Longevity Begins With Zongmen Handyman

Chapter 86: Successful Foundation Building

"I, a Fellow Daoist, am currently breaking through here. I kindly request that you all refrain from disturbing me—so as to avoid misunderstandings and unnecessary battles."

Inside the Spirit Pill Shop, Gu Hong's voice carried the cultivation of the Foundation Building stage, echoing from afar.

This was a form of deterrence!

Li An's breakthrough had reached its critical juncture, allowing no room for any disturbances.

Sure enough, as soon as she spoke, many cultivators who were relatively close by immediately moved away.

After all, with the presence of two Foundation Building stage cultivators, Gu Songxi and Gu Hong, and being in the White Tiger City, who would dare to easily obstruct someone else's opportunity?

There was no need for that.

"Fellow Daoist Gu, please rest assured. Xu Qiuhui is also here to protect Fellow Daoist Li's path. Fellow Daoist Li can focus on cultivating and breaking through without any worries."

Xu Qiuhui spoke from a distance.

Although she said these words, she was contemplating in her heart. Breaking through inside the Spirit Pill Shop... It seemed that someone had come to Gu Hong's disciple to refine Foundation Building pills and immediately break through upon their completion.

Although she was a disciple of the White Tiger True Immortal and held a superior position, she still needed to be polite to Foundation Building stage cultivators.

Especially with the presence of Gu Songxi, Gu Hong, and the newly appeared Foundation Building cultivator, the three major Foundation Building cultivators were not to be underestimated.

Although she couldn't get too close to them openly due to the face of Zhang Deyi, it was necessary to establish a good relationship in private.

This would pave the way for her future development in the White Tiger Mountain!

At the same time, she had another thought in her mind. With one furnace of Foundation Building pills, at most five could be produced... There might be some surplus.

Perhaps she could use this opportunity to repay the favors she owed when she collected and nurtured spiritual soul treasures...

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Inside the secret room.

Li An was completely focused, surrounded by piles of spirit stones, no less than five thousand pieces!

At the same time, the spiritual energy from outside was rushing in madly, forming a vortex of spiritual energy above the Spirit Pill Shop.

A massive amount of spiritual energy was swallowed by Li An and entered his body. His dantian seemed to have turned into a black hole.

Under the stimulation of the Foundation Building pills, he crazily refined them. In his dantian, it seemed as if countless clouds and mist were slowly giving birth to droplets of spiritual liquid, which gathered and converged in the dantian pool.

For Qi Refining stage cultivators, Foundation Building was a formidable barrier that required passing through many checkpoints.

Physical body, spiritual energy, mana, will...

Li An's mana was extremely pure, and in terms of spiritual energy, he had cultivated the Super Sensing Technique for many years, even refining his divine sense in advance.

What ordinary people were most likely to overlook was the physical body.

In fact, based on the experience Li An gained in his previous life, the physical body was the foundation of cultivation, the vessel that contained the soul and stored mana. The later the stage, the more important it became.

That's why he had been crazily cultivating the Body Refining Technique during the Qi Refining stage.

At this moment, the liquefied spiritual energy formed a trickle, quickly filling his dantian pool, reaching a state of fullness.

But the life seed rooted above the dantian was absorbing the spiritual liquid in the pool at an alarming rate, growing rapidly.

The life seed was previously in the state of a small sapling with nine leaves, representing the nine levels of Qi Refining stage cultivation.

Nurtured by the spiritual liquid, the life seed grew vigorously, becoming taller and thicker. The originally tender green bark gradually revealed a faint golden light.

The originally full pool of spiritual liquid was actually being sucked dry!

On the trunk of the life seedling, a small bulge had appeared, as if branches were about to grow out...

"The growth of the life seed actually consumes so much spiritual liquid..."

Li An couldn't help but be slightly surprised. Without hesitation, he increased the intensity of devouring spiritual energy.

The vortex in his dantian crazily devoured the incoming spiritual energy. The piles of spirit stones in the secret room were cracking and shattering one after another.

Visible to the naked eye, they were decreasing!

Two more days passed during this process.

At noon on this day, a branch finally grew out of the tree of life inside Li An's body.

Branches and leaves spread out—it was a success!

Meanwhile, in the Dan Tian pool, the spiritual liquid is no longer being absorbed by the tree of destiny, maintaining a state of fullness.

Various colorful mists constantly emanate from above the spiritual pool, nourishing Li An's divine consciousness and soul.

He has already established himself in the Foundation Building realm, becoming a Foundation Building cultivator.

Everything has fallen into place.

Li An's mood is incredibly calm, without too much excitement or surprise, but rather natural.

He had already foreseen this outcome.

After all, he had made too many preparations for Foundation Building, such as body refining, cultivating divine consciousness, as well as his past life's experience and top-quality Foundation Building pills...

"My Dan Tian pool is twice as large as that of ordinary cultivators!"

Looking inward at the situation inside his body, Li An is very satisfied.

The stronger his physique, the larger the Dan Tian pool he can open during the Foundation Building stage, and the more powerful his magical power will be. With the same realm, his strength will be greater.

This is the result of diligently practicing the Iron Tree Decision.

Currently, in terms of spiritual power alone, he is even comparable to some weaker mid-Foundation Building cultivators!

"The enhancement of divine consciousness is even greater, with a range of nearly 800 meters!"

For ordinary Foundation Building cultivators, when they just break through, the distance of their divine consciousness does not exceed 300 meters.

But Li An is close to a mile!

"In terms of lifespan, it has increased to 600 years. Even if it becomes more difficult to make progress, I still have at least 500 years of good life..."

This is the most gratifying aspect for him.

When he cultivates to the late Foundation Building stage, he will have a lifespan of 800 years.

Of course, if he wants to break through to the Core Formation stage, he needs to achieve it before the age of 400. After all, once he crosses the threshold of 400, even if he can still live, his body will deteriorate like a normal person in their fifties, with declining vitality and blood, making it difficult to reach the Core Formation stage.

Even so, he already has more time than most people.

Ordinary Foundation Building cultivators have a maximum lifespan of only 400 years.

Then, he gazes at the tree of destiny.

The tree of destiny has taken root in the Dan Tian and has now grown a branch.

When he senses that branch, he suddenly feels that every organ in his body seems to be rejoicing, with an instinctive impulse to connect with that branch.

"Could it be that this newly grown branch can connect with a certain part of my body?"

Li An can't help but be surprised. The growth of the tree of destiny can bring him comprehensive enhancement and improvement. If it connects with a certain aspect of his organs, will he gain special strengthening?

This is very possible!

He is aware of the cultivation method of the Iron Tree Decision, but the many uses of it are not directly stated in the technique.

However, Li An is not in a hurry to explore. Just now, in a moment of divine perception, he has already sensed the situation outside.

He slowly adjusts his breath, and at the same time, a unique aura of a Foundation Building cultivator is released without restraint towards the outside world...

This is a declaration.

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Outside the quiet room, Gu Hong, who was on high alert, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, her beautiful eyes filled with joy.

There is a thin layer of sweat on her forehead. She has been worried that any movement here would attract interference from Zhang Deyi...

Fortunately, everything went smoothly.

"It's a success!"

"From now on, there is one more Foundation Building cultivator in Baihu City."

"It's truly enviable..."

Outside the Spirit Pill Shop, many people's eyes are filled with envy and jealousy.

Xu Qiuhui raises her eyebrows slightly and says, "Congratulations, Fellow Daoist, on successfully reaching Foundation Building. May I have the honor of meeting you?"

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(End of this chapter)