From the family treasure tree to build an eternal family

Chapter 201 Foundation Building
Out of consideration for their long-standing partnership, Fan Kongye came to remind the Xue family.

Incidentally, he also had the Xue family deal with Zhao Qingbin outside the Demon Subduing Division's office to prevent it from affecting his reputation.

He didn't linger after that, and took his leave.

The four Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Xue family all looked grim and extremely troubled.

Xue Fanyu rarely showed a worried expression. He would never have been so anxious even if he had lost the "main ingredient" for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

The words "Prefect" weighed on his chest like a mountain, making it hard for him to breathe.

"If I had known that I had refined that Foundation Establishment Pill last year, I would have given it to the Fan family instead of the Baili family."

Xue Fanyu felt a pang of regret.

Last year, a Foundation Establishment Pill was refined. Since it was agreed upon with the Baili family, and the Baili family had given spirit stones and a mid-grade spiritual weapon as agreed, the Foundation Establishment Pill was given to the Baili family.

Just as the Foundation Establishment Pill was being refined, Xue Fanyu learned of Nightmare's defection.

He did hesitate about who to give the Foundation Establishment Pill to, but Baili Xi came to urge him, so he gave the Foundation Establishment Pill to the Baili family first, which resulted in him breaking his promise to the Fan family.

The Fan family is very powerful, and Xue Fanyu values ​​them highly.

On the contrary, the Baili family has been weakened in recent years, which is why Xue Fanyu made demands on them.

"Master, what should we do with that rogue cultivator kneeling at the entrance of the Demon Subduing Division?"

Xue Weiwu was furious when he mentioned Zhao Qingbin.

If Zhao Qingbin hadn't caused trouble at the Demon Subduing Division, he wouldn't have angered Fan Kongye.

A fierce glint flashed in Xue Fanyu's eyes as he uttered three words: "Exterminate the entire family!"

"it is good!"

Xue Weiwu had the same idea.

They dared to cause such a huge trouble for the Xue family; they deserved to be wiped out.

"Haven't we found the person who secretly slandered my Xue family yet?"

Xue Fanyu wasn't concerned about Zhao Qingbin alone, but rather about those who were secretly spreading rumors that the Xue family belonged to a demonic cultivation force.

Over the past year, rumors about the Xue family have been circulating everywhere.

Although these "rumors" were true and not fabricated lies, they brought great trouble to the Xue family.

The Xue family could not ignore this situation, and Xue Fanyu sent many people to investigate the source of the information.

The results of their investigation confirmed that someone had deliberately spread the information.

In different counties and regions hundreds of miles apart, they traced the source of the information to a street vendor in his fifties or sixties who sold homemade straw sandals and straw mats.

Based on descriptions from others, the Xue family determined that it was the same person.

Furthermore, no information about this person's identity or origin could be found; he appeared out of thin air and then suddenly disappeared.

Wherever that person appeared, news about the Xue family quickly spread.

It was his deliberate dissemination that caused news about the Xue family to spread throughout the country in just one year.

The Xue family couldn't find that person, but they used bloody methods to massacre many ordinary people who exaggerated the story and spoke ill of the Xue family behind their backs. As a result, ordinary families dared not spread rumors about the Xue family, and they didn't even dare to discuss it in private.

The Xue family of Yunze Mountain is a taboo subject. Only very close friends and relatives would dare to mention it in private. No one else would dare to bring it up.

However, occasionally there are still people like Zhao Qingbin's grandfather who actually dare to go to Yunze Mountain to demand an explanation from the Xue family.

Without exception, all of those people were "dealt with" by the Xue family.

The Xue family can't solve the problem, but they can deal with these people.

Centered on Yunze Mountain, the Xue family is the only Foundation Establishment family within a radius of hundreds of miles. They are the only family that can govern, the local emperors!

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"We can't find him. That person is very cunning and hasn't shown up recently."

Xue Weiwu said.

Actually, that person didn't need to appear again; many people had already heard about the Xue family's deeds.

The Xue family therefore suffered a great deal of blame that they should not have had to bear.

In any family within a radius of several hundred miles around Yunze Mountain, if a girl goes missing, the blame is placed on the Xue family.

Given the circumstances of ordinary people's lives, there are many cases of child abduction and accidents, and it's not all the work of the Xue family.

But the Xue family's reputation as "demonic cultivators" spread, so all those things were blamed on the Xue family.

"If you ask me, we still need to find Nightmare. Once we find her, everything will be resolved."

As Xue Weiwu spoke, he looked at Xue Yimiao with a reproachful look in his eyes.

"I've tried my best, but I really can't find it."

Xue Yimiao was helpless; it was indeed her mistake, but she tried her best to make up for it and couldn't find the nightmare.

Nightmare's defection occurred last year, and negative news about the Xue family also began circulating in the outside world last year.

They all guessed that the incident was related to the nightmare, after all, the nightmare was the Xue family's biggest secret, and the person who rescued the nightmare knew about the Xue family's deeds.

Xue Yimiao discovered that twenty years ago, the group of girls that Granny Jin brought back were captured from the vicinity of Tonggu County.

She sent many people to Tonggu County and several surrounding counties, and she herself went there several times, but all her efforts were in vain.

If only we could find the Nightmare, all the hidden troubles could be resolved at once.

"Investigate! Investigate the whereabouts of Nightmare, and also investigate the person who secretly passed on the information!"

Xue Fanyu knew that the Xue family had many enemies. As a large family that had grown to its current size, it had offended too many people and had many rival families with conflicting interests. But this was the first one to cause him such great trouble.

"Let's deal with the person who filed the complaint first."

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a few days later.

Outside the office of the Demon Subduing Division of Yuanli County, Zhao Qingbin was still kneeling.

He felt that his actions were effective; recently, more people have been pointing and whispering about him as they pass by, and some have even taken the initiative to talk to him and ask him what grievances he had suffered.

Those were all celestial officials from the Demon Subduing Division, some even Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Zhao Qingbin did not hide anything and told the truth about his family's affairs.

"Binzi, Binzi!"

Just then, a middle-aged man dressed in coarse linen clothes rode up on horseback.

Its appearance was completely out of place among the people who frequented the Demon Extermination Bureau.

Those who come and go from the Demon Subduing Division are either cultivators or powerful martial artists; very few are ordinary people.

He dismounted from his horse several hundred meters away and jogged to find Zhao Qingbin.

"Uncle Li? What brings you here?"

Zhao Qingbin was puzzled, but he recognized the man: he was a farmer who lived near his home.

"Binzi, your mother is seriously ill. You should go back and see her quickly."

"My mother is seriously ill? What happened?"

Zhao Qingbin was startled and quickly stood up. It was important for him to seek justice here, but his mother was more important.

"I don't know either. Maybe your family has had too many things going on lately, and she suddenly fell ill. Your family called a doctor, but he couldn't cure her, so they asked you to go back and try to find a solution."

"I'll go back right now."

Zhao Qingbin didn't have time to think about why the messenger was an outsider. He used his lightness technique and leaped several hundred meters away in a few leaps.

The messenger glanced at the imposing Demon Extermination Bureau's office, then quickly turned away, praying in his heart, "Don't blame me, I was forced into this."

A few more days passed.

News has spread that Zhao Qingbin's mansion caught fire at night, and dozens of members of the Zhao family, along with their maids and servants, were all burned to death; there were no survivors.

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Baihe Mountain.

The living area of ​​the Xu family.

A young woman dressed in silk robes, her face veiled, gazes at a beautiful woman several hundred meters away.

Xu Zhongxi has been back home for a year. She spends most of her time cultivating the "Meditation and Soul Refining Technique" in the spiritual land of Baihe Mountain. Now, her spiritual power has reached the limit of Qi Refining.

A few days ago, her grandfather taught her a foundation-building technique called "Xian Nong Zhu Yuan Gong".

This foundation-building technique is not suitable for her because the Qi-refining stage she cultivates is the "Yuan Sha Gong," a special technique that is not a Qi-refining method within the Five Elements system. The "Yuan Sha Gong," also known as the "Jade Maiden Primordial Yin Gong," allows women who maintain their virginity and possess a special physique to absorb spiritual energy and embark on the path of cultivation even without a spiritual root for immortality.

She currently has no clue how to establish her foundation. Xu Fugui taught her the "Immortal Farmer's Foundation Building Technique" for her to refer to and comprehend.

A few hundred meters away, a beautiful woman was tending to the garden in front of the house. She looked somewhat like Xu Zhongxi.

Xu Zhongxi did not regain her memory, but the moment she saw that person, she knew that he was her closest person, as if they were telepathically connected.

The beautiful woman was none other than Xu Zhongxi's mother: Fu Zhiyi.

Fu Zhiyi lost her husband in middle age and then her youngest daughter. She is now sixty years old.

Ten years ago, when Fu Zhiyi was fifty years old, she looked much older than her age. It was Xu Xiaohou who gave her a magic pill to preserve her youth and prolong her life, which allowed her to maintain her appearance and extend her life by ten years.

Xu Xiaohou was atoning for his mistakes, and he promised to find her daughter. But he was worried that Fu Zhiyi wouldn't live that long, so he bought a longevity pill at the Kunxu Mountain Market.

"Xiao Xi."

A voice came from behind Xu Zhongxi.

She turned around and saw Xu Fugui: "Grandpa."

"Go back, don't let them find out."

"Ah."

Xu Zhongxi felt a pang of disappointment. Since her return, she had not reunited with her mother, and apart from a few people, no one knew of her existence.

Xu Fugui watched her departing figure, feeling both helpless and heartbroken.

The Xue family never gave up searching for her over the past year, so she had no choice but to continue hiding. In the underground chamber where she cultivated, Xu Fugui affixed talismans to conceal her presence, which could, to some extent, ensure that she would not be discovered.

In addition, Xu Fugui would occasionally go out to spread the Xue family's deeds under a false identity.

He disguised himself as a peddler, a merchant, a vagrant, and even once pretended to be a beggar, spreading rumors that the Xue family was a demonic cultivation force.

It was precisely because he caused trouble for the Xue family that he attracted some of their attention.

"This is a Foundation Establishment family with a deep foundation. Everyone outside knows about the Xue family, but the county government still doesn't investigate them."

Xu Fugui remarked with emotion.

He wanted to cause some trouble for the Xue family, after all, the Xue family was a sword hanging over the Xu family's head, and no one knew when they would come knocking on their door.

But what he did seemed to have no effect; instead, it cost many innocent lives.

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In Xu Xiaohou's underground chamber, he is in seclusion, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

He had made thorough preparations; success or failure hinged on this moment.

He was sitting cross-legged on the ground, taking the precious second-grade elixir "Sanhe Dan", his back straight, in a posture that seemed to reach the sky and draw the earth.

A clear mind and a state of optimal condition.

Start the breakthrough!
He activated the "Immortal Farmer's Yuan Building Technique," causing the spiritual energy in his dantian to surge and rapidly circulate between his meridians.

He had reached the pinnacle of Qi cultivation, and his body was already overflowing with spiritual energy, unable to absorb even a trace more.

His spiritual power had reached its limit, but he was trapped in the Niwan Palace, as if there was a barrier blocking him, making it impossible for him to enhance his spiritual power no matter how much he meditated and cultivated his soul.

He absorbed the medicinal power of the Sanhe Dan.

Boom!

A massive surge of dense spiritual energy rushed into his body, forcefully impacting his dantian and qi sea.

"Guard your dantian, condense spiritual fluid, and build the foundation for your spiritual platform..."

He kept in mind the key to breaking through the Foundation Establishment stage.

The "Immortal Farmer's Yuan-Building Technique" operates within the body in a much more complex way than traditional Qigong.

As one becomes more proficient in the cultivation technique, the circulation of spiritual energy becomes faster and faster.

A thin mist was emanating from the acupoints on Xu Xiaohou's body, which was his overflowing spiritual energy dissipating out of his body through the acupoints.

Especially above his head, "white smoke" rose up like billowing clouds.

When the effects of the Three-in-One Pill were truly unleashed, Xu Xiaohou felt his spiritual power break through its limits, and his senses became more acute.

Even when the dantian is overflowing, it is still trying its best to absorb spiritual energy.

"Om~~"

Xu Xiaohou's mind was buzzing. His spiritual power seemed to have broken through some kind of barrier, directly breaking through the Niwan Palace and forming a sea of ​​spiritual power, namely the "sea of ​​consciousness".

He could see his own sea of ​​consciousness, and the power of his soul transformed into divine awareness, which spread out of his body.

Even with his eyes closed, he can "see" everything around him.

Within the dantian, the boundless and dense spiritual energy was compressed to its limit, turning from mist into liquid, and finally condensing into a drop of spiritual liquid.

The elixir emitted a faint light, like a heavenly nectar.

After one drop of spiritual liquid condensed, another drop quickly condensed.

The spiritual energy that originally filled the dantian and sea of ​​qi only condensed into a small amount of spiritual liquid, leaving the dantian empty.

The scarce liquid spiritual energy continued to circulate between the meridians.

At this stage, according to the foundation-building technique, there were changes again.

Wherever spiritual power passes, miraculous changes occur.

The muscles and bones became stronger, the meridians were widened, and the entire skeleton was coated with a shimmering luster.

Nourished by the liquid spiritual energy, the internal organs felt as if they had regained their youth and were more energetic.

Xu Xiaohou felt that every drop of his blood and every inch of his skin was changing, and this change lasted for three whole days.

"Is this what Foundation Establishment is?"

He successfully established his foundation, a feeling that was magical, an evolution of his life level.

"Foundation building, establishing the foundation for immortality, makes my most essential life force even more abundant."

Xu Xiaohou experienced the changes during the Foundation Establishment stage and was overjoyed.

Foundation building and Qi cultivation are worlds apart.

As long as one has spiritual roots, even a poor, unaffiliated cultivator can embark on the path of cultivating qi and achieving immortality through a qi cultivation technique.

But Foundation Establishment is the true entry into the inner sanctum of cultivation, marking a significant achievement for cultivators on the path of immortality.

The evolution of the physical body, the doubling of lifespan, divine consciousness... these are all things that can only be obtained at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Xu Xiaohou was at this time in a dark underground chamber within the sacred site.

But he found himself to be like a source of light, emitting light in the dark environment and reflecting his own outline.

Like fireflies in the night.

This is because he has just established his foundation and is not yet able to control his spiritual power.

Once he gets used to his current Foundation Establishment state, he will be able to control and suppress his Foundation Establishment aura.

After carefully contemplating for a while, and finally being able to control and suppress his aura, he couldn't wait to share the good news with his family.

He walked out of the underground chamber and saw Xu Fugui and the others waiting for him.

"Father, elder brother, what's going on?"

He was surprised. Did everyone already know?

Xu Fugui asked with a smile, "Three days ago, your place suddenly absorbed 90% of the spiritual energy in the spiritual land, and everyone noticed it. I guessed that you had successfully established your foundation, so this must be a breakthrough."

"That's right, I have already established my foundation!"

"Great! Our Xu family has someone who has reached the Foundation Establishment stage!"

"Sixth Son, what does it feel like to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage?"

Xu Xiaoniu consumed a large amount of spirit stones this year. All the spirit stone resources that Xu Xiaohou had previously acquired were given to him to help him improve his cultivation level.

With a large number of spirit stones, a year of arduous cultivation, and the assistance of spirit pills such as Soul Qi Pills, he finally achieved the perfection of Qi Refining.

As a celestial official of the imperial court, he had access to foundation-building techniques through official channels.

As long as he has a Foundation Establishment Pill or a Three-in-One Pill, he has a chance to establish his foundation.

However, his comprehension and aptitude are much worse than Xu Xiaohou's. If he wants to establish his foundation, he probably can't rely on the "Three-in-One Pill" alone; he needs the Foundation Establishment Pill.

(End of this chapter)