I Built A Family Of Immortal Cultivators

Chapter 91: Failure and Success

After half an incense stick's worth of time, Zhao Xiu Shi had become increasingly weak.

But as if a switch had been flipped, in an instant, his breath slowly stabilized.

He thought of the scene when Lin Qing had brought him home, standing on Lin Qing's flying boat, he looked far into the distance at the Bi Lin River, what a beautiful sight it was. That Bi Lin River not only nurtured his family, but also left behind his young figure.

"Bi Lin River, Bi Lin River, Bi Lin River."

Zhao Xiu Shi forgot all the incantations, at this moment he only chanted these three words, miraculously, these three words seemed more effective than any incantation, as if they were a panacea, allowing Zhao Xiu Shi to slowly break free from his state of obsession.

Restarting his cultivation technique, Zhao Xiu Shi's heart settled down, and he began to break through towards Foundation Building.

In the next room, Lin Qing had been watching Zhao Xiu Shi's residence, and just now, there was an abnormality in the spiritual energy above Zhao Xiu Shi's residence. Lin Qing had experience and knew that this was the critical moment of breaking through Foundation Building.

Success or failure hinged on this one move.

The spiritual energy became denser and denser, not only Lin Qing, but also the wives and children of his family were curiously watching the sky above Zhao Xiu Shi's residence.

"Not good!"

Lin Qing's heart suddenly cried out, just as the spiritual energy had become dense, it suddenly dissipated.

This is not good.

Inside Zhao Xiu Shi's residence, Zhao Xiu Shi's face turned pale, trembling as he looked at the empty space in front of him. Clearly, everything was going smoothly, clearly he had touched the threshold of Foundation Building, but suddenly, everything was over, in an instant, his breakthrough had failed.

"Heaven does not bless me, heaven does not bless me!"

Zhao Xiu Shi cried out with his hands raised.

As he spoke, tears filled his face, soaking his already dry clothes once again.

Closing his eyes, countless faces appeared again, but this time, they were all members of the Zhao family. Faced with these faces, Zhao Xiu Shi remained motionless, only feeling as if a heavy burden was pressing on his chest.

"Ah!"

Lin Qing waited for another hour, but there was still no movement in Zhao Xiu Shi's residence. He knew that Zhao Xiu Shi had failed to break through.

Although whether Zhao Xiu Shi succeeded or not had no major impact on him, Lin Qing still sighed for Zhao Xiu Shi.

The Zhao family was in trouble.

"Husband, did he fail to break through?" Li Qingyu asked.

"Yes, he failed," Lin Qing nodded and said, then added, "Breaking through Foundation Building is extremely difficult, failure is inevitable, it is a very normal thing."

Li Qingyu nodded without asking any further.

And in the room next to Lin Qing's, Zhou Xiu Shi threw a prepared gift box to the ground.

Looking in the direction of Zhao Xiu Shi, he sneered, "Hmph, I thought you could break through, I prepared something to visit you. Turns out it was all for nothing, I've been waiting for so long in vain."

"Breaking through Foundation Building, breaking through Foundation Building, it's so easy to break through, wouldn't I have broken through long ago?"

Zhou Xiu Shi continued speaking, his words unfinished.

At this moment, seeing him like this, several maids in the room walked over. Zhou Xiu's mood was great, and he directly hugged two maids.

From day to night, Zhou Xiu didn't stop.

When it was late at night and everything was quiet, Zhou Xiu drove all the maids out of the room. He sat on the ground, leaning against the wooden bed, with a somewhat absent-minded expression. He had given up on breaking through, but which Qi Refining cultivator didn't have the desire to break through to Foundation Building in the beginning? Zhao Xiu today reminded him of that time. He reached the ninth level of Qi Refining at the age of forty-one, and then planned to achieve Foundation Building at the age of forty-nine. However, after taking countless Foundation Building pills at a great cost, everything turned out to be in vain.

After that, he became disheartened and stopped thinking about it.

But now, after finishing with the maids, he fell into a strange state of mind. For so many years, he had always used this to numb himself, but deep down, he had never forgotten about Foundation Building.

At this moment, he was acutely aware of this.

"Breaking through Foundation Building, breaking through Foundation Building. I'm already sixty-seven this year, why am I still thinking about this?" Zhou Xiu suddenly sneered and slapped his own face.

He took out a bottle of pill from his storage bag and swallowed it.

This pill was called the Dragon Tiger Pill and could last for half a day when consumed.

"You all can go."

Just as he was about to call in a few more maids, Zhou Xiu felt that the pill he had taken was already taking effect. He didn't know what he was thinking at this moment, so he held back the words he was about to say to the maids.

Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Zhou Xiu thought to himself, "I have always been obsessed with breaking through Foundation Building. I might as well try to break through again this time. Whether I can succeed or not, it will put an end to my thoughts and allow me to enjoy life. Otherwise, I won't be able to fully enjoy myself. As for the Foundation Building pill, I will never have it again in my lifetime. However, who said that breaking through necessarily requires a Foundation Building pill? The Foundation Building pill is just an aid. Many geniuses have directly broken through without it. Even ordinary Qi Refining cultivators have a chance without the Foundation Building pill. Why not give it a try?"

With this in mind, Zhou Xiu activated his somewhat unfamiliar cultivation technique and attempted to break through to Foundation Building.

However, it wasn't as easy as he thought. The Dragon Tiger Pill he had just taken made his whole body feel hot, especially in a certain area, which was even more unusual. But Zhou Xiu, who was holding a "break the jar" mentality, had no distractions and gradually calmed down. The effectiveness of the Dragon Tiger Pill even made his spiritual power more abundant.

A day passed, and his maids became worried when Zhou Xiu didn't come out. But without Zhou Xiu's permission, no one dared to enter.

Among the maids was a Qi Refining cultivator at the second level. At this moment, she found it strange that the spiritual energy around the room was somewhat abnormal.

"Who is breaking through to Foundation Building?"

Lin Qing, who was in the room, felt the abnormal spiritual energy around him and quickly stood in the courtyard to observe.

After taking a glance at Zhao Xiu's residence, everything seemed normal. Then she noticed that the abnormal spiritual energy was coming from Zhou Xiu's residence. Looking at Zhou Xiu's residence with abnormal spiritual energy, Lin Qing was greatly shocked. Could it be that Zhou Xiu also obtained a Foundation Building pill?

After failing to break through, Zhao Xiu, who had been staying in his room, also felt the abnormal spiritual energy. When he realized it was coming from Zhou Xiu's residence, he showed an expression of disbelief.

Lin Qing looked at Zhou Xiu's residence. After fifteen minutes of abnormal spiritual energy, the aura of a Foundation Building cultivator emerged from Zhou Xiu's residence.

"He actually succeeded in breaking through." Lin Qing thought to herself.

"Hahaha! Wow hahaha! Yehahaha! Hehehehe!"

In his own room, Zhou Xiu couldn't stop laughing, like a fool, laughing and making all sorts of strange sounds, as if he had gone mad.

He didn't stop until he couldn't catch his breath.

"I never expected that with a one in ten thousand chance, I would actually hit it. Foundation Building, I am also a Foundation Building cultivator now!"

Zhou Xiu felt extremely delighted in his heart, as if he was immersed in a pool of honey. It seemed as if there were countless maids massaging him around him. Zhou Xiu couldn't have imagined that with the intention of just giving it a try, he would actually break through, and without the need for a Foundation Building pill.

Opening the door, Zhou Xiu looked at the maids waiting outside and hugged each one of them.

(End of this chapter)