Cultivation of Immortality: This is what unorthodox methods are like.

Under the cover of night, on the hill covered with misty grass, spirits sang and danced, worshipping the moon and gathering its light.

Yang Shen remained expressionless and without complaint, diligently refining the magic.

Wang Quan kept pondering the message given by the round-faced Taoist nun, his feelings complicated.

When he told the round-faced Taoist nun that he wanted to create a Foundation Establishment Aura, she looked completely astonished.

"Do you have enough magic power?"

"Well, I've already sold you so much magic power, how could it not be enough?"

A round-faced Taoist nun...

"Where is Yang Shen?"

"It's all done!"

The round-faced Daoist nun remained silent for a long time before grabbing his arm and pulling him forcefully into her arms: "You are the fastest cultivator I have ever seen to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Tell me honestly, are you hiding some kind of strange treasure?"

"I read in the local folk tales that some people who obtained small bottles, jars, mirrors, or similar items would receive extraordinary opportunities and soar to great heights."

"Good brother, can you lend these things to your sister?"

"I'm willing to pay any price!"

"My sister knows a lot of things."

Wang Quan sighed, "Senior Sister, have you read over ten thousand volumes of Taoist scriptures?"

"If you've read over ten thousand volumes of Taoist scriptures, you can progress just as quickly as I have!"

The round-faced Taoist nun immediately tossed his arm aside: "Don't mention Taoist scriptures anymore, okay?"

"I get a headache just looking at Taoist scriptures."

"I'm here to cultivate immortality, to refine techniques and spells, to unleash thunder and fire in a chaotic frenzy."

"My sister has never been good at studying."

"You mentioning Taoist scriptures is like rubbing salt into my wounds!"

"This huge, drowned lower house is mostly full of idiots."

"Those who like to read Taoist scriptures when they are young will at least go to the lower courtyard of a side sect, or even the lower courtyard of the orthodox sect of Taoism, rather than the lower courtyard of a heretical sect."

Royal power...

The round-faced Taoist nun muttered something for a while, then said seriously:

"First, you need to know that Foundation Establishment is a realm formed by using spiritual light to create an altar in the inner landscape or dantian."

"The more spiritual light used to forge the altar, the greater the power of the Foundation Establishment realm."

"According to the saying circulating in the lower temple, there are three types of spiritual light for Foundation Establishment."

"The first type: gifts from nature; I have never seen this type of Foundation Building Aura, nor do I know the specific method of obtaining it; however, I have heard that Foundation Building Aura gifts from nature can be used freely and can replace any type of Foundation Building Aura."

"The second option: plunder; however, the foundation-building aura of plunder may or may not suit one; most people don't consider it."

"The third option: Refining: Either refine it yourself, or join the House of Representatives and have them refine it for you."

"For us normal people, there is actually only one choice: the third one."

"Many cultivators think they can easily refine a Foundation Establishment Aura with just some materials, but that's not the case: this Foundation Establishment Aura is related to the Yang Spirit."

"A cultivator's Yang Spirit can bear the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends."

"The Yang Gods correspond to a total of 108 major categories of Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends; these are further subdivided into 3,800 minor categories!"

"The Foundation Establishment Aura refined by cultivators does not need to correspond to a specific subcategory; it only needs to correspond to one of the 108 major categories."

"First, you need to determine how many Heavenly and Earthly Fiends your Yang Spirit carries."

"Then, it can only be refined according to the categories of Heavenly Stars and Earthly Fiends."

"If the corresponding category is different, the Foundation Establishment Aura that is refined can still help establish a foundation, but it will not be considered perfect."

Wang Quan suddenly realized.

The round-faced Taoist nun continued:

"If we were to seek help from humans or spirits to refine a Foundation Establishment Spirit Light of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, it would take ten years and cost one billion Qingfu at the current market price."

"To refine a single Heavenly Gang-type Foundation Establishment Spiritual Light, one needs at least 10 billion Azure Cauldrons, and it takes ten years to refine just one."

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Wang Quan gasped, "So expensive? And taking so long?"

The round-faced Taoist nun rolled her eyes: "If you feel it's taking too long, you can pay more; as long as the money is right, I can refine one for you in a year, or even a month."

"However, this makes it impossible to estimate the amount of money spent!"

Wang Quan frowned: "What if we go directly to the lower courtyard to buy a Foundation Establishment Aura of Earthly Fiends?"

The round-faced Taoist nun tilted her head and thought for a moment: "It should be 10 billion."

When royal power was converted into magical power, it was found that it would take 10,000 units of magical power to buy just one unit.

If he practiced magic for twelve hours a day, it would take him more than two hundred days to buy one.

If he combines the one spiritual light produced by the Yang God each year, he will be able to establish his foundation with one hundred and eight spiritual lights in at most forty or fifty years.

"But it's taking too long!"

"I can sell my mana for Qingfu, and then hire people to simultaneously cultivate dozens or even hundreds of Foundation Establishment spiritual lights."

"Ten years from now, I will be able to harvest dozens or even hundreds of Foundation Establishment spiritual lights at once."

"Then, with the Foundation Establishment Aura produced by the Yang God, one can directly establish the Foundation."

After having this idea, he bid farewell to the round-faced Taoist nun and prepared to go back and think about it carefully.

As a result, the round-faced Taoist nun casually remarked, "You've mastered ten thousand volumes of Taoist scriptures, haven't you seen this kind of information?"

Wang Quan was stunned.

Yes, he has mastered 14,000 volumes of Taoist scriptures.

I saw the mystery of the Yang God, I saw the mystery of [Life Cultivation], but I did not see the mystery of the [Foundation Building] level.

"No, perhaps I haven't read enough Taoist scriptures."

Round-faced Taoist nun: "Oh!"

"You can make money by selling magical power; you should hire someone to refine spiritual energy."

"This is much faster than you practicing alone."

"It's even possible to refine several spiritual lights at the same time."

Wang Quan nodded.

After a while, he bid farewell to the round-faced Taoist nun, returned to the small hill, and then continued to ponder.

"The information that Senior Sister has also come from the Lower Academy."

"Perhaps this information is not the most perfect."

"Perhaps the most comprehensive method of foundation building is recorded in the fifteen thousandth volume of the Daoist scriptures."

"Perhaps it is recorded in the 20,000th volume of the Daoist scriptures."

"I should increase the number of Taoist scriptures I read and see if I can find a more complete method for foundation building within them."

"At the same time, they also began to refine spiritual light."

"If I haven't found any other foundation-building methods in the Taoist scriptures when I've accumulated enough spiritual energy, then I'll use the method my senior sister mentioned to build my foundation."

"If you see other methods of foundation building in the Taoist scriptures, use the methods recorded in the Taoist scriptures."

"If I don't need those Foundation Establishment spiritual lights by then, I'll sell them."

"This thing... even if it can't be sold for cash, it can be exchanged for other resources or favors."

"However, those Foundation Establishment spiritual lights will most likely be useful."

"Otherwise... the favor of the second world and the breakthrough of the Yang God would not produce Foundation Establishment Aura."

Thinking about this made him feel much more relaxed.

"So, next: during the day, go to the second layer of the world to cleanse the evil in the canteen, collect beauty essence to improve the [Poppy] technique, and at the same time slowly build a team to refine spiritual light."

"At night, I let Yang Shen practice magic to accumulate wealth, while Ying Jiaren and I studied Taoist scriptures."

"Practice like this for a while, and then make adjustments if you encounter any problems."

Having sorted out his future cultivation path, he was in a good mood and, unusually, lay on the [Seventy-Two Paths of Smoke and Dust] for more than an hour to relax.

Then, he got up and joined the Yang God in gathering moonlight to refine magical power and accumulate strength.

While he was practicing his magic, Ying Jiaren was also practicing hers.

However, she did not gather moonlight or starlight, but instead gathered various sandalwood smoke to refine her techniques.

She practices a very unorthodox method called "Mysterious Fragrance Self Method".

This fundamental method is quite expensive to practice; however, it is not affected by external factors such as day and night, stars, or the seasons.

As long as you have money to get sandalwood, you can practice magic anytime, anywhere.

Moreover, the more sandalwood there is, the faster the refining process will be.