Longevity: Starting with an infant's innate growth potential

Chapter 191 Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment
Two more months passed quickly.

Although he obtained the Profound Ice Crystal Flame and gathered the five spiritual flames required for Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment, Zhou Ling was not in a hurry to establish his foundation.

Instead, they made many preparations, such as purchasing spiritual water and other items that aided in the five elements.

In addition, we should try to further improve our cultivation of the four elements of metal, wood, water, and earth.

Minimize the risks associated with foundation construction.

In the past two months, the cultivation levels of the five elements have all reached the peak of Qi Refining.

He felt that the time was almost right for him to establish his foundation.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, his master became an instructor at Xuan Yuan Dao Academy.

If you successfully establish your foundation and enter the inner courtyard, you can become a disciple of your master, saving you the apprenticeship fee.

In addition, during these two months, Zhou Ling also carefully reviewed the Five Elements Qianyang True Technique Foundation Building Experience that his master had given him.

He also borrowed foundation-building experience books from other cultivators with five elemental spiritual roots from the Taoist academy.

After confirming that everything was ready, he sent a telepathic message to Zhang, the Taoist priest of the Taoist temple.

I applied for a fourth-tier spiritual vein cultivation room to prepare for Foundation Establishment.

"Zhou Ling, you should think this through. You're only in your second year, you still have time, there's no need to rush into Foundation Establishment!"

Soon, Zhang Daojian replied to him.

Zhou Ling understood what Zhang Daojian meant, after all, he was the only disciple who failed the Foundation Establishment test.

Despite rapid progress, it is still a low-grade spiritual root.

Supervisor Zhang meant well by offering this reminder.

After all, there are still five years to go, so there's no need to rush.

"I feel I've made considerable progress these past few days, so I should be able to give it a try!"

Zhou Ling replied.

"Alright then, you need to be fully prepared. Foundation Establishment is related to your entire life's path, so you can't be careless in the slightest."

"There's a month-long gap in the training room these days, so you can go there tomorrow!"

Zhang Daojian quickly replied via telepathy.

Foundation Establishment is crucial for cultivators, and he was just reminding Zhou Ling to only touch upon it briefly.

Talking too much affected Zhou Ling's mindset, which was actually bad.

In addition, Zhou Ling is not yet fourteen years old. Even if he fails to establish his foundation this time, he will have the opportunity to try again in the future.

However, Zhou Ling didn't think that much about it.

Now that everything is well prepared, the spiritual energy within my body is extremely pure under the compression of the spiritual flame.

Moreover, he doesn't have a low-grade spiritual root, but rather a Five Elements Thunder Body.

He was still very confident about successfully establishing the foundation.

The key point is whether one can achieve the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment.

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The next day at 9:00 AM, he arrived at the fourth-order spiritual vein cultivation cave opened up by the Taoist academy.

Zhou Ling handed his identity jade token to the young female servant outside the cave.

A smile appeared on the girl's delicate face. "Are you applying for a cultivation cave?"

"I am applying to use a fourth-tier spiritual vein cave dwelling, which is a reward for my last Golden Core seed assessment!"

Zhou Ling spoke up.

Upon hearing this, the female assistant who was checking Zhou Ling's identity jade token couldn't help but show a look of surprise, "You are Zhou Ling!"

The identity jade pendant has been tested.

The female assistant looked at the handsome young man in front of her with surprise. He was hailed as the number one person in the outer courtyard of the Taoist Academy.

With a low-grade spiritual root, how did he manage to prepare for Foundation Establishment in his second year?

Amidst the surprised and envious expressions of the female assistant, Zhou Ling completed the formalities for his cultivation cave.

It can be used for one month.

However, since it is the foundation building stage, if the foundation building is not completed within the specified time...

The academy will allow him to continue using it until he completes his foundation building.

They received the jade token to open the cave.

Zhou Ling then headed towards the cultivation cave behind him.

After walking along the corridor for a while, Zhou Ling entered the cultivation room.

The room was quite spacious and filled with spiritual energy.

After sitting down on the prayer mat, Zhou Ling first calmed himself down.

While I was nervous, I wasn't actually that nervous.

Prior to this, he had already used the [Illusion Simulation] to simulate the Foundation Establishment process.

However, due to his limited spiritual cultivation, he was unable to fully demonstrate the situation during the Foundation Establishment stage.

But he also passed the test of blood and qi.

Basically, that means we've achieved about 30% success.

Moreover, his cultivation level has now reached its peak in all five elements of spiritual energy, in addition to the Five Elements Thunder Body.

Furthermore, condensing two drops of spiritual liquid can greatly increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment.

Furthermore, with his current second-tier body refinement, even if he fails to establish his foundation, there is no risk.

As for spiritual consciousness, it has already entered the early stage of Foundation Establishment. In addition, with the talent of [Soul Refinement], the soul is extremely pure, which can also increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment.

In addition, there was abundant spiritual energy, a Heavenly-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, and Five Elements attribute spiritual flames within the cultivation room.

Zhou Ling secretly calculated that the success rate was over 60%.

That's more than enough.

Of course, Zhou Ling is a person who plans things out carefully before acting. He is usually cautious and careful, and now that he is building his foundation, he is even more cautious.

However, before taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, he first needed to refine the Mystic Ice Crystal Flame given to him by his master.

Next, Zhou Ling took out the prepared five-element auxiliary spiritual items, including Spiritual Water, Stone Essence Milk, and a bottle of Heavenly-grade Foundation Establishment Pill from his storage ring.

Then he took out the cauldron that sealed the Xuanbing Crystal Flame.

After making ample preparations, Zhou Ling's expression relaxed.

Then, he made a hand seal with his right hand, opening the seal of the Xuanbing Crystal Flame.

Purple and blue flames immediately shot up, and a layer of white frost quickly spread throughout the room, causing the indoor temperature to drop sharply.

Even now, the weakened Xuanbing Jingyan still possesses formidable strength.

However, Zhou Ling did not dare to be careless and immediately cast several fire control spells in succession.

After sensing the Xuanbing Crystal Flame, he activated the Fire Absorption Technique.

Open your mouth and inhale it.

The next moment, Zhou Ling felt a surge of energy, a blend of ice and fire, flow into his body.

[Your Beast Flame, Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, Five Elements Spirit Flame, Qianyang True Fire, and Earth Spirit Earth Fire absorb the Mysterious Ice Crystal Flame. Five Elements Thunder Qi +1, Beast Flame, Azure Lotus Spirit Flame, Five Elements Spirit Flame, Qianyang True Fire, and Earth Spirit Earth Fire grade +1, Five Elements Thunder Body +1]

As the Xuanbing Crystal Flame entered his meridians, Zhou Ling's gaze sharpened.

The previously weak and exhausted Xuanbing Crystal Flame seemed to come back to life in an instant.

A terrifying chill erupted from his body, as if he had suddenly fallen into an ice cave. Immediately afterward, a layer of blue mist rose straight out from his body.

The coldness in his body caused his spiritual energy to stagnate, and his meridians were also experiencing intense stinging pain.

The terrifying chill of the Xuanbing Crystal Flame continuously impacted Zhou Ling's body.

Zhou Ling remained calm.

Instantly mobilizing the power of spiritual flames, beast flames, azure lotus spiritual flames, Qianyang true fire, and earth spirit fire enveloped it from all directions.

The Xuanbing Crystal Flame was quickly enveloped by the four spiritual flames.

The chill around Zhou Ling gradually dissipated, and the icy, stinging sensation in his body gradually disappeared.

Although the Xuanbing Crystal Flame is of a high grade, reaching the third rank, it is currently in a weakened state.

All four spiritual flames were at their peak.

Once suppressed, it's not difficult at all.

Soon, the Xuanbing Crystal Flame gradually became docile, eventually transforming into a stream of blue flame light that flowed into the Lingyan Meridian circulation.

At the same time, Zhou Ling released an aura of intertwined ice and fire.

It was accompanied by a rich, five-colored spiritual energy surrounding it.

At this moment, the spiritual energy within his body became even purer.

Immediately afterwards, the surging sealing energy seemed to compress suddenly, becoming viscous.

It was as if five-colored mist was surging through my meridians.

As the Xuanbing Crystal Flame was refined, a large amount of spiritual power surged into his body, causing his Qi Sea to surge like a monstrous wave, constantly roaring.

Like thunder, it rumbled loudly. At this moment, he had not yet begun his attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and within his Qi Sea, five-colored spiritual energy roared and surged.

Two drops of ice-attribute spiritual liquid condensed from it.

"This is the moment!"

Feeling this immense and boundless power, Zhou Ling's eyes shone brightly.

At this moment, he felt that even without the Foundation Establishment Pill, he had a great chance of successfully establishing his foundation.

Of course, whether one can achieve the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment is another matter entirely.

After all, the Foundation Establishment Pill not only contains abundant spiritual power, but can also help one overcome the three trials, making it extremely useful.

Moreover, this is a Heavenly Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

With a thought, the Foundation Establishment Pill flew out of the bottle and landed in Zhou Ling's mouth.

boom!
As the Foundation Building Pill entered his stomach, a powerful medicinal force began to dissipate.

Zhou Ling's body circulated the Five Elements Qianyang True Technique, and the Five Elements Meridians emitted five-colored rays of light.

The spiritual energy in the acupoints and meridians surged towards the Qi Sea like a tide, beginning its attempt to establish the foundation.

The rich spiritual energy within the cave flowed rapidly into his body like ripples of spiritual energy.

Boom!
At the same time, Zhou Ling's blood and qi surged within his body, like ten thousand horses galloping.

The first hurdle in foundation building is the hurdle of Qi and Blood!
As the abundant spiritual energy flows into the body, it gradually liquefies, causing a tremendous impact on the meridians.

If the meridians cannot withstand the pressure of spiritual energy, it will lead to failure in foundation building.

Zhou Ling's meridians, having been tempered by numerous spiritual flames, were already incredibly resilient.

Even the Xuanbing Crystal Flame from before wouldn't pose a threat to it.

The pressure from spiritual energy is even more overwhelming.

Moreover, he has also condensed the Golden Sun True Body, making his flesh and bones incredibly strong, except for his meridians.

Faced with the overwhelming and frantically sweeping spiritual energy of heaven and earth, he remained completely calm, just as if he were practicing his cultivation techniques normally.

The second stage of Foundation Building: the stage of magical power!
Foundation building is the process of transforming one's spiritual energy from a gaseous state to a liquid state.

Zhou Ling cultivated the Five Elements Qianyang True Technique and, with the help of the spiritual flames within his body, especially the tempering of the earth spirit fire, the spiritual power of the five elements within his body is now extremely pure.

His spiritual foundation is incredibly solid.

As the Five Elements Spiritual Flames circulated simultaneously, they transformed into five streams of five-colored light carrying spiritual power, which flowed into the Qi Sea.

It helped him absorb and refine the vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This caused the dense spiritual energy within the Qi Sea to be continuously compressed and begin to liquefy.

The Five Elements Qianyang True Technique within his body circulated rapidly, condensing five vortexes of spiritual energy that frantically absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy.

Five-colored light flashed around Zhou Ling's body.

The rich spiritual energy of the fourth-order spiritual vein was absorbed into the body like spiritual mist and flowed into the meridians.

Neutralized by the medicinal power of the Foundation Building Pill, and tempered by the Five Elements Spiritual Flame, it begins to merge with the spiritual power within the body, condensing into liquid spiritual power.

One drop, two drops, three drops...

Soon, he condensed ten drops of spiritual liquid, which is the minimum standard for successfully establishing a foundation.

However, Zhou Ling's body still possessed abundant spiritual energy of the five elements.

Any kind of spiritual power he possesses far surpasses that of an ordinary Qi Refining Peak cultivator.

He then continued to accelerate the process of building consensus.

Ten drops, eleven drops...

Finally, his Qi Sea seemed to transform into a five-colored liquid sea, and he didn't know how many drops of spiritual liquid he had condensed.

It seemed to be transforming into a five-colored spiritual lake.

The third challenge is the challenge of spiritual awareness.

His spiritual consciousness has now reached the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

Therefore, this hurdle posed no difficulty for him, and he easily overcame it.

Next, we need to refine the quality of the spiritual liquid.

The higher the quality of the spiritual liquid, the higher the quality of the foundation building.

With the foundation-building experience provided by his original master, plus two simulations in the illusion, he was already extremely familiar with the foundation-building process.

Once you understand the three stages, that's the most crucial step in differentiating quality.

Whether or not one can achieve the Heavenly Foundation Establishment stage depends on this moment.

The spiritual liquid is refined using methods such as divine sense, magical power, and Foundation Building Pills.

Expand your Qi Sea and transform it into a true sea of ​​magical power.

This step places high demands on spiritual root aptitude, cultivation techniques, and the quality of spiritual power.

If one's spiritual root aptitude is too poor, it will affect the absorption and transformation of spiritual energy, leading to insufficient liquefied spiritual energy and causing the foundation building to fail.

This is why the quality of one's spiritual root is so crucial for cultivators.

Although Zhou Ling now possesses a low-grade spiritual root, this is certainly insufficient and even seriously hinders his progress.

Fortunately, he had already condensed the Five Elements Thunder Body.

There's also the Heavenly Grade Foundation Building Pill for assistance.

In addition, there are five spiritual flames with the five elements.

This is enough to ensure a high success rate for foundation construction!

“BOOM BOOM BOOM!”

The surging spiritual energy in the cultivation room rushed towards Zhou Ling, forming a spiritual energy vortex about ten feet in diameter around him.

A constant roar reverberated within him.

The spiritual liquid continued to condense and liquefy, becoming drops of five-colored spiritual liquid.

Each drop of spiritual liquid liquefies and possesses immense spiritual power.

As the spiritual liquid condensed at an increasingly faster pace, the spiritual energy in the Qi Sea surged and radiated a mystical, multicolored glow.

At the same time, the five spiritual flames on Friday seemed like five fiery dragons, circulating and washing away the spiritual liquid in the Qi Sea.

Make every drop of the elixir become increasingly pure.

"Who is attempting to reach the Foundation Establishment stage?"

"Such a powerful vortex of spiritual energy, is this a sign of reaching the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment stage?"

"Have you heard of any promising young talents from the outer academy preparing to establish their foundation these days?"

"This terrifying cyclone, and it even has the attributes of the five elements, is too frightening!"

"Among the outer courtyard, I don't recall any exceptionally talented individuals whose spiritual roots possess the five elements?"

"Right, wasn't Zhou Ling, the champion of the Golden Core seed competition last time, a low-grade Five Elements Spiritual Root? Could it be him?"

"How is that possible? A low-grade spiritual root is already doing well to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, how could it possibly be a Heaven-grade Foundation Establishment?"

"Exactly, a low-grade spiritual root with a heavenly foundation establishment? I would never believe it even if you beat me to death."

"But besides him, which other disciple is capable of entering a fourth-tier cave dwelling to establish their foundation?"

"That's right, the reward for winning the Golden Core Seed competition is the ability to enter a fourth-tier cave for Foundation Establishment!"

"Could it really be him? This is unbelievable!"

At this moment, Zhou Ling's breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage created a huge five-colored spiritual energy vortex outside his cave, which attracted the attention of many disciples of the Dao Academy, and people couldn't help but exclaim and discuss it.

The quality of one's foundation-building can be determined by observing the vortex of spiritual energy that gathers above the cave.

"This is a Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment?"

Inside the Daoist temple's council hall, Daoist Zhang looked out the window and saw the enormous five-colored spiritual energy vortex at the fourth-tier spiritual vein cave. He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Master Zhang, who is performing foundation building?"

Seeing this, Dean Zhong couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Instructor Hu and others present also looked at Supervisor Zhang with surprise.

The Heavenly Foundation Establishment is a major event for the Dao Academy, as it has been many years since the academy has produced a disciple who has achieved the Heavenly Foundation Establishment.

Who could this be?

Moreover, it's a Heavenly-grade Foundation Establishment cultivator with Five Elements attributes!
I've never heard of such a person in the Taoist temple.
Everyone was curious, and also had doubts.

"Who else could it be but Zhou Ling!"

Zhang Daojian was extremely shocked and said in an incredulous tone.

"Zhou Ling?"

"It's actually him?"

At this, all the instructors, including Dean Zhong, exclaimed in surprise.

No one would have guessed that the disciple who was undergoing the Heavenly Rank Foundation Establishment was actually Zhou Ling, who had a low-grade spiritual root!
How can this be?

Everyone looked incredulous.

(End of this chapter)