Is There Something Wrong with the Foundation Establishment Pill?

[You did not dare linger in the slightest and raced all the way back to the Qingyun Sect.]

[Even after returning to your Cave Mansion, you still had not recovered from the battle. Only when night fell did you calm yourself down.]

[Because the mission had failed, you did not receive the reward.]

[You took out the Foundation Establishment Pill you had exchanged for earlier from your Storage Ring. The Devilish Dao man's words kept replaying in your mind—do not undergo Foundation Establishment!]

[No matter how you thought it over, you could not understand what he meant. In the end, you decided he had merely been trying to fool you. After all, they were Demonic Cultivators, reviled by all.]

[Early the next morning, disciples from the Qingyun Sect's Law Enforcement Hall came to find you and told you that an inner sect Elder wished to see you.]

[You knew why the Elder wanted you, but you had no way to resist the law enforcement disciples. Just like that, you were brought to a grand hall within the inner sect.]

[Qingyun Sect's Third Elder asked why, out of everyone sent down the mountain to encircle and suppress the Foundation Establishment Realm Demonic Cultivators, you alone had returned.]

[At the Third Elder's words, your pupils contracted.]

[You clearly remembered that the Devilish Dao woman had not killed you yesterday. You and several other Outer Disciples had scattered and fled, yet unexpectedly, only you had made it back to the Qingyun Sect.]

[Facing the Third Elder's questioning, you explained that the Outer Sect disciples had been assigned to surround and attack one Devilish Dao man, while the inner sect senior brother had faced the Devilish Dao woman alone.]

[Only after losing several disciples did you manage to kill the Devilish Dao man. When you went back to find the inner sect senior brother, you discovered that he had already been killed.]

[At that moment, you realized that disaster was at hand and began fleeing in different directions.]

[In the end, unexpectedly, only you returned to the Qingyun Sect.]

[After hearing your explanation, the Third Elder closed his eyes, stroked his beard, and said, "If it was her, then it is not strange at all!"]

[At that moment, the Third Elder suddenly opened his eyes and stared at you intently as he asked whether that Devilish Dao woman had said anything strange to you.]

[Upon hearing this, you recalled the words spoken by the Devilish Dao man yesterday. But the Third Elder had asked about the Devilish Dao woman, so, adhering to the principle that less trouble was better, you said no.]

[The Third Elder nodded, believing your words. He told you to return and cultivate diligently, striving to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm as soon as possible.]

[And just as you were about to leave, he said something deeply meaningful: "Do not trust the words of Demonic Cultivators!"]

[After returning to your Cave Mansion, you immediately cast everything that had happened recently to the back of your mind.]

[All you wanted now was to work hard, earn Spirit Stones, exchange for a few more Foundation Establishment Pills, and break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm as soon as possible.]

[As for what that Devilish Dao man had said, you did not believe it in the slightest!]

[Unable to undergo Foundation Establishment? Then how had he undergone Foundation Establishment? How had so many people throughout the Qingyun Sect undergone Foundation Establishment?]

[Looking across all of Qingzhou, the Foundation Establishment Realm was merely the beginning of cultivation.]

[And yet he wanted Su Ming to give up before he had even begun. How could a transmigrator like him possibly give up on immortal cultivation?]

[In the seventh year, you spent the entire year taking on low-level missions to earn Spirit Stones. Although the earnings were small, at least your life was not in danger. After your previous experience of encircling Demonic Cultivators, you understood even more deeply the importance of the path of lying low.]

[In the eighth year, after your unremitting efforts, you finally saved enough Spirit Stones and successfully exchanged them for a second Foundation Establishment Pill.]

[Looking at the Foundation Establishment Pill in your hand, you secretly rejoiced: After lying low for so many years, I can finally undergo Foundation Establishment!]

[After returning to your Cave Mansion, you set up a simple Spirit Gathering Array and began preparing for your breakthrough.]

[After swallowing the first Foundation Establishment Pill, you began attempting Foundation Establishment.]

[Two months later, you felt that something was still missing from your attempt to undergo Foundation Establishment, so you took out the second Foundation Establishment Pill and swallowed it.]

[Half a year later, on this day, you felt the bottleneck loosen. In one burst of effort, you broke through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.]

[Just as you were still immersed in the joy of reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm, your vision suddenly went black!]

[You lost consciousness...]

[You died...]

[Ding! The simulation has ended. Please select one of the following rewards.]

[Great Perfection of Qi Refining cultivation!]

[Proficiency in all techniques from this simulation!]

[All experiences from this simulation!]

[Foundation Establishment Pill ×1]

"What?"

"I fucking died again?"

Su Ming looked at himself dying in the Simulator and fell into deep thought.

He could not figure out how exactly he had died. He had clearly broken through to Foundation Establishment one moment, and the next...

Wait!

Foundation Establishment?

Do not undergo Foundation Establishment?

Su Ming suddenly thought of the two Demonic Cultivators he had encountered in the simulation. They had said not to undergo Foundation Establishment.

"Could it be that I really cannot undergo Foundation Establishment? Will I die if I do?"

At that thought, Su Ming shook his head.

"How is that possible? If undergoing Foundation Establishment means death, then what are all those Foundation Establishment cultivators in the sect? Monsters?"

In the end, he leaned toward the idea that there was something wrong with the Foundation Establishment Pills. He believed the sect's Foundation Establishment Pills were flawed.

If there really was something wrong with the Foundation Establishment Pills, then there was only one option before him: either buy Foundation Establishment Pills elsewhere, such as at the Wanbao Pavilion.

The other option was to learn alchemy himself. The Foundation Establishment Pills he refined himself would definitely not have any problems.

The good news was that the ingredients needed to refine Foundation Establishment Pills were not difficult to gather.

The bad news was that Su Ming did not know alchemy.

After choosing technique proficiency, Su Ming waited an hour before starting another simulation.

[Drawing a random talent!]

[Congratulations, you have obtained an Orange Talent: Alchemy Prodigy!]

[Alchemy Prodigy: You are born with a unique understanding of alchemy and possess extraordinarily high aptitude for it...]

"An Orange Talent!!!"

"And it is Alchemy Prodigy!!!"

At this moment, Su Ming felt that the Simulator understood him far too well. It knew exactly what he lacked and delivered it right to his doorstep.

[On the second day, after learning that the sect's Foundation Establishment Pills had problems, you no longer placed your hopes on the Qingyun Sect.]

[At noon, seeing that you had not gone to work in the Spirit Field, Wang Hao stormed angrily into your Cave Mansion.]

[After you revealed your Great Perfection of Qi Refining cultivation, he was so frightened that he immediately fell to his knees and begged for mercy, offering up the Spirit Stones he had previously taken from you.]

[This time, you did not kill Wang Hao immediately. At your current stage, you did not want to be disturbed by too many factors, so after taking all of Wang Hao's Spirit Stones, you let him go.]

[Watching Wang Hao's departing back, you muttered, "Once I undergo Foundation Establishment, it will be the day you and your brother die!"]

[On the third day, you used the Spirit Stones obtained from Wang Hao to buy an Alchemy Furnace.]

[In the second year, you chose to develop quietly, earning Spirit Stones through missions to buy medicinal ingredients!]

[Because the ingredients for a Foundation Establishment Pill were somewhat cheaper than the pill itself, you gathered a complete set of ingredients in the second year.]

[However, you did not immediately begin refining pills. You planned to gather another set of ingredients and refine as many Foundation Establishment Pills as possible, increasing your chances of a breakthrough.]

[In this life, you did not have years of solidified foundations, so you would need more Foundation Establishment Pills.]

[In the third year, aside from cultivating, you spent the year doing missions and ultimately gathered the materials for a second batch of Foundation Establishment Pills!]

[At the beginning of the fourth year, you refined two batches and produced a total of four Foundation Establishment Pills!]