Su Qing obtained a lot of spirit stones from refining pills, but she gave all of them to her senior brother at the trading post and exchanged them for materials.
These past few days, Su Qing has been engrossed in refining pills, and unknowingly, her cultivation level has also risen to the peak of the Qi Refining stage.
"It's time to establish the foundation."
Su Qing felt the abundance of spiritual energy in her dantian. Once she broke through the barrier, she would be able to establish her foundation, which would be considered as officially stepping into the threshold of cultivation.
In the Xuanling Sect, one can enter the inner sect after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, marking the beginning of the path of cultivation. However, for ordinary cultivators outside, reaching the Foundation Establishment stage is a lifelong pursuit.
This is the difference between ordinary cultivators and those who have joined a sect.
The news that Su Qing was about to establish her foundation spread like wildfire and had already reached the outer sect of the Xuanling Sect.
"Have you heard? Junior Sister Su Qing is about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage."
"Wow, she's already at the Foundation Establishment stage? She's only been in the sect for a few months."
"Sigh, who can argue with that? When Junior Sister Su Qing first entered the sect, she secluded herself in the cultivation hall for three days and three nights, and afterwards she sparked a craze for everyone to go into seclusion together. I really admire Junior Sister Su Qing! If she hadn't taken the lead in seclusion, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to reach the Foundation Establishment stage so quickly."
"Who says otherwise? Actually, I'm quite looking forward to Junior Sister Su Qing's talismans and pills. You know, Junior Sister Su Qing has such a wild imagination, creating all sorts of low-level talismans and pills that I've never seen before?"
"Yeah, things like vomit talismans and fart talismans have become essential for pranks by outer disciples. And all sorts of flavored spirit-restoring pills are truly an eye-opener."
"How about we go and watch Junior Sister Su Qing begin her Foundation Establishment?"
"Great idea!"
"Let's go quickly."
...
Su Qing was sitting cross-legged on a futon at this moment.
At this moment, spiritual energy surged within her dantian, beginning to challenge the foundation-building barrier.
When the Infinite Great Whirlpool Technique was unleashed, the surrounding spiritual energy instantly formed a vortex, and all the spiritual energy was sucked away in an instant.
"My God, what is that?"
The outer sect of Xuanling Sect was already bustling with activity. Junior Sister Su Qing was about to establish her foundation, and everyone was rushing over to see her. A message on the jade tablet drew everyone to this location.
As a result, before they even arrived at their destination, they saw a vortex of spiritual energy appear in front of them.
Foundation Establishment is just Foundation Establishment, why is there such a big fuss?
In the outer sect of Xuanling Sect, disciples often achieve Foundation Establishment. For example, Mu Zihan, who is on the list of outer sect disciples of Xuanling Sect, achieved Foundation Establishment a few days ago. At that time, the scale of the event was quite large, but the spiritual energy gathered was less than one percent of Su Qing's spiritual energy vortex.
At this moment, inside the cave, Su Qing was unaware that a large number of people had gathered outside. She was using the Infinite Great Whirlwind Technique and felt that the spiritual energy around her was so dense that it was as if it were turning into water.
Comfortably enveloped in spiritual energy, Su Qing felt that her physical condition had been adjusted to its best.
"Foundation Building!"
With a flick of her wrist, Su Qing popped a Foundation Establishment Pill into her mouth.
The Foundation Building Pill didn't taste good at all; it had a bitter taste, and Su Qing's tongue felt a little numb after eating it.
"This Foundation Establishment Pill tastes awful. I'll refine some better-tasting ones after I achieve Foundation Establishment. Sigh, by then I won't be able to eat them myself. Oh well, I can give them to the other disciples as a treat."
Although the taste was not good, the effects of the Foundation Building Pill were considerable, and Su Qing felt a surge of powerful energy erupting from her body.
Su Qing quickly composed herself.
A large amount of spiritual energy was absorbed into Su Qing's meridians. Her meridians were now like great rivers. After taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, it was as if the floodgates had been opened and the spiritual energy surged through her meridians. Even though Su Qing's meridians were very open, she was still sore all over from the strain.
The vortex of spiritual energy that had been hovering above Su Qing's head seemed to have received a signal and began to surge wildly into her body.
"Look! In the sky."
Everyone looked up at the sky and saw that the five elements of spiritual energy gathered in the air, creating a five-colored spectacle.
This is the spiritual energy of the five elements! The spiritual energy of the five elements swirled in the air and was finally drawn into Su Qing's cave by a vortex.
With her eyes closed, Su Qing's mind was filled with dazzling clusters of multicolored light.
The Netherflame was stunned; it had never seen such a strange phenomenon before.
"It's just Foundation Establishment, why does it look like Nascent Soul Formation?"
Within Su Qing's dantian, five-colored spiritual energy gathered, forming a closed loop of the five elements. Finally, within this closed loop, the lightning spiritual root shone brightly.
Purple lightning broke through the final barrier in his dantian...
Dark clouds filled the sky, flashing with purple light. After Su Qing established her foundation, they quickly dispersed, and sunlight shone down, revealing a clear blue sky!
Su Qing slowly opened her eyes.
It's over?
Thinking back to her previous life, she finally obtained a Foundation Establishment Pill. The Foundation Establishment process was fraught with danger, and she almost perished. It took her three days to successfully establish her foundation.
Now, her foundation building is going so smoothly.
Su Qing stepped out of the cave and was surprised to see the densely packed Xuanling Sect disciples outside.
"Congratulations to Junior Sister Su Qing on successfully establishing her foundation."
A clear voice rang out, and Su Qing looked up to see Yu Kui.
Not only Yu Kui, but also countless outer and inner disciples were guarding the entrance to Su Qing's cave.
"Su Qing!"
Su Qing saw Elder Shui Qingchen from Jade Maiden Peak arrive on his sword, descending gracefully with an ethereal aura.
"Now that you have established your foundation, you shall formally become a member of my Jade Maiden Peak!"
"Greetings, Master."
Shui Qingchen grew increasingly fond of Su Qing, and tossed her a storage bag, saying, "You've just established your foundation, so your roots are still shallow. Here, take these things and cultivate diligently."
Su Qing took it and her mouth dropped open.
Shui Qingchen is truly generous. He has a whole bunch of fourth-grade pills. In addition to pills, there are also magical artifacts, a Green Willow Cloud Whip, a Thousand Silkworm Moon Robe, and finally a token, which is the token of an inner disciple of Jade Maiden Peak.
High above the Xuanling Sect, Wen Yutian, the protector of the Wuji Sect's Law Enforcement Hall, stared in astonishment at the Xuanling Sect's spiritual energy vortex!
"Is that Foundation Establishment?" Wen Yutian hesitated to make a definitive statement.
Foundation Establishment? There's no need for such a grand spectacle. Even Core Formation wouldn't be this impressive.
Could it be that the Xuanling Sect has produced some genius?
Is he a disciple personally taught by the sect leader?
Wen Yutian frowned slightly. Yan Ziying, the personal disciple of the Wuji Sect's leader, was dead, while the Xuanling Sect had gained a genius disciple. With the decline of one sect and the rise of the other, the Xuanling Sect would likely surpass the Wuji Sect in the future.
"Master!" Qiu Zigen's hands trembled slightly as he said, "News has come from the sect that Chu Yuntai's soul thread has been severed."
"What?"
Chu Yuntai is dead!
The Soul Thread is a secret technique of the Wuji Sect that can extract a wisp of the soul from a disciple of the Xuanling Sect. This wisp of soul is then placed in the main hall of the Wuji Sect disciples.
If a disciple encounters danger and loses his life while training outside, his soul thread will break in two, thus determining whether the disciple is alive or dead.
However, only disciples at the Foundation Establishment stage or above can withstand this soul line. Therefore, Yan Ziying and her group of disciples who entered the secret realm did not have soul lines. As a result, the Wuji Sect could not determine whether these disciples were alive or dead, which is why they searched around the secret realm.
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