Mortal: Starting with the Falling Cloud Sect, I proved my Dao through gacha pulls.

Su Mu swallowed the entire peach flesh in a few bites and casually put the pit into his storage bag.

As soon as the fruit entered the stomach, a powerful and pure spiritual energy instantly swept through the limbs and bones, flowing through the meridians and circulating throughout the body, finally converging into the dantian, condensing into a ball of powerful spiritual energy that burst forth with a roar.

In the blink of an eye, his cultivation level rose all the way to the eleventh level of Qi Refining. Then, without stopping, he broke through the twelfth and thirteenth levels in succession. A feeling of fullness and perfection instantly filled his limbs and dantian.

Under the surge of abundant spiritual energy, Su Mu's body turned a faint blood-red color. His meridians felt overwhelmed, and the spiritual energy in his dantian was constantly compressed, gradually transforming into a liquid state.

"I never expected that, even though it's of the same green quality, this spirit peach would be so much more potent than the previous vermilion fruit."

Although the situation was somewhat unexpected, Su Mu remained calm in the slightest. He seized this opportunity to focus all his efforts on breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

The contents of the True Flame Nirvana Technique flowed rapidly through Su Mu's mind. He had already mastered the first three levels of this technique, and now his spiritual power was becoming increasingly refined, and it also had a strong self-healing and recovery effect.

As for the three levels of the cultivation technique, they come with a divine ability called True Flame Binding Spirit Lock. The flames condense into chains, which are agile and unpredictable, combining offense and defense. They are specifically designed to bind the enemy's magical artifacts and spiritual power, making them extremely difficult to deal with.

Under the powerful medicinal force of the Spirit Peach, the True Flame Nirvana Technique has already reached the fourth threshold and is about to break through.

At the same time, Su Mu also clearly sensed the bottleneck barrier leading to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Without further hesitation, he took out the Foundation Establishment Pill from his storage bag and swallowed it in one gulp.

Although he had a premonition that he could break through the bottleneck of the Foundation Establishment stage with just the medicinal power of the Spirit Peach, he still took the Foundation Establishment Pill to be on the safe side.

After all, the Foundation Establishment Pill can not only help cultivators break through to higher realms, but also cleanse their marrow and bones. Even if the Foundation Establishment attempt fails, the remaining medicinal power can protect the dantian and heart meridian, preventing serious damage.

The Foundation Establishment Pill melts upon entering the mouth, instantly transforming into a gentle yet powerful medicinal force that flows down the throat to the dantian, then spreads like a tide, slowly permeating the limbs and bones, merging with the remaining pure spiritual essence of the spirit peach, transforming into an incomparably powerful force for breaking through realms.

As the medicinal power of the Spirit Peach and the Foundation Establishment Pill merged and exploded, Su Mu felt his meridians flow smoothly, and the bottleneck between Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment shattered. At the same time, the True Flame Nirvana Technique was successfully completed, and he stepped into the fourth level.

The remaining medicinal power continuously flows into the dantian, merging with the original spiritual power in the body, condensing and compressing together, and finally transforming into a warm and pure liquid true essence, which slowly circulates in the dantian.

Another part of the medicinal power continues to penetrate the limbs and bones, washing over the muscles, bones and flesh again and again, gently but firmly cleansing the marrow and removing impurities, allowing the strength and resilience of the body to improve rapidly.

Half a day later, the remaining medicinal power was completely refined, and Su Mu had steadily stepped into the early stage of Foundation Establishment. His true essence was thick and refined, flowing freely, and his foundation was extremely solid, without any sense of instability from a hasty breakthrough.

At the same time, a feeling of being reborn and freed from constraints swept through my whole body, and every cell in my limbs and bones seemed to be reborn, light and full of power.

Su Mu felt his mind become clear and bright, and a feeling of comfort and clarity welled up from the depths of his soul. He quietly released his divine sense, and every blade of grass, every tree, and every flow of spiritual energy within a radius of more than three hundred feet was clearly reflected in his mind, every detail visible.

"Not bad, your spiritual sense is already comparable to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. This spiritual peach has truly provided a comprehensive boost."

It seems that even cards of the same quality can have such vastly different effects.

Su Mu raised his hand and made a hand seal. A cleansing spell swept over his body, and the gray filth that had been extracted from his body after the cleansing and purification instantly disappeared.

Feeling the rich and refined true essence within his body, he made up his mind: once his cultivation level was completely stable, he would go and find a superior cave dwelling with more spiritual energy.

At that moment, another message flashed before his eyes:

[Advanced to Foundation Establishment, Fate +100]

Current Life Number: 287

"Great! After we get our new cave dwelling, we'll go for a ten-pull and celebrate!"

......

Second day

Su Mu put away his disciple token, leaped out of the cave, summoned his flying artifact, and with a light burst of spiritual energy beneath his feet, sped straight toward the sect's affairs hall.

The Hall of Affairs is located below the mountain gate of the main peak among the Six Wonders Peaks. The main body is a pavilion nearly 20 zhang high, with three floors.

In front of the pavilion was a plaza paved with jade, surrounded by many low-lying halls, where numerous cultivators came and went, creating a lively atmosphere.

Su Mu walked straight to the main hall. After entering the first floor, he quickly found the disciple in charge of assigning cave dwellings—the same person who had helped him choose a cave dwelling on the day he first entered the sect.

"Senior Brother Qin, I'm here to change my cave dwelling."

Su Mu handed the disciple token to the cultivator surnamed Qin, and his aura was slightly released, revealing his profound true essence, which had already entered the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

"Hmm, okay, let me see... Huh?"

The cultivator surnamed Qin hadn't paid any attention at first, but after taking the token and glancing at Su Mu, he exclaimed in shock.

"Junior Brother Su, you've only been a beginner for a short time, yet you've already successfully established your foundation so quickly?!"

The cultivator surnamed Qin looked at Su Mu with a mixture of surprise and envy, his voice trembling slightly.

"Senior Brother Qin, I had already reached a bottleneck in my cultivation before I entered the sect. During this time, thanks to Master's guidance, I was able to break through to a higher realm by sheer luck. It was a natural progression."

Su Mu spoke in a calm tone, neither arrogant nor deliberately humble, striking the perfect balance.

"Even so, Junior Brother's talent is already extraordinary, truly a remarkable achievement! Congratulations, Junior Brother!"

The cultivator surnamed Qin was still filled with envy. He had been a disciple for over fifty years, and after arduous cultivation, he had only just reached the early stage of Foundation Establishment. The word "talent" truly represented an insurmountable chasm between cultivators.

The cultivator surnamed Qin sighed inwardly, and at the same time made up his mind to befriend this Junior Brother Su, preparing to allocate the area with the most abundant spiritual energy to him within his authority.

"Junior Brother Su, come with me. You belong to Fire Cloud Peak, and you should choose your new cave dwelling around Fire Cloud Peak."

The cultivator surnamed Qin was exceptionally enthusiastic, leading Su Mu to a sand table. He took out a restriction token, made a hand seal, and the token immediately emitted a beam of bright white light, landing steadily on the sand table.

Immediately, three-dimensional phantom images of Fire Cloud Peak and the surrounding peaks appeared on the sand table, interspersed with countless flickering points of light representing cave dwellings.

"Junior Brother Su, these three unclaimed caves have the richest spiritual energy and are suitable for Foundation Establishment disciples to choose from."

The cultivator surnamed Qin gestured for Su Mu to look at the place he pointed to, which was located halfway up Fire Cloud Peak, where there were three relatively bright white dots of light.

"In addition, the spiritual energy of the surrounding sub-peaks is also quite good. Junior Brother Su can choose from among the sub-peaks, or open up another one."

The cultivator surnamed Qin then pointed to the numerous illusory peaks, among which several points of light were extremely bright.

After observing intently for a moment, Su Mu quickly selected a sub-peak cave dwelling quite close to Fire Cloud Peak. Instead of seeking out another spiritual vein to open one himself, he directly chose a ready-made and well-maintained one.

Su Mu received the cave's restriction flag from Senior Brother Qin, but instead of checking out the new cave first, he headed straight for Fire Cloud Peak. He planned to find his master and take advantage of the situation.

After all, the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and Su Mu wholeheartedly agrees with this saying.

After a short while, Su Mu arrived at the entrance of Duan Gu Cave. Just as he was about to announce his arrival, he ran into his third senior brother, Cui Hao, who appeared to have just seen their master and was coming out of the hall.

Su Mu thought to himself: What? Could it be that the entrance to Master's cave has become the fixed respawn point for Third Senior Brother?

A hint of surprise flashed in Cui Hao's eyes when he saw Su Mu, then he smiled broadly and said to him:

"Congratulations, junior brother. I never expected you to succeed in Foundation Establishment so quickly. It has truly surprised your senior brother."

"Senior Brother Cui, please don't tease me." Su Mu quickly waved his hand, his expression humble yet retaining a hint of the composure one would expect from someone who has just broken through. "I was just lucky; I've only just stabilized my cultivation level and came here specifically to pay my respects to Master, hoping to receive some guidance. I wonder if Senior Brother has also come to see Master about something?"

"Ugh!"

Upon hearing this, Cui Hao sighed, looking quite depressed.

"It's nothing, it's just that I blew up the alchemy furnace that my master gave me before, so I came to ask for a sturdier one."

Su Mu: ......

Su Mu was speechless for a moment, then understood. It turned out that this third senior brother, like himself, had come to Master to beg for alms.

Their eyes met briefly in the air, and they both saw a tacit understanding in each other's eyes. They coughed lightly in unison, tacitly avoiding breaking the unspoken understanding.