Chapter 84: Furong's Tribulation (Part One)
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After washing himself clean, Yue Qianchou took out a brand new Floating Immortal Island standard uniform from his storage bag and put it on. He sat cross-legged to examine his internal condition. Without needing instruction, Guan Yu and Chen Feng consciously stood guard on his left and right sides. Although there was no danger here, their posture showed considerable awareness of being subordinates.
His body’s toughness had greatly improved, and the width and resilience of his meridians were incomparable to before. It seemed that after successful foundation establishment, his body as a vessel had undergone a qualitative leap.
The abundant true qi in his dantian had automatically refined into white liquid true essence. Now it shouldn’t be called true qi anymore – it should be called vital energy. Unfortunately, there was only a small amount, not even enough to fill a gap in his dantian.
When the vital energy circulated, his whole body immediately filled with strength. With just a slight experience, he could discover that the cultivation before and after foundation establishment was like heaven and earth. No wonder all cultivators yearned to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Besides the improvement in cultivation, there was another more important reason – the increase in lifespan.
In this era, ordinary people who could live to sixty or seventy years old were already considered long-lived. If they were Qi Refining stage cultivators, they could live to a hundred years without incident. But once they broke through to Foundation Establishment stage, they could gain another fifty years of life.
Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Tribulation Crossing – four levels, each divided into early, middle, and late stages. Each stage meant fifty years of lifespan. If one could cultivate to the late Tribulation Crossing stage, they would gain an additional six hundred years on top of their original lifespan. There was also the legendary Spirit Transformation stage, which was said to be divided into three stages as well. Each stage could increase lifespan by eight hundred years – three stages would be two thousand four hundred years. After breaking through to become a god, one could live as long as heaven and earth, though this was all legend. Yue Qianchou had thought about trying to see if there was a chance for immortality, but thinking about it again, it seemed unlikely, though he had such dreams.
On the way back, Yue Qianchou walked in front while Guan Yu and Chen Feng consciously fell back a step, accompanying him on either side. Yue Qianchou smiled slightly without saying anything, as if he had found some of the feeling of being a boss from his previous life.
“Yunzhang, didn’t they say that at Foundation Establishment stage one can fly on swords? Did your ancestors pass down any techniques for this?” Yue Qianchou asked.
Guan Yu shook his head: “No. My grandfather and father always strictly followed the sect rules at Floating Immortal Island and never privately taught me anything. After grandfather passed away and father’s whereabouts became unknown, there was even less opportunity to receive instruction.”
His tone was somewhat dejected. Chen Feng looked at him with slight surprise – so Guan Yu actually came from Floating Immortal Island. This was the first time he knew this.
Yue Qianchou nodded, thinking to himself that there was a reason Guan Yu was expelled from Floating Immortal Island. There were plenty of people with poor aptitude in various sects, but who had ever heard of someone whose grandfather was a dignified elder of a sect, yet the grandson couldn’t even achieve foundation establishment and was expelled from the sect? Could it be that all the extra Foundation Building Pills that Floating Immortal Island produced each year had gone to hell? Was it so difficult for a dignified elder to obtain a few more Foundation Building Pills? This was probably related to his father and grandfather’s pedantry.
“Boss, you’ve already reached Foundation Establishment stage. You can openly go to the Scripture Pavilion to learn various techniques. There’s bound to be sword flying techniques there,” Guan Yu added.
Scripture Pavilion? Yue Qianchou felt somewhat depressed. He also knew that Foundation Establishment stage disciples could enter the Scripture Pavilion to learn techniques, but didn’t he want to keep it secret? Foundation Establishment stage disciples from Mulberry Grass Garden would naturally be reported by Mulberry Grass Garden to Ten Thousand Fragrance Garden, then forwarded to the sect for confirmation and registration. When Ma Jiugu and the others learned of his successful foundation establishment, they would inevitably ask questions. How should he answer then?
What was the point of successful foundation establishment if he didn’t learn some techniques to fight enemies? Presumably Guan Yu and Chen Feng were also looking forward to it. After thinking for a while, Yue Qianchou frowned: “I’ll find a way regarding techniques.”
In the collapsed bamboo courtyard, Bai Suzhen was still sitting cross-legged. Yue Qianchou didn’t disturb her. He had already stayed here for two days – staying too long wasn’t a solution either. Turning to look at the surroundings he had made into a mess, he instructed the two: “I’ll leave this place to you. When I come next time, I’ll ask sister to return your life souls to you.”
The two were extremely excited and said in unison: “Yes.”
Returning to the small house, Furong was no longer on the bed. At this time, she should be working in the spiritual herb fields. His gaze swept over the bed and suddenly brightened. Since it was inconvenient for him to go to the Scripture Pavilion, couldn’t Furong, who was at Foundation Establishment stage, go? Having her memorize and bring back the techniques would be the same, wouldn’t it? Most importantly, this girl was obedient and tight-lipped – she was truly the perfect choice for this task.
By logic, Yan Zixia’s cultivation level could also do this, but because she was from Hundred Flowers Valley, she rarely showed herself in Mulberry Grass Garden. She definitely wouldn’t go to such a conspicuous place as the Scripture Pavilion.
Having made his decision, he was in a good mood and leisurely strolled to the spiritual herb fields. There were several familiar figures, but he didn’t see Furong’s shadow. Looking around, Yue Qianchou’s brow furrowed deeply.
At the entrance of Mulberry Grass Garden, Furong was limping along carrying a shoulder pole, biting her lips tightly and moving with difficulty step by step. When Yue Qianchou saw this, his first thought was that this girl had been beaten. From her appearance, it seemed both legs were injured. Otherwise, with her late Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, even if one leg could walk, carrying a shoulder pole wouldn’t be so difficult.
Who was so wicked? Knowing she had to carry loads and work every day, yet they injured both her legs. A nameless fury ignited in Yue Qianchou’s chest. This girl was very timid and never provoked anyone, nor dared to provoke anyone. Who had such great hatred for her that they would treat her this way?
Yue Qianchou took a deep breath to swallow his anger and quickly ran over, saying: “Martial Uncle Furong, quickly give me the shoulder pole.”
Who knew that when Furong saw him, she reacted as if seeing a ghost, frightened and backing away repeatedly. Unable to bear it with both legs injured, she lost her balance. The shoulder pole on her small shoulders fell down, the contents of both buckets spilling all over the ground, and she herself fell sitting on the ground, getting covered in filth.
Yue Qianchou was stunned, then regardless of the filth on the ground, he went to help her up, his expression grave: “What happened to your legs?”
The helped-up Furong pushed him away with one hand, saying in panic: “Nothing. I accidentally fell while walking by myself.”
Their commotion immediately attracted others’ attention. Many female disciples squatting and working in the spiritual herb fields stood up to look in their direction.
With late Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, she could injure herself walking and hurt both legs like this? Even ghosts wouldn’t believe this story. Yue Qianchou snorted coldly: “Who did this?”
But Furong pleaded: “Please don’t concern yourself with me anymore. Please leave quickly!”
Seeing she wouldn’t answer, Yue Qianchou immediately disregarded everything and forcibly carried her to the side, lifting her long skirt to examine the injuries on her legs. Furong struggled desperately, causing many female disciples in the spiritual herb fields to cry out in alarm.
The examination revealed that the thigh bones at the same position on both legs were broken, and both legs were severely swollen. Fortunately, Furong was a cultivator with some cultivation level. If this were an ordinary person, forget about working – they couldn’t even walk. Yue Qianchou released her and said angrily: “Why didn’t you take medicine? Why didn’t you heal your injuries? Both leg bones are broken – how are you still coming out to work? Who exactly did this?”
But Furong looked behind him, shaking her head in terror.
Yue Qianchou turned to look behind him. Elder Lan approached expressionlessly, glanced at the manure spilled all over the ground, and stared coldly at Furong: “What is this about?”
Furong trembled with fear. Yue Qianchou knew she was most afraid of Elder Lan and immediately explained: “It was this disciple who accidentally bumped into Martial Uncle, causing this situation. Please punish me, Elder Lan.”
