Chapter 3: Beginning to build the foundation, condensing the true fire
After saying goodbye to the elder lady, Xiao Jingsheng returned to his bamboo house, holding his burning belly.
Judging from the system's prompts and the strange sensations coming from his dantian, he should be about to make a breakthrough.
In fact, Xiao Jingsheng has been stuck in the ninth level of soul refining for some time. However, to break through to a greater level, he needs to go through the mortal world and experience life-and-death struggles before he can get a glimpse of the realization of a breakthrough.
The Dan King had reminded him more than once that it was time to go down the mountain to gain some experience.
But the world outside is too dangerous. According to nature, there will definitely be conflicts when the time travelers leave the Novice Village.
There will be inexplicable dandy molestation plots, yellow-haired plots, and various defense plots, or you will just run into the enemy's guns, hitting the younger ones, then the older ones come out, and finally the ancestor who has been in seclusion for hundreds of years will also come out.
Even if there are no conflicts mentioned above, you will attract the attention of your childhood sweetheart by inadvertently revealing your overly handsome face, and then trigger the halo of her son of luck, and develop secretly. Eventually, due to the force majeure of the villain script, you will become a stepping stone on the road to becoming the son of luck.
So, but, anyway, let’s wait and see next year…
So I watched it year after year for a total of ten years.
Apart from this, the only remaining method is the Foundation Establishment Pill.
But I am an alchemist myself, so I must know how powerful it is.
Although the Foundation Establishment Pill can increase the chance of a breakthrough, those who usually rely on the pill to break through to a higher level have undoubtedly exhausted their potential and are making a last-ditch effort.
Therefore, this method is also called the method of poisonous pill and strong medicine.
Even if one succeeds in breaking through the Foundation Establishment Stage, the overbearing medicinal properties contained therein will be like the tarsal poison, exhausting the foundation of the practitioner's body. Unless one takes a solid marrow-cleansing spiritual treasure from heaven and earth, it will be difficult to make any progress.
Most of the elixirs that usually help to improve one's cultivation have mild properties, so taking too much won't be a big problem. At most, your spiritual power will be weak, and it won't be as pure as that gained through life-and-death struggles.
Xiao Jingsheng was afraid of death and also afraid of having his foundation destroyed.
So he guarded his one and a half mu of land for three years after three years, and among all the medicine jars in the Alchemy Palace, he forged a medicine jar with the purest spiritual power.
Anyway, even if the sky falls, there will always be tall people to hold it up. Dan Wang urges him to write the little book every day, fearing that he will stop updating. He treats his treasures very tightly, and except for his lovely wife, Xiao Jingsheng can do whatever he wants.
Of course, being of noble character, he would not bother to make such excessive demands.
But no one expected that the Dan King, who had always been in good health, would pass away so hastily. This lady will have to rely on herself from now on.
When he thought of this, Xiao Jingsheng's face straightened and he stuck to his original intention.
As the spiritual power in the body circulated along the meridians in circles, it immediately found the barrier above the dantian that had been pried open with a tiny crack.
There was a fluorescent glow on it, the cracks were flesh-colored, and there was a strange fragrance.
Taste unknown.
Just a slight fluctuation of energy coming out of it was like nectar, causing Xiao Jingsheng, who was mobilizing his spiritual power, to shudder the moment he came into contact with it.
It feels so good that I want to moan!
It was just a wisp of energy that leaked out. One could imagine how great it would be once this foundation-building barrier, which countless practitioners dream of, was broken through!
Earlier, he had heard Dan Wang say that breaking through the barrier of foundation building was extremely dangerous, and that one had to pry it again and again, absorbing the energy emanating from the barrier. After a period of fusion and transformation, the crack on the barrier would become wider and the diaphragm would become thinner, and one would slowly adapt to the pain before a breakthrough could be made.
This shows that foreplay is still very important.
If you try to break through the barrier by force, you will suffer backlash, causing the energy in your dantian to flow back into your meridians. In the mildest case, your cultivation level will regress and your meridians will be damaged. In the worst case, you will go possessed and die on the spot.
"Um?"
But what surprised Xiao Jingsheng was that when he just drew his spiritual power to the door to test the strength of the barrier, a powerful suction force rushed out from inside, sucking all the spiritual power he was using into it, as if it was starving.
With a "pop" sound, the barrier was as fragile as a mucous membrane and was directly pierced.
Wow, this move of turning the tables was something he had never expected!
Just a few breaths after he entered into meditation again, red particles began to slowly appear on his skin all over his body, until his entire body turned red, and countless black and red impurities squeezed out of his pores.
After a while, a foul smell spread from Xiao Jingsheng's body, making Xiao Jingsheng couldn't help but frown.
The dirt accumulated from being single for more than a decade is so damn stinky!
At the same time, Xiao Jingsheng felt a warm current slowly vibrating from his internal organs, rubbing his muscles and fascia, and finally discharging from his chest with a sound like thunder.
"Bang!" In reality, the robe wrapped around Xiao Jingsheng could not withstand the shock and suddenly exploded, revealing his strong body.
Among the group of weak medicine bottles in the Dan Palace, he is definitely a tough guy.
When he opened his eyes again, Xiao Jingsheng's eyes had become as bright and sharp as gems.
"It's done!"
The breakthrough was unexpectedly smooth, but Xiao Jingsheng was not too surprised.
Presumably, the reward given by the narration system took effect at this moment.
Even when she was prying the barrier, she was too proactive and impatient. She didn't even exert any strength herself, but absorbed all the spiritual power he drove into her and blended it on her own. As expected, she was still as cool as ever!
"Now that I have broken through the foundation building, I can apply for the position of the deacon of the Dan Palace after the sect examines me. This way, I will have some say and no longer have to be a slave who is ordered around by others."
Xiao Jingsheng flipped his palm, and a wisp of real fire rose out from the palm, jumping flexibly on the fingertips as his fingers fiddled with it, like a cheerful elf.
[Your strength has further improved, and you have the courage to declare that you can be a mere elder's wife. In the future, even the sect master's wife will be able to enjoy your favor...]
"Damn it! I have lived an upright life. Why do I have such a filthy golden finger like you?"
Xiao Jingsheng was deeply saddened after hearing these unbearable words. After calming down for a moment, he began to appreciate the improvement that the Foundation Establishment Stage had brought him.
Foundation building is the watershed for countless practitioners to step into the ranks of the powerful, and the same is true for alchemists, weapon refiners, and formation masters.
Conventional sword practitioners and talisman practitioners can use this to condense escape light and draw talismans for strong attack.
Alchemists can use true fire instead of ordinary fire to condense pills of grade four or above, instead of the previously impossible-to-shape powdered medicines and ointments.
Equipment refiners can also forge spiritual weapons with true fire. They only need to capture a wisp of the soul of a high-level spiritual beast and seal it in it. They can then use the inscriptions to activate the spiritual weapon's unique sword spirit attack method. As long as the sword spirit is not forcibly erased, even if the weapon is knocked away in battle, it can be recalled by itself. On weekdays, it only needs to be nurtured in the sea of consciousness.
If you are lonely and don't want to find a Taoist partner, you can also let the sword spirit sister chat with you, turn on the voice mode, and automatically switch between various recorded voices...
For an old man with rough hands who often secludes himself for dozens or even hundreds of years, this is a kind of spiritual comfort.
Of course, the rough voice and bubbling sound are also widely loved by female practitioners in seclusion. The lonely night and the warm sword will take you to experience a different kind of seclusion practice.
Finally, there is the array master, which is even more comfortable. You can draw a primary spirit gathering array to absorb the spiritual power within a radius of 100 meters, increase the speed of absorbing spiritual power, and make the whole body feel like doing a refreshing SPA, and the speed of cultivation will increase rapidly.
Xiao Jingsheng looked at the incense that he had lit in advance, which was now about to burn out.
The breakthrough, which seemed to be very smooth, also took nearly an incense stick of time.
“Whoosh!”
At this moment, a black shadow suddenly shot in from outside the bamboo building. Xiao Jingsheng flicked his finger and released a stream of spiritual power, knocking it down on the spot. Before he could look down, a soft, crawling sound spread from inside the bamboo building.
"Jingsheng, the sect has come, and I hope you will return!"
It turned out to be a jade slip for transmitting sound.
Judging from the voice, it was the elder's wife.
"It moves pretty fast."
Xiao Jingsheng raised his eyebrows, then took out a new robe from his ring, put it on, and was ready to take action.
But he always felt unsure, so he took the talismans, magic tools, and armor that he had collected under the bed with him...
(End of this chapter)
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