After flying out of Elder Tianding's cave residence, Fang Qing did not return directly to Dark Jade Cave. Instead, he headed to Pill Hall for a look.
That old Tianding still hadn't given up on making me inherit his mantle—
He laughed and cursed inwardly, then fell into thought:
This Sweet-Rain Water mixed with the mysteries of Dao Foundation had only passable healing effects, but it seemed to possess the quality of moistening things silently. It was quite beneficial for the hidden injuries at a cultivator's foundation—
Hidden injuries to one's foundation!
These were injuries even more terrifying than losing a hand or a leg. If cultivators failed while breaking through a bottleneck, excessively stimulated their bodies' potential, used certain forbidden arts, and so on, they might suffer backlash and grievously damage their foundations. Their cultivation would then fall, leaving them unable to advance further. In severe cases, they would die and their Dao would vanish—
Even healing pills might not fully make up for such damage. They could easily leave behind hidden dangers that did not show themselves immediately, yet affected future breakthroughs into major realms!
For example, injuries left behind by failing to reach Foundation Establishment, or even failing Core Formation—those were all injuries to one's foundation, exceedingly difficult to heal completely.
Take Qin Ruxue. She had only barely succeeded in Foundation Establishment on her third attempt and was regarded as having exhausted her potential. In terms of the sect's previous treatment, she was far inferior to someone like Fang Qing, who had succeeded in Foundation Establishment in a single attempt.
For situations like this, it seemed my Sweet-Rain Water could be useful? At the very least, it could protect cultivators from suffering injuries too severely and prevent them from falling from a major realm—
As for Core