Chapter 80: Building the Foundation (Congratulations to the leader, it’s Tokisaki Kurumi)
Time flies.
Qinglin Market, Cave Mansion.
“It still doesn’t work!”
Fang Xing opened his eyes, a trace of worry appeared on his face: "It's almost summer vacation, no, it's almost the Hundred Stars Joint Examination, and my Vajra Prajna power is still unable to get started..."
The difficulty of this S-level martial art was beyond his imagination. No wonder Xia Long took three years to learn it!
"My six internal organs have already been tempered for the most part... I'm able to advance to the fourth level of martial arts before the Hundred Stars Joint Examination. It's almost a natural progression."
He stood up, made himself a bowl of beef porridge, picked up the bowl and drank it slowly while checking the recent surveillance logs.
On the surveillance screen, there was a dilapidated cave.
Of course, Fang Xing knew that this cave was not dilapidated and was even covered with a mysterious formation that could deceive second-level monsters and avoid several attacks.
On the surface, it is occupied by a lone cultivator.
In fact, it belongs to Qingdanfang, where the alchemist Su Ye built his foundation!
"I heard that... when a cultivator is building his foundation, if he has a second-level spiritual vein, the success rate will be higher... If there is no second-level spiritual vein, then a first-level high-quality spiritual vein can barely be enough, but he still needs to absorb the spiritual power from the spiritual stone or the assistance of the spiritual gathering array..."
As for why the place where Su Ye built his foundation was discovered by Fang Xing?
This is naturally the credit of those monitoring devices.
"Hmm? Is it finally starting?"
Su Ye has been in seclusion for several months, and yesterday, he finally felt something strange about this cave.
At this moment, spiritual energy has gathered to form a vortex.
Although its range is not large, the monks nearby can still detect it.
“Here it comes!”
Fang Xing muttered to himself and saw Xiao Rui. She and several cultivators from the Qingdan Square were guarding the area around the cave with alert faces.
Among these cultivators, he even saw Hua Feiyue and Han Qingyun.
However, Fang Xing had no intention of recognizing him at all.
He only gave Hua Feiyue a favor of about ten spirit stones a month, and Su Ye could obviously give more and better.
Now that these two people have obviously joined Qingdanfang, there is no need for me to get involved.
In the vicinity, some independent cultivators were attracted to come. Some bowed directly to the cave, knelt on the ground and begged bitterly, while others were eager to try...
"Grandpa, what are we doing here?"
Ding Hongxiu held a broken magic weapon tightly in her hand and looked around vigilantly.
She felt that the monks around her were like hungry wolves! "Come and protect the way!"
Ding Bushan held up his wine gourd, his expression extremely serious: "After this period of time, you have seen clearly that if we stay in the market, we will slowly die... If we want to survive, we have to go out! But for a Qi training cultivator to walk in the wilderness is death! Only by following the foundation building cultivators can we have a glimmer of hope..."
"Is there really no one coming to save us?" Ding Hongxiu's eyes were full of despair.
Her cheeks were thin, and it was obvious that she had suffered a lot.
"Perhaps a Jindan sect from the outside world will come, but it must be for the secret realm, not to save us... For Jindan cultivators, several years of seclusion will pass in a flash... In their eyes, it is a very short period of time, but we can't stand it."
Ding Bushan was an old and experienced man. He had gathered a few like-minded cultivators and approached Qingdanfang together. "But Miss Xiaorui? I am here to protect you while you are building your foundation. I can't wait any longer, so I will stand guard at the outermost edge!"
He looked at the other casual cultivators fiercely: "Let's see who dares to destroy the lives of the people in the market now!"
As for the question of whether to bring them along with you during the foundation-building process?
Even if a foundation-building cultivator wants to cross the wild wilderness, he still needs a few pathfinders or followers!
To put it bluntly, they just want to be cannon fodder!
As independent cultivators, they have long been accustomed to risking their lives for a chance of survival.
The question now is whether that senior can succeed? "Sister Hua..."
Among the Qingdanfang guards, Han Qingyun quietly approached Hua Feiyue and asked, "What do you think?"
"If it were normal times, those independent cultivators would have already pounced on us...Now that the young lady is building her foundation, she is actually hesitating. It is obvious that she wants to become our vassal and escape from here..."
Hua Feiyue said solemnly, "This can be called human harmony... Building a foundation in the land of spiritual veins is the advantage of the location... That golden-feathered demon bird just came here three days ago. According to its habits, it will take ten days or half a month for it to come again. This is the right time... The right time, the right place, and the right people are all there. It depends on whether Miss can successfully build a foundation."
Boom!
Finally, the vortex of spiritual energy poured into the cave, and everything became calm.
"A step too late!"
Among the casual cultivators, a late Qi training cultivator felt regret in his heart, but his face showed no sign of regret: "We are only here to congratulate you. Congratulations on your foundation building, senior!"
Now that the vision is over, there are only two outcomes: success or failure.
He finished his nice words first. If the other party failed to build the foundation, he could still take action.
With a creaking sound, the cave door suddenly opened, and a masked woman in green walked out calmly. She had a deep aura and a pressure of the foundation-building level.
Just a glance, the nearby casual cultivators were all shocked, bowing and saluting: "Congratulations to the senior for successfully building the foundation, enjoying the immortal blessings forever, and achieving immortality!"
"Su has successfully established his foundation. Thank you all for coming to watch the ceremony... Hmm?"
Su Ye's eyes above the veil moved, and a surge of magical power suddenly emerged from his body, which scared the others, and they thought that Su Ye was going to take action directly.
But in the next moment, she stretched out her bare hands, and huge hands of magical power emerged, grabbing the beetles and birds on the roof, in the cracks of the wall, and in the corners one by one: "What a wonderful puppet technique, there is not even the slightest fluctuation of magical power. If I hadn't cultivated my spiritual awareness, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to detect it..."
The spiritual consciousness of a cultivator in the Qi training stage can only look inward at himself, and at most check the jade slips and storage bags.
But the spiritual consciousness of the foundation-building cultivators is different. It is the sublimation of the spiritual consciousness. They can see themselves and even the area within a radius of dozens of feet. Everything is clear in their minds.
Under Su Ye's current spiritual sense, although these birds and geckos look vivid, they are actually complex and sophisticated machinery inside and are obviously not living things.
What made her even more curious was that this kind of puppet did not have the slightest fluctuation of magical power. If she was not a cultivator in the foundation-building stage, it would be difficult to detect any clues.
Boom!
Boom!
The next moment, the drones in the magical hand exploded one after another and turned into balls of fire.
"Huh? Self-destructed?"
Su Ye was a little surprised.
"Senior, do you want us to take action and find this person who is hiding his head and showing his tail?"
The speculation was successful, Ding Bushan held his head high and spoke even louder.
"No need. I have a guess as to who this person is... Thank you all for coming to protect me. I have prepared some wine in a separate courtyard. Please do me a favor..."
Su Ye had a pleasant expression and there seemed to be joy in his voice.
Even those independent cultivators from the periphery who had ill intentions were invited.
"Since it is the senior who invited us, we will naturally not refuse."
The cultivator in the late Qi training stage and the others looked at each other, and finally agreed.
Soon, the news that the young master of Qingdanfang had successfully built his foundation spread like a storm, sweeping across the city...
After everyone left, ten feet away from the cave, the ground suddenly opened up, and a pitch-black beetle crawled out...
"In the early stage of foundation building, the range of spiritual awareness is ten feet away from the body, which is about 33 meters?"
In the basement of the cave, Fang Xing finished drinking the beef porridge and seemed to be thinking about something.
The range of a foundation-building cultivator's spiritual awareness is closely related to his realm, technique, and even his physique.
What's more, there are spiritual objects and elixirs that can open up the purple palace and enhance spiritual consciousness.
Today, he was willing to expose himself and insisted on conducting surveillance in order to obtain first-hand data.
'From Su Ye's performance, all puppets within 33 meters were discovered and eliminated... Only those beyond 33 meters were spared, which seems to prove this point.'
"But be careful of the possibility that she may be deliberately disguising herself... She may have already discovered my beetle puppet and is just pretending not to know..."
"Is this a foundation-building cultivator? It is said that the mana in a foundation-building cultivator's body is sublimated into liquid true essence, and one drop of it can be equivalent to the entire mana of an ordinary late-stage Qi training cultivator..."
Fang Xing adopted the Fu Hu stance and practiced boxing while thinking.
'After successfully building the foundation, Su Ye will definitely leave. This may be the last wave of escape... Should I follow him and go to the wasteland together?'
Soon, he made up his mind: 'Not going out!'
Those casual cultivators wanted to escape because they were in danger! But as long as Fang Xing was careful and hid on the Eagle Star when in danger, his own safety would be guaranteed, and he would not face problems such as food shortages.
Then, he could wait for those big sects to open up the routes themselves...
Even in the worst case scenario, if everyone outside abandons Qinglin Market, Fang Xing can still quietly cultivate his courage, vision, and even martial arts golden elixir, and then walk out on his own!
"Putting your hopes on others is cowardly and foolish. I only believe in myself!"
"This is also... my martial arts!"
Roar!
The next moment, Fang Xing seemed to hear the roar of a tiger in his ears.
The state of mind of Fu Hu - achievement! He touched his brow and felt another spiritual force gathering in the Niwan Palace.
"The artistic conception of the dragon and the artistic conception of the subduing tiger... I have already obtained both. Every time I am baptized by the artistic conception, it is of great benefit to the Niwan Palace. It is equivalent to laying a solid foundation for the future."
Fang Xing carefully experienced the Fu Hu artistic conception, and could feel that under the influence of the two artistic conceptions, his internal energy surged again! "The progress of the six internal organs has also accelerated..."
[Subduing Tiger Posture: 1/400 (Master)]
After taking a glance at the attribute column, Fang Xing could not help but nodded silently.
"After the master level, it becomes increasingly difficult to increase proficiency... However, in order to achieve the foundation of the golden elixir and the dragon-tiger state of mind in the future, I still have to practice daily."
Fang Xing habitually looked at the progress of other martial arts and found that the Dragon Elephant Skill had reached 89/100 (proficient), and he couldn't help but smile.
"After I master the Dragon Elephant Skill, I can ask Su Ye for some guidance..."
"But it seems to be useless. I will probably be abused... because as long as her body flies into the sky, I can only stare at her helplessly."
As for using the "flying talisman" or something like that? What's the difference between that and humans putting on wings and flying like birds? According to Fang Xing's current experience, if you want to kill a foundation-building cultivator, you have to sneak attack him up close and unexpectedly, and win in one move!
(End of this chapter)
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