Using the MC system to pretend spiritual revival

Chapter 198 The First Foundation Establishment Stage
"You must understand the principle that things will turn into their opposites when they reach an extreme."

Upon hearing this, the two nodded hurriedly, indicating that they understood.

Lu Gu also thought for a moment, and it seemed that he had already explained everything that needed to be explained.

Given Li Qingfeng's current high-ranking position, the news should spread quickly.

Then, by having Yang Ping fill in some basic settings and background information, we can basically stabilize the overall situation and prevent it from collapsing.

Thinking of this, Lü Gu slowly stood up and walked towards the open-air training platform next to him.

"Qingfeng, come with me. Judging from your expression, you must have already noticed the changes in yourself, right?"

Lu Gu's sudden action of getting up startled the two of them.

However, after understanding the meaning behind the words, a sharp glint flashed in Li Qingfeng's eyes.

However, he quickly took a deep breath, suppressed his inner restlessness, and excitedly got up and jogged after him.

"Yes! Master!"

After the two arrived at the wooden platform, Lu Xiaoxue also ran over and stood aside to watch the excitement.

Following Lü Gu's prompting, Li Qingfeng sat down on the futon without hesitation, lowered his eyes slightly, and entered a meditative state.

Then, I heard my master's gentle, ethereal voice slowly approaching.

"Qingfeng, you should have already experienced that spiritual energy beyond the tenth cluster suddenly condenses and surrounds your inner vision, and your body has also undergone some different changes."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingfeng, who was meditating with his eyes closed, was somewhat surprised, but he quickly thought of his master's strength and felt it was only natural.

However, this did not disrupt his meditation or disturb his concentration.

Simply by focusing one's divine sense and looking inward at oneself, one could sense that outside the ten hazy clusters of spiritual energy, a wisp of spiritual energy had appeared out of nowhere and was swaying uncertainly.

Just as Master just said, exactly the same.

As for the changes in the body…

Li Qingfeng was lost in memories.

Not long ago, he was rescued by his master and woke up in this rooftop temple. He had already noticed an unsettling feeling in his movements, whether walking, sitting, or lying down.

Although the time is still short, based on testing and some self-guessing, it seems that the overall speed has increased significantly.

He originally wanted to ask his master for the reason immediately, but unfortunately, he had not seen him for a long time, and Lu Xiaoxue had been moved here by his master using his methods.

Feeling uneasy, I suppressed my excitement and didn't ask any questions.

At this moment, his master saw through his disguise at a glance, and his emotions were no longer suppressed; he was filled with excitement and surging emotions.

However, he still adhered to etiquette, opening his eyes only after confirming his presence through internal examination, though his eyes were full of excitement and anticipation.

But he still tried to suppress his emotions and keep his tone as calm as possible.

"Yes! Master, it really couldn't escape your discerning eyes."

"After waking up, I not only felt a cluster of free spiritual energy gathering in my body, but I also felt that my body was moving so fast that it was hard to adapt!"

Upon hearing this, Lü Gu nodded slowly as he paced back and forth.

He was naturally not surprised; he had added all of these things while the boy was unconscious.

A permanent potion effect with a speed Lv2.

According to the game's data, level one increases movement speed by 20%, and level two increases it by nearly half.

When your body suddenly moves faster, you'll naturally feel uncomfortable.

As for that free-floating cluster of spiritual energy...

It's the original setting: ten red hearts for health points, plus a new maximum health limit, but it's not full yet.

However, that's not the right way to put it; here's an explanation.

Lu Gu had already prepared his speech, so he took the opportunity to pace back and forth while speaking in a profound and enigmatic tone.

"It's alright~ No need to worry, these are all normal signs of progress in spiritual practice."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lü Gu stopped in his tracks, turned his head and looked into his little apprentice's eyes, which were filled with excitement.

On his face, he also showed a smile full of praise and encouragement.

"Hehe~ Qingfeng, I said at the beginning of your cultivation that you have good aptitude and will make rapid progress in the early stages of cultivation."

"But I didn't expect that you would actually break through to the half-step Foundation Establishment state by relying on your understanding of life and death without any subsequent cultivation techniques or array assistance."

"It seems that during my absence, Qingfeng, you have not slacked off at all and are still as diligent as ever every day."

Upon hearing this, both of the people in the audience beamed with joy.

Li Qingfeng was delighted that his hard work and talent had been recognized by his master.

Although he was trying to suppress it on the surface, the corners of his mouth that he couldn't help but curl up betrayed his inner ecstasy.

Hearing these words, Lu Xiaoxue, standing below the wooden platform, was also filled with surprise and delight.

As an office worker, she also had some understanding of the various cultivation realms.

At this moment, he clenched his fists in excitement, feeling happy for his brother Qingfeng's increasingly refined cultivation and talent.

At this moment, Lü Gu glanced at the expressions of the two men and then continued to fill in the unfinished details of the setting.

"This half-step Foundation Establishment state, to put it bluntly, means that there is no mental technique to restrain the easily dissipated spiritual energy of cultivation, and there is no corresponding Foundation Establishment formation to condense the mana."

That's why we're stuck in this limbo.

"Foundation building, foundation building, forging the foundation for ascension to heaven. If it were the normal procedure, one would first need to prepare sufficient medicines and array formations to assist in the process of condensing one's magical power."

"Further supplemented by the cultivation techniques after Foundation Establishment, the first breath of spiritual energy is condensed, which marks the beginning of Foundation Establishment."

"Once you reach this stage, the spiritual energy absorbed during the Qi Refining stage will be compressed and completely converted into your own, at which point your body will be unobstructed."

"The Dao is formed naturally, and the spirit and energy are generated from within. This can manifest as the ability to inhale and exhale water and fire, or to generate thunder and lightning, or to penetrate the illusory and the real. These are considered supernatural powers, and this is one of the original distinctions between different realms."

"As one's cultivation progresses, one's supernatural abilities will gradually become more complete and powerful. Once cultivation is complete and supernatural abilities are stable, that is the time for Core Formation..."

Lu Gu explained in great detail, and not only Li Qingfeng, but also Lu Xiaoxue who was standing next to him understood.

However, at this moment, the little girl's face was full of worry, and her two hands were tightly clasped together, revealing the struggle in her heart.

Her eyes hesitated, but she finally mustered up her courage when Lu Gu's gaze swept over her.

He raised his right hand, like a student in class, before speaking, his tone filled with anxiety.

"Then, Immortal... you said that Brother Qingfeng is currently stuck between the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages. Will this have any impact on his body? Will it affect his future cultivation?"

The question clearly revealed the little girl's worry.

Clearly, she was well aware of her Qingfeng brother's obsession with and emphasis on cultivation.

If these reasons affect my subsequent cultivation, it would probably be even more painful than killing the other party.

Similarly, when Li Qingfeng asked this question, a hint of worry flashed in his eyes.

However, he still gritted his teeth slightly, looked solemnly at his master's profile, and said nothing.

Lu Gu naturally had no need to scare the two of them, so he didn't say anything more to whet their appetites and directly denied their concerns.

"Hehe~ Little girl, there's no need to worry. Even if Qingfeng's cultivation really goes wrong, I, as his master, will naturally have a way to deal with it."

As he spoke, he turned around with a smile and waved to his disciple who was sitting on a futon in front of him.

next moment.

Some red powder, shimmering with a vermilion luster, flew out and quickly swirled around the rather large wooden platform.

Then, starting from Li Qingfeng at the center, several complex patterns were created, one inside and one outside.

Finally, eight flags, each tipped with a glowing red light, flew out from the sleeves and planted themselves in several corners of the formation. The entire pattern, made of powder, immediately emitted a striking red light.

Li Qingfeng, who sat in the center of the formation the whole time and watched this miraculous scene unfold rapidly before his eyes, couldn't help but widen his eyes in amazement.

But he suppressed his curiosity and dared not move, for fear of ruining what his master was carefully preparing for him.

The whole process didn't take too long.

This formation was actually conceived quite a long time ago.

There are three laps in total.

In the middle are various obscure and difficult-to-understand elements that combine the original Taoist formations with some of his own innovative patterns, interspersed throughout.

It's the kind of pattern that looks complicated at first glance, and you can't replicate it without tracing it twice according to the instructions.

This was a restriction set up by Lü Gu to deal with the situation where the population base was too large, the number of people cultivating immortality would surge, and eventually "Golden Core cultivators were no better than dogs, and Nascent Soul cultivators were everywhere".

It's not that people are forbidden from practicing cultivation.

Even if the cultivation method for the Foundation Establishment stage is fully developed, if the corresponding conditions are not met, relying solely on the cultivation method will immediately result in being marked.

Within a certain range, it will be revealed to all cultivators, and a thunderstorm will immediately form overhead.

Only after being struck by lightning can one unlock the permission to cultivate at the Foundation Establishment stage.

However, in the game's lore, there aren't many lightning bolts; they only deal about 99% damage.

Whether you prepare more food or get some armor, you can get through this safely.

The most important thing is that by making it public and by observing changes in celestial phenomena, a large number of unorthodox and evil cultivators can be prevented from secretly breaking through in their cultivation.

Another method is the formation that Li Qingfeng is currently using.

As long as you arrange your body according to this pattern, sit in the center, and then break through, you will not only be less likely to be struck by lightning, but you will also avoid triggering the marked mode.

The complex designs and high costs set a barrier for smaller organizations.

Even if we manage to find redstone dust and redstone torches through some means, we won't have enough to afford.

This approach basically ensures that the initial investment amount won't be too large each time a breakthrough occurs...

Thinking like this.

Over there, the automatically generated formation, as set up, was finally completed.

Upon noticing this, Lü Gu quickly snapped out of his daze and moved to the front of the formation.

With a flick of his wrist, an ancient, simple book appeared in his palm.

The next moment, it automatically floated up and drifted towards the little apprentice sitting in the center of the formation.

"Qingfeng, this is one of our sect's foundation-building techniques, the Sword Heart Technique. It is the most suitable technique for you to cultivate at this time, chosen by your master."

As soon as he finished speaking, another much thinner and newer cultivation manual flew out and was once again caught by Li Qingfeng under his questioning gaze.

"This book was compiled by your grandmaster when the sect was at its peak. It was intended to be distributed to villages around the sect or given to those who were not talented enough to perform menial tasks."

"It contains three chapters, corresponding to Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and some basic cultivation techniques. You can also refer to them for reference."

"If the authorities come looking for you later, you can hand over this technique and make some good connections."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qingfeng, who was still looking down at the two cultivation manuals with a puzzled expression, suddenly looked up, his lips trembling, and bowed deeply.

"Thank you, Master, for bestowing this method upon me!"

This time he didn't make many promises, but kept everything in his heart.

Li Qingfeng had thought that his master would teach him the Foundation Establishment Technique.

But I never expected that my master would consider so much for me, even taking into account my current predicament as an official.

Instead, he bestowed upon her another useless cultivation technique from the sect. How could one not be moved by such concern for one's own sake…

"Alright, Qingfeng, there's no need for such formalities between us, master and disciple. Quickly memorize the cultivation method, and I will protect you as you build your foundation."

"it is good!"

At this moment, Li Qingfeng, who had lowered his head, squeezed his eyes hard and wiped away the tears of emotion that were already welling up in his eyes.

He quickly and deftly opened the book containing the "Sword Heart Manual" and began to read it.

Upon first glance, Li Qingfeng's heart skipped a beat again. This time, the pages of the book were not covered with ancient characters or traces of mold and contamination.

Although the paper is yellowed, it is still clear and legible, and the font is a more modern style.

This reminded him of the breathing technique he had first encountered. Because the sect had existed for so long and the characters were all in ancient script, it had been quite difficult for him to read.

Unexpectedly, in this second book, the master actually paid attention to such details about himself.

Not only did he clean up the cultivation method, but he also translated the characters into modern scripts to make it easier for himself to read.

Woohoo~
Having been deeply moved once again, Li Qingfeng stopped dawdling.

Using his now exceptionally sharp eyesight and mind, he quickly memorized the opening principles and imprinted them in his mind.

In no time.

"Master! Your disciple has memorized it!"

After finishing reading the mental cultivation manual, Li Qingfeng raised his head without hesitation, looked solemnly into his master's eyes within the formation, and spoke with a firm and powerful tone.

"Alright~ Qingfeng, close your eyes and feel it. Your master will guide spiritual energy into your body~"

With the same calm and soothing tone, Li Qingfeng did as he was told and quickly sat up straight.

He gently clasped his hands together and placed them on his lower abdomen, silently reciting the newly learned Foundation Building Technique and sensing the several clusters of spiritual energy within his body.

Meanwhile, Lu Gu, who was outside, also waved his hand.

Suddenly, gusts of wind swept across the surrounding rooftop, causing some of the peripheral flowers and plants to sway violently.

It was as if some kind of spiritual energy from heaven and earth was being drawn together by a powerful force and gathered on this rooftop.

However, in reality, Lü Gu simply threw out a few wind projectiles secretly.

The breakthrough was primarily achieved by a set of equipment that had been mentally planned long ago, combined with a buff system that had been previously obtained.

"I'm angry."

As the two words were uttered, the wind outside the rooftop grew even louder.

Meanwhile, visible white streams of energy emanated from the formation, swirling around Li Qingfeng, who was sitting cross-legged on the futon.

Lu Xiaoxue, who was being swayed from side to side by the sudden strong wind, quickly ran to the pavilion and grabbed a section of wooden stake with both hands and feet.

It looked as if it might be blown away by a strong wind at any moment, but its head was still staring straight at the center of the strange phenomenon.

At this moment, Lü Gu stood motionless in the gale, his frosty hair and Taoist robe billowing in the wind.

He then used the item editor to delete the appearance model of the items he had prepared in advance and threw them towards Li Qingfeng in the center of the formation.

From Lu Gu's perspective, a set of iron armor gleaming with enchanted light quickly disappeared into the opponent's equipment slot with a few "thump thump thump" sounds.

Iron Helmet:
Durability Lv255
Protection Lv1
Experience Patch Lv1
Iron breastplate:
Durability lv255
……

This set of enchantments basically guarantees that this set of stealth iron armor will never be damaged, as long as it is not taken off.

With a bit of selfishness, Lü Gu added an extra Protection Lv1 enchantment to each piece of armor, on top of the original amount.

It not only makes one's apprentice more capable, but also highlights the profound heritage of the sect one belongs to.

As for the methods of attack, Lü Gu planned to make use of his apprentice's weapon...

(End of this chapter)