Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 166 Six Bones Foundation Building
Fang Jingxuan did not expect that Liu Gu would be the first to achieve Foundation Establishment.

As the last spirit beast he contracted with, Liugu was fed the same amount of Moon Essence Dew and successfully established its foundation, while Tuoyuan is still striving towards the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Inside the Spirit Control Bag, Liu Gu's figure wandered freely. Only after sensing Fang Jingxuan's call did he fly out of the Spirit Control Bag on his own.

Inside the quiet chamber of the cave, a dazzling golden bone fish was displaying its perfect form in mid-air.

This bony fish is not very big, only about one and a half feet long. However, there are three acupoints opening and closing on its spine, and the four fleshy barbels on its mouth have become long and slender.

Fang Jingxuan carefully examined the current Six Bones, wanting to confirm what the difference was between it after Foundation Establishment and before.

Firstly, regarding the soul contract, Fang Jingxuan confirmed in his own soul that even though the Six Bones had become a Foundation Establishment stage spirit beast, the soul contract it had established with him was still effective.

This is mainly due to the fact that, after being gifted by the Golden Core Golden Cicada, Fang Jingxuan's current soul strength is nearly twice that of an ordinary Qi Refining Perfection cultivator.

Even if Liu Gu's strength increases significantly, he will not be able to shake the soul contract signed that day, unless Liu Gu's cultivation level rises to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. If Fang Jingxuan is still not at Foundation Establishment by then, this soul contract will be at risk of going out of control.

After sensing that there were no problems with the Soul Contract, Fang Jingxuan breathed a sigh of relief. The advancement of the Six Bones was completely silent and was completed directly inside the Spirit Control Bag.

Fang Jingxuan was very envious of this natural and effortless advancement method. He wished his own path to Foundation Establishment could be just as smooth.

At this time, Liu Gu's intelligence had increased significantly compared to the late stage of Qi Refining. After Fang Jingxuan's testing, he had fully reached the level of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy.

However, without experiencing a complex upbringing, they lack a deep understanding of the various rules of the human world; their growth is purely intellectual, and their nature is very simple and honest.

In contrast, Tuoyuan is much more tactful. Having grown up in the human world since childhood, and then following Fang Jingxuan, it has seen many people and things, and has formed its own perspective on things.

A spirit beast's personality is partly innate and partly shaped by its environment. Since gaining sentience, Liu Gu has never been in contact with outsiders. The only person he knows is Wang Xinyu, who comes to freeload a meal.

In terms of aptitude, Liu Gu is three to four times better than Tuo Yuan, but in terms of cunning, the ratio should be reversed.

Seeing Liu Gu looking so smug, Fang Jingxuan thought of Tuo Yuan sleeping soundly outside. How could that guy possibly sleep?

Focusing his gaze on the third bone acupoint of the Six Bones, Fang Jingxuan knew that the Six Bones could now unfold seven lines of heaven and earth.

The more bone openings a person has, the more meridians and parallels they can extend, which also means that the six bones are more powerful.

However, to what extent Liu Gu's combat power can be enhanced, and whether it can pose a fatal threat to early Foundation Establishment cultivators of the same level, depends on the nature of the supernatural power it can awaken this time.

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan silently sent a wisp of his divine sense into Liu Gu's mind.

Faced with this action that could completely turn his brain into mush, Liu Gu didn't care and let Fang Jingxuan do as he pleased.

Fang Jingxuan cautiously probed Liu Gu's mind with his divine sense, and through the perspective of his divine sense, he discovered a new cluster of shimmering, cold rainbow light. Around this rainbow light were two smaller black orbs and a white shadow, which represented Liu Gu's other two divine abilities: [Black Demon Fire] and [White Starfall].

Further out are three smaller areas, which are the first supernatural powers that Liu Gu awakened: Flying Head Suppression Technique, Soul Slaughtering Technique, and 'Flying Dragon Carrying Calamity Slash,' a pure killing technique.

Fang Jingxuan had used the Flying Dragon Carrying Calamity Slash and the Flying Head Suppression Technique several times. They were extremely powerful methods that could instantly kill cultivators with low cultivation levels.

However, it became somewhat difficult to use against cultivators of the same level later on, and it only played a greater role after awakening the [Black Demon Fire] and [White Starfall].

At this moment, Fang Jingxuan discovered that this time, Liu Gu had only awakened one supernatural power, but judging from its scale, it was obviously larger than the other five supernatural powers, and was even close to exceeding the combined scale of [Black Demon Fire] and [White Starfall].

This is a Foundation Establishment level divine ability, and Fang Jingxuan was very much looking forward to it. So he slowly probed into it with his divine sense to comprehend its mysteries.

A few breaths later, Fang Jingxuan leisurely opened his eyes. He did not expect that the supernatural power that Liu Gu had awakened this time was no longer related to combat, but a life-saving supernatural power called 'Rainbow Transformation Light Escape'.

As the name suggests, after using this supernatural power, one can envelop their body in a rainbow light, allowing them to traverse a vast area in a very short time and completely escape danger.

Furthermore, after transforming into a rainbow, under the influence of the Golden Core, most formations, barriers, and magical artifacts cannot restrain or trap this rainbow light. It is truly a divine skill for turning the tide of battle and seizing the initiative.

Even if it's a Golden Core level technique, as long as it's not specifically targeted, Fang Jingxuan is confident he can escape. Besides, he's just a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator; how could he be worth the opponent using such a high-level technique?

After sensing Liu Gu's new supernatural power, Fang Jingxuan quietly sneaked off the island and came to a secluded sea area, ready to experience it.

On the sea, twenty miles away from a deserted island, Fang Jingxuan stood silently in mid-air. A moment later, a rainbow-colored streak, ten feet long, flashed by, covering ten miles in an instant, and then stopped on the deserted island in the blink of an eye.

Then, Fang Jingxuan's appearance was revealed, but at this moment, his face was slightly pale, and the feeling just now made him a little scared.

At the moment of transformation, the originally clear and solid world turned into a series of dotted lines in his vision. These dotted lines varied in length, and some of them seemed to connect to some terrifying place, making him subconsciously want to stay away.

Then came the extreme speed, which brought a dizzying sensation. In just two breaths, they traversed twenty miles. Even a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator would find it difficult to achieve such a speed.

Unfortunately, the magical power within Liu Gu's body could not sustain it for longer. Fang Jingxuan estimated that after five breaths, Liu Gu would be unable to continue, and after barely managing to sustain it for six breaths, it would likely damage its essence.

However, Fang Jingxuan was quite satisfied with this. The longest distance he could travel was fifty miles at a time. Compared to those void teleportation talismans that relied on luck and covered a hundred miles, this kind of escape method that he could control was rare and precious.

Moreover, he could break it down into up to five smaller versions of the Rainbow Transformation Technique, ranging from a hundred feet to ten miles. With this supernatural power, he could fight or leave at will, and he would have no fear even when facing Foundation Establishment cultivators.

In addition, based on the recovery speed of the mana in Liu Gu's body, he can cast the Rainbow Transformation Technique once every two hours. Moreover, as Liu Gu's realm improves, this recovery speed can continue to accelerate.

Once Liu Gu advances to the next level, it won't be a pipe dream for him to flash a rainbow light and travel thousands of miles in an instant.

(End of this chapter)