Foundation Establishment Phantom Birth

Winter Solstice, the day when yin reached its peak and yang was born.

The gates of Feiquan Cave Mansion were tightly shut. Jiang Ping'an sat cross-legged within the Cultivation Chamber.

He held the Yin Yang Reincarnation Stone in one hand. Before him lay the Three Lives Cicada Molt, and beside him stood a stalk of Merit Purple Bamboo.

Jiang Ping'an closed his eyes, and his Spiritual Sense entered meditation alongside the Three Lives Cicada Molt.

Early autumn, Firefly Fragment.

Jiang Ping'an carried a chest of books on his back as he hurried from Nanpo Town to the provincial capital for the examinations. At twenty-eight, Jiang Ping'an was of middling, somewhat short stature, with an ordinary appearance and a poor family background. He still had not started a family.

By the time Jiang Ping'an reached Ten-Li Slope outside Locust Peace Town, the sun had already set, and darkness descended in the blink of an eye. Judging by his pace, he would not make it into Locust Peace Town in time. Moreover, his purse was light, and he was reluctant to spend money on an inn, so he simply found a ruined temple to rest in for the night.

After setting down his luggage, Jiang Ping'an gathered some dry firewood and lit a fire. Once it caught, the firelight drove the darkness from the ruined temple. Jiang Ping'an sat before it and took out a dry flatbread to eat.

Suddenly, he heard a whimper from behind the temple, like the cry of a small beast.

Jiang Ping'an immediately picked up a blazing piece of firewood as a torch and rose to follow the sound. When he reached the back of the temple, he quickly discovered a white fox.

Its hind leg had been caught in a trap, and blood streamed from the