The road is vague

Chapter 74 Self-foundation
According to what Lu Qi said.

After being promoted to the Foundation Establishment Stage, if one wants to practice the "Seven Apertures Returning to the Origin Technique", it is best to find a secluded place where one has lived for a while after gaining some insights, and then try to practice.

But this place cannot be too familiar, at least it should be slightly different from your impression.

In short.

Once this technique is mastered, the subconscious realm will be activated, the spiritual power will increase instantly, and it will have a special property that will give you the upper hand when fighting the enemy, and its uses are endless.

After returning to the dormitory, Li Mo recited "The Art of Returning to the Origin of the Seven Apertures".

He seemed to have some inspiration and lay on the bed, lost in thought.

"There are still two months until the year-end assessment, and another thirty or forty years until the end of my life..."

At fifty, one knows the will of Heaven; at sixty, one’s ears are obedient; at seventy, one is a rarity in history.

After the new moon this year, Li Mo will be twenty years old. As the saying goes, it is rare for people to live to seventy years old, and living to sixty years old is considered a long life.

Although many people believe that high-level Qigong practitioners can prolong their lives to some extent, and some can live to be in their eighties, this is not generally accepted. After all, some mortals can also live to be in their eighties, and it cannot be regarded as a universal rule.

At least Li Mo didn't expect too much.

The scene of Zhang Guoyin's death is still vivid in my mind.

Li Mo no longer worried about the so-called graduation examination, and decided to give it a try. He would improve his cultivation level to the twelfth level of Qi training as soon as possible, and then try to build the foundation!
When he finished his retreat in the secret room, he still had four pills left.

It would take at least a month to refine these four elixirs, and then refine a Creation Pill as a supplement. It would take at least a month to refine a Creation Pill, which should be enough to raise his mana to the twelfth level of Qi training.

"For the Great Dao, a mere final examination is naturally nothing to worry about!"

At this moment, his Dantian was filled with magical power, and he only needed the last bit to reach the state of great perfection, which was a level that many cultivators could not reach in their entire lives.

But even with just this little bit, without the support of the spiritual energy-filled practice mode in the mausoleum, it would probably take at least several months to accumulate spiritual energy through the practice of the Great Circulation in the outside world. And if one leaves the spiritual energy-rich environment of Qingming Mountain, the time will inevitably be greatly extended.

Li Mo was thinking about his cultivation plan in his mind.

In the past few days, he had been traveling day and night and had not had a good rest. As he felt sleepy, he fell asleep unknowingly.

the next day.

After Li Mo got up, he felt full of energy.

After regaining his strength, he was full of confidence!
After washing himself carefully in front of the bronze mirror, Li Mo left the dormitory, locked the doors and windows, and came to the kitchen. He happened to meet Ma Ling, Niu Li, and Yang Guang, and the four of them had breakfast together.

During the period, the four of them chatted and laughed happily.

After breakfast, Li Mo told them that they would have to prepare for the final examination in two months and that they would not see each other for a long time. After receiving the blessings of the three, he left the training hall.

Li Mo first came to the market at the foot of the mountain.

He spent eighty spirit stones to buy a set of auxiliary spiritual medicines needed to refine the elixir.

Then he returned to his master's sect and came to the alchemy hall.

Nie Zhen was still in charge of the registration task. When he saw Li Mo, he waved his hand without waiting for Li Mo to speak, indicating that Li Mo could go to his exclusive alchemy room.

Since Li Mo had been in seclusion here for a long time and almost monopolized this alchemy room, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is exclusively used.

Fortunately, the Lingmu Sect's Alchemy Hall is quite wealthy, with as many as twenty or thirty alchemy rooms.

High-level alchemists are usually accustomed to refining pills in their own private caves, so no one will come to compete for them.

rumble.

As the door of the alchemy room slowly closed, the secret room instantly became quiet.

Li Mo remained calm and took out the alchemy furnace with ease. As the sound of thunder and lightning continued in the alchemy room, about two hours later, he successfully refined a Creation Pill.

The elixir is round and smooth, and exudes a sweet fragrance.

After Li Mo put it into the jade bottle with satisfaction, he took out the meditation cushion and the four remaining elixirs and placed them together with the Creation Pill.

Then he solemnly took out the jade bottle containing the Foundation Establishment Pill and placed it aside.

"let's start."

He muttered to himself, as if to encourage himself, and first took out a Huangyuan Guiqi Pill, tilted his head back and swallowed it.

As the pill entered his stomach, a stream of pure spiritual energy gushed out. Li Mo slowly closed his eyes and circulated the Great Circulation, guiding the spiritual energy to flow through his limbs and meridians, and finally slowly transformed into magic power and gathered in his dantian.

When a cultivator swallows elixirs, it only helps to improve his cultivation. He still needs to use his skills and luck to refine his inner spiritual power before it can be converted into magic power.

That's it.

Seven days passed in a row.

After Li Mo completely refined the spiritual power of the Huang Yuan Gui Qi Pill in his stomach, he completed a complete Great Circulation. Then he took out another spiritual pill, raised his head and swallowed it into his stomach...

Before I knew it, a month had passed.

After Li Mo refined four elixirs in succession, he slowly opened his eyes with a look of surprise.

He felt that the magic power in his dantian had been perfected.

This was somewhat beyond his expectations. After all, according to his previous judgment, it seemed that the time would be even longer, so he checked it carefully again.

The main practice of Lingmu Sect is called "Eye of the True Spirit".

Its characteristic is that the practitioner will have a pair of spiritual eyes, which will benefit him greatly whether in the process of studying magic skills in daily life or in combat.

The main cultivation techniques of other sects also have their own characteristics. As one's cultivation level continues to improve, they will gain special magical powers.

The main cultivation techniques of each sect generally serve the Taoist tradition pursued by each country.

As for spells, secret techniques, magical powers, magical instruments, and magic treasures, if you want to fully unleash their power, they must be based on the cultivator's cultivation and magic power realm.

Generally speaking.

After choosing a main practice method, the cultivator will continue to persevere until his death.

However, there are occasional exceptions.

Some cultivators would switch to other cultivation techniques for various reasons, while others would experience a loss of energy due to trauma, or undergo some kind of mutation, turning their former secondary cultivation technique into their primary one...

As for the choice of the small and large circulation methods during the practice, it is a problem that every cultivator has to face.

This is also the reason why high-level monks all build private caves.

Because only in this way can high-level cultivators rely on the protection of layers of formations, prohibitions, and guardian spirit beasts to practice the Great Circulation with peace of mind.

But even so, it is not completely safe.

Then the monks thought of establishing a sect and a country...

In short.

When a cultivator is practicing the Great Circulation, he is at his most vulnerable and most afraid of being disturbed by external forces. If it is just a noise or something, it is not a big deal. However, as Li Mo's practice deepened, his understanding of the backlash of the Great Circulation's magic power also deepened. He realized that shouting and noise usually would not cause a backlash of the cultivator's magic power.

Only when there is a touch interference will the magic power be backfired.

This way.

The specific reasons why those disciples who died from the backlash of their magic power during the Enlightenment Hall period are quite intriguing.

At least during the period of cultivation in the training hall, such incidents rarely occurred. Throughout history, many evil disciples took advantage of their master's Great Circulation to commit atrocities that were abhorrent to both humans and gods.

"People teach people a hundred times, but it's useless. Experience teaches people once, and it sinks into their hearts. Could it be that the master did this intentionally to make his disciples realize the treacherous nature of human nature?"

All the thoughts flashed through my mind.

"The Enlightenment Hall, it seems that what it teaches is not just basic common sense."

After a careful inspection, Li Mo confirmed that the magic power in his Dantian was full and had reached the twelfth level of perfection. He took a deep breath and began to circulate the magic power in his Dantian.

He was actually planning to build his own foundation!
Although there are very few people who can build their own foundation, Li Mo is still ready to give it a try.

After all, if successful, one can save a foundation-building pill, which is equivalent to saving nearly a thousand spirit stones, which is almost equivalent to the price of a second-rate top-grade magic weapon.

The vortex of mana in Dantian began to spin rapidly, faster and faster, under Li Mo's constant urging.

Li Mo vaguely felt that the thunderous nature of the mana vortex was constantly converging towards the mana particles, gradually condensing the gaseous mana into liquid. The mana barrier in his dantian was protecting his mana vortex, preventing it from losing balance due to the excessively fast rotation speed.

But Li Mo always felt that the speed of the mana vortex was still a little slow.

However, at this moment, he felt that his spiritual consciousness seemed to be affected and he was actively merging into the vortex of magic power.

The speed of the mana vortex is therefore getting faster and faster, and the mana particles are showing signs of liquefying.

Li Mo's breathing became a little rapid.

Practicing "Wu Nian Jue" will weaken the bottleneck of Qigong practitioners to a certain extent, and it turns out to be true.

About half an incense stick of time later.

Just when Li Mo's face turned red, his neck became thick, his breathing became rapid, and he was almost reaching his limit, the secret room suddenly became quiet.

After a long time.

A long sigh came from the secret room.

"Almost there."

Li Mo looked regretful and sighed helplessly.

Just now, the magic power particles in his dantian had almost begun to liquefy, but in the end they were unable to stabilize. All the magic power returned to gaseous form, and ultimately failed.

After a brief moment of regret, Li Mo gritted his teeth and picked up the Foundation Establishment Pill in front of him.

He believed that with the help of the Foundation Establishment Pill, he would be successful in his second attempt at foundation establishment!
However, just as he raised his head and was about to swallow it, he suddenly stopped and remembered the warning about the failure of refining the Qi Gathering Pill in his notes.

Then he slowly wiped the sweat from his forehead and gradually calmed down.

"Luckily, I'm only at the Foundation Establishment stage. If I were at a higher level, I'd probably go insane soon with my reckless and impulsive actions. The mana in my dantian hasn't even calmed down yet and is still boiling. I'm taking the risk of swallowing the Foundation Establishment Pill. I'm really not caring about my own life."

While Li Mo blamed himself, he also felt fortunate.

"As the old saying goes, 'Every failure is a learning experience,' and it really did not fool me."

When he was refining that batch of Qi Gathering Pills, his recklessness and impatience resulted in such a low success rate. Now it seems that the failure experience will benefit him a lot in his future life.

Think of this.

Li Mo slowly put down the Foundation Establishment Pill.

He was about to circulate a few big cycles to adjust his physical and mental state, but suddenly noticed the Fortune Pill placed beside him.

"It's still early anyway."

So Li Mo actually picked up the Creation Pill again, swallowed it into his stomach, continued to circulate the Great Circulation, and concentrated his mind to refine it.

He planned to wait a month before trying to build his foundation.

A few days later.

As the medicinal power of the Creation Pill continued to be refined, Li Mo gradually noticed something strange.

He discovered that the upper limit of his mana was actually increasing with the continuous refining of the Creation Pill. It seemed that every once in a while, there would be some gaps in his already perfect mana, and then a little more mana would be added.

This made Li Mo surprised.

"Could it be that this Good Fortune Pill can also increase the purity of mana?"

A few more days passed.

After Li Mo's careful observation day after day, he finally discovered the reason.

The Creation Pill cannot make the magic power more refined, but it has the special effect of expanding the Dantian and improving the toughness of the meridians!

Although the effect of the Creation Pill on improving the toughness of the Dantian meridians is only a little bit after each operation of the Great Circulation, it takes at least a month to refine a Creation Pill.

Over time, the improved effects will become visible to the naked eye.

If one continues to refine the Creation Pill over the years, the effects will continue to accumulate and will surely achieve incredible results, and will have super strong resistance to various backlash conditions.

"No wonder I have such a strong ability to resist the backlash of the Thunder Refining Method and Lei Wuhuaji. So that's how it is!"

This discovery immediately surprised Li Mo.

As far as Li Mo knows.

The vast majority of elixirs refined through demon pills will not have the so-called drug resistance.

The main reason for this is that the main ingredient of these elixirs is demon pills, and various demon pills were condensed in the bodies of different demon beasts during their lifetime. These demon beasts are of different types and experiences, so their characteristics are naturally different.

The reason why he had not noticed the changes in his body before was, firstly, because the changes were very slow, and secondly, because the magic power in his dantian was in a relatively empty state. He was not sensitive to such slow and subtle changes, and thus ignored them.

That's it.

Li Mo spent another month in the secret room.

this day.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise of lightning and thunder in this secret room that had not been opened for two months.

With this secret room as the center, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a radius of more than ten feet was actually disturbed and continued to gather into the secret room. Although no strange phenomena occurred in this process, the process of spiritual energy gathering was very stable. If there was a Jindan cultivator nearby, he would definitely notice it.

But the alchemy room that Li Mo chose was in a very secluded area, and few people came here, let alone Jindan stage cultivators.

now.

In the alchemy room.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions is continuously pouring into Li Mo's body. His body is like a big tree that has been dry for a long time, constantly absorbing the wonderful rain.

This process lasted for a full hour.

As the boiling magic power in Li Mo's body became more and more pure and gradually stabilized, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions finally calmed down and no longer gathered here.

Slowly.

Li Mo opened his eyes and looked at the foundation-building pill still safely stored in the jade bottle in front of him. His eyes revealed a complex emotion of joy, relief, and melancholy.

"I have successfully built my own foundation."

He seemed to be talking about a small thing that happens every day, and also seemed to be talking to an old friend far away.

(End of this chapter)