"You mean a Foundation Establishment phenomenon?"
Qin Miaoyi smiled sweetly and explained, "A so-called Foundation Establishment phenomenon is a Spiritual Energy Tide triggered when a Qi Refining Stage cultivator attempts Foundation Establishment and passes the Magic Power Tribulation."
"Take Liu Changfeng, for example." Qin Miaoyi looked at Li Qingyuan and explained, "His Spiritual Energy Tide extends five zhang in every direction. This means Liu Changfeng possesses Core Formation potential."
"Core Formation potential?!" Li Qingyuan was startled, wearing the shocked expression unique to cultivators from some backwater island. His face was full of disbelief. "Liu Changfeng actually has the aptitude for Core Formation!"
Qin Miaoyi said, "A Spiritual Energy Tide below five zhang has limited potential and makes Core Formation difficult."
"Those above five zhang may be called Core Formation Seeds, though they have only barely crossed the threshold of a Core Formation Seed."
Li Qingyuan suddenly looked shocked. He stared blankly at Qin Miaoyi and drew in a sharp breath. "Hiss~! When you stepped into the Foundation Establishment Realm, Patriarch, your Spiritual Energy Tide extended a full ten zhang in every direction. Doesn't that mean, doesn't that mean...?"
He swallowed, and as disbelief filled him, the admiration and inferiority in his eyes both continued to rise.
At that moment, the deeper his admiration, the deeper the inferiority buried in his heart.
Qin Miaoyi smiled faintly. "Those with a Spiritual Energy Tide of nine zhang in every direction possess boundless potential and may be called Nascent Soul Seeds."
"And mine reached ten zhang. Even on the Nine Provinces Continent, I would be a top Heavenly Chosen of a Nascent Soul faction."
"As long as resources are sufficient and opportunities are right, I can certainly become a Nascent Soul True Lord in the future, live for a thousand years, and become a