Because Yaoshi Yuan and Shang Xin Lei had influenced her so deeply, and because she had never learned the details of Foundation Establishment in her previous life, Yan Qing had subconsciously assumed that the threshold for Foundation Establishment was extremely high. Perhaps she would have to take the route of forcefully establishing her foundation through the Heaven Heavenly Dipper and Earthly Fiend.
Only now did Yan Qing realize it: how could Foundation Establishment Pills possibly be difficult to obtain?
In the game "Herald," Foundation Establishment was merely the starting point for players leaving the beginner stage. In "Breath of the Wild," it was equivalent to Link obtaining the paraglider and leaving the Great Plateau. In "Street Fighter 6," it was equivalent to a player just finishing the single-player mode... Only after Foundation Establishment did a Herald truly qualify to explore the vast game world!
Before crossing over, Yan Qing had only seen players complain that the threshold for ascension was too high. She had never seen anyone complain that Foundation Establishment was difficult, which meant there had to be many ways to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills in the game, just like the Land of Gathering Demons event, where simply participating would earn one... So why had it become impossible to obtain even a single pill in reality?
This question was finally answered when Yan Qing opened the detailed description of the event reward containing a Foundation Establishment Pill.
Like tokens, Foundation Establishment Pills were divided into four grades: ordinary, rare, wondrous, and legendary.
But!
The only ways to obtain ordinary and rare Foundation Establishment Pills were through events and player production!
Wondrous and Legendary Foundation Establishment Pills, meanwhile, could be obtained through events, player production, and secret-realm rewards!
At first glance, this was practically impossible to understand. Why did secret