Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 134 Foundation Building (Part Two)

"The twelfth demonic beast!"

Chen Li stared silently at the enormous, decapitated corpse on the ground.

It has been about ten days since we set off.

Chen Li didn't know where he was, but he figured he had long since left the Changsheng... Real Realm and entered a truly uninhabited wilderness.

This place is becoming increasingly dangerous. Even though he often uses his auspicious and inauspicious techniques, battles are still unavoidable. Not only are there more and more monsters, but he also occasionally encounters evil spirits. In addition, there are attacks from all sorts of strange creatures, making every step a perilous one.

The most dangerous time was when he almost capsized in the ditch and died there.

"At this rate, we'll die here sooner or later." Chen Li took out his water bottle, took a sip of water, and pondered, "I'll search for a few more days. If I can't find it, I'll give up."

He no longer dares to fly in the air; it's too easy to be targeted. If he encounters a second-tier demonic beast on the ground, there's still a chance of survival, but if he encounters a second-tier demonic bird in the air, there's only one way out: death.

Before the effects of the auspicious spell wore off, he followed his intuition and uprooted a medicinal herb, placing it in his storage bag.

These days, he's almost turned this spell into a passive skill; as soon as the spell's effect wears off, he immediately casts another one.

For Chen Li, who had reached the peak of Qi Refining, the cost of a first-order, fifth-level spell was negligible.

In addition, the max-level Longevity Technique automatically replenishes Qi.

Often, before the spell's effect wears off, the spiritual energy within the body is automatically replenished.

He didn't find any first-tier spiritual lands, but he did find quite a few spiritual herbs and materials. He didn't recognize most of them, but he felt they were good things and should be worth some money.

……

Fortunately, his luck turned around from there.

three days later.

Chen Li finally caught a glimpse of the spiritual land.

He followed the flow of spiritual energy and entered a narrow canyon. As he went deeper, the spiritual energy began to become visibly denser.

It was still morning.

A thin mist hangs in the air, creating a scene reminiscent of a fairyland. Although it is late autumn, the vegetation is lush and verdant, with various unnamed wildflowers vying for attention and exuding the fragrance of nature.

“A first-tier spiritual land… no, perhaps even more.” Chen Li’s face lit up with joy: “This is only the outer area, and it already has the spiritual energy concentration of Luanluo City. The level is obviously higher as you go in.”

He used a concealment technique, moving very carefully, choosing locations with vegetation as cover, and continued to venture deeper.

It goes without saying that this place is extremely dangerous.

"collapse!"

A brightly colored, bowl-sized venomous snake shot down from the tree like lightning, its immense force causing the air to buzz. As if he could foresee the future, Chen Li slightly shifted his body and nimbly dodged it. The next moment, a flash of sword light appeared.

The snake's body was cut in two by a single sword strike.

The two severed bodies twisted desperately.

The snake's mouth was wide open, revealing sharp fangs, hissing and extremely ferocious.

It was immediately smashed by Chen Li's spiritual energy flick of his finger.

Such attacks are all too common in the jungle. He has encountered them hundreds, if not thousands, along the way, and his mind has long been tempered into a state of calm and composure.

After walking carefully for more than ten miles, Chen Li discovered a huge skeleton half-buried in the ground.

Although most of it was buried underground, the part above the ground was still higher than him, and he felt a strong sense of oppression when walking next to the skeleton.

This appears to be a second-tier demonic beast; its bones have already begun to crystallize and emit a faint spiritual light.

It must have been dead for a long time. The skeleton was completely clean, and even some of the cartilage had disappeared without a trace, leaving only the hardest part of the bones.

He found many deep claw and tooth marks on the skeleton, and the cervical vertebrae showed abnormal fractures; clearly, it had not died of natural causes. Chen Li was somewhat horrified.

"I don't know what level of demonic beast did this... We can't go any deeper. This kind of high-level spiritual land must have an owner!"

With that thought in mind, he quickly stopped in his tracks: "Let's do it here!"

The concentration of spiritual energy here far exceeds that of Luanluo City, and it is estimated to be at the level of a second-tier spiritual land, which is sufficient for foundation building.

He looked around and saw that both sides were cliffs covered with vines, with vines like pythons hanging straight down from the top of the cliffs, forming natural ladders.

No caves were found, but it wouldn't be difficult for him to open one again.

Chen Li walked to the edge of the cliff, grabbed a vine, and quickly climbed up using both hands and feet.

A short while later, he arrived at the mountainside, several hundred meters high, and set foot on a protruding rock face.

He silently chanted an incantation, cast a traction spell, then cast a protective spell on himself. He then stood quietly on the high ground, vigilantly gazing down and listening intently.

Below, mist and clouds swirled, creating an unusually peaceful atmosphere.

Only occasionally, a long, drawn-out roar of a beast could be heard from afar, but in this primeval forest, such a sound was nothing more than ordinary background noise.

After watching for a while, Chen Li's heart gradually calmed down, and he began to officially start digging the tunnel... He was extremely skilled at this kind of work.

The entrance to the cave is only a little over one person high, but the interior is more than twenty meters deep. Only at the bottom does the space open up, enough for living and cultivation.

After digging the cave, Chen Li took out a set of array-setting tools from his storage bag. According to the calculated directions, he drove about a dozen array plates into the surrounding cliffs one by one. The array center was set up inside the cave. Chen Li then inserted several mid-grade spirit stones into the slots and activated the control token.

The first-tier, mid-grade Five Elements Illusion Array was immediately activated.

After achieving the peak of Qi Refining, Chen Li began preparing for Foundation Establishment, and this set of array artifacts was one of them.

The Five Elements Illusion Array has no defensive function; it only has a simple illusion array and a ghost wall. However, even such a simple array set cost Chen Li more than three hundred mid-grade spirit stones.

Fortunately, it was worth the price.

From the outside, it looks like nothing but vines and smooth rock walls, with no trace of a cave. Even if a wild animal accidentally gets close, it will only end up going around in circles.

After a busy day, Chen Li finally settled down.

……

Day after day, time passed.

Besides honing his spiritual power and practicing swordsmanship and magic, Chen Li spent his days eating and sleeping.

From the bustling city of Luanluo, I came to this desolate and uninhabited place, living in solitude, enduring wind and rain, undisturbed by anyone.

Chen Li's initially restless mind gradually calmed down, and he even stopped thinking about breaking through.

His hair grew longer and longer, and his beard covered his face. At first, he took care of it every day, but gradually he became too lazy to bother and looked like a wild man.

A month passed.

Two months passed.

Three months passed.

……

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.

One morning, as Chen Li looked at the rising sun, a strong tremor suddenly arose in his heart, and his spiritual energy began to surge uncontrollably, emanating from every pore of his body. Suddenly, a realization dawned on him: the opportunity to establish his foundation had arrived.

The breakthrough is at hand.

P.S.: Sorry for being a few minutes late.

(End of this chapter)