Chapter 125: Foundation Establishment Mid-stage

Time passed in a hurry.

Counting from the day Du En received his patrol guard monthly pay.

Two days later, he began using the new cookware, that second-tier mid-grade demon-hide pot, to officially cook second-tier high-grade spirit meals; the consumption of low-grade spirit stones increased to seventy-five per day, which in turn brought about an increase in the number of cultivation sessions to forty per day.

Twenty-five days later, Fire Ignition Art broke through to the First Glimpse stage.

Seventy-five days later, Artifact Refining skill broke through to the Familiar stage.

One hundred days later, Fire Ignition Art broke through to the Familiar stage.

One hundred and thirty days later, Artifact Control Art broke through to the Small Success stage.

The proportion of crystal dust in the mana condensation also increased further, reaching a ratio of one-fifth.

"Can't count on these guys who act recklessly and just muddle through..."

The surrounding spirit Qi deficit was not filled for the time being, and the meal power of the spirit meals had also been squeezed dry, unable to provide support.

However, this area had long been cleared out and eaten empty by him, so neither people nor demon beasts had noticed.

In other words, Yu Jian was still struggling to break through, and Zhao Jinlin was not in a hurry even after waiting until now.

Crack, crack, crack~

As faint sounds emitted from his entire body, his limbs, bones, internal organs, and brain completed a further crystalline reinforcement.

【Divine Ability: Bury Death, Flourish Life (First Glimpse 9/20)】

It was obvious that the old patrol guards of this outpost did not take these abnormal signs seriously; one by one, they remained indifferent, living their lives in a carefree and self-satisfied manner.

Du En also began to disengage from his state of total concentration in cultivation.

Two hundred and fifty days later, Fire Ignition Art broke through to the Small Success stage.

【Hundred Arts: Appraisal (Familiar 30/50), Meal Cooking (Small Success 0/100), Spirit Seeking (Familiar 0/50), Artifact Refining (Familiar 0/50)】

In a short period of time, the parts that had not yet been covered, especially the delicate and fragile internal organs and brain, initially became soft, crystalline, and translucent, beginning to be sculpted by masterful craftsmanship.

Accompanied by a tremor in the mana flowing and circulating through the meridians, the main body completely transformed from its original gel-like gaseous state into a thick, pure, mercury-like fluid state.

【Spirit Root: Low-grade】

And speaking of corpses, Tao Xiang had mentioned before that evil corpses and strange corpses would indeed appear under normal circumstances, yet in over a year, Du En had not seen a single one!

One hundred and twenty years!

If it were not for a mid-grade cultivation method that required more spirit Qi and more resources, but instead a low-grade cultivation method paired with a low-grade spirit root, then this time would probably also be around one hundred years.

How many years of life can a normal Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator have?

Around two hundred and ten years or so, plus the wear and tear from early cultivation, without external force support, one simply shouldn't count on being able to accumulate enough by just plodding along.

Thus, one could glimpse from the cultivation method's operation at this time the amount of time he would have needed to accumulate enough at the Foundation Establishment mid-stage if he had relied solely on his low-grade spirit root.

However, limited by the grade of the materials, he had not yet refined any second-tier high-grade ones.

As if in the blink of an eye, time arrived at the first ten days of August in the second year.

Now he had already buried ninety-one qualified corpses, and was still short one hundred and nine.

"Haha! If it stays quiet for another half a year or a year, I'll break the previous record!"

His thoughts became light, his mind became agile, and his spirit, as his dharma body grew, was also passively affected; manifested externally, this was the expansion of his divine sense range.

【Spells: Earth Cannon Art (Mastery 110/3000), Sand Raising Art (Perfected), Breath Concealment Art (Perfected), Earth Armor Art (Perfected), Artifact Control Art (Small Success 750/1000), Fire Ignition Art (Small Success 260/1000)】

After a while.

The original bones, blood vessels, and other aspects naturally became hard where they should be hard, and soft where they should be soft, with the degree of change being much deeper.

"My luck has indeed been good lately; I haven't run into those disgusting guys!"

He had filled the current stage of Artifact Refining very quickly, and now he maintained a refining volume of two items a day, hoarding magical artifacts.

Du En thought silently, opened his eyes, and glanced at his personal panel.

【Age: 25/245】

Then, everything fell into place.

【Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Mid-stage (0/100)】

For a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, this kind of one or two years is just a snap of the fingers, and the feeling is actually not very sensitive.

"You newcomers are quite lucky; without those gutter bugs causing trouble, your survival rate can be said to have increased twofold compared to before!"

The progress of his Divine Ability was quite fast, mainly because he had hoarded too much meat and enough magical artifacts, so recently, even second-tier mid-stage demon beasts had begun to be buried by him into the death land.

"If there are auxiliary means such as medicinal pills, spirit meals, and magical artifacts, a low-grade spirit root is actually not incapable of cultivating to the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, it's just that the further one goes, the more difficult it becomes, and it's basically impossible to break through to the Golden Core stage..."

Du En thought about the hidden danger of these evil cultivators and, without the slightest rest, took out the second-tier demon-hide pot, which was refined from a combination of various demon beast hides and could be used by him until the Golden Core early-to-mid stage, and began to cook spirit meals.

Earth Cannon Art breaking through to Mastery gave a boost to the same-attribute Firm Spirit Art, increasing proficiency by twenty points; compared to before, this was a tenfold increase, but it was still not much.

Longevity increased by ten years.

Four hundred and fifty days later, Earth Cannon Art broke through to the Mastery stage.

However, from their mouths, he only received this answer:

"Evil cultivators, if you try to reason with them using common sense, you're truly a fool!"

Not only that, the evil cultivators who were supposed to be rampant here, and whose traces could indeed be found during free activities, had shown no signs of activity recently, as if they had vanished into thin air!

Du En knew these guys were brewing something, so he took the opportunity to test a few old patrol guards whose temperaments were relatively good after observing them.

Anyway, there were plenty of those demon beast materials, and leaving them there would be a waste.

Appraisal was a bit slow, which was something that couldn't be helped; no need to rush, just take it slow.

In the end, the Dao foundation in his lower dantian sea of Qi was built up to three and a half tenths, and his divine sense expanded to sixty zhang.

Du En, sitting cross-legged somewhere in the mountain forest, was like the center of a vortex, constantly pulling in the surrounding spirit Qi, creating quite a stir.

Realm breakthrough, Foundation Establishment mid-stage!

In the lower dantian sea of Qi, accompanied by the flow of mana and the warming of Qi and blood, the Dao foundation that had been accumulated and poured over time officially broke through the thirty percent threshold.

Du En had no anxiety or distracting thoughts on his side; step by step, he silently ground away at his cultivation.

【Cultivation Method: Firm Spirit Art (Integrated Mastery 2153/3000)】

Then, the circulation of the cultivation method suddenly accelerated, swallowing and refining spiritual Qi at a speed visible to the naked eye, squeezing and absorbing the nutritional power of the spiritual meal to replenish his mana, then condensing and refining that mana into crystal dust, continuously building up his Dao foundation.

By the time he finished eating, the surrounding spiritual Qi had already refilled, so he continued his grinding practice.

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