Chapter 12: One hundred days? No, ten days! Time flies. It seemed like ten days had passed in the blink of an eye. Early in the morning, Tao Tie got up earlier than the rooster and went to the martial arts field to practice the Five Animal Exercises. Again, most people who pay to become formal students of the missionary academy are determined to enter the path of practice. Therefore, many people come to the martial arts field for morning exercises early in the morning. There are people like Tao Tie who have tried to complete the 100-day foundation-building process using the Five Animal Exercises, but they are very few, only two or three. They are willing to pay seven taels of silver to cover tuition and accommodation fees. How could the vast majority of formal students be reluctant to pay an additional sum of money to exchange for a foundation-building method from the second floor of the library at the missionary academy? In the division of the cultivation world of Dayong Dynasty, all cultivation methods can be divided into four levels: heaven, earth, mysterious, and yellow. Each level is further divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower. Not to mention exchanging for a superior earth-grade foundation-building method that might not be found even if you searched the entire Liuxian County, at least you could exchange for a superior yellow-grade foundation-building method, right? It should be noted that the Five Animal Exercises without the Five Animal Divine Intentions only barely reaches the standard of the lower yellow grade among the four levels and twelve grades of cultivation methods. It almost didn’t make it!
Therefore, Tao Tie, like several other "poor" formal students who practiced the Five Animal Play, had been keeping to himself for the past ten days, and no classmates were willing to get close to him. It is human nature to despise the poor and love the rich. It has been like this since ancient times. After carefully performing the Five Animal Exercises from beginning to end, Tao Tie slowly ended the exercise, regulated his breathing, and then frowned slightly. The golden finger [Knowing Everything] is the foundation of Tao Tie's existence in this extraordinary world. Whether it is the Taotie Visualization Method or the Five Animal Exercises foundation-building method based on the Taotie Visualization Method to supplement one's ability with food, they are all built on the foundation of [Knowing All Things]. So in the past ten days, in addition to reading books in the library, attending classes on the basic knowledge of cultivation, practicing the Five Animal Exercises and nourishing his essence with medicinal food, Tao Tie has focused most on improving his control over the golden finger [Knowledge of All Things]. After entering the missionary academy, he has been looking for a magical object that can trigger [Knowledge of All Things]. Unfortunately it was not found. Of course, Tao Tie only dared to use ownerless objects to try to trigger it. He did not dare and was unwilling to use owned objects to try to trigger it. We can only say that he did not find it, but we cannot say that there are no strange things in the missionary house. In this way, Tao Tie can only improve his control over [Knowing Everything] by sensing himself. It is not known yet whether there has been any improvement, but Tao Tie's speed in sensing himself and triggering information fragments has reached the point where it appears immediately as soon as he thinks about it. Just now, Tao Tie sensed himself and triggered information fragments. 【Name: Tao Tie Race: Terran Constitution: Stubborn and leaky Skills: 1. Taotie Visualization Method (beginner, progress 11%); 2. Five Animal Play (mastery, progress 10%) Realm: Hundred-day foundation building (99% progress)] As expected, the speed of practicing "Taotie Visualization Method" was reduced a lot. Ten days later, it only grew by 1%.
The mastery of the Five Animal Exercises had reached 10% three days ago. The progress of the 99-day foundation-building had also been pushed to % three days ago. To be honest, the advancement speed is extremely fast. If others knew about this, no matter they were formal students practicing the Five Animal Exercises or other foundation-building methods exchanged from the second floor of the library, they would definitely be envious and jealous, and even hate Tao Tie. This is the speed of foundation building that can only be achieved by the top geniuses from aristocratic families and major sects! Tao Tie knew this very clearly through reading the books on the first floor of the library. However, Tao Tie felt a little annoyed as he was stuck at the last 1% for three consecutive days and was unable to complete the -day foundation-building and enter the Taoist practice. Because the sooner you complete the foundation building and the sooner you start practicing, the more beneficial it will be. Ten days ago, Tao Tie was forced by Li Zeyuan to go down to the river as bait to lure out the water ghost. This incident not only strengthened Tao Tie's determination, but also allowed Tao Tie to learn a word from the information fragments triggered by the water ghost: Disaster energy. At the beginning, Tao Tie was not sure whether this "calamity energy" was the "calamity energy" he had heard of in his previous life. While reading a large number of books on the first floor of the library, Tao Tie consciously filled in his gaps in common knowledge about cultivation and his unfamiliarity with the history of this world. By chance, he saw records related to "disaster energy". It turns out that the chaotic times that Taizu of Dayong Dynasty ended were caused by the previous round of "disaster energy". When the calamity comes, the sky and earth are covered with dust, and all living beings suffer! In other words, a catastrophe that will affect the entire Dayong Dynasty and even the entire human race is about to come. The reason why the small pier where Tao Tie was originally located was plagued by water ghosts for no reason was because a corpse floating down from upstream was affected by the newly born "calamity energy". Entering the Dao and practicing Taoism cannot guarantee that Tao Tie can survive the coming catastrophe intact. But it can definitely greatly enhance your self-protection capabilities. "You still have to ask!" After collecting the information fragments, Tao Tie made a decision, left the martial arts arena, and after eating a medicinal meal in the cafeteria, he went straight to the library. The missionary library is a three-story wooden building. All the books on the first floor, whether related to spiritual practice or not, can be read free of charge by formal students. The books on the second floor are all about methods of spiritual practice. No matter whether you are a formal student or an idle person in society, you can pay silver or money to exchange them. No one is rejected. There are no books on the third floor, but it is a place for formal students to answer their questions. Here, there are four teachers on duty every day to answer questions and resolve doubts for every formal student who comes to seek advice. A teacher is someone who teaches, imparts knowledge, and resolves doubts. The missionary school has everything from books for preaching, courses for teaching, and answers to questions, and it operates a free-range model. Tao Tie walked steadily up to the third floor of the library. With a clear goal in mind, he walked straight to Instructor Huang, who was teaching him the basic knowledge of the Five Elements. He took out five taels of silver from his pocket and placed it on the table in front of Huang Jiaoshi, exchanging it for an opportunity to seek advice, and then asked directly:
"Teacher, when I practice the Five Animal Exercises, I always get stuck at the last step and cannot complete the foundation building. What is the reason?" Teacher Huang was originally stroking his beard and reading a book, not really caring about what questions Tao Tie would ask. But after hearing Tao Tie's words, the right hand that was stroking his beautiful beard suddenly paused and accidentally broke off a beard. Carefully placing the severed beard on the table with great distress, Instructor Huang raised his eyelids and looked at Tao Tie with a gleam in his eyes. He carefully looked Tao Tie up and down, and said to himself, "He has indeed mastered the Five Animal Exercises. He is indeed expected to build a foundation. This is rare, rare!" After talking to himself, Huang turned his head and looked at the ancient book in his left hand, and said lightly: "The five elements are interdependent and rotate. Go back and figure it out yourself." After he finished speaking, he put on a cold and aloof attitude, as if to keep strangers away, and ignored Tao Tie. "Thank you for the instruction." Tao Tie didn't argue, bowed, and went downstairs quickly. A true word is passed on, and a thousand volumes of books are falsely passed on. This problem, which had troubled Tao Tie for three days and would have most likely continued to trouble Tao Tie for a long time if he had not come to the third floor of the library to ask Instructor Huang, who specialized in the Five Elements, was answered so casually. After returning to his single dormitory, Tao Tie adjusted his mindset, got into position, and started practicing the Five Animal Exercises. This time, Tao Tie still started with the bird play and ended with the bear play, and repeated this five times. After completing the five repetitions, Tao Tie did not stop but continued to practice the Five Animal Exercises, but he changed to starting with the bear exercise and ending with the bird exercise, still five times. After performing the Five Animal Exercises ten times, Tao Tie felt a shock all over his body. The foundation has been laid. (End of this chapter)