Chapter 80

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, three years of time passed in the busy and fulfilling life of Nuolun Academy.

In these three years, Jie Ming invested most of his energy into the study of potion studies and alchemy; at the same time, the Five-Element Rainbow-Transforming Mirror also became more docile under his day-by-day nourishing, and the five light concepts flowed together inside the mirror, available for him to invoke at any time.

And now, he has reached a crucial step on the road of cultivation—Foundation Establishment.

Foundation Establishment is the key for a cultivator to get rid of the mortal body and lay the foundation for the Great Dao.

It means a qualitative change in the quality and quantity of true essence, a leap in spiritual sense, and a great enhancement in the ability to sense heaven and earth spiritual energy.

Only after successful Foundation Establishment can one truly step into the path of cultivating immortality and possess longer lifespan and stronger strength.

As for the Foundation Establishment Pill, Jie Ming obtained the formula in the Great Dao Book Pavilion long ago.

However, rather than saying it is a formula, it is better to say it is a refining philosophy.

After all, as the key for some low-talent cultivators to leap over the dragon gate, the number of various variant formulas for Foundation Establishment Pills is terrifying.

Jie Ming still remembers the scene where his entire consciousness was occupied by the flowing light released by the Great Dao Book Pavilion when he searched for the Foundation Establishment Pill formula.

It is no exaggeration to say that if someone in the cultivation world obtained this pile of prescriptions, they could use any spiritual herb that reached the Foundation Establishment Stage as the main medicine.

Each main medicine only needs to be matched with several or dozens of auxiliary medicines to refine a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Even those medicinal herbs with extreme toxicity are the same.

However, considering that almost the same materials cannot be found in the two worlds, he didn't intend to copy these formulas completely from the beginning.

That unknown cultivation world can be said to have mastered the refining principles of Foundation Establishment Pills thoroughly.

The refining philosophy of the Foundation Establishment Pill was analyzed clearly; as long as materials with corresponding properties were found, they could be matched with different auxiliary materials to refine them into pills.

With such perfect philosophy guidance, combined with his deep attainments in potion studies and alchemy over the past three years, Jie Ming quickly walked out of a unique Foundation Establishment Pill refining path of his own.

He spent several months carefully selecting and processing every medicinal herb.

Using alchemy to conduct detailed analysis of the properties of medicinal herbs and understand the laws of their mutual generation and restraint.

At the same time, he borrowed from the precise control of energy ratios in potion studies, as well as the wizardry he had already constructed maturely—extraction technique.

Extraction technique allows him to extract the purest energy essence from various materials with extremely high efficiency, filtering out all impurities and negative effects.

If used on a biological body, it can even forcibly extract the vitality from the creature.

However, the greatest role of this wizardry is still used for refining magic potions.

Whether it is wizard potions or cultivation pills, using extraction technique is an advantage that can be called cheating.

Finally, after repeated attempts and corrections, and the experience of hundreds of failed magic potion experiments and furnace explosions, Jie Ming successfully refined a unique Foundation Establishment Pill.

Or more accurately, a drop of magic potion-type Foundation Establishment liquid.

It is no longer in the form of a traditional pill, but a drop of viscous amber liquid, emitting the fragrance of grass and wood and the deep aura of the earth, with flowing light flickering inside, containing majestic and introverted vitality.

It perfectly integrates the control of medicinal properties of alchemy with the precise ratio of wizard potions, and is another embodiment of Jie Ming's dual cultivation path.

And in the process of research, accompanied by the successful construction of the third wizardry extraction technique, Jie Ming's speed of absorbing elemental power further accelerated, which also made him reach the peak of Qi Condensation without realizing it.

Everything is ready, and Jie Ming didn't hesitate much, quickly deciding to break through.

In the private laboratory, after adjusting his state to the peak, Jie Ming sat cross-legged and sent the drop of magic potion-type Foundation Establishment Pill into his mouth without hesitation.

The medicinal liquid melted upon entry, turning into a majestic and gentle energy torrent, instantly surging toward his limbs and bones, and finally gathering in the dantian.

True essence was like boiling magma, surging in the meridians, continuously washing and expanding, bringing severe swelling pain.

Mental power also expanded, feeling the clearer energy veins between heaven and earth.

The flesh continuously strengthened, providing a carrier for the continuously enhanced true essence and mental power.

However, despite the earth-shaking changes in his body, Jie Ming's mind always maintained a trace of clarity, and everything was under his control.

Thanks to his solid foundation over the years—whether it is the purity of cultivation true essence or the strength of wizard mental power, they far exceed those of the same level.

The advantages of the refining essence into Qi system are fully displayed during advancement; whether it is spirit, flesh, or true essence, the three will be passively balanced and developed during the enhancement process, allowing him to maintain absolute control in this drastic change.

Jie Ming's initial estimation was quite accurate; with his accumulation, he didn't need a Foundation Establishment Pill to advance at all.

Even without the medicinal power taking effect, relying on his own strength, Jie Ming could clearly feel the true essence in his body being compressed and condensed bit by bit, and the newly reshaped dantian was also continuously applying pressure, causing it to transform from gaseous to liquid.

This process lasted for a whole day and night, until the entire advancement process was completed; Jie Ming didn't even have the opportunity to use the medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Just as he felt that the true essence in his dantian had completely liquefied, stabilizing like a calm lake, and his spiritual sense had reached unprecedented strength, marking the success of Foundation Establishment...

An accident suddenly happened!

Jie Ming had just prepared to feel the huge changes after advancement, when he suddenly discovered that the majestic power of the magic potion-type Foundation Establishment Pill, which had almost no loss, suddenly surged toward the deepest part of his lower dantian uncontrollably after the Foundation Establishment was successful!

That power was not violent, but carried an irresistible attraction.

In the deepest part of the lower dantian, it seemed as if a bottomless black hole had appeared out of thin air! It emitted an aura that devoured everything, instantly sucking in all the residual power of the Foundation Establishment potion!

Not only that, even the true essence and mental power in Jie Ming's body that had just become several times stronger seemed to be attracted by some invisible force at this moment, and were all sucked into that mysterious black hole uncontrollably!

This sudden change made Jie Ming's heart shake!

He clearly felt that the power in his body was flowing away rapidly, and the sense of emptiness struck again.

He instantly felt that something was wrong; fortunately, to be on the safe side, he had refined several Foundation Establishment Pills before advancing.

Now encountering this situation, he almost subconsciously prepared to take out the second magic potion-type Foundation Establishment Pill from the side.

Just as his hand touched the magic potion bottle, the suction force that devoured everything