Chapter 64: Building Foundation Dan, Building Foundation

  Zhang Cheng broke through to the Qi Refining stage in two weeks and then spent about another two weeks practicing the Nine Revolutions Soul Cauldron, reaching the first turn. In less than a month's time, Zhang Cheng had accomplished many things.

  There were still a few days before the deadline set by Duan Yun, but Zhang Cheng did not plan to waste time here, as he had to go to Bi Xia Sect to see his fiancée Ouyang Qianyun as soon as possible.

  Although they are still young to talk about marriage, Zhang Chengke does not want Ouyang Qianyun to run away with someone else. Moreover, he should settle the account with that Hua Jing.

  So after successfully breaking through, he directly knocked on the door of Dan Fang's house, preparing to continue his next step of cultivation.

  After opening the door, he saw that Danchenzi was sitting at the gate, as if he were a door god blocking the way. Seeing this, Zhang Cheng also somewhat understood Danchenzi's good intentions and no longer held a grudge against him for his previous actions of shirking responsibility.

  The moment Zhang Cheng opened the door, Danchenzi seemed to have sensed his presence and woke up from his meditation. He turned his head to look at Zhang Cheng, nodded in satisfaction, and said: "Reaching the Qi Refining stage in a month's time is not bad. Alright, follow me inside, let's continue."

  As he spoke, Dan Chenzi stood up and walked back into the dan room. After Zhang Cheng entered, he asked Zhang to close the door, then took out a piece of paper.

  The paper strip emitted a faint white glow, and in the center of the paper was written a single character: "Seal".

  Dandanzi casually threw the paper strip onto the door, and instantly, it was as if the paper had grown eyes, sticking directly to the middle of the door, gluing the two door panels together.

  Then, he took out the small flag that had been used before and threw it into the air. It floated directly in mid-air, then listened to Dan Chenzi's murmurs, and finally shouted "Quick".

  In an instant, the four small flags automatically separated and were inserted into the four corners of the wall.

  "Alright, next I'll give you the Foundation Establishment Pill. However, before that, I need to tell you some things to note when taking the Foundation Establishment Pill." Dan Chenzi paused for a moment, then said: "The Foundation Establishment Pill is originally a kind of medicinal pill that helps disciples under me improve their cultivation. The effect of the medicine is not bad, and the power it unleashes is also not too intense. However, what one must avoid when taking the Foundation Establishment Pill is giving up halfway. Once you take it, you must successfully establish your foundation; otherwise, a big obstacle will form, and next time you want to break through, it'll be much harder."

  "Moreover, after taking the Zhū Jī Dān medicine, you must ensure that your mind is free from distractions and focus entirely. If your attention wanders even slightly, the true yuan that forms will go out of control and put your life in danger. However, you don't need to worry about this point anymore. I have already sealed off this place with a soundproof array and set up a protective barrier around us, so no one will disturb you."

  After a pause, Dan Chenzi asked: "Alright, after saying so much, do you have any other questions?"

  "No problem, it's just that I don't quite understand. When we were cultivating before, you told me to cultivate in an orderly manner, slowly improving, and not to be impatient. But why is it that after reaching the Qi Refining stage, one can directly use elixirs to improve their cultivation? Isn't this afraid of having an unstable foundation?" Zhang Cheng expressed his doubts.

  "Heh heh, I didn't think you'd think of that, not bad." Danchenzi nodded in satisfaction and said: "It's like this, cultivating is just like building a house. The Wu Zhe stage is like laying the foundation, it must be solidified, so stability is required, and one cannot be impatient. If progress is too fast, it may cause the foundation to become unstable."

  "But after the Martial Artist stage, the foundation is already considered solid. From then on, cultivation is like building a house on top of that foundation. As long as the foundation is strong and stable, even if you move quickly, it's not a problem. Of course, you can't be too hasty either - every time you use elixirs to boost your progress, you need to spend some time consolidating, or else even with a solid foundation, an unstable wall will make the house easy to collapse. Got it?"

  "I think I understand," Zhang Cheng nodded and said.

  "Alright, sit well." As he spoke, Dan Chenzi took out a dan bottle from his storage ring and poured out a dan medicine. He handed it to Zhang Cheng and said: "This is the foundation-establishing dan. After you adjust your state later, take it down slowly and refine it. Don't be impatient. Also, remember the precautions I told you before."

  "Yes!" Zhang Cheng took the Zhuji Dan and looked at it. This Zhuji Dan was about the size of a thumb, its color was light yellow, there was no obvious fragrance on the surface, but it emitted a faint glow, which was very beautiful. This was one of the larger kinds of dan medicine he had ever seen.

  Zhang Cheng withdrew his gaze, held his breath and concentrated, after a while, he felt almost recovered, then nodded at Dan Chenzi and directly took the foundation-building pill.

  However, he still remembered the precautions that Dan Chenzi had told him before.

  To prevent himself from getting distracted, Zhang Cheng immediately performed the first seal of "Mi Zong Da Shou Yin" after taking Zhu Ji Dan. The unmoving Ming Wang seal instantly calmed his entire mind.

  Concentrate your mind, feel the medicinal power of the Zhugong Dan slowly released from your abdomen, then circulate the "Xuānmén Tǔnà Shù" to merge it into your newly condensed prenatal true energy, gradually expanding your prenatal true energy.

  As soon as Zhang Cheng made this move, Dan Chenzi suddenly felt that Zhang Cheng's aura had become exceptionally calm, just like the water in an ancient well, without any ripples, eerily quiet.

  Moreover, at this moment, his breathing also became extremely slow, taking half a day to take one breath, which made him somewhat perplexed.

  Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to possess the congenital fetal breathing state before reaching the congenital boundary. Therefore, martial artists must breathe; without breathing, they will suffocate to death.

  Although Zhang Cheng had reached the Xiantian realm at this moment, he had only just broken through and hadn't grasped the Xiantian fetal breathing yet, so it was impossible for him to take such a step.

  So his sixth sense told him that this change might have something to do with the handprint he had just formed.

  So subconsciously, he also imitated Zhang Cheng's situation and concluded that the Wangyin was not moving, but he didn't feel any effect at all, which made him somewhat unclear about Zhang Cheng's current situation.

  "Never mind, let's ask him after he has successfully built his foundation." Danchenzi released his hands, threw away his distracting thoughts and then also entered meditation.

  However, when he entered concentration, a strand of divine consciousness was separated and placed on Zhang Cheng's body. As long as Zhang Cheng made any movement, he would wake up in the first time.

  Zhang Cheng was now, thanks to the help of the Ming Wang seal, facing his dry and tasteless cultivation with a calm and patient attitude, slowly absorbing the medicinal properties of the foundation-building pill, one point at a time, to improve his cultivation.

  As time passed, Zhang Cheng felt his cultivation advancing from the initial stage of Qi refining to the intermediate stage very quickly, and then from the intermediate stage to the later stage.

  When the congenital true energy accumulates to a certain extent, the barrier appears again.

  However, with the help of Zhuji Dan's powerful medicinal effect, the congenital true qi soon underwent a qualitative change, and a drop of liquid energy appeared in the true qi, which is the birth of the true yuan.

  As cultivation progressed, the amount of true yuan increased, and the vast true energy slowly transformed into a clear spring, gathering in the dantian.

  The dantian which was previously filled with innate true qi suddenly emptied out two-thirds of its space.

  And when the last strand of innate true energy transformed into true yuan, Zhang Cheng also broke through to the foundation building stage without any suspense. At this time, the foundation building pill was also completely consumed.

  Zhang Cheng sighed in amazement at the miraculous elixir, and his determination to refine a powerful elixir was further ignited.

  He withdrew his hand seal and slowly opened his eyes. At the same time, Dan Chenzi also woke up from his meditation.

  "Master, how long have I been practicing?" Zhang Cheng asked.

  "A month." Dandanzi replied.

  "A month?" Hearing this time, Zhang Cheng let out a sigh of relief and said: "I thought it was already half a year, fortunately it's just a month."

  "What's the difference?" Danchenzi raised an eyebrow and asked in puzzlement.

  "Of course there is a difference, I promised Qianyun to go to Bixia Sect to see her as soon as possible, it's been more than two years now, and I'm getting impatient." Zhang Cheng replied.

  "You little brat, but for now you can't go. You must master at least ten kinds of elixir refinement in the remaining ten months and increase the success rate to over 30%, otherwise, don't even think about going." Dan Chenzi said categorically.