Dongfu Haifang, Lingxiu Pavilion.
Zhao Lin walked into a spiritual practice room, closed the stone door, took off his magic weapon and lock bag, and sat down cross-legged.
Opening his palm, three jade-colored porcelain bottles appeared in his palm.
The porcelain bottle contained three foundation-building pills.
It has been a month since he returned from Wulin County, and the good deeds were distributed half a month ago. Zhao Lin received a total of 23,000 good deeds.
Eighteen thousand of them were obtained by killing He Shanfeng, and the other five thousand were the reward for seizing the Qiankun Bag.
In addition to the nearly 20,000 good deeds he originally had, it was enough to exchange for three Foundation Establishment Pills.
Every time a Foundation Establishment Pill is exchanged, the good deeds required for the next one will increase by 20%, and the fourth Foundation Establishment Pill will cost up to 16,000.
Zhao Lin does not have so many good deeds, and he can only do three things. If the three foundation-building pills cannot break through the foundation-building pills, the hope of adding another one is slim.
He exchanged the remaining good deeds for the Water Returning Pill, Fire Returning Pill, Earth Returning Pill, Wind Returning Pill, Ice Returning Pill, Thunder Returning Pill, and a bottle of Chalcedony Pill.
These elixirs can temporarily improve the quality of spiritual roots, which is conducive to breaking through the foundation building realm.
It took a few more days to take and refine these elixirs.
After everything was ready, Zhao Lin came to the Spiritual Cultivation Pavilion and rented a top-notch spiritual practice room.
"The body and mind have been adjusted to the best, it's time to build the foundation."
There are two major levels to advance to foundation building.
The first is to cut away the hair and cleanse the marrow, and reborn.
Reshape skin, muscles, bones, and even blood and bone marrow.
The second is to compress mana from gaseous state to liquid state.
For Zhao Lin, the real challenge is the second level.
As for the first level, as a martial artist, I have already experienced the power realm, the Qi realm, the blood realm, the Yuan realm, and the master realm.
The body has already been tempered and there is no need to cut off the hair and cleanse the marrow again.
Even so, martial arts cultivation to break through the foundation building is not easier than legal cultivation, it is even more difficult.
The reason is that the body of a martial artist is too strong and can hold more mana, making it more difficult to compress it.
Moreover, martial arts cultivators' spiritual roots are not given by God, but are cultivated by oneself. They are only equivalent to middle-grade spiritual roots. In addition, due to their older age, their internal vitality is not as strong as those of younger martial arts cultivators.
But Zhao Lin doesn't have this problem. He is thirty-eight years old this year, which is not considered old from a legal perspective.
"Originally, with my qualifications, I might only be able to break through the foundation building by 20-30%, but after taking so many pills and having the spirit of Pipa Catfish to help me, I am at least 50% sure."
Zhao Lin lowered his head and looked at his palm, "With these three Foundation Establishment Pills, there should be a 80% chance."
There is nothing in the world that you can be sure of, and it is very rare to be 80% certain.
Even if he fails, the worst he can do is rest for two years before making a breakthrough. He is still young.
"let's start!"
Zhao Lin recalled the foundation-building process in his mind, opened his mouth and swallowed a foundation-building pill.
Run the technique to push the spiritual energy to violently impact everywhere in the body.
Driven by the power of the medicine, the spiritual energy moves faster and faster.
An hour later, the Qi Sea Cave gradually shrank and collapsed, and the spiritual energy distributed everywhere began to return, slowly condensing into tiny water droplets.
Steaming white steam rose above Zhao Lin's head, and his spiritual energy was like a wild horse running wild, crashing violently in the sea of air.
During this process, the water points gradually merge and turn into water droplets.
Building the foundation is a big hurdle, far more difficult than breaking through the level of Qi refining.
Once the technique is running, it cannot be stopped.
One drop, two drops, three drops...
The spiritual energy is refined and purified, turning into a spiritual liquid that contains greater power.
Time passes unconsciously.
One day, two days, three days...
Zhao Lin always sat still and only took the second Foundation Building Pill on the third day.
On the sixth day, the spiritual liquid gathered in the sea of qi, like a pool of water.
All the spiritual energy has been transformed, and there is no trace of free spiritual energy anymore.
boom!
There was a roar in my mind, the meridians and acupuncture points all over my body trembled uncontrollably, and waves of heat hit my body!
After a long time, the roar and trembling suddenly stopped.
Zhao Lin thought and his body was suspended in the air.
Foundation building successful!
Zhao Lin slowly opened his eyes. Different from what he thought beforehand, he was extremely happy, but not so excited. His mind was racing, and scenes from the past came one after another.
After a while, Zhao Lin calmed down and began to check his physical condition.
Breaking through to the foundation-building realm, the most significant change is the increase in mana.
Although the spiritual energy in the body was huge and filled the meridians and acupuncture points in the past, its concentration and richness were completely incomparable with the liquid spiritual liquid.
His spiritual consciousness also expanded by more than a hundred feet, and his body was full of vitality, returning to the state of being twenty years old.
Zhao Lin took out the Zhanyue Sword and used the sword as a mirror to examine his appearance.
Her skin is gleaming with jade, she is at least five years younger, and her face is only in her twenties.
"With this foundation building, the longevity has been increased to more than two hundred, which is a solid step towards immortality. The next step... is the Zi Mansion."
Zhao Lin let out a breath, put away the moon sword, and his mood gradually returned to calm.
Gugu...
At this moment, a rooster crowed in his belly.
Zhao Lin quickly took out the spirit rice and dried meat from the lock bag and swallowed it in big gulps.
Six days of doing the exercise will consume a lot of energy, so the essence must be replenished as soon as possible.
After eating and drinking, Zhao Lin looked inside at the spiritual chart.
When you reach the foundation-building realm, the restrictions on second-level spells are completely opened, and you can practice to perfection.
The seven second-level spells in the spiritual cultivation map, including Ice Whirl Hammer, Thunder Shadow Clone and Fire Cloud Spiritual Whip, can all be cultivated to perfection.
The remaining four spells cannot be improved for the time being because they have only reached the mastery level.
"First upgrade these three second-level spells to the first level of Dacheng!"
Zhao Lin had already reserved enough spiritual energy in his spiritual cultivation map. As his mind turned, the spiritual cultivation map flickered.
After a while, three second-level spells were upgraded to the Dacheng level.
Zhao Lin nodded with satisfaction. Second-order spells are higher in level and more difficult to practice. Most monks in the late stage of foundation building may not be able to produce three master-level second-order spells.
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Dongfu County, Shanggong Hall.
"Zhao Lin, a disciple of the Chenghua Sect, hereby swears an oath to Heaven and the sect. From now on, he will practice all the sect's exercises and never disclose them to others. What he learns from his own research will also belong to the sect and will not be passed on to anyone else. Zong…”
"If you violate this oath, you will suffer thousands of thunder tribulations and your body will be destroyed!"
Zhao Lin looked solemn, pointed to the sky and the earth, and made an oath.
After breaking through to the foundation-building realm, someone immediately contacted Zhao Lin and asked him to go to the nearest Dongfu County to do two things: make a Taoist oath and light a soul lamp.
Zhao Lin also made a Taoist oath when he was in the Qi Refining Realm, but it was only for the exercises he practiced. The Taoist oath he took after establishing the foundation was for all the exercises, including the ones he studied on his own.
Needless to say, lighting the soul lamp, every major sect has this requirement.
There was a flash of lightning in the sky, a complex and mysterious rune appeared faintly, and white lines as thin as raindrops descended.
"Congratulations to fellow Taoist Zhao, the Taoist oath has been fulfilled."
Building the foundation is no small matter, and Zhu Yanping, the governor of Dongfu County, came to watch the ceremony in person.
After Zhao Lin took the oath, Zhu Yanping stepped forward to congratulate him. (End of chapter)
