Zong Xi's first attack on the foundation failed. Is it related to Shen Su?
Of course there is, and the relationship is not small. If it weren't for Shen Su, Zong Xiu would probably have succeeded in breaking through the foundation building for the first time.
The Zong clan of the Wuling Sect trains its children by letting many juniors compete with each other in order to let the outstanding juniors stand out. However, after all, the juniors of the Zong clan were born in the Wuling Sect and have been practicing here. The general environment of the Zong family is much better than that of the cultivation world. It can be said that even if the elders of the Zong family let the younger generations compete fiercely, those outstanding people who stand out may be better in cultivation than those children of the aristocratic families. There are quite a few, but when it comes to sophistication, experience, and even small tricks that cannot be seen in the light or on the stage, the disciples of the Zong family are far behind. The more powerful the family is in the world of spiritual practice, the more they understand that it is not easy to gain a foothold, so the family's method of teaching their children is more direct. If Zhang's method of teaching his children is to let the younger generations determine the winner, then someone like Shen Su The girl comes from the Shen family, and their method of teaching their children is often to directly distinguish between life and death!
Precisely because she grew up in this environment, Miss Shen Su's mind and scheming actually surpassed those of brothers Zong Shang and Zong Xi. At the same time, after getting along for a long time, Miss Shen gradually lost her favorable impression of Zong Xi. On the contrary, Zong Shang's calm temperament made her feel more at ease. She could not decide on her own life-long affairs, but If there is a chance now, she will definitely seize it. Even if she can only choose between these two people, she will let the one she likes be with her.
That's why she laid out the plan at the critical moment when Zong Xi was about to build the foundation, sacrificing a little bit of her color, but she planted a seed full of thoughts and thoughts in Zong Xi's heart. Although she didn't build the foundation, she I know for sure that at the critical moment when Zong Xi breaks through the foundation building, this seed will grow crazily in Zong Xi's heart, causing him to fail in the foundation building.
The result was exactly what she hoped for.
However, no one else could see the flaw in the trap she set up. Even if the reason for his failure was later found out, the only one to blame would be Zong Qi's own misbehavior.
In the previous article, Luo Ying and Qian Chao explained when they went out to search for the Haiyun Jade Fat Lamp that Qi Refining Monk's foundation building also had rules. The first time he tried to break through the foundation building bottleneck, he only needed one foundation building pill. If he could Breaking through the bottleneck of foundation building will naturally lead you to become a foundation building monk. However, if you fail, you will not be able to continue trying to break through after a few days of rest. After a breakthrough fails, you have to wait several years before trying again, otherwise it will be forced. It is useless to continue to attack the bottleneck of foundation building, and the foundation building pills required for the second attempt to break through will be doubled. The second time requires two. If the second time also fails, then the third time If you try to break through, you need four Foundation Establishment Pills, and so on. The fourth time you need eight, and the fifth time you need a terrifying sixteen Foundation Establishment Pills, which ordinary disciples simply cannot afford.
In addition to the exponential increase in the Foundation Establishment Pills, the most important point is that there must be a period of years between two attempts to break through the Foundation Establishment. Although it is not very long, do not forget the lifespan of a Qi Refining Monk. It is not very long originally. If you fail a few times, you will probably face a situation where your life span is exhausted and you will be unable to carry out the next breakthrough and foundation building. There is only one result, that is, death. This is why there were so many people staring at Luo Ying and Qian Chao when they cooperated to find the Haiyun Jade Lantern. Those people were all members of Yu Nian Hui. The so-called Yu Nian Hui means that Yu Nian Hui is not many. The qi-refining monks who failed in their attempt to build a foundation and have very little life left left are extremely eager for the Haiyun Jade Fat Lamp that can help the qi-refining monks succeed in building a foundation. For this reason, they do not hesitate to risk their lives to snatch it.
Back to Zong Shang, his first attempt to build a foundation failed, so the next attempt to build a foundation would have to be a few years later. This is how Miss Shen bought time for Zong Shang.
However, due to the gap between Zong Shang and Zong Xi, the time Miss Shen bought for Zong Shang was actually not enough, because when Zong Xi tried to break through the foundation building for the second time, Zong Shang was still unable to break through the foundation building in his first attempt.
But Miss Shen didn't care. As long as Zong Xi failed the first time, she was sure that Zong Xi would fail again the second time.
Although they have not been together for too long, Miss Shen can see through Zong Xi. This person can go smoothly in good times, but once he is in adversity, he will be at a loss or even accomplish nothing. In other words, Zong Xi Xiang is a person who can win but cannot afford to lose. As long as he loses once, he basically loses everything.
What I have to say is that when it comes to looking at people, Miss Shen has a better judgment than Zong Xi's parents.
For Zong Xi, a failed experience left a deep shadow in his heart. A few years later, the closer he got to his second breakthrough in foundation building, the more nervous he became, and the feeling of worrying about gains and losses became more intense. It was as strong as Shen Su's assertion to him. Zong Xi was a person who could win but could not afford to lose. After the failure of the first foundation building, he seemed to have lost confidence. When he broke through the foundation building for the second time, he was almost nervous. His head was sweating profusely, and it was difficult for him to even meditate and enter concentration. Later, after he reluctantly entered concentration, all kinds of fantasies appeared in the sea of consciousness, which sometimes made him happy and sometimes frightened him. Under this situation, it was impossible for him to break through the foundation building. , the result can be imagined, Zong Xiang once again disappointed his parents, and at the same time it made him regretful and regretful, and he became even less confident from then on.
In fact, Zong Xi's temperament has changed since his first breakthrough in foundation building failed, and he has become a bit like Zong Shang. However, compared with Zong Shang, he is much less calm and appears more unconfident and worried. After the second failure to break through and build the foundation, Zong Xi's temperament changed a lot. He changed his previous extroverted personality and became taciturn for a long time. He would stay in his room for a long time without coming out. Even Miss Shen seemed to be gradually losing interest.
Zong Xi's two failures also made Zong Shuqiong very disappointed. If a monk can succeed in breaking through the foundation building once, then in the future, the monk will have an easier time breaking through the core formation bottleneck at a high level of foundation building than those who break through the core building twice. The monks who broke through the foundation building after three times had to form pills more smoothly. Zong Shuqiong and his wife originally had great hopes for Zong Xi, but after two failures, they understood that the child would have no chance of achieving great achievements in the future. As he grew older, his attitude toward Zong Xi changed, and these would naturally be felt by Zong Xi, who was in a sensitive period, making him even more worried.
Zong Shang was suspicious of Zong Yi's failure in building the foundation. When Zong Yi failed for the first time, he felt very strange, because when he had some murderous intentions towards Zong Yi, Shen Su had comforted him and said that What he said to Jiang Liu Zhiyuan was still fresh in his mind. Later, Zong Qi's failure to build the foundation happened, which made him very confused. He once suspected that Miss Shen had done something secretly. In the end, he couldn't help but quietly asked Shen Su, wanting to know if it was her doing.
Naturally, Shen Su would not tell him the truth. Her performance at that time was excellent. After hearing Zong Shang's question, she suddenly turned red with embarrassment, then lowered her head and whispered:
"I knew earlier that he would not succeed in building the foundation, because he peeked at me before building the foundation..."
"What...he...what did he do? How did you find out?" Hearing this, Zong Shang hurriedly asked what happened.
"Oh, I couldn't find it originally. I accidentally found it in the mirror when I was combing my hair after taking a bath. Well, I was very panicked when I found out, but I couldn't see my face clearly in the mirror. I could only see one eye in the crack of the window. But... based on my understanding of you, you would definitely not do such a thing. The only one would be Zong Xiang. Later, he started knocking on the door shortly after I left the room, and I had to deal with it a lot before sending him away. Go, alas, he must be like a wild horse unable to calm down when he does this. It will certainly be difficult to break through the bottleneck of foundation building, so I went to persuade you."
Zong Shang felt relieved all of a sudden. He believed in Shen Su's words, especially the trust in him in Shen Su's words. Of course Zong Shang had not peeped on Shen Su, so the person who peeped must be Zong Xiang, it’s almost time to build the foundation, but you still have such thoughts, it’s weird that the foundation building can be successful!
But Zong Shang was angry about Zong Xi spying on Shen Su. He wanted to teach Zong Xi a lesson and at least let his parents know about it. Of course, Shen Su would definitely stop him, saying that instead of doing this, Zong Shang would be better off. After practicing, all the problems in building the foundation will be solved, why bother to make the family uneasy and the brothers at odds? Zong Shang could only listen to her in the end, but he also snorted and cursed:
"Humph, you're a scumbag! No wonder he failed to build the foundation, he deserves it!"
What Miss Shen Su said was true, but she first tried to persuade and appease Zong Shang, and then laid a plan for Zong Xi. However, it sounded to Zong Shang that she first discovered Zong Xi peeping and then comforted him. That time, with such a reversal of order, Zong Shang would naturally not know what Shen Su had done in it.
Of course Zong Yi would not tell anyone about what he had peeped at, so Shen Su could only tell it on his own.
In fact, before Zong Xi broke through the foundation building for the second time, Zong Shang was panicked for a period of time. It was Shen Su who still calmed him down. She told Zong Shang that Zong Xi was not a calm person. He has been struggling since the first failure. Living in panic, it would be difficult to build a foundation under such circumstances. I was afraid that Zong Xi would have to delay a few more times before he could succeed. Later, as Shen Su said, it was as expected that Zong Xi could break through the foundation building for the second time. After failing, Zong Shang was even more impressed by Miss Shen.
Zong Xi failed to build the foundation twice, but Zong Shang had caught up in his cultivation during this period. Before Zong Xi was about to break through the foundation building for the third time, Zong Shang carried out his first foundation building. After trying, Zong Shuqiong was greatly surprised that his eldest son, whom he had never valued very much, actually succeeded in building the foundation in one go.
After establishing the foundation, Zong Shang immediately asked his father to fulfill his original promise. Now that Zong Shang established the foundation before Zong Xi, Miss Shen Su...
Of course it's yours!
Zong Shuqiong was so happy that he immediately agreed. However, Shen Su had not established the foundation at that time, so the two of them had to wait until Shen Su established the foundation to form a Taoist couple. Naturally, Zong Shang had no objection to this, and the rest The next thing is to wait with peace of mind.
Let's talk about Zong Xi. The two failures of foundation building were definitely a big blow to him. He has begun to become very unconfident. In addition, he has always been the favorite in the eyes of his parents before, and his parents originally treated him very badly. His expectations exceeded those of Zong Shang, and after two failed foundation building attempts, he clearly felt that his parents were much colder towards him. This made him feel deeply stung in his heart, and he finally realized how Zong Shang felt before. And what happened next was an even bigger blow to him...
Zong Shang has established a foundation!
That meant that Miss Shen had no relationship with him from now on, which was what made him most uncomfortable.
He once secretly went to his father and asked him to promise Miss Shen to him first, but Zong Shuqiong refused with a cold face. At that time, Zong Xi was dumbfounded when he heard that as long as Shen Su established the foundation, Zong Shang and Shen Su will become a Taoist couple.
Later, Miss Shen also succeeded in building the foundation, and then Zong Shuqiong held a wedding ceremony for his eldest son and this girl from the Shen family. For this purpose, Zong Shuqiong invited all the relatives and friends in the sect, and the scene was extremely lively.
But Zong Xi became depressed after getting drunk that day, and he lived in confusion ever since.
