Chapter 620: Foundation Establishment

The decennial grand auction of Sanshan Market has finally come to an end.

Many events from this auction will inevitably become topics of conversation for many cultivators to discuss over tea and meals.

For instance, the open strife and veiled struggles between the Black Blood Sect and the Qingding Sect over Foundation Establishment, or those precious top-tier Magical Tools, the peerless cauldrons...

Among them, the immense wealth of a dark-faced cultivator could not be ignored; as a Qi Refining cultivator, he actually possessed over ten thousand Spirit Stones!

Not only did he participate in the contention for the Foundation Establishment Pill, he almost succeeded!

Although he fell short due to the intervention of sect Foundation Establishment cultivators, in the subsequent scramble for the Vein Protecting Pill, he stubbornly secured two Vein Protecting Pills at the prices of four thousand five hundred and five thousand Spirit Stones!

This left many cultivators secretly cursing and puzzled; after all, the Vein Protecting Pill does not have the miraculous effect of increasing the chance of Foundation Establishment by thirty or forty percent like the Foundation Establishment Pill, and one can only gamble on the ten percent probability of self-Foundation Establishment. Given the other party's financial resources, the possibility of obtaining a Foundation Establishment Pill at the next auction was still quite high.

However, some mature and steady cultivators knew that this was a rational move by the other party.

"Secondly... because of the experience of dissipating cultivation and starting over, and having stayed at the Great Perfection realm for decades, is the cultivation technique proficient?"

Foundation Establishment!

"So I've succeeded in Foundation Establishment? Isn't it a bit too simple? I was originally planning to dissipate my cultivation and start over once more."

【Talent: Immortality】

"And the greatest benefit of Foundation Establishment is undoubtedly the explosive increase in lifespan, which can add a full hundred years of life. It is completely a different species from mortals and Qi Refining cultivators..."

Aaron's body instantly became burning hot, and his Dharma Power also became berserk.

The so-called 'Foundation Establishment' is actually the process of a cultivator's Dharma Power becoming liquid!

I do not know how much time has passed.

Aaron thought for a moment and immediately had the answer: "Is it because I have lived too long, making me equivalent to those cultivators who are born with powerful Divine Sense?"

"Hmm... my ability to succeed in Foundation Establishment in one go also has many reasons."

Thirty zhang, forty zhang... one hundred zhang!

Aaron sat cross-legged, with two white jade bottles placed in front of him, inside which was a pill as red as blood.

Inside the Cave Abode.

【Spells: Spirit Eye Technique (100/100), Wind Control Technique (100/100), Golden Light Shield (100/100), Fireball Technique (100/100), Rejuvenation Technique (100/100), Spring Breeze Turns to Rain Technique (100/100), Fire Feather Arrow (100/100), Diamond Shield (100/100), Entanglement Technique (100/100), Soul Bewitching Technique (100/100), Wind Wing Technique (100/100), Lightning Strike Technique (100/100), Concealment Technique (100/100), Demon Flame Art (100/100)】

Regardless of the hustle and bustle of the outside world.

Aaron glanced at the Attribute Panel:

【Name: Fang Yu (Aaron)】

He had long since cultivated this technique to the tenth layer Great Perfection, and for the twenty years since, he had spent every day sitting in meditation to recover Dharma Power and familiarize himself with the technique.

"And... I haven't taken a single pill to increase Dharma Power... perhaps because I haven't used drugs, my Dharma Power is also extremely pure?"

Feeling the breakthrough in his cultivation, Aaron could not help but feel a bit speechless: "But I have at least bitterly cultivated for over two hundred years... Foundation Establishment is still considered normal, right? Should I recite a closing poem?"

"From now on, I am one of the few experts in the Immortal Cultivation World of the Lin and Wu countries... firmly in the middle-to-upper tier, and I could even start my own cultivation family..."

Aaron closed his eyes and let his Divine Sense spread outward.

【Technique: Mingyu Art Eleventh Layer (1/1000)】

"Divine Sense spreading one hundred zhang? According to the information I gathered before, an ordinary Foundation Establishment Initial Stage cultivator, if they haven't practiced any techniques to temper Divine Sense, then the range of their Divine Sense is at most a few dozen zhang. Have I caught up to the middle or even late-stage cultivators?"

Following that was the second drop, the third drop...

His whole body began to crazily absorb the Spirit Qi of heaven and earth, which then traveled through his meridians, finally returning to the dantian, constantly compressing, compressing...

The Mingyu Art had reached this point, breaking through the tenth layer and entering the realm of the eleventh layer!

Foundation Establishment successful!

He forgot both himself and the world, his mind completely immersed in his Qi sea dantian, his massive mental power constantly compressing that mist-like Dharma Power.

Whoosh!

The berserk Dharma Power even made his meridians feel a burst of stinging pain.

"First of all, of course, it's because I've lived for so many years, my mental power is strong, which is very beneficial for compressing Dharma Power into liquid true essence?"

【Realm: Foundation Establishment Initial Stage】

Besides this, there is the qualitative change of the Dharma Power true essence!

Aaron took out the High-grade Magical Tool—'Hundred Ghost Banner'. At this moment, there was no need to cast many spells; the Dharma Power true essence belonging to the Foundation Establishment stage surged into it, immediately causing this Small Banner to activate directly, without needing to do any other fancy things.

The highly concentrated mist of Dharma Power suddenly collapsed infinitely, turning into a drop of liquid Dharma Power!

This is the Dharma Power true essence of a Foundation Establishment cultivator!

"I am also a Foundation Establishment Dashiu now!"

"Forget it, never mind that... next, it is undoubtedly the Divine Sense that only Foundation Establishment stage cultivators possess."

"Compared to Qi Refining Dharma Power, Foundation Establishment stage Dharma Power really has a qualitative change... and the total amount has also increased by several times... using this Dharma Power to drive spells and Magical Tools... Qi Refining cultivators are indeed very difficult to resist!"

Just at this moment, the 'Vein Protecting Pill' in his belly also turned into streams of cold current, traveling through every part of his meridians.

And the liquid Dharma Power in his dantian, at a certain moment, finally became full, rushed out of the dantian, and traveled through his limbs and bones.

Theoretically speaking, the Spirit Qi in the place of seclusion is abundant, which naturally has a bonus for Foundation Establishment.

High-grade Magical Tools cost hundreds of Spirit Stones, and top-tier Magical Tools cost thousands of Spirit Stones!

This was another expenditure of several thousand Spirit Stones, making Aaron feel his head spinning: "Why is it that after the breakthrough, Spirit Stones are even more scarce?"

As Aaron thought and thought, his mood became a bit low: "One hundred years of lifespan? Is that enough for me to burn with Black Sun Demon Fire a few times?"

After the auction ended, Aaron went directly to the rented Spirit Vein Cave Abode and began his seclusion to prepare for Foundation Establishment.

"Speaking of which, the Hundred Ghost Banner is not easy to show people. After becoming a Foundation Establishment cultivator, I should change to a new set of Magical Tools."

Aaron's Divine Sense spread outward for nearly a full hundred zhang distance before he felt some excessive consumption and had to stop.

Aaron poured out a Vein Protecting Pill he had carefully inspected, stuffed it into his mouth, and then began to silently circulate the Mingyu Art technique.

"Forget it, Top-tier Magical Tools are generally used by Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivators; I'll just make do with a High-grade Magical Tool for now..."

After all, his wealth had already been exposed; did he still want to wait for the next ten years?

Furthermore, the Foundation Establishment Pill is too precious; who knows what kind of trouble might arise at the next Auction House? What one can actually hold in one's hands is the best!

Aaron's body seemed to transform into a black hole, greedily devouring the surrounding Spirit Qi and forming a small vortex.

"I'll try once; if I fail this time, I'll go hide in a mortal city and, while I'm at it, disperse my cultivation and start over!"

A cultivator at Qi Refining Great Perfection can trigger their Dharma Power to break through at any time, and before the age of sixty, there is a ten percent success rate for self-Foundation Establishment!

Once one fails, one will inevitably die with their Meridians shattered!

At this moment, he gathered his courage in one breath, triggered his Dharma Power, and began to break through to the Third Layer of the technique!

Boom!

Everything inside the Cave Abode was as clear as if it were right before his eyes in his mind.

Aaron had long since stopped caring about these things.

Aaron lined up the possibilities one by one and finally decided to stop thinking about it: "Regardless, being able to succeed at Foundation Establishment on the first try is a good thing after all!"

【Age: 328】

He was also slightly caught off guard by the success of this breakthrough, but he accepted the reality very quickly.

He had long since reached the point where there was no further progress to be made.

【Martial Arts: Iron Shirt Fist Third Layer (1000/1000)】

【Skills: Fishing (100/100), Lure Demon Manual (21/100), Disguise Technique (100/100), Medicine (100/100), Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, and Painting (100/100), Huiyuan Wine Recipe (100/100), Second-tier Jade Bone (1/1000), First-tier Talisman Making (90/100)】

(End of this chapter)