Breaking Through to the Foundation Establishment Stage! Encountering the Heart-Questioning Technique!

Time flew by.

Han Feng had already been inside the mountain gate for three months!

For these past three months, he had hardly stepped outside, completely devoted to cultivation.

The stone door outside his cave dwelling remained tightly closed, as if isolated from the outside world.

Within the sect, various rumors regarding this newly-admitted Heavenly Spiritual Root disciple never ceased.

Many disciples understood that this Junior Brother Han was probably a thorough, dedicated ascetic.

The Moongazing Sect's Decennial Apprentice Ceremony had completely concluded some time ago.

When immortal cultivation sects accepted apprentices, most resources tended to lean toward cultivation families affiliated with the sect, since their backgrounds were known.

Loyalty was also guaranteed.

Aside from Han Feng, who was an unexpected windfall, the Yan Family, the number one immortal cultivation family in Yue Country, had also sent an eleven-year-old girl.

She was also a Heavenly Spiritual Root!

Two prodigies from a single sect!

As soon as this news spread, everyone within the Moongazing Sect was deeply thrilled, while the remaining six great factions of Yue Country were envious enough to turn red-eyed.

At that moment.

At the peak of a cloud-and-mist-shrouded mountain on Moongazing Sect where spiritual energy turned to rain.

Inside a grand palace, a peerless woman wearing palace attire sat upright in the premier seat, her body radiating a faint spiritual pressure that inspired awe.

She was none other than Elder Zhou, one of the Core Formation Stage elders of the Moongazing Sect.

Right then, a flash of brilliance flickered at the entrance of the grand palace, and a disheveled blue-robed elder strode inside.

"Senior Brother Qiong, how do you have the time to come to my place?"

Elder Zhou slowly opened her eyes and spoke indifferently.

"Junior Sister Zhou, I heard the sect took in two Heavenly Spiritual Root disciples in one go. Such a grand event, how could this old bone of mine not come take a look?"

The blue-robed elder laughed heartily, his voice resonant.

Hearing this, a faint, ambiguous smile hung at the corner of Elder Zhou's lips.

"Could it be that Senior Brother has taken a fancy to one and wants to take an apprentice?"

"Mhm."

The blue-robed elder made no secret of it, nodding frankly as he said, "I'm old, and I don't have many decades left to live. I can't possibly take a lifetime's worth of hard work into the coffin with me; I still need to find a mantle successor!"

"Senior Brother jokes. With your cultivation, living another hundred or eighty years is not out of the question."

Elder Zhou changed the subject and continued, "It's just that Senior Brother, the circumstances of both Heavenly Spiritual Roots this time are somewhat special."

"One of them is a direct descendant of the Yan Family. First and foremost, that girl's loyalty belongs to the Yan Family,

and only secondly is she a disciple of our Moongazing Sect. If you take her as an apprentice, I'm afraid in the future..."

She did not finish her sentence, but the meaning was already clear.

The blue-robed elder frowned slightly, evidently understanding the stakes involved.

"As for the other person, it's that rogue cultivator called Han Feng."

Elder Zhou continued, "Although he is a Heavenly Spiritual Root, his background is completely blank and his origins are unknown. We still need to investigate clearly..."

"Of course, the probability of a Heavenly Spiritual Root appearing among rogue cultivators isn't zero..."

The blue-robed elder waved a hand. "Those demonic paths wouldn't be willing to let a Heavenly Spiritual Root come infiltrate us!"

"Besides, doesn't Junior Sister Zhou excel the most at that Heart-Questioning Technique?

Whether he is human or ghost, loyal or treacherous, won't you know if you go test him!"

Elder Zhou pondered for a moment.

"Since Senior Brother has spoken, then I, your junior sister, shall make a trip and go meet this little fellow!"

As her words fell, her figure flickered, turning into a streak of stunning rainbow that vanished from the grand palace, flying straight toward Azure Moon Mountain where the low-tier disciples resided.

Azure Moon Mountain, eastern side.

Inside Han Feng's cave dwelling.

Within the stone chamber, Han Feng sat cross-legged and slowly opened his eyes as a sharp glint flashed and vanished.

Three months of bitter cultivation, coupled with the pills he had accumulated previously, were finally not in vain.

With a thought in his mind, a translucent attribute panel instantly unfolded before his eyes.

[Available Attribute Points: 200]

Looking at this number, Han Feng's heart beat faster than it should have.

Enough!

He had finally gathered enough!

His gaze locked fixedly onto the cultivation technique column.

[Cultivation Technique: Evergreen Skill (Thirteenth Level) (Can be upgraded)]

The brightly glowing plus sign was no longer the dim, unclickable state from before; instead, it had become luminous and full of temptation.

Attribute Addition!

Suppressing the agitation in his heart, Han Feng silently chanted in his mind.

[Consumed 200 attribute points, Evergreen Skill upgraded to the peak level!]

Boom!

Almost the instant the system prompt sounded, a massive torrent of spiritual power—hundreds of times more terrifying than any previous occasion—appeared out of thin air within his dantian Qi sea!

Under the impact of this newborn force, the magic power inside his body began to surge, refine, and compress at a frantic speed!

The barrier of the thirteenth level of Qi Condensation peak was as fragile as a thin sheet of paper before this irresistible force!

Crack!

A crisp snap echoed as if coming from the depths of his soul.

The bottleneck was broken!

All the gaseous spiritual power within his dantian Qi sea began to spin and converge wildly at that moment, ultimately compressing into a single drop of crystal-clear cyan liquid!

One drop, two drops, three drops...

In just a few breaths, his gaseous magic power, originally vast like a sea of smoke, completely transformed into liquid true essence!

Although the quantity seemingly decreased, the quality of the spiritual power contained within underwent a heaven-shaking transformation!

Foundation Establishment!

It was done!

Han Feng abruptly opened his eyes, feeling the surging and robust true essence flowing inside his body as an unprecedented sense of power welled up from within.