Beast Taming Immortal Clan

Chapter 134 Foundation Building [Please Subscribe]

During Zhou Daoyi's absence from Lanzhou, quite a few things happened there.

When he heard the news of the Mu family's annihilation, he was shocked, even though he was in Yunzhou at the time.

If it weren't for the fact that Zhou Mingde was still the pillar of the Zhou family, he probably would have had someone replace him back then.

The fierce battles he witnessed in Yunzhou instilled in him a great sense of crisis regarding the current situation.

He knew that the Zhou family needed to experience a significant increase in overall strength in order to stabilize itself and plan for future development in the complex situation ahead.

So after bringing back the Foundation Establishment Pill, the first thing he did was to have Zhou Chun go into seclusion to focus on improving his cultivation and preparing for Foundation Establishment.

Now that the Zhou family has two Foundation Establishment Pills, as long as Zhou Chun's luck isn't extremely bad, successfully establishing his foundation shouldn't be a problem.

If they are lucky and succeed with just one Foundation Establishment Pill, then the extra Foundation Establishment Pill will have another chance to create a Foundation Establishment cultivator for the Zhou family!

Although Zhou Chun didn't understand why Zhou Daoyi was so eager for him to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, since it was the clan leader's order and it was beneficial to him, he naturally wouldn't object.

After handing over some clan affairs with Zhou Daoyi, he returned to his residence and devoted himself to cultivation.

Of course, Zhou Chun couldn't spend all his time cultivating; cultivation only took up a portion of his time.

The rest of the time, he was thinking about how to proceed after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

When Zhou Daoyi asked him to go into seclusion to establish his foundation, he took the opportunity to have him bring a book called "Detailed Explanation of Foundation Establishment" from the library. It was specially compiled by the senior cultivators of the Zhou family for the younger generation of cultivators who had just established their foundation.

The book details the path of a cultivator after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, including the choice of cultivation methods, optional skills, key secret techniques, and methods for self-improvement.

I dare not say that this book, "Detailed Explanation of Foundation Establishment," covers all aspects of Foundation Establishment cultivators, but it will certainly help cultivators who read this book avoid many detours and wrong paths, and have more opportunities to break through to the Purple Mansion realm.

Therefore, although this book is not a cultivation technique or secret art, it is not something that cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage in the Zhou family can read.

Originally, Zhou Chun was supposed to wait until he successfully established his foundation before he could read this book.

However, the clan leader Zhou Daoyi was convinced that he could successfully establish his foundation, so he showed him the information in advance, so that he could make a choice quickly after successfully establishing his foundation.

To be honest, after reading this book, Zhou Chun's horizons were truly broadened, and he gained a lot of useful knowledge.

But soon he also faced a dilemma of choice.

Because there are indeed many areas where trade-offs must be made!

Once a choice is made in many places, there is basically only one path to follow, and it becomes very, very difficult to change course.

This made Zhou Chun spend many free days staring blankly at the sky.

In addition to the various choices he needed to make after establishing his foundation, Zhou Chun had another matter to worry about: the advancement of the Rock Tortoise and the Silver Lightning Python to the second tier.

Among them, the Silver Lightning Python is a mid-level demon beast, and there is no bottleneck in its advancement to the second tier.

However, if it is allowed to grow normally, the time span from a first-tier high-grade demon beast to a second-tier demon beast will be very long.

To help it advance to the second-tier demon beast faster, we need to prepare some precious pills and spiritual items that can accelerate its growth.

The Rock Turtle is only a low-level demon beast. Although it once used a "Tianhuang Stone" to purify its bloodline, it still needs to rely on some special spiritual objects to sublimate its bloodline and evolve into a mid-level demon beast.

Those special spiritual items are often expensive and extremely difficult to find.

Despite Zhou Chun's current wealth, if he were to help these two spirit pets advance to the second tier, he would likely have to spend most of his fortune.

This is because after he successfully established his foundation, he no longer needed to spend money to acquire cultivation techniques and magical artifacts for himself.

Otherwise, if he were just a rogue cultivator, even if he had accumulated tens of thousands of dollars before reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he would have quickly spent it all after successfully reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

Earning more and spending more is a very normal phenomenon after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.

"So it all comes down to money!"

"If I successfully establish my foundation, I'll be able to earn money ten times faster than other cultivators at the same level, which will give me many more options, and I won't have to struggle so much with which to choose!"

"If I can earn money dozens of times faster than other cultivators of the same level, then I'll have the confidence to arrogantly say I want it all!"

In the courtyard, Zhou Chun looked up at the sky and muttered to himself.

They have seen through appearances and grasped the true meaning.

In the world of cultivation, money is definitely not everything.

Even if one has money, one should not allow cultivators to do whatever they want.

However, for cultivators below the Golden Core stage, the spiritual coins they have are enough to solve most of the problems and troubles they encounter.

Whether it's magical artifacts, elixirs, talismans, cultivation techniques, or secret arts, all of these things can be bought with spirit coins.

A high-level cultivator once said that even a pig could be raised into a third-tier demon beast if one was willing to spend no money on its upbringing!

That's a bit of an exaggeration.

But it also tells most of the truth.

But getting rich is easier said than done!

As Zhou Chun himself said, someone whose earning ability is ten times stronger than that of other cultivators of the same level is extremely rare in the cultivation world!

It's estimated that only one in a thousand people could be found; it's truly one in a thousand!

People who are dozens of times stronger are probably one in ten thousand!

Because of their great need for money, cultivators will start to try to cultivate one or two immortal cultivation techniques after they reach the Foundation Establishment stage, in order to earn some extra money.

After all, raw materials are not valuable, and low-level materials are not difficult for Foundation Establishment cultivators to obtain.

If we can achieve self-production and self-sales, that would be great.

However, cultivation techniques also require talent and comprehension, and they consume a lot of a cultivator's time and energy, so not everyone can learn and master them.

However, if one truly possesses the talent to master any one of the four arts of alchemy, artifact crafting, talisman formation, or array crafting, their earning capacity can indeed exceed that of ordinary cultivators of the same level by ten times.

For example, in a cultivation family like the Li family of alchemists, the amount of spirit coins earned by a single alchemy master in a year can reach half of the entire family's income!

Calling them human money-making machines wouldn't be an exaggeration at all.

"I have a purification stone jar. Once I successfully establish my foundation and master the method of purifying the turbid and malevolent energy within spiritual objects, I can use it as a cover to try and sell large quantities of purified spiritual herbs to profit from the price difference!"

"Moreover, with this treasure in hand, as long as my strength allows, I can go alone to the deserted wilderness abroad to hunt monsters and collect herbs, and stay in the wilderness for a long time without worrying about the problem of endurance."

"Furthermore, thanks to the fact that it is much easier for me to purify the turbid and evil energy than others, I can obtain more practice materials at the lowest cost when cultivating immortal techniques such as alchemy, artifact crafting, and talisman arrays."

"I also have family support. As long as I hold a high position within the family, they can certainly use the family's savings to help me purchase certain important items when it really comes down to it!"

Zhou Chun pondered his ways of making money, feeling that he had a significant advantage over other cultivators.

In that case, it wouldn't be a bad idea to broaden the range of choices.

After all, you should always have dreams!

With that in mind, he picked up the book "Detailed Explanation of Foundation Building" and began to study it again.

Five months later, with the help of the Golden Sprout Pill, Zhou Chun finally opened up the last three acupoints in one go, and all 108 acupoints in his body were opened.

At this point, his magical power cultivation had reached the limit that a Qi Refining stage cultivator could achieve, and he could no longer advance even an inch.

If one wishes to make further progress in magical cultivation, one must successfully establish a foundation.

And just after he completed his mission and went to meet the clan leader Zhou Daoyi.

Zhou Daoyi only asked him a few questions before taking out two bottles containing Foundation Establishment Pills and handing them to him: "These two Foundation Establishment Pills are for you. You can go into seclusion to establish your foundation without any worries!"

"Yes, this junior will certainly live up to the clan leader's expectations!"

Zhou Chun took a deep breath and accepted the two Foundation Establishment Pills without hesitation, putting them into his storage bag with a very solemn tone.

Then, with Zhou Daoyi personally escorting him, he entered the secret chamber on Pagoda Peak, which was specifically used by his clansmen for foundation building.

The secret chamber used for foundation building is in an excellent location, right on the main vein of the Nine Peaks Ridge spiritual vein, where the spiritual energy is extremely rich.

Moreover, the place is very quiet, and a separate isolation array has been set up outside the secret room.

Once inside the secret chamber, as long as the formation is activated, even if people are fighting and killing outside, you won't hear a sound inside.

After entering the secret chamber, Zhou Chun closed the thick stone door and locked it from the inside.

Then he took out a piece of "sunstone" and placed it on the indoor lamp stand, illuminating the stone room, which was about thirty or forty square meters.

Inside the stone chamber was a desk and a bookshelf, on which were placed some foundation-building insights and experiences left by predecessors.

There is another jade couch.

Cold jade is a type of spiritual jade. If it is made into a jade bed, it can help cultivators to sit cross-legged on it and achieve a calming and focused state of mind.

For the first half of the month, Zhou Chun spent his time in the secret chamber meditating daily to organize his magical energy and reading the foundation-building experiences of those who came before him.

When he was hungry, he would take a fasting pill; when he was thirsty, he would use magic to gather clear water; and when he was sleepy, he would lie down on the cold jade couch.

After half a month, he felt that he had adjusted to his best condition.

So he sat cross-legged on the cold jade couch, took out a Foundation Establishment Pill, put it in his mouth, and slowly dissolved it with his saliva.

The matter of foundation building may seem mysterious, but it's actually quite simple.

Aside from some unexpected factors, there are three main factors that hinder a cultivator from successfully establishing their foundation: spiritual root aptitude, the cultivator's temperament and willpower, and physical condition.

The better a cultivator's spiritual root aptitude, the easier it is for them to successfully establish their foundation.

If one has a superior spiritual root aptitude, taking one Foundation Establishment Pill will directly increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment to over 50% or 60%.

In contrast, for those with mid-grade spiritual roots, the success rate of Foundation Establishment Pills is only between 30% and 40%, and it is difficult to exceed 50%.

As for those with low-grade spiritual roots, the success rate will be even lower.

The reasons are not complicated.

Because the better a cultivator's spiritual root aptitude, the fewer "impurities" they have in their body, and a major use of Foundation Establishment Pills is to help cultivators remove these "impurities".

It is said that above the superior spiritual root, there is a "heavenly spiritual root" aptitude. Cultivators with that aptitude can easily succeed in establishing their foundation without even needing a foundation-building pill!

However, even a major sect like Qinglian Temple would only produce one cultivator with such spiritual roots in a hundred years.

The Zhou family has a history of over 1,700 years, and has never produced a cultivator with such a spiritual root, which shows how rare it is!

Compared to the importance of spiritual root aptitude, a cultivator's mentality and willpower have a smaller impact on the success of Foundation Establishment.

Once a cultivator at the twelfth level of the Qi Refining stage begins to attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, numerous illusions will arise in their mind to confuse their consciousness. If the cultivator cannot see through these illusions and transcend their consciousness, they will eventually exhaust their spirit and die in the boundless illusions.

The stronger a person's will and temperament, the faster they can see through illusions, and the less their spirit will be consumed by illusions, thus wasting the medicinal power of the Foundation Building Pill they have taken.

As for the physical condition, as long as a cultivator is not seventy or eighty years old, their physical blood and energy are not declining, their meridians are not shrinking, or they have suffered some internal injuries that are difficult to heal, it doesn't really have much of an impact.

Zhou Chun's spiritual root aptitude is of medium grade, not very good, but not very bad either.

Not long after he took the Foundation Building Pill, he felt the effects of the medicine on his body.

A tingling, itchy sensation seemed to originate from his very bones, making him feel extremely uncomfortable all over.

This situation was already recorded in the foundation-building experience of the predecessors, so he was not flustered at all. He simply circulated his cultivation technique and absorbed the cool cold air emanating from the cold jade bed beneath him.

With the help of that cool, refreshing air, the tingling sensation was suppressed to a more bearable level.

At this moment, a grayish-white substance could be vaguely seen oozing from the surface of Zhou Chun's skin, which had already removed all her clothes.

This substance is the "impurity" in a cultivator's body, something that hinders a cultivator's longevity and transcendence.

The ancient texts do not describe this substance in much detail, only saying that it is a kind of filth and impurity that is naturally generated in the human body.

The process of removing the "impurities" was very slow, taking a full seven days and seven nights before Zhou Chun's body was free of those impurities.

This doesn't mean that all the impurities in his body have been removed; rather, it means that the medicinal power of the Foundation Building Pill can only reach this point.

Generally speaking, when the medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill no longer removes impurities from a cultivator's body, it means that the cultivator is ready to establish their foundation.

Zhou Chun quickly calmed his mind and entered the next stage.

This is the true foundation-building stage.

boom!

As if he had touched some taboo, Zhou Chun's mind went black. When he woke up again, he found himself completely naked and tied to a pillar, while another "self" was coldly staring at him with a barbed iron whip in hand.

"Outsider, you never expected this, did you? After roaming the cultivation world under my identity for over a decade, you'll end up in my hands again today!"

"How should I deal with you to quell the hatred in my heart?"

A voice filled with hatred came from that "self," and the iron whip in his hand struck Zhou Chun hard.

what! !

The intense pain caused Zhou Chun to scream out in agony, feeling as if she had never experienced such agony before.

"Does it hurt? That's right! Enjoy the pain! Hahahaha..."

The sounds of maniacal laughter and Zhou Chun's agonizing screams mingled together.

Under extreme pain, Zhou Chun felt as if his consciousness was about to be torn apart.

He was also very panicked, not understanding how the "self" that was whipping him had "come back to life".

"Could it be that his remnant soul never dissipated, but remained hidden within his sea of ​​consciousness?"

Zhou Chun thought in terror, then received another severe lash, causing him to let out another piercing scream of pain.

Once the idea came to him, he couldn't help but continue thinking about it, and then the more he thought about it, the more terrifying it became, and the deeper his fear became.

At the same time, the pain from the iron whip intensified, making it difficult for Zhou Chun to think about anything else.

"Wait a minute, can you stop and let me explain?"

He struggled to shout, hoping to stop the other person.

But what greeted him was a rapidly enlarging iron whip that struck straight at his face.

No explanation was needed; it seemed he only wanted to vent his hatred. No matter how much Zhou Chun shouted, the iron whip that was whipping him never stopped.

After an unknown amount of time, he realized something was wrong.

How come I was beaten for so long, but I only felt pain and weakness, and my soul was not obviously damaged?

"I understand! You are not some undying remnant soul at all, but merely a deluded and filthy thought!"

A joyful shout came from Zhou Chun's mouth, and then he ignored the iron whip that was lashing at him, no longer feeling any fear or apprehension, and faced the iron whip head-on.

Instantly, as if a gentle breeze were blowing on his face, the iron whip and darkness before him quickly dissipated, and Zhou Chun's consciousness returned to the secluded cultivation chamber.

"Oh no! A lot of the Foundation Establishment Pill's potency has dissipated!"

As Zhou Chun regained consciousness, he looked inward at himself and his mood sank; he sensed something was wrong.

The Foundation Building Pill had already consumed a significant amount of its medicinal power in order to remove the "impurities" from his body.

He didn't know how long he had been trapped in that illusion, and the mental exhaustion he had been constantly expended was entirely replenished by the power of the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Now, the remaining medicinal power is almost gone.

Even so, Zhou Chun could only grit his teeth and continue.

He used his divine sense to control wisps of misty magical power to flow into his dantian, forcibly merging them into a larger wisp of magical power, and then attempting to form a vortex.

Even though his spiritual sense was much stronger than that of an ordinary Qi Refining Stage 12 cultivator after consuming the "Soul Heart Fruit," it was still not easy for him to accomplish this.

Each time the formation of a vortex fails, the forcibly fused magical power dissipates and crashes within the Qihai acupoint, causing considerable impact on the acupoint.

It was only because the medicinal power of the Foundation Building Pill could form a protective film inside the acupoints that he was able to keep trying it.

In this way, Zhou Chunzhen formed a vortex, and through the rotation of the vortex, it attracted the magical power in the meridians and other acupoints of the body, and the vortex grew larger and larger.

At this moment, a truly amazing scene unfolded.

The Qi Hai acupoint, which seemed very small in my perception, gradually opened up as the Qi circulated, as if something had been blown away.

almost!

After Zhou Chun sensed this scene, he realized that it was time to take the final step, which was also the most dangerous one!

He focused his consciousness on the vortex of energy within his dantian, which suddenly condensed into an invisible pillar that stirred in the opposite direction, attempting to reverse the vortex.

As a result, the cyclone quickly became violently turbulent under his stirring, showing signs of instability, which frightened him so much that he hurriedly slowed down his stirring.

Then, after the air rotation stabilized, he continued to stir it in the opposite direction.

However, after trying this more than ten times, due to a mistake, the cyclone suddenly exploded and dispersed, turning into countless wisps of mist that rushed in all directions.

Suddenly, a sharp pain erupted from Zhou Chun's abdomen, so intense that he almost fainted on the spot.

After the pain subsided, he was dismayed to discover that his first attempt at Foundation Establishment had completely failed!

The protective membrane formed by the Foundation Establishment Pill within his body had been completely shattered during the recent surge of magical power.

Fortunately, he was protected by that protective layer, otherwise his Qi Sea would probably be shattered and his cultivation would be completely ruined!

(End of this chapter)