The next second, 10000/10000.
Foundation Establishment!
There was no indescribable bottleneck, nor was there any need for a Foundation Establishment Pill. He simply achieved Foundation Establishment just like that, without any fanfare.
Instantly, all the spiritual energy in the cultivation room surged toward him.
After absorbing the spiritual energy and circulating it through a major cycle within his body, it all gathered in his dantian, condensing into liquid and filling it to the brim.
Then, saw the cultivation base on his data panel change.
[Host: (Idle Cultivation Activated) Aptitude: Dragon Among Men Gender: Male Bone Age: 12 years old Cultivation Base: 10001/100000 (Early Foundation Establishment - Mid Foundation Establishment) Mental Mantra: Origin Heart Sutra (Comprehension 100/10000), Peach Blossom Myriad Void Art (Comprehension 24/100) Cultivation Method: None Spells: Purification Spell, Beast Speech, Immobilization Spell, Soaring Cloud Spell, Inescapable Net...]
The system's voice rang out at this moment:
[Ding—Congratulations to the Host for successfully advancing to the Early Foundation Establishment stage. Gentle reminder: Idle Cultivation has automatically entered Foundation Establishment mode. The daily cost of spirit stones will increase from one to five.]
It actually required five spirit stones now!
felt like his wallet was going to bleed dry.
It seemed that until he owned a spirit stone mine, he couldn't just idle every day like before; he would have to put in the effort to cultivate himself. Sigh.
Furthermore, looking at his panel, he realized that his Cultivation Method column had always been in a state of 'None'.
Could this thing be created?
[Ding—Congratulations to the Host for successfully unlocking the Cultivation Method Creation function. Do you wish to start creating a Cultivation Method?]
immediately selected 'Yes', then opened his eyes in satisfaction.
He saw four slots appear before him, just like when creating a spell.
The first two were familiar old friends: paper materials and ink. The third was a spirit stone, and the fourth was the concept for the cultivation method.
pondered for a moment before tossing the first three items in.
For the fourth slot, the concept, he directly inputted something he had wanted for a long time.
A moment later...
[Ding—Cloud Sword Art has been successfully created and distributed to your private inventory. Please check it.]
It worked!
Where the sword points, the heart follows!
Just like with spells, was exempt from the actual training process and learned the cultivation method instantly.
Liao Pantu, who had been sitting properly to the side, naturally noticed this series of strange actions— suddenly opening his eyes and tossing several items into the empty air in front of him. However, he didn't ask any questions and just waited quietly.
Only when looked like he was finally done did he speak up:
« Kid, I have something that might help you. »
Hearing this, turned to look at him, confused:
« I wonder what Senior means by this? »
Liao Pantu directly handed him the talisman he was holding and said:
« This evil aura... I sense a trace of weakness within it. Its current level of strength is below the Nascent Soul stage. It must have suffered severe damage to its vitality and is healing here for some unknown reason. It likely awakened only because it suddenly sensed the spiritual energy from your side. »
As took the talisman, Liao Pantu looked at it and continued:
« This is a talisman I made in the past; it contains my Nascent Soul pressure. If you activate it near the entity, it will definitely sense it. This might temporarily scare it off. If that thing senses the presence of a Nascent Soul cultivator, it will surely choose to lay low and recover first. This way, you'll buy some time to prepare. »
Holding the talisman, listened earnestly to Liao Pantu's words.
In his heart, however, he thought: 'There was no way the senior just "forgot" to bring this up earlier.'
'His previous pretense of ignorance was definitely because he couldn't be bothered to intervene.'
'Did he only step in now because he finally truly acknowledged their sect? He just didn't know what had caused this change of heart...'
'But regardless of what Liao Pantu thought before, he was helping now.'
Liao Pantu stroked his beard and finally said:
« Now that you've reached Foundation Establishment, finding the general direction of that evil aura shouldn't be difficult for you. »
put away the talisman and said:
« Thank you for your help, Senior. I'll go find the source of that evil aura right now! »
With that, he stood up and walked outside.
The moment came out of his cultivation state earlier, he had immediately checked if there were any auras of the villagers inside the sect.
Fortunately, there were none yet, which meant the village should be safe and sound.
It was already evening. The outside was no longer just blowing with gloomy gusts of wind; heavy, goose-feather-like snow had begun to fall.
A finger-thick layer of white snow already covered the ground.
Now at the Early Foundation Establishment stage, felt that the evil aura in the air had grown much thicker.
He sensed it carefully for a moment and found the general direction from which the evil aura was flowing.
He immediately leaped toward that direction, moving like a swift shadow, leaving no traces on the snow.
On the way, casually placed the talisman into his private inventory to appraise it.
After all, Liao Pantu had been a bit vague earlier. What if the talisman he gave him was some kind of highly destructive attack talisman?
If he accidentally blew himself up while using it, who could he complain to?
Therefore, Appraise!
[Nascent Soul Pressure Talisman: Stores a burst of Nascent Soul pressure from the Mid Nascent Soul cultivator Liao Pantu. Originally created by Liao Pantu to back up his future disciple when he wasn't around.]
: '...Good heavens.'
Fortunately, it really was just a pressure talisman. He could use it with peace of mind.
Following the direction he sensed, arrived at a lakeside not far from Graveyard Mountain.
This area could be considered the lower reaches of the mountain stream.
The stream had opened a gap on the side, and a portion of the water flowed through it, gathering here to form a small lake.
This place wasn't too far from Graveyard Mountain. It was just that the area was surrounded by dense forests and lacked nearby farmland, making it quite desolate and rarely visited.
Because it was a certain distance from the village, and the forest products at the foot of the North Mountain were generally enough for the villagers' daily needs, very few people ever came here.
Even and the other typical village loafers hadn't really come here when they were kids.
So hadn't even known there was a small lake over here.
Behind the lake was a mountain with a very strange shape.
The mountain wasn't particularly large, but its appearance was quite bizarre.
It had no peak. Looking up from the bottom, its top was flat, somewhat resembling a volcanic crater.
The edges of the crater were uneven and jagged.
The most eerie part was that the entire mountain was pitch black. The trees on it looked as if they had died long ago; the rotting timber was reduced to weathered trunks that seemed like they would collapse at the slightest touch. As for grass, there wasn't a single blade.
Even the mud at the foot of the mountain was covered in a layer of pitch black.