No hope for eternal life

"I understand." Mu Changsheng nodded in response, and then asked: "My mother is not at home. Did she go to work at the alchemy workshop again?"

"Yeah." Mu Yanggu nodded slightly.

Mu Changsheng frowned slightly, feeling that it was a waste of his mother's time to work in the alchemy workshop for a few hundred low-grade spirit stones a year. The life span of a cultivator is long, but correspondingly, the higher the level of cultivation, the more difficult it is to break through, and the time required increases accordingly, so time cannot be easily wasted.

"When I break through to the Jindan realm as soon as possible, I will tell my parents everything about the spiritual mine. Then they won't have to worry about the spiritual stones." Mu Changsheng thought to himself. When he breaks through to the Jindan realm, his parents will surely have broken through to the Jindan realm as well, so they will have some ability to protect themselves. Besides, his parents are very tight-lipped, so he can absolutely trust them.

Mu Changsheng didn't say it now because he was afraid that both of his parents didn't work, which would arouse suspicion from people in the town, so he took precautionary measures.

Seeing Mu Changsheng frown, Mu Yanggu tried to persuade him, "I know you are filial and don't want your mother to suffer, but it is enough for you to have this intention. As long as you can succeed in your cultivation, it is better than anything else."

"Dad, I understand. Don't worry. I will definitely build my foundation in a few days." Mu Changsheng promised, and then advised Mu Yanggu: "Dad, now that you have the Golden Core, you should retreat and break through to the Golden Core Realm as soon as possible."

"Let's wait until you break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage first." Mu Yanggu waved his hand and said, "I am here to help you guard the gate."

"Okay." Mu Changsheng knew that he couldn't persuade his father, so he returned to his room and began to retreat again. This time, he wanted to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage in one go before coming out.

After returning to the room, Mu Changsheng sat down to meditate and practiced. He swallowed the third Soul-Condensing Pill and began to practice against time.

After another three days, the medicinal power of the third Soul Condensing Pill had been completely exhausted, and Mu Changsheng temporarily ended his practice. This time, he not only completed the third round of spiritual power refining, but he also completed half of the fourth round. This was because the Soul Condensing Pills sold in Nansha City were more potent, and every time he took the Soul Condensing Pill, some of the refined spiritual power would overflow.

"In this way, my chances of breaking through the Foundation Establishment Stage will be even greater." Mu Changsheng said to himself with a look of joy on his face. Generally, after refining spiritual power three times, one can use the special-grade Foundation Establishment Pill to build the foundation. He has obviously exceeded the task, so his chances of breaking through will naturally be even greater.

However, before taking the special foundation-building pill, Mu Changsheng still had to prepare for his physical breakthrough. He once again prepared a bucket of medicinal bath, but the spiritual objects used for this medicinal bath were very different from the previous ones. Previously it was just a normal medicinal bath for copper skin transformation, but this time he wanted to break through from copper skin transformation to iron bone transformation, which was naturally more special.

Second-grade demon ape monster blood, second-grade snow mountain white lotus seeds, second-grade blood bodhi...

Various more precious spiritual objects were thrown into the medicine barrel. After the potion was prepared, Mu Changsheng held a third-grade Qingling flower in his hand and stepped into the medicine barrel.

The moment his feet entered the medicine barrel, Mu Changsheng suddenly felt a piercing pain from his feet. This pain went deep into his bones and into his heart.

"Hmph." Even though Mu Changsheng tried hard to hold it back, he still couldn't help but let out a muffled groan. His consciousness even became a little fuzzy and he was about to faint.

Before the last bit of clarity disappeared, Mu Changsheng quickly stuffed the third-grade Qingling flower that he had prepared in advance into his mouth.

As soon as Mu Changsheng took the Qingling Flower, he suddenly felt his mind clear up, and he didn't lose consciousness due to the pain. If he was not conscious, how could he break through the Foundation Establishment Stage while soaking in the medicinal bath, making the two complement each other?

The effect of the Qingling Flower is to keep Mu Changsheng clear-headed. The medicinal power in the medicine barrel can only be used for one day at most, and the Qingling Flower can keep the cultivators at the Jindan level and below absolutely sober for two days. These are all the instructions in the Nine Transformations of the Flesh Body Secret Art.

After taking the Qingling Flower and adapting to the pain, Mu Changsheng dared to sit down slowly in the medicine barrel. Before, he had been standing in the medicine barrel with his legs, but after Mu Changsheng soaked his whole body in the medicine bath, the pain that penetrated deep into his bones instantly spread all over his body.

From Mu Changsheng's personal experience, the pains seemed to be superimposed on each other, and he, who had already adapted to the pains, suffered another heavy blow. He groaned in pain and wanted to scream, but he didn't want to stay outside and make Mu Yanggu worry, so he could only endure it.

Although the Qingling Flower can keep Mu Changsheng's mind clear, it is of no help in relieving pain. Of course, there are ways to relieve pain, but the Nine Transformations of the Flesh Body Secret Art has pointed out that enduring pain is also a part of physical training, and it can also improve the cultivator's ability to resist blows. On the contrary, if you relieve the pain, it will only reduce the results of your training.

Therefore, relieving pain not only consumes spirit stones, but also reduces the results of body refining. Mu Changsheng would never do such a losing deal.

At the same time, outside the door of Mu Changsheng's room, Mu Yanggu stood here with a worried look on his face when Mu Changsheng made the first groan.

With his ear pressed against the door, Mu Yanggu carefully discovered that Mu Changsheng was just shouting in a muffled voice and did not ask for help. He guessed that Mu Changsheng must be practicing a secret technique, and that the process of practicing that secret technique must be extremely uncomfortable.

In this regard, all Mu Yanggu could do was stand outside the door and listen carefully to every sound in the house, because the most taboo for a monk in seclusion is to be disturbed, and he did not dare to disturb Mu Changsheng easily. Moreover, Mu Yanggu also believed that Yang Wuque would not teach Mu Changsheng a secret technique that could harm people.

As the muffled groans in the room became less and less frequent, Mu Yanggu's heart slowly settled down.

Inside the house, Mu Changsheng was sweating all over, and finally he had barely adapted to the pain that went deep into his bones. So, Mu Changsheng took the opportunity to take the special foundation-building pill he bought in Nansha City and officially started building his foundation!

The special foundation-building pill melted in the mouth and immediately turned into a warm current, flowing to Mu Changsheng's dantian in the lower abdomen. With the arrival of the warm current of the foundation-building pill, the spiritual power in the dantian began to condense rapidly, condensing into drops of spiritual liquid, which eventually gathered together and spread at the bottom of the dantian.

In a short while, all the spiritual energy stored in Mu Changsheng's Dantian had condensed into spiritual liquid. Then, the spiritual liquid slowly solidified, as if to lay a foundation at the bottom of Mu Changsheng's Dantian. This is what cultivators often call foundation building, which can also be called spiritual foundation.

At the same time, Mu Changsheng took out dozens of mid-grade spirit stones at once and kept absorbing the spiritual power from the spirit stones. If he wanted to truly build a foundation, the spiritual power in his dantian alone would naturally be far from enough.

The spiritual power in the middle-grade spirit stone was directly absorbed into Mu Changsheng's dantian. Under the effect of the special foundation-building elixir, the external spiritual power of the middle-grade spirit stone was directly integrated into the dantian, constantly consolidating the spiritual foundation that had just been formed. Mu Changsheng didn't need to spend time refining the spiritual power at all.

This is also one of the main functions of the special-grade foundation-building pill. Otherwise, if you rely on yourself to slowly refine spiritual power and build the foundation, I don’t know how much time it will take.

Transforming spiritual power into spiritual foundation is destined to be something that cannot be achieved overnight, so Mu Changsheng spent time soaking in the medicinal bath and breaking through.

The next day, just when the medicinal power in the medicine barrel was about to be absorbed, the spiritual foundation in Mu Changsheng's dantian was finally completely formed, which also marked that Mu Changsheng had finally reached the foundation-building stage that he had longed for for many years.

The moment the foundation was established, a strange power emerged from Mu Changsheng's mind. Mu Changsheng already knew this. This was the spiritual power unique to cultivators above the foundation.

A thought flashed through Mu Changsheng's mind, and his spiritual consciousness surged out from his head and ran out of the room. At the same time, the scene outside the room appeared in Mu Changsheng's mind, and he "saw" his father standing outside the door.