Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 177 Foundation Building Moment
Half a month later, Fang Jingxuan returned to the territory of the Spirit Wood Alliance to attempt the Foundation Establishment breakthrough, which naturally could not be carried out on Black Toad Island.

Firstly, it's unsafe, and secondly, Black Toad Island doesn't have enough spiritual energy.

When a cultivator is in seclusion to build their foundation, their own protective abilities are very weak. As a rogue cultivator, Fang Jingxuan had no one to protect him. Even with Tuoyuan and Liugu by his side, Fang Jingxuan was not entirely at ease.

The reason for choosing Bomu City of the Spiritwood Alliance is that there are high-level cave dwellings available for rent.

As a celestial city with fourth-order spiritual veins, the cave dwellings here can be of the highest quality, enough to break through to the Golden Core Realm.

Of course, Fang Jingxuan didn't need such a high-level cave dwelling, nor could he afford it. For him, renting a second-tier quality cave dwelling was enough for his Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment realm breakthrough.

In addition, security is guaranteed within the rented cave dwelling.

The cave dwellings within Bomu City all originate from the main spiritual vein, and their formations are fourth-order grand formations, ensuring absolute safety for each cave dwelling.

Unless they are cultivators from Bomu City themselves, no one can open the cave's formation without permission and go in to commit murder.

Fang Jingxuan thought to himself that he was just a nobody, and shouldn't deserve to be treated like this.

Therefore, he brought the spirit stones he had accumulated in the Zhang family over the past six months to the cave rental hall in Bomu City, intending to rent a second-tier cave dwelling.

Inside the main hall, people came and went. As Fang Jingxuan strolled in, a cultivator came to greet him.

"Fellow Daoist, are you here to rent a cave dwelling? We offer long-term and short-term rentals, as well as custom-made cave dwellings, all to suit your needs."

Fang Jingxuan was led to a mountain model, which was covered with markings. Among them, the green ones were the cave dwellings at the foot of the mountain, which were not rented out.

Fang Jingxuan looked at it, then pointed to one of the spots and said:

"How much does this cave dwelling cost?"

"You have a good eye, sir. This is a second-grade high-quality cave dwelling. Its spiritual energy is extremely rich, making it most suitable for cultivation. If you want to rent it long-term, it will cost ten high-quality spirit stones a year. If you want to rent it short-term, it will cost one high-quality spirit stone a month."

Upon hearing the price, Fang Jingxuan wanted to gasp. Was it really that expensive?

"As you probably know, our Bomu City is the most stable place in the entire Baishan area. Look at how badly the fighting is going on next door, but it doesn't affect us at all."

As long as you have enough spirit stones, you can cultivate to the Golden Core stage here; none of this will be a problem.

Fang Jingxuan listened silently to the other party's boasting, while mentally calculating his own spirit stone reserves.

In the past six months, including the rewards issued by the Zhang family and the gains brought by the other cultivator, he still has seventeen or eighteen high-grade spirit stones to use.

Fortunately, after eliminating one of the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, they found a high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill in the cultivator's storage bag.

After selling everything else in Bomu City, his current net worth is two top-grade Foundation Establishment Pills, one high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, and nearly twenty high-grade spirit stones.

War is the fastest way to make money, as long as you can stay alive.

Fang Jingxuan only jumped out quickly because he saw that things were not going well. Otherwise, what would have been a chaotic battle between Foundation Establishment cultivators would have been much more difficult for him. He was not so confident that he could have fought so freely for half a year without even getting a scratch.

The process of refining qi to break through to the foundation stage usually takes three to five months, and sometimes up to half a year.

However, just to be on the safe side, Fang Jingxuan still spent ten high-grade spirit stones to rent the cave for a year.

Half a day later, Fang Jingxuan was led to the very center of Bomu City, the outer edge of the fourth-order spiritual vein. Looking at the towering banyan tree atop the mountain, which blocked out the sky, Fang Jingxuan was momentarily lost in thought.

"How about it? This is the guardian spirit of our Bomu City, a fourth-grade superior [Sky-Supporting Giant Banyan]. It has lived for more than five thousand years and usually sleeps. This fourth-grade spiritual vein is right under its bottom."

The cultivator leading the way seemed to enjoy looking at these country bumpkins. His expression at the moment, especially when mentioning the [Sky-Reaching Giant Banyan Tree], showed him a sense of pride.

Fang Jingxuan was momentarily stunned, but quickly regained his composure. It was the first time he had seen such a high-level life form in this place, and he was slightly taken aback.

From here to the top of the mountain, it's a distance of dozens of miles, but even so, Fang Jingxuan could feel the immense and pure vitality emanating from the banyan tree.

Presumably, even a single leaf from this banyan tree is a second-tier spiritual material.

"Alright, alright, hurry up and hand over the cave dwelling. If you delay here even for a moment, calculate how many low-grade spirit stones you'll lose. Every moment is valuable."

After being reminded, Fang Jingxuan understood, and when he thought of the price corresponding to each hour, his heart ached.

Just like when he used to treat people to drinks when doing business, he would count how much money was gone with each sip the other person took.

Upon arriving at the cave, Fang Jingxuan looked around and discovered that it occupied a rather large area, covering approximately two thousand square meters.

The facility was fully equipped with a meditation room, an alchemy room, a training room, a study, and a herb garden, which was very different from the scene Fang Jingxuan had imagined, which consisted of only one cave dwelling.

Seeing this, Fang Jingxuan felt less distressed about the rent. After releasing Tuoyuan, he let it roam freely and protect him.

Holding the token, Fang Jingxuan activated the mountain-protecting formation. As the extremely dense spiritual light protective shield opened, Fang Jingxuan sensed that even if he used the 'Rainbow Light Escape' technique at this moment, he might not be able to pass through this protection.

After all, this formation originated from the entire fourth-order grand formation, and its protective strength was something Fang Jingxuan had never seen before in his life.

After confirming that he was safe, Fang Jingxuan finally felt relieved. He was not in a hurry to establish his foundation, but instead adjusted his physical and mental state by reading books, drinking tea, drawing talismans to calm his mind. Only after his state of mind was completely stable did he take a bath, change his clothes, burn incense, and reflect on his inner self.

Inside the quiet room, Fang Jingxuan felt his fully restored magical power, and a sense of satisfaction welled up from the bottom of his heart.

Then came the powerful divine soul and the extremely strong physique. Sensing these one by one, he couldn't help but smile.

Then, he pointed and activated the spirit-gathering array in the quiet room.

At this moment, within the second-tier superior spiritual land, the spiritual energy nurtured within is abundant. Especially after being transformed and condensed by the array, streams of pure and profound spiritual power rush into Fang Jingxuan's body.

Feeling all this, and looking at the various pills in front of him, Fang Jingxuan was somewhat lost in thought.

Three Foundation Building Pills, four bottles of Qi Nourishing Pills, one bottle of Blood Essence Pill, one Soul Stabilizing Pill, and five bottles of Fasting Pills are enough for Fang Jingxuan to go a year without consuming any spiritual food.

In addition, there are also emergency remedies such as wound-healing pills, foundation-strengthening pills, and bone-regenerating pills, all available in case of failure in foundation building.

This is the wealth I've accumulated through 38 years of hard work.

It turns out that I'm already thirty-eight years old without even realizing it.

Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan recalled the past, then picked up the Qi Nourishing Pill in front of him, swallowed three in one go, and felt the massive amount of spiritual energy explode in his body. He smiled sincerely.

(End of this chapter)