Ten days later, Lu Changan stabilized his state and officially left the customs.
"Congratulations to Brother Lu, your magic power has improved greatly."
"Congratulations to Uncle Lu for your breakthrough."
After walking out of the cave, the two maids stood on both sides and congratulated each other.
"Bingyun, Uncle Lu has seen that you defeated two first-order high-grade puppets."
Lu Changan smiled and looked at the slender woman in a green skirt.
"I can't beat the rock rat who suppresses his cultivation and strength."
Mu Bingyun said softly.
She took out a bag of spiritual stones with some guilt and bit her red lips:
"Uncle Lu, I broke two puppets. Are these spiritual stones enough to compensate?"
Lu Changan laughed dumbly, waved his hand and said, "Keep your spirit stone for planning and building a foundation."
Two first-order puppets cost little to repair.
Mu Bingyun passed the test he proposed and will say goodbye in the future.
"Bingyun, pack your luggage and follow me to Feiyue Lake to attend Li Erqing's 100th birthday."
Lu Changan ordered.
"Yeah." Mu Bingyun hesitated, but finally nodded.
For Li Erqing's lineage, her senses were not very good.
If Lu Changan didn't tell her, she would go out for training and not return to Mu's house.
On the same day, Lu Changan and the two rushed to Feiyue Lake by flying boat.
Although Lu Changan had left the Mu family long ago, his participation in the 100th birthday celebration was due to his personal relationship with Li Erqing for more than eighty years.
"Bingyun, when you return to the family, give this letter to your master."
On the way, Lu Changan took out a letter and handed it to Mu Bingyun.
…
Six or seven days later.
The vast Feiyue Lake comes into view.
"Brother."
Li Erqing, who was wearing a red birthday robe, was the first to come out.
The world of immortality covers a large area and takes a long time. Birthday ceremonies like Li Erqing's usually last for many days and are used to entertain relatives and friends from all over the world.
Lu Changan patted Li Erqing's shoulder, and the two flew to Yuexin Island's main hall together.
"Congratulations, brother, for being promoted to the middle stage of foundation building."
Li Erqing noticed the change in Lu Changan's cultivation and couldn't hide the surprise on his face.
In the middle stage of foundation building, the mana increases greatly, and the strength crushes the early stage of foundation building.
The intimidation that Huang Tankong brought to the Mu family and the surrounding areas can be seen clearly.
In comparison, Li Erqing was involved in family affairs due to his low qualifications, and is still far from reaching the third level of foundation building.
Li Erqing's mood was complicated, and he inevitably felt a sense of disparity.
Eighty years ago, both of them started from the same starting point.
In the past few decades, Li Erqing had always been ahead of Lu Changan, and was only temporarily caught up at the seventh level of Qi Refining.
After he broke through the bottleneck in the later stage, he once again took the lead in cultivation. Because of the opportunity of his children, he got the Foundation Establishment Pill first and became the Foundation Establishment Ancestor of the Mu family.
However, Lu Changan's cultivation speed is slow, but very solid and stable.
Even in the foundation building period, it is still improving steadily. Li Erqing lost his stamina and spirit.
…
The two landed in front of the main hall of Yuexin Island.
"Er Qing, this is my gift."
Lu Changan handed a gift box to Li Erqing.
"Friend Lu Dao."
"Uncle Lu."
Zhao Siyao and Lin Lu, who were familiar with each other, came over.
The two of them also discovered that Lu Changan had made a breakthrough in cultivation, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"Friend Lu Dao has accumulated a lot of experience and is a late bloomer, which is admirable."
Zhao Siyao smiled happily and praised.
She was not in a calm mood at the moment.
Zhao Siyao has higher qualifications and is backed by the sect, and has always been far ahead of Lu Changan and others.
However, after the foundation building period, she had been steadily improving her cultivation level, but encountered resistance. Every small realm bottleneck takes many years and energy to overcome.
"Fellow Daoist Zhao is ridiculous, Lu is just a fluke."
Lu Changan said modestly.
"Perhaps because of my solid foundation and good mentality, after I reached the peak of the early stage of foundation building, I broke through the small realm relatively smoothly."
Hearing this, Zhao Siyao and Lin Lu couldn't help but think deeply.
Indeed, Lu Changan's eighty years of practice, step by step, has an extremely solid foundation.
Cultivate your health, raise turtles and plant grass, and your state of mind is far beyond that of ordinary people.
"In terms of foundation and state of mind, we are not as good as fellow Daoist Lu."
Zhao Siyao said calmly.
She was really aware of the gap.
Breakthroughs in small realms vary from person to person.
A small number of monks may not necessarily have outstanding qualifications, but they have a deep foundation and an excellent state of mind, making it easier for them to break through than ordinary monks.
This kind of situation occurs in a higher proportion among monks who cultivate life skills.
"With a few more years of polishing, Fellow Daoist Zhao, it shouldn't be difficult to advance to the later stage of foundation building."
Lu Changan noticed that Zhao Siyao's cultivation had reached the peak of the middle stage of foundation building.
"hope so."
Zhao Siyao sighed softly.
Judging from the current trend, it will be difficult for her to advance to the late stage of foundation building before she turns 100.
Fortunately, the trip to the Qingming Secret Realm was somewhat rewarding, and it was a rare training.
As long as you can advance to the later stage of foundation building, you will have surpassed most of the foundation building period, and your status within the sect will be significantly improved.
During the subsequent chat, Lu Changan learned that Zhang Tieshan had been promoted to the late stage of foundation building half a year ago.
It is said that Zhang Tieshan's chance harvest in the Qingming Secret Realm is one of the best among the participating monks in Jinyun Valley.
This time he stood out, his strength and status within the sect increased, and he gained the respect of the core elders.
Zhang Tieshan did not attend Li Erqing's birthday party and asked a disciple to celebrate his birthday on his behalf.
…
"Bingyun, go back and see your master first."
Lu Changan said to Mu Bingyun who was slightly embarrassed at the side.
She has not yet emerged from her role as Lu Changan's maid.
"Yes, Uncle Lu."
Mu Bingyun bowed and left, taking the letter from Lu Changan to see her master.
Lu Changan's consciousness paid attention to Mu Bingyun to make sure that he was not intercepted on the way.
He looked at Zhao Siyao and said through a message:
"Fellow Daoist Zhao, I need you to be an intermediary for something. You don't need to waste time and effort, and you will be rewarded with five hundred spirit stones."
"Oh, is there such a relaxing thing?"
Zhao Siyao pursed her lips, thoughtfully.
Afterwards, the two communicated through voice messages for a while.
The letter Lu Changan asked Mu Bingyun to take back hinted that there was an opportunity to build a foundation in the hands of Zhao Siyao, so they could fight for it.
Zhao Siyao had refined the Foundation Building Pill in the sect and it could withstand scrutiny.
Lu Changan once brought back a Foundation Building Pill and made a deal with the Mu family.
If the same transaction were to be done again, the Foundation Establishment Pill would be too easy to obtain.
…
After the birthday banquet.
Lu Changan and Zhao Siyao both spent the night in the guest room on Yuexin Island.
As foundation-building monks, the two enjoyed their own compound.
Late that night.
The head of the family, Mu Chengji, and an old woman wearing a veil visited the compound where Zhao Siyao stayed.
About half an hour.
Zhao Siyao sent the two visitors out of the room with a slightly complicated expression.
"Only the great road and the sun and moon are eternal."
She looked at the night sky and suddenly realized that when Lu Changan took the initiative to change his name in Juxian Tower, it was not just to protect Mingzhe.
…
Early the next morning, Zhao Siyao came to Lu Changan's guest room in another courtyard.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, this is the spiritual stone for selling the Foundation Establishment Pill."
She handed a spirit stone bag to Lu Changan.
In the past, at Huanglong Auction, a genuine Foundation Establishment Pill was sold for six thousand spirit stones.
In this bag, there are 5,500 spirit stones.
Lu Changan gave 500 of them to Zhao Siyao as a middleman reward.
In this transaction, Lu Changan mainly played the role of a businessman and sold it to other forces for cash, probably at this price.
The Mu family at least knew the basics, and by building the foundation of the sect, Zhao Siyao, the risk was minimized.
From the Mu family's perspective, Zhao Siyao and Lu Changan had an irreversible friendship, and it must have been because of the latter's face that they were willing to make this deal.
Mu Bingyun has worked hard in Xiaoguifeng for so many years without any merit. She must understand the benefit of getting this opportunity to build a foundation.
Half an hour later.
A woman in a green skirt, as graceful as jade, hurriedly flew to the compound where Lu Changan settled.
"Uncle Lu."
However, the courtyard was empty.
Lu Changan left without saying goodbye and didn't take her with him.
Mu Bingyun's clear eyes turned red, and she stood stunned for a moment, feeling inexplicably empty in her heart.
She understood that from now on, she was no longer the maid of Xiao Guifeng.
The days of caring for her, helping Uncle Lu draw talismans, taking care of the mountain, and being accompanied by rock rats and black water turtles will soon leave her.
…
In the sky outside Feiyue Lake, Lu Changan bid farewell to Zhao Siyao and Lin Lu.
One of the two Foundation Establishment Pills has already been realized.
Previously, due to the purchase of third-level spiritual wood and other materials, Lu Changan's spiritual stones were almost drained, but now his wallet is bulging again.
In addition to the seizure from Master Hua, the number of spiritual stones exceeds 10,000.
There was only one Foundation Establishment Pill left, and since he had plenty of money, he was in no hurry to sell it.
"Good luck."
Lu Changan took one last look at Feiyue Lake.
Whether Mu Bingyun can build a foundation is beyond his control.
coincidentally.
Mu Bingyun established her foundation at the age of forty-seven, the same as Mu Xiuyun back then.
The qualifications of the two are similar, with Mu Bingyun being slightly better at most.
The difference is that Mu Bingyun did not stick to the family and made a different decision than her master back then.
Two months later.
Feiyue Lake, above Yuexin Island.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered together to form a small vortex of spiritual energy.
Ten days later, the whirlpool of spiritual energy glowed with a faint glow and dispersed smoothly and steadily.
Then, in a cave on Yuexin Island, a surge of foundation-building spiritual pressure surged.
"Foundation building successful!"
Some members of the Mu family's old lineage were filled with tears and excited.
Today, there are no strong external enemies in Feiyue Lake, and the foundation building process is uneventful.
There is only one female foundation-building cultivator left in the Maple Leaf Huang family. She relies on Taoist monks in the late stage of foundation-building to protect her family's one-third acre of land.
That person in the later stage of foundation building was not so easy to deal with and was greedy, which made the Huang family miserable.
A few days later, in the secret room.
A female cultivator in a green skirt opened her bright eyes, her skirt moving in the wind.
After being promoted to Foundation Establishment, his appearance and temperament will be invisibly improved.
"Master...disciple's decision back then was not wrong."
"Your support over the years has treated me as a substitute for me when I was young and verified a completely different fate. Are you gratified by this?"
Mu Bingyun's face was radiant, and her snowy face looked like a lotus.
"Uncle Lu, thank you."
She stood up gracefully with respect on her face.
A pair of quiet and beautiful eyes looked towards the north of Feiyue Lake, and he bowed.
…
Three or four months later.
Wuqi Mountain, Xiaogui Peak.
Lu Changan unfolded the letter in his hand and looked at the Qingjun font on it.
This was the first letter he received from Mu Bingyun.
Mu Bingyun succeeded in building the foundation, just as he expected.
Lu Changan did not reply.
Enter the secret room, start delving into it, and build a puppet.
More than half a year later.
Lu Changan created a second second-level middle-grade puppet.
It's also a turtle puppet, with full defense points.
What has changed is that this turtle puppet can form a three-foot-high turtle shield, which can be used as an excellent defensive weapon at critical moments.
After completing this turtle puppet, Lu Changan reached the middle stage of foundation building and turned one hundred and three years old.
…
A few days later.
"Manrong! Fellow Daoist Lu! You have to make the decision for me..."
A wail came from the periphery of Wuqi Mountain, so far away that it could be heard by the three main peaks.
"Brother Lu, Chen Sheng's leg was crippled."
Not long after, Guan Qiaozhi came in to report the news.
(End of chapter)
