Chapter 118: Foundation Building Spiritual Consciousness [5K] "That's all, there's no point in thinking too much." Ye Linyuan withdrew his thoughts and then took out the Black Turtle Armor. Looking at the Black Turtle Armor in front of him, Ye Linyuan couldn't help but smile. The Black Turtle Armor combined with divination might be able to reveal a glimpse of opportunity. With this thought in mind, he immediately activated the divination technique, using the medium of the black tortoise's shell to peek into the mysteries of heaven. The combination of the near-level divination and the Black Turtle Armor suddenly produced a very different effect from before. Originally, Ye Linyuan wanted to calculate the Hanchi Islands, but he could only get very vague information. But now, after a simple calculation, we have obtained a very crucial piece of information. "Does the Frost Jade Snake King have much time left?" Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and then combined his limited information to continue calculating, and finally got a piece of news that surprised him. A trace of secrets that are difficult for the world to detect slowly appeared in front of Ye Linyuan, giving him a clear understanding of the situation that will follow.
It turned out that the Cold Jade Snake King, who was in the late stage of foundation building, was about to reach the end of his lifespan, and only had about ten years left at most. This is a secret known only to the Foundation Establishment cultivators. Many Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Black Dragon Demon Territory and the Tianxing Sea have been secretly planning for many years, waiting for its demise so that they can completely swallow up the Hanchi Islands. "Once the Frost Jade Snake King dies and the heroes plot to seize the Frost Chi Islands, this may be my chance to plot for the Cang Hai Spring." "It seems that in the next few years, I need to start looking for information about the Hanchi Islands, and also find out the information about the enemies of the Hanyu Snake lineage." Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, feeling a little solemn involuntarily. Although the first-level rare treasures are of lower grade, they are still extremely precious and hard to obtain for ordinary cultivators in the early stage of foundation building. Generally, only those in the middle and late stages of foundation building have a greater chance of obtaining such treasures. Haven’t you seen that Taoist Zi Yu, who mastered the shortcut magic at the age of only twenty-something, but has now wasted a whole sixty years and still cannot get the opportunity to build his foundation? Even though Ye Linyuan is the reincarnation of a powerful being, he is only a Qi training cultivator now after all. It is still quite difficult for him to seize the first-level rare treasures. If you want to finally get what you want, you need to be cautious and plan carefully step by step to seize that chance of success. "In my previous life, I was able to cultivate a superior foundation because my grandfather, who was in the late stage of foundation building, found the opportunity for me." “Although I have the foundation to form a pill in this life, I still need to plan everything by myself, and I need to be extremely cautious.” Ye Linyuan moved slightly, then returned to Tianxing Fairy City and began to collect intelligence from all parties through various means. Although Tianyanlou had a lot of information, it was only one side’s opinion after all, and they would not sell a lot of key core information. Ye Linyuan never believes in authority alone. He prefers to listen to both sides to gain a clear understanding, because only by listening to different voices and analyzing the context of things from different angles can he get the truth that is close to the truth. He stayed in Tianxing Fairy City for another half a month and received various different kinds of information. He summarized all the information and had a clear understanding of the situation in the Hanchi Islands. In addition to this information, Ye Linyuan also paid for a spirit beast bag. This spirit beast bag is prepared for the golden-backed giant ape. The golden-backed giant ape has already achieved strong cultivation and will sooner or later become a strong fighting force in Ye Linyuan's hands. However, it is not convenient to carry it out because of its huge size. With this spirit beast bag, Ye Linyuan will be able to take the golden-backed giant ape with him when he leaves. Of course, the space for the spirit beast to move around in the bag is very small, and the spirit beast will inevitably feel uncomfortable if it stays in it for a long time, so Ye Linyuan usually does not put it in it, and will only put it in when it is necessary to go out.
Back to the topic, after obtaining enough information, Ye Linyuan did not stay in Tianxing Immortal City for long. He crossed the vast deep sea and finally returned to the Qinghe Islands after spending more than half a month. After returning to Qingye Family Island, Ye Linyuan resumed his life of seclusion, while at the same time constantly collecting various information from the outside world to make adequate preparations for planning the Canghai Spring. Time just keeps passing by, and before I knew it, another ten years had passed. That day, Ye Linyuan exhaled deeply, slowly gathered his own strength, and then slowly opened his eyes. "Qi training is complete." Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and a look of emotion appeared in his eyes. Before he knew it, he had already reached the age of 42 in this life and had been practicing for a long period of 27 years. Ye Linyuan's progress in Qi training at the age of 42 was far behind what he had achieved in his previous life, but it was considered quite fast in the world of immortal cultivation. The most important thing is that he is not just an ordinary person who has achieved perfection in Qi training. He practiced the Cang Hai Ming Yue Gong, and the strength of his true Qi was far stronger than those of his peers. After practicing Qi training to perfection, Ye Linyuan's true Qi was exactly twice as strong as that of the same level cultivators. An ordinary cultivator who has reached the great perfection of Qi Refining has only about 360 Qi. However, Ye Linyuan's Qi is exactly twice as strong as theirs. The gap is almost immeasurable. Even though the quality of water-attributed true qi is insufficient, with such powerful true qi, he can make up for some of the gap between him and those with gold and fire-attributed skills. Coupled with the blessing of the Three-Turn Condensation Essence Art and the Water Spirit Pearl, Ye Linyuan's magic power is even comparable to that of cultivators who mainly practice fire-attributed Qi-refining techniques. Of course, some high-level gold and fire attribute skills focus more on improving the quality of mana, which often further widens the gap in mana quality. Take the power of Old Man Ye's Golden Light and Fiery Sutra as an example. The quality of true qi of ordinary gold-attributed exercises is 2, but the quality of true qi of Old Man Ye's exercises is at least . It was also because of this that Old Man Ye was able to burst out with combat power comparable to that of a master of perfect Qi training with his eighth level of Qi training. "My cultivation has reached its limit. If I want to continue to break through, I must plan for the Cang Hai Spring." Ye Linyuan's mind moved slightly, and then he said with a dim gaze: "But before that, we should refine that treasure first." With his mind floating like this, Ye Linyuan came to the spiritual field in the valley and finally stopped in front of a lavender spiritual flower. It was a strange flower filled with a faint soul power. At this moment it was emitting wisps of faint fragrance, which made Ye Linyuan feel relaxed and happy. "Soul-nourishing flower." Looking at the elixir in front of him, Ye Linyuan's eyes moved slightly, and a hint of joy appeared in his eyes. This soul-nourishing flower was bought by Ye Linyuan from Tianxing Fairy City a few years ago. It was originally a first-grade top-quality mutated spiritual medicine. Later, under Ye Linyuan's careful care, it mutated again and finally transformed into a first-grade rare treasure. This soul-nourishing flower is a rare treasure with soul attributes. It can enhance the strength of a cultivator's soul, and the strength of a cultivator's soul is of vital importance. Especially when breaking through the foundation, the strength of the soul is the most critical hurdle. Because in order to reach the foundation-building stage, one needs to compress the true qi in the body into a more condensed true essence, and also needs to condense the foundation of the great way in the body. To achieve these, it is far from enough to rely solely on pure magic power; a strong spiritual power is also required to fully control it. Those cultivators who broke through with the Foundation Establishment Pill were fine. They could use the Foundation Establishment Pill to reduce the difficulty of breaking through, and the requirements for the soul were not too high.
But for cultivators who are determined to embark on the path of Taoism, powerful spiritual power is often the key to their success. Because the path to superior Tao foundation cannot involve taking foundation-building pills, and the difficulty is even greater when powerful shortcut spells and rare treasures are combined. Without a strong spirit, one will most likely fail at the last moment. It is also because of this that many of the chosen ones in the world of immortal cultivation who have mastered shortcut magic ultimately fail to build their foundation because their souls are not strong enough. "My spiritual power is strong enough to cover an area of 300 feet. I wonder how much stronger it will be after using the Soul-Nourishing Flower to improve it." Ye Linyuan pondered for a moment, then picked the soul-nourishing flower and came to the spiritual eye of the cave. He took out a rare alchemy furnace, then took out various auxiliary medicines that he had prepared long ago, put them into the alchemy furnace one by one and began to refine them. This time, Ye Linyuan was going to refine a first-class rare elixir called the 'Soul-Nourishing Pill'. This pill can greatly enhance the spiritual power of a cultivator and is one of the most precious first-grade pills on the market, so Ye Linyuan was very careful when refining it. After all the auxiliary medicines were processed, Ye Linyuan put the soul-nourishing flower in and started refining it with all his concentration. In this way, it took several days to finally successfully refine the elixir. "It's done." Looking at the alchemy furnace in front of him, Ye Linyuan felt a little relieved. He carefully opened the furnace, then looked at the three pills in the furnace and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although this furnace only produced three pills, Ye Linyuan still felt extremely gratified. Rare elixirs have been extremely rare since ancient times, especially for Qi-cultivating monks. The soul-nourishing pill in front of him is far more precious than the second-level elixir. Because the spiritual power of the second-level elixir is too strong, it requires the true essence of a foundation-building cultivator to be fully refined. Even if a Qi-cultivating cultivator takes a second-level elixir, it can only achieve 30% of its effect at most. Take Ye Linyuan as an example. If he was given a second-grade inferior soul-nourishing pill, he could only exert 30% of its efficacy at most, which is less than one-third of this rare soul-nourishing pill. For Ye Linyuan, these three rare soul-nourishing pills are more valuable than ten second-grade inferior pills. Because higher-level elixirs often require stronger cultivation to absorb the medicinal effects, if the cultivation is too low, it may even be exploded by the powerful medicinal power. It is also because of this that for cultivators at any level, rare elixirs of the same level are often the most precious. For example, the foundation-building pill that Qigong practitioners dream of is essentially made from the rare treasure, the Enlightenment Flower, combined with the rare-level Xuanyuan Ginseng and Ningdao Fruit. The foundation-building pill refined by combining these three rare treasures not only has sufficient medicinal power to help cultivators complete their foundation-building, but can also be perfectly absorbed by cultivators who are building their foundation. Relatively speaking, many second-level elixirs, although their medicinal properties are similar to those of Foundation Establishment Pills, and even have effects far exceeding those of Foundation Establishment Pills, they still cannot replace Foundation Establishment Pills. This is because Qi-cultivating monks cannot absorb much of the medicinal power of second-level elixirs, and taking them rashly may even put them in danger of exploding and dying. “Rare treasures are hard to come by. Even if it is only a first-level rare treasure, it is considered a relatively scarce treasure among the forces at the foundation-building level.” "I'm afraid that even the Qinghe Immortal Sect will have to pay a high price to get these three soul-nourishing pills of mine." Ye Linyuan's mind was wandering, and then he took out a soul-nourishing pill and swallowed it. In an instant, Ye Linyuan suddenly felt an extremely strong spiritual power filling his sea of consciousness, constantly nourishing his soul, causing his soul to rapidly become stronger.
Three hundred feet, four hundred feet, five hundred feet... The range that his spiritual sense could cover also began to rise at a speed visible to the naked eye. Before he knew it, when the effect of the medicine was completely exhausted, Ye Linyuan discovered that the range of his spiritual awareness had exceeded six hundred feet. "The spiritual awareness of more than six hundred feet has already reached most of the level of the initial stage of foundation building." Ye Linyuan's mind was in turmoil, and he couldn't help but feel a little happy. Generally speaking, the spiritual awareness of a cultivator who has reached Perfect Qi Refining has a coverage area of about one hundred meters, and the best of them can reach one hundred and fifty meters, which is very rare among cultivators who have reached Perfect Qi Refining. The reason why Ye Linyuan was able to possess a spiritual consciousness of three hundred feet was mainly because of some of his foundation from his previous life. In addition, it was also related to the continuous consumption of spiritual tea to nourish his soul over the years. Now it has doubled from the three hundred feet, which is an astonishing improvement. "The spiritual consciousness of the initial stage of foundation building is only about a thousand feet. It should be enough for me to take two more soul nourishing pills." Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, then swallowed the remaining two pills. When he took the second pill, Ye Linyuan's spiritual consciousness had reached eight hundred feet. When he took the third pill, he barely broke through the thousand-foot threshold and reached the level of the initial stage of foundation building. After that, Ye Linyuan clearly felt that the nourishing spirit pill had reached its limit, and it would be useless even if he took it again. "A thousand feet of divine consciousness, a common level in the early stages of foundation building." "Although it's not amazing for me, at least I can practice the soul refining method." Ye Linyuan whispered in his mind and couldn't help but smile. Soul cultivation techniques have been extremely scarce since ancient times, and are generally the secrets of the Jindan Immortal Clan. Only high-level techniques have exclusive soul cultivation methods. Moreover, the soul of a Qi-cultivating cultivator is too fragile, so a cultivator cannot practice soul-cultivating techniques before building a foundation. Now Ye Linyuan's soul strength has reached the level of the initial stage of foundation building. It is time to practice the rare soul technique. "Which volume should I practice?" Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart. He had three volumes of spiritual and spiritual skills in his hands, all of which were rare skills at the Jindan level. They are "Visualization Method of the Rising Bright Moon from the Sea" which comes with the Cang Hai Ming Yue Gong, and "Visualization Method of the Golden Lotus in the Fire" which Ye Linyuan mainly practiced in his previous life. The third volume of the exercise is quite special, and it is called "Visualization Method of the Dao Yun". Among the three volumes of exercises, the first two volumes are exclusive soul exercises of the Nascent Soul Exercises. The previous life's "Visualization Method of the Golden Lotus in Fire" needs to be practiced in conjunction with the shortcut spells "Nanli Red Fire" and "Immortal Golden Lotus". The "Visualization Method of the Rising Moon from the Sea" can be practiced, and it is also the most suitable method for Ye Linyuan, but Ye Linyuan is more hesitant because the "Visualization Method of the Dao" may be more suitable for him. This volume of "Tao Yun Visualization Method" is an extremely special visualization method. The practice of this method does not require the cooperation of special exercises, nor does it rely on some shortcut magic. As long as there are shortcut spells, the Dao Yun Visualization Method can be practiced, and the more shortcut spells you practice, the faster and more effective the Dao Yun Visualization Method will be. Ye Linyuan has now mastered nine shortcut spells, namely, Autumn Water and Long Sky, Nine Skies Bright Moon, Blood Soul Curse, Divination, Black Turtle Breathing Technique, Geng Gold Needle, Spirit Rain Technique, Ripening Technique, and Soul Nurturing Technique. With such a foundation, the effect of practicing the Tao-Yuan Visualization Method may be far more powerful than the Visualization Method of the Bright Moon Rising from the Sea. "The conditions for practicing the Dao Yun Visualization Method are not harsh. I can use the Near Dao spell to observe the Dao Yun of heaven and earth and practice it. Combining it with my understanding, I may be able to achieve even more amazing results."
"Also, although the method of visualizing the rising moon from the sea is good, if you really practice it, I'm afraid it will leave a fatal weakness." Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart. Because of what happened in his previous life, he was always wary of these superior skills. After all, for those high-level monks, fellow practitioners are often the most perfect nourishment. Those people, who are most familiar with the visualization methods used by their fellow practitioners, can often more easily find the weaknesses in their spirits and souls. "In that case, let's practice the Dao Yun Visualization Method." Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart and immediately began to practice the Dao Yun Visualization Method. In an instant, Ye Linyuan lowered his eyes and sensed his sea of consciousness, and then a series of strange visions rose up. The bright moon in the sky, the long autumn sky, the four-word blood curse, the shape of the black turtle, the divination tortoise shell, the golden ancient needle, the light blue clouds and rain, the growing seedlings, and the spiritual light filled with infinite vitality, all circled around Ye Linyuan's soul. These phantoms representing the nine shortcut spells emerged, and wisps of faint Taoist essence intertwined together and merged into Ye Linyuan's soul. It was not until a long time later that Ye Linyuan slowly opened his eyes and couldn't help but let out a breath with a hint of joy. "Although the connotation of the near-path magic is shallow, it is still amazing." "Now my spiritual consciousness has surged again, and I have preliminarily completed the practice of the Dao Yun Visualization Method." Ye Linyuan whispered, then activated his spiritual sense to observe the surroundings. Everything within a radius of 1,500 feet appeared clearly in his mind. "My spiritual consciousness has reached the limit of the initial stage of foundation building, and my strength has increased a lot again." Ye Linyuan's mind was floating, and then he tried to activate various shortcut spells. Sure enough, he found that the power of these shortcut spells was increased by about 30%. The most important thing is that with such a powerful spiritual awareness, Ye Linyuan's control over his magic power has been greatly improved. Whether it is the speed of magic power circulation or the speed of activating spells, it is far beyond that of ordinary Qi-refining perfect cultivators. Ye Linyuan tried it and found that he could actually release the Gengjin Needle almost instantly, which made his overall strength have a qualitative leap. "Instantly cast the Gengjin Needle. With my current strength, it should be enough to kill an ordinary Qi training master instantly." (End of this chapter)