Chapter 157: Late Stage of Foundation Establishment (Seeking Subscriptions)

Time passed in a hurry.

Du En's days in the forbidden prison seemed isolated from the world; all day long, a layer of earth armor formed walls, wrapping around him in every direction, becoming a prison within a prison.

Every day was spent on culinary cultivation, continuous and unceasing.

Every day was spent on taking pills and practicing, accumulating day by day.

First, through the already somewhat accomplished Instrument Control Art, he stumbled his way into successfully switching to the high-grade spell, Hundred-Control Art.

If even the basics were a struggle, let alone those without a foundation, so after confirming that it was truly difficult to learn, the other two high-grade spells were shelved and stored away by him.

【Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Late Stage (0/100)】

The jailer laughed, very satisfied.

If time could be saved, it should be saved; he made this decision.

Upon reaching this stage, the internal gravitational force increased, and the body was closer to completing its spiritualization, having already basically shed its dependence on the external environment.

Thus, time arrived at the first ten days of January of the following year.

Aside from the changes to the physical body, the internal, somewhat void meridians and dantian were also quite lively.

【Spells: Earth Cannon Art (Great Accomplishment 80/5000), Flying Sand Art (Small Accomplishment 914/1000), Breath Concealment Art (Perfected to the Extreme), Earth Armor Art (Mastery 0/3000), Hundred-Control Art (Initial Glimpse 200/2000), Fire Burning Art (Small Accomplishment 260/1000)】

Boom!

It startled a prisoner inside, who looked up in alarm.

It was visibly not enough!

Therefore, Du En's arrangement for spell practice was to temporarily stop practicing Earth Cannon Art and Fire Burning Art; for the others, he would first focus on Earth Armor Art and Hundred-Control Art, forty times a day, and once Earth Armor Art broke through to Mastery, he would then switch to Flying Sand Art.

In the dim, lightless forbidden prison, a duty jailer, having nothing better to do, swaggered out from the block where the jailers lived and arrived at the main area where prisoners were held, the cell block.

Du En opened his eyes.

The jailer suddenly turned his head and looked toward another cell.

Like a spiritual vein within the earth finally gestating refined ore, at this moment, Du En, in the similar dark environment, was like a bright, high-grade spirit stone, his whole body crystallized and translucent, as if a work of art carved by nature, a masterpiece of divine craftsmanship.

These forbidden prison jailers were inherently somewhat perverted in their psychology due to their duties, and as time passed, their vigilance and patience would gradually weaken; eventually, those who coveted Du En's assets would even go around probing and asking to see if they could make a move.

【Cultivation Method: Firm Spirit Technique (Great Accomplishment 1200/5000)】

Turning his head to look, he only saw a single room in the depths, which now came back into view, no longer blocked by the earth armor walls.

And these new prisoners who hadn't been here long, not even a few years, still had plenty of color in their eyes; messing with them felt satisfying!

As the mana flowed, it precipitated crystal dust, the proportion reaching three-fifths, which rapidly built up the Dao foundation, piling the Dao foundation in the lower dantian's sea of Qi to sixty-five percent, thereby bringing about an increase in mass and an enhancement of the gravitational pull.

Over there, hateful gazes were cast, wishing they could eat his flesh and sleep on his skin!

【Hundred Arts: Appraisal (Well-Versed 30/50), Culinary Cultivation (Small Accomplishment 0/100), Spirit Seeking (Well-Versed 25/50), Artifact Refining (Well-Versed 0/50)】

The sudden sound made the jailer's movements pause.

【Age: 27/263】

This layer of earth armor wall could block the prying eyes of others, but it could not block him, the owner, so his divine sense could easily penetrate and probe out without being affected in the slightest.

Just as he was thinking this, he slightly raised his eyes and looked outside the earth armor wall.

Still one step away!

It would exceed Ren Li's original imagination, allowing Du En to cultivate a more prominent mark: a postnatal spirit body, the Firm Spirit Body!

【Spirit Root: Low Grade】

The panel appeared in his eyes.

【Divine Ability: Burying Death, Flourishing Life (Well-Versed 0/50)】

The good changes were obvious, and there were bad changes too.

"The rise in accumulation has slowed down again. It is estimated that it originally required one hundred and fifty years, and furthermore, as the spirit body nears completion, the mana is further refined, and the proportion of crystal dust increases rapidly; the more it needs to be increased, the more raw materials are required, which means consuming more spiritual dietary power..."

The Mastery stage of a middle-grade spell can be converted to the Initial Glimpse stage of a high-grade spell; the proficiency points required for these two stages are three thousand points and two thousand points, respectively.

He kicked the cell door as soon as he arrived.

The reason for this arrangement was the discovery that it seemed possible to exploit a loophole.

Inside this cell, this new prisoner had long been in a state of isolation; other prisoners stayed far away. At this moment, watching the cell door being opened, the new prisoner stood up abruptly, face full of grief and indignation, about to put up a futile struggle. They had no ripples in their eyes, only negative emotions like mockery and self-pity.

"Hahaha!"

Especially a few of them.

"Hehe, worthy of being a tough nut who can kill an evil cultivator; I just love this type!"

The other new and old prisoners also felt inexplicably uncomfortable, because it appeared exceptionally abrupt here.

In other words, the spiritual meals must be heavily supplemented again.

Of course, these meant nothing at present, because there was no spiritual Qi in the surroundings to be dragged or gathered; it was a genuine forbidden-spirit land.

Patter~

And now, as for auxiliary materials, there were still many spirit stones, but more than half of the other main materials had already been used up.

Foundation Establishment Late Stage!

The jailer pulled out a whip artifact, flicking it with a snapping sound, and walked over leisurely with a sadistic, weird laugh.

Inside the dim and enclosed earth armor wall, a bright light suddenly emerged.

Then, unsurprisingly, after the grade reached high-grade, the number on the proficiency bar skyrocketed tenfold, which was well worth its power.

In other words, even under normal cultivation circumstances, he no longer needed to gather and apply pressure with refined earth-attribute spiritual Qi.

The old prisoners had basically resigned themselves to their fate; the older they were, the less they liked to move. Usually, they were like living dead, huddled in corners, stinking and waiting to die. Bullying them was like whipping a stone; it wasn't satisfying at all.

At this moment when the New Year had just arrived, Du En also ushered in a new atmosphere in the prison.

Du En stood behind the bars, looking over from afar, vaguely visible in the darkness.

And when it reached Great Accomplishment and Well-Versed, they were both five thousand points; back and forth, it was a difference of one thousand points for no reason!

After all, there is only so much time each day, and my current grinding is already packed full; I need to choose carefully.

"Ouch! You still haven't learned your lesson, you're itching for a beating, aren't you!"

My lifespan limit increased by ten years, and my divine sense expanded by twenty zhang, reaching ninety zhang, far surpassing the fifty zhang of ordinary third-rate peers, allowing me to easily strike first.

The Hundred Control Art has already reached the initial stage, and the number of controlled artifacts has increased by another one hundred, totaling a full two hundred, which cannot be underestimated.

It seems, are they looking down on me?

This jailer was suddenly enraged!

As time passed, the attitudes of the head jailer and the jailers also subtly changed; in the past few days, some even dared to throw things from afar and bang on Du En's earthen armor wall, their tone and manner becoming obviously impolite.

I might learn it in the future, but I might not; in short, like other mid-grade spell jade slips, I will decide based on the situation when the time comes.

Such a development is actually quite normal.

Although Gao Feng had issued orders, it was impossible for him to watch over this place every day; furthermore, he actually tacitly allowed such things to happen, so he had intentionally ignored Du En's side recently, giving these jailers some misconceptions.

Consequently, their boldness began to grow, and malice began to breed.

Thus, Du En decided to take the initiative and kill two birds with one stone!

(End of this chapter)