Chen Changsheng came to the spring, took off his clothes, jumped in, put his five hearts facing the sky in the water, and then practiced the Five Elements Technique.
The spiritual energy contained in the spring water was continuously injected into Chen Changsheng's body, transformed through his tendons and veins, turned into magic power, and finally flowed into his dantian. This went on day after day. When he was hungry, he would eat a fasting pill, and when he was thirsty, he would drink a sip of spiritual wine.
Slowly, Chen Changsheng's Five Elements Art ran faster and faster, and the mana in his Dantian vaguely reached a limit. Finally...
"Boo..."
The mana limit directly broke through the bottleneck, and a large amount of spiritual energy was instantly absorbed and then converted into mana...
"Is this the late stage of Qi training?"
"Although it's just a small realm breakthrough, my mana has actually increased by more than one third!"
"No wonder they say that the middle and late stages of Qi training are two different realms..."
"Legend has it that at the beginning, there was no one-way nine-level stage in the Qi training realm. Just like the foundation-building pill, there were only the beginning, middle and late stages. Later, during the process of cultivation, people refined it into one-way nine-level stage."
"Although there are more realms, the bottlenecks have also been weakened a lot, and cultivation has become easier!" Chen Changsheng said to himself.
Qi training levels seven and nine are both in the late stages of Qi training, and there's not much difference between them. On the other hand, Qi training levels six and seven appear to be only one level apart, but in reality, they're the gap between the middle and late stages...
Among the many island owners, big and small, on Dragon Island, only those whose strength is lower than that in the late stage of Qi training can be considered as real tigers!
"I didn't expect this retreat to last more than half a month..."
"This is just the Qi training stage. When it comes to foundation building and even the golden elixir stage in the future, a single retreat will probably take several years, or even decades..."
"No wonder there's a difference between immortals and mortals. The gap in status between cultivators of different levels is also enormous!"
"Just think about it, a Jindan realm master finds a Taoist partner at the Qi training realm. After a retreat, the Taoist partner's appearance has faded, and they may even have passed away. How tragic would that be?"
"Now that I've entered the late stage of Qi training, it's time to prepare for foundation building..."
"Foundation Pill!"
Thinking of these words, Chen Changsheng couldn't help but feel a headache...
This thing is so difficult to make!
For example, if you buy it at an auction, the starting price is 30,000, and it is normal for it to be sold at 50,000 or 60,000 or even higher.
Although Chen Changsheng had made a fortune from Shopkeeper Wan, he was still far from being able to buy the Foundation Establishment Pill...
"Foundation-building pills are too difficult... Foundation-building spiritual objects?"
Chen Changsheng frowned...
If possible, he would not want to use foundation-building spiritual objects.
Not only was the chance of building a foundation increased, but if it failed, it would also cause severe damage, and recuperation alone would take more than ten years...
More than ten years!
Who knows what will happen in the meantime?
It's okay for others who have the protection of their families, but I'm alone. If I get seriously injured, I'll be at the mercy of others!
"Foundation-building spiritual objects are only the last resort. It's still early... There's no rush..."
"Also, others need to build their foundation before the age of sixty. That's because after sixty, the Qi and blood decline, and the body begins to decline."
"But I'm different. I still have hundreds of years to live. I have the Essence and Blood Pill, so I won't have the problem of blood and qi decline. If I plan slowly, there will always be a chance!" Chen Changsheng took a deep breath and said.
"Fulfill Song Tianming's last wish, and Song Tianming will pass on his alchemy skills to you!"
Suddenly, a large amount of knowledge about alchemy was forced into Chen Changsheng's mind, causing him to suffer a headache. It took him more than ten minutes to recover...
"I never thought that this Corpse Collection Technique would have such a drawback. If I were fighting just now, I would have been killed dozens of times by the enemy..." Chen Changsheng smiled bitterly...
"But, what about Song Tianming's last wish?"
"Song Tianming is Song Xing's grandfather, an alchemist trained by the Song family!"
"Someone from the Song family advanced to the foundation-building stage?"
The Song family of Shouyang Mountain has been passed down for hundreds of years. They occupy the second-level spiritual vein of Shouyang Mountain and founded the Shouyang Mountain Market. During its peak period, the family had four great foundation-building masters, and it was at its peak!
However, after a battle five years ago, Shouyang Mountain was destroyed, the market town was looted, and the Song family was wiped out and disappeared from the scene.
At least in the past few years that Chen Changsheng has been on Huangsha Island, he has never heard of any members of the Song family still being alive.
On the contrary, after the robbers broke through Shouyang Mountain, everyone fled in panic, and no one dared to actually occupy the mountain!
That is the territory of Wanfamen. Who would dare to occupy it without the permission of Wanfamen?
Afterwards, Wanfa issued a decree, allowing the newly promoted Wang family, who had established themselves as true masters of the foundation-building stage, to take over Shouyang Mountain.
Nowadays, the Wang family of Shouyang Mountain has become a well-known immortal cultivation family under the Wanfa Sect. As for the market, although the Wang family has always wanted to reopen it, they have not seen a good opportunity...
After all, it has only been a few years since the last catastrophe, and it is not easy to rebuild reputation.
"The fact that someone in the Song family has established their foundation means that the Song family wasn't completely wiped out... At the very least, Song Xing had already left the market six months before the incident..."
"Where will the Song family go?"
"Longhu?"
Chen Changsheng couldn't help but reveal a smile...
Maybe, it is really possible!
After all, this place is a no-man's land, the easiest place to fish in troubled waters...
"Well, Song Tianming's alchemy inheritance is really good. It's actually a second-level lower-grade inheritance. The inheritance allows him to refine a total of eighteen kinds of elixirs, including fifteen first-level ones and three second-level ones!"
"Huh... there's actually... a foundation-building pill recipe?"
Suddenly, Chen Changsheng's eyes widened...
The Song family actually collected the foundation-building pill recipe?
The Song family is so powerful!
I guess they might want to refine the foundation-building pill themselves!
Unfortunately, the raw materials for the foundation-building pill require very high-year spiritual medicines. Gathering all the materials for alchemy is extremely difficult...
"Keep this recipe safe. Maybe my chance to build my foundation will depend on this recipe!" Chen Changsheng muttered to himself.
The possibility of obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill from the outside world is too low.
Whether finding someone to practice with or spending money to buy it from an auction, there are considerable risks.
Especially when buying at an auction, if you don't have enough financial resources, you might get killed after the auction...
A Foundation Establishment Pill worth tens of thousands of spirit stones would tempt even those who have attained Foundation Establishment...
The Foundation Establishment Pill, although it is only a pill used in the Qi Training Stage, it is really too special!
An ordinary spiritual weapon used by the True People in the Foundation Establishment Stage is only worth a few thousand spiritual stones. Tens of thousands of spiritual stones can be exchanged for a top-level spiritual weapon. Who wouldn't be tempted?
"Perhaps... I can collect spiritual herbs and plant them myself, then slowly wait... One day, I'll be able to gather the ingredients to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill..."
"Others can't wait, that's because they don't have enough lifespan!"
"The main ingredients used to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill often need to be thousands of years old..."
“Hmm…”
Chen Changsheng calculated that he could live for more than 800 years...
Not enough, not enough!
You still need to complete more last wish tasks.
Who said the Mortal's Wish quest is useless?
Longevity, that is a real benefit!