Chapter 82: Foundation Establishment Success
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The two hadn’t yet gotten used to his unpredictable nature. With uneasy hearts, they each took a Foundation Building Pill and bowed together, “Thank you, boss.”
Yue Qianchou smiled, “Thank you for what? Hurry up and find a place to establish your foundation!”
The two immediately returned to their respective rooms in the bamboo house, extremely excited. Watching them leave, Yue Qianchou’s eyes narrowed slightly, a flash of cold light passing through them. If anyone had truly chosen to leave just now, he would have struck without hesitation. Besides fearing the leakage of secrets, it was also because after passing the foundation establishment stage, the path ahead would be different – he could strongly sense this.
He could guarantee the two would definitely succeed in foundation establishment because he had enough Foundation Building Pills in his hands, but he didn’t need disloyal subordinates.
With that little episode just now, if the two failed to establish their foundation, he would take out Foundation Building Pills for them again. If they failed once, he’d give them another chance, continuing until both succeeded. He believed repeated investments would be more touching than a one-time gift! This was also why he didn’t tell them he had many Foundation Building Pills. To become a true boss, necessary scheming was unavoidable – not to target anyone specifically.
Coming back to his senses, he took out a Foundation Building Pill. With a light leap, he simply sat cross-legged on the stone table, turned to smile at Bai Suzhen in the courtyard, opened his mouth and swallowed the Foundation Building Pill. The pill had a slightly sweet and bitter taste, but before he could savor it, it had already slid into his stomach. He slowly closed his eyes and began circulating his cultivation to dissolve it.
Before long, his body felt like it had been struck by lightning, trembling all over. A hot current surged from his abdomen toward all directions, impacting every part of his body with strong and domineering force. The pill was refined by Yue Qianchou himself, so he knew this was the Tendon Forging Grass in the Foundation Building Pill beginning to take effect. The function of Tendon Forging Grass was to destroy and then expand all the meridians in the body – it could be considered one of the most important spiritual medicines in Foundation Building Pills. Equally important was Ice Spirit Seed, which served to repair the meridians.
At first it felt like a hot current, but then it became like a volcano about to erupt, wave after wave continuously impacting every part of his body, making him wish he were dead. After a while, Yue Qianchou felt like his soul was leaving his body and he was dying. He hadn’t expected the Foundation Building Pill’s medicinal effects to be so domineering. If he had to wait for an entire Foundation Building Pill’s effects to fully dissolve, he truly didn’t know how he could endure it.
If he could see his own appearance at this moment, he would definitely be startled. Black, sticky liquid began seeping from all the pores on his body. This was Bai Suzhen’s first time seeing someone take pills to establish their foundation. Yue Qianchou’s expression of unbearable pain made her furrow her brows slightly. She belonged to the demon path, not the human path, and didn’t need to take pills to improve her cultivation. But the demon path had its own alternative painful methods for improving cultivation, no less than humans.
Yue Qianchou really felt like he couldn’t endure much longer. He had entered a semi-conscious state when suddenly a warm current flowed up his spine, rushing straight into his brain. His muddled mind instantly became clear. The Heart-Guarding Orchid’s medicinal effect had taken action.
It was better when he wasn’t clear-headed, but once he became conscious, he could feel the pain his body was enduring even more clearly. At this point, he could no longer circulate his cultivation to dissolve the pill. All his true qi had retreated to his dantian. The meridians in his body had been destroyed by the Tendon Forging Grass to the point where he couldn’t circulate normally anymore – it was completely dependent on the Foundation Building Pill operating itself.
Yue Qianchou smiled bitterly to himself. His body felt like it was being burned and roasted, while inside it was like being cut by a thousand knives. Because of the Heart-Guarding Orchid’s effect, he could remain conscious to endure all of this. He estimated it wouldn’t stop for two or three hours.
Just when the pain was so intense he wanted to scream but couldn’t, after an unknown amount of time had passed, a cool sensation surged from his abdomen toward all parts of his body. The Ice Spirit Seed that Yue Qianchou had long awaited finally began to work. The damaged meridians started to repair. Wherever the coolness reached, the meridians gradually became whole again. The heat in his body began to be dispelled, and the places that had been cut by a thousand knives felt like they were being gently caressed by a breeze. That comfortable feeling was indescribable – Yue Qianchou felt so good he wanted to moan.
Time passed bit by bit, followed by the medicinal effects of the Vajra Fruit, bringing waves of slight electric shock numbness that spread along the meridians bit by bit, stabilizing the meridians that had been destroyed and then repaired. This feeling was neither painful nor comfortable, but compared to the domineering nature of Tendon Forging Grass, it was ten thousand times better.
When all sensations receded like a tide, Yue Qianchou felt drowsy. His entire body, including his spirit, felt so tired – he really wanted to sleep. The destruction and rebuilding of his bodily functions had consumed too much vital energy. Fortunately, the hundred-year ginseng and hundred-year lingzhi contained in the pill were great tonics for vital energy. Otherwise, relying solely on the vital energy in his body, he would probably have died long ago.
He shook his head to dispel the lingering drowsiness and circulated his cultivation to examine his body. The result was very painful – foundation establishment had failed. Although he had felt like his whole body was suffering just now, in reality only about one-tenth of his meridians had been re-expanded. In other words, one Foundation Building Pill had only established the foundation for less than one-tenth of his body. In short, foundation establishment had failed.
Helplessly opening his eyes, he found Bai Suzhen standing right in front of him with an inquiring look. Yue Qianchou shook his head with a bitter smile. As soon as he opened his mouth, he was startled by the sound of his own voice – it was so hoarse it didn’t sound like him speaking. He reluctantly swallowed some saliva, prepared himself to accept his own voice, and said, “Sister, I failed.”
Bai Suzhen frowned.
At this time, Guan Yu and Chen Feng also burst out of the bamboo house simultaneously. The three who had just attempted foundation establishment looked each other over, then at themselves, discovering their entire bodies were covered in a layer of black, sticky substance.
All three spoke in hoarse duck voices, asking about the success or failure of foundation establishment. Without exception, all had failed. Yue Qianchou pointed to the spirit stones outside and said hoarsely, “Everyone don’t lose heart. First use spirit stones to recover your strength. I still have some Foundation Building Pills here.” As he spoke, he took out two Foundation Building Pills and tossed them over. The two caught them, overjoyed, nodded to express their thanks, and quickly ran toward the pile of spirit stones.
Yue Qianchou smiled apologetically at Bai Suzhen, then took out spirit stones to recover his body. The latter shook her head slightly.
After recovering his strength, he swallowed another Foundation Building Pill, and the same pain began again. From the foundation establishment results just now, he estimated this time wouldn’t succeed either. As expected, he failed again.
Guan Yu, who came over dejectedly, followed the same path and also failed again. Surprisingly, among the three, it was actually Chen Feng who succeeded on his second attempt. Chen Feng, who had successfully established his foundation using two pills, was so excited he was about to go crazy. He ran to Yue Qianchou, who was sitting on the stone table, and immediately kowtowed, clearly genuinely grateful to Yue Qianchou.
‘Damn it! This time I’ve really lost face – the dignified boss is actually inferior to his subordinate.’
Yue Qianchou cursed silently, feeling extremely ashamed. Fortunately, his face was covered with black sticky liquid, so his expression couldn’t be seen. He threw another Foundation Building Pill to Guan Yu and swallowed one himself.
The result was that both unlucky fellows failed again. Yue Qianchou became ruthless, throwing Foundation Building Pills to Guan Yu one after another while swallowing them himself, only to fail again and again.
When both had used their seventh pill, Guan Yu let out a wild roar from inside the bamboo house – he had also succeeded! He flew out and also knelt before Yue Qianchou, kowtowing sincerely and heavily several times. Seven Foundation Building Pills! Even if he had two Floating Immortal Tokens and could return to Floating Immortal Island twice, he would only get six Foundation Building Pills at most, which still wouldn’t be enough for success. This kindness was beyond repayment! These were his heartfelt words.
Yue Qianchou felt he had no face to meet the two, but he didn’t know that Chen Feng, now clean after washing, was secretly worshipping his boss. Foundation Building Pills that cultivators treasured, the boss actually had so many, swallowing them one after another like candy. Who in the entire cultivation world was more awesome than the boss!
Foundation Building Pills were Foundation Building Pills after all, not candy. Eating too many would definitely have an effect. When the medicinal effects of the twelfth Foundation Building Pill had completely dissolved, Yue Qianchou’s whole body shook, and he felt like he was floating on air. Every cell in his body felt reborn. The true qi in his dantian automatically surged into all his meridians, flowing rapidly and continuously cycling, transforming into liquid true essence before returning to his dantian.
His body felt so light, and the range of his divine sense had expanded by a full double. That wonderful feeling was something he had never experienced while climbing level by level in the Qi Refining stage. Yue Qianchou knew he had succeeded. He directly bounced up from the stone table, broke through the bamboo pavilion, and floated down into the courtyard.
Immediately after, he looked up to the sky and let out a long roar. The entire Utopia seemed to change color, and the earth seemed to tremble in coordination with his momentum, buzzing and shaking. Everyone in the courtyard almost felt they couldn’t stand steady. Everyone was shocked and didn’t know why Yue Qianchou’s successful foundation establishment would have such a reaction.
