PDLP Chapter 40 Talking about 3 ways to build foundation
Chapter 40 Talking about 3 ways to build foundation
Humanity is the foundation.
Zhang Lin held his teacup, a thought suddenly occurring to him.
He rose and walked to the next table, bowing respectfully: "Fellow Daoists, my name is Zhang Lin. I overheard you two discussing the methods of Foundation Establishment and am quite curious. Would you be so kind as to sit down and discuss this further?"
The young man looked up at Zhang Lin, sizing him up. Seeing that Zhang Lin had reached the late stage of Qi Refining and possessed an extraordinary demeanor, he nodded and gestured.
"My name is Lin Yizhi, a member of the Lin family of Qingxuan City," the young man introduced himself, then added, "Fellow Daoist Zhang, you seem interested in the Foundation Establishment method. Are you perhaps also nearing the completion of Qi Refining and preparing for Foundation Establishment?"
"I'm in the late stage of Qi Refining, still a long way from perfection," Zhang Lin said with a smile as he sat down. "I just wanted to learn more in advance, to prepare for the future."
Lin Yizhi nodded: "It is right to plan ahead. In the path of cultivation, if you are slow at one step, you will be slow at every step. It is always better to plan the foundation-building method in advance than to scramble at the last minute."
He picked up his teacup, took a sip, and slowly said, "The methods of Foundation Establishment are divided into three levels and nine grades: the lower level is Human Foundation Establishment, the middle level is Earth Foundation Establishment, and the upper level is Heaven Foundation Establishment."
"The Human Foundation Building method uses the Foundation Building Pill as a guide to forcibly compress true qi into essence. This method is the most common and is used by independent cultivators and disciples of small sects."
"The success rate is only 30%. Those with the weakest foundation will only succeed by luck and will have no hope of achieving the Golden Core stage in the future. Even if they manage to form a Golden Core, they will only reach the lower third grade."
"The foundation of the earthen path is based on the five elements spiritual objects. It requires the collection of spiritual objects of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Each object must be over a hundred years old, and the five elements must be in balance, mutually generating and restraining each other, in an endless cycle."
"With a 50% success rate and a solid foundation, one can form a mid-grade third-level Golden Core."
"Foundation building for the Heavenly Dao..." Lin Yizhi said, a hint of longing flashing in his eyes, "requires nine spiritual objects that are over a hundred years old, representing the sun, moon, metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder. All nine must be present, secretly conforming to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth."
"Those who establish their foundation in the Heavenly Dao have a foundation as solid as jade, unbreakable, and a true essence as deep and unfathomable as the sea. In the future, even the worst Golden Core will be of the upper three grades."
"However, the difficulty of establishing the foundation of the Heavenly Way is greater than ascending to the heavens."
"These nine hundred-year-old spiritual artifacts are all priceless, and their attributes must be compatible and their ages must be similar. Otherwise, if their spiritual power clashes, it may result in failure to establish a foundation or even shattering of the dantian."
Even inner disciples of the nine great sects might not be able to gather all nine pieces, let alone rogue cultivators... they wouldn't even dare to dream of it.
"For ordinary people like us, we would be content if we could obtain a high-quality Foundation Establishment Pill and successfully establish our foundation."
After listening, Zhang Lin remained silent for a moment, then asked, "Is the Foundation Establishment Pill... very rare?"
Lin Yizhi smiled wryly: "It's not just rare, it's practically impossible to find even one pill. The Foundation Establishment Pill is a second-grade pill, which requires a second-grade alchemist to refine."
"Although Qingxuan City has a branch of the Danxia Sect, the production of Foundation Establishment Pills is extremely limited, with only three pills produced every three years. Each pill costs five thousand spirit stones, and one has to wait in line. Even if you have spirit stones, you may not be able to buy one."
Five thousand spirit stones.
Zhang Lin secretly made his plans.
This number is not out of reach for him.
With nearly two thousand spirit stones on hand, plus the goods in the shop, it's barely enough.
However, the foundation for human cultivation is too shallow, and the path to the Golden Elixir is hopeless.
This is not what he wanted.
To build a foundation in the underground realm, one needs five spiritual items, each over a hundred years old. Gathering a complete set would cost at least tens of thousands of spirit stones.
Furthermore, the five elements must be balanced and the attributes must be compatible, which is extremely difficult.
The foundation for establishing the Heavenly Dao requires nine hundred-year-old spiritual artifacts, along with the elements of the sun, moon, five elements, wind, and thunder, making it even more difficult.
but……
Zhang Lin's heart stirred, and he summoned the system light screen.
【Creation System】
Host: Zhang Lin
Cultivation level: Late stage of Qi Refining (five drops of liquid true Qi)
……
His gaze fell on the word "strengthen".
With the system in hand, rare and precious artifacts are no longer out of reach.
A low-quality orchid, with just two spirit stones, can be transformed into a high-grade spiritual medicine that takes twenty years to mature.
If you enhance a ten-year-old Five Elements spiritual item, can it be transformed into a hundred-year-old one?
If possible, those nine centuries-old spiritual artifacts would simply be a matter of time for him to find them.
Zhang Lin suppressed his thoughts and remained expressionless.
"Thank you for your guidance, Fellow Daoist Lin." He bowed respectfully. "I have benefited greatly from your guidance."
Lin Yizhi waved his hand and laughed, "It was nothing, not worth mentioning."
Zhang Lin chatted with Lin Yizhi for a few more minutes before getting up to take his leave.
When we left the teahouse, the sun was already setting.
Zhang Lin strolled around the city again, buying some spiritual herbs needed to refine the Qi Cultivation Pill, spending over a hundred spirit stones.
I found an inn in the city to stay in.
Zhang Lin closed the door and took out the items he had purchased that day.
The bronze furnace, refined a hundred times, is contained in a wooden box.
He opened the wooden box, took out the dark yellow bronze incense burner, and placed it on the table.
The furnace body is rough, the runes are dim, and the patterns are shallow and unremarkable.
But Zhang Lin knew that the furnace was made of refined copper.
It is made of refined copper that has been forged hundreds of times, resulting in a tough texture and excellent spiritual energy conductivity.
However, the refining process was poor and the runes were crude, failing to bring out the full potential of the material.
He summoned the system light screen.
"Enhanced Hundred-Refined Copper Furnace"
Five hundred spirit stones transformed into wisps of spiritual light, flying out of the storage bag and surging into the bronze furnace like fireflies.
The furnace body vibrated violently, emitting a buzzing sound.
On the dark yellow furnace body, the rough surface began to become smooth, and fine lines emerged. They were not runes, but the texture of the copper itself, like the annual rings of a tree, one ring after another, layer upon layer.
The color of the furnace body also changes, gradually turning from dark yellow to reddish gold, with a faint spiritual light flowing around the furnace mouth.
When the tremors ceased and the spiritual light subsided, a brand-new alchemy furnace stood quietly on the table.
The censer is 12 inches tall, with three legs and two handles. It is made entirely of pure gold, and the patterns of the hundred-times-refined copper on its body resemble clouds and mist, making it a beautiful sight.
The furnace opening exudes a subtle, spiritual light, and the air holes on the furnace lid are arranged in a mysterious pattern.
[A hundred-refined bronze incense burner, a supreme ritual implement.]
[Special Feature: 100-Refined Pill: Increases the utilization rate of spiritual herb essence by 80% during pill refining, with minimal waste.]
【Special Feature Two: Nourishing Elixir Energy in the Alchemy Furnace: The alchemy furnace can gently nourish the elixir, improving its quality.】
Zhang Lin reached out and stroked the furnace. It was warm to the touch, and he could faintly feel a warm energy flowing inside.
This is the supreme magical artifact, the alchemy furnace.
Zhang Lin decided to refine a batch of pills to test the composition of the top-grade magic weapon pill furnace.
He placed the hundred-refined bronze incense burner on the table; its body was pure gold and gleamed with a warm luster under the candlelight.
The three legs stand firmly on the table, the two ears flare out slightly, and the air holes on the lid are arranged like stars, with a faint spiritual light flowing through them.
He sat cross-legged in front of the furnace, took out the medicinal herbs he had bought that day, and arranged them according to the formulas for the Qi-nourishing pills recorded in the "Hundred Herbs Elixir Classic".
Three Linglan grass plants, after being enhanced for twenty years, have full stems and leaves, and a clear medicinal fragrance.
Two Qi-gathering Grass plants, ten years after being strengthened, have thick leaves and contain spiritual energy.
A single Dewdrop Flower, after being enhanced for ten years, has petals as glistening as dew, with a subtle shimmering light.
Additional ingredients: one bottle of Lingquan water, three leaves of Sanyeqing.
Zhang Lin closed his eyes and silently recited the elixir formula, going over in his mind the timing of each step, the order of adding the medicine, and the opportune moment for condensing the elixir.
The "Hundred Herbs Elixir Classic" states: "In the way of alchemy, the control of fire is the sovereign, the efficacy of medicine is the minister, the cauldron and vessel are the assistant, and the mind and spirit are the messengers. Only when all four are present can the elixir be formed."
Although the Peiyuan Pill is a first-grade elixir and seems rudimentary, it is actually the foundation of alchemy.