Mysterious mirror hanging high

The young monk's eyes showed a look of longing for the future, and he murmured:

"Do cultivators with such low qualifications like us have a chance to achieve the status of a Golden Core True Person?"

Tan Yuan said calmly, "Perhaps only a few among tens of millions of cultivators can stand out. Our chances are quite slim."

"But no matter how slim the chance is, with high-level skills and sufficient spiritual resources... I can still hope."

"It's much better than being a slave to the family for the rest of your life!"

A cultivator said respectfully, "I wonder which senior first came up with the idea of ​​making the technique open-source? He's so generous..."

"It is said that the leader of a mysterious organization hidden in the shadows started this, and it has truly benefited low-level cultivators like me with little background... If I could meet this sir, I would definitely thank him in person!"

The cultivator beside him laughed and said, "This gentleman's cultivation is probably extremely high. At the very least, he is a Yuanying Zhenjun, and there is even the possibility of becoming a Shenhua Tianjun... How can a mere Qi training person like you even be able to compare with him?"

Tan Yuan said solemnly, "The kindness of teaching is greater than heaven. Although with our current humble cultivation, we are far from being able to repay you, we should just keep this gratitude in our hearts. Perhaps in the future we will have the opportunity to help you..."

Amidst the laughter and joy of the Tan family's offspring, over ten faint threads of cause and effect flew out from the Tan family cultivators, spreading into the endless distance, connecting to an unknown destination...

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Four years later

Under the scorching sun, in a remote market town, Huang Youfu, with white hair and beard, tightly grasped the storage bag in his hand, staring blankly at the closed door in front of him.

He was originally a casual cultivator in this market town. Five years ago, he used his life savings to accumulate a spiritual medicine for refining the [Foundation-Building Pill]. Unfortunately, his cultivation was still a little lacking, so he secluded himself for five years and finally reached the ninth level of Qi training. He came out of seclusion not long ago.

He had originally planned to use the elixir in his storage bag to ask the only foundation-building alchemist in the market to refine a foundation-building pill for him. However, when he came to visit with gifts, he found that the door of the cave of this foundation-building senior was closed, as if no one had left.

"Hey, old man, are you looking for Master Li Dan?" A young clerk from a nearby shop, who was leaning against the door frame to bask in the sun, asked when he saw this.

"That's right! My dear little brother, your Excellency is now..." Huang Youfu saw that this man had already reached the sixth level of Qi training at such a young age, so he did not dare to neglect him and asked politely.

"You're late. Master Li Dan moved out of the market half a year ago." The young man said with a smile.

"what?!"

Huang Youfu was struck by lightning, as if he had been struck by a bolt from the blue, and he could hardly stand.

"What a good thing!"

He is already seventy-nine years old this year, and there is only about a year left before his Qi and blood decline and his meridians atrophy. If he does not start to build his foundation, in two or three years, the probability of building an immortal foundation will be infinitely close to zero!

But now the only foundation-building pill master in the market has actually moved away. He is a Qi-cultivating cultivator, and the market where he lives is extremely remote. Where can he find foundation-building pills in such a short time!

Just when Huang Youfu was about to cry, the young man asked again, "Are you here to ask for the elixir, old man?"

"That's right..." Huang Youfu looked much older and his answer was weak.

The young man asked tentatively, "My boy, I see that your spiritual power has reached the ninth level of Qi training. I guess you are here to ask for the Foundation Establishment Pill?"

"Alas, Master Li is no longer with us. My life-long plan for building the foundation has become a bubble." Huang Youfu was overwhelmed with grief and burst into tears in the street without caring about his image.

"Oh, father-in-law, please don't cry..." The young man quickly supported Huang Youfu and said awkwardly, "If you want to cry, go find another place. I'm not going to be able to do business in this shop anymore."

"Old man, if you ask me, why did you come to Master Li to ask for the Foundation Establishment Pill? That old fellow is very ruthless. It's common for him to withhold spiritual medicine when refining the pills. Moreover, if the refining fails, he will not compensate you. I, a Qi-cultivating cultivator, can only blame myself for my bad luck..."

"Hush...Young people are fearless, don't worry about your life!"

Although Huang Youfu was completely disheartened, he had been cautious all his life. He was shocked when he heard this and quickly covered the young man's mouth. He then secretly wondered in his heart:

"How can the youngsters these days be so outspoken... They even dare to insult Master Foundation Establishment in the street!"

It should be noted that in Huang Youfu's cognition, the status of Qi training and foundation building is as different as heaven and earth. As a Qi training cultivator, if you show any disrespect to a foundation building cultivator, you will be severely punished.

In the demonic realm, it is not uncommon to see people being beaten and killed in the streets.

What's more, there are many foundation-building cultivators who care extremely about differences in status. It is not okay for you to be disrespectful to other foundation-building cultivators in public. People will still think that you, a small Qi-cultivating cultivator, are targeting the entire foundation-building group, and they will inevitably teach you a lesson.

Just now, a foundation-building cultivator flew over from the sky, which made Huang Youfu a little frightened, and he quickly stopped the young man from speaking.

But the young man, far from being grateful, shook off Huang Youfu's hand and said unhappily, "Old man, you didn't come out of the death retreat just now, did you?"

"How do you know..." Huang Youfu was slightly stunned.

"No wonder." The young man laughed and said, "Times have changed now. Foundation Establishment cultivators are no longer that great..."

He pointed to the sky and said, "Haven't you noticed that there are a lot more foundation-building cultivators in our market?"

Huang Youfu was stunned when he heard this, it’s true!

He had hurriedly come to see Master Li Dan to ask for the elixir, and walked with his head down all the way, and actually ignored that the number of foundation-building monks flying in the sky seemed to be far more than before he went into seclusion!

The young man said, "Foundation Building Pills are no longer a rare commodity nowadays. As long as one's aptitude is not too bad, and one can reach perfection in Qi training at the age of sixty, there are twenty years left before Qi and blood decline. A failure in foundation building only requires three to four years of recovery, which is enough time to attempt foundation building five or six times."

"Five or six times building a foundation? Still can't succeed? That means you really have no chance of building a foundation, and you can't blame anyone."

Huang Youfu murmured, "How can an ordinary cultivator save up enough spirit stones to buy five or six foundation-building pills?"

The young man pointed in a direction and said, "Old man, I'll show you a clear path. Go east in this direction. There's a small alley. At the end of the alley is a small courtyard. Push the door open and go in. You'll naturally get what you want."

Huang Youfu was half-believing and half-doubting, but Master Li Dan had already moved away, so he had no choice but to follow the young man's instructions, cross a small alley, and come to the gate of the small courtyard at the end of the alley.

After pushing open the door, he was shocked by the scene inside.

The courtyard was not large, but there were more than ten cultivators at the ninth level of Qi training standing in it, waiting for something with their eyes fixed on it.