Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 271 A hundred days of foundation building
"I'm getting closer and closer to Foundation Establishment."

Xiangzi closed his eyes and breathed softly, "Once I enter the 'Dual Union of Bliss and Emptiness,' the crystal land described in the 'Amitabha Sutra' will appear in my consciousness."

Xu Feng remained unmoved, his mouth moving slightly as he replied, "Indeed, we're getting closer. If we don't encounter any bottlenecks, we should be able to complete the Foundation Establishment in about two more months."

Xiangzi's foundation building has been going on for four months.

During these four months, Xu Feng would spend eight hours each day practicing yoga techniques to help Xiangzi enter a state of 'joy and emptiness in harmony'.

The effect of this assistance was remarkable, and Xiangzi made progress every day.

It is undergoing a rapid transformation on both a mental and physical level.

Xu Feng spent a lot of time cultivating the second stage, and he was very clear about the changes in each small level of this stage. He was able to accurately judge how far Xiangzi was from Foundation Establishment based on her current situation.

"Two months..." Xiangzi smiled. "After Foundation Establishment, lifespan will increase significantly, right?"

"Yes, they can probably live to be two to three hundred years old," Xu Feng said. "In the Reincarnation Space, there's no need to worry about lifespan; combat power is the core."

"Cultivate diligently... Once you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, I will use Imperial Arms to modify a few weapons for you."

Xu Feng prepared a weapon for Xiangzi by modifying two Imperial Arms: Romantic Turret Pumpkin and Quick Throwing Mesh - Big Pitcher.

The Romantic Turret itself has a strong ability to convert mental energy into shockwaves, so it doesn't need to be modified. Shoko's mental energy is very strong, making her very suitable for this Imperial Arm.

When this gun was in the hands of its original owner, Mine, it defeated General Budo, who was on par with Esdeath. In Shoko's hands, its power is not much less than that of Mine.

The only problem is that this Imperial Arms is prone to overheating in the hands of someone with too much mental strength.

Hsu Feng will help her replace the materials with better heat dissipation materials.

The Teigu "Quick Throw Mesh" has undergone numerous modifications—six baseballs have been transformed into six flying swords!

The Imperial Arm "Quick Throw" can throw attacks of different attributes, but most of these attacks are area-of-effect attacks, and its damage effect on strong opponents is very poor.

Xu Feng used six spheres as the core and supplemented them with different extraordinary metals to forge six large flying swords.

After absorbing true energy, the six flying swords can form six different sword energies.

The most powerful cutting wind blade sword, the fastest lightning sword, the extremely hot flame sword, the most armor-piercing corrosive sword, the most explosive sword with the largest killing range, the freezing sword with control effects... These flying swords are just ordinary weapons in the hands of normal people, but in the hands of Xiangzi who has telekinesis, they can unleash extremely powerful effects.

Two months passed quickly.

This day.

Xiangzi observed the Pure Land of Bliss in his consciousness with perfect clarity. It was much rougher than the Pure Land scenery in Xu Feng's mind, but they were roughly the same.

She can maintain this state permanently without Xu Feng's help.

She could contemplate this crude Pure Land of Bliss anytime, anywhere.

After completing the foundation building, she carefully sensed her own condition.

The warm Buddhist power condenses into blazing Buddhist essence, which contains the power of the sun and is particularly effective against negative beings.

Through rounds of purification, her physical strength was greatly enhanced.

The parts of the Amitabha Sutra that temper the body are mostly in the third to sixth contemplations; the second level is just laying the foundation, but this 'foundation' is already exceptionally strong compared to Xiangzi's previous 'weak' ordinary body.

Xiangzi didn't pay much attention to this improvement.

She understands that her core strengths lie in her mental abilities and telekinesis.

Her mental abilities established her position in the East China Sea team... Her telekinesis was quite remarkable; Xiangzi suspected that she relied on this special ability to unlock her first-tier gene lock.

In the world of Akame ga Kill!, the sea monsters in the Imperial Fist Temple can help people unlock their second-tier gene lock, but this process requires assistance.

The four demons of the Imperial Fist Temple are aided by a fist technique that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Tifa's support method is the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill".

When Xiangzi consumed the flesh and blood of the sea monster, she originally used the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill" to help develop this effect, but she later discovered that she could also achieve the same effect by simply using telekinesis.

With the aid of telekinesis, she felt that she could unlock the second-tier gene lock before the end of this round of exchanges.

"The distance of the mental power linear scan is 4,200 miles, and the transport strength of the telekinetic power is 3.6 tons..." Xiangzi opened his eyes with some surprise: "The Foundation Establishment has greatly improved me!"

Looking at Xiangzi's beaming face, Xu Feng said with equal joy, "Congratulations!"

"After establishing the foundation, one officially embarks on the path of cultivation."

"You still have a year and a half left to exchange this time. In the third contemplation of the 'Contemplation Sutra,' the Lapis Lazuli Earth represents the physical body, the jeweled banner supporting the Lapis Lazuli Earth represents the skeleton, and the various jewels on the Lapis Lazuli Earth also have their own meanings... Next, begin your cultivation of the third contemplation, which will greatly improve your physical fitness."

The next day, Shoko took two modified Teigu sets and had a match with Tifa.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, she could easily control two Imperial Arms.

After a fierce battle, Xiangzi narrowly won.

"Telekinesis is a very troublesome ability... When the difference in cultivation level is not significant, this kind of flexible long-range attack is difficult to defend against!" Xu Feng commented.

"The Dragon Elephant Prajna Technique is really strong in terms of body tempering. Sister Tifa hasn't even reached the Foundation Establishment stage yet, but her strength is much stronger than mine right now!" Xiangzi said with a smile. "If my defense is even slightly lax, I'll probably win against Sister Tifa."

Shoko knew very well that she had only won one game... This time, Tifa had a lot of time to train, and before the next horror movie started, Tifa's strength would definitely surpass hers.

But she was still somewhat excited.

Shoko excels at ranged attacks, whether it's the Romantic Turret or the Six Flying Swords; Tifa excels at melee combat. Although her Imperial Arm, Water Dragon Possession, allows her to control water flow, and Tifa has developed many skills based on this characteristic, the strongest effects of most of her attacks are within a 500-meter range.

In the previous contest, Tifa used water currents to defend against Xiangzi's attacks while attempting to advance to the 500-meter area.

Unfortunately, although Tifa successfully charged forward, Shoko was very agile and used telekinesis to control her flight, avoiding Tifa's fatal blow and breaking through Tifa's energy shield with her flying sword.

—The two women wore technological energy shields created by Xu Feng during their competition. Whoever broke the other's shield first would win.

In Xu Feng's eyes, this competition was nothing more than a "chicken fight." The two women were quite strong, but the gap between them and him was extremely large.

However, he never intended to rely on Shoko's fighting ability.

In his understanding, a mental power controller only needs to activate one mental power scan and strengthen one mental power chain; those two skills are sufficient. Xu Feng casually arranged, "In the next year or so, you can spar with Tifa, Akame, and the others more often. Also, there are many high-level dangerous species in the eastern seas of the Empire. You can go hunting them together. This kind of battle can also help you unlock higher-level gene locks."

The two entered the cycle of reincarnation at the same time, but their exchange times were different.

Xu Feng spent more than five years, almost six years, exchanging his money.

Xiangzi, however, only redeemed the currency for less than three years.

Through repeated practice, competitions, and training, Xiangzi's time for exchanging items quickly came to an end.

Before returning, this player from the East China Sea team was very satisfied.

In Xiangzi's eyes, her improvement over the past thousand days has been tremendous!

The basic values ​​such as mental strength, telekinesis, and physical strength have all undergone a qualitative leap. If you were to strengthen them directly with the main god, even spending three to five times more reward points wouldn't result in such a significant improvement.

Over these thousand days, she gained a lot of combat experience.

In the last year or so, Xiangzi and Akame and the others also sparred many times. She learned a lot of killing techniques from those assassins. Of course, she improved more in terms of defense against assassination methods.

In addition, Shoko hunted down many dangerous species, and these dangerous species helped her develop many techniques for using the two sets of Imperial Arms by sacrificing their lives.

These combat experiences enabled her to unlock the second stage of her genetic lock in the last six months.

After Xiangzi returned to the Main God Space, Xu Feng brought Tifa to the control center of the Supreme Imperial Arms. When Xiangzi was still alive, Tifa's main cultivation technique was the S-rank "Guan Jing". Tifa could also enjoy the accelerated cultivation effect by borrowing Xiangzi's mental power chain.

However, after Shoko returned to the main god space, Tifa could no longer enjoy this acceleration effect.

The time she could spend practicing the Amitabha Sutra each day became very short, only a short period at sunset.

Most of the time, one can only practice the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill". Under such circumstances, a suitable place for practice becomes very important.

Xu Feng instructed, "Tifa, you will spend the remaining two years training in this Supreme Imperial Arm."

This Imperial Arms has been modified for nearly two years.

Moreover, over the past two years, Xu Feng has been cultivating while simultaneously undergoing a more profound transformation.

In the past six months, this Imperial Arm has been able to automatically use the energy it gathers to strengthen itself, gradually making its body stronger.

A height of over 600 meters may sound like only 300 times that of an average person, but living things are three-dimensional! Their total volume is much, much larger than that of a human.

The energy of heaven and earth that the Supreme Throne gathers on its own is terrifying... its attack energy, capable of destroying mountains in a single blow, originates from this.

The Teigu control center is located at the center of a massive amount of energy.

Cultivating here in the control center allows one to draw upon the energy of heaven and earth gathered by the Supreme Imperial Arms, much like cultivating in the spiritual energy array of a mountain range, allowing for rapid progress!
If Tifa cultivates here, her cultivation speed will greatly increase, and the time required for Foundation Establishment will be much shorter.

Of course, this accelerated cultivation effect is limited to beings whose overall strength is lower than that of the Supreme Throne.

Xu Feng's realm was far higher than that of the Supreme Throne, and he also had the assistance of the Devouring Domain to gather the energy of heaven and earth. In addition, he had a large amount of unconsumed peach spiritual energy in his body. With all these factors combined, the auxiliary effect of the Supreme Throne was almost negligible.

Tifa hesitated for a moment before saying, "Wouldn't that affect the speed at which the Supreme Imperial Arms become stronger on their own?"

The Supreme Throne is Xu Feng's weapon, and she does not want her growing stronger to affect Xu Feng.

"It won't have a big impact. It will consume some of its energy in the early stages, but after you reach the Foundation Establishment stage, you can feed it back with purer true essence to help it transform faster," Xu Feng said. "Moreover, this Imperial Arms won't be as helpful to me as you think in the future... It just increases my tolerance for mistakes."

With the support of the spiritual energy from the peaches of immortality, Xu Feng's cultivation at the seventh Huazuo Temple went very smoothly.

The details of the lotus flower were quickly imprinted in his mind, and he learned various methods to eradicate 'suffering' without any instruction.

Over the past two years, he has completed nearly half of the practice of the seventh contemplation.

Although he has not yet perfected this view, Xu Feng is certain that after mastering the seventh view, with the help of a larger Pure Land realm, more Buddhist true essence, and deeper subtle abilities, his palm power will easily surpass that of the Supreme Throne.

Tifa hesitated for a moment, but she did not disobey.

He obediently began cultivating in the control room of the Supreme Throne.

Two years later.

As he was about to return to the Main God Space, Xu Feng took out the ten palm leaves he had exchanged before entering this world and processed them into booklets of palm leaves according to the methods described in Buddhist scriptures.

Subsequently.

He then began to carve on those palm leaves that resembled books, copying some mantras and spells from the "Bodhi Enlightenment Divine Skill," and using runes to draw images of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

During the carving process, he also infused his true energy into the runes of those palm-leaf manuscripts.

Finally, the blood of the Supreme Throne and the Buddha's blood refined from gold were used to cover the runes on the palm leaf, locking in the Buddha's power within the runes.

After the creation was completed, Xu Feng picked out a leaf that looked like gold, and softly recited Buddhist scriptures. Golden light then emerged from the palm leaf and enveloped him.

The golden light lasted for half a minute before slowly fading.

“A single gold leaf can last for half a minute, while a Buddhist scripture has 108 leaves. All in all, it can barely last for an hour.”

"As expected... Although the leaves of the Betolo tree are cheap, their ability to store Buddhist essence is exceptionally outstanding! This book is five to ten times stronger than the Five Thunder Evil-Repelling Talisman in its defensive effect against spiritual creatures, and it is probably comparable to a double-C grade item."

From a cost perspective, the production cost of these Buddhist scriptures in gold leaf is very low, with each copy costing only a dozen or so reward points.

However, in terms of effectiveness, this set of Buddhist scriptures is of considerable value.

"These items were mainly developed for Tifa, Shoko, and Mei. Giving a set of protective gear to newcomers is a fair reward for those who paid the reward points... Although there are still more than ten years to go, it is not certain that stronger items can be developed."

Xu Feng put all ten volumes of scriptures away.

He will give all of these golden Buddhist scriptures to the newcomer who helped him exchange time. Although the items he gives back may not be exactly what the newcomer wants, they are definitely worth it. Others will also receive similar items in subsequent rounds of return.

“Buddhist scriptures should also be able to be written on the bodies of the newlyweds… Since the newlyweds cannot power the runes, the Buddhist scriptures will not provide them with effective defensive capabilities, but they can make ordinary ghosts unable to see them. This kind of modification should also be quite important for the newlyweds.”

After Xu Feng prepared these items, his exchange period for this round had ended.

In this five-year period, he mastered the Sixteen Contemplations Sutra of the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss to the seventh level.

(End of this chapter)