Dao Companions Help Me Live Forever

Chapter 141: Failed Foundation Building (Happy Labor Day!)

The wind blew through the peak of summer.

Time passed slowly, another year gone by.

Yu Xian's worries did not come to pass. Everything remained as usual, and there was no mention of the new True Immortal in the Shangyang Mansion's reports. It seemed that he was just a passerby.

This made Yu Xian quite resentful.

What kind of serious person would break through to the Gold Core stage in Shangyang City? There are no more third-grade spiritual veins outside. They have to come to this remote place to transcend the Tribulation.

On this day.

Under the peach blossom tree.

A visitor who had returned from a long journey came to visit.

Zhao Jia sat upright on the side, not looking away, and pushed a jade box in front of Yu Xian.

"Yu Keqing, these are the Foundation Building pills refined by Master Modan, as well as one Pulse-Protecting Pill, one Mind-Connecting Pill, one Second-Grade Beast Blood Pill, and one Cleansing Spirit Pill.

In addition to the Foundation Building pill, the total cost of the other pills is 6,800 spirit stones. Master Modan took a 1,000 spirit stone introduction fee, leaving 2,200 spirit stones."

As he spoke, Zhao Jia couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

The Pulse-Protecting Pill protects the meridians, the Mind-Connecting Pill condenses the divine consciousness, the Beast Blood Pill strengthens the qi and blood, and the Cleansing Spirit Pill purifies the spiritual power. They are all used as aids in breaking through the Foundation Building stage.

Coupled with a genuine Foundation Building pill, it is enough to increase the chances of a mediocre cultivator breaking through the Foundation Building stage by fifty percent.

If he had this set of pills back then, he wouldn't have to worry about being severely injured after breaking through.

Yu Xian scanned with his divine sense and nodded in satisfaction at Zhao Jia.

"Friend Zhao, you've made a long trip. This 1,000 spirit stones are your travel expenses."

Yu Xian took out a small storage bag.

Being aware of his incompatibility with the attributes of the Shangyang City, Yu Xian did not personally go to retrieve the third Foundation Building pill. Instead, he entrusted Zhao Jia with the task and asked him to try to find other pills that could assist in breaking through the Foundation Building stage.

He felt that relying on just one Foundation Building pill was not safe.

He had a deep understanding of how poor Yulan's aptitude was.

As the current face of the Zhao family, as long as Zhao Jia kept a low profile and didn't reveal the news of carrying the Foundation Building pill, being a errand boy was more than enough.

Seeing this, Zhao Jia quickly declined, "Yu Keqing, it's an honor for Zhao to be able to do something for you. How can I accept your spirit stones?"

Yu Xian smiled, "I'm not being polite with you. Even with Master Modan's introduction, it must have taken quite a bit of effort for you to collect these pills. Are you dissatisfied with the 1,000 spirit stones?"

"No, no, it's already a lot," Zhao Jia quickly put away the spirit stones, a happy expression on his face.

"If you have any instructions next time, please don't hesitate to ask Zhao for help. There's no need for Yu Keqing to be polite."

Although he was the face of the Zhao family, he only received two to three thousand spirit stones from the family's income each year.

If he wanted more spirit stones, he had to go out and earn them himself.

Because most of the family's income had to be used to cultivate the younger generation.

This was a rule set by the ancestors. The Foundation Building cultivators of the family were the guardians and inheritors of the family, not beneficiaries.

It was this system that helped him break through to the Foundation Building stage, and now it was time for him to repay the family.

If he wanted to continue benefiting from the family's blood and support his own cultivation, he would only be abandoned and scorned by the entire family, ending up in a state of being betrayed and isolated.

Of course, the main reason is that Yu Xian, the former emperor, directly took away half of the income, otherwise his Foundation Building would not be so tight.

Fortunately, he is content and knows that breaking through Foundation Building is already a stroke of luck. Since he still has a hundred or so years of good life left, going out on adventures is the greatest responsibility to the family.

So running an errand can earn him a thousand spirit stones, which is already a very good income for him.

In addition, he has already made a profit in the middle, totaling eighteen hundred spirit stones.

As long as there are good opportunities, he will take as many as he can.

Zhao Jia bid farewell happily with the spirit stones.

As the actual master and servant, he still feels a bit uneasy in his heart, so it's better to see Yu Xian less.

After all, no one naturally likes to be a servant.

...

Another half year has passed.

Yu Xian's ability to exchange for spirit stones at the black market Foundation Building exchange meeting finally came into play.

With the help of Zhong Ling Shi Ru and various spiritual pills, Yulan has cultivated to the perfection of Qi Refining, and her dantian's mana cannot increase even a bit.

Because she also cultivates martial arts and has already reached the late stage of the Innate realm.

Yulan's physical body is strong, her seemingly delicate hands have the strength to tear apart tigers and leopards, her blood and qi are powerful, and her breath is like an arrow.

In terms of divine sense, she has already had a brief understanding of it after taking a Perception Pill in advance.

The three levels of Foundation Building have been completed.

The opportunity to break through Foundation Building is approaching.

Yulan is thirty-eight years old this year.

In the cultivation chamber.

The spirit gathering array has been opened to its maximum extent, and the dense spiritual mist fills the entire chamber. With each breath, it feels like swallowing a spirit stone, and the mana in her body unconsciously starts to circulate.

Yulan sits cross-legged on the cold jade cushion, her small face the size of a palm looking serious.

In front of her are various items that assist in Foundation Building.

Foundation Building Pill, Pulse-Protecting Pill, Perception Pill, Cleansing Spirit Pill, Beast Blood Pill, and a drop of Zhong Ling Shi Ru used to restore mana.

"Don't be too nervous, I'm here," Yu Xian said with a gentle smile.

"Even if you fail, I have prepared three Foundation Building Pills for you. If the first time doesn't work, there's still a second time, and a third time."

Zhao Shiwen, who has already reached the late stage of Qi Refining, came specifically to observe the breakthrough of Foundation Building, and her eyes were full of envy when she heard this.

As for jealousy, she no longer feels jealous.

Because she knows that she will never surpass Yulan in the heart of the master, and jealousy will only make her lose points in the master's heart.

She understands that all her current status and glory are bestowed by the master.

And she has already found something more meaningful than competing for favor in the master's harem.

"Shiwen, you should also watch carefully and try to understand. When you reach the perfection of Qi Refining, I will also find a Foundation Building Pill for you," Yu Xian said lightly to Zhao Shiwen.

For this concubine who was taken in because of a momentary desire, the care he gave her is actually not as good as that of the young woman who is the head disciple.

But getting a Foundation Building Pill is not a problem.

After all, over the years, he has been able to steadily take half of the Zhao family's income, and the help of this traitor to the Zhao family, who is known for being cunning, is indispensable.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shiwen's expression brightened. "Thank you, Master. Shiwen will work hard and will not disappoint Master's expectations."

Yulan took a deep breath and secretly said:

"I won't let my husband down either."

She picked up the Foundation Building Pill and swallowed it, then silently activated the cultivation technique, using the breakthrough method from the "Blackwater True Technique" to break through the Foundation Building stage.

The sound of rushing water filled the air.

It was a phenomenon caused by Yulan's cultivation technique.

Hoo hoo!

A gust of wind suddenly blew in the secret chamber, and the spiritual mist began to flow at an abnormal speed, surging towards Yulan's body.

Her whole body seemed to be glowing, and her spiritual energy circulated rapidly in her meridians. The violent spiritual energy caused a hint of pain to appear on Yulan's face.

This was a kind of pain that Yulan had never experienced before.

She had been protected too well and had never endured such suffering.

But just at the beginning, her spiritual energy began to collapse.

Fortunately, she remembered her husband's teachings and mustered a bit of strength to take the Pulse-Protecting Pill from the ground and swallowed it.

The Pulse-Protecting Pill dissolved in her stomach, turning into a cool energy that circulated through her meridians, quickly alleviating the burning pain from earlier.

Yulan's face returned to calm, allowing her spiritual energy to circulate throughout her body.

Slowly, the speed of her spiritual energy circulation became faster and faster.

Her face turned as red as a cooked prawn, and hot air rose from her body. The exposed skin even showed signs of cracking, like poorly fired porcelain.

This was because her physical body couldn't withstand the high-speed circulation of her spiritual energy.

Her blood and qi were ultimately built up with the help of elixirs and the flesh of second-order demonic beasts. It seemed powerful, but in reality, its foundation was unstable. Without the tempering of countless trials and tribulations, it was like a sandcastle on the beach, collapsing with a single push.

Fortunately, she still had medicine.

After the pain she had just endured, Yulan gained a bit more determination. At this moment, she calmly took out a second-order Beast Blood Pill.

This pill was refined from the essence blood of a second-order demonic beast and contained the same blood and qi power as a Foundation Building cultivator.

As soon as she took it, Yulan's blood and qi suddenly increased by a large margin. Although it was only temporary, it was enough to deal with the problem of her spiritual energy within her body.

Her skin began to return to normal, and with the help of the Beast Blood Pill, her physical body gradually adapted to the increasingly fast circulation of her spiritual energy.

However, it didn't even last for the time it takes an incense stick to burn.

Boom boom boom!!!

Blood holes burst open all over Yulan's body, and strands of dark spiritual energy scattered out from the holes.

This was already the third stage of Foundation Building, the stage of divine sense!

Her divine sense was already unable to control such a violent and high-speed spiritual energy. The uncontrollable spiritual energy burst out of her meridians, tearing her physical body apart and dissipating.

Yulan's mouth was already bleeding, and her spiritual energy inside her body became even more chaotic.

Yu Xian couldn't help but clench his fists.

No wonder failing to break through Foundation Building would result in a severe loss of vitality and a reversal of cultivation.

Once unable to control the spiritual energy, it would reverse and run amok, causing injuries all over the body.

His breakthrough had been smooth, bringing only a sense of satisfaction, without experiencing any pain.

At this moment, he finally understood how difficult it was to break through.

But Yulan was stronger than he had imagined.

She opened the pill bottle containing the Dan, swallowed a green pill, and immediately her scattered spiritual energy came to a halt. Then, as if being pulled by an invisible force, it continued to circulate in her meridians.

That was the divine sense that Yulan temporarily formed.

When Yulan gained control over the violent spiritual energy, everything became smooth.

The turbulent aura on Yu Lan gradually calmed down, and then a thick and profound power rose from within her, causing the surrounding void to be filled with the sound of crashing waves.

Liquidized mana!

As the rapidly circulating mana traveled through her meridians, it continuously condensed and purified, removing impurities.

Thus, the first liquidized mana began to condense in her dantian.

At the right moment, Yu Lan took out the last Purifying Spirit Pill and swallowed it. It seemed as if an invisible pressure compressed the mana once again, and the first drop of liquidized mana finally condensed into form.

Ding dong!

Her dantian began to expand, and drop by drop, liquidized mana fell, everything was moving in a positive direction.

However, at this moment...

A cracking sound suddenly came from Yu Lan's dantian, her dantian couldn't withstand the pressure of Foundation Building mana.

Her aura became turbulent once again.

A strand of golden light emerged from her dantian, stabilizing the shattered dantian like a divine needle, and a force continuously repaired the cracks in her dantian.

After a moment...

The golden light disappeared.

Yu Lan's aura fell into tranquility.

Puh!

She opened her eyes, and then spat out a mouthful of blood, staining her clothes red.

"Husband, I failed."

"Just a little more, I was just a little bit away from success."

Yu Lan's face turned pale, tears streaming down her cheeks.

She knew very well how much effort her husband had put into her cultivation, and yet she still failed in this situation.

Endless guilt engulfed her like an abyss.

Yu Xian embraced Yu Lan, fed her a healing pill, infused mana into her body, helping her regulate her mana and checking her physical condition.

"I told you, it's okay to fail the first time, there will be more opportunities in the future. Don't cry, when you cry, it feels worse than when I fail to break through."

Yu Xian gently wiped away the bloodstains from the corner of Yu Lan's mouth.

"In my heart, your safety is the most important thing. Fortunately, we were fully prepared this time, and your injuries are not severe. You'll be fine after two years of recuperation."

He had anticipated Yu Lan's failure.

Although he had made complete preparations, there was never a hundred percent certainty in breakthroughs, except for cheating.

Moreover, Yu Lan had been sheltered by him since she started cultivating, never experiencing a battle or hardship.

Success was certainly gratifying, but failure was also understandable.

It was just a matter of waiting for two more years.

However, Yu Lan still curled up in Yu Xian's arms, silent and motionless.

"Just treat it as a dream, when you wake up, everything will be fine."

Seeing Yu Lan in this state, Yu Xian gently pressed on the back of her neck, and she fainted softly.

"Although Yu Lan failed, this experience is equally precious."

Yu Xian turned to Zhao Shiwen and said, "I'll take Yu Lan to rest first. You can contemplate here for a while, and then go about your own business."

"Yes."

Zhao Shiwen nodded, not daring to say anything unnecessary.

(End of this chapter)