The Method of Enlightenment Foundation Establishment

As the Movement Technique "Carefree Wind-Riding Art" successfully entered an epiphany and reached the minor accomplishment realm, this technique finally revealed its terrifying power.

Riding the wind through the air, he could cross a hundred zhang in an instant.

With a single thought, he could appear out of thin air three hundred meters away.

It gave him the exhilarating feeling that the sky was high enough for birds to fly as they pleased.

Jiang Li was secretly shocked.

This was no longer merely a Movement Technique, but a method of spatial shifting and teleportation.

It was an ability comparable to a Golden Core-stage divine ability.

Had the system comprehended this Movement Technique into a genuine divine ability?

This was far too outrageous.

With this Movement Technique, he did not even need to learn Sword Control Technique.

Or rather, even flying on a sword was not as fast as riding the wind.

His current speed was entirely beyond the reach of Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.

Jiang Li thought to himself, Although the system was unreliable, its capabilities were beyond question. It should be entrusted when it should be entrusted, and cursed when it should be cursed.

Just as he was thinking.

His body, controlled by the Movement Technique, turned into a wisp of breeze and swept past a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator flying on a sword.

That Foundation Establishment disciple did not even have time to react.

He only felt a gust of breeze blow past his eyes.

Within that breeze, he could vaguely make out a figure.

"Who was that?"

The Foundation Establishment disciple's heart jolted.

He was not flying on a sword, yet he was faster than him. Was this some kind of flying divine ability?

Could he be a senior brother ranked among the top ten of the Inner Sect?

Just as he was thinking this.

He suddenly noticed waves of clamor rising behind him.

When he turned back.

He saw a large group of Qi Refining stage disciples chasing after him for dear life, shouting things like, "Give back our Competition Tokens!"

As he was still confused, the Half-Step Foundation Establishment disciple running at the front pointed at Jiang Li's figure and hurriedly shouted, "Senior Brother, stop him! He stole our Competition Tokens—yours too!"

The Foundation Establishment disciple froze for a second and instinctively reached for his waist.

The Competition Token hanging from his belt was nowhere to be found.

"Fuck! With speed like that, go compete for the championship! Why the hell are you stealing our Competition Tokens?"

The Foundation Establishment disciple panicked as well.

He formed a hand seal.

His sword-riding speed increased by several degrees.

He shot toward Jiang Li.

Jiang Li watched from a third-person perspective, his face carrying a faint air of death.

Tormenting the Qi Refining stage disciples was not enough, and now it was tormenting Inner Sect Foundation Establishment Realm disciples too.

He had not even entered the Inner Sect yet.

Yet his enemies had already spread across the world.

But...

Ding! The Movement Technique "Carefree Wind-Riding Art" has entered epiphany once again. I have comprehended the Carefree True Intent. The carefree should transcend worldly affairs, unfettered and unrestrained, doing whatever they wish. The wind is elusive and formless, roaming alongside heaven and earth. To ride the wind carefree is to become a wandering rogue with no worries or reservations. Cultivation Method Progress +10%.

From minor accomplishment until now, the Movement Technique's progress had already surged to 40%. Only the final 60% remained before it reached the major accomplishment realm.

Still, although the system's comprehension had gone crooked beyond all bounds, its efficiency was genuinely high.

At this rate, it would not be long before he gained a Movement Technique at major accomplishment.

Jiang Li was both delighted and troubled.

He wanted to stop, yet could not bear to stop.

In the end, he simply shut his eyes and pretended not to see it.

What he did not see had not happened.

Very soon.

As more and more Foundation Establishment disciples had their Competition Tokens stolen, this Flying Sword Competition completely turned into a chase targeting Jiang Li alone.

Countless disciples riding flying swords pushed themselves to the limit, swearing to reclaim their Competition Tokens. Otherwise, they would be eliminated from this competition by an Outer Sect Qi Refining stage disciple.

The viewpoints of all one hundred and eight Mystic Mirrors focused on Jiang Li.

He stood beneath the gaze of the masses.

More and more uninvolved disciples heard that a monster had emerged in this Flying Sword Competition. With Qi Refining stage cultivation, he had mastered a flying divine ability, played a group of Foundation Establishment Realm disciples around in the palm of his hand, and even stolen their Competition Tokens.

An elder sent Zhang Song a message to explain the situation.

Some congratulated him, some envied him, and some asked him to come settle the matter.

Zhang Song, who was visiting Dan Peak, was completely dumbfounded.

What did it mean that his disciple had mastered a flying divine ability and made the other competitors seethe with resentment in the Flying Sword Competition?

He had indeed heard that Jiang Li planned to select a Movement Technique from the Technique Pavilion to cultivate, but less than half a day had passed. How could even Foundation Establishment cultivators be unable to do anything to him?

Driven by curiosity, Zhang Song came to the scene.

At the same time.

Jiang Li was already numb.

Because the system had offended every contestant.

That was right.

Every single one.

With the Movement Technique's enhancement, Jiang Li's speed was simply too fast.

Although he had set off much later, with the minor accomplishment Carefree Wind-Riding Art that merged him into the breeze, he had still overtaken everyone and become the first to lead.

During that time.

The Movement Technique had stolen every competitor's Competition Token.

This provoked all the competitors into surrounding him together.

The situation was on the verge of spiraling out of control.

"Junior Brother, return our Competition Tokens, or do not blame us for being impolite."

An Inner Sect Foundation Establishment Late Stage disciple gritted his teeth.

He was a prodigy ranked among the top fifty in the Inner Sect.

Among the participants in this Flying Sword Competition, he had the highest cultivation and strength.

The championship reward should originally have belonged to him.

Yet unexpectedly, a monster who had mastered a flying divine ability had emerged from the Outer Sect disciples.

Its speed was so fast that even he could only stare at its dust.

Seeing that Jiang Li did not respond, he attacked without hesitation.

A giant hand formed from spiritual energy grabbed at Jiang Li.

The other Inner Sect disciples made the same move.

Giant spiritual-energy hands seized toward him.

They intended to force him into a dead end.

And make him obediently surrender.

However...

Jiang Li turned into a breeze, drifting unpredictably. With one flash, he crossed three to four hundred meters.

Any blockade was a joke.

Jiang Li was utterly at leisure, looking exceptionally relaxed, clearly still holding back.

He began to chant again.

"Leisurely I tread through falling blossoms past willow tips; turning back, I smile and point at ten thousand waves. Let you wield a thousand grasping hands, you cannot seize even half a strand of a breeze's robe."

The many Inner Sect disciples: ?

You were even reciting poetry to mock them?

How was that any different from unleashing an ultimate move right in their faces?

As Inner Sect disciples and prodigies in the eyes of the world, when had they ever been slighted like this?

For a time.

Attacks rained down once more.

Like a fish in water, Jiang Li easily slipped beyond the attacks' range.

If he wished, he could even defeat them one by one.

The so-called Inner Sect disciples of the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land were nothing but living targets under the enhancement of the Carefree Wind-Riding Art.

This made Jiang Li rate this Movement Technique even more highly.

As expected of a divine ability-level Movement Technique.

Below the Golden Core stage, as long as they were not cultivators who specialized in speed, very few could catch up to him.

At that thought.

Jiang Li felt that the commotion caused by the system was not entirely unacceptable.

And besides...

It was already over.

Jiang Li looked at where his body had arrived and felt as though a burden had been lifted.

Ding! The Movement Technique "Carefree Wind-Riding Art" feels rather regretful and believes it still has room for improvement.

Jiang Li ignored it.

He swiftly reclaimed control of his body.

Then darted farther ahead.

The next moment.

Several referee elders appeared.

They blocked Jiang Li's path.

"The champion has been decided. No further attacks are permitted."

The referee elders announced the result.

Upon hearing this.

The Inner Sect Foundation Establishment disciples behind him could not accept it.

It was not that they had any objection to Jiang Li's result, but that they could not accept being eliminated.

If their Competition Tokens were still with them, they could at least compete for second or third place and receive other rewards.

But now...

They had been eliminated outright.

They had no ranking.

This Flying Sword Competition had only one champion and one victor.

That person was Jiang Li.

Everyone else had been eliminated.

At that thought.

The way they looked at Jiang Li was filled with fury.

This guy did not do human things.

Winning the championship was one thing, but why did he have to eliminate them too?

The other referee elders also looked over, wanting to know Jiang Li's reason for doing this.

Surely he had not simply wanted a beating.

Jiang Li explained with a perfectly serious expression, "Actually, I was cultivating a divine ability Movement Technique. The more one's state of mind aligns with the Movement Technique, and the more one performs specific actions that suit it, the easier it is to master."

Upon hearing this explanation.

Neither the disciples nor the elders understood what he meant.

Could one cultivate like that?

At this moment.

A disciple who had seen the first half of Jiang Li's journey raised his hand and said, "I can testify. When he first stepped onto the Rainbow Bridge, his speed was only at the level of an ordinary Qi Refining Peak cultivator. But after he began reciting poetry and stealing our Competition Tokens, his speed became faster and faster. In the end, even the Inner Sect senior brothers could not catch him."

With someone testifying, quite a few disciples present fell into thought.

"Then if I cultivate the Dragon-Grasping Claw, would I have to become a lecher and grab them every day? That actually does not sound too bad."

As the elders listened, they muttered to themselves, "The more one fits the state of mind of the cultivation method, the easier it is to master? The Innocent Heart has such an ability too?"

They looked toward Zhang Song.

After all, Zhang Song was Jiang Li's teacher.

Naturally, Zhang Song supported his disciple at this moment. "That is just how the Innocent Heart is. You are not it, so you would not understand."

After saying that.

Zhang Song dragged Jiang Li away from this land of trouble.

However, Jiang Li's name still spread throughout the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land.

All disciples learned that a true monster had emerged among the Outer Sect disciples of the Heavenly Mystery Holy Land.

With Qi Refining Realm cultivation, he possessed a divine ability.

Unmatched in speed.

In the blink of an eye.

Eight days later.

On this day.

Jiang Li received a top-grade Pill refined from the heaven-and-earth spiritual treasure, the Fire Spirit Mushroom.

A rich pill fragrance rushed into his nose.

Just one whiff made it feel as though his cultivation had advanced.

"Good disciple, once you're ready, you can undergo Foundation Establishment. Call me if anything comes up."

Jiang Li nodded.

He sat down cross-legged.

"Activate Cultivation Technique Growth Plan."

Ding, cultivation technique "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" has begun its actions.

The next second.

Jiang Li lost control of his body.

The cultivation technique took over completely.

With his demon-slaying achievements in Qinghe County, he had no need to worry about this Qi Refining Realm art causing any trouble.

"Be good and break through peacefully for me."

Jiang Li began to look forward to it.

Just as he was thinking that.

The next second.

Jiang Li, under Cultivation Technique Hosting, stood up.

Ding, cultivation technique "Profound Yellow Heart Refining Art" felt that it lacked a better opportunity and consulted the spell art "Dragon Slaying Sword," cultivation technique "Emperor's World-Shocking Art," and movement technique "Carefree Wind-Riding Art."

Cultivation technique "Emperor's World-Shocking Art" offered an idea: the most perfect method of Foundation Establishment was Enlightenment Foundation Establishment—comprehend the heavens and earth, then establish one's foundation where one stood.

Jiang Li:?

Huh?

This could still go wrong?

Wasn't Foundation Establishment just a matter of breaking through on one's own?