Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 422: Chapter 188 Foundation Establishment_6

“I hope he succeeds!” Feng Xia stated firmly.

Gu Caiyi teased, “So you don’t hope for your own family member to establish his foundation?”

That person… undoubtedly referred to Duan Feng.

However, upon mentioning this name, Feng Xia’s expression became listless.

Duan Feng, who had avenged their family feud, seemed even more silent and reserved than before.

Nowadays, he spent most of his time in the Equipment Hall, leading a group of apprentices to forge magic tools.

Seeing her morose demeanor, Gu Caiyi raised her eyebrows, “What’s going on between you two? Aren’t you planning to be Dao companions?”

“Zeng Wen, that flirtatious rogue, has settled down and even has a one-year-

old child.”

“It’s about time you guys sped things up!”

However, Feng Xia could only laugh bitterly and say,

“This can’t be rushed.”

“Hmm?”

“Duan Feng wants to keep his virginity so that in the future he can harness the Primordial Yang Qi to help him establish the foundation.”

Gu Caiyi curled her lips, “The so-called notion that preserving one’s primordial yang helps in establishing the foundation is just a rumor. You can’t take it literally.”

“But the majority of those who managed to establish the foundation were ascetics during their Qi Refinement Stage, that’s always true.”

Gu Caiyi was taken aback and found herself unable to refute this.

She had seen countless frivolous Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators during her early years at the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion.

She never took to heart the idea of preserving her virginity.

Yet, surprisingly Duan Feng persisted in following this tradition.

“Thinking about it, Luo Chen wouldn t also be…?

Gu Caiyi seemed to have an inkling.

Back when Luo Chen was selling the Allure Pill, a kind of unconventional elixir, she never thought of Luo Chen as a virgin.

Especially with Zeng Wen, who often addressed Luo Chen as his friend.

She already categorized Luo Chen as the same kind of person as Zeng Wen.

But later, Luo Chen repeatedly rejected Murong Qinglian’s matchmaking proposals, which clearly showed his dedication to the Great Dao Path.

Gu Caiyi had watched Luo Chen climb from being a Rogue Cultivator to becoming the master of the Pill Hall whose monthly income was more than a thousand spirit stones.

Later, Luo Chen established the Luo Tian Creed and became the master of his

own sect.

It would be impossible to say that she didn’t have any thoughts about him.

In the deep, quiet night, she thought about what it would be like to be together with Luo Chen?

There was no answer!

Because every time she expressed her fondness, Luo Chen never showed any further interest.

At that time, she thought Luo Chen just wasn’t interested in that kind of relationship.

Now it seems, Luo Chen is truly single-minded and focused on the Great Dao! Thinking about Luo Chen’s challenging journey up to this point.

Gu Caiyi laughed bitterly and said, “What kind of ending would be worthy of his arduous journey?”

“Perhaps establishing the foundation?” Feng Xia muttered, but there seemed to be a deeper implication to her words.

“Only by establishing the foundation!”

After resting for ten days.

Luo Chen re-adjusted his condition and sat back down again beside the Ice-Fire Spirit Spring that he had once again stimulated into becoming a second-order spirit land.

Even if he had experienced failure, he wouldn’t give up.

Because he was clear, without establishing a foundation, everything was in

vain!

Without a foundation, he wouldn’t be able to keep the power base he had painstakingly built up for very long.

Without establishing a foundation, he couldn’t confidently show his Pill Refinement Technique, as it would become a coveted target.

Without establishing a foundation, the internal strife of the two great Nascent

Soul Ascendant Sects would eventually harm the innocent.

“Only by establishing a foundation can I embark on the path of longevity! A Foundation Establishment Pill lay in the palm of his outstretched hand.

Without hesitation, Luo Chen swallowed it.

This time, before the unbearable pain had a chance to hit him, he remained respectful and mindful of his spirit.

With the use of the Ming God’s Divine Cleanse technique, he preemptively adjusted to the rhythm of the pain.

As expected, intense pain struck again.

Especially on the tip of his tongue, it felt more painful than what a normal person might experience after eating extremely spicy food.

It felt as if someone were piercing it with a sharp needle.

“The Yellow Court lies above, while the Yuan Gate lies below. The secluded passage is behind whilst destiny gate is in front. Breathe in the skull and enter the Dantian, where the pure water in the jade pool irrigates the Spirit Root. If you can cultivate this, you can live a long life!”

“The Spirit Root is the basis for the tongue!”

“Without exception, the Spirit Roots of cultivators are hidden within the body, with the tongue being the first to manifest externally.”

“Not only that, but the tongue is also known as the upper part of the Spirit Root. The lower part of the Spirit Root is within the essence chamber.”

“To endure the pain of the root of the tongue and to preserve the pure Yang essence, I need only break through the middle part of the Spirit Root!” After his first failure, it wasn’t as if Luo Chen hadn’t accomplished anything.

He not only analyzed the reasons for his first failure.

He also read the three volumes on foundation establishment that belonged to the Duan Family.

The discussion about the Spirit Root gave him huge insights.

His first failure largely stemmed from wasting too much time enduring the pain from his tongue.

As a result, he didn’t have enough time to break through the middle part of the Spirit Root.

As for what the middle part of the Spirit Root was.

Without a doubt, it was the Dantian!

“Using the explosive medicinal strength of the Foundation Establishment Pill to break the Dantian’s barrier and reconstructing a new Dantian.”

“In this way, I can lay the foundation of the Great Dao by establishing the middle part of the Spirit Root!”

“This is the true principle of Foundation Establishment!

The ordinary Dantian of a common man could not support the path of longevity.

Therefore, there was the solidification of the Dantian in the late stage of Qi Refinement.

This was the limit of the human body.

Now, by breaking through this limit, the heavens could be opened afresh! Vast medicinal power flooded into the small Dantian like a deluge.

The eleven Spirit Qi Cloud Clusters and the medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill rushed towards Dantian’s boundary under Luo Chen s guidance.

Once!

Twice!

Who knows how much time had passed, the Dantian was full of cracks.

As if the eggshell was about to be shattered by a strong force.

However, there seemed to be a thin layer of film stuck there, precariously wrapping the Dantian.

Until Luo Chen passed out, he had yet to succeed.

When he came to again, Luo Chen’s face was clouded over.

He ignored the more vigorous Spirit Qi cloud cluster than before. He found the cause of his failure to establish the foundation!

If one says that the first time was because he was unprepared and his Dantian barrier was too thick,