The Path to Immortality

Fang Ping asked back: "Brother, you returned from traveling three years ago and seem to have gained something. Why haven't you reached the foundation yet?"

Liu Wuchen shook his head, as if he didn't want to say more, and just sighed: "Foundation building, it's so difficult!"

He had a [Purple Sun Pill] that he won in the outer sect competition that year, which could increase the success rate of foundation building by 10%; when he was traveling, he got another foundation building spiritual object; before officially building the foundation, he could get another exchange opportunity from the sect.

Compared with the casual cultivators outside, this preparation can be said to be sufficient, but Liu Wuchen still doesn't have much confidence.

As for the foundation building pill...

Disciples in the sect are indeed eligible to exchange for a foundation building pill. And as long as the conditions are met, the sect will definitely give it.

But the specific exchange conditions are very harsh.

Liu Wuchen spent a lot of time on cultivation and maintaining the connections within the sect. The accumulated sect contributions are far from enough to exchange for the foundation building pill, at most only enough to exchange for a foundation building spiritual object.

While Liu Wuchen was sighing about the difficulty of building the foundation, Fang Ping was also secretly thinking about the clues of the Dragon Ginseng and the Soul Condensing Dew.

However, he also knew that Liu Wuchen would never mind helping out in other matters.

But in terms of the main material of the foundation-building pill, any Qi-training cultivator who had the hope of impacting the foundation, including Liu Wuchen himself, was his competitor.

Therefore, from beginning to end, Fang Ping did not waste his words and make things difficult for Liu Wuchen.

In this matter, the hope that Elder Wu and Taoist Yun Yi could provide him with a little help might be even greater.

"By the way, Senior Brother Liu, how is the situation in Qingyuan City going recently?"

Fang Ping, who remembered something, asked a question that concerned him.

Seeing Fang Ping mention this important event, Liu Wuchen's face showed a complicated expression again: "After the two-world passage in Qingyuan City appeared, the sect has dispatched cultivators to it as soon as possible. At present, many disciples and the uncle who is in charge of the foundation building have initially controlled the situation. But there are still many demons pouring out of the city every day, and people are needed to patrol and sweep."

"As for this two-world passage in Qingyuan City, is it temporary and can only be maintained for a short time, and then it will collapse on its own; or will it be stable enough like the passage under Youquan Mountain and exist almost permanently? It is hard to say for the time being, and further observation is needed."

"If it is the latter, it is not a long-term solution to continue to use manpower to maintain patrols."

"If it remains the same in a few years, the sect may join the other four major sects in Liang State to build a brand new demon refining formation in Qingyuan City."

"I have to say, Junior Brother Fang, you chose a good time to go to Luoyuefang. Not only did you avoid the most chaotic time outside Qingyuan City in the first few months. After the rest period after returning, the situation in Qingyuan City should be stable and there will be no more danger."

"As far as I know, in the past few months, the first batch of disciples sent to patrol outside Qingyuan City and eliminate demons have suffered a lot of casualties. There are even disciples who were accidentally invaded by demonic energy and polluted their foundation. Their realm has not improved but regressed, and they are still recuperating in the sect."

Is it really that dangerous?

While feeling lucky, Fang Ping couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Liu Wuchen said with certainty: "Believe me, the area near the two-world passage is more dangerous than you think. In addition to all kinds of strange demons and monsters, there are even demons and monsters in the foundation-building stage who come here through the two-world passage. Even the uncles in the foundation-building stage who are in charge have more than one injured."

The uncles in the foundation-building stage are injured?

Fang Ping's heart trembled slightly, and he had a more accurate understanding of the dangers of Qingyuan City.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries and leaving the specially selected specialties, Fang Ping said goodbye to Liu Wuchen and prepared to visit Jiang Yucheng.

Unfortunately, when he arrived at the cave of this senior brother, he learned that Jiang Yucheng was sent to guard outside Qingyuan City last month and would not be back for at least half a year.

Fang Ping could only leave the gift and a communication talisman, and then visit Taoist Yun Yi.

Although they had not seen each other for six years, it was inevitable that they were a little strange, but Fang Ping had previously asked the cultivators who came to take the test to send back messages and gifts, and occasionally exchanged questions about the interpretation of ancient Taoist texts.

Because of this, Fang Ping's friendship with this foundation-building cultivator has never been broken.

Unfortunately, Fang Ping still came at the wrong time.

This foundation-building cultivator was in seclusion, and no one knew when he would be able to come out. If he was unlucky, he might even be in seclusion for a year or two.

In desperation, Fang Ping could only leave gifts and a handwritten letter of greeting again.

Then, he set off to the outer gate and visited Elder Wu.

Fang Ping also knew that the main material of the foundation-building pill was not so easy to get.

Elder Wu was a foundation-building cultivator, and he had to worry about the foundation-building of his descendants. He even asked Fang Ping to promise to get a foundation-building spiritual object in the future as a reward after helping him.

Because of this, he didn't think of relying entirely on outsiders from the beginning.

He came to visit Taoist Yun Yi and Elder Wu, just with the idea that one more way would give him one more possibility.

But what he didn't expect was that it was this outer sect elder who was over 200 years old who gave him a huge surprise.

………

Tiandu Peak.

In Elder Wu's luxurious courtyard, Fang Ping successfully met him.

This outer sect elder who had just married a concubine was as energetic as ever.

"Eighth level of Qi training? No, if you practice for another two or three years, you will almost reach the ninth level of Qi training, right?"

With a casual sweep of his spiritual sense, Elder Wu, who only had the strength of the initial stage of foundation building, did not see through the disguise of the Condensation Technique, and showed the same surprise as Liu Wuchen.

Fang Ping took his time and repeated the excuse he told Liu Wuchen before.

This made Elder Wu marvel: "You can get such a bargain even when you go out to avoid the limelight. Your luck is not bad, junior. If I remember correctly, you should be in your forties, right? You are approaching the end of foundation building, so don't say more. There are still more than ten years left. If this continues, it may not be possible to build a foundation!"

I had given him a little help at first, and had formed a good relationship with this person. It seemed that I was paired up.

When Elder Wu casually mentioned the matter of foundation building, Fang Ping's eyes lit up as he was thinking about how to speak.

Taking advantage of the situation, he said: "Building a foundation is easier said than done? With my qualifications of four spiritual roots, if I try to build a foundation directly, or rely on one or two foundation-building spiritual objects, the chances of success are too low. Only with the Foundation-Building Pill, can I have some hope... …”

Elder Wu lived for two hundred years, what a fine person he was.

When Fang Ping showed a little bit of meaning, he heard it, pointed at Fang Ping, and said with a smile: "You kid, there is something in your words."

Seeing that the other party saw it, Fang Ping stopped hiding it.

Frankly said: "As expected, I can't hide it from Mr. Wu. When I come back from Luoyue Valley this time, in addition to stepping up my practice, I also plan to make preparations in advance and collect the materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill in advance. However, the three main materials of the Foundation Establishment Pill It's very rare and won't spread easily outside. I wonder if Elder Wu has any clues about this?"

He did not specifically name the Dragon Transforming Ginseng and Soul Condensing Dew, because doing so might expose the fact that he had already obtained another main ingredient.