66: Chapter 66 Foundation Building

Chen Changqing quietly waited for the appearance of the cold female voice, but this time, it seemed that it did not announce the passage of the assessment right after it ended.

He was somewhat puzzled, but still waited patiently.

After a while, the cold female voice finally sounded. This time, the female voice carried a hint of excitement, which even Chen Changqing could hear out.

"Congratulations to the Legacy inheritor for passing the ninth round of assessment. Please accept the reward and move to the tenth floor to conduct the final assessment. After passing the final floor, the Legacy inheritor can obtain all resources left behind by the Wanta Sect in the Secret Realm."

"The final round? Wanta Sect? All resources of the Secret Realm!" Chen Changqing was incomparably shocked inside. Although he did not know what the Wanta Sect was, he understood that the tenth floor was the final round. As long as he passed it, he could obtain the entire Secret Realm.

The entire Secret Realm, if his Family could obtain it, would definitely be able to rise in a short period of time.

Chen Changqing thought to himself. He still had two assessments to choose from now: Spiritual Root or Cultivation?

Chen Changqing did not know how difficult these last two assessments were, but he at least knew they were definitely harder than the previous ones.

Why not make a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment here?

He shook his head and decided to first see what the rewards were before making a decision. Anyway, even if he made a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, he might not necessarily be able to get through the tenth floor.

As for the Spiritual Root, he still had six blood lotus seeds in his hand at present, and it might not be impossible to continue improving the purity of his Spiritual Root. Only, the effect of using them would be greatly reduced compared to when he took them the first time, a point that had already been reflected when he took the second and third ones.

Looking at the three rewards, Chen Changqing pondered over what to choose.

At this moment, the cold female voice sounded abruptly, "The rewards of the ninth round can be claimed in full."

Chen Changqing widened his eyes in disbelief that they could all be taken. Any of the rewards here was of immense value, although he only recognized one of them.

It was the Tier 2 Peak auxiliary Magical Artifact on his right hand, which was a pair of wings named wind and cloud wings.

This Magical Artifact could not only enhance a Cultivator's escaping speed, but also possessed offensive power no less than the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment. Originally, it was on his preferred list because he did not know what the other two rewards were. If their value was higher, he wouldn't recognize them; if their value was lower, he would be at a loss.

Since they could all be taken, Chen Changqing waved his hand and swept all three rewards into his hands.

The other two rewards were a golden Medicinal Pill and a Tier 3 Low Grade Ore respectively.

"The Tier 2 Peak Creation Pill can be used to enhance the quality of the Dao Foundation. It has a fifty percent chance to forge a Peak Grade Dao Foundation, a twenty percent chance to forge a Peerless Grade Dao Foundation, and a five percent chance to forge a Flawless Dao Foundation." The cold female voice explained.

Chen Changqing raised his head to observe the origin of the female voice all around. Could this be the change after passing the ninth round of assessment? Why did this female voice have a bit more human warmth?

Finding no other anomalies, he simply ignored it and turned his gaze to the Medicinal Pill in his hand. Since even this kind of Medicinal Pill existed, wouldn't it be just right for making a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment? Coupled with the shengling pill he had taken before, combining the two, perhaps he had a high certainty of charging towards a Peerless Grade Dao Foundation.

As for the Flawless Dao Foundation mentioned by the female voice just now, could its quality be even higher than a Peerless Grade Dao Foundation? If so, it was all the more reason to make a Breakthrough here. The Spiritual Qi here was far denser than the outside, and after leaving this place, there might not truly be such an opportunity to Cultivate.

Having decided to make a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment here, Chen Changqing sat cross-legged, deciding to first thoroughly polish his internal magic power to Perfection before talking.

...

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

Inside the secret chamber, Chen Changqing felt the magic power within his body that had already reached Perfection, and thought in his heart, "Having spent half a month, I have finally finished polishing my magic power. Next, I need to make a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment as soon as possible; otherwise, if I miss the opening time of the Secret Realm, the trouble will be huge."

He steadied his mind and thus began charging towards Foundation Establishment.

Inside the secret chamber, countless Spiritual Qi were guided, crazily surging into the Meridians within Chen Changqing's body. Feeling the Spiritual Qi wandering inside his body, he vaguely felt a swelling pain in his Meridians.

The first step of Foundation Establishment was precisely like this. Many Cultivators, due to the fragility of their internal Meridians, during a Breakthrough, because a large amount of Spiritual Qi entered their bodies, found that their Meridians could not withstand the massive Spiritual Qi and thus ruptured, resulting in death and the dissipation of their Dao. If they consumed foundation establishment pills and other Foundation Establishment spirit items, these spirit items would form a protective film at fragile places such as the Meridians, while conveniently providing a large amount of magic power to maintain the stability of the Breakthrough.

This was also one of the reasons why there was no need to worry about dying after taking a foundation establishment pill. Moreover, the most important thing was that even if one failed after taking a foundation establishment pill, there was still a next chance.

Chen Changqing was currently experiencing the pain of his Meridians being frantically battered by countless Spiritual Qi. Fortunately, he was a Body Refining practitioner with a formidable Physical Body and tough Meridians, so he wouldn't shatter instantly, even though the Spiritual Qi he absorbed was several times that of ordinary Cultivators.

He continued to circulate his Cultivation Technique, beginning to carry out the second step: guiding these Spiritual Qi to gather into the Dantian, refining them into magic power on one hand, and compressing these magic power into liquid state on the other.

The second step was relatively easier. As long as he ensured that his speed of refining spiritual power kept pace with the speed of absorbing external spiritual power, that would suffice. Then, on this basis, he would compress the magic power within his body.

As the magic power became increasingly dense and solid, the first droplet of magic power liquid began to appear, followed by the second, the third...

After an hour, half of the magic power in his body had already been condensed into liquid. However, he did not dare to relax. Right now was a critical juncture. If there was the slightest negligence, not only would the newly condensed magic power droplets dissipate in an instant, but the magic power that had already been polished to the ultimate limit would also be wasted, rendering all previous efforts futile.

In many places within Chen Changqing's body, his Meridians had already begun to rupture, and this situation was still worsening. He could only grit his teeth and persist, absolutely unable to take a step back.

Along with the successful condensation of the last droplet of magic power liquid, Chen Changqing immediately took out the Creation Pill and swallowed it.

A surge of pure golden spiritual power instantly filled his entire body, repairing the damaged Meridians within his body on one side.

Then he began the third step: condensing the Dao Foundation.

Under his guidance, those liquid magic power rapidly gathered at the Dantian, heading towards the point in the center.

A Dao Foundation was thus slowly born. While continuing to guide the magic power in his body, Chen Changqing observed the Dao Foundation. As more and more magic power gathered, the shape of the Dao Foundation became increasingly complete, and its quality was also rising.

From a Low Grade Dao Foundation, it promoted to a Medium Grade Dao Foundation, and then from a Medium Grade Dao Foundation to a High Grade Dao Foundation. This speed was both fast and steady.

Only when the High Grade Dao Foundation was about to promote to a Peak Grade Dao Foundation, the speed instantly plummeted by a large margin. Furthermore, when the Peak Grade Dao Foundation was about to upgrade to a Peerless Grade Dao Foundation, not only was the speed slow, but there was even a faint feeling that it was difficult to continue improving. Chen Changqing felt a sense of ominousness in his heart and increased his magic power to condense the Dao Foundation.

He absolutely could not stop at the step of the Peak Grade Dao Foundation. At this moment, the emerald green spiritual power of the shengling pill remaining in his body and the golden spiritual power of the Creation Pill appeared at the appropriate time, then surged into the forming Dao Foundation. Instantly, the quality of the Dao Foundation continued to rise, and in a split second, the Peak Grade Dao Foundation was promoted to a Peerless Grade Dao Foundation.