Plants vs. Cultivation.

Chapter 117: Breakthrough the Foundation Establishment with the Dan Formation Method
The orthodox path to foundation building was blocked. In fact, Gu Mo could give up the step of foundation building and directly practice the foundation building techniques. After all, his physique, spiritual power and consciousness were all at the foundation building level, so there was no problem at all in practicing the foundation building techniques.

The practice in the foundation-building stage is mainly to fill the nine small circulations opened up in the Qi-refining stage with liquid spiritual power. Filling one small circulation is the first level of foundation-building, two small circulations are the second level of foundation-building, and so on.

When the meridians in the body are filled with liquid spiritual energy, the foundation is established. After that, the body's vast liquid spiritual energy is condensed into a golden elixir, becoming a golden elixir cultivator.

Although it is feasible to skip the foundation-building step, Gu Mo doesn't know whether doing so will have any consequences, whether it will lead to an imperfect realm and affect the subsequent breakthrough to a higher realm.

There is no one to ask right now, and the Qingmu Sutra given by Elder Qi Chunde does not contain any method to deal with this situation.

Gu Mo felt that he was definitely not the only person in the history of the immortal cultivation world who had achieved all the requirements of a foundation-building cultivator during the Qi Refining Stage. He would never look down on anyone.

But what does it matter? Gu Mo has no way to get the corresponding solution now, so he can only try it out on his own. Fortunately, Gu Mo has an avatar, so he can try it on the avatar first, and then practice it on the original body after success.

Since the foundation-building method was stuck at the stage of compressing and refining spiritual power, Gu Mo tried to transfer all of his original spiritual power to the incarnation to see if he could fix the bug and get past this step.

The result is naturally failure. Every method of foundation building has been perfected by predecessors for countless years, so it is not easy to find a bug.

"I don't believe it anymore!"

Gu Mo himself left the hut and waved his hand to collect all the sun essence condensed from the sunflowers in the spiritual field. Suddenly, 100 portions of sun essence fell into Gu Mo's hands. Among them, 50 portions of level 1 sun essence were collected by Gu Mo into the black fog space, and the remaining 50 portions of level 2 sun essence were absorbed by Gu Mo and turned into drops of liquid spiritual power.

During this period, Gu Mo had already increased the number of level 2 sunflowers to 50, which was also the limit of this spiritual field. This number would not increase any further until a higher grade or larger level 2 spiritual field was obtained.

50 second-level sunflowers are barely enough for Gu Mo, especially for cultivation, it is definitely more than enough.

One complete portion of tier-2 solar essence is equivalent to three days of hard training for an ordinary foundation-building cultivator. 3 portions of tier-50 solar essence is equivalent to 2 days of hard training, which is nearly half a year. And this is only Gu Mo's harvest in one day.

One day is equivalent to half a year for others, so the level of cultivation is rising rapidly. However, such full-strength cultivation cannot last long. Gu Mo still needs to use some of the sun's essence to upgrade and buy plants.

The current tier 2 inferior grade pea shooters, potato mines, nut and cherry bombs are obviously not enough. If they can be upgraded to tier 2 superior grade, then we won't be afraid even when facing cultivators in the late stage of foundation building.

If you grit your teeth, save money and upgrade the plants to level 3, you can kill 99.99% of the foundation-building cultivators. As for why it is not 100%, it is naturally to give some face to those top geniuses.

Between upgrading the 3rd-level plants and breaking through to the Golden Core stage himself, Gu Mo would choose to upgrade the 3rd-level plants without hesitation because this is the easiest.

Of course, the most important thing for Gu Mo now is to find a way to overcome the hurdle of foundation building. Therefore, after refining the 50 portions of level 2 solar essence, Gu Mo transferred all the liquid spiritual power he obtained to the incarnation.

The incarnation has been maintaining the practice of the foundation-building method, preparing to use the spiritual power transmitted from the original body to see if he can get through this level.

After a foundation-building cultivator had been practicing for nearly half a year, there was still no change in the operation of the foundation-building method of his incarnation. Seeing this, Gu Mo did not give up.

In the evening of the next day, Gu Mo transferred half a year's cultivation of another foundation-building cultivator to his incarnation. Then, this action continued for half a month.

According to the theory that one day is equivalent to 1 days of hard training for a foundation-building cultivator, half a month is equivalent to 150 years of hard training. Gu Mo himself has continuously input 6 years of cultivation into the incarnation. At this moment, not only has the incarnation not overcome the stage of spiritual power compression, but its cultivation has reached the perfect state of the first level of foundation-building.

After a few more times, the incarnation will be able to directly enter the second level of foundation building.

Seeing this, Gu Mo finally gave up. After trying for this period of time, Gu Mo understood that the method of building the foundation can only compress the mist-like spiritual power, but cannot compress the liquid spiritual power. The method that can continue to compress the liquid spiritual power is called the method of forming the elixir by the cultivators.

"The method of forming the elixir..."

Gu Mo took out the Qingmu Sutra, which was a method of practicing to the Golden Elixir realm. Naturally, the Qingmu Sutra contained a matching method of forming an elixir, which included a method of compressing liquid spiritual power.

"How about trying to compress the spiritual power using the Dan-forming method?" This thought came to Gu Mo's mind. If it was his real body, Gu Mo would naturally not dare to act recklessly, but he was trying it on an incarnation, especially since Gu Mo still had 5 backup incarnations. Even if one incarnation was destroyed, it could be replaced immediately.

Use the method of forming a golden elixir to cross the threshold of building a foundation. If this succeeds, will it be possible to create something similar to the golden elixir? After all, continuing to compress the liquid spiritual power will condense into a golden elixir.

Of course, Gu Mo felt that this possibility was close to zero. Even if the vast liquid spiritual power in the body of a cultivator who had reached the great perfection of the foundation-building stage was compressed completely, there was no guarantee that a golden elixir could be condensed. It would be extremely difficult for a cultivator who did not have enough foundation to reach the great perfection of the foundation-building stage to condense a golden elixir.

It is not certain that one can even achieve the Great Perfection of Foundation Building, so with the tiny spiritual power of Gu Mo's incarnation, it is impossible to succeed even if one thinks so.

But even if it fails, as long as he can help him overcome the hurdle of building the foundation, Gu Mo will be satisfied.

There was no other way for the time being, so Gu Mo decided to give the method of forming the elixir a try. Immediately, Gu Mo concentrated on comprehending the method of forming the elixir. Although it was only the part about compressing spiritual power in the method of forming the elixir, it still gave Gu Mo a headache. This was originally for cultivators who had reached the great perfection of foundation building. It would be strange if Gu Mo, who had reached the great perfection of Qi refining, didn't have a headache when he came to join in the fun.

"Ok?"

Just as Gu Mo was painfully comprehending the method of forming the elixir, the communication jade talisman on his body began to vibrate. Seeing this, Gu Mo was stunned. This communication jade talisman had been completely silent since he left the sect.

This place is too far away from the sect and beyond the range of the communication jade talisman, but at this moment the communication jade talisman vibrates, which means that someone familiar with him is approaching here.

After glancing at the communication jade talisman, Gu Mo put the avatar into the black fog space. Next, Gu Mo would use the avatar to try to perform the method of forming an elixir, so there was no need for the avatar to run around, so as to avoid getting hurt and causing the next attempt to fail.

Moreover, it is a bit unreasonable to use an avatar when meeting with friends.

Gu Mo opened the spiritual field formation and waited for a moment. Two pretty figures appeared. They were Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei.

"Junior Brother Gu Mo, you are famous now." After seeing Gu Mo, Yuan Niya couldn't help but sigh.

As Master Tianlu returned to the sect, Gu Mo's record at the resource point spread. Immediately, it attracted countless exclamations. It was such an amazing talent to kill a foundation-building cultivator at the great perfection of Qi Refining. Those Jindan elders also put on the masks of pain as they wished. They actually gave such a genius to Qi Chunde. Even Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei, who knew some of Gu Mo's trump cards, were shocked by Gu Mo this time. They had seen Gu Mo kill a foundation-building cultivator with that special plant before, but this time it was Gu Mo who killed a foundation-building cultivator with his own strength.

The meanings of these two are completely different.

"Then senior sister, do you want me to sign an autograph for you? When I become an immortal in the future, I can sell it for a lot of spirit stones." Gu Mo smiled as he listened to Yuan Niya chattering about him in the sect.

"do not want!"

Yuan Niya rolled her eyes at Gu Mo and then got down to business.

Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei came here to accept the task of repairing the resource point formation. Of course, this is only secondary. Their real purpose is to come and practice with Gu Mo.

Now Yuan Niya’s cultivation is only one step away from breaking through to the eighth level of Qi Refining. The reason why she hasn’t broken through is that she wants Gu Mo to perform the perfect-level cleaning technique on her to consolidate her foundation.

On the contrary, Chu Feifei's cultivation level broke through very quickly and she has now reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. Gu Mo used the perfect level cleansing technique on Chu Feifei, but he could not help her with the Meridians and Marrow Strengthening like Yuan Niya did. Or it could be said that Chu Feifei's special physique no longer required the Meridians and Marrow Strengthening technique.

Gu Mo's cleaning technique only helped Chu Feifei wash away the dust covering her body and activate her special physique.

"Fine!"

His signature was not sold, so Gu Mo spread his hands and took the two women into the magic weapon hut. Afterwards, Chu Feifei began to set up the spirit dispersion formation. This time, both of them brought enough supplies for cultivation.

Yuan Niya, in particular, was planning to cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining before returning. As the second true disciple, Yuan Niya knew many secrets that Qinglu Sect's disciples did not know. For example, in one year Qinglu Sect would start refining the Ningying Pill. At that time, the entire sect would be closed, and no disciples would be allowed to enter or leave, to prevent any accidents from happening.

A 4th-tier elixir like the Ke Ning Ying Dan, which is also an important elixir for breaking through a certain realm, is extremely difficult to refine, and the refining time is measured in years.

Therefore, Yuan Niya must take advantage of this last year to step into the ninth level of Qi Refining with the help of Gu Mo's perfect-level cleansing technique. Otherwise, Yuan Niya will either have to break through without completely consolidating her foundation, or suspend her practice and wait until the refining of the Ningying Pill is completed before looking for Gu Mo to continue consolidating her foundation.

Neither of the above two options is acceptable to Yuan Niya, so her only choice is to find Gu Mo now.

"Junior Brother Gu Mo, once the refining of the Infant Condensation Pill is completed, you should be able to return to the sect." While Chu Feifei was setting up the formation, Yuan Niya told Gu Mo what happened in the sect.

But Gu Mo knew that the refining of the Ningying Pill this time was destined to not go smoothly. He Shaogang was now the acting sect leader, and with such a big traitor around, the prospect of Qinglu Sect's refining of the Ningying Pill was worrying.

But even if Gu Mo knew the risks, he was powerless to change anything. This was a confrontation between the forces behind He Shaogang and the Qinglu Sect. It was like a battle between two giants. How could Gu Mo, a small ant, stop the fight between two giants?

As for reporting that He Shaogang has problems, it is completely meaningless. He Shaogang is now the acting sect leader. Questioning whether He Shaogang has problems is tantamount to questioning whether the entire Qinglu Sect has problems.

The only thing Gu Mo could do was to remind Yuan Niya and Chu Feifei to be careful of He Shaogang.

"Don't worry, we have ignored him during this period." Although Yuan Niya didn't understand why Gu Mo reminded them several times to be careful of He Shaogang, Yuan Niya at least listened to him and always kept a distance from He Shaogang.

The other true disciples are very close to He Shaogang, especially Ye Yuqi, who has now become He Shaogang's lackey.

"All right!"

At this time, Chu Feifei completed the arrangement of the formation. Then, Yuan Niya took out a handful of spirit stones and placed them on the spirit dispersion formation. The formation was activated, and rich spiritual energy dissipated.

Seeing this, Gu Mo raised his hand and cast a perfect level cleaning spell on Chu Feifei. Suddenly, a strong and strange fragrance filled the entire cabin.

"Junior brother Gu Mo, show me a super enhanced version of the cleaning technique. I want to reach the eighth level of Qi Refining." Yuan Niya sat down next to Chu Feifei, sniffing the unique fragrance emanating from Chu Feifei, and said to Gu Mo confidently.

"what!!"

As soon as Yuan Niya finished speaking, a thick ray of cleaning light fell, and then Yuan Niya's cry of pain was heard. With Gu Mo's current strength, the perfect level cleaning technique he performed was definitely enough for Yuan Niya to bear.

However, after the initial cry of pain, Yuan Niya gritted her teeth and endured the pain brought by the super-enhanced version of the cleansing technique. She wanted to quickly consolidate her foundation and reach the eighth level of Qi Refining. This was the fastest way.

Only by quickly consolidating her foundation and reaching the eighth level of Qi Refining could she leave enough time for her to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Seeing Yuan Niya's painful look, Chu Feifei felt a little pity. Yuan Niya always worked so hard during her training. However, Yuan Niya's efforts were also richly rewarded.

In order not to be left too far behind by Gu Mo and Yuan Niya, Chu Feifei also closed her eyes and began to practice. What she would face next was the bottleneck from the middle to late stage of Qi Refining, which was not so easy to break through.

Seeing that both women had entered the state of cultivation, Gu Mo also sat down next to Chu Feifei. However, he did not enter the state of cultivation. Gu Mo's current realm was still the great perfection of Qi Refining, but his breathing of spiritual energy was at the solid foundation-building level. The spiritual energy dissipated by the Spirit Dispersing Array was not enough for Gu Mo to use for cultivation.

Besides, Gu Mo can directly refine the essence of the sun through practice, so why bother to refine the spiritual energy slowly?

Smelling the clear-minded fragrance on Chu Feifei's body, Gu Mo's heart moved. He did not choose to practice the Dionysus Soul Tempering Method, but took out the Qingmu Sutra and began to comprehend the method of compressing spiritual power in the method of forming the elixir.

Afterwards, Gu Mo discovered that he actually had a little clue about the originally obscure method of forming the elixir.

"This can't really be the reincarnation of some rare treasure from heaven and earth."

Gu Mo glanced at Chu Feifei and couldn't help but sigh that the strange fragrance on Chu Feifei's body could not only assist in cultivation, but could also slightly improve one's comprehension. Gu Mo was willing to call Chu Feifei the most powerful treasure to assist in cultivation.

(End of this chapter)