Chapter 137: Foundation Establishnt Stage Core Building
Foundation Establishnt Stage actually had core buildings?!
Damn it, then why didn’t I have one during the Qi Refining Stage? Are you looking down on , the Old Ancestor of Qi Refining?!
Though Ji Yuan was grumbling in his heart, he was still extrely delighted.
Core building—just hearing it sounded like sothing amazing.
ditation Room, it actually increased Divine Sense. There really was a building that could enhance Divine Sense!
In Ji Yuan’s eyes, Divine Sense was like radar or a detection map—if your Divine Sense surpassed your opponent’s, then you could detect them before they found you.
By then, whether to fight or flee would be entirely under your control.
Moreover, if one’s Divine Sense vastly outpowered the other’s, they could even tear through the opponent’s Divine Sense defense and invade their Sea of Consciousness, exerting overwhelming suppression.
So this ditation Room, which enhanced Divine Sense, truly lived up to being a core building of the Foundation Establishnt Stage.
And yet it had to be activated in advance—was this exploitation round two after already draining once?!
These golden buildings really were sothing else.
With a thought, Ji Yuan chose to activate it.
The panel imdiately popped up with text again.
【Would you like to spend "51 mid-grade Spirit Stones, 314 low-grade Spirit Stones, and 3 Spirit Stone Fragnts" to activate the ditation Room?】
Looking at this string of numbers on the panel, it looked suspiciously familiar.
Ji Yuan reached into his storage pouch.
Damn it, wasn’t this his entire fortune in Spirit Stones?!
They even counted the three Spirit Stone Fragnts he had tossed into the corner and forgotten about—this truly was going to cost him his whole net worth to unlock!
For a mont, Ji Yuan felt heartache. Had he known, he would've spent it all earlier on Everything Island.
If he had only 3 fragnts left, wouldn’t the unlock have only cost him that?
But alas, hindsight was always too late.
Although reluctant, Ji Yuan knew the importance of this building.
This wasn’t just so building—this was his plug-in!
Nothing was more important than enhancing one's plug-in.
So Ji Yuan ultimately chose to "Activate." As he made his decision, he watched as all the Spirit Stones in his storage pouch slowly began to vanish.
No!
My Spirit Stones!
The previous text on the panel vanished, replaced by the image of a room—but the image was sealed with chains. As the Spirit Stones disappeared, so did the chains.
Would the building’s effects beco available once all the chains disappeared?
That ant this building didn’t require upgrade conditions—it just needed money.
Soon, Ji Yuan realized he was too naïve.
This golden building was still a golden building.
Aside from the unlock condition, it had separate upgrade requirents.
【ditation Room: Lv0 (Current)】
Still starting from Level 0—damn!
He had thought it would be Level 1 upon unlocking.
【ditation Room: Lv1】
【Effect: ditation tempers the Divine Soul, increasing Divine Sense by 80% of the current realm. Usable even during the Qi Refining Stage.】
【Upgrade Requirent: At Qi Refining Peak, kill one Foundation Establishnt early-stage cultivator. (Not Fulfilled)】
Good heavens.
It was truly straightforward and brutal.
Whether the effect or the upgrade requirent—Level 1 gave an 80% boost, and even Qi Refining cultivators could have Divine Sense. Didn’t that an he now had the sa external buff effect as Feng Yichen?
The upgrade requirent too—
It actually required him at Qi Refining Peak to kill a Foundation Establishnt Stage cultivator? Wasn’t that climbing the heavens?
To be fair, Ji Yuan had no intention of risking his life.
His first reaction to this requirent was to let the Loyal Great Toad cripple the opponent, then he could throw a technique from afar and finish them off.
As long as a Qi Refining Peak like him killed the Foundation Establishnt Stage opponent, it counted. The panel didn’t say how the kill had to be done.
Naturally, Ji Yuan wanted to take the safest approach.
All in all, this task—was worth it!
Tempering the Divine Soul, enhancing Divine Sense—what a monstrous thod!
While chatting with Dong Qian before, Ji Yuan had learned that Divine Soul could only grow naturally as one's realm advanced.
Or it was naturally powerful at birth.
Aside from that, there was no other thod.
Unlike comprehension, which could be boosted with heavenly materials and treasures, the Divine Soul had no such enhancents—not even cultivation thods could help.
And yet, for cultivators, the Divine Soul was extrely important.
Whether it was manipulating multiple artifacts after Foundation Establishnt, or using puppets and similar techniques, all required a powerful Divine Soul.
The ditation Room had to be upgraded!
It seed he now had another task—Ji Yuan was already thinking about who to kill. But after so thought, he realized that because he was too cowardly—ahem, too cautious—he never left the house.
So he didn’t even have a single Foundation Establishnt enemy.
Sigh.
To make it worse, the few Foundation Establishnt cultivators he knew were all friends who had treated him well—this sense of safety was just too comforting.
After fantasizing happily for a while, Ji Yuan temporarily set aside the ditation Room.
Killing a Foundation Establishnt Stage cultivator—who knew, the opportunity might show up sooner or later.
He then turned back to the panel. He hadn’t forgotten—he had just upgraded the Pill Refining Room to Level 2, and it was while checking the effects of Level 3 that he accidentally discovered the unlockable ditation Room.
【Pill Refining Room: Lv3】
【Effect 1: Success rate of Tier-1 pills 60%, Tier-2 pills 40%, Tier-3 pills 20%, Tier-4 pills 5%】
【Effect 2 (Select Day Foundation Establishnt): Can obtain one Two-Pattern Foundation Establishnt Pill every six months.】
【Upgrade Requirents: 500 mid-grade Spirit Stones; 3 Nine Apertures ridians-Opening Vine; 1 Profound Ice Fire Lotus; successfully refine one “Exquisite Pill.” (Not Fulfilled)】
The Level 3 Pill Refining Room truly had significantly boosted effects.
Effect 1 was a standard upgrade.
Based on this, Ji Yuan speculated that a Level 1 Pill Refining Room primarily supported pill refinent during the Qi Refining Stage, while the current Level 2 version aided in Tier-2 pills.
As for the not-yet-reached Level 3, it should be focused on aiding pill refinent for the Golden Core Stage.
The required mid-grade Spirit Stones for the upgrade had increased drastically, and as expected, the final condition involving the Exquisite Pill likely referred to a Tier-3 pill.
No need to rush, no need to rush.
The current Level 2 Pill Refining Room was more than sufficient for his use.
Closing the panel.
Ji Yuan was in great spirits. Not only had the Pill Refining Room reached Level 2, but more importantly, he had acquired the thod for refining the “Foundation Establishnt Pill.” Judging by his pill refining experience,
when it ca to crafting Foundation Establishnt Pills, he had at least reached the stage of mastery, hadn’t he?
Moreover, with the Level 2 Pill Refining Room providing a 20% success boost for Tier-2 pills, Ji Yuan was no longer particularly worried about refining Foundation Establishnt Pills.
Next was the newly unlocked ditation Room.
The core building for the Foundation Establishnt Stage had also been opened.
Now he just needed to find a suitable Foundation Establishnt cultivator to kill. He just didn’t know who the lucky one would be.
Suddenly,
Ji Yuan rembered a certain mission he had seen multiple tis in the Thousand chanisms Hall.
A Class A mission.
That mission specifically required a Qi Refining Stage cultivator to kill a Foundation Establishnt early-stage cultivator.
The mission reward was one One-Pattern Foundation Establishnt Pill, plus 1000 Contribution Points.
Maybe he should go kill that one?
That way, he could fulfill the panel’s upgrade condition and obtain a Foundation Establishnt Pill as well. The price, however, would be exposing his strength to the entire sect.
Then he would beco a rising star like Feng Yichen, famous for slaying Foundation Establishnt cultivators while still in Qi Refining.
Was it worth it?
The profit was great, but so was the risk.
Ji Yuan decided to think it through carefully.
With the Foundation Establishnt Pill already mastered, Ji Yuan sat peacefully in his ho on Hatchling Dragon Island, enjoying a rare mont of tranquility.
He had already planned not to go to the Nine Nether Grotto-Heaven, and now it seed even more unnecessary. All he needed to do was wait another year or two,
and then acquire the Millennium Illusory Spirit Grass.
Now it was ti to consider another issue—
Cultivation thod.
Ji Yuan was still cultivating the Azure Sea Tide Technique, a widely circulated technique from the Yunyu Marshlands, and he had already cultivated it to perfection—perfection aning Qi Refining Peak.
So after Foundation Establishnt, he would definitely need to switch to another cultivation thod.
On the matter of switching techniques, the Water Dragon Sect surely wouldn’t be stingy. With a disciple about to reach Foundation Establishnt, they couldn’t possibly limit them by withholding cultivation thods, right?
With ti on his hands, Ji Yuan headed out to the Water Dragon Sect’s Scripture Repository.
He began searching for a suitable water-based technique.
He wandered inside for most of the day before coming out.
As it turned out, just as he had expected,
the Water Dragon Sect indeed didn’t hold back on techniques. The cheapest Foundation Establishnt cultivation thod cost only 100 Contribution Points. For a disciple of the sect—any disciple, really—it was practically free.
The sa applied to Ji Yuan. Even if he spent just a month doing a few random missions, he could easily earn more than those 100
Contribution Points.
However—
The technique might be cheap, but it was just like the Azure Sea Tide Technique: one could only cultivate it up to Foundation Establishnt Peak.
Its na was Creation Profound Water Technique, and though the na sounded majestic,
Ji Yuan didn’t redeem it.
He didn’t want to practice another diocre water thod. He wanted a better technique—not necessarily sothing that could lead him straight to Nascent Soul Stage, but at least one he could cultivate up to Golden Core without switching again.
A weak cultivation thod naturally produced weaker strength.
For instance, the spiritual energy in one’s dantian would be inferior to others’.
Moreover, constantly switching cultivation thods damaged the dantian. It was like the dantian had just gotten used to one thod’s “shape,” only to suddenly be forced to adapt to another. It would be uncomfortable, and in extre cases, cultivators had even gone mad from it.
So Ji Yuan looked at higher-level techniques, ones that could go straight to the Golden Core Stage.
Naturally, the price wasn’t cheap.
Each of those techniques started at 5000 Contribution Points—and there weren’t many. Ji Yuan saw only a dozen or so, covering all five elents, with water-based thods being the most nurous.
According to the senior guarding the Scripture Repository, the sect had three techniques stored above that level—thods that could lead directly to the Nascent Soul Stage, true great opportunities.
However, those three techniques were not available to the public. To acquire them, one had to perform ritorious deeds for the sect and be rewarded.
Ji Yuan didn’t even dare dream of that.
Leaving the Scripture Repository, he had already made up his mind.
Exchanging for a Golden Core Stage cultivation thod through the sect was feasible, but it would cost too much ti and effort.
With that ti, he might as well go explore outside and see if he could acquire one himself.
Secondly, before his Foundation Establishnt, when he went to ask Li Changhe for a Foundation Establishnt Pill, he could ask whether Li had a transferable Golden Core Stage cultivation thod.
After all, his father was a Golden Core Elder—he should have a few at hand.
If he didn’t, and neither route worked, and Ji Yuan was about to break through, then he would have no choice but to first redeem a Foundation Establishnt Stage thod from the sect to use temporarily, as a stopgap.
Wait until after Foundation Establishnt to make further plans.
In any case, cultivation thods would never pose a real problem for him—at most, it was just a matter of quality.
After leaving the Scripture Repository, Ji Yuan also made a trip to Everything Island.
He ca to find his familiar companion, Bai Piao.
“Brother Piao.”
Upon entering and seeing no outsiders, Ji Yuan smiled and cupped his hands in greeting.
This ti, Bai Piao was finally not lying around idly. Instead, he was tending to a potted plant on the table.
Seeing the visitor, he looked up, showing a hint of surprise on his face.
“Brother Ji, it’s been a while.”
Previously, though Ji Yuan had said to wait a few days—just a few days to obtain a Tier-2 Demon Core—
Bai Piao certainly didn’t believe he could really get one in that short a ti. There weren’t many disciples in the Water Dragon Sect capable of that.
So now that over a month had passed, Ji Yuan had finally co.
That actually fit Bai Piao’s expectations.
“No helping it—this Demon Core wasn’t easy to get.”
Speaking of it, Ji Yuan’s smile faded, and he lowered his head. “I nearly had to sell everything just to scrape together one.”
“Brother Ji, that's already quite a feat. I have no way at all to get a Demon Core like this.”
Bai Piao shrugged helplessly.
Ji Yuan had co specifically to trade for that Black Coffin, so he took out one early-stage Tier-2 Demon Core—a beast he had slain with his own hands.
Parting with it stung a little, but thinking about how it was to increase his strength, his heart felt much better.
“The item I want is still here, right?”
“It is. I said I’d keep it for you, and I did. A few people asked about it, but I didn’t sell.”
Bai Piao spoke casually as he activated the formation inside the room.
Ji Yuan imdiately responded, “This Demon Core of mine—several shops wanted to buy it from , but I saved it just for Brother Piao.”
“Brother Ji, you’re a good man!”
“We’re good brothers!”
The two spoke with mutual admiration, both putting on deeply touched expressions.
Once Ji Yuan handed over the Demon Core, the Black Coffin landed smoothly in his hands. But as soon as he stored it in his storage pouch, he noticed sothing strange—his Yin Ghost Flag seed to react.
The Yin aura within the Yin Ghost Flag appeared to be stirred by the Black Coffin.
Was there so connection between the two?
Could this have sothing to do with the inheritance of the force known as the Yin Ghost Sect?
Ji Yuan couldn’t help but stir with curiosity. “Brother Piao, may I ask where you obtained this Black Coffin?”
Having just withdrawn the formation, Bai Piao looked a bit unsettled.
“The south. That place—I'm never going back. Brother Ji, take my advice: don’t go there. Seriously, don’t.”
“I won’t. I don’t have your courage, Brother Piao.”
Ji Yuan chuckled awkwardly. “I just recall you ntioned last ti that this Black Coffin was unearthed from the Ten Thousand Corpses Family, so I was curious where that Grave of Ten Thousand Corpses is located.”
“The south, within the territory of Joy Palace, there’s a city called ‘Great Love City.’ In the southwest corner of that city, there’s a place called Ghost-Seeking Escape. That’s where I dug up this Black Coffin.”
Bai Piao answered truthfully.
Ji Yuan silently took note. Go? He certainly wasn’t planning to go now. Ghost-Seeking Escape—even the na sounded ominous. No way he was going.
Unless the Yin Ghost Flag gave him so surprise later, giving him no choice but to go.
“Thanks, Brother Piao.”
“No need. Next ti just call Brother Bai.”
With that, Bai Piao returned to tending the potted plant in his hands.
When Ji Yuan first entered, he had already noticed it—it was a Flowerless Clear-Zero Tree. Though it bore no flowers, every leaf grew to look like a blossoming flower, extrely beautiful.
So so cultivators in the cultivation world treated it as a bonsai.
“What are you doing with it, Brother Piao?”
Hearing Ji Yuan finally ask, Bai Piao couldn’t hold back. He raised his head proudly and asked in return, “Brother Ji, haven’t you noticed anything unusual about this Flowerless Clear-Zero Tree?”
“Unusual?”
Ji Yuan scrutinized it closely, then noticed—
“A flower bud?”
He pointed to one of the branches.
“Exactly.”
“I cultivated it. How is it?”
Bai Piao grew even prouder.
“Excellent, truly excellent.”
“To think Brother Piao had the skill to make a flowerless tree bloom.”
Ji Yuan sincerely gave him a thumbs-up.
Then Bai Piao, as if having found a kindred spirit, pulled Ji Yuan into a long conversation about planting techniques—from the blending of spiritual soil to grafting, from pest control for spiritual plants to breeding them.
Thanks to his nine years of compulsory education from his past life, Ji Yuan could only barely keep up with a few responses.
The cultivation world truly had many talents.
Though Ji Yuan himself fard too, he never cared much, and the one who really did the digging back on Misty Island was still Tu Yue.
But Bai Piao was different—he truly loved farming.
For instance, Ji Yuan would buy formations like Rainkill Formation ant for killing, but Bai Piao bought Cloud and Rain Formation purely to provide “artificial rainfall” for his Spiritual Field.
“Brother Piao, I really must go feed the pigs now.”
Only on his third attempt to excuse himself did Bai Piao reluctantly let go.
“To have t Brother Ji today is truly one of life’s great fortunes.”
Bai Piao spoke with great seriousness. In particular, Ji Yuan’s insights on grafting and cultivation had benefited him a great deal.
After agreeing to continue their discussion another ti, Ji Yuan finally took his leave.
After leaving Everything Island, Ji Yuan headed straight for Misty Island, not even returning to Hatchling Dragon Island.
One day later, at the edge of the Fish Pond on Misty Island—
Ji Yuan first took out the Black Coffin. The mont it appeared, a dense Yin aura surged in all directions, even frightening the fish in the pond into a frenzy of flipping and splashing.
The Loyal Great Toad squatting nearby took the chance to flick out its tongue, snatching up an early-stage Tier-1 Spiritual Fish and swallowing it whole.
“Gwah—” Ji Yuan ignored it. He imdiately brought out the Yin Ghost Flag, and as soon as the two Yin Ghosts were released—
The two leapt forward and, from their posture, it seed like they were kneeling before the Black Coffin, kowtowing as if pounding garlic.
“Damn, is this sothing serious?”
Watching the bizarre scene, Ji Yuan couldn’t help but feel slightly surprised.
But he had already examined the Black Coffin—just as Bai Piao had said, it was a solid structure, with absolutely nothing inside. Could it be...
Were the Yin Ghosts reacting to the aura?
Ji Yuan commanded the Yin Ghosts to begin absorbing the Yin aura within.
Only then did the Yin Ghosts start to respond. But they rely huddled around the edge, nibbling cautiously, far from the frenzied devouring they exhibited when encountering typical Yin-Type Items.
Ji Yuan had no other choice. As long as they ate, it was fine—fast or slow didn’t matter.
Afterward, he dug a small cave into the nearby mountainside, placing the Yin Ghosts and the Black Coffin inside to let them feed and evolve on their own.
Upon returning to Misty Island, Ji Yuan was now utterly penniless—not even a single Spirit Stone remained, worse off than before.
Starting from scratch again would be slow.
So he set his sights on his remaining Foundation Establishnt Pill—it seed ti to sell it. He would also use the opportunity to purchase more materials for refining Foundation Establishnt Pills, especially the Millennium Qinghui Grass.
But to sell this Foundation Establishnt Pill, he definitely had to go through an auction.
Only there could he fetch a high price.
After asking around, Ji Yuan indeed found out there was an upcoming auction, and it was a fairly large one—held in Qingye City, where Du Wanyi was stationed.
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