Mysterious mirror hanging high

"what?"

Puting didn't react and thought that the fellow Daoist Zhao in front of him was just joking.

"Uncle!" Zhao Yuanxi looked nervous. She had previously thought that her uncle would need to hone his skills for a few years before building his foundation. After all, her uncle was only seventy-six years old this year, and he took very good care of himself on a daily basis. He could definitely build his foundation at the age of eighty!

Puting felt Jing Yu's spiritual pressure as he entered the ninth level of Qi training, and said tactfully, "Fellow Daoist, I see that your magic power is weak, and your spiritual pressure appears and disappears from time to time. This is a sign of an unstable realm. I'm afraid you will soon break through to the ninth level of Qi training, right?"

"It's better to consolidate my cultivation before talking about building a foundation... Otherwise, I'll end up like my father, which would be a bit..."

"It's okay. It's only a matter of a few years, and I don't want to wait any longer." Jing Yu said with a smile, "Zhao has a decent talent for alchemy. I've been diligently refining pills over the years, and I've accumulated quite a bit of wealth. This is enough to exchange for a genuine Foundation Establishment Pill. Even if I fail to reach the realm of enlightenment, my life should be safe."

"This..." Puting's mouth twitched. "Although genuine foundation-building pills can protect the Dantian, there are also fellow Daoists who failed to break through and died after using genuine foundation-building pills. There are a few such unlucky cases every year, and most of them are due to unstable foundations..."

"That's it!"

Putin shook her head: "It's me who's being too polite."

"Pu Xianzi, could you help Zhao find a safe place to retreat?"

Puting pondered, "That's not difficult. Within the Immortal City, there's a retreat chamber specifically designed for cultivators seeking to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. A full set of protective formations are constantly in operation, and the spiritual energy within the chamber is rich, reaching the level of an Earth-level cave dwelling. It's quite beneficial for achieving a breakthrough in the Foundation Establishment stage... The original price for using it is ten spirit stones. I'll rent it at the internal price, so seven spirit stones will suffice."

"Thank you, Fairy Pu." Jing Yu smiled slightly and said, "Please accept the difference of the remaining three spirit stones."

Putin carefully examined Jing Yu's young and handsome face again, gritted his teeth and said, "No need."

"These three spirit stones are a small token of my congratulations to Daoist Fellow Zhao on his successful foundation building!"

Jing Yu was surprised: "Then I'll take advantage of your good words, fellow Taoist!"

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The few of them first went to a nearby [Spirit Stone Shop] and used the deposit slip to withdraw the more than 600 spirit stones. Then they went to the [Dan Ding Pavilion] next door and exchanged 603 spirit stones for an [Genuine Foundation Establishment Pill] in stock.

Then Puting brought Jing Yu to the location of the retreat room, which turned out to be a cave on the east side of the fairy mountain in the inner city.

At this moment, a vortex of spiritual energy happened to be gathering above this cave, lingering above the fairy mountain.

There were about a hundred Qi-cultivating monks below, looking up, including some in the eighth or ninth level of Qi-cultivation, who were discussing enthusiastically the shape of the spiritual energy vortex.

"Friend Wang, do you think this guy can succeed?"

"I'm worried. The shape of this spiritual energy vortex is wrong..."

"Is there any explanation for the shape of the spiritual energy vortex?"

"How could there not be any? I squat here every day watching people build their foundations, and only a few succeed. Their vortexes are all funnel-shaped, but this one is disc-shaped. It looks wrong!"

"Nonsense! Five years ago, when Fairy Wan was building her foundation, the spiritual energy vortex was still triangular! It didn't stop her from succeeding."

"It's normal for a splendid master to teach a certain spiritual energy vortex to be unique. How can we use common sense to speculate..."

The spiritual energy vortex above the fairy mountain was spinning faster and faster, and had already rolled up a spiritual energy tide. A huge spiritual pressure even leaked out of the cave, oppressing the cultivators.

"Spiritual tide! There's hope!"

As soon as the cultivator finished speaking, the vortex of spiritual energy above the fairy mountain suddenly dispersed and disappeared into thin air.

"This..." Hundreds of monks who were watching the fun all looked at the person who had just spoken. The man's old face turned red and he shut his mouth obediently.

"Hurry, that cultivator is using a [low-quality foundation-building pill] with only one Dao pattern. It's not very effective in protecting the Dantian. Go in and save him!"

The gatekeeper who was in charge of the retreat cave hurriedly took the token and shone it on the protective formation, which immediately opened up. Several medical monks who had been prepared rushed in quickly with a stretcher. A moment later, they carried out a seriously injured and unconscious white-haired monk, and drove the emergency flying boat to the nearest clinic in the fairy city.

"Alas, another fellow Taoist has failed."

"Luckily, the Foundation Establishment Pill I used wasn't a scrap one. I was able to save my life at least."

"What's the point of saving my life? Even if I survive for another ten years, I'll still be nothing but a pile of dust... What's the point?"

"It's boring. Why don't you just go and reincarnate now? Why are you pretending?"

"Alright, you're looking for trouble, huh? Come on, fight me for three hundred rounds!"

"My two fellow Daoists, calm down. Peace is the most important thing! Accumulating points in the Immortal City isn't easy. This brawl will cost you at least five points..."

A group of cultivators were clamoring, but Jing Yu and others squeezed up, preparing to rent a cave for breakthrough.

"This fellow Daoist looks unfamiliar. Are you from another place?" A local cultivator glanced at Jing Yu and asked tentatively.

"Haha, I heard that the caves in the Immortal City are rich in spiritual energy, which is quite beneficial for breaking through the foundation. Let's give it a try."

"Fellow Daoist, your spiritual power has reached the ninth level, yet you look young. I think you've taken some anti-aging elixirs, or perhaps you've been practicing physical cultivation?"

"Indeed, I am seventy-six years old now." Jing Yu responded with a smile.

"Hey!"

The local cultivator chuckled and ignored Jing Yu. For a seventy-six-year-old cultivator who had just entered the ninth level of Qi training, the success rate of foundation building was almost zero, even with the foundation building pill.

A kind old cultivator present reminded him, "Fellow Daoist, you still have four years before your Qi and blood become depleted and your meridians become exhausted. It would be better to hone your cultivation for another four years..."

"Thank you, fellow Daoist. I am still somewhat confident. At least I have a [Genuine Foundation Establishment Pill] in my hand, so my life should be safe."

At this time, Putin had already completed the formalities and paid the deposit. She walked over with the sign and handed it to Jing Yu:

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, the three retreat caves here are still empty: [Jia Wood], [Ding Fire], and [Ren Water]. The Daoist who failed to establish his foundation just now broke through in the [Ding Fire] cave. It was a bit unlucky. Since I see that you are a water-type cultivator, I took the initiative to choose the [Ren Water] cave. I wish you success in establishing your immortal foundation, condensing it into jade liquid, and transforming your mortal body into an immortal, with eternal life in sight!"

Jing Yu took the token with a smile, and without any nonsense, nodded at Zhao Yuanxi and Zhao Yuanchen, then strode into the cave.

"Everyone, what do you think of this fellow Taoist?"

"His magic power is superficial, his foundation is weak, and he has just entered the ninth level of Qi training. It's obvious that he has been fed with pills. It would be a blessing to have a one in a thousand chance of building a foundation."

"Otherwise, I see that this fellow Daoist has a solid Qi and blood, so his cultivation in the body refining should be quite good. Isn't it said that the toughness of the body can increase the success rate of foundation building? I think this person has at least a 20000-3000 chance of building a foundation..."

"It's too high! I think it's dangerous."

"Come on, come on, do you dare to open a bet? I bet this fellow Daoist will be unscathed after failing in the foundation-building phase!"

"I bet he got some minor injuries!"

"His magic power is so weak, he's lucky if his dantian doesn't explode! I bet he'll be carried out by the monks from the clinic..."