I tamed beasts and achieved immortality in the world of cultivation.

Chapter 143 Foundation Establishment [Please Subscribe!]

Time flies, and four years have passed.

The lotus leaves in Qinghe Lake turn green and then yellow, then yellow and then green again. The willow branches and pine trees along the lake sprout new shoots and shed old leaves.

This morning.

Fourteen-year-old Xu Xian sat cross-legged on a blue stone by the lake, the Qi circulation route of the "Canglan Technique" within his body slowly circulating, a faint spiritual light appearing and disappearing on his body.

The boy had grown quite a bit taller, and one could still vaguely see seven or eight parts of Xu Gui's features in his eyes, but he had more of the youthful vigor that the old steward had back then.

Xu Xian opened his eyes, exhaled a breath of turbid air, and felt the magical power in his dantian that was much more solid than before. A hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

"At the peak of the second level of Qi Refining, with some more practice, I can break through to the third level." Xu Xian secretly encouraged himself. Just as he was about to get up, he saw a figure in blue robes walk out of the bamboo building and stroll towards the lake.

"Uncle Chen." Xu Xian quickly stood up and bowed.

Chen Qing waved his hand, stopped opposite him, looked him over, and nodded slightly: "Your cultivation has improved again."

Xu Xian smiled shyly, then, as if remembering something, looked up and asked, "Uncle Chen, are you about to go into seclusion to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage?"

Chen Qing did not deny it, and looked at the lake with his hands behind his back: "Seven days ago, I returned to the sect and exchanged that Ice Soul Crystal and the contribution points I had accumulated over the years for a Foundation Establishment Pill. Now my cultivation has reached the tenth level of Qi Refining, and I can't advance any further. It is time for me to go into seclusion."

He turned to Xu Xian and said, "After I go into seclusion, I will entrust all affairs of Qinghe Lake to you. Continue feeding the blue carp and spirit sheep chickens as usual. If there is any emergency, you can seek out Yin Yue and Jin Yan."

Xu Xian's expression turned serious, and he nodded vigorously: "Uncle Chen, you can go into seclusion without worry. Leave Qinghe Lake to me, and I will ensure there are no problems."

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the figures of the spirit beasts by the lake, and added, "Besides, I have Silver Moon and Golden Flame to help me, so you can rest assured."

Chen Qing followed his gaze.

On the lakeshore, Silver Moon lay lazily on a large rock warmed by the sun, its five-foot-long silver-white body stretched out; Golden Flame lay on the highest peak of Qinghe Lake, its four-foot-long golden body like a small sculpture, its tiger eyes half-open and half-closed, its kingly aura naturally formed.

Further away, Wen Chang, Dan Qing, and Yin Lang each led their respective legion of spirit beasts and occupied their own territory.

Chen Qing withdrew his gaze, a slight smile playing on his lips.

The area around Qinghe Lake is indeed bustling.

He raised his hand and patted Xu Xian on the shoulder, then turned and walked towards the bamboo house without saying anything more.

The bamboo building has two floors.

Qingtian and Danyu were already waiting there.

Qingtian tucked the Romance of the Three Kingdoms into his robes, a rare look of seriousness appearing on his monkey-like face; Danyu, on the other hand, remained as elegant and composed as ever, her long, crane-like neck slightly lowered, her black bean-like eyes quietly gazing at Chen Qing.

Chen Qing took out a palm-sized jade box from his storage bag. He opened the lid and found a pill the size of a longan, with a seven-colored spiritual light flowing through it, lying quietly inside.

Foundation Building Pill.

The mere aroma of the medicine it emitted caused the surrounding spiritual energy to subtly stir.

Looking at the pill, Chen Qing murmured to himself, "After four years of arduous cultivation, both the Condensing Yuan Technique and the Profound Yuan Body Refining Technique have reached the peak of the third level. My magical power is refined, my physical body is solid, and my cultivation has reached the perfect tenth level of Qi Refining. There is no further room for advancement."

He looked up at Qingtian and Danyu and smiled: "Although I only have three spiritual roots and cannot compare with those geniuses with heavenly spiritual roots or different spiritual roots, with the cultivation boost from your feedback, even with only this one ordinary Foundation Establishment Pill, the chance of success is no less than 90%."

Qingtian patted his chest forcefully, transmitting a thought: "Chen Qing, don't worry! We'll protect you, we'll keep all demons and monsters at bay."

The monsters can't even get close!

Danyu tilted its head, maintaining its aloof demeanor, and only chirped softly, "Don't worry."

Chen Qing said no more, sat cross-legged on the futon, made hand seals, and activated all the restrictions set up on all sides.

A faint, ethereal light flowed through the walls of the bamboo house, like a thin veil separating the inside from the outside.

He put the Foundation Building Pill into his mouth.

The moment the elixir touched the tongue, it transformed into a cool and powerful torrent, rushing straight into the depths of the dantian, like a spark falling into boiling oil.

boom!!!

The pure magical power accumulated in his dantian for twenty-three years was suddenly ignited in that instant.

It was no longer a trickle, but boiling magma, a raging torrent that had burst its banks, carrying an overwhelming force as it surged toward every limb and every meridian of the body!

"They're here," Chen Qing murmured to himself.

The next instant, the first of the three stages of Foundation Establishment, the Physical Body Stage, descended upon us with overwhelming force.

Excruciating pain!

It was a tearing and reshaping sensation originating from the depths of his bone marrow. The seven-colored medicinal power transformed into countless invisible hammers, pounding his bones and skin inch by inch until they cracked and blood seeped out, only to be healed by spiritual light in the next instant.

Nine years of arduous cultivation of the "Mysterious Origin Body Refining Technique" revealed its true magnificence at this moment. The copper skin hummed, the iron bones trembled, and the golden body's foundation frantically absorbed this violent power. Without this body that had been tempered to the extreme, an ordinary cultivator would have already been overwhelmed by the savage medicinal power, causing their meridians to rupture and their body to explode, resulting in death.

After an unknown amount of time, the physical reshaping finally subsided. But immediately afterward, the second trial, the test of magical power, arrived.

Within the dantian, the gaseous magical power that was originally scattered like mist has transformed into a boiling spiritual tide, spinning wildly under the guidance of the Foundation Establishment Pill's medicinal power, gradually condensing into a liquid state.

Outside the bamboo house, the weather suddenly changed.

The calm surface of Qinghe Lake was rippling without wind, and the layers of lotus leaves swayed gently.

The spiritual energy from all directions seemed to be drawn by some invisible force, transforming into a huge, visible vortex that poured into the second floor of the bamboo building like a funnel.

a drop.

Two drops.

At first, there were only a few scattered drops of azure liquid, but then it gathered more and more, from a trickle into a small pool.

With each drop of condensed magical liquid, Chen Qing felt the magical power within his body become more profound. The gaseous, ethereal feeling gradually faded away, replaced by the unique solidity and weight of liquid.

Meanwhile, the third level, the Soul Level, was also quietly unveiled.

Deep within his consciousness, his soul felt as if it had been plunged into a raging inferno.

Thousands of fine needles pierced the skull simultaneously, as if someone were hammering the mind with a heavy mallet. The pain was intangible and intangible, yet far more dangerous than the transformation of the physical body and magical power.

Chen Qing grunted, and the "Soul Nourishing Technique," which he had honed day and night for fourteen years, was now in full operation. A layer of shimmering light appeared on the surface of his soul. Instead of weakening under the intense heat of the flames, it was like a piece of rough iron being repeatedly hammered, its impurities removed, and its sharpness gradually revealed.

His spiritual consciousness gradually transformed into divine consciousness and spread outwards, five zhang, ten zhang, a hundred zhang—everything around him became clearer than ever before, as if the heavens and earth were unveiling their veils for the first time before him.

Sunrise and sunset, three days passed.

Lakeside.

Xu Xian sat cross-legged on the bluestone, but he was unable to calm his mind and cultivate.

His gaze occasionally drifted to the second floor of the bamboo building. The vortex of spiritual energy had long since dissipated, leaving only the layer of flowing restrictive spiritual light as stable as ever.

Just then.

Jin Yan suddenly stood up, his four-foot-long golden body tensed, his tiger head held high, and his tiger eyes staring intently at the bamboo building.

The next second, it let out a low growl.

The roar wasn't loud, but it carried an innate majesty, like the declaration of the king of beasts.

At the same time, Silver Moon leaped down from the boulder, raised its head, and let out a long wolf howl that echoed across the entire Qinghe Lake.

Xu Xian suddenly stood up, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

In his perception, two beastly auras suddenly surged from the second floor of the bamboo building, breaking through the natural barrier between the first and second levels!

Following closely behind, in a short while, the aura of a cultivator also rose, condensed, and transformed, finally stepping steadily into the realm he once thought was unattainable.

Second order!

Foundation building!

Xu Xian's lips slowly parted into a smile, his eyes filled with excitement, and he murmured to himself, "Uncle Chen entered Lingyun at the age of nine, and today he is thirty-two years old, a full twenty-three years—he has finally achieved Foundation Establishment."

He looked down at his hands and gave a bitter smile: "I am only at the second level of Qi Refining, and I still have four spiritual roots. Uncle Chen has the talent of three spiritual roots and many opportunities, yet it took him twenty-three years to get to this point. I don't know if I can fulfill my grandfather's last wish in this life and one day step into the Foundation Establishment realm."

As she spoke, Xu Xian clenched her fists, but there was no discouragement in her eyes; instead, a stubborn flame ignited within them.

Inside the bamboo house.

Three more days passed.

Chen Qing slowly opened her eyes.

The light in his eyes was restrained, yet it was much deeper than before, like a deep pool, calm and undisturbed.

He raised his right hand, and a wisp of pale blue magic gathered at his fingertips.

The magical power was several times more solid than during the Qi Refining stage. It had completely shed its gaseous and ethereal feel and had a faint liquid-like texture. When it flowed through my fingertips, it emitted a subtle "humming" sound, as if it were a living thing.

The path of cultivating immortality involves refining qi into gaseous magical power, and foundation building transforms qi into liquid: the golden elixir is the condensation of a golden elixir, and the nascent soul is the breaking of the elixir to form a nascent soul.

At this moment, the originally scattered magical power in Chen Qing's dantian has condensed into a small spiritual lake. The lake water is as blue as the sea and is many times more abundant than when he was in the Qi Refining stage.

The physical body has also undergone a complete transformation!

Golden patterns flowed faintly beneath his skin, his bones were as hard as black iron, and every inch of his flesh contained power several times stronger than before. Even a top-grade first-tier magic weapon probably couldn't break through his defenses.

With his divine sense spread out, he could perceive every rustling sound within a three-mile radius.

The swaying of the carp's tail in the lake, the trails of dewdrops sliding down the willow branches by the lakeside, and even Xu Xian's slightly rapid breathing were all as clear as if they were right next to him.

All three foundation-building stages have been breached!

Foundation laid, now complete!

Chen Qing remained silent for a moment, then suddenly chuckled, stood up, and pushed open the bamboo window.

Outside the window, the Qinghe Lake shimmered with light, and the Three-Peak Jade Lotus was in full bloom, its pink and white petals dotting the emerald green water.

Looking at the lake he had guarded for nine years, Chen Qing felt an indescribable joy and couldn't help but proclaim: "I entered the immortal sect at the age of nine, and spent twenty-three springs in obscurity. I've faced perilous abysses and seized spiritual treasures in secret realms, each step fraught with danger. Today, I have finally achieved Foundation Establishment, and only now do I realize the vastness of the world and the long road to immortality."

From now on, the vast lands and rivers will all be the path beneath our feet.

Beside him, Qingtian and Danyu turned to look at him at the same time. A big smile spread across the monkey's face, and a gentle light flashed in the crane's eyes.

Chen Qing exchanged a glance with them and smiled slightly.

Mountains are high and rivers are long, the future is long.

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