The Path to Immortality

According to the Luoyang Sect's rules, once a disciple successfully builds the foundation and acquires spiritual consciousness, he must go to the Patriarch Hall to leave the soul lamp.

This soul lamp, under normal circumstances, is only used to confirm the disciple's life or death.

But once there is a situation such as a disciple defecting from the sect, the soul lamp can also be used to locate and track, so that the defector cannot escape the pursuit of the monks of the Law Enforcement Hall.

In the Liang Kingdom's world of immortality, all sects with a certain scale have similar methods.

It can be said that the soul lamp is a sharp blade hanging over the heads of all sect disciples, making them easily afraid of having evil intentions.

Fang Ping had no ill intentions towards the Luoyang Sect, but if possible, no monk would be willing to leave a clue and be controlled by others.

Among the two methods of using the soul recorded in Taiwei Shen Yang Chapter, not to mention the soul-suppressing seal that can be cultivated in the late stage of Qi training, which has helped Fang Ping defeat powerful enemies many times; and the hidden soul that can only be cultivated after the foundation is established. Divine magic can just deal with this situation.

After completing this method, the monk can hide, modify, or even forge his own soul aura at will.

Unless the Jindan Patriarch, who is a much higher realm, identifies it personally, monks of the same level will not be able to detect it at all.

The soul lamp made with the breath of the divine soul forged by the Hidden God Technique looks the same as the real soul lamp.

But if a monk wants to use the guidance of this soul lamp to locate Fang Ping, he will never be able to find Fang Ping's true whereabouts.

"If it is a monk with Tianlinggen or Double Spiritual Root who builds the foundation, he may be able to alarm the ancestors of the Golden Pill. But a fifty-four-year-old monk with Four Spiritual Roots is 'lucky' to succeed in building the foundation. No matter how you think about it, it is impossible to attract Jindan Patriarch’s personal attention.”

It just so happened that I still had two months left in seclusion, which was enough for me to practice the Hidden Spirit Technique.

"By the way, there is one more important thing."

After the foundation building is successful, most of the many magic weapons originally used during Qi training will be eliminated. There are only a few top-quality magic weapons with excellent performance, which can still be used for some purposes for the time being.

Instead, it is a higher level spiritual weapon!

A spiritual weapon suitable for use by foundation-building monks.

Whether it's the price, the materials required to create it, the mana consumed when activating it, or the power it possesses, it's all far higher than the magic weapon.

Because forging is not easy and the price is astonishing, some monks who spent all their money to build the foundation are still using the best magic weapons ten or twenty years after building the foundation.

Fortunately, Fang Ping had a spiritual weapon [Thunder Bell] that he had obtained from the storage bag of the head of the Sun family.

This alone makes him infinitely stronger than other monks who are new to foundation building.

After you get out of seclusion and have some free time, you can spend your mana and refine this spiritual weapon first.

As for other matters regarding alchemy, formation, etc., there is no urgency for these for the time being. After being promoted to foundation building, he still has more than 150 years of life to study slowly, which is much more generous than during the Qi training period.

After sorting out what he had to do in the next period of time, Fang Ping recalled the hidden spirit technique in Taiwei's chapter on spiritual cultivation, and tried to understand and practice it.

………

In the quiet retreat cave, more than a month passed quickly.

On this day, Fang Ping, who was sitting on the bluestone bed, suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes filled with joy.

"It's so easy to master the Hidden God Technique. It's much easier than the Soul-Suppressing Seal!"

Feeling the aura of the soul that was revealed, and following the random changes in his thoughts, Fang Ping was a little surprised, but he quickly figured out the reason.

The reason is simple.

When I first practiced the soul-suppressing seal, my soul strength was still too weak.

It's like a young child swinging a heavy hammer. It's extremely difficult to move even a little bit.

But now, the strength of his spiritual consciousness is comparable to that of ordinary monks in the middle stage of foundation building, and he has a sufficient foundation.

Just like in martial arts novels, the protagonist with great internal skills can always easily master various magical skills. If one's spiritual consciousness is strong enough, then practicing the Hidden Spirit Technique will naturally come naturally.

In this way, there will no longer be any worries about the soul lamp.

"I didn't expect to master this technique in advance... In that case, let's take advantage of the remaining time of this retreat to practice the Thunder Bell together."

Fang Ping took out the small clock with a faint thunder light lingering on its surface from the close-fitting storage bag.

This is one of the most valuable relics of the Sun family in Danyan Peak.

Taking the small bell into his hand, Fang Ping continued to pour in mana.

When he first obtained the Thundering Bell, Fang Ping, who was only in the late stage of Qi training, tried his best to make the Thundering Bell react at all.

At this moment, with the infusion of mana from the Purple Sun Sutra after the foundation was established, the thunder on the surface of the Thunder Clock became powerful. After swallowing up a full tenth of Fang Ping's mana, it was finally initially activated.

Dazzling lightning gathered on the surface of the small clock, and with just a thought from Fang Ping, terrifying power could erupt.

I'm afraid, even the protective formation of this retreat cave will be shaken a little!

"With my mana far exceeding that of the monks in the early stages of foundation building, I actually have to spend a full 10% of my mana to force a single blow. It's unmistakable!"

This Thunder Bell is definitely more than a low-grade spiritual weapon.

It's probably a high-quality, middle-grade spiritual weapon!

Even with Fang Ping's current strength, it is very difficult to control it.

You must use other means to buy some time before you can unleash a shocking blow like when you used the talisman previously.

It's no wonder that before the fall of the Sun family, no Sun family monk thought of using this treasure to fight against the robbery.

After the emotion was incarnated by the only foundation-building monk, several elders of the Sun family were completely unable to stimulate it, so they had to let the new head of the Sun family take it away.

While being pleasantly surprised by the power of the Thunder Bell, Fang Ping couldn't help but feel a little worried about happiness.

"I'm afraid I'll be too busy to refine this mid-grade spiritual weapon..."

………

One month later.

early morning.

The old monk guarding the entrance to Dengxian Cliff inspected the sixty-four retreat caves as usual.

When passing by the easternmost cave entrance on the fourth floor, the old monk suddenly remembered something and stopped briefly.

"It seems that the monk Fang who rented this cave for retreat has been here for almost half a year, right?"

When he attacked the foundation earlier, he aroused enough spiritual energy within a hundred feet radius, which was really frightening.

But for several months, there was no further news.

If this person succeeded in building the foundation, why hasn't he come out of seclusion yet?

Could it be that the success fell short at the last moment?

The old monk touched the spiritual stones prepared in advance in the storage bag. He originally thought that if the monk succeeded in establishing the foundation, he would make a low profile and return the spiritual stones he had asked for twice before, so as to save some impression. .

But now it seems that it may be worry-free.

"Oh, so what if you have extraordinary talent? There is still a possibility of failure in foundation building!"

The old monk muttered to himself, shook his head, and was about to leave with his hands behind his back.

Just then.

The protective formation covering the cave quietly stopped running, and the stone gate sealing the cave rose suddenly.

A young monk with an extraordinary appearance and deep momentum strode out.

"Hey, you're not dead. I thought...Uncle Zhu, Zhuji?"

When the old monk heard the voice, he turned around and took a look, and saw Fang Ping, who looked familiar but much younger, walking out. He was stunned for a moment, and his face changed slightly as he finally realized the pressure of the Foundation Establishment that the other party had not concealed.