Chapter 146: Chapter 145 - Foundation Establishment (Please Subscribe!) _1
The Jia-thirty-six Cave Abodes.
Fang Xi used the prohibition token to open the great gate of the Dongfu and walked inside.
The spiritual energy around him was dense, forming a faint mist.
He took a deep breath and felt as if his whole body were floating, about to ascend into immortality.
"The spiritual energy environment here is the best I have ever enjoyed, truly worthy of being second-grade top quality..."
The furnishings inside the Dongfu were quite simple, with only stone tables, chairs, and benches, divided into a bedroom and a training room. In the training room, there was a spirit spring that continuously bubbled forth water.
"The arrays are not bad..."
Fang Xi made another round to inspect the Dongfu’s arrays, then suddenly slapped his storage bag.
Puff puff!
Flag after flag appeared, inserted into the walls.
Hum!
In the flicker of spiritual light, a barrier emerged, followed by a prohibition of mist and soundproofing.
Fang Xi naturally would not fully trust Baize Immortal City; he had to take precautions.
After all this was done, he sat cross-legged by the spirit spring, took out an Avoiding Grain Pill, swallowed it, and silently adjusted his essence, Qi, and spirit...
As his thoughts fluttered, scenes from before his transmigration, the struggle to survive after, the first encounter with the fear of death, the ecstasy of transmigration once more...
Those vivid figures, whether they were born of hatred or love... were all etched in his mind.
Foundation Establishment is the first barrier of the Immortal Path!
Once this barrier is breached, one truly transcends the ordinary!
Fang Xi’s thoughts gradually calmed, as he silently circulated the Eternal Spring Skills cultivation method, with a layer of green light surrounding his body.
This one session lasted for nearly half a month.
On this day, he suddenly opened his eyes, feeling that his essence, Qi, and spirit had reached their peak, with no further room for progress.
"Let’s begin!"
Fang Xi didn’t hesitate any longer, took out the jade bottle containing genuine Foundation Establishment Pills, uncorked it, and swallowed the blue-glowing Foundation Establishment Pill.
"If I don’t succeed, it would be an affront to the heavens!"
With strong confidence, he activated the Eternal Spring Skills cultivation method, sprinting towards the peak!
Whoosh whoosh!
The surrounding Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi, as if attracted by something, continuously converged towards the training room, growing denser and forming a vortex...
Time was indeterminable.
Intense spiritual energy from heaven and earth turned into a waterfall, surged downward forcefully, entering through Fang Xi’s Heavenly Spirit, continuously cleansing his flesh.
Pain!
The intense agony made him involuntarily grunt.
This was the first barrier of Foundation Establishment, the Blood Qi Realm!
An enormous amount of Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi flooded into the cultivator’s body; if the body could not endure it, Foundation Establishment would fail!
Therefore, those with declining vitality and bodily impairments faced greater danger at this stage, with a higher likelihood of failure!
But Fang Xi was just caught off guard at the start; afterward, he took it in stride.
’My Martial Arts are comparable to the fourth level of Body Refining, my vitality is extremely abundant... If I can’t pass this stage, then nobody else can!’
Fang Xi held strong confidence.
Indeed, his body was like a rock in the raging sea, withstanding the howling winds and crashing waves, yet remaining unshakably erect, refining a great amount of Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi, pouring it into the Dantian Qi Ocean!
The second barrier of Foundation Establishment — the Magic Power Realm!
At this stage, even though the Eternal Spring Skills he practiced were common goods and he should have had some difficulty, the almost unspent medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill took effect, stimulating a surge in his Eternal Spring Skills magic power, rapidly refining the crazy influx of spiritual pressure-infused Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi into a green, fog-like magic power!
The green, fog-like magic power grew increasingly thick and dense... but ultimately, it was just a bit shy of being able to continue to condense.
At that moment, Fang Xi had an epiphany. With his Divine Consciousness, he internally inspected his Dantian Qi Ocean.
The third barrier — the Divine Consciousness Realm!
With the aid of the Green Wood Spiritual Body, he had long since trained his Divine Consciousness, making this stage a walk in the park!
With the help of his Divine Consciousness, Fang Xi’s essence, Qi, and spirit were exceedingly perfect. In his Dantian Qi Ocean, the extremely concentrated green fog-like magic power was continuously compressed... compressing...
Drip drop!
Drip drop!
The passage of time was unknown.
The sound of droplets falling echoed in Fang Xi’s ears.
The next moment, with internal vision, he saw droplets of green liquid magic power falling like raindrops into his Dantian Qi Ocean.
One drop, two drops... ten drops, twenty drops!
After the first droplet of liquid magic power condensed, the rate rapidly increased until twenty droplets had formed, and the Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi from outside was no longer being absorbed; it finally slowed to a halt.
The twenty droplets of liquid magic power at the bottom of the Dantian Qi Ocean resembled a dark green, serene pool, suddenly stirring the circulation of the cultivation method, again and again, flowing through his entire body, performing the Great Zhou Heavenly Cycle.
This was the Foundation Establishment cultivator’s muscle and marrow purification!
From this moment on, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator would obtain a lifespan far exceeding that of an ordinary person, truly stepping through the gates of cultivation!
"Foundation Establishment... succeeded!"
Fang Xi opened his eyes, with two streaks of green light emerging, extending a foot before gradually dispersing.
He touched his own face, palms... and an expression of relief and satisfaction appeared on his face.
This was a realm that even the original body could not dream of achieving!
Yet, he had finally attained it!
"Hmm? Has a hundred days passed in the outside world? No wonder the ancient books always speak of ’a hundred days of Foundation Establishment’..."
With several months still remaining in the lease period of the Dongfu, Fang Xi was in no rush to end his retreat and continued to solidify his cultivation.
When he ran the Eternal Spring Skills cultivation method again, he found helplessly that the method could only slowly recover his magic power and would no longer allow for the refinement of his magic power.
"Indeed... I must prioritize finding a new cultivation method."
Fang Xi opened his eyes and checked his physical condition with his divine consciousness once more.
"My lifespan has increased, by about two Jia-zi, which is one hundred and twenty years... Am I now able to live past four hundred and twenty years? Could it be that with a little more effort, I might compare to an average Core Formation ancestor?"
A hint of joy flickered in his eyes.
Ordinary cultivators usually increased their lifespan by about a hundred years after successful Foundation Establishment, but Fang Xi possessed the ’Green Wood Spiritual Body’ and even part of the ’Yi Wood Magic Body,’ which afforded him bonuses in this regard.
As a result, his lifespan far surpassed that of ordinary people!
Furthermore, Fang Xi discovered that his divine consciousness had surged from the original ten zhang to a whopping fifty zhang!
"The divine consciousness of a typical early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator is around thirty to forty zhang... Looks like mine is equivalent to those naturally gifted with strong divine consciousness..."
A smile appeared on Fang Xi’s face as he took out the low-grade Spiritual Instrument, the Gold Dragon Scissors!
In the past, he had to exert considerable effort to infuse magic power into this low-grade Spiritual Instrument, much like a child wielding a heavy hammer.
But now, with a single drop of liquid magic power, he completely refined the instrument in an instant.
Humming!
The Gold Dragon Scissors roared, lifting three feet off the ground, with layers of golden runes flashing on the blade, emitting strong fluctuations.
"Indeed, only the liquid magic power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator is most suitable for wielding Spiritual Instruments!"
Fang Xi mused at this sight.
After Foundation Establishment, the magical artifacts he had were basically outdated and should be discarded.
He was in a better situation having a low-grade Spiritual Instrument at hand.
Typically, less wealthy individual cultivators would still be using magical artifacts after Foundation Establishment. They wouldn’t be able to exhibit the full combat strength of Foundation Establishment, which is frankly a disgrace to Foundation Establishment!
Having finished taking stock, Fang Xi continued to meditate and consolidate his cultivation.
...
A month later.
"Hmm?"
While using his powerful divine consciousness to explore his own sea of consciousness, Fang Xi suddenly made a discovery.
The sea of consciousness is the most vital area for Immortal Cultivators. Any damage could lead to memory loss at best, and at worst, the disintegration of soul and spirit.
Fang Xi had also been using his divine consciousness to probe his own body in search of the place related to the ’cheater.’
Now, he finally reaped rewards!
His divine consciousness dived deep into the sea of consciousness, where, in the very depths, he saw a broken Bronze Mirror!
"This..."
"Isn’t this the bronze mirror I casually bought at a roadside stall?"
Fang Xi’s eyes widened as he finally discovered the culprit responsible for his transmigration!
And the next moment, the Bronze Mirror vanished, and a fragment of incomplete information emerged.
"So that’s how it is..."
Inside his Dongfu, Fang Xi, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes.
He had finally figured out what his ’cheater’ was!
"A Spirit Treasure indescribable, in its broken state, picked up by me..."
"Part of it fused with me, granting me the ability to traverse the Da Liang World... But in fact, the Bronze Mirror’s abilities are far beyond just that... It can enable one to traverse multiple worlds..."
Fang Xi couldn’t help but think of the legends in the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm.
It is said that below the Immortal Realm exists a multitude of small worlds as numerous as the sands of Everlasting Sand. The world of the South Wilderness is just a tiny corner of them...
"Able to traverse multiple realms, could it possibly be a Supreme Treasure of the Immortal Realm?"
"Even the world I belonged to in my past life could be one of these Everlasting Sand Worlds?"
Fang Xi’s eyes shone slightly.
At this moment, he could feel that with his Foundation Establishment, he had unlocked a bit more functionality of the Bronze Mirror.
He could not only traverse the Da Liang World but also anchor himself to another world!
Moreover, there should exist a part of the Bronze Mirror’s main body within that world!
"At least a Supreme Treasure of the Immortals, I should immediately traverse and seek its main body!"
Fang Xi was almost ready to leave but still held back.
After all, he was inside someone else’s Fairy City, under a Third Order Great Array, a world unto itself.
Should the fluctuations of his traverse be detected, or should he be delayed and someone break into his Dongfu, it would indeed be difficult to explain...
"Well then, after I leave the Dongfu, I’ll try to find a place in the outside world to attempt this..."
...
Several months later.
Steward Han, with hands clasped behind his back, was inspecting the Dongfus one by one.
He paused briefly in front of the Jia-thirty-six Dongfu: "The lease is almost up, hasn’t he died in there, right?"
He had seen such occurrences often enough, just waiting for the lease to expire before entering to gather the corpses and incidentally inherit the belongings of the deceased.
Boom!
But just then, the door of the Dongfu burst open with a thunderous noise, and a cultivator in a green robe stepped out.
"Sir, you..."
Steward Han rubbed his eyes. He was about to offer some habitual words of comfort when he suddenly realized that this person’s appearance was exactly the same as before. Knowing that a failed breakthrough, especially for older cultivators, would significantly weaken one’s Primordial Energy and barely maintain their appearance, making them look aged...
But now, the magic power fluctuations coming from this person, along with the air of authority?
"Senior... have you achieved Foundation Establishment?"
Steward Han respectfully bowed, tentatively asking.
"Yes, I had the good fortune of a successful Foundation Establishment!"
Fang Xi wore a smile, looking quite pleased.
"Han Fenglin offers his congratulations to the senior on your Foundation Establishment success. The Dao awaits you in the future!"
Steward Han immediately paid his respects again, feeling a complex mix of emotions within.
He knew that Baize Immortal City would soon be stirred by this person’s Foundation Establishment...