I Cultivate Immortality With Scientific Thinking

Chapter 22: Foundation Building - Transformation Secret Ceremony

The cold touch and the endless pain all over his body woke Yu Man up abruptly.

"Ugh... Where am I?"

Yu Man opened his eyes and saw a ceiling above him. The air was filled with a cold and dry atmosphere. It seemed like he was in a secret room.

"I remember... I was refining the 'Soul-chasing Blade'... Why am I here?"

The Soul-chasing Blade was a special Law Weapon used during the Qi Refining stage. It consisted of a mother blade and six child blades. By manipulating the mother blade, one could control the child blades, allowing for multiple Law Weapons to attack simultaneously. It could also be condensed into one, increasing its attacking power.

However, the refinement of this Law Weapon required the user's spiritual energy and constant nurturing with True Qi carried on their person. It was not only time-consuming and laborious, but also greatly depleted the body's vitality, so not many people practiced it.

But the demonic cultivators among the independent cultivators came up with an extremely cruel refinement method, which was:

Using human artifact refining!

They would find a female cultivator, preferably with higher strength. They would leave their own bloodline in her body and wait for her to give birth, using her blood and soul to refine the child blades. Once there were enough, they would refine the female cultivator into the mother blade.

The Law Weapon refined in this way contained a terrifying aura and had even greater power than conventionally refined ones, making it highly sought after by a large number of demonic cultivators.

Naturally, Azure Cloud Sect detested this practice not only because of its cruel refinement method, but also because it caused a significant loss of population, endangering the interests of Azure Cloud Sect. Therefore, it strictly prohibited and cracked down on it!

Although this method was extremely inhumane, in Yu Man's view, wasn't Azure Cloud Sect also plundering the resources of low-level cultivators, exploiting and consuming their blood and flesh?

It's just that compared to their covert actions, he was just being more direct.

In Yu Man's view, in this world, strength was the only truth.

In order to become stronger, what's the big deal sacrificing a few people?

Moreover, compared to those so-called righteous hypocrites who loved to use righteousness as a fig leaf, he considered himself more straightforward!

At this moment, Yu Man struggled to move his body, feeling constant pain all over. His memories were blurred, and he felt a chilling sensation on his body. Obviously, he had been stripped naked.

Not only that, there was an indescribable pain in his dantian and all over his body. His mouth was toothless, giving him a hollow feeling. He even had a neck collar on.

"What is this... I've been captured? Damn it... What exactly happened?"

Yu Man turned his head to look at his surroundings, but his pupils suddenly contracted.

Beside him, there were also iron cages, and within those cages were naked people!

Of course, what shocked him was not the scene before him, but the person imprisoned not far from him!

The person had white hair, skin as smooth as jade, and both masculine and feminine features. At this moment, they were sitting numbly in the iron cage.

"It's you!!!" At this moment, Yu Man felt a surge of anger rushing to his heart. He completely ignored the surrounding environment and stared at the person, his eyes almost spewing fire.

He will never forget this face!

The person in front of him is extremely famous among these Demonic Cultivators, known as the 'Jade-faced Demonic Cultivator'.

And the reason why he is famous is not because of his strength, but because of his bizarre behavior.

While other Jade-faced Demonic Cultivators in other regions harm female cultivators, he goes against the norm and specifically seduces male cultivators.

Every time, he disguises himself as a seductive female cultivator, seduces others, and when they are in the process of dual cultivation, he suddenly attacks when they take off their clothes, delivering both mental and physical blows to his prey.

Yu Man is one of the victims, and he knows very well what he went through at that time!

If he hadn't reacted quickly and run away, he would have almost lost his life!

"Oh? You know him?" Just then, a voice of doubt came from the darkness.

"Of course I know him, even if I turn into ashes, I will remember him!" Yu Man's face was full of anger.

"Oh?" A faint voice came from the side, "To meet an acquaintance in this place, it's really fate! There's a saying, how does it go? Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is truly a great joy in life!"

"Go to hell with your foreign land..." Yu Man was about to curse out loud, meeting an enemy in a prison cell, and this is called meeting an old friend in a foreign land?

But just as he was about to curse, he suddenly froze and turned his head abruptly.

Only then did he notice that not far behind him, a figure appeared in the darkness.

The person was dressed in white, with a dignified face, sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, holding a book in hand, with a calm expression.

"It's you!" Yu Man instantly remembered that when he was refining the Soul-chasing Blade, he suddenly smelled a strange fragrance, and then he fell into a deep sleep uncontrollably.

And before he lost consciousness, the last thing he saw was this figure.

So it was this person who captured him!

"Kid, if you know what's good for you, release me quickly, otherwise..." Yu Man said fiercely.

Lin Chen didn't reply, but instead approached and took him and a few others out of the cage.

Seeing this, Yu Man sensed something was wrong. He wanted to resist, but he felt weak all over, and his True Qi seemed to have been sealed by some means, so he could only let Lin Chen use iron chains to pull him out of the cage.

Lin Chen directly brought him to a laboratory.

Then, he watched helplessly as one person after another, who had been brought along with him, was taken inside.

And at this moment, inside the laboratory, Lin Chen was setting up an array.

Low-grade spirit stones, precious spirit ink, and elemental spirit jade used for formation layout, as well as various spiritual materials with different elemental attributes, were being consumed by Lin Chen as if they were worthless.

Although it was difficult to earn spirit stones, Lin Chen would not hesitate to spend them when necessary.

Perhaps in other aspects, he was indeed stingy, but when it came to research, he always adhered to the principle of quality over quantity!

After all, in scientific research, if substandard materials were used, there would be major problems!

"The three major challenges in breaking through to the Foundation Building Stage are the physical challenge, the True Qi challenge, and the soul challenge."

"According to ancient records, the first challenge of the Foundation Building Stage is the physical challenge! When building the foundation, the cultivator's physique must be strong and vigorous, without any hidden injuries. In the Immortal Cultivation World, it is generally believed that cultivators over sixty years old, even if they have cultivated to the perfect Qi Refining realm, will find it difficult to build the foundation."

"The second challenge is the True Qi challenge. The True Qi must be strong enough to meet the requirements of condensing True Qi into true essence."

"The last challenge is the soul challenge, where the cultivator refines the scattered soul and transforms it into spiritual perception!"

Although he was thinking, Lin Chen's speed did not decrease at all. He almost left behind a trail of afterimages as he arranged a large number of spiritual materials in a specific way.

"After my research, although the process of building the foundation is divided into three challenges, ultimately, there is only one core, which is the liquefaction of True Qi into true essence!"

"However, due to the difficulty and process of liquefying True Qi, it can be roughly divided into three steps. Each step has its own difficulties. If one cannot overcome them, it will result in a failed attempt at building the foundation. Therefore, cultivators refer to these three difficulties as the three challenges of Foundation Building."

"Firstly, the amount of True Qi stored in a cultivator's body is limited. At most, it can reach the minimum standard for liquefaction, but it may not necessarily succeed. Therefore, external spiritual energy must be introduced to assist in liquefaction."

"However, the external spiritual energy, without being refined, combined with a large influx, cannot be controlled and will cause damage to the body. Therefore, a strong body is necessary to withstand the influx of spiritual energy, and this is the origin of the physical challenge."

"The second challenge is the liquefaction of True Qi, which involves condensing the True Qi within the cultivator's body and the external spiritual energy into true essence, achieving a qualitative change through a quantitative increase. During this process, since the amount of external spiritual energy is higher than the True Qi within the cultivator's body and cannot be controlled, the cultivator needs to guide and manipulate it using True Qi."

"In this process, it requires the cultivator to have a high level of control over their own True Qi. In other words, the True Qi within the cultivator's body must be refined bit by bit from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, rather than simply swallowing pills. Otherwise, it will be difficult to control, and this is the key to the True Qi challenge."

"The soul challenge, also known as the divine soul challenge, is to refine the cultivator's own soul with the guidance of true essence. During this process, the cultivator will experience tremendous pain. If they cannot withstand it and faint, all previous efforts will be in vain!"

According to Lin Chen's understanding, the birth of Foundation Building Pills and other elixirs was created by ancient cultivators to solve these three challenges.

Their medicinal effects can repair the meridians within a cultivator's body when they attempt to break through the Foundation Building Stage, preventing the body from collapsing. They can also provide gentle assistance in refining spiritual energy and alleviate the pain during the condensation of the soul. Therefore, they are highly sought after by many cultivators.

However, due to the scarcity of resources in the Lingnan cultivation world, coupled with the inability to shorten the growth cycle of the three main ingredients for producing Foundation Building Pills, namely the Immortal Foundation Fruit, Hundred-Year Spirit Milk, and Purple Jade Orchid, the quantity of Foundation Building Pills is extremely limited.

Almost every fifty years, Azure Cloud Sect can produce a batch of Foundation Building Pills, but only about ten pills, making them extremely rare.

Therefore, even among the Foundation Building cultivators in the Lingnan cultivation world, most of them rely on one or several Foundation Building spiritual objects to break through.

As for Foundation Building Pills, Lin Chen did not consider them.

After all, it had only been twenty years since the last batch of pills was produced by the sect. If he had to wait for the next batch, it would take at least thirty to forty years. By then, Lin Chen would be in his fifties or sixties. Even if he had the pill, the opportunity to break through the Foundation Building Stage would be very slim. So, he immediately discarded this option.

As for Foundation Building spiritual objects, they were also not easy to obtain.

You should know that even Rank Two talismans are subject to the supervision of the three major forces in Lingnan, let alone spiritual objects capable of Foundation Building.

Even in the Azure Cloud Sect, they only release a batch every twenty years. Even so, they are fought over by countless people. Those with connections, high qualifications, and extraordinary talents all compete for them, so the chances are very slim.

Therefore, after consulting a large amount of information, Lin Chen discovered that with his current means, there is only one option to break through the Foundation Building Stage, and that is the Foundation Building secret technique!

The Foundation Building secret technique is a method of Foundation Building developed by cultivators in ancient times, apart from using pills.

However, the success rate of this method in breaking through the Foundation Building Stage is not as high as that of pills. In addition, it requires the cultivator to have sufficient understanding of their own cultivation technique, the difficulties of breaking through the Foundation Building Stage, and the mysteries of the next realm. Therefore, it is not favored by cultivators and is even gradually becoming lost.

After all, with the shortcut of pills available, who would choose to walk the thorny path of the Great Dao?

But Lin Chen is different. Compared to the mindless breakthrough with pills, he prefers this Foundation Building secret technique that requires research and understanding!

After reading various records and combining them with his own research on the Foundation Building Stage, Lin Chen finally developed a set of Foundation Building secret techniques that are unique to him!

At this moment, in the laboratory, a naked cultivator lies on the experimental platform. Lin Chen uses spiritual ink to draw one talisman after another on his body, which shines brightly with the formation lights below.

Surrounding the experimental platform are eight large and dazzling spirit beads. Above them is a huge screen formed by spiritual energy.

"The key to the physical body lies in the influx of a large amount of external spiritual energy, which will form spiritual pressure in the cultivator's body, tearing their meridians and causing damage to their body. In severe cases, it can even cause their body to explode."

"I have placed spirit beads around the cultivator to form a counter Qi Cyclone when breaking through the Foundation Building Stage, which can offset the tremendous spiritual pressure formed when True Qi liquefies."

"By using the forbidden talismans drawn on the body to guide spiritual energy into the body, it can greatly alleviate the pressure on the body's meridians and reduce the difficulty of the physical body stage."

"The liquefaction of True Qi may involve the transition of spiritual energy levels. I am confident that I can transform Middle Grade spirit stones into liquefied spirit, which can help with True Qi liquefaction."

"As for the pain during the final soul stage..." Thinking of this, Lin Chen took out the soul-nurturing incense he recently researched.

In Lin Chen's imagination, this soul-nurturing incense is not only used as a medicine to cultivate the soul, but can also assist cultivators in breaking through the soul stage.

Its calming effect can greatly alleviate the pain during the condensation and transformation of the soul.

This Foundation Building method, which targets the difficulties of each stage and has specific formations, elixirs, and medicines, is named by Lin Chen as the Foundation Building Transformation Ritual!

This is also a Foundation Building secret technique created by him based on his own research!

"By simulating the breakthrough of the Foundation Building Stage, I can determine the level of spiritual energy existence."

"But this method is still in its preliminary stage. To perfect it, it still needs to go through experiments!"

Thinking of this, Lin Chen waved his hand, and countless formations and restrictions began to flicker with spiritual light, and countless spiritual energy swarmed in.

The experiment officially begins!

(End of this chapter)