Mortal Cultivation: I have a proficiency panel

Chapter 6: Foundation Building and Formation

"It's time to build the foundation. We need to find a quiet place first. I wonder if Han Li will come to the Yellow Maple Valley like in the original plot. It should be difficult. After all, with his fake spiritual roots, it is difficult for him to enter the immortal cultivation sect without the Ascension Order. But he is the protagonist, and he cannot be judged by common sense."

While thinking about this, Wang Jue rode on the flying magic tool to the palace where he rented the cave. Although generally only foundation-building disciples could obtain the rights to open and use the cave, it was not a problem as long as he had spirit stones. For example, some inner disciples had to go out on a mission, so they rented out their caves and could earn a sum of spirit stones.

This time, Wang Jue directly rented a cave that he heard belonged to a beautiful female senior master who was building her foundation. The layout inside was indeed exquisite and pleasing to the eye. He sat down cross-legged and continued to practice the exchanged technique "Spirit Wood Longevity Technique: Foundation Building".

This technique is an advanced version of the Changchun Gong, and is a health-preserving technique. Its main function is that the magic power gained from cultivation is long-lasting and powerful, which can increase lifespan, beautify the skin, and automatically heal injuries. The most important thing is that it is safe. There will be no compatibility issues even if you switch to practicing other techniques. It is a good panacea type of technique, and can be cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage. It is said that Patriarch Linghu also practiced this technique, but there are too many contribution points to be exchanged in the subsequent Jindan chapters and Yuanying chapters.

Time flies, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye. Wang Jue walked out of the cave. He felt happy looking at the clouds in the sky. Now he has reached the initial stage of foundation building. In the end, he did not use the foundation building pill, and relied entirely on the proficiency panel to reach the foundation building stage.

"The sect's rules state that all disciples who have reached the foundation-building stage need to report to the sect leader and leave their soul lamps behind. It's really troublesome, but I still have to go."

Wang Jue took out his top-grade flying sword and flew towards the meeting hall. When he arrived at the main peak, there were quite a few disciples coming in and out. All the disciples in the Qi training stage would stop and salute Wang Jue when they saw him, and respectfully call him "Uncle Master". This made Wang Jue feel extremely satisfied. The difference in strength brought about a difference in status.

When Wang Jue stepped into the hall, Sect Master Zhong was sitting on a high platform and writing something with a pen. Sect Master Zhong's full name was Zhong Lingdao. He was a majestic middle-aged man with three strands of beard. He was also in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Wang Jue's arrival also attracted his attention.

"This junior brother looks unfamiliar. Could he be the disciple who just broke through to the foundation-building stage?" Sect Leader Zhong put down his pen and asked gently.

Wang Jue nodded upon hearing this, then bowed and said, "Master, my name is Wang Jue. I was originally an outer disciple of the Dan Hall. I have just broken through to the foundation-building stage. I have come to you to report, and I hope that the master can grant me the right to open a cave."

Sect Leader Zhong was stunned when he heard Wang Jue's name. After recalling for a while, he smiled and said, "I remember now. The elder of the Alchemy Hall told me that there is a disciple named Wang Jue who has a great talent for alchemy. I have never seen him praise someone so much. Wang Jue, congratulations on breaking through the foundation-building stage!"

Then, Sect Leader Zhong gave Wang Jue several formation flags and a mid-grade spirit stone as a reward for breaking through the foundation-building period. After Wang Jue expressed his gratitude, he flew his sword to the outermost area in the northwest of Taiyue Mountains. He wanted to open up a cave here. Not only was there the Spirit Eye Spring here, but there was also the Tianxing Sect's market not far to the north, making it much more convenient to travel back and forth.

After Wang Jue found the mountain with the Spirit Eye Spring, he flew his sword to open up a cave with three bedrooms and a living room for himself. Then he put up the formation flags he had bought before. The formation flags given by Sect Leader Zhong were of too poor quality, so he sold them directly.

A few days later, Wang Jue flew to the Tianxing Sect market on his sword, carrying the elixir he had refined. He felt it would be a pity not to go and take a look since the distance was so close. Besides, the formation master Xin Ruyin was there, and he just wanted to get some advanced formation secrets to improve his formation level.

When Wang Jue arrived at the market town of Tianxing Sect, he found that it was very different from Taiyue Xianfang. Taiyue Xianfang only had one street, but the market town of Tianxing Sect was arranged around a huge pavilion called Stardust Pavilion, giving a feeling of being surrounded by stars. The Stardust Pavilion must be an important industry of Tianxing Sect.

As the saying goes, big shops bully customers, Wang Jue decided to look in other small shops to see if he could find some good things, so he wandered around the Tianxing Sect Market, stopping and starting along the way. When he passed by several monks who were getting rid of the roadside, a tiger puppet that looked very lifelike attracted his attention. The stall owner was an old man wearing a gray head cloth bag, and he was playing with a fully armed puppet soldier in his hand. Wang Jue couldn't help but get interested when he saw this, because this was a puppet that could be controlled. It would be great if he could learn puppetry.

"Fellow Daoist, how much are these puppets for?" Wang Jue asked tentatively.

The old man didn't even raise his head when he heard this, and said directly: "This is 150 low-grade spirit stones, and this is 200..."

Wang Jue's face darkened when he heard the old man's offer. The price of this puppet was too high. He didn't know if the old man was really doing business here or had other purposes. So Wang Jue directly told his true intention: "Daoyou, I am quite interested in this puppet technique. Can you sell it to me?"

The old man couldn't help but snorted when he heard it and said, "You have a good idea, kid. You want Lin's special skills, but I won't sell them to you?"

"Tsk, you old man with a weird temper, if you don't want to sell it then don't sell it. I don't believe that you are the only one in the whole market who knows the art of puppetry." Wang Jue said angrily.

However, he had already been thinking about this old man in his heart. The old man's surname was Lin, and he was good at puppetry. He had the cultivation level of the foundation-building period, and he was a match for someone in his memory. Could he be the son of the former leader of the Qianzhu Sect in the far west? If so, then wouldn't he have the first four levels of the Dayan Jue in his hands?

"This old man is stronger than me, and he is also a disciple of Huangfeng Valley. Remember, wait until you are stronger and then look for an opportunity to see if you can get the Dayan Jue. This is a good thing." Wang Jue thought to himself.

Wang Jue then continued to stroll around the Tianxing Sect Market. When he saw a formation shop called Qi's, he became interested. There was a handsome young man sitting in the shop, who was in the Qi training stage. When he saw Wang Jue come in, he respectfully said, "Senior, do you need any formation equipment?"

"Let me take a look first." Wang Jue waved his hand casually.

Wang Jue started searching on the cabinet. When he saw the inverted five elements formation, he was delighted. He quickly picked it up and examined it carefully.

"Senior, you have a really good eye. This is the Reversed Five Elements Formation, which was made by a good friend of mine. He is a master of formations. By the way, here is also a book on formations written by him personally. Senior, you can also take a look at it." The shop owner said as he handed over a secret book called "Xin's Complete Formations."

Wang Jue took it and flipped through a few pages, then smiled with satisfaction and said, "They are all good stuff, I want them all, just give me a suitable price."

(End of this chapter)