Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 109 Non-mainstream foundation building

Although Gu Mo, who stays at home, is very strong, his weakness is also very obvious, that is, he cannot leave. Plants can stay in one place without moving, but people cannot.

Once the people leave and the plant front is lost, Gu Mo's combat power will decline significantly, and that will be the enemy's best opportunity to deal with Gu Mo.

There is a very simple way to solve this problem, that is to practice a method of clone. The original body stays at home, and the clone goes out to travel and find resources for practice. Because it is a clone, there is no need to worry even if it is killed by the enemy when going out.

However, the method of splitting oneself into two parts is very rare in itself, especially a good method of splitting oneself into two parts, which is even harder to come by.

When Gu Mo became a true disciple and went to receive the benefits of the true disciple, he also took a look at the martial arts techniques collected by the sect. As a true disciple, basically all the martial arts techniques of Qinglu Sect were open to Gu Mo, so he saw that half-style magical power.

The moment he saw the method of splitting himself into two at the level of a magical power, Gu Mo chose without hesitation to exchange all his true teachings for this half-power. However, this was not enough. Gu Mo could only use his accumulated contributions to the sect to make up the difference, and only then was he able to exchange for this half-power.

After exchanging for this half of the magical power, Gu Mo obtained a special inheritance stone. Ordinary jade slips could not carry the magical skills at the magical power level. Only this special inheritance stone could record the magical skills at the magical power level.

This inheritance stone will shatter after being used once, and only Gu Mo can use it. This is also to prevent the sect's secret treasure from being leaked.

Now Gu Mo has not yet comprehended this half of the magical power. After all, it is extremely difficult to comprehend the magical power. Gu Mo plans to slowly comprehend this half of the magical power after he has overcome this crisis.

What Gu Mo has to do now is to improve his own cultivation. He doesn't know what level of killer He Shaogang will send to kill him, but judging from the murderous intent in He Shaogang's eyes when he looked at him, he definitely wants to kill him. Therefore, He Shaogang's kill this time will definitely be a thundering blow.

The safest way to deal with He Shaogang's thundering attack is to directly enter the foundation-building stage before setting off.

As for the required 2nd-level spiritual field, although Gu Mo did not have it, he had 50 medium-grade spiritual stones. He could use these 50 medium-grade spiritual stones to bury the flower pots and temporarily create an environment of a 2nd-level spiritual field, allowing the 2nd-level sunflowers to condense a complete 2nd-level sun essence.

In addition, Gu Mo also got a new cultivation method, Qingmu Sutra. However, this method Gu Mo got did not come from Qinglu Sect, but was given by the third-level spiritual plant master, Elder Qi Chunde.

Although Qi Chunde had been busy cultivating spiritual plants and not involved in the affairs of Qinglu Sect, he had never been isolated from the news. After learning that Gu Mo had condensed his spiritual consciousness in the Qi Refining Stage, Qi Chunde was greatly shocked. Such a talent, even in Shennong Valley, would be at the level of a true disciple.

Originally Qi Chunde was still worried about whether Gu Mo could enter the foundation-building stage, but now Qi Chunde knows that it is inevitable for Gu Mo to enter the foundation-building stage.

In this situation, Qi Chunde directly taught Gu Mo the Qingmu Sutra, the basic cultivation method of Shennong Valley. It was not that Qi Chunde did not want to teach stronger skills, but the top skills inheritance of Shennong Valley could only be obtained by going to the inheritance site of Shennong Valley.

Although it is a basic method of cultivation, it does not mean that the Qingmu Sutra is bad. It is a basic method that can be cultivated to the Golden Core Stage, and the Qingmu Sutra is a lower-level method among the top-level methods in Shennong Valley, and can be seamlessly switched to in the future.

In addition, Qi Chunde also gave Gu Mo a top-grade foundation-building pill to help him reach the foundation-building stage. The top-grade foundation-building pill, combined with the foundation-building method of the Qingmu Sutra and Gu Mo's concentrated consciousness, can help him successfully reach the foundation-building stage even if he has inferior spiritual roots.

As for what Qi Chunde said before, that he would choose to accept Gu Mo as his personal disciple and train Gu Mo with all his strength after Gu Mo became a foundation-building person, Qi Chunde had already forgotten it. The reason why Qi Chunde said this before was that he was impressed by Gu Mo's amazing talent as a spiritual plant master, but he was hesitant because of Gu Mo's talent.

Now that he knows that there is no problem for Gu Mo to enter the foundation-building stage, Qi Chunde is still foolishly waiting for Gu Mo to enter the foundation-building stage. This must be a mental problem.

Now Gu Mo is already a true disciple of Qinglu Sect. If he doesn't take action, that person will be snatched away by Qinglu Sect.

Even if he wants to take Gu Mo away, he will have to give an explanation to Qinglu Sect. After all, the current Gu Mo is no longer the menial disciple he used to be, but a true disciple of Qinglu Sect, and he is the genius who defeated the third true disciple. This is the current strength of the true disciples of Qinglu Sect.

It is not an easy thing to let Qinglu Sect let go of such a genius. Fortunately, he had reached a master-disciple agreement with Gu Mo very early. At that time, Gao Yunrui was also there. As long as he gave some explanations to Qinglu Sect, he could still take Gu Mo away.

Taking out the jade slip that recorded the Qingmu Sutra, Gu Mo used his spiritual sense to check it. Soon, countless information flooded into his mind. Among them was the content of the technique itself, but more of it was Qi Chunde's annotations on the technique.

These annotations can help Gu Mo get started with the Qingmu Sutra more quickly. This is the benefit of having a master to guide him. Although Gu Mo has joined the Qinglu Sect, he has never formally become a disciple. He either comprehends his own cultivation or goes to the Dharma Hall to listen to the explanations of his senior brothers.

Fortunately, the Qi Gathering Art that Gu Mo practiced was not a profound technique and was very easy to comprehend. However, the Qingmu Sutra that Gu Mo obtained now was obviously several levels higher than the Qi Gathering Art and was more difficult to comprehend.

Of course, the improvement that practicing the Qingmu Sutra will bring to Gu Mo will be even stronger.

However, Gu Mo is not ready to switch to the Qingmu Sutra yet. Switching to a new technique cannot be accomplished in a short time. Gu Mo is just learning from the Qingmu Sutra's foundation-building method now, because he will use the spirit stone flower pot method to condense a complete 2nd-level sun essence and use it to enter the foundation-building stage.

The matter of changing one's training will have to wait until after we survive this ambush. Now the main focus is on quickly improving our combat power.

Taking out the flowerpot that had been prepared long ago, Gu Mo put all 50 middle-grade spirit stones into it. That is a total of 5000 low-grade spirit stones. Many Qi-refining cultivators may not have that much in their entire fortune.

But Gu Mo spent it all without blinking an eye, because Gu Mo knew very well that only by overcoming this crisis would he have the opportunity to earn more spirit stones in the future.

After burying the spirit stone, Gu Mo planted a level 2 sunflower on it, and then placed the flowerpot on the windowsill where it could get sunlight.

All Gu Mo has to do next is wait.

Time passed, and as the last ray of sunlight disappeared from the earth, Gu Mo took the sunflower on the windowsill. At this moment, a ray of golden light was flowing in the flower disk of the sunflower.

Seeing this, Gu Mo smiled. He succeeded. At this moment, the sunflower condensed the complete second-order sun essence. The flowing golden light was the concentrated sun essence.

Although it is a very small wisp, it is enough to produce a qualitative change. For most of the day, Gu Mo read the Qingmu Sutra's introduction on breaking through the foundation. For a Qi-refining cultivator to break through the foundation, he needs to compress the spiritual power in his body until it condenses into a drop of liquid spiritual power.

No matter how small the condensed drop of liquid spiritual power is, as long as it can be condensed, it means that the first step of foundation building and the breakthrough of spiritual power have been successfully completed.

After that comes the condensation of the soul and the gathering of spiritual consciousness to complete the second step of foundation building. Only when both are completed can one be considered a true foundation building cultivator.

Gu Mo had already passed the spiritual consciousness test, and now he was just short of the spiritual power test. He chose to collect the sun essence, and suddenly, an illusory little sun appeared. At the same time, the golden light that Gu Mo saw was also in the illusory little sun. This was a complete second-level sun essence.

After observing the second-level solar essence, Gu Mo activated the illusion array, breath-concealing array and nut array that he had set up before, covering the yard.

Although he knew that He Shaogang would not send anyone to kill him here, after all, this place was too close to the sect, and if Gu Mo asked for help, the elders of the sect would be there in an instant. But for safety reasons, Gu Mo still arranged a formation to prevent this breakthrough from being disturbed.

After the formation was activated, Gu Mo directly refined the Level 2 solar essence in his hand. In an instant, the golden light turned into a wisp of liquid spiritual power and entered Gu Mo's body.

The appearance of the liquid spiritual power seemed to have triggered a switch, causing the spiritual power in Gu Mo's body to frantically converge towards that strand of liquid spiritual power.

With the continuous replenishment of spiritual power, the strand of liquid spiritual power continued to grow, from a thin strand to a round drop.

This drop of liquid spiritual power lingered in Gu Mo's Dantian, making him feel heavy. However, the process of liquefaction of spiritual power did not end there. Gu Mo's foundation was 12 times that of people at the same level. When an ordinary Qi-refining cultivator stepped into the foundation-building stage, the spiritual power in his body could only condense into a drop of liquid spiritual power at most.

But the spiritual power in Gu Mo's body is enough to condense 12 drops of liquid spiritual power. The more liquid spiritual power he condenses when he enters the foundation-building stage, the greater the benefits he will get.

Because, next, this liquid spiritual power will begin to strengthen the cultivator in all aspects. This is a thorough improvement that can only be achieved through a breakthrough in a major realm.

As Gu Mo expected, 12 drops of liquid spiritual power rushed out of his dantian, and the circulation of energy practiced by Gu Mo began to circulate. At that moment, Gu Mo felt that his body and soul were improving rapidly.

Seeing this, Gu Mo hurriedly practiced the Spirit Forging Technique, preparing to take advantage of this breakthrough to gain more benefits.

However, the circulation of the liquid spiritual power suddenly got stuck, because Gu Mo's current real realm was the seventh level of Qi Refining, and he had not yet completed the circulation of the Great Circulation.

"Ah this..."

Gu Mo, who was experiencing a rapid improvement in his physique and soul, found that the improvement came to an abrupt halt. He hurried to check what happened. After seeing the situation inside his body, he couldn't help but feel a little confused. Indeed, his breakthrough this time was somewhat contrary to common sense. After all, who has ever seen someone at the seventh level of Qi Refining and then break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage and actually succeed?

But Gu Mo did not expect that the breakthrough reward would be gone after he was given half. Isn’t this a loss for him? In the future, when he completes the Great Zhoutian, can he get back the breakthrough reward that he was not given?

Countless doubts arose in Gu Mo's mind, and no one could answer Gu Mo's doubts. Gu Mo's situation was really too rare.

Although only half of the breakthrough reward was given, Gu Mo's half of the reward was definitely more than what an ordinary Qi-refining cultivator would get after a breakthrough. After all, Gu Mo's foundation was too profound.

At this moment, Gu Mo's physique is considered to be at the top level among the general early stage of foundation building, and can definitely be compared with the physique of the cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building. This is all thanks to the Spirit Forging Technique, which has brought him extra benefits.

The improvement of the soul is also not small. There is absolutely no problem in matching the middle stage of foundation building. This is only half of the breakthrough reward. If the breakthrough reward is fully obtained, it will be no problem for Gu Mo's physique and soul to reach the middle stage of foundation building.

As for his cultivation, there was almost no improvement. After all, this was just an ordinary courtyard in the market town, not a spiritual cave, and it was unable to absorb too much spiritual energy. Gu Mo also deliberately controlled his actions of absorbing spiritual power.

This breakthrough must be done quietly. If the noise is too loud and people know about it, it will not achieve the desired effect.

Therefore, at this moment, Gu Mo only had 6 drops of liquid spiritual power condensed during the breakthrough in his Dantian. Under normal circumstances, when a cultivator breaks through the foundation, the initial liquid spiritual power condensed for the first time will be consumed along with the breakthrough reward. But Gu Mo took a non-mainstream foundation-building path, which resulted in half of the breakthrough reward being gone.

Therefore, out of the original 12 drops of spiritual power, only 6 drops were left. Although there were only 6 drops, these 6 drops of liquid spiritual power were half of Gu Mo's previous cultivation.

"Alright."

Gu Mo sighed. He wanted to practice step by step until he reached the great perfection of Qi Refining, and then choose to break through. However, the enemy did not give him any chance, so Gu Mo had no choice but to take this path of no return.

Fortunately, although there was a little accident, Gu Mo's combat power was actually improved. Now Gu Mo has become a real foundation-building cultivator.

Gu Mo's spiritual power, soul, and physique have reached or even surpassed those of ordinary foundation-building monks.

After his cultivation breakthrough, Gu Mo did not leave the market town immediately. He planned to stay for a few more days to replenish his spiritual power. He couldn't just rely on the 6 drops of spiritual power in his body to fight the enemy.

Moreover, Gu Mo felt that the six drops of initial spiritual power in his body were somewhat different from ordinary spiritual power. This was confirmed after Gu Mo used the complete second-level solar essence to condense the seventh drop of liquid spiritual power.

This initial liquid spiritual power contains some kind of inexplicable power. It should be this special power that is the source of the cultivator's breakthrough reward.

In other words, when Gu Mo completes the Great Circulation in the future, can he use these 6 drops of initial spiritual power to make up for the remaining breakthrough rewards?

Thinking of this, Gu Mo immediately stored these six drops of initial spiritual power deep in his dantian.

"It looks like we have to set off."

Gu Mo looked at the sunflower that could no longer condense a complete second-level solar essence. Gu Mo knew that it was time for him to set off. After staying in the market town for a week, the concentration of spiritual energy in the flowerpot had dropped from the level of a second-level spiritual field to the level of a first-level top-quality spiritual field. It was no longer possible to condense a complete second-level solar essence.

With Gu Mo's current strength, refining the 1st-level solar essence will only make a very small difference to his cultivation. Only a complete 2nd-level solar essence can give Gu Mo a significant improvement.

This means that in the future Gu Mo must obtain a 2nd level spiritual field, otherwise, his cultivation will become a problem. Unfortunately, the resource point that Gu Mo went to this time was a 2nd level resource point, where there happened to be a 2nd level spiritual field.

(End of this chapter)