Zhou Tong rushed all the way to the entrance in embarrassment, got into the dark vortex, and after a while, appeared in the mountains before.

Feeling the eyes from all around looking at him, Zhou Tong found the Xuanling Sect's station and flew towards that direction silently.

Seeing Zhou Tong's torn robes and scarred appearance, Xuanling Sect led a team of foundation-building monks, took out a pill and threw it to Zhou Tong.

"Thank you for your hard work. Take this pill and go recover first!"

After saying that, he ignored Zhou Tong and looked at the entrance with a solemn expression.

Zhou Tong thanked him with his hands and found an open space to sit down cross-legged.

Counting him, there are only a dozen Qi-refining stage disciples here, and there is no figure of Yang Mancang.

This made my heart sink. There are still two days left before the entrance to the secret realm is closed. If I haven't come out yet, I'm afraid I'm in trouble.

"Oh! Boy, don't die! If you die, I still have to help you get revenge."

Zhou Tong sighed softly, took the elixir to calm his mind, and meditated silently to rest.

Two days passed quickly, and disciples from various sects returned one after another, and Zhou Tong's face became increasingly ugly.

Until the entrance to the secret realm was completely closed, Yang Mancang was still not seen.

"Dead? Why did he die?"

Zhou Tong felt dizzy and his face turned a little pale.

"Uncle Master, we have lost too many disciples this time."

The foundation-building monk looked at the remaining twenty disciples with a very ugly face.

"Hmph! The five major sects are becoming more and more domineering. Let's go! Go back to the sect first!"

The Xuanling Sect's Jindan monk glanced coldly at the people of the five major sects, jumped on the flying boat, and returned with his disciples.

On the flying boat, Zhou Tong looked at the storage bag that Yang Mancang handed to him before entering the secret realm, and showed a wry smile.

"Junior Brother Mancang, how do you want me to see Junior Sister Lin!"

The flying boat moved forward at great speed and soon saw the mountain gate of Xuanling Sect.

In the Zongmen Square, the sect leader and Elder Yiying have already been waiting here.

Seeing that less than twenty people came back alive, everyone's expressions changed slightly.

The sect leader took a step forward and said: "Disciples, thank you for your hard work. The sect will not forget your efforts. Don't worry, no matter whether you succeed in building the foundation this time, you will join the sect and your status will be equal to that of the inner disciples."
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Such a promise is not unimportant. Inner disciples and outer disciples have more authority, and in addition to tasks every year, there will also be additional rewards for sect contribution.

Even if the foundation building fails, and when there is no possibility of breakthrough, even if they go down the mountain to reproduce, the sect will take more care of its descendants. If it develops well and establishes a cultivation family, it can also rely on the sect's wings.

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Unlike the strict hierarchical system among the top sects in the world of immortality, Xuanling Sect has never treated its disciples badly in this regard.

After mourning for the disciples who died in battle, the disciples who came back alive handed over their harvest in turn.

The amount Zhou Tong turned in was neither too much nor too little. It was considered a medium level among more than a dozen people. He was awarded two low-grade foundation-building pills and 500 sect contribution points.

It's just that Zhongtong is not in the mood to think about this at all now. After everything is over, he flies back to the elixir garden with a heavy heart.

After handing over to Chen Ping, he locked himself in the room.

"With Junior Brother Mancang's strength, even if he can't beat him, with the powerful pills I gave him, he will at least have a chance to escape. What happened? Damn it, why did he die like that?"

Zhou Tong scratched his hair irritably, feeling a rage in his heart that had nowhere to vent.

Yang Mancang is one of the few friends he has in the Xuanling Sect, and he will avenge this revenge for him.

After staying alone in the small dark room for several days, after his anger subsided, he took the storage bag Yang Mancang handed him and flew towards Danxia Peak.

Under the Danxia Peak, Zhou Tong looked at Lin Yu who was floating in the sky and didn't know how to face it.

"Junior Sister Lin! The warehouse is full of him..."

"Senior Brother Zhou, I know everything."

Lin Yan looked a little haggard.

"Junior Brother Mancang asked me to hand this over to you. Junior Sister, please keep it!"

Zhou Tong handed the storage bag to Lin Yan.

Lin Yan's body trembled slightly, she silently took the storage bag, her tears could no longer be controlled.

"Alas!"

Zhou Tong didn't know how to comfort him, so he sighed helplessly.

After a long time, Lin Yan wiped her tears.

"Make senior brother laugh."

"Junior sister, please forgive me, Mancang doesn't want to see you so sad."

Zhou Tongdao.

"Well, I understand, Senior Brother Zhou. Nothing happens. I'll go back first."

"Okay! Junior sister, take care!"

Looking at Lin Yan's leaving figure, Zhou Tong let out a long sigh and his sword disappeared into the horizon.

With his current strength, he simply cannot avenge Yang Mancang. With thousands of monks in the secret realm, it is not that simple to find out the truth.

Even if the investigation comes out, there is nothing he can do against those people now.

There were fifty people when they left, and more than ten people returned. The news of such a high death rate made all the monks in the Qi Refining Stage who paid attention to this matter worried.

Zhou Tong, who returned to the elixir garden, no longer paid attention to the outside world, stayed in his secret base, and devoted himself to alchemy.

A large number of elixirs were ripened and put into the alchemy furnace. Zhou Tong worked tirelessly to refine them. Only in this selfless alchemy can he put all distracting thoughts behind him.

Half a month later, Zhou Tong successfully refined more than a dozen high-grade Foundation Building Pills, dozens of mid-grade Foundation Building Pills, and nearly a hundred low-grade Foundation Building Pills.

Looking at these pills, Zhou Tong sighed helplessly.

"Junior Brother Yang, Junior Brother Yang, if you had listened to my advice and not gone to the secret realm, what would have happened if I had given you a few Foundation Establishment Pills for my brother? Alas! That's all! Just wait for me to avenge you!"

Zhou Tong waved his hand, and all the foundation-building pills were put into the pill bottles.

Meditate cross-legged for two days to adjust your condition to the best.

Thousands of spirit stones were used to set up a small spirit gathering array to make final preparations for foundation building.

As a high-grade foundation-building pill is swallowed, the powerful medicinal power is released, continuously impacting the dantian.

At this moment, Zhou Tong's body was filled with white air, and his expression was neither happy nor sad, as if he was passing away.

But his spiritual roots are so weak that even the power of a top-grade foundation-building pill cannot make him break through in one fell swoop.

Swallowed one again without hesitation.

Time passed day by day, and after five days, it was not until Zhou Tong consumed seven Foundation Establishment Pills that the liquefied spiritual energy in his Dantian stabilized.

Slowly opening his eyes, a powerful aura spread, causing the surrounding spiritual energy to tremble.

"Is this the foundation building period?"

Zhou Tong carefully felt his own changes and understood how big the gap was between the foundation building stage and the Qi refining stage.

This is not a matter of mana, but an improvement in life level.

After spending several days to stabilize his state, Zhou Tong finally focused on the system attributes.

Sure enough, after breaking through the foundation building period, you can continue to add points to the three attributes.

During the foundation building stage, his lifespan was increased by four hundred years, making his life span directly exceed 1,600 years.

With a lifespan of more than a thousand years, he did not hesitate to add all the longevity points accumulated over more than ten years to the three attributes.

Now his strength, spirit, and mana attributes have all reached the highest value in the early stage of foundation building, 206 points.

After reaching the limit of the early stage of foundation building, his bones began to change, and through inner vision, faint golden lines could be seen.
Chapter completed!