathering array near the spirit spring, and arranged all the spirit stones. An enhanced spirit-gathering array quickly appeared in the cave and was activated. The concentration of spiritual energy in the cave increased by 50% within the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
Zhang Tie took out several bottles of pills from his storage bag. These were the pills he had exchanged with those distributed by the sect for several bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills, which were used by Foundation Establishment cultivators and were more effective in condensing spiritual energy.
With everything ready, Zhang Tie sat cross-legged by the spiritual spring and began to circulate the "Mysterious Earth Contains Gold Technique"!
Within the dantian, the nascent golden embryo slowly rotated, radiating golden light, and the spiritual liquid lake was also illuminated by the golden light.
Zhang Tie swallowed a Qi-Nourishing Pill and silently circulated his internal energy to refine the medicinal power.
The medicinal and spiritual power surged wildly into the meridians, circulating through the cultivation technique for a full cycle before flowing into the dantian.
The water level in the spiritual liquid lake began to rise slowly and was soon filled with spiritual liquid.
The most important step in breaking through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage is to expand the dantian so that it can hold more spiritual liquid!
The barriers in the dantian began to loosen under the impact of the medicinal and spiritual power.
However, the bottleneck of the mid-stage Foundation Establishment is not so easy to break through, and Zhang Tie is not in a hurry; he has plenty of patience.
One month, two months, three months...
The spiritual energy within the cave almost transformed into spiritual mist, continuously flowing into the figure beside the spiritual spring.
Zhang Tie's aura grew stronger day by day, but he was still unable to break through that barrier of realm.
The spirit stones in the spirit-gathering array inside the cave were replaced twice. Zhang Tie was completely immersed in his dantian. Cultivation is a slow and steady process. This was only the Foundation Establishment stage. It would not be unusual for him to go into seclusion for more than ten years to reach the Core Formation stage.
Zhang Tie wasn't in a hurry. He was a cultivator with three spiritual roots, which was not as good as those with two spiritual roots or even heavenly spiritual roots.
Within his dantian, the golden embryo slowly rotated, and the level of the spiritual liquid had already reached the limit of the early stage of Foundation Establishment. One more step forward would be the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.
But this step has blocked many cultivators, like Chen Yuanshan, who remained at the early Foundation Establishment stage for decades.
Zhang Tie channeled his spiritual power, repeatedly attempting to break through the bottleneck, oblivious to the passage of time...
Spring came and autumn went, but the restrictions on the cave remained unbroken.
Inside the cave, Zhang Tie circulated his cultivation technique as usual, his spiritual energy surging through his meridians.
Suddenly, Zhang Tie felt a slight tremor in his dantian, and his bottleneck loosened a little. The opportunity had arrived!
Without hesitation, Zhang Tie swallowed a Qi-Nourishing Pill. As soon as the pill entered his stomach, its medicinal power spread out and transformed into a warm stream of energy that flowed into his dantian.
"Break!" Zhang Tie shouted in his heart, and his spiritual power surged like a torrent towards the barriers around his dantian.
"boom--"
A muffled sound came from Zhang Tie's dantian, and the barrier that had trapped him for more than a year finally collapsed!
The dantian space expanded rapidly under the impact of spiritual power, like an inflated balloon, and finally stopped when it reached three times the size of the early stage of Foundation Establishment.
The 'water level' in the spiritual liquid lake in the dantian dropped sharply due to the expansion of the dantian. The spiritual liquid that was originally full now only covered the bottom layer.
But this is only temporary; new spiritual liquid will continuously fill this larger space.
Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, done!!!
Zhang Tie opened his eyes, and the joy in them was impossible to hide!
Compared to the early stage of Foundation Establishment, the total amount of spiritual energy has increased threefold, and its quality is also more solid.
But Zhang Tie wasn't in a hurry to leave the seclusion. Having just broken through, his foundation was still unstable and he needed to consolidate it further.
He closed his eyes and continued to circulate the energy, and the spiritual liquid in his dantian began to accumulate, with the 'water level' slowly rising.
Two weeks later, Zhang Tie opened his eyes again.
My cultivation at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage has been completely consolidated!
"One year and seven months, he actually went into seclusion for that long!" Zhang Tie calculated the time and was shocked.
This was the longest seclusion he had ever experienced, but thankfully everything went smoothly.
Stepping out of the cave, Zhang Tie was slightly taken aback when he saw several communication talismans outside the cave's protective barrier. Who would leave him communication talismans?
With a wave of his hand, several communication talismans flew into his palm.