Chapter 107: Twenty Years Later

Twenty Years Later

For Foundation Establishment cultivators, the refining of spiritual energy on their side has become an instinct, not like the Qi Refining stage, where cultivation stops except for the few hours of special cultivation every day. Foundation Establishment cultivators will constantly attract spiritual energy even in rest and sleep, roll down the Dao foundation, and fall into the Jade Pool. When the Jade Pool is full and spiritual energy steams up, only then will it be thread by thread, turning the phantom of the Dao foundation into reality, and condensing a new step of the high platform.

This kind of refining spiritual energy is naturally fast and slow. The more layers of Dao foundation condensed, the purer the spiritual energy that slides into the Jade Pool, and the faster the mist that steams up to cast the high platform of the Dao foundation. It's just that the later it gets, the more spiritual energy is needed to cast the high platform. This is a process of pure spiritual energy washing and refining the bottom Dao foundation. According to Ruan Ci's understanding, the moment the external spiritual energy pours into the body is the purest. The short distance from falling to the high platform will be consumed by many inexplicable things. Therefore, the first and second layers of the Dao foundation high platform have more impurities. When cultivating to the later layers, the massive spiritual energy required, in addition to building the high platform itself, also needs to refine the bottom Dao foundation.

And when it reaches the eighth and ninth layers, after the spiritual energy pours in, it is almost caught by the Dao foundation instantly, which is naturally extremely pure. Measuring by this standard, almost every layer below needs to be rebuilt. It is also because of this that the time required for each layer is exactly the sum of each layer before. After spiritual energy enters the body, careful observation can reveal that more than half of the casting of the high platform flows downward, nourishing the bottom Dao foundation, and the remaining half stays to build the current layer where the human figure stands. It's like the Dao foundation leaking water, and half of the water must leak downward.

Ruan Ci is now at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, and the fifth level has just built a corner. In the inner scene world, the cold human figure stands leisurely at a corner of the high platform. As her consciousness invests, the human figure also becomes active, as if becoming Ruan Ci's incarnation in the inner scene world. This human figure has blurred features and can move around in the inner scene world, observing the Jade Pool, wandering the lake shore. Every activity can be reflected outside, which is also a method for many cultivators to display supernatural powers. For example, Ruan Ci has read many methods of tracing causes and consequences in the classics, all of which are related to the Jade Pool—although cultivators have photographic memory, sometimes consciousness will be negligent. Observing the Jade Pool can project memories in the heart into the Jade Pool, watch them repeatedly, and find clues.

After she went ashore from the Treasure Cloud Sea, she experienced several sudden changes, and was busy with human relations when she returned to the sect. This time she returned with a full load, and her status in the sect was naturally different from the past, so she had the confidence to walk around in various places. Therefore, she hadn't used her heart to cultivate in recent days, just relying on the spiritual platform to attract spiritual energy by instinct, building the Dao foundation at an extremely slow speed. The progress of this kind of construction can be ignored, that is, it would be very difficult to build a layer in millions of years, so Ruan Ci didn't pay attention to the progress.

Entering meditation and operating the mental method at this time, she felt something different. When spiritual energy fell on the Dao foundation and rolled down layer by layer, there was no loss at all. A group of extremely pure spiritual mist was steaming above the Jade Pool all the time, which was infinitely close to the spiritual energy that could be controlled in the Core Formation stage. Not to mention this, the speed of building the Dao foundation was also twice as fast as before. After careful tasting, she found that the spiritual energy that seeped into the bottom before no longer leaked downward, but was completely used to build the fifth layer—this was not because she was eager for quick success and ignored the toughness of the bottom Dao foundation, but because the bottom Dao foundation was already as tough as jade, integrated with the high platform, as if it had been tempered a thousand times and achieved perfection, and no longer needed other things to nourish it, and it had been tempered to... the strength of the Dao Ancestor level!

How to know that this is the strength of the Dao Ancestor level, Ruan Ci has no way to know, just a trace of intuition in the dark. Her incarnation human figure couldn't help but bend down to gently brush the warm and moist platform surface, feeling its touch like gold and jade, and murmured, "Qingjun gave me height, True Person Hengze gave me strength, who will give me anything else next?"

"You Dao Ancestors, one after another, place pieces on me, and in the future, you expect me to sing what kind of good show in your game?"

She was no longer as raw and suspicious as when she first dealt with Xie Yanhuan, and could be quite indifferent to this matter—she was somewhat used to it, just thinking about it slightly, she felt relieved, and devoted herself to refining spiritual energy again. Nirvana Dao Ancestor doing this might also be hoping that her cultivation would improve faster. Ruan Ci also felt that time was pressing. She already had her own guesses about this game, but there were still many joints that she hadn't figured out, so it was not convenient to discuss with anyone. In fact, maybe time is always enough—for the Dao Ancestor, time is also just one of the scales, and there is no real 'too late'. But since she is not a Dao Ancestor yet, she can only follow her own vision and try her best to cultivate diligently.

This trip out, she saw too many mysterious confrontations, which also washed her Dao heart. With a slight operation of the work, she forgot things and herself, and ten thousand thoughts entered silence. Only the spiritual dew rolled down and the spiritual mist steamed repeatedly. She didn't know how long it had passed. Ruan Ci performed twelve cycles of work and checked the spiritual platform silently. She saw that the fifth layer of the high platform had built a small piece of ground. She calculated in her heart and couldn't help but nod slightly: at this speed, it only takes twenty years to refine the fifth layer of the high platform. However, from the sixth layer, I don't know how much time it will take, but this can still slightly alleviate the need for time spiritual objects or East Flower remnants.

This is also a matter of taking one step at a time. Ruan Ci is not in a hurry. Who knows what spiritual objects are waiting for her at that time. In fact, she is only thirty-four years old now, and she is already at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment. If there is no miracle to help, even the most genius disciples cannot compare with her. Thinking about Jiang Youwen and Su Jingxing, these two Sheng Sect disciples also have opportunities, and only then did she slowly realize the weight of the word destiny. In this cultivation world, one step ahead, every step ahead. Those fellow Daoists from South Zhuzhou who entered the sect with her at that time looked much thicker than her, but now they have been left far behind by her.

The most important thing for a cultivator is to endure loneliness. After Ruan Ci returned to the mountain, she closed the door to cultivate, occasionally left seclusion to play with Tianlu and others for a few days, and went to Zhuiyue Cliff to visit Wang Panpan. She was quite attentive to her few servants. Occasionally, she gave them treasures. Although she was sheltered under Zixu Heaven, she still hoped to have a force that completely belonged to her. He Tong and others cultivated quite diligently. During the days Ruan Ci cultivated on the mountain, they all had the cultivation of the fifth level of Qi Refining. When they were idle, they received friends for Ruan Ci, passed messages, and also inquired about news in the sect.

Before she knew it, Ruan Ci had been cultivating in Zixu Heaven for twenty years. In these twenty years, the days she spent wandering would not exceed one month. If it were Qin Fengyu, she would have been bored to death. Although Ruan Ci also felt boring, her resilience was much stronger than before, and she could settle her mind to work hard.

On this day, she was sitting cross-legged in the cave dwelling, her body suddenly shook slightly, and her pretty face showed a layer of precious light, as if there was some happy change in her body reflected outside. After a while, Ruan Ci finished her work and got up, a smile appeared on her face, she reached out and caught a wisp of spiritual light, played with it for a while, and felt the difference. It turned out that the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment had been cast, and she began to build toward the sixth layer.

Every layer of the high platform stepped on in Foundation Establishment is a different scenery. The five senses will be stronger, and the understanding of spiritual energy will be more subtle, and the manipulation will naturally be more precise. However, Ruan Ci had experienced countless experiences of upper-realm cultivators in hallucinations, so she naturally got used to these subtle differences after a while. She opened the door to leave seclusion, waved her long sleeves, and the spiritual spring in the courtyard surged out, immediately filling a small pool in the corner. Ruan Ci was like a fairy, flying away, her magic clothes and embroidered shoes fell naturally, she jumped into the spiritual spring, and couldn't help but laugh—actually, with Ruan Ci's current cultivation, her jade body is not stained with dust, even if she is in seclusion for a hundred years, there is no dirt, but she was born in a waterless place, but she loves playing with water very much.

If it were a chaste fairy, she would just close her eyes quietly in the spiritual spring, but Ruan Ci was not such a temper, her jade feet kicked in the water, splashing a lot of water, and rolled in the water, splashing a large area of the courtyard floor. Wang Panpan called outside the wall, "It's noisy, you didn't even say a word when you left seclusion."

It jumped onto the wall, Ruan Ci said with surprise, "Panpan, why are you here?"

Wang Panpan raised its claws and licked, rolled its eyes at Ruan Ci, and said proudly, "Why, can't I come?"

Ruan Ci and Wang Panpan had such a relationship, so she was too lazy to cover up anything, and in her heart, Wang Panpan was a female cat, so she still soaked in the pool, beckoned and said, "Panpan, come down and take a bath with me."

Wang Panpan's fur exploded. In response, it jumped onto a large rock beside Ruan Ci and said, "You guy, I kindly came from Zhuiyue Cliff to send you a message, but you want me to take a bath? Then I'll go back. If you don't give me some Shallow Cherry Crossing to eat, I won't tell you the news."

One person and one cat fussed for a while, Ruan Ci had to promise to catch more Shallow Cherry Crossing for Wang Panpan to eat in the future. Wang Panpan then told her, "Lin Xianen also succeeded in Foundation Establishment. It was two or three years ago. You spent a long time in seclusion this time. She came to visit a few days ago, saying she was going to take a mission and go out to handle things. I thought if you left seclusion, you should express it a little, so I came to take a look at you."

Ruan Ci said ah, and also said, "Not bad, naturally I should support a little."

Fellow disciples like Lin Xianen will be her connections in the sect in the future. True Person Wang has few disciples, so Ruan Ci naturally wants to make friends outside. She was already thinking about how many magic weapons she could choose. In addition to Lin Xianen, the disciples who entered the sect from South Zhuzhou in these years have probably all reached Foundation Establishment, and there should be some human relations. This time she left seclusion, she wanted to rest, and just happened to set up a banquet to entertain everyone at Zhuiyue Cliff.

She changed her clothes casually, went out to the high cliff courtyard of True Person Wang, and knelt down to pay respects outside the door—Ruan Ci had to come to pay respects every time she left seclusion. Whether True Person Wang saw her was one thing, but the etiquette could not be abandoned. However, True Person Wang hadn't seen her several times before. Ruan Ci bowed several times, Tianlu came out of the courtyard, asked her to go in, Ruan Ci asked softly, "Have you been inside all this time?"

Tianlu also replied in a low voice, "As long as I am in Zixu Heaven, as soon as the True Person calls, I will arrive as soon as I open the door."

Ruan Ci gathered her spirit, walked into the room, and wanted to perform the ceremony to True Person Wang again, but was stopped by True Person Wang. Ruan Ci saw that he didn't speak, so she pointed on the ground, and as her heart moved, the room responded, and an embroidered stool naturally appeared. Ruan Ci sat on the embroidered stool. Tianlu hurriedly retreated, probably to make tea. True Person Wang smiled slightly, not taking it as an offense. He was here in his Foundation Establishment incarnation today, giving Ruan Ci less pressure, and his mood seemed good. He looked at Ruan Ci a few times and asked casually, "Already at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment?"

Ruan Ci said, "Yes, I got the East Flower Sword Intent in the mountain before, and refined four layers in one breath. Now I used twenty years to refine to the fifth layer, which is considered fast."

True Person Wang nodded, "You have such patience, it's not bad."

He meant that Ruan Ci didn't lose interest in cultivation and only wanted to find the sword intent because the East Flower Sword Intent feedback was faster. Ruan Ci heard him say this, and didn't be humble, tilted her head, and had a taste of taking it for granted. True Person Wang saw this and couldn't help but sigh, and then pointed out some difficulties in Ruan Ci's cultivation. Ruan Ci said, "In these twenty years, I have been in meditation and cultivation, and the longest time I have been in seclusion was only a year or so, and I felt that I had to get up and rest and play for a few days, but obviously spiritual energy, spiritual sense, and heart energy could all persist. It's just that I felt in my heart that if I persisted, it would not only fail to temper my will, but would have an impact on my cultivation. Does Master know the reason for this?"

True Person Wang said, "Cultivators should follow the trend. You can't cultivate because the 'static' trend has been exhausted, and you need to come out of this rising and falling wave and find another wave that is about to turn to 'quiet', 'static', and 'fixed'. Resting for a while is not a bad thing. It is not that sitting in meditation and seclusion is a detached state of mind. Cultivators still pay attention to the combination of movement and stillness. If you are always in seclusion in the cave, where does the opportunity come from?"

Ruan Ci was relieved when she heard this, but she was curious about how to grasp and capture the trend of movement and stillness. True Person Wang said, "This is at least something that can be sensed in the Core Formation stage. No need to be anxious. You should just rest assured to build the Dao foundation and achieve Core Formation early."

"It's only been a long time since Foundation Establishment, and Master is talking about Core Formation again." Ruan Ci couldn't help but say, "Is it possible that you are going to give me a time limit again, and if I can achieve Core Formation in how many years, you will give me what reward?"

Mentioning this, she was also a bit uneasy in her heart. Seeing True Person Wang acting as if nothing had happened, she knew that the aftermath of the last time she asked for his name had passed, and her courage was even greater. She counted with her fingers and said, "Well, last time Master told me his real name, what should I ask Master to tell me this time? Is it the Great Dao Master cultivates, or Master's Dharma image? I don't know if Master's Dharma image is as majestic as True Person Qingshan—"

Tianlu hurriedly lifted the curtain and walked in, just interrupting Ruan Ci's words, "True Person, Miss Ci, please have tea."

Ruan Ci knew she had overstepped, so she couldn't help but secretly stick out her tongue at Tianlu while taking the teacup. Tianlu also winked at her. True Person Wang took all the eye contact between the two into his eyes, rubbed the teacup with his long fingers, and said, "I only said one sentence, but you have a hundred sentences to reply to me. I think you want to go to Zicui Cliff to watch the door."

Ruan Ci didn't know where Zicui Cliff was, but Tianlu was very anxious and made a neck-slitting gesture to Ruan Ci. Ruan Ci hurriedly knelt down, crawled a few steps on her knees, looked up at True Person Wang in front of the couch, and begged, "Master, please calm your anger. I was just joking, but I have no intention of disobeying Master."

In fact, her temper, one is because Ruan Ci's identity is special, and the other is somewhat spoiled by True Person Wang. True Person Wang closed his long eyes and let her act like a spoiled child for a long time before saying, "This is also because I haven't taught you. In the future, remember not to ask about the Great Dao cultivated by Cave Heaven True Persons, otherwise you will be killed on the spot, and there will be nowhere to reason."

Ruan Ci had already reached out to push True Person Wang's knee. At this time, she knew that True Person Wang was unhappy. Her hand was still on True Person Wang's knee. She looked up and said in confusion, "Although this is the case, which Cave Heaven True Person is not famous? The techniques cultivated, looking at the supernatural powers, cannot be hidden, and what is there to reveal about the Great Dao cultivated?"

True Person Wang said, "Although this is true, every technique we cultivate can correspond to three or five Great Daos. If you ask which one he cultivates among these three or five Great Daos, it is violating his deepest secret. Once the Great Dao is known, it is easy to calculate the root, and what is more worrying is that if he cultivates this Great Dao and has a Dao Ancestor presiding over it, once he answers you, the Dao Ancestor may know of his existence. You don't understand these things even if I say more. In short, except after the cultivator merges with the Dao, the whole universe will naturally know what Great Dao he cultivates, otherwise, don't ask any other cultivators."

Ruan Ci listened half-understandably, "Does the Dao Ancestor not know that there are Cave Heaven cultivators cultivating his Great Dao, and may drive him out of this Dao in the future?"

"If the Dao Ancestor knew, then except for his own Dao lineage, no cultivator would dare to cultivate that Great Dao, do you think so?" True Person Wang asked back, "If one day, all three thousand Great Daos are presided over by Dao Ancestors, then except for the three thousand Dao lineages, which Great Dao should the cultivators of this universe cultivate?"

"As long as the cultivator who cultivates this Dao enters Cave Heaven, the Dao Ancestor will only know that there is one more potential opponent, but will not know any information about him. You can also think of this as a Dao struggle between Cave Heaven and Dao Ancestor. Naturally, if the cultivator says it himself, it is another situation. There are also some Sheng Sect disciples whose techniques are passed down by the Dao Ancestor, which is another matter. These disciples will not be in danger of becoming Dao slaves even if they enter Cave Heaven. When the cultivation enters a certain realm, the Dao Ancestor will lock their cultivation, making them unable to merge with the Dao forever, but they will not be swallowed by the Great Dao."

When he pointed out Ruan Ci, he was extremely patient. Ruan Ci lay on Master's knee and couldn't help but listen intently. Only then did she know that the Dharma image she asked just now was fine, but asking about the Great Dao cultivated by True Person Wang was extremely taboo. It was no wonder that the True Person was slightly angry. If this was asked of others, not only would Ruan Ci have trouble, but even True Person Wang would be ridiculed for not knowing how to teach disciples.

She felt a bit embarrassed in her heart and wanted to apologize, but she was a bit unable to let go of her face, so she straightened up and hammered True Person Wang's leg, saying, "Thank you for your teaching, Master. Disciple will definitely be cautious in words and deeds in the future and will not lose face for Master."

True Person Wang didn't say whether he enjoyed her service or not, closed his eyes and hummed, then said, "I called you here this time, and indeed I had the intention of encouraging your cultivation, but since you are so lazy, then don't mention it."

It made Ruan Ci hurriedly say many soft words, and then said, "Your clan sister Ruan Rong has already succeeded in Foundation Establishment, and will go out to handle things in a few years. In my opinion, she may go to Hanyu Ze, which means she will go out in thirteen years. As the East Flower Sword Envoy, she will definitely be watched by all sects when she goes out, and it will be full of obstacles. According to the rules, there should be someone to protect the Dao—however, the protectors in the sect are all Foundation Establishment late-stage cultivators. You are only at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment now, and it is a bit difficult to pull your cultivation to the seventh level of Foundation Establishment within thirteen years, but it doesn't matter if you don't go. You have successfully reached Foundation Establishment and brought back the Hengze Jade Dew, and can safely cultivate to the Core Formation stage. Ruan Rong's role is exhausted, and this substitute dies if she dies, it's not a pity."

"Whether to go or not, this matter depends entirely on yourself, and I have no intention of asking. Just go, cultivate well, and come to pay respects in thirteen years."

Saying that, he waved his long sleeves, his phoenix eyes drooped, and he was already in meditation. Ruan Ci's heart was like a stormy sea, and it took a long time to climb up from Master's statue-like knees, slowly exited the courtyard, and calculated on her own.

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Updated, sorry for the long wait. This chapter has some unpleasant people replaced by True Person Shengyu!

I'll send out red envelopes for the previous chapter in a while~~

I started reading "Faqing" again. This article is really too funny. Actually, I think this is the ancestor of Dihua articles.

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