But the road to cultivation has always been a pyramid.
This is destined to cause someone to fall every step of the way.
Those who received the Foundation Building Pill but failed to build the Foundation have undoubtedly become the paving stones on this road.
And once the foundation building fails, it means that you will also lose the qualification to participate in the "Five Hell Illusion" trial, which basically declares the end of the path of cultivation.
This is also an extremely helpless thing. After all, even for the five major sects, cultivation resources are limited, and Foundation Establishment Pills are extremely precious. Each Foundation Establishment Pill represents an opportunity for life evolution.
It is precisely because of the scarcity of Foundation Establishment Pills that it is almost impossible for a person to be given multiple Foundation Establishment Pills.
This is true even for outer disciples with Earth Spirit Root qualifications. However, as long as an outer disciple with Earth Spirit Root qualifications obtains a Foundation Establishment Pill, the probability of successfully building a Foundation is still very high.
Of course, if it is Tianlinggen, even if you don't take the foundation building pill, there is a high probability that the foundation building can be successful.
But such geniuses are always in the minority.
For most of the outer disciples in Dancao Mountain, they cannot escape the path of building a foundation with the Foundation Establishment Pill.
In just one month, Dancao Mountain has gained more than a dozen foundation-building cultivators. This is among the more than 100 people who have obtained the foundation-building pill through the burrow trial and the five-hell illusion trial.
A dozen people stood out.
Of course, there are some overlap between the two. They not only passed the burrow trial, but also passed the five hell illusion trials, and thus, like Xiao Lin, one person obtained two foundation-building pills.
For this type of person, the probability of successfully building a foundation is undoubtedly much higher than that of a monk who only got one foundation building pill.
In one year, the emergence of more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators is naturally a happy event for Dancao Mountain. However, the senior officials of Dancao Mountain also know very well that the reason why there are more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Stage disciples this time is mainly because
It’s because the catacomb trial has started.
In the future, it would be great to have a few foundation-building disciples every year.
Those outer sect disciples who successfully built the foundation naturally happily received the sect's benefits, and then left the foot of the mountain where they had lived for a long time, either going to the palaces on the mountainside, or going to open their own caves outside the mountain.
A month later, with the departure of these disciples who had successfully established the foundation, the entire lower level of Dancao Mountain became calm again.
...
Xiao Lin, who was sitting in the stone room with his eyes closed, opened his eyes, and two divine lights flashed away.
He stared at the wall in the stone room for a long time, his face full of surprise and uncertainty.
After taking two Foundation Building Pills one after another, and after a month of breakthrough behind closed doors, Xiao Lin couldn't tell whether it was a success or a failure.
After taking two Foundation Establishment Pills and working behind closed doors for a month to overcome the bottleneck, Xiao Lin now feels much lighter all over his body, and the mana in his Dantian has also turned into a viscous state between gas and liquid.
According to the information Xiao Lin received from the seniors in the foundation building stage in the Chuanfa Tower, it seems that foundation building is successful only when all the mana in the Dantian becomes liquid.
Xiao Lin thought for a long time before guessing that his current state should be the legendary eleventh level of Qi refining, also known as the semi-foundation-building state. If there were one or two more foundation-building pills, Xiao Lin believed that he would definitely be able to step into it immediately. Entering the foundation building period.
This feeling made Xiao Lin a little uncomfortable. It was like a person swimming in a river. He was about to reach the shore when his legs suddenly cramped.
"It seems it's time to refine the Foundation Building Pill." After pondering for a moment, Xiao Lin murmured to himself.
Thinking of this, Xiao Lin closed his eyes again, and a moment later, he appeared in the spirit tree space.
Looking at the lush Purple Spirit Flowers in front of him, Xiao Lin finally had a smile on his gloomy face. He took out a pile of jade boxes from the storage bag on the side and started picking Purple Spirit Flowers and Cleansing Grass.
After being busy for more than an hour, I picked the two main medicinal materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill and put them into a storage bag.
After doing all this, Xiao Lin came to the central sapling, flicked the young leaf, and left the spirit tree space.
Xiao Lin, who returned to the stone chamber again, stood up, left the stone chamber, and headed halfway up the Qingzhu Peak.
Halfway up the mountainside of Qingzhu Peak, there are several underground fire chambers, which are specially rented out to disciples within the sect for refining alchemy and weapon refining. The reason why Xiao Lin did not go to the alchemy chamber on the spiritual field of Qingdan Peak was mainly because he was worried about refining it himself. The process of building the Foundation Pill was discovered by Master Tao.
Although Uncle Tao rarely came to Lingtian, just in case, Xiao Lin decided to rent an underground fire room to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, and he could also break through directly in it.
After paying a hundred low-grade spiritual stones, Xiao Lin entered the stone chamber. After passing through a long corridor, he came to the belly of a mountain. After dropping the Broken Dragon Stone, the mountainside was completely isolated from the outside world.
This kind of earth fire chamber is extremely hidden and safe. Many outer sect disciples during the Qi refining period will choose to retreat in this earth fire chamber when they are building their foundation.
The earth fire room that Xiao Lin chose was the one with the most stable earth fire among the several earth fire rooms, and Xiao Lin directly spent a hundred low-grade spiritual stones to rent it for half a year.
In Xiao Lin's opinion, half a year is enough time to refine the foundation-building pill and successfully build the foundation.
Looking at the Earth Fire Pond in front of me, I saw that the Earth Fire Pond was just a small hole about a foot square, covered with a piece of black and somewhat reddish metal.
Xiao Lin gently tapped the piece of jet-black metal, and the jet-black metal immediately flew up and landed firmly aside.
Dark red flames spurted out from the small hole about a foot square, and the temperature in the entire mountain suddenly rose a lot.
Xiao Lin patted the bag on his waist, and a shining silver alchemy furnace flew out and landed on the small hole, throwing up a cloud of smoke and dust.
After taking a look at the purple silver smelting furnace that was constantly being heated, Xiao Lin silently took out the medicinal materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill one by one from the storage bag and placed them in the open space next to him.
Then Xiao Lin sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and entered a meditative state.
...
Three months later, Xiao Lin looked at the three jade vases next to him with a gloomy expression. He held a green elixir the size of a pigeon egg in his hand. The entire mountain was enveloped by a faint fragrance, which was refreshing.
Xiao Lin looked at the three jade bottles with a slightly depressed look on his face.
In three full months, Xiao Lin refined no less than fifty furnaces of Foundation-Building Pills, but only succeeded in three furnaces, totaling twenty-one Foundation-Building Pills.
This success rate makes Xiao Lin ashamed. If he were given the task of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill after the catacomb trial, the five major sects would have directly discontinued the inheritance. Judging from his current success rate, it is not enough.
Half percent.
Although he was a little depressed, Xiao Lin didn't feel bad. Although the success rate of refining the Foundation Establishment Pill was so low that he blushed, after all, he refined 21 Foundation Establishment Pills, which was enough for his own Foundation Establishment.
Xiao Lin first put away the purple silver smelting furnace, cleaned up the scattered medicinal residues everywhere, and then sat down cross-legged again, closed his eyes and entered a meditative state.
Three days later, Xiao Lin woke up from his trance. After pondering for a moment, he poured out a Foundation Building Pill from the jade bottle beside him and gently put it into his mouth...
One month later.
Xiao Lin controlled the Seven Blade Slash and flew in the sea of clouds. His brows were filled with excitement, feeling the majestic magic power in his body. Looking at the scenery above the sea of clouds in the distance, Xiao Lin couldn't help but roar up to the sky.
The whistling sound echoed between heaven and earth, and the white clouds within a few dozen feet around Xiao Lin also rolled and disappeared in the sound.
More than half a month ago, after taking the third Foundation Establishment Pill, the magic power in Xiao Lin's Dantian finally turned into liquid. At that moment, Xiao Lin felt in a trance, and then he was surprised to find,
The world changed in his perception.
Everything became clear in his eyes. From Xiao Lin's perspective, it was as if someone had blocked his eyes with a layer of translucent window paper. Although he could see clearly, it was always a little blurry.
But now, if Xiao Lin is willing, he can clearly hear the chirping of insects and ants more than ten feet away.
The moment he entered the foundation building stage, Xiao Lin's power of spiritual consciousness also skyrocketed. Originally, it could only cover an area of thirty feet. After entering the foundation building stage, this distance suddenly expanded to two to three hundred feet. This shows that
His spiritual power increased at least ten times.
Not only that, after entering the foundation building stage, the mana in Xiao Lin's dantian was at least ten times stronger than that in the Qi refining stage. Now Xiao Lin finally understands why the number one of the Nine Evils of the Snow Mountains is so powerful.
I am proud of having escaped with my life from the Foundation Establishment monks.
In Xiao Lin's view, with his current combat power, if he wanted to kill a Dzogchen cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage, even without using a spiritual weapon, a basic spell would be enough to turn him into ashes.
Xiao Lin was intoxicated by the refreshing feeling brought about by the improvement of his life level, and could not extricate himself for a long time.
After establishing the foundation, Xiao Lin has been able to break through the air restrictions of Dancao Mountain and fly with weapons. It can be said that this is also a privilege granted by Dancao Mountain to disciples in the sect's foundation building period.
Riding the Seven Blade Slash, Xiao Lin turned into a huge dark green light more than ten feet long and headed towards Qingdan Peak.
After establishing the foundation, the Seven Blade Slash in Xiao Lin's hand was finally able to exert 100% of its power. The smooth feeling of wielding it made Xiao Lin feel very comfortable.
Almost in a moment, dozens of miles of mountain roads whizzed by, and Xiao Lin landed on the square in front of the Gongde Hall.
Seeing Xiao Lin descending from the sky, several Qi Refining Stage outer disciples who were close together bowed and saluted, shouting "Senior.", while those who were far away all looked at Xiao Lin with envy, which made Xiao
Lin's vanity was greatly satisfied.
With a cold face, Xiao Lin nodded lightly, and then walked straight towards Zangzhen Palace.
Entering the Cangzhen Hall, Xiao Lin swaggered past the many Qi Refining Period outer disciples who were queuing up and came to the window.
The man at the window saw Xiao Lin skipping the queue and came directly to the window. His face was about to show dissatisfaction, but after he sensed the huge spiritual pressure emanating from Xiao Lin's body, his face immediately turned pale and his face became crowded.
Put on a smile.
"It turns out to be senior. I wonder what the senior has to do?"
After sensing the aura of the Foundation Establishment cultivator on Xiao Lin's body, the outer disciples of the Qi Refining Stage who were queuing up next to them all had a look of horror on their faces, hurriedly got out of the way, and at the same time bowed to Xiao Lin.
He glanced at the man coldly, and the change in the man's expression was naturally visible in Xiao Lin's eyes. He felt secretly happy at the same time and said lightly: "I have just made a breakthrough, and now I am here to change the token."
With that said, Xiao Lin threw the token of his outer disciple over.
"I see, senior, please wait a moment." The look of envy on his face flashed away, and the man hurriedly took Xiao Lin's outer disciple token and entered the stone room at the back.