Chapter 140 Foundation Building
The two of them waited outside the Law Enforcement Hall for less than a cup of tea before the Qi Refining disciple who had just entered turned back.
"Uncle Xu, Master Li is still in seclusion and is not in the palace. However, Master Daoist and the several uncles on duty have explained the matter regarding this fellow Taoist Song, so we can let him go in directly with us!"
After Xu Ziyan nodded, the two followed the disciple into the Law Enforcement Hall. Just hearing that the Jin Dan Patriarch seemed not to be here, Song Qingming gradually relaxed in his heart.
After entering the Law Enforcement Hall, Song Qingming did not see the old man named Zhou with whom he had dealt with several times last time. The people who received them were two younger foundation-building monks.
After confirming Song Qingming's identity, the two people did not embarrass him. They just looked at him curiously. After ordering all the 8,000 spirit stones that Song Qingming took out, one of them placed a stone that had been prepared. Kidan handed it to him.
"Junior Sister Xu, the Foundation Establishment Pill has been handed over to this little brother. Please take care of him when he leaves later. Send him directly away from Guyang Mountain. Not long ago, a person who got the Foundation Establishment Pill in the Shanggong Pavilion Disciple, I didn’t take it right away, and not long after that, even the person carrying the Foundation Establishment Pill disappeared. The sect is still investigating the matter. I think you should be more careful, lest your friend just leave here. Someone is thinking about it." When the two left, one of them, who seemed to be close to Xu Ziyan, stepped forward to give them a warning.
After leaving the Law Enforcement Hall, Xu Ziyan asked directly: "I wonder if Fellow Daoist Song has any plans where to go to retreat to build a foundation?"
Song Qingming sighed and replied: "It's so dangerous outside, where else can I go? I can only go back to the cave I rented in Yangshanfang to build the foundation."
"The ordinary cave aura in Yangshanfang is not as good as my Lingshan. Why don't Fellow Daoist Song go back to me directly to find a vacant cave for retreat. I have also needed retreat recently, so I can just take care of you." Xu Ziyan said slightly After thinking for a while, he made a suggestion that surprised Song Qingming.
"That's great, but I'm going to bother Captain Xu again!"
After the disciples of the Xiaoyao Sect in the Qi Refining Period enter the school, they all practice in the Chuan Gong Hall and are not qualified to open a cave alone. Only monks who have successfully established the foundation can go to the sect's General Affairs Hall to apply for an uninhabited spiritual mountain to practice alone.
In addition to being able to monopolize a spiritual mountain, foundation-building monks can also go to the transfer hall to select disciples in the Qi refining stage to help take care of their own spiritual mountain cave. Because after becoming a disciple during the Qi refining period, they can follow the master to practice on his spiritual mountain. Not only is the spiritual energy for cultivation more abundant here, but there is also a foundation-building master to support them. The training conditions are much better than in the transfer hall. This is also the reason why many worshipers are here. The monks of Xiaoyao Sect dream of good things.
Xu Ziyan also practiced on her master's Lingshan Mountain before building the foundation. After building the foundation, she moved to this Lingshan Mountain. Since she had not been building the foundation for a long time, she only accepted three disciples and did not develop much of this Lingshan Mountain. , there are still many caves and spiritual medicine gardens left by former foundation-building monks on the mountain.
After Song Qingming searched around Xu Ziyan's Lingshan Mountain, he found a cave that had sufficient spiritual energy and had been abandoned for many years, and decided to retreat and build a foundation here.
Before he retreated, Xu Ziyan also specially passed on to him some of his foundation-building experience and some matters that required special attention. After Song Qingming learned about it, he also benefited a lot, and his gratitude to Xu Ziyan increased a lot.
In the entire Song family for more than two hundred years, except for the ancestor who has long since passed away, no foundation-building monk has been born. Indeed, he has not left much experience for future generations in this regard. Song Qingming has great experience in foundation-building. The knowledge basically comes from some classics he read in Guiyunfang.
Xu Ziyan did not use the Foundation Building Pill when she was building the Foundation. However, she was a Three Spiritual Root monk and her talent was much better than Song Qingming. Without the Foundation Building Pill, she only relied on a few ordinary Foundation Building Spirits. Although Xu Ziyan still fought hard to get through the foundation building level, Song Qingming has always admired her courage to pursue the path of cultivation.
Even in the Xiaoyao Sect, there are not many people who have no experience in using the Foundation Establishment Pill to build a foundation. If ordinary disciples want to look through such related records and books, they have to go to the Xiaoyao Sect's Shanggong Pavilion to redeem them with good deeds. Song Qingming did not expect that. Xu Ziyan would actually teach him this valuable foundation-building experience.
Song Qingming spent more than ten days to thoroughly understand all the foundation-building experiences taught to him by Xu Ziyan, and then activated the restrictions outside his cave and prepared to retreat to the foundation-building realm.
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A year later, Xu Ziyan, who was practicing in her cave, suddenly felt a trace of spiritual energy fluctuations outside, causing her to immediately open her closed eyes.
After quickly finishing his training, Xu Ziyan walked out of the cave and unexpectedly found that standing at the door of the cave was Song Qingming, who had been in seclusion for almost a year.
"Fellow Daoist Song, you have successfully established the foundation. When did you leave seclusion?" Xu Ziyan was stunned for a moment after seeing Song Qingming, then came back to his senses and asked with some surprise.
Song Qingming smiled and replied: "I only succeeded in building the foundation three months ago. I spent some time in the cave to stabilize my cultivation. I just came out of seclusion. I will come to see Captain Xu right away."
"Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Song for attaining the Dao through Foundation Establishment and becoming a member of our generation. From now on, everyone will be Foundation Establishment monks, so we should refer to each other as fellow Daoists."
"Then Song congratulates fellow Taoist Xu for his improvement in cultivation." When he saw Xu Ziyan, Song Qingming had already discovered that during the year of seclusion, Xu Ziyan's cultivation had also broken through one level and reached the third level of foundation building.
Xu Ziyan smiled and said: "It's all thanks to you. The spiritual elixir that fellow Taoist gave me last time happened to be used by a senior brother in the family who needed it to make elixirs. I exchanged it with him for a second-level elixir. Breakthrough in cultivation in advance.”
"I can't take it for granted. My success in building the foundation this time is also the result of fellow Taoist Xu's unremitting efforts to help me. Fellow Taoist has shown me great kindness, which cannot be compared with a second-level elixir." Song Qingming expressed some modest gratitude. .
After hearing this, Xu Ziyan shook his head and said: "Fellow Taoist Song's words are wrong. Ziyan also helped Taoist friends because of some friendship in the past, so he helped with some things within his ability. Wherever he dares to say the kindness of the Dao, Taoist Song should not be too cautious.
If we monks with average spiritual root qualifications want to build a foundation, we can't be sure of success if just anyone helps us. Although fellow Taoist has a foundation-building pill to help us, no matter whether there is a foundation-building pill or not, the one who can successfully build the foundation in one go will definitely succeed. He is also a person with a firm Taoist heart. Even without my help, it will only be a matter of time before a Taoist friend becomes one of my generation. "
"Fellow Daoist Xu's words are indeed reasonable. Qing Ming has learned a lesson!"
What Xu Ziyan said is indeed not alarmist. Even if there is a foundation building pill, it is not a simple matter to build a foundation. It is because Song Qingming has experienced the process of foundation building that he deeply understands what she just said. .