Don't try to cultivate immortality; mortals live longer than immortals.

Duan Xuan didn't rush to take the pill. Instead, he rested for a while. He hadn't had lunch yet, so he made himself a bowl of instant noodles and watched some short videos.

After eating and drinking his fill and calming down completely, he took out the Foundation Building Pill he had obtained from the school's logistics department, uncorked the bottle, poured out a pill the size of a longan, looked at it, and then tilted his head back to swallow it.

The medicinal effects dissipated quickly, and the gentle spiritual energy flowed slowly along the meridians to the dantian. Duan Xuan was already prepared, waiting to face the torment of "having to desperately endure in order not to break through."

However, after waiting for a long time, the expected surge of energy, the swelling and pain in the meridians, and the feeling of having to endure it to prevent a breakthrough did not occur.

The spiritual energy gently gathered in his dantian, and he had complete control over every single flow. There was neither an attempt to forcefully break through the bottleneck nor any restlessness that he found unbearable.

"Ah, this..."

Duan Xuan was stunned. How could this be completely different from Ling Yun's description? When he was relaxing by watching short videos, he had actually secretly searched for information about what it would feel like to take the Foundation Establishment Pill for the first time and how to endure it.

It turns out it's completely useless!

I had absolutely no urge to break through.

Of course, this does not mean that he took a fake Foundation Establishment Pill, nor does it mean that he is really unable to break through. Duan Xuan's current state is in perfect control.

He could even clearly feel that as long as he had a thought and pushed forward with this spiritual energy, the bottleneck of Foundation Establishment would break through, and he would naturally step into the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, if he did not have any thoughts, the spiritual power that should have been restless and surging would obediently lie dormant in his meridians and dantian, without causing any disturbance or agitation.

In other words, did I... easily get under my control?

Duan Xuan opened his eyes and couldn't help but pinch his thigh lightly. He wondered if he was dreaming, but because he pinched hard, his thigh really hurt.

"Host, how is it?"

Lingyun's voice reached her ears, and the little girl was also very curious. Even though he was the main AI that controlled the entire Shuiyun Star, there was no similar precedent in the database. What would it feel like for a true Heavenly Spiritual Root user to take the Foundation Establishment Pill for the first time?

"It's nothing, I didn't feel anything at all," Duan Xuan replied calmly.

"What do you mean by not feeling anything at all?"

The girl was completely bewildered.

"If I don't feel anything, I just don't feel anything."

Duan Xuan knew that this explanation was a bit far-fetched, so he patiently continued, explaining his current state where he didn't need to endure anything, the spiritual energy in his dantian and meridians was strange, but he could break through with a single thought.

Lingyun was completely dumbfounded.

If she hadn't confirmed that the host wasn't lying, she would have suspected that the kid in front of her was bragging. Although it was the first Foundation Establishment Pill, what kind of state was it to have completely mastered it?

Although I knew that the owner of the Heavenly Spiritual Root was outrageous, this was still far too powerful, far exceeding my original expectations. It was simply too formidable.

Duan Xuan scratched his head, suppressing his astonishment, and decisively poured out the second Foundation Establishment Pill, tilted his head back, and swallowed it.

Similar to the previous situation, after the Foundation Establishment Pill entered the digestive tract, its medicinal power dissipated, and the gentle spiritual energy flowed into the dantian, obediently settling in the meridians without any disturbance.

Duan Xuan was not giving up and gave a detailed demonstration. It really was stress-free and burden-free, just like drinking a glass of warm water.

"this……"

He was speechless for a moment, then checked his feeling again and again before swallowing the third pill.

Just like reincarnation, the situation just now was perfectly replicated once again.

"..."

Duan Xuan was speechless, so he persevered and ate the fourth one as well.

After swallowing the fourth Foundation Establishment Pill, the situation remained exactly the same.

There was no pressure at all.

Duan Xuan didn't know what to say. Could Ling Yun's explanation and the reminder in the short video all be fake?

The problem is that while others suffer greatly from taking one or two pills, I can take four without any problem, just like drinking water.

"I refuse to believe it."

Duan Xuan couldn't help but mutter to himself, then took out the bottle and poured out the fifth pill.

……

And so, an afternoon passed.

No, to be precise, Duan Xuan swallowed nine Foundation Establishment Pills in one go in less than an afternoon.

The spiritual energy mingled and swirled in his dantian, forming a nascent form of liquid spiritual energy that remained condensed but did not release. It was steadily suppressed under his bottleneck, as obedient as a kitten or puppy, without even the slightest impulse to break through.

With zero pressure and no burden, not to mention the throbbing pain in his meridians and the drowsy state mentioned in the short video, Duan Xuan didn't even feel tired at all. He felt almost exactly the same as when he first took the first pill.

"Ah, this..."

When Duan Xuan wanted to take another pill, he touched the empty medicine bottle and was speechless for a moment. The difficulties he had imagined were now replaced by only one thought in his mind... Is that all?

"Yun'er, I..." He opened his mouth, his voice filled with confusion.

The AI ​​girl, who had been observing the whole thing, didn't look much better either.

Lingyun's voice was unusually dazed, and it took a while to reach my ears: "Host, are you... are you sure you're really alright?"

"I'm fine." Duan Xuan got up and stretched his arms and legs, shaking the empty bottle in his hand with a wry smile. "What could possibly be wrong with me? I'm perfectly fine."

"I've eaten all nine Foundation Establishment Pills, but it's like eating nine candies—I don't feel anything at all. I'm starting to panic."

"..."

Lingyun fell completely silent and began searching. However, even after scouring the vast database, she found no such case, not even a single similar record.

Other cultivators, even geniuses with heavenly spiritual roots, would suffer greatly after taking the Foundation Establishment Pill. Unlike this guy, who seemed to be eating candy from beginning to end, all the records in the database about "Foundation Establishment Pill suppressing breakthroughs" seemed so pale and ridiculous at this moment.

Originally, according to Lingyun's plan, the host was far beyond the reach of ordinary cultivators, but even if you are strong, there should be a limit. Unexpectedly, this guy is really a bug. He was ridiculously easy from beginning to end, and he was in control. After swallowing nine Foundation Establishment Pills, he was not affected at all.

"I understand now."

Duan Xuan scratched his head, his tone tinged with helplessness, but his expression was mostly excited: "Those 'endurance' and 'suffering' you mentioned before seem to have nothing to do with me."

"Yun'er, do you think I could really eat 1800 of them? That's too outrageous."

"..."

Lingyun was speechless. She admitted that Duan Xuan was very powerful, but setting such a goal was simply disrespectful to the Foundation Establishment Pill.

How could the other cultivators possibly bear this?

This guy's gotten too cocky!