Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 116 Orthodox Foundation Building
Ever since the disciple who was undergoing the true teaching trial was killed by an unknown killer organization, the Qinglu Sect has stepped up its efforts to gather relevant intelligence and arranged for many people to lurk in various assassination organizations.

Not long ago, a hidden spy from the sect sent a message saying that someone had issued a bounty mission for Gu Mo, and the reward offered was very high.

After hearing the news, Qinglu Sect immediately became alert. Although Gu Mo was arranged by the sect master to temporarily leave the sect, his identity as a true disciple was not deprived. If someone dared to assassinate Qinglu Sect's true disciple, the Qinglu Sect would not react at all, and people would think that the Qinglu Sect was easy to bully.

After gathering more detailed intelligence, the Qinglu Sect judged that this assassination would most likely be launched when the Jade Dew Fruit matured, because that was the most chaotic time at the resource point and the best time to fish in troubled waters.

Therefore, the foundation-building deacon who went to the resource point to collect the jade dew fruit, his cultivation level increased from the original middle stage of foundation-building to the late stage of foundation-building, Shi Tianlu.

After Shi Tianlu arrived at the resource point, he would stay there for a while to help Gu Mo resolve the assassination. Although the bounty was generous, it could only attract assassins in the middle stage of foundation building. It would be difficult to attract assassins in the late stage of foundation building. Therefore, Shi Tianlu, who was in the late stage of foundation building, could handle it.

However, on the way to the resource point, Shi Tianlu was attacked by three people of the same level who were in the late foundation building stage. However, as Shi Tianlu was once a genius, his combat power was so strong that he managed to break out of the siege.

As for the three people in the late foundation building stage, they did not continue to entangle after Shi Tianlu rushed out and chose to leave. This made Shi Tianlu very uneasy. Did the sudden departure of the three people in the late foundation building stage mean that their goal had been achieved?

Thinking of this, Shi Tianlu continued to speed up his escape speed, and soon he saw low mountains in the distance. When he saw that the formation outside the resource point was broken, Shi Tianlu's heart sank.

"Brother Tianlu!"

When Shi Tianlu arrived outside the resource point, Wei Yuancai, who had sensed someone approaching, hurried over to greet him. However, after seeing Shi Tianlu's condition, Wei Yuancai was startled, "Brother, you..."

"I'm fine, how's the true disciple?" Shi Tianlu waved his hand and asked hurriedly. However, from Wei Yuancai's expression, Shi Tianlu felt that he should hear some good news later.

"nothing!"

Wei Yuancai told Shi Tianlu about the battle that had taken place before. Then, just as Wei Yuancai expected, he saw shock on Shi Tianlu's face. Seeing this, Wei Yuancai felt relieved immediately.

Sure enough, facing Gu Mo's evil performance, anyone who knew about it would be shocked. It was not that Wei Yuancai had little experience.

"Hu~~"

After the shock, Shi Tianlu let out a long sigh. He thought something big was going to happen this time, but unexpectedly, the true disciple handled the assassination himself.

He killed a foundation-building cultivator after reaching the great perfection of Qi training. With such strength and talent, He Shaogang, the first true disciple of Qinglu Sect, seemed to have killed a foundation-building cultivator with the help of a protector of the foundation-building level. The strength displayed by Gu Mo at this moment has surpassed that of the first true disciple.

As for the mysterious attack in the spiritual field mentioned by Wei Yuancai, in Shi Tianlu's opinion, it should be a means of protection given to Gu Mo by the spiritual plant master elder.

Now the whole sect knows that Gu Mo will become the direct disciple of the spiritual plant master elder in the future, and many Jindan elders have expressed dissatisfaction with this. Gu Mo defeated Ye Yuqi in the true disciple challenge, and now he is the third true disciple of Qinglu Sect. Such a genius was poached, which made the elders of Qinglu Sect feel very disadvantaged.

However, Qi Chunde had made a master-disciple agreement with Gu Mo a long time ago, and the sect leader Gao Yunrui was also a witness. In addition, Qi Chunde said that he would give some compensation to Qinglu Sect at that time, which shut the elders up.

But if those elders knew that Gu Mo killed a foundation-building cultivator when he was at the great perfection stage of Qi refining, they would probably put on the masks of pain again.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Tianlu!"

Upon learning that the deacon sent by the sect to collect the Jade Dew Fruit had arrived, Gu Mo also sent out an avatar to greet him. With the avatar, Gu Mo himself would not leave the protection circle of the plant front unless it was something important.

"Ahem, Junior Brother Gu Mo, it's great that you're okay." Seeing Gu Mo unharmed, Shi Tianlu finally felt relieved. His tense emotions relaxed, causing the injuries on his body to burst out.

Faced with the siege of three monks of the same level, Shi Tianlu was not in a very good condition at the moment, as he escaped while injured and then fled a long distance at a rapid speed.

"Brother Tianlu, I know some healing skills. Would you like to try it?" Gu Mo asked. He did not take action directly, but asked first. After all, the relationship between the two parties had not reached a certain level, and it would not be appropriate to take action rashly.

If it were Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei, Gu Mo would not need to ask and could just treat them directly. They would not think that Gu Mo would harm them and would be able to accept Gu Mo's treatment calmly. But if they were unfamiliar people, he would need to inform them in advance to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.

"Thank you so much, Junior Brother."

Shi Tianlu nodded. He had almost used up all the healing pills he had on him. Without any more healing pills, he could only choose to meditate and practice, relying on his spiritual power to slowly heal himself.

Since Gu Mo has mastered the art of healing, Shi Tianlu would naturally not refuse. The sooner the injury is healed, the better. If it is delayed for too long, it might cause some hidden injuries, which might affect his future efforts to achieve the Golden Core stage.

As one of the sect's former geniuses, although his subsequent progress in Master Tianlu's cultivation was a bit slow, at his age, he still had hope of achieving the Golden Core stage.

Although it was only the hope of reaching the Golden Core stage, whether it could be achieved was another matter, but just this hope alone had already surpassed 99% of the foundation-building cultivators.

Seeing Shi Tianlu nod, Gu Mo casually used a small rejuvenation technique on Shi Tianlu, and immediately, Shi Tianlu's disordered breath calmed down visibly.

"This……"

Shi Tianlu was also surprised by Gu Mo's healing skills. It seemed like a minor rejuvenation technique, but the effect of Gu Mo's minor rejuvenation technique was too strong. You have to know that he was in the late stage of foundation building, and Gu Mo was in the great perfection of Qi refining. There was a huge gap in the realm of both parties.

When a low-level cultivator casts healing and auxiliary spells on a high-level cultivator, the effect will be greatly reduced. But Gu Mo has liquid spiritual power, plus the bonus of the Qingmu Sutra, so the gap between him and Shi Tianlu is not that big.

Qinglu Sect, the main peak.

He Shaogang held the information he had just obtained in his hand, his face looking extremely ugly. He had failed, and failed again. If the previous failure could be attributed to the monster, then this failure was real.

One person in the middle stage of foundation building, plus three people in the early stage of foundation building, were actually unable to defeat Gu Mo, a single Qi Refining cultivator. While He Shaogang was angry about the failure of the mission, he was also speechless about the strength of the foundation building cultivators who had accepted the mission.

This time, He Shaogang did not send out the cultivators from his own sect to assassinate Gu Mo. His original intention was to avoid disputes with disciples from other sects. He wanted to let those independent cultivators take action. As long as they paid the money, he would not have to worry about other issues.

Of course, He Shaogang did not do nothing. He sent three late foundation building cultivators to intercept Shi Tianlu and prevent him from ruining the assassination plan. But who could have known that those casual cultivators would be so weak and waste an opportunity in vain. Now Gu Mo is on guard, and the difficulty of assassination next time will increase significantly.

"Junior brother, Gu Mo is not in the sect now, so let's put it aside for now. The Qinglu Sect's refining of the Ningying Pill is about to begin, and we must focus all our energy on this, this is the key point." Qian Qiyi said in a deep voice.

They used many methods to try to prevent Qinglu Sect from gathering the materials for refining the Ningying Pill. However, Qinglu Sect had a rank 3 spiritual plant master, and the spiritual materials that He Shaogang had bought out with great difficulty were ripened by this spiritual plant master's elder.

This allowed Qinglu Sect to successfully gather all the materials for refining the Ningying Pill. During this period, the Danfeng of Qinglu Sect had stopped refining other elixirs and was fully preparing for the refining of the Ningying Pill. At the same time, Danfeng had also become the most heavily guarded place in Qinglu Sect.

Even He Shaogang, the acting sect leader, has to go through layers of verification if he wants to go to Danfeng.

As Sect Master Gao Yunrui has focused all his energy on breakthroughs, he has completely let go of sect affairs and let He Shaogang, the first true disciple, be responsible for the daily operations of the sect in the name of acting sect master.

This almost makes it clear that Gao Yunrui will pass the position of sect leader to He Shaogang in the future. After all, the only two people who can show off the true teachings in this session are He Shaogang and Yuan Niya, and Yuan Niya's temperament is obviously not suitable for becoming the sect leader.

Of course, if a major event concerning the sect occurs, several Jindan elders will need to discuss it together. Unless the Qinglu Sect is in danger of being destroyed, Gao Yunrui will not show up. What he has to do now is to prepare to break through the Yuanying realm.

"I know."

He Shaogang took a deep breath. He naturally knew the priorities of the matter. If he didn't kill Gu Mo, he would feel uncomfortable. But for now, he could only endure it. After Gu Mo left the sect, the threat to him had been reduced a lot. Preventing the birth of a Nascent Soul cultivator in Qinglu Sect was the most important thing.

If a new Nascent Soul cultivator is born in Qinglu Sect, their plan will be completely ruined.

Resource point.

Shi Tianlu put away the nine Jade Dew Fruits and completed the task of collecting spiritual materials from this resource point. Originally, Shi Tianlu planned to let Gu Mo keep two. With the other party's identity as a true disciple, there would be no problem in withdrawing resources from the sect's resource point. He would just need to report it when the time comes.

Jade Dew Fruit, the main ingredient for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, is absolutely full of great temptation for a cultivator who has reached the Great Perfection of Qi Training.

It’s just that the sect’s Danfeng has stopped refining pills during this period. If Gu Mo wants to make the foundation-building pill, he needs to ask an alchemist outside the sect to refine it.

But Gu Mo didn't need any foundation-building pills to break through the foundation-building stage, and naturally he had no need for the jade dew fruits. He directly asked Shi Tianlu to take all the jade dew fruits away. Each of these jade dew fruits could eventually become Gu Mo's contribution to the resource point he was stationed at.

Next, Gu Mo will prepare to officially break through and embark on the foundation-building stage. By accumulating more contributions, Gu Mo plans to exchange them for some good magic weapons and offensive techniques.

Seeing that Gu Mo didn't want the Jade Dew Fruit, Shi Tianlu was a little surprised, but also somewhat understanding. With Gu Mo's talent, it seemed that he really didn't need the assistance of the Foundation Establishment Pill.

After completing the mission, Shi Tianlu left the resource point. Originally, he had a mission to help Gu Mo deal with the assassination, but Gu Mo had already solved it himself.

Moreover, there was news recently that the assassination organization had withdrawn the bounty on Gu Mo. Now that the danger was over, Shi Tianlu also had to go back to report.

"Has He Shaogang given up?"

Knowing that his bounty had been withdrawn, Gu Mo felt a little curious, or perhaps the other party was distracted by more important things at the moment.

No matter what the reason is, this is good news for Gu Mo, as it gives him enough time to develop.

Jade dew fruit ripens once every five years, which means that this resource point will be very peaceful in the next five years. Gu Mo is ready to seize this rare opportunity and develop it with all his strength.

Gu Mo knew very well that once He Shaogang finished dealing with the important matters at hand, he would come to trouble him again.

After Shi Tianlu left, Gu Mo's incarnation entered the Lingtian formation and began to adjust his state, preparing to officially enter the foundation-building period. Now Gu Mo's original cultivation has also reached the great perfection of Qi Refining.

When Gu Mo was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, his foundation was comparable to that of the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Now that he has reached the great perfection of Qi Refining, his foundation has been further improved and he has truly reached the level of the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

I just don’t know if there will be breakthrough rewards if I use the orthodox way to enter the foundation building this time. Last time, when I used the non-mainstream foundation building method, the advanced rewards were given halfway and then stopped, but Gu Mo also got 6 drops of liquid spiritual power containing the original power.

This time, Gu Mo's internal circulation has been completed, so if there is any reward, he will not stop midway.

All his consciousness was transferred to the transformed body, and Gu Mo began to practice the foundation-building method of the Qingmu Sutra. In an instant, the liquid spiritual power in the transformed body quickly gathered towards the Dantian, and then began to compress.

In order for a Qi-refining cultivator to break through the foundation-building stage, he needs to compress the misty spiritual power in his body into liquid form, but at this moment, the spiritual power in Gu Mohua's body is already liquid.

If it continues to be compressed, it will become solid. Solid spiritual power can be better understood by another name, which is golden elixir.

When a cultivator who has achieved great perfection in the foundation-building stage forms a golden elixir, he continues to compress the liquid spiritual energy in his body and condenses it into a golden elixir.

Of course, it is impossible to compress the liquid spiritual power in Gu Mohua's body into a golden elixir, but the foundation-building method of the Qingmu Sutra is like a rigid procedure. If you don't complete this step, you can't proceed to the next step.

The spiritual power that has already turned into liquid obviously cannot be compressed any further. If the step of compressing the spiritual power cannot be completed, it is impossible to proceed to the next step and it cannot be skipped at all.

So Gu Mo's path to building the foundation was stuck.

Gu Mo was speechless about this. He had already met all the requirements for a foundation-building cultivator. Logically speaking, even if there was no reward for a breakthrough this time, it should just be a formality.

Who would have thought that this foundation-building method was so rigid that it stuck Gu Mo. If the foundation-building method had consciousness, it would definitely feel very aggrieved. After all, it had never seen a cultivator like Gu Mo who had met all the foundation-building conditions in the Qi Refining Stage.

The method of foundation building is rigid, naturally, in order to ensure the success rate of foundation building. If the method of foundation building can be changed at will, it will easily cause accidents to occur during the breakthrough process of Qi Refining cultivators, resulting in failure of foundation building.

(End of this chapter)