Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 178 The fourth floor of foundation building
The whole world was shrouded in a thin veil, like mist and illusion, making it difficult to see clearly.

Chen Li found himself in a secluded cabin.

The room was quiet and dimly lit.

A little girl sat at a small table, playing with ropes by herself.

The girl looked only seven or eight years old.

He still looks like a young child.

But you can still vaguely see Zhang Shuniang's shadow on her chubby baby face.

"Is this a dream?" Chen Li wondered to himself.

He slowly moved his body. Here, his strength was greatly weakened, and his spiritual power was completely gone, making him only slightly better than an ordinary person.

The little girl seemed completely unaware of Chen Li's arrival, engrossed in playing with the rope. What Chen Li found tedious and boring, the little girl played with great enthusiasm, her little hands flying up and down, creating numerous patterns with a red rope.

Chen Li looked around curiously. The familiar layout of the house indicated that this was the old residence of the Zhang family in Green River Lane.

Just then, a familiar voice seemed to come from outside the door. The little girl's face lit up with surprise. She quickly put down the red rope, ran to the door, and looked out through the crack in the door with hopeful eyes like a young deer. But soon her face darkened.

She looked around for a while before hesitantly returning to her position.

"I wonder what will happen when the gate is opened?" Chen Li wondered to himself. "Will Green River Pavilion appear?"

Just thinking about it.

The girl had already noticed him.

"Husband!"

The moment the words were spoken, the scene changed instantly.

It turned into the old Zhang family residence in Luanluo City, and even Zhang Yan, who had been dead for a long time, appeared.

"Father, my husband and I have already pledged our lives to each other, and we even have a child. Please grant us your blessing," Zhang Shuniang said, kneeling on the ground with tears in her eyes.

This dream was a complete mess.

When did you have children?
Maybe what you think about during the day you dream about at night.

Chen Lixin thought to himself.

"You, you, you... I'm so angry! How could you do such a thing... It's too late for me to say anything now. You two should live your lives peacefully from now on!" Zhang Yan said angrily, "Fellow Daoist Chen, if you ever dare to wrong Shu Niang again, I will never let you go, even if it means my death."

"Uh, Lao Zhang..."

Chen Li and the others hadn't even said a word yet.

The scene changed again.

This time, the space was filled with a pink atmosphere.

……

"Am I better, or is my sister better!"

The Zhang Shuniang in the dream was completely different from her usual self; she was charming and infatuated, and even bolder and more fiery.

"All is well, all is well!"

What could Chen Li, lying beneath him, say?

……

Spring dream without trace.

In the quiet room, Chen Li suddenly opened his eyes: "It feels like I also had a dream, except that my dream was a lucid dream, and the memories in the dream were vivid, as if it were real."

With Chen Li's profound knowledge and deep accumulation of magical arts, he had already mastered the Dream Entering Technique in just a few nights. If other Foundation Establishment cultivators knew about this progress, they would probably be astonished, but for Chen Li, it was just ordinary.

"Unfortunately, the Dream Entry Technique requires me to separate my thoughts to invade the target's dream, so I can't use the Illusion Technique to speed things up. It seems I'll just have to put in some effort and practice slowly on my own!"

Chen Li put aside his spell notes on the Dream Entry Technique, picked up a pen and paper, and began to study the Sound of the Great Voice Technique.

...Due to his hidden worries, Chen Li became even more eager for strength.

He only sleeps four or five hours a day, and spends the rest of his time either cultivating or researching and practicing magic.

Following the Dream Entry Technique, the Loud Voice Technique was quickly taken down, followed by the Mind Control Technique.

A concept about using illusion magic to speed up spell progress.

The results of the experiment were mixed.

The good news is that this idea is feasible.

The worry is that the illusory body has limitations.

Dream-entering and mind-capturing spells related to the mind cannot be used to create illusions, and even casting spells is impossible; in fact, the illusion collapses as soon as a spell is cast.

The reason why the illusionary body can release the Rebuke spell is probably because the Rebuke spell is only a first-tier, third-level spell, which is too low-level. It can be cast with just the thought of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Of the newly learned spells, the only one that can be used for farming is the Great Voice spell.

Fortunately, the remaining two second-tier, fourth-level spells, Water Element Shield and True Fire Spell, are unaffected by mental attacks.

After December.

Chen Li finally mastered the Illusionary Body Technique to its maximum level.

The fully-level Illusionary Body Technique is comparable to a second-tier, seventh-level spell, and the simulated spiritual power within the body is comparable to the sixth level of Foundation Establishment—it's simply terrifying.

As for the Great Voice spell, I had already maxed it out before it.

While practicing the Illusionary Body Technique every day, Chen Li would also practice the Loud Voice Technique. With the current level of spiritual power in his body, he could cast the Illusionary Body Technique eight times at a time, and each Illusionary Body Technique could cast around forty Loud Voice Techniques. Eight of them would be more than three hundred, making him a highly efficient leveling machine!
Incidentally, the original Great Voice spell was only for amplifying sound and was generally used to transmit messages over long distances, such as shouting on the battlefield.

However, with optimization.

It has been completely changed beyond recognition.

Have you ever seen a loudspeaker that, with a single shout, can shatter boulders and trees in front of it, and create sonic ripples in the air?
At close range, the water elemental shield would probably be shattered.

After all, a max-level Great Voice spell is comparable to a second-tier level 5 spell, while the Water Element Shield is only a second-tier level 4 spell. If it's a talisman version or a robe embroidery version, it's even lower, only a second-tier level 3 spell.

The outcome of a second-order fifth-level beating a second-order third-level beating is almost a foregone conclusion.

Meanwhile, as time went by, Chen Li was getting closer and closer to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

……

Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

"It's done! Hahaha..."

In the quiet room, Chen Li burst into laughter.

The mid-stage of Foundation Establishment is a stage that has blocked countless Foundation Establishment cultivators. Of the more than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators in the entire True Recognition Sect, only five are at the mid-stage. Now, he will be added to the list.

There is no greater joy in life than this.

As a result, he became too emotional, and the spiritual power in his body that had just advanced became unstable. He almost fell back to the third level of Foundation Establishment and lost all his efforts.

Chen Li hurriedly swallowed two Qi-unifying pills, calmed his mind and circulated his Qi to consolidate his realm. It was a long time before he opened his eyes again, but he no longer dared to be as smug and unrestrained as before.

"Compared to the third level of Foundation Establishment, the spiritual energy within my body has become more refined and condensed, with a more substantial feel!"

Chen Li sensed the spiritual energy within his body, then circulated his internal energy, creating a layer of tangible internal energy that instantly enveloped his body. The energy interacted with the air, making a "whoosh" sound, and the futon beneath him, along with the rock, was instantly shaved into fine powder.
"With my current level of Zhou Tian Gang Jin, I'm probably capable of withstanding a mid-grade magic weapon."

"Of course, it also depends on who has this mid-grade magic weapon. If it's a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, it probably still won't work... However, once I max out the Water Element Shield, a typical late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator will no longer pose a threat to me."

He checked the properties panel:
Life expectancy: 54/298 years

[Realm: Foundation Establishment Level 4: 0/100]

[Cultivation Technique: Longevity Technique, Grandmaster Level: 3200/3200]

"Lifespan only increased by three years, which is better than nothing."

Chen Li glanced at it, then closed the attribute panel and stood up.