Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 209 Three levels of foundation building
The next day, the female cultivator indeed delivered a jade slip containing the secret technique for extracting the Yin Moon Essence Dew that Wang Xuan had previously refused to teach Fang Jingxuan.

Wang Xuan could put on airs in front of Fang Jingxuan, but when facing the Kuai family of Qifu City, he completely backed down.

After obtaining the jade slip, Fang Jingxuan immediately grasped its meaning and mastered it in just three to five days.

After cultivating to the Foundation Establishment stage, Fang Jingxuan, whose spiritual power greatly increased, felt that his learning ability had also been greatly enhanced.

The techniques and secret skills of ordinary Qi Refining stage are no longer as obscure to Fang Jingxuan as they used to be.

His comprehension and analytical abilities have been greatly enhanced.

It's like a high school student looking at a primary school student's problem; it naturally seems very simple.

However, for the techniques and skills of the Foundation Establishment stage, the sudden increase in difficulty just happens to offset the increase in spiritual power to a certain extent.

This is quite interesting. However, if Fang Jingxuan were willing, he could quickly become a first-level low-grade alchemist in the Qi Refining Realm if he were to start learning alchemy from scratch.

That month, Fang Jingxuan, bathed in moonlight, diligently collected moon dew using his symbiotic plant, the Jianmu Spirit Cypress.

During this process, Fang Jingxuan could sense that more than one gaze was watching him, but he didn't care at all.

Let them watch. This way, I can demonstrate my value and let them know that without me, they can forget about getting that drop of Extreme Yin Moon Essence Dew.

After collecting the jade dew, Fang Jingxuan used the newly acquired extraction technique to successfully extract three drops of Extreme Yin Moon Essence Dew. Under the supervision of the female cultivator, he slowly dripped the dew onto the precious Xuan Tian Qing Hu sword vine.

Instantly, all three hundred or so leaves on the vine unfurled, and Fang Jingxuan could clearly feel the refreshing sensation of this spiritual plant.

It turns out that high-grade spiritual plants are very spiritual; although they are plants, they can express their own feelings.

After being nourished by the Yin Moon Essence Dew, the Xuan Tian Qing Hu Sword Vine showed great thirst, clearly indicating that the vine was also lacking in this essence.

This female cultivator, also known as Si Teng Nu (a nickname given to her by Fang Jingxuan), naturally felt an undisguised joy upon seeing this situation.

"Very good, we didn't waste any time. Fang Jingxuan, you will receive many generous rewards in the future. Do your job well."

Si Teng Nu comforted Fang Jingxuan with a few words, and then disappeared. Fang Jingxuan looked at the Xuan Tian Qing Hu sword vine in front of him and sneered inwardly.

Eight months later, Fang Jingxuan woke up in his cultivation room. At his feet was Tuoyuan, who was curled up in a ball, no bigger than a head, gray and not particularly eye-catching.

Although Tuoyuan is a tortoise-type spirit beast, staying in the spirit bag for a long time is also a kind of torture for it.

So Fang Jingxuan simply released him. Since he was already imprisoned here, having another roommate would be a good thing to ease his mind.

As expected, those who were monitoring Fang Jingxuan did not pay much attention to Tuoyuan. At this moment, Tuoyuan was disguised as very ordinary because of his [Size and Size at Will] supernatural power.

Fang Jingxuan never released Liu Gu, and Si Teng Nu was afraid of arousing Fang Jingxuan's rebellious mentality, so she did not check his personal belongings.

Perhaps this is also a kind of confidence. With the power of the Kuai family, no one in this deep interior believes that Fang Jingxuan can escape on his own.

Indeed, without external help, Fang Jingxuan could not have done it.

Therefore, during this period of time, Fang Jingxuan has been patiently cultivating and has been very compliant.

Right now, Fang Jingxuan glanced at the attribute panel and absorbed the information into his mind. After eight months of continuous cultivation, Fang Jingxuan had quietly stepped into the third level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

[Cultivation Level: Foundation Establishment Level 3 (60/75000)]

The third-tier spiritual land is indeed extraordinary. Including the Wonderful Auspicious Cloud Pill I took, I can increase my cultivation progress by 60 points a day. In just one year, I can increase it by 21,000 points. If this trend continues, I will be able to reach the perfect third level of Foundation Establishment in less than four years.

If he successfully breaks through the bottleneck, he will be a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator by then. Thinking of this, Fang Jingxuan smiled slightly. The steady improvement of his cultivation level was the most gratifying thing for him at the moment.

If he hadn't lost his freedom and his life wasn't in the hands of others, Fang Jingxuan would have really wanted to stay here and continue his cultivation.

After checking the time, Fang Jingxuan got up and went outside to check on the condition of the Green Gourd Sword Vine.

Eight months have passed, and with a total of twenty-four drops of water, the sword vine has grown very well, with three more leaves added.

According to Fang Jingxuan's own estimation, the amount of Extreme Yin Moon Essence Dew he collected and refined over three months could allow this sword vine to grow rapidly for a year.

This speed is four times faster than before. No wonder the woman was so excited. I just don't know how much the sword vine needs to grow before it can bear that sword fruit.

Fang Jingxuan was engrossed in observing it. The fourth-tier spiritual plant possessed its own unique charm. At first, Fang Jingxuan did not notice this, but only after continuously getting closer to it did he realize that his understanding of swordsmanship seemed to be gradually strengthening.

However, this rate of improvement is far too slow. If Fang Jingxuan previously only had three points of talent in swordsmanship, then at this moment, he would only have four or five points at most. And this total score is based on a scale of one thousand.

After carefully observing the green gourd sword vine for half an hour, Fang Jingxuan returned to his room and went to another house.

There is an ordinary first-tier alchemy furnace here, and many common medicinal herbs around it.

For the past eight months, Fang Jingxuan had nothing to do but meditate. It was like being in prison. Not wanting to waste his time, Fang Jingxuan asked Si Teng Nu for these things, as well as some essential alchemy techniques, and tried to learn alchemy on his own.

Si Teng naturally fulfilled this request; since they were all low-grade first-tier items, buying them all wouldn't cost much in spirit stones.

As mentioned earlier, after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, Fang Jingxuan was no longer completely ignorant about alchemy. His powerful divine soul allowed him to accurately control the alchemy fire, finely regulate the furnace temperature, and rationally adjust the mixing ratio of various spiritual materials in the alchemy furnace.

Therefore, Fang Jingxuan's path in alchemy was much smoother than his path in talisman making.

Fang Jingxuan didn't intend to sell the various pills he refined. Si Teng Nu obviously didn't want to see this kind of contact with the outside world, so in the end, he could only sell them all to Tuo Yuan at a low price.

And so, three years passed in this peaceful and stable way. During this period, Fang Jingxuan's cultivation level increased greatly, and his alchemy skills also improved significantly. He now possessed the strength of a mid-grade first-level alchemist.

After three years of continuous contact with the Green Gourd Sword Vine, Fang Jingxuan discovered that as the one who had nurtured it and watered it with Moon Essence Dew, the Green Gourd Sword Vine, with its limited consciousness, had already accepted and recognized him.

Every time I approach it, this sword vine conveys a happy and carefree mood.

As a result, Fang Jingxuan felt that his understanding of swordsmanship was increasing year by year.

The first year it was only two points, the second year it was three points, and this year it's five points.

Now, three years have passed, and Fang Jingxuan's talent in swordsmanship has reached thirteen or fourteen points.

Although this is nothing in the context of the thousand-point system of swordsmanship, Fang Jingxuan was undoubtedly very happy to see himself improve little by little.

Over the past few years, Fang Jingxuan has always acted compliantly and calmly. After spending so much time together, Si Teng Nu is no longer completely wary of Fang Jingxuan. Instead, she has slowly begun to show a smile or two to him.

Perhaps in Si Teng Nu's eyes, Fang Jingxuan would only be able to spend the rest of his life here, and she began to feel more at ease with Fang Jingxuan, and her attitude became more gentle.

Fang Jingxuan also learned about the outside world through her snippets of information.

On this day, Si Teng Nu's expression was calm, but Fang Jingxuan, who was already familiar with her, could still see the worry hidden behind her.

The fact that even this close confidant of Kuai Tong was causing him worry immediately piqued Fang Jingxuan's curiosity.

Could it be that my turning point is about to come?
(End of this chapter)