After clearing the level, the fairies were reborn!

"What are you thinking about?" Ding Wan rolled her eyes at him, took out two enormous beast legs, comparable to pillars, and a strangely shaped herb from her storage bag, and threw them on the ground in the backyard.

With a loud bang, the house shook twice.

"I had obtained this 'Tai Sui root' in less than an hour, but I never expected to encounter a Nascent Soul stage beast king that had gained sentience. I fought that beast for seven days and seven nights and finally killed it."

Ding Wan stretched her wrists and said lightly, "I should carry a sword with me when I go out in the future. This tree branch I just broke off is so uncomfortable to use."

Xu Ze: "..."

Damn, that's so pretentious.

When will I be able to do that?

He looked at the two enormous beast legs, which were brimming with spiritual energy that was almost overflowing. This energy was accumulated by the beast over thousands of years of cultivation.

"Teacher, can I eat this meat?"

“Of course, I wouldn’t have brought it back if it weren’t for you.” Ding Wan didn’t rush to rest, but instead began to examine the stone statues in the backyard.

Upon seeing those abstract sculptures that were so far removed from 'humanity', her beautiful eyes gradually widened, and the corners of her eyes twitched uncontrollably.

After a long while, she gradually calmed down and managed to utter two words with great difficulty:

"good."

"I can see that you work very hard and have mastered the control of your power."

Just thinking about the generous apprenticeship gift this kid brought...

Ding Wan swallowed the next sentence.

—It's something that's been carved out; it's not human at all.

It's absolutely hideous.

Hearing the teacher's praise, Xu Ze chuckled and touched his nose.

Sure enough, I'm a genius!

What do you mean by ugly? What kind of talk is that?

It is clearly art.

"Teacher, when should I begin the Foundation Building stage?"

While roasting the beast king meat in the backyard, Xu Ze asked the woman lying on the armchair.

Ding Wan did not open her eyes, her voice barely audible, "It has already begun."

"what?"

Xu Ze was puzzled.

"With ordinary Qi cultivation, the spiritual veins in the body are mixed, and the cultivation method is a low-grade eighth or ninth grade technique. The probability of Foundation Establishment is less than 30%, and Foundation Establishment Pills are needed to increase the probability."

"A foundation built in this way is loose and unstable, like a castle in the air. Not to mention that one will never have the hope of forming a Golden Core in this lifetime, even if one were to glimpse the position of the Golden Core one day, the Golden Core formed would only be a flawed Golden Core full of cracks."

"Only by achieving perfect foundation building can one reach the heavens in the world of cultivation. Only with such a pure and immaculate body will one have the opportunity to form a complete and flawless golden core in the future."

"Your meridians are pure and your bones are fully connected. You no longer need to undergo marrow cleansing and bone regeneration; you already possess the conditions for perfect foundation building."

"It's clear you're quite fortunate, kid. Not only did you obtain such a superior cultivation technique, but someone also prepared multiple medicinal baths for you..."

"From today onwards, you only need to cultivate as usual. After reaching the peak of Qi Refining, within a hundred days, you only need to continuously temper your body and true qi without taking any foundation-building pills. If you can build a Jade Palace, that will be a perfect foundation."

Ding Wan spoke at length, and Xu Ze listened attentively until he noticed a blind spot. He then asked:

"Then, teacher, isn't this large medicinal herb you brought meant for alchemy?"

He thought that, like in the cultivation novels he had read, one had to eat boiled eggs to reach the Foundation Establishment stage.

The result is so simple: just cultivate normally and wait quietly for one hundred days.

"Who says medicine has to be used for alchemy?"

Ding Wan didn't explain further, "I will naturally tell you how to use it after you reach the peak of Qi Refining."

When Xu Ze first arrived, he said that he was at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Thanks to the effect of the [Immortal Concealment Talisman], Ding Wan did not realize that he had already broken through.

Therefore, she thought it would take some more time.

Although this kid had many secrets, Ding Wan never asked about them.

This is also an unwritten rule in the cultivation world: don't ask others where their opportunities come from, because even if you ask, you may not get the real answer, so it's pointless.

"Um... teacher."

Xu Ze looked at the crispy-on-the-outside, tender-on-the-inside beast king meat in his hand and tentatively said, "Actually, I'm already at the peak of Qi Refining."

"Oh?" This time, Ding Wan opened her eyes, raising her eyebrows slightly. "When did this happen?"

"Not long after you left, I would meditate when I got tired of carving, and then get up and carve stones again when I got tired of meditating. Before I knew it, I had broken through."

Xu Ze is very diligent; he's always been a hardcore gamer.

Moreover, with such a strong desire to clear the level this time, he is even less likely to slack off.

With the help of high-quality Qi-Nourishing Pills, his cultivation progressed rapidly.

"I didn't expect that you, a rich young master, would be so hardworking." A hint of genuine surprise and admiration flashed in Ding Wan's eyes.

She could imagine the focus and effort that went into those words, even though they were spoken so casually.

I thought that for a young master like him, it was common for him to work hard for three days and then slack off for two.

She was mentally prepared to wait for a while.

I didn't expect him to be so hardworking.

Well, I guess I'll just have to work a little harder. What can I do? I'm his teacher, after all.

"In that case, I'll help you now."

As the woman in front of him got up, the young man suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Teacher, I suddenly feel like I haven't reached my peak yet, and I need to consolidate my strength..."

Xu Ze suddenly felt a familiar unease that came from the depths of his soul.

"No need. Qingyun Sword already told me that your cultivation level is fine."

Ding Wan had already walked to his side, leaned slightly forward, and looked directly at him with her eyes as clear as autumn water:

"Take off your clothes."

"……ah??"

Chapter 33 A Skyscraper Rises from the Ground

Xu Ze felt the direct and somewhat urgent gaze and subconsciously hugged his arms tightly.

What is this going to do?

Is it going to be another medicinal bath?

He still remembered that in his previous life, when he was tempering his body, he would faint from the pain every time in the tub.

It was only later that I learned that this woman had increased the dosage of one of the most potent ingredients by tenfold!

The effect did become stronger, but the pain was something that couldn't be endured by willpower alone.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up."

Ding Wan urged, her tone flat, "A real man shouldn't be so hesitant."

She picked up the 'Tai Sui root' from earlier and put it into the ceramic jar she took out of her storage bag.

There seemed to be several other medicinal herbs inside, whose names Xu Ze couldn't recall. He only saw Ding Wan mix them together and then inject a wisp of spiritual energy into the pottery jar.

Before long, the large medicine, which was originally neither meat nor fungus, quickly softened and was squeezed into a jar of thick, ink-like ointment by her spiritual power.

"...Okay, fine."

Seeing this, Xu Ze took a deep breath, already preparing himself for the medicinal bath.

He resignedly took off his clothes and was about to go into the house to get the wooden bucket.

But soon, Ding Wan called him back.

"Where are you going?"

Before Xu Ze could even ask questions, the other person threw the earthenware jar full of ointment at him again, adding:

"Apply this to your body, but don't apply it all over. Just apply it to the important areas."

The boy reached out and took it, looking at the serious expression on the woman's face, he clicked his tongue, "Oh, a new trick?"

This was something he hadn't expected.

Anyway, it's better than that deadly medicinal soup.

Looking at the ointment in the earthenware jar, Xu Ze first grabbed a handful with his palm to test it. Finding that it had no irritation, he was overjoyed and began to apply it to his body continuously.

Before long, he had applied almost half a jar of ointment to his 'important areas'.

Ding Wan remained with her eyes closed, resting. After a while, she opened them and looked at the still fair-skinned young man in front of her, her eyes filled with surprise:

"Where's the ointment? Where did you put it?"

"An important position."

Xu Ze did not hesitate.

How many important positions can a man hold?

The woman lying on the chair was stunned at first. After a while, she seemed to realize what was happening, and the corner of her mouth twitched very slightly on her cold and beautiful face.

A barely perceptible hint of amusement flashed in the depths of her eyes as she said with a half-smile:

"Very good. In a moment, I will use a willow branch imbued with true energy to whip the area where you have applied the ointment, so that the medicine can be fully absorbed."

"This is to trigger the resonance of all the spiritual power in your body in order to break through the barrier of the Qi Refining stage."

"I'm not one to make a scene... so I hope you won't cry out in pain."