Shengui Changsheng: Start from Zhenwuwei and add some points to cultivate immortality

Fu Shaoping remained silent.

A hint of sadness flashed in Shi Gandang's eyes, then he gritted his teeth and said, "He... is a real man... If it weren't for him... holding back that... giant ape... I... wouldn't have had the chance... to smash... its head with one punch..."

Fu Shaoping's heart sank. Chen Jianming was holding back the giant ape, creating an opportunity for Shi Gandang, and then... what about himself?

"You all take care of Senior Brother Shi, I'm going to find Senior Brother Chen." Fu Shaoping stood up.

"Junior Brother Fu!" Liu Chuan said urgently, "The beast tide hasn't completely receded yet, it's too dangerous for you to go alone!"

Fu Shaoping glanced back at him and said calmly, "He saved my life. I can't let him die here."

After saying that, he flashed and disappeared into the dense forest.

……

Fu Shaoping hurried along the direction he had come from.

He activated his Breaking Law Eyes at full power, leaving no stone unturned.

Bloodstains, broken sword, monster corpse...

Half an hour later, he found Chen Jianming.

On the edge of a cliff, a white-robed swordsman knelt on one knee, covered in blood, his broken sword deeply embedded in the ground, supporting his swaying body. Before him lay the corpses of three Foundation Establishment stage demonic beasts, and at least ten Qi Refining Great Perfection stage demonic beasts.

Behind Chen Jianming was an abyss.

He had nowhere to retreat.

Before him lay the last remaining demonic beast—a "Blood-Eyed Demon Wolf," slightly smaller in size but possessing the most dangerous aura and with its eyes gleaming with an eerie blood-red light.

Mid-stage Foundation Establishment!

Chen Jianming looked up at the slowly approaching demonic wolf, a bitter smile playing on his lips.

"I never imagined... that I, Chen Jianming... would die here..."

He gripped the broken sword tightly, struggling to stand up, but he was already exhausted.

The wolf opened its blood-red maw and pounced on him!

At this critical moment—

A pale golden sword light shot out from the side and struck the demon wolf squarely in the waist and abdomen!
"Ow—!"

The wolf, in pain, rolled to the ground, its blood-red eyes turning toward the source of the sword light.

Fu Shaoping emerged from the forest and stood in front of Chen Jianming.

"Junior Brother Fu...?" Chen Jianming's eyes widened in disbelief.

Fu Shaoping didn't turn around, but stared at the demonic wolf and said in a deep voice, "Senior Brother Chen, can it still move?"

Chen Jianming gritted his teeth: "Yes."

"Alright. I'll hold it off for ten breaths, then you can take the opportunity to leave."

"What?!" Chen Jianming exclaimed in shock, "Are you crazy?! This is mid-Foundation Establishment stage!"

Fu Shaoping did not speak again.

He took a deep breath, gripped the Judgment Sword tightly, and the power of the contract within his body surged wildly!

The contract runes on the sword hilt burst forth with an unprecedentedly dazzling golden light!
In that instant, Chen Jianming seemed to see a faint golden phantom on Fu Shaoping—a figure that was taller, more majestic, and seemed to have experienced countless years of vicissitudes.

He couldn't see the figure's face clearly, but he could feel the chilling pressure of the contract.

Fu Shaoping moved.

He took a step forward, and the Judgment Sword transformed into a golden streak, slashing head-on at the Blood-Eyed Demon Wolf!
The demonic wolf roared and slapped at the sword light with its claw!
"boom!"

The sword light collided with the wolf's claws, unleashing a deafening roar!

A deep wound was slashed into the wolf's claws! It let out a miserable howl and retreated repeatedly!

Fu Shaoping was also sent flying by the recoil from the attack, crashing heavily into a large tree and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

But he immediately stood up again.

He raised his Judgment Sword, its tip pointing at the demon wolf, his gaze calm as still water, as if he hadn't just been injured.

For the first time, a hint of fear flashed in the wolf's blood-red pupils.

It stared at Fu Shaoping for a long time, as if it sensed some unsettling aura emanating from him.

Finally, it let out a low growl, turned, and disappeared into the dense forest.

Fu Shaoping maintained his sword-wielding posture until the wolf's aura completely disappeared, then swayed, knelt on one knee, and gasped for breath.

Chen Jianming staggered to his side, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "Junior Brother Fu, you..."

Fu Shaoping waved his hand, signaling him not to say anything more.

After a moment, he raised his head and looked at Chen Jianming, a faint smile appearing on his lips: "Senior Brother Chen, you still owe me 30% of the trial proceeds, don't forget."

Chen Jianming was stunned, then burst into laughter.

The laughter was filled with the relief of surviving a disaster, and... a deep respect for the person in front of him.

……

The two supported each other and found the place where Liu Chuan and the others were to meet.

When Shi Gandang saw that Chen Jianming was still alive, he was so excited that he almost jumped up from the ground, which aggravated his wounds and made him wince in pain.

"Hahaha! Good! Good! Everyone's alive! Everyone's alive!"

The six reunited, and although they were all injured, they could not hide the relief and joy in their eyes.

Liu Chuan counted everyone's Beast Soul Beads; adding the newly slain demonic beasts, the total had exceeded fifty. Based on past experience, this number would almost certainly place them in the top thirty.

"For the next two days, we'll find a safe place to recover and then wait for the trial to end," Fu Shaoping decided.

No one objected.

They found a secluded cave, set up a protective formation, took turns standing guard, and focused on healing their wounds.

Two days later, the bell rang to signal the end of the trial.

A series of portals of light appeared throughout Ten Thousand Beasts Ridge.

Fu Shaoping and his six companions, supporting each other, stepped into the gate of light.

……

When Fu Shaoping opened his eyes again, he had already returned to the inner sect's martial arts training ground.

On the training ground, over three hundred disciples stood scattered about, many covered in blood, some even missing limbs. Those who couldn't return... would remain forever in Ten Thousand Beast Ridge.

Li Wushang and his four companions stood not far away. They were all wounded, but alive. Upon seeing Fu Shaoping and his group of six, a sinister glint and resentment flashed in Li Wushang's eyes.

Fu Shaoping glanced at him indifferently, then looked away.

This kind of person isn't worth his time.

The results of the statistics on Beast Soul Beads came out quickly.

All six of Fu Shaoping's group made it into the top 30! Among them, Chen Jianming ranked seventh with 23 Beast Soul Beads, Shi Gandang ranked eleventh with 21, and Fu Shaoping ranked fifteenth with 19.

Li Wushang ranked ninth, and his gaze towards Fu Shaoping grew even colder. But so what?
Fu Shaoping took the Foundation Establishment Pill that was meant for him and put it into his pocket.

Foundation building is just around the corner.

He raised his head and looked at the True Inheritance Peak, shrouded in mist deep within the inner sect, a faint golden light flashing in his eyes.

Having obtained the Foundation Building Pill, Fu Shaoping did not take it immediately.

Three days after the trial ended, the sect held a brief pill-granting ceremony for all the disciples who had passed the trial. Thirty disciples went up on stage one by one to receive the life-changing pill from the sect leader.

The sect leader was an old man with white hair and beard, whose aura was unfathomable. He was said to be a great cultivator in the late Golden Core stage. His gaze swept over the thirty people below the stage, lingering on Fu Shaoping for a moment longer, a subtle glint of something unusual flashing in his eyes.

"Cultivate diligently and do not fail the sect's expectations," the sect leader said as he handed him the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Fu Shaoping bowed respectfully, his expression calm.

Below the stage, Li Wushang's gaze was fixed on him like a venomous snake. After the conferment ceremony, he, along with Zhang Lie and Han Qing, blocked Fu Shaoping's path.

"Fu Shaoping, don't think that everything will be fine just because you've got the Foundation Establishment Pill," Li Wushang said sinisterly. "The real journey begins after you reach Foundation Establishment. We'll see."

Fu Shaoping looked at him calmly, then suddenly laughed: "Li Wushang, where is your younger brother Li Wuqing now?"

Li Wushang's expression changed: "What do you mean?"

"It's nothing." Fu Shaoping walked past him without turning his head. "Just reminding you that some people are best left alone."

Li Wushang's face was ashen, but he ultimately did not make a move. Private duels were strictly forbidden within the sect. He could only watch helplessly as Fu Shaoping left, his hatred growing even stronger.

……

Qingzhu Peak, a small courtyard deep in the bamboo forest.

Fu Shaoping sat cross-legged, with the Foundation Establishment Pill placed in front of him.

The pill was pure white, radiating a warm glow and a rich fragrance. This pill was priceless; ordinary cultivators could not obtain it even in their entire lives.

But he didn't rush to take it.

He closed his eyes and focused his mind on his body.

At the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, the spiritual energy in the dantian has been condensed to its limit, like a calm lake that only needs a pebble to be thrown in to stir up a thousand waves.

"Foundation building, shattering the dantian, condensing the qi sea, and undergoing a complete transformation." Fu Shaoping murmured to himself, "I've taken this step too many times."

In his previous life, he used the superior "Three-Stage Foundation Building Method" when he established his foundation, and the resulting Qi Sea far surpassed that of ordinary people. In this life, although he has Foundation Building Pills to assist him, he does not want to rely solely on pills.

He took out the jade slip that Zhou Yuanqing had given him—it contained the "Introduction to Alchemy," but there was a particularly insightful passage about foundation building:
"Foundation building is the foundation of the Great Dao. Elixirs are secondary, while mind and character are primary. If the mind is not firm, no matter how strong the elixir is, it will be difficult to succeed. If the mind is firm, even if the elixir is weak, it can still break through obstacles."

Fu Shaoping wholeheartedly agreed.

He placed the Foundation Establishment Pill aside and began to slowly compress the spiritual energy in his dantian using the Foundation Establishment method from the "General Outline of the Origin".

Once, twice, three times...

The spiritual energy became increasingly condensed, and a dull ache began to throb in the dantian. This was a sign that the dantian was about to succumb to the pressure.

Just then, he picked up the Foundation Establishment Pill and put it in his mouth.

The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, and a warm yet powerful medicinal force, like a flood bursting its banks, rushed into the dantian!
"boom!"

Fu Shaoping's body trembled as the spiritual energy and medicinal power within his dantian collided violently!
Compression, fusion, sublimation...

The once tranquil spiritual lake was instantly engulfed in towering waves! The membrane in the dantian began to crack, but it quickly healed under the repair of the medicinal power!
Tearing, healing, tearing, healing...

Every tear is a transformation; every healing is a sublimation.

Large beads of sweat appeared on Fu Shaoping's forehead, and his face was as pale as paper, but his eyes remained calm as still water.

"break!"

He muttered to himself.

"BOOM—!!!"

The dantian is shattered.

Under the influence of medicinal power and spiritual energy, countless fragments spun, merged, and recombined wildly!
Ultimately, a brand new, vast "sea of ​​qi" was born in the original location of the dantian!

Within the Qi Sea, spiritual energy is no longer gaseous but condenses into a liquid state, like a real ocean, with surging waves and containing terrifying power far exceeding that of the Qi Refining stage.

Foundation established, complete!

Fu Shaoping opened his eyes, a flash of golden light disappearing from them.

He raised his hand, a wisp of pure spiritual energy flowing through his palm. That was the spiritual energy of the Foundation Establishment stage, more than ten times purer than that of the Qi Refining stage!
"This is Foundation Establishment," Fu Shaoping murmured.

He stood up, feeling the surging power within him and the clearer connection between himself and the world, a faint smile appearing on his lips.

On the third page of the book of a hundred generations, he took the most crucial step.

……

After completing his foundation building, Fu Shaoping did not rush to leave seclusion.

He spent a full month consolidating his cultivation level and reforging the Judgment Sword. With the spiritual power of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, combined with contract runes, the quality of the Judgment Sword was raised to the peak of a mid-grade magic weapon, just one step away from being a high-grade one.

A month later, he emerged from seclusion.

Outside the courtyard gate, Zhao Daniu had been waiting for an unknown amount of time. When he saw Fu Shaoping, his eyes lit up immediately.

"Senior Brother Fu! No, no, no, Uncle-Master Fu!" He smiled broadly. "Congratulations on your successful Foundation Establishment, Uncle-Master Fu! You are now a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so you can't call me Senior Brother anymore."

Fu Shaoping shook his head slightly: "We've known each other since we were humble beginnings, there's no need for such formalities. What brings you here?"

Zhao Daniu scratched his head and lowered his voice, saying, "Senior Brother Zhou Yuanqing sent me. He said that you must come to him after you come out of seclusion, as he has important matters to discuss with you."

Fu Shaoping raised an eyebrow slightly. What could Zhou Yuanqing want with him?

He nodded: "I understand. I'll go right away."

……

Inner Gate, Danxia Peak.

Zhou Yuanqing's cave dwelling was located halfway up the mountain, rich in spiritual energy and elegantly furnished. When Fu Shaoping arrived, Zhou Yuanqing was already waiting at the entrance.

"Junior Brother Fu! Congratulations on your Foundation Establishment!" Zhou Yuanqing said with a smile, stepping forward to take Fu Shaoping's hand. "Please come in!"

The two entered the cave and took their seats as host and guest. Zhou Yuanqing personally poured tea, his attitude even more enthusiastic than before.

Fu Shaoping took the teacup and got straight to the point: "Senior Brother Zhou, what brings you here?"

Zhou Yuanqing's smile faded slightly, and he sighed, "Junior Brother Fu, to be honest, I'm in trouble."

Fu Shaoping didn't speak, he just looked at him.

Zhou Yuanqing continued, "Three months from now, the sect will hold the 'Grand Alchemy Competition,' which all Foundation Establishment stage alchemists can participate in. If you can enter the top three, you will be qualified to enter the 'Secret Realm of Alchemy'—that is one of the greatest opportunities in our sect! It is said that there are inheritances left by ancient alchemy masters in the secret realm, and even the legendary 'Nine Revolutions of the Alchemy God' method!"

He paused, his expression turning grim: "However, this year's Alchemy Competition has attracted some tough opponents. The most troublesome of them is 'Poison Pill Master' from Poison Dragon Valley."

"Poison pills?" Fu Shaoping raised an eyebrow.

"This person is the personal disciple of the Valley Master of Poison Dragon Valley, with a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivation level. His alchemy techniques are extremely bizarre, and he excels at incorporating poison into pills. Although the pills he refines are highly toxic, their effects are remarkably good. It is said that even the elders at the Golden Core stage praise them highly," Zhou Yuanqing said through gritted teeth. "What's even more hateful is that this person once publicly humiliated me, saying that my alchemy skills are not even worthy of carrying his shoes!"

Fu Shao listened quietly without saying a word.

Zhou Yuanqing looked at him, his eyes pleading: "Junior Brother Fu, I know your alchemy skills far surpass mine. Could you... give me a few pointers? Or perhaps, simply take my place in the battle?" (End of Chapter)