Mysterious mirror hanging high

"But his foundation is shallow, and his magical power is like rootless duckweed... Can he really build a foundation?"

Jing Yu sighed inwardly and subconsciously stroked the blood jade scroll in his hand.

"grown ups?"

Zhao Mingfu stared at the jade slip in Jing Yu's hand nervously. All his hopes at this moment were on this jade slip. If his sixth brother looked down on it or wanted to keep it for himself, then he would have no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit himself.

But the next moment, Zhao Mingfu's eyes widened, and a jade box was lifted up by magic power and slowly floated in front of him.

blah-

The jade box fell steadily into his palm. Zhao Mingfu opened the jade box with trembling hands. A strange medicinal fragrance filled the entire main hall.

A pill with a black background and a round and plump shape lies quietly in the jade box. Two constantly flowing light golden patterns circulate on the surface of the pill. It is the [Genuine Foundation Establishment Pill]!

Zhao Mingfu's eyes were red and he made a strange whimpering sound involuntarily from his throat. He looked at the pill in the jade box for a long time, but was afraid that the medicinal properties would be lost, so he had to look away with difficulty and carefully closed the jade box.

"Thank you, Sixth Brother, for your help!"

The old man with gray hair knelt on the ground and kowtowed several times before standing up. He first stuffed the jade box containing the foundation-building pill into the lining, then took off the storage bag from his waist and respectfully presented it with both hands:

"The spiritual contract of the cave on the bank of the Yangliu River and all the wealth and spiritual resources of Mingfu are all here."

Jing Yu waved his hand rather disinterestedly: "Your trifles are only worth a few spirit stones? Forget it."

Zhao Mingfu shook his head and insisted that Jing Yu accept it. "That's what I said before. How can I go back on my word? Besides... this time I'm going all out to build my foundation. If it doesn't work, I'll just have to hang on for another twenty years. I have no children, so what use are these things to me?"

Jing Yu was silent for a long time, then took Zhao Mingfu's storage bag in his hand and asked, "When will the foundation be established?"

"Of course the sooner the better."

"Never mind. I'll give you a ride."

After saying that, Jing Yu grabbed Zhao Mingfu, turned into a beam of light, and came to the retreat cave that was recently rented out.

Although the war between the four major sects and the Xiaoyao Alliance has begun, and Xiaoyao Immortal City has also entered a wartime state, Xiaoyao Immortal City is still the rear area after all, and it will not be attacked for a while. Therefore, there are still many Qi-cultivating monks who come to the retreat cave all day long to watch people build their foundation.

Jing Yu glanced at the hundreds of Qi-cultivating cultivators who were watching, and unexpectedly found quite a few familiar faces who had watched him build his foundation ten years ago.

"This group of people are so idle..." Jing Yu muttered, and the light of escape fell.

Seeing the arrival of a foundation-building cultivator, the mostly elderly onlookers were startled and bowed down, pronouncing the honorific title:

"Greetings, my lord!"

"Hmm! So it's Master Xuan Jing?"

"Greetings, Master Xuan Jing! I am..."

Jing Yu ignored the small talk of these people, but just grabbed Zhao Mingfu's shoulder, walked up to the cultivator in charge of the cave, and asked:

"Are there any vacant caves available?"

The monk's expression froze, and he bowed, "Your Excellency, of course there are some. I wonder which cave you would like to choose?"

Then he respectfully handed over a roll of names, which Zhao Mingfu quickly took. After a long struggle, he finally decided on a cave dwelling.

"I'm a fire cultivator, so this Bing Fire Cave is fine for me."

The cultivator also noticed the close relationship between Zhao Mingfu and Jing Yu. He took out a token and handed it to Zhao Mingfu, saying in a gentle voice, "Fellow Daoist, this is the token to unlock the Binghuo Cave. Are you using this cave to break through to your foundation building? I wish you success!"

"But there are always unexpected events. If you fail by accident and get seriously injured, just press the mechanism in the middle of this token. I will use the spare token to open the cave, and then a monk from the clinic will come in to treat you."

"Fellow Daoist, you should have the Foundation Establishment Pill, right?"

After confirming again and again that the foundation-building pill used by Zhao Mingfu was a [genuine foundation-building pill], the cultivator breathed a sigh of relief and stopped talking.

Zhao Mingfu turned to look at Jing Yu, and a smile uglier than crying forced itself from his wrinkled face:

"Sixth brother, thank you very much."

Jing Yu stared at the old man with a sad face. For a moment, he found it difficult to reconcile him with the spirited and quick-witted young prince in the mortal world.

In his early years, he had a tense relationship with Zhao Mingfu. The two had incompatible personalities, and later they gradually developed a rift over the struggle for the throne. Although they did not become enemies in the end, they actually disliked each other.

But now, for some reason, perhaps because of the huge difference in status, he no longer felt hostility towards the old man in front of him. Upon hearing this, he simply turned his head away, suppressed his feelings, and said calmly, his expression expressionless:

"Just go."

Zhao Mingfu nodded, turned into a beam of fiery red light, flew to the door of the [Binghuo] cave, and walked in.

Rumbling--

The cave door closed, Jing Yu stood with his hands behind his back, and a faint pressure from the foundation-building era permeated the surroundings, making the surrounding Qi-cultivating cultivators dare not say anything.

After about half an hour, a funnel-shaped vortex of spiritual energy appeared above the cave and kept spinning.

An old cultivator stared at the vortex of spiritual energy and was about to comment on it when he suddenly remembered that Jing Yu, a foundation-building cultivator, was still there. He opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing.

Jing Yu looked at the spiritual energy vortex, but inwardly he was not very optimistic about Zhao Mingfu: "The spiritual energy vortex is rotating too slowly, which means that condensing the mist-like magic power into the magic jade liquid is a bit difficult. I'm afraid it won't work."

However, although the spiritual energy vortex above the cave gradually weakened and seemed to be able to be blown away by a gust of wind, it still remained tenaciously in the sky for a long time.

"Damn, even though this fellow Taoist's magical powers are a mess, his will is really tenacious! He can persist for such a long time, maybe it's really a miracle?" A Qi-cultivating cultivator murmured, unable to resist the urge to comment any longer.

But no miracle happened in the end. The vortex of spiritual energy above the cave persisted for another quarter of an hour before it finally dissipated helplessly.

Ugh……

The Qi-cultivating monks who were watching sighed one after another, but it was unclear whether they were lamenting that Zhao Mingfu was unable to transcend the mortal body and build an immortal foundation, or whether they were a little sorry that the [Genuine Foundation-Building Pill] was wasted in vain.

Jing Yu lowered his brows and said nothing. He had anticipated this outcome, so he didn't feel any regret. He only thought to himself:

"After all, it was a [genuine foundation-building pill]. At least I saved my life. However, my dantian was inevitably damaged, and I won't be able to build a foundation again for at least three to five years... Well, at least I tried it once, and it can be considered a wish come true."

But the next moment, Jing Yu's expression suddenly changed. The mysterious mirror in his dantian trembled slightly, and the white light in the mirror world that represented Zhao Mingfu's "Genius" fate suddenly went out...