Chapter 131

Regarding the place for Foundation Establishment, Xu Qing's choice was extremely cautious.

He had to consider many aspects, such as screening whether someone was following in the dark, and at the same time choosing a place where there were no powerful forces in the surroundings.

There was also the aspect of spiritual energy to consider; it couldn't be too rich, nor could it be too scarce.

In addition, the geographical location couldn't be close to forbidden areas, nor could it be close to cities; the wilderness was the first choice.

But in this way, there were not many places that met all the conditions.

Finally, he also had to consider whether the place he chose according to his needs had been chosen by others before.

All of this surfaced in his mind; he had also thought about the forbidden area temple of the scavenger camp, but the surroundings there were too dangerous, and that weird singing also made Xu Qing hesitate, and in the end, he gave it up.

At this moment, following the teleportation, the first place he went to was a Seven Blood Eyes branch city close to the Purple Earth; this place was in the hinterland of the human area of the Southern Phoenix Continent, with fewer forbidden areas, and at the same time, its safety was relatively higher.

However, similarly, there were more and more mixed people here.

At this moment, following the disappearance of the teleportation light, Xu Qing walked out of the array; he did not leave the city immediately, but found an inn, observed and rested vigilantly for a night, and then changed his appearance with a talisman treasure to continue teleporting and leaving.

Just like that, he teleported seven or eight times in the next half month, changing into different appearances each time, scanning the entire area of the Southern Phoenix Continent roughly, and confirming that no one was following behind him.

This made Xu Qing feel relieved in his heart.

At the same time, his injuries also recovered by about seventy or eighty percent in this half month, which made his combat power almost the same as when he was on the Mermaid Island.

And the recovery of his injuries also allowed Xu Qing to start going outside the city in the subsequent teleportations to find a place suitable for Foundation Establishment in the wilderness.

Until Xu Qing searched for another half month, he finally found a location.

This place belonged to the southeastern area of the Southern Phoenix Continent, a mountainous area.

There were many mountain ranges here, and there were often jungles between two mountains, but they were not forbidden areas; instead, they existed like rainforests with many miasmas and silt.

This also made the nearby cities few, and the nearest one was a seven or eight-day journey away.

The heterogenous substance was not very rich, but relatively, the spiritual energy was also the same, so there were no big forces existing, but for Xu Qing, although the overall situation was not particularly suitable, after checking many places, he still felt that this place was more suitable.

The place he chose was not the mountain range, but deep in the rainforest between two mountains.

Following his past jungle experience, Xu Qing found a location and started digging a pit.

The ground soil was soft and not easy to dig, but under his Sea Transformation Scripture, he extracted most of the water liquid, and in the end, he still dug a cave deep underground here.

The location of the entrance was covered by him; Xu Qing also sprinkled a sufficient amount of poison powder in the surroundings, and finally sat cross-legged in the cave, felt the surroundings, and took out the five sets of arrays he had bought, opening them all.

At the same time, he also took out a set of arrays for concealing aura and fluctuations, put in spirit stones, and spread them out; after doing all this, Xu Qing, sitting cross-legged in the cave, finally let out a deep breath.

A long-lost sense of security surfaced in his heart.

"I will build my foundation here."

Xu Qing lowered his head and looked at his storage bag; he had bought different amounts of food in different cities, and this food was enough for him to survive here for half a year.

He did not know how long this Foundation Establishment of his would take, but Xu Qing had already made a plan; from now on, he decided not to go out, nor to think about any matters regarding the outside world.

He wanted to immerse his whole body and mind in the breakthrough.

However, before starting his cultivation, Xu Qing felt that he still had two things to deal with.

So he took out the black iron skewer, his left hand formed seals and spiritual energy gushed in, and he suppressed the Jin Gang Sect ancestor, who was sleeping, fiercely; suddenly, screams came from within the iron skewer.

"Master, what is the situation? I was wrong, I was wrong, don't kill me, tell me where I was wrong and I will change!"

Xu Qing ignored him and continued to suppress, until the Jin Gang Sect ancestor was weakened to the extreme and fainted amidst this continuous roaring, and only then did Xu Qing stop.

He was worried that the Jin Gang Sect ancestor would come to interfere while he was breaking through; now that the place was weakened to such an extreme, Xu Qing felt there was no big problem.

Afterward, he formed seals and sealed it layer by layer with spiritual energy; after feeling secure in his heart, he put it away.

At the same time, following this action of his, the shadow to the side clearly perceived the whole process, so it trembled with self-awareness.

Xu Qing looked down expressionlessly at the shadow.

The shadow trembled even more violently, and finally, under Xu Qing's gaze, it suddenly started to tear itself, as if self-mutilating, cracking itself into several crevices.

"Not enough."

Xu Qing spoke faintly, the power of the purple crystal within his body turned into a suppressing force and fell with a boom, making the shadow even dimmer, until it reached the point of complete collapse, and only then did Xu Qing stop and transmit words slowly.

"If I fail to build my foundation, I will suppress you to death a thousand times before I die!"

After speaking, Xu Qing ignored the shadow; at this moment, as he weakened the two hidden dangers within his body, he felt completely at ease in his heart, took out the spirit-breath lamp from his body, and lit it.

Instantly, the dim lamp fire spread, shrouding Xu Qing within.

Normally, this kind of protective magic treasure consumes its own nature every time it is lit, so generally speaking, cultivators only open it at the moment of breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

Even if the Seven Blood Eyes are wealthy and imposing, it is the same; disciples mostly rent a Foundation Establishment place when they are about to break through, and will not be as extravagant as Xu Qing.

But Xu Qing felt it was unnecessary.

Even if he didn't intend to break through immediately now, but wanted to bring his own spiritual sea to the limit, this spirit-breath lamp being lit didn't cost his money; it consumed the lamp's own spirituality.

And after Xu Qing felt it, he discovered that the lamp's spirituality was still very abundant, so he didn't feel heartache at all, and took out two jade boxes.

One contained three Foundation Establishment pills, and the other contained two.

The former came from the Captain, and the latter was obtained by Xu Qing from the storage bag of the unlucky breaker in the Mermaid Clan's Foundation Establishment tower.

The other party's identity was clearly very high; he should have eaten a few pills, and still had two left as backup.

After putting these five Foundation Establishment pills away, Xu Qing's expression revealed satisfaction.

He took a deep breath, and under the shroud of this spirit-breath lamp light, he closed his eyes and started cultivation.

Time passed slowly, and soon seven days went by.

These seven days, Xu Qing was single-minded, immersed in cultivation with his whole body and mind; as the Sea Transformation Scripture continuously operated, as the spiritual energy in the surroundings gushed over rapidly, the spiritual sea within his body was churning.

Its range became larger and larger, changing from the previous two hundred and ninety zhang to three hundred and forty zhang!

This range had already surpassed the highest in the history of the Seventh Peak within the Seven Blood Eyes; one must know that the Seventh Master's was only two hundred and seventy zhang at the beginning.

In the sixty years since the Seventh Master, no one had reached this height; now, sixty years later, Xu Qing raised the range of the Sea Transformation Scripture even higher in this cave unknown to anyone.

The majesty of a three-hundred-and-forty-zhang spiritual sea was incredibly astonishing; if Xu Qing were to display it, it would definitely cause a roar in this jungle, and even if the Seven Blood Eyes knew about this matter, I'm afraid that from top to bottom, they would all be shocked.

It was just that although such a result would attract the high attention of the Seven Blood Eyes, it was the same... in the Seven Blood Eyes, which used profit as cohesion, if one were so dazzling, the end would be hard to say.

So Xu Qing had no intention of wanting to make it public; he only wanted to live well; he didn't care about fame, he only cared about being able to live smoothly, and live a little better.

And in this cruel world, to achieve this point, one must become stronger.

Kill all enemies who threaten his life, and he will be safe.

Of course, if revealing the spiritual sea could achieve some of his goals, Xu Qing would still consider it.

Otherwise, without reaching the power to suppress the eight directions, hiding one's edge and only exploding at the moment of killing was his way of survival.

Xu Qing took a deep breath, his expression calm, and continued cultivation.

Just like that, time passed day by day; every day his spiritual sea would increase by a range of ten zhang, as if there were no limit, which made the exhilaration in Xu Qing's heart even stronger.

Three hundred and fifty zhang, three hundred and seventy zhang...

After the second seven days, the spiritual sea within Xu Qing's body actually reached the degree of four hundred zhang; this was already four times that of the perfection of ordinary Seven Blood Eyes disciples.

In the firelight of the spirit-breath lamp, one could see Xu Qing's whole body becoming much more crystalline at this moment, as if countless seawater were flowing within his body, and even the water vapor in the surroundings became increasingly rich.

"Can still rush a bit more!"

Xu Qing's eyes opened and closed, paused cultivation to eat some food, and checked the array and the poison powder scattered outside again; after confirming that everything in the surroundings was as usual during this period, he rested for a moment and continued cultivation.

Four hundred and ten zhang, four hundred and twenty zhang, four hundred and thirty zhang...

Until the third seven days passed, the spiritual sea within Xu Qing's body reached four hundred and seventy zhang; at this moment, he finally felt the stinging pain that his body was about to be unable to withstand.

This stinging pain was like his body becoming a water bag, filled with water, stretched to the limit, as if about to split.

Xu Qing's breathing was slightly rapid; after pondering, he gritted his teeth fiercely and cultivated again; this time, his speed slowed down significantly; the range increased every day started to decrease, changing from the original ten zhang to five zhang.

And the further it went, the slower it increased, and the feeling within his body that it was about to be blown up also became increasingly intense; until more than half a month later, he finally pushed the spiritual sea within his body to the astonishing degree of five hundred zhang.

This range was shocking; even Xu Qing's whole body was incredibly stinging at this moment, as if he were shattering, while the purple crystal was repairing him frantically.

"Limit..." Xu Qing whispered lightly.

He felt that even if he were to move now, it would be incredibly difficult, as if he himself were carrying mountains and seas, heavy to the extreme, and there was even more of a sense of oppression.

Although the purple crystal was trying hard to recover, Xu Qing understood that his current state could not last too long.

"Then... start Foundation Establishment!" Xu Qing's eyes revealed decisiveness; without half a hesitation, he grabbed a Foundation Establishment pill in front of him and swallowed it in one gulp.

Like water falling into a hot pot, the five hundred zhang spiritual sea within his body exploded abruptly, forming astonishing waves that rolled up to the sky, and surged frantically toward all parts of Xu Qing's whole body.

The first Foundation Establishment sensing, start!

You guys were too fierce yesterday...

I surrender, okay?