Chapter 30: The Way of Time, the First Taste of Building a Foundation

Chapter 30: The Way of Time, the First Taste of Building a Foundation

Chapter 30: The Way of Time, the First Taste of Building a Foundation

After taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, Wei Zhong left Mingyue Market and continued to move in the direction away from Qingmu Sect.

Three people popped up not far behind him, all wearing black clothes and hoods that concealed their faces.

"Why did the spiritual farmer go outside the territory of Qingmu Sect?"

"This is not a good idea. If we leave Mingyue Market, it will be more convenient for us to take action, right?"

Only the last person frowned slightly, and suddenly felt a little hesitant.

"Brother Liu, is it true that he has two foundation-building pills on him?"

"Of course, Qi Yun's ability to make two pills at a time is quite secretive. I'm afraid that few people in the Alchemy Palace know about this. I also found out about it by chance, so I invited you two to help."

The two men's brows furrowed with joy when they heard this, and one of them spoke first:

"I will not take any other items from Chu Zhong on this trip. I only want one foundation-building pill."

Another person said:
"Then the other foundation-building pill will be mine."

After saying this, both of them looked at Liu Di at the same time. The latter sneered in his heart and put aside his previous hesitation.

"That won't do. Who knows how many spirit stones Chu Zhong has left in his pocket after he asked someone to make the elixir? If you two want to divide it up like this, each of you needs to give me another 1,000 spirit stones."

The two people opposite looked at each other, and one of them said:
"One thousand is too much, how about five hundred? The two of us can help Brother Liu get one thousand."

Liu Di shook his head:

"No, one thousand is too little. We need at least one thousand five hundred spirit stones. You two should make a decision quickly. Chu Zhong is getting further and further away."

"In that case, I will follow Brother Liu's instructions."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Di was overjoyed.

It is difficult for a casual cultivator to obtain a foundation-building pill, but it is not so difficult for Liu Di, an inner sect disciple of Qingmu Sect and even a disciple of the Dan Palace.

In recent years, the output of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range has significantly alleviated the shortage of Foundation Establishment Pills within the Qingmu Sect. It is even better than the period when it only relied on the "Qingchuan Secret Realm".

After finishing the discussion, the three of them immediately stepped on their flying swords and headed in the direction where Wei Zhong left.

As they walked further and further away, Wei Zhong finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the three men had finally caught up with him.

He thought that his headless escape had aroused the suspicion of the three men.

"Fortunately, I followed you."

Wei Zhong chose a direction where few people went and sped up.

"Oh no, he found us."

"Chase!"

Wei Zhong fled further and further into the remote mountains and forests. The three people behind him were chasing him closely. Suddenly, they saw Wei Zhong turn and dive into a large rock on the mountain, and he disappeared in an instant.

"It's gone. Could it be a formation?"

The three of them stopped in front of the big rock and looked at each other.

Liu Di saw a man stretch his arm towards the stone and actually penetrated the stone directly.

"A concealing magic circle, the man is inside it, chase him."

Without waiting for the other two to say anything, his figure disappeared into the water.

The two looked at each other for a moment, then stepped into the rocks.

After a moment of trance, I saw the monk who entered first had a look of ecstasy on his face.

"Is this a third-level spiritual land?"

The two people who came in later felt the rich spiritual energy here and immediately fell into the same ecstasy as him.

Liu Di's surprise lasted only a moment, and then he thought, how could such a spiritual place be covered up by a crude concealing magic array?

Unless the other party did it on purpose.

Thinking of this, a chill rose from his tailbone. Liu Di could no longer suppress the panic in his heart. He urged the magic sword under his feet and turned around to escape in the direction he came from.

But after turning around, there was no trace of the way back, only a golden spiritual field.

Just then, Wei Zhong's strange laughter was heard.

"Hehehe, you entered my cave and you want to leave easily?"

After saying this, Wei Zhong's aura suddenly changed.

【Time and space】

Wei Zhong instantly broke through from the ninth level of Qi Refining to the foundation building stage, and then continued to reach the third level of foundation building, just one step away from the middle stage of foundation building. "Dongtian? No, senior, please spare me. We two have no intention of offending you. It was him who tricked us into stealing your foundation building pill."

Feeling the foundation-building aura from Wei Zhong, one of them was terrified and couldn't even speak smoothly. He pushed all the blame onto Liu Di.

"Oh?"

Wei Zhong did not rush to take action, but watched the scene with interest.

Seeing that the casual cultivator he invited sold him out in the blink of an eye, Liu Di's face turned pale.

He looked at Wei Zhong again, and actually withdrew his magic sword and knelt down.

"Please spare my life, Senior. I am Liu Di, an inner disciple of Qingmu Sect and a first-level alchemist. From now on, I am willing to serve you like a slave. Please spare my life."

As an inner disciple of Qingmu Sect who often interacted with those foundation-building cultivators, Liu Di clearly understood that there was an insurmountable gap between foundation-building and Qi-refining. Therefore, when he saw that he could not escape, he knelt down and begged for mercy.

At the same time, he secretly cursed Wei Zhong in his heart, "You are a foundation-building cultivator, why do you have to pretend to be refining Qi and make a big fuss to refine foundation-building pills? Is there anyone in Mingyue Market who dares to snatch the pills from foundation-building cultivators?"
"First-level alchemist? Unfortunately, first-level elixirs are probably useless to me. You three know the secret of my cave, so you'd better die now."

"Senior, I guarantee that within ten years, no, five years, I will become a second-level alchemist and will be able to be of use to you."

Wei Zhong ignored them at all. The surging spiritual power in his body formed an spiritual arm and grabbed the three people.

Seeing that the situation was not going to ease, the other two also turned grim and took out their magical weapons.

After all, he is a cultivator who has been living on the edge of a knife for many years, and he is more courageous than Liu Di.

One of them made a hand gesture, and suddenly a simple little sword flew out from the scabbard behind him. The sword was covered with rust, as if it was stained with some filth.

The other person slapped a jade talisman on himself, and suddenly a bright light flashed, and a thin layer of golden light enveloped his body.

Then he took out a stone halberd, and turned out to be a rare melee mage.

"Brother Liu is begging for mercy, why don't you join us in resisting together?"

It seemed that these words moved Liu Di, who took out a blood-red pill with a sad face and put it into his mouth.

Under the stimulation of the drug, Liu Di's face became hideous, blood flowed from his eyes and ears, and the spiritual pressure emanating from his body blew away his hair.

At this moment, Liu Di actually had a bit of the power that only those who had established a foundation could have, and could be said to be half a step into establishing a foundation.

The two people around him looked solemn, and then they were delighted. It seemed that Liu Di's change gave them more confidence to fight against Wei Zhong.

Liu Di was miserable, with sadness in his eyes. He was finished. Taking this pill stimulated his potential, but at the same time it destroyed his foundation. From now on, there would be no possibility of advancing to the foundation-building stage.

Wei Zhong looked at the three people performing their respective methods, and his smiling face showed even more joy.

As expected, none of these Qi Refining Level 9 cultivators were easy to deal with. For many years, they had been unable to build their foundation due to the lack of foundation-building pills, so they had to find other strange ways to improve themselves.

The same was true for that strange flying sword and the golden-bodied monk holding the halberd.

Especially Liu Di, he is worthy of being a cultivator of Qingmu Sect. He even has a elixir that can forcibly raise one's realm by half. Ordinary Qi-refining cultivators will really be in trouble if they meet him.

The strength is quite good, just right for me to get familiar with this foundation-building power.

Wei Zhong simply used his own spiritual power to condense a large spiritual hand without using any spells.

The spiritual power generated by practicing "Spring and Autumn Water Refining Art" is much stronger than ordinary exercises, and it also carries a sense of heaviness.

Especially in the current foundation-building realm where Wei Zhong is, the thickness of his spiritual power has reached a new level, and even the spiritual power in his body has a hint of black.

To outsiders, it looks like it is mixed with ink, revealing an unstoppable momentum.

"It depends on whether you three can take my attack."

“Alas, no…”

Wei Zhong's face instantly showed astonishment.

"Liu Di, are you crazy?"

The monk holding the halberd was covering the gash on his chest and roaring at Liu Di.

Liu Di slowly pulled his hand out of the other man's chest and at the same time took out the magic sword that was stabbed at his neck.

"Sure enough, those who cultivate their bodies are hard to kill."

Liu Di shook off the blood on his fist and sword, looked in the direction of Wei Zhong, and immediately rushed towards the wandering cultivator without caring about chatting.

The monk behind him whimpered, but the blood flowing from his neck showed that his death was not far away.

The figure fell from the air in an instant, and the strange and rotten flying sword fell with it.

Wei Zhong saw Liu Di raise his sword and kill the other two monks in a few rounds. Then he picked up the spoils, came to Wei Zhong, and knelt down in front of Wei Zhong with three storage bags in his hands.

He knocked his forehead to the ground:
"The two thieves have been killed by me, please spare my life!"

(End of this chapter)