Beast-controlling fairy clan.

Chapter 134: Building a Foundation [Subscription Request]

A lot of things happened in Lanzhou during the time when Zhou Daoyi was away from Lanzhou.

When he heard the news that the Mu family was destroyed, he was shocked even though he was in Yunzhou.

If he had not considered that the Zhou family still had Zhou Mingde, the pillar of the family, he would have probably asked someone to replace him.

The fierce battles he had participated in and witnessed in Yunzhou also made him feel a great sense of crisis about the current situation.

He knew clearly that the Zhou family had to make an explosion in overall strength in order to stabilize itself and seek development in the complex situation that was to follow.

So after returning with the foundation-building pill this time, the first thing he did was to ask Zhou Chun to start seclusion and concentrate on improving his cultivation in preparation for foundation-building.

Now that the Zhou family has two foundation-building pills in hand, as long as Zhou Chun’s luck is not extremely bad, building the foundation successfully will not be a problem.

If one is lucky and succeeds with just one Foundation Establishment Pill, then the extra Foundation Establishment Pill will give one more chance to create another Foundation Establishment cultivator for the Zhou family!

Although Zhou Chun didn't understand why Zhou Daoyi was so eager to let him build his foundation, since it was the order of the clan leader and it would benefit himself, he naturally would not object.

So after handing over the clan affairs to Zhou Daoyi, he returned to his residence and concentrated on his cultivation.

Of course, it is impossible for Zhou Chun to spend all his time in cultivation. Cultivation only takes up a part of his time.

The rest of the time, he was thinking about what path to take after building the foundation.

When Zhou Daoyi asked him to go into seclusion to build his foundation, he also asked him to bring a book called "Detailed Explanation of Foundation Building" from the library. It was compiled by the senior cultivators of the Zhou family specifically for the younger cultivators who were just building their foundation.

The book lists in detail the development path of cultivators after they have established their foundation, including the choice of techniques, elective skills, secret techniques to focus on, methods and directions for improving themselves, etc.

I dare not say that this book "Detailed Explanation of Foundation Building" has written down all the situations of foundation building practitioners, but it will definitely help the practitioners who read this book avoid many detours and wrong paths and have more opportunities to impact the Purple Mansion.

Therefore, although this book is not a secret technique, it is not something that can be read by Zhou family cultivators below the foundation-building stage.

Originally, Zhou Chun should have waited until he had successfully built his foundation before he could read this book.

However, clan leader Zhou Daoyi was sure that he could successfully build his foundation, so he let him see it in advance, so that he could make a choice quickly after building his foundation successfully.

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

But soon he was faced with a dilemma.

Because there are indeed many areas where you have to make trade-offs!
Once a choice is made in many places, there is basically only one way to go, and it becomes very difficult to change it.

This made Zhou Chun easily stare at the sky when he had free time for many days.

In addition to the various choices he needs to make after building his own foundation, Zhou Chun also has one thing to worry about, which is the promotion of the Rock Turtle and the Silver Electric Thunder Python to the second level.

Among them, the Silver Electric Thunder Python is an intermediate-level monster, and there is no bottleneck in its promotion to the second level.

But if it is allowed to grow normally, the time span from a first-level high-quality monster to a second-level monster will be very long.

If you want it to be promoted to a second-level monster quickly, you still have to prepare some precious elixirs and spiritual objects that can accelerate its growth.

The Rock Turtle is just a low-level monster. Although it once used a piece of "Tian Huang Stone" to purify its bloodline, in order to sublimate its bloodline and evolve into a mid-level monster, it still needs the help of some special spiritual objects.

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

Even though Zhou Chun is wealthy now, if he wants to support these two spirit pets to advance to the second level, he will probably have to spend most of his wealth.

This was because after he had successfully established his foundation, he no longer needed to spend money to purchase his own skills and magical instruments.

Otherwise, if he was just a casual cultivator, even if he had accumulated tens of thousands of dollars before building his foundation, he would have spent it all quickly after successfully building his foundation.

Earning more and spending more is a very normal phenomenon after building a foundation.

“So it’s actually all about money!”

"If I succeed in building my foundation, I will be able to make money ten times more than other cultivators of the same level. I will have many more choices, and I won't have to worry so much about which one to choose!"

"If I can make money dozens of times more than the cultivators of the same level, then even if I arrogantly say I want it all, I will have enough confidence to support it!"

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

I have seen through the surface and realized the true meaning.

Having money is definitely not everything in the world of cultivating immortals.

Having money doesn't allow cultivators to do whatever they want.

But for cultivators below the Jindan stage, the unlimited spending of spiritual coins can still solve most of the problems and troubles they encounter.

Whether it is magical instruments, elixirs, talismans, or techniques and secret arts, these things can be purchased with spirit coins.

A high-level cultivator once said that even a pig can be trained into a third-level monster as long as one is willing to spend money on it!
This is somewhat exaggerated.

But it also tells most of the truth.

But it is not easy to be rich!
As Zhou Chun himself said, people whose ability to make money is ten times stronger than that of cultivators of the same level are extremely rare in the world of immortal cultivation!

I'm afraid you can only find one person among a thousand people, which is really one in a thousand!

And someone who is dozens of times stronger is probably one in a million!

Because of the huge demand for money, after establishing their foundation, cultivators will begin to try to practice one or two immortal cultivation skills in order to earn some extra money.

After all, the raw materials are not valuable, and low-level materials are not difficult to obtain for foundation-building cultivators.

It would be good if we could produce and sell our own products.

However, the art of cultivating immortals also requires natural talent and understanding, and will take up a lot of the cultivator's time and energy, so not everyone can learn to do it well.

However, if one really has talent and cultivates any of the four skills of alchemy, weapons, talismans and arrays to a high level, then the ability to make money can indeed be ten times that of ordinary cultivators of the same level.

For example, for a family of immortal cultivators like the Li family, the amount of spiritual coins that a master alchemist earns for the family in a year can reach half of the entire family's income!
It is no exaggeration to say that it is a humanoid money-making machine.

"I have a purification stone jar. After I successfully build my foundation, I will have mastered the method of purifying the turbid evil spirits in spiritual objects. I can use it as a cover and try to sell a large number of purified spiritual medicines to make a profit from the difference!"

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

"And because I can purify the turbid evil spirits much more easily than others, even if I practice the immortal cultivation techniques such as alchemy, weapons, talismans and arrays, I can obtain more training materials at the lowest cost."

"I still have the support of my family. As long as I hold a high position in the family, when the time comes, they can use the family savings to help me buy some important things!"

Zhou Chun was thinking about how to make money and felt that he had a great advantage over other cultivators.

In this case, it is not impossible to broaden the choices.

After all, we should always have dreams!

Thinking of this, 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 Bud Pill, Zhou Chun finally opened up the last three acupoints in one breath, and all the 108 acupoints in his body were opened.

At this time, his magical power had reached the limit that a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage could achieve, and he could no longer make any progress.

If you want to make further progress in your magical powers, you can only succeed in building the foundation.

And just when he had completed his mission, he went to meet the clan leader Zhou Daoyi.

Zhou Daoyi only asked him a few questions, then took out two bottles of foundation-building pills and handed them to him: "I'll give you these two foundation-building pills first, and you can relax and focus on building your foundation without any worries!"

"Yes, I will definitely live up to the clan leader's high expectations!"

Zhou Chun took a deep breath, took the two Foundation Establishment Pills without hesitation and put them into the storage bag, his tone very serious.

Then, with Zhou Daoyi's personal escort, he entered the secret room on the Pagoda Peak which was specially used for the tribe members to build their foundation.

The secret room used for building the foundation is in an excellent location, right on the main vein of the Jiufengling spiritual vein, and the spiritual energy is very rich.

Moreover, this place is very quiet, and a separate isolation formation is arranged outside the secret room.

After entering the secret room, as long as the formation is activated, even if there are people fighting outside, no sound can be heard inside.

After Zhou Chun entered the secret room, he 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 chamber of about thirty or forty square meters.

There is a desk and a bookshelf in the stone chamber, on which are placed some foundation-building experiences left by predecessors.

There is also a cold jade couch.

Cold jade is a kind of spiritual jade. If it is made into a jade bed, monks can sit cross-legged on it and meditate, which will help them concentrate and calm their minds.

During the first half month in the secret room, Zhou Chun just meditated to sort out his own magic power and read the foundation-building experience of the predecessors. When he was hungry, he took a bigu pill, when he was thirsty, he cast a spell to gather water, and when he was sleepy, he went to the cold jade bed.

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

So he sat cross-legged on the cold jade couch, took out a foundation-building pill, put it into his mouth, and slowly dissolved it with the saliva in his mouth.

The matter of building the foundation may sound mysterious, but it is actually just like that.

Apart from some unexpected factors, there are three main factors that hinder the successful foundation building of cultivators, namely spiritual root qualifications, the cultivator's mind and will, and the state of the physical body.

The better the spiritual root aptitude of a cultivator, the easier it is to successfully build a foundation.

If one has superior spiritual roots, after taking one foundation-building pill, the success rate of foundation-building will directly reach over 50% to 60%.

On the other hand, for those with medium-grade spiritual roots, the success rate of foundation building after taking foundation building pills is only between 30% and 40%, and it is difficult to exceed 50%.

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

The reason is not complicated.

This is because the better the spiritual roots of a cultivator, the less "impurities" there are in his body, and one of the main uses of the Foundation Establishment Pill is to help cultivators eliminate "impurities".

It is said that above the top-grade spiritual roots, there is a kind of "heavenly spiritual roots" qualification. A cultivator with that kind of qualification can easily succeed in building a foundation without even the need for foundation-building pills!
However, even in a large sect like Qinglian Temple, it is difficult to find a cultivator with such spiritual roots in a hundred years.

The Zhou family has been passed down for more than 1,700 years, but has never produced a cultivator with such spiritual roots. This shows how rare it is!

Compared with the importance of spiritual root qualifications, the cultivator's character and will have less influence on the success of foundation building.

When a cultivator at the twelfth level of Qi Refining begins to strive for the foundation-building stage, many illusions will appear in his mind to confuse the cultivator's consciousness. If the cultivator cannot see through these illusions and let his consciousness transcend, he will eventually exhaust his spirit and die in the endless illusions.

The stronger a person's mind and will are, the faster they can see through the illusion. They will not be consumed too much energy by the illusion and will not waste the power of the foundation-building pills they have taken.

As for the physical condition, as long as the cultivator is not in his seventies or eighties, it will not have much impact if the blood and energy in the body begin to decline, the meridians begin to atrophy, or if he has suffered some difficult-to-heal internal injuries.

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

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

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

This situation had already been recorded in the foundation-building experience of the predecessors, so he was not panicked at all. He just practiced his skills silently and absorbed the cool cold air emitted by the cold jade bed under him.

With the help of the cool cold air, the numbing and itchy sensation was suppressed to a level that was easier to bear.

At this time, a grayish-white substance could be vaguely seen secreting from Zhou Chun's skin, which had already taken off all his clothes.

This thing is the "impurity" in the monk's body, something that hinders the monk from living a long and transcendent life.

There is no detailed description of this substance in the classics, only saying that it is a kind of dirty impurity generated by the human body.

The process of removing "impurities" was very slow. It took seven days and seven nights before all the impurities in Zhou Chun's body disappeared.

This does not mean that the impurities in his body have been completely eliminated, but that the medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill can only eliminate so much.

Generally speaking, when the medicinal power of the foundation-building pill no longer removes impurities from the cultivator's body, it also means that the cultivator can build the foundation.

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

This is the real foundation-building stage.

boom!
As if he had touched some kind of taboo, Zhou Chun's mind went dark. When he woke up again, he found himself tied naked to a pillar, and another "self" was holding a barbed iron whip and looking at him coldly.

"Outsider, you never imagined that after more than a decade of walking in the world of immortal cultivation under my identity, you would fall into my hands again today!"

"How do you think I should deal with you to relieve the hatred in my heart?"

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

what! !

The intense pain made Zhou Chun scream out loud, and he felt that he had never experienced such severe pain before.

“Is it painful? Of course it’s painful! Feel the pain! Hahahaha…”

The crazy laughter and Zhou Chun's screams of pain filled the air.

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

He was also very frightened inside, not understanding how the "self" who was beating him could "come back to life" again.

"Could it be that his residual soul has never dissipated, but has been hiding in the sea of ​​consciousness?"

Zhou Chun thought in horror, and then he was whipped hard again, causing him to scream miserably again in pain.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, he couldn't help but continue thinking about it. Then he thought about it carefully and it was terrifying. The fear in his heart became even more severe.

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

"Wait a minute, could you please stop and listen to me explain?"

He struggled hard and shouted loudly, hoping to stop the other party.

But what greeted him was an iron whip that quickly enlarged and hit him straight in the face.

There was no need for any explanation. It was as if he just wanted to vent the hatred in his heart. No matter how Zhou Chun shouted, the iron whip never stopped hitting him.

It was not until some time had passed that he realized something was wrong.

How come I was beaten for so long but only felt pain and weakness, without any obvious damage to my soul?

"I understand! You are not a remnant soul that has not been extinguished, but just a false and dirty thought!"

A loud shout filled with surprise came out of Zhou Chun's mouth, and then he ignored the iron whip that was hitting him, no longer feeling any fear, and just faced the iron whip head-on.

Suddenly, as if a gentle breeze was blowing on his face, the iron whip and darkness in front of him quickly dissipated, and Zhou Chun's consciousness returned to the secret retreat room.

"Oh no! A lot of the medicinal power of the foundation-building pill has been lost!"

When Zhou Chun regained consciousness, he looked inside himself and his mood sank. He felt something was wrong.

A lot of the medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill was used up 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 suffering from had to be made up by the power of the foundation-building pill.

Now there is not much remaining medicinal power.

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

I saw him using his spiritual sense to control wisps of misty magic power to flow into the Dantian Qi Hai acupoint, forcing them to merge into a larger wisp of magic power, and then trying to make it form a cyclone.

But even though he had taken the "Soul Heart Fruit", his spiritual awareness was much stronger than that of an ordinary cultivator at the twelfth level of Qi Refining, but it was still not easy to accomplish this task.

And every time the cyclone fails to form, the forcibly integrated magic power will dissipate and collide in the Qihai acupoint, causing a considerable impact on the acupoint.

It was only because the medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill could form a protective film inside the acupuncture points that allowed him to keep trying.

In this way, when Zhou Chunzhen formed a cyclone and attracted the magic power in the meridians and other acupoints in the body through the rotating cyclone, the cyclone became bigger and bigger.

At this moment, a very magical scene appeared.

The Qi Hai acupoint seemed very small at first, but as the air swirls, the space inside gradually becomes wider, as if something is blown away.

almost!

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

His spiritual consciousness was concentrated on the cyclone in the Qi Hai acupoint, and suddenly it condensed into an invisible pillar, stirring in the opposite direction to try to reverse the cyclone.

As a result, the cyclone soon shook violently under his stirring, showing signs of instability, which scared him so much that he hurriedly slowed down the stirring.

Then, after the rotation of the airflow stabilized, he continued to stir in the opposite direction.

But after trying this more than ten times, because of a mistake he made, the cyclone suddenly exploded and dispersed, turning into countless mists that rushed in all directions.

Suddenly, a sharp pain broke out from Zhou Chun's abdomen, and he almost fainted on the spot.

After the pain passed, he discovered with dismay that his first attempt at building a foundation had been a complete failure!

Because the protective film formed by the power of the foundation-building pill in his body had been completely shattered by the impact of the magic power just now.

Fortunately, he had that layer of protective film, otherwise his Qi Sea would be shattered and his cultivation would be wasted!
(End of this chapter)