As it turned out, refining pills in an iron pot worked remarkably well.
Li Yingling began drawing in Spiritual Power like a whale swallowing water, preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment.
Chu Xingchen hurriedly took a few spirit stones from his storage ring and arranged a simple spirit-gathering formation to ensure Li Yingling had enough spiritual energy for her breakthrough.
Chu Xingchen had studied the Water Heart Sutra as well, though reading it really did make his eyes swim.
But as expected of something produced by an Imperial Lord, its cultivation method was written with perfect Foundation Establishment in mind.
After all, how could anyone become an immortal with an unstable foundation?
Only when the primordial energy within was full and the spiritual altar clear could Foundation Establishment follow naturally, like water flowing into a channel.
As a superior immortal seedling, she cultivated quickly, but her foundations were still solid.
After all, she was the first disciple Chu Xingchen had taken in. How could he truly neglect her?
Watching Li Yingling's aura gradually draw inward,
Chu Xingchen knew this breakthrough was in the bag.
Half an hour later, the system notification sounded.
[Eldest Disciple Li Yingling has broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm] [Rewards issued] [Divine Ability: Three Thousand Weak Waters Sword] [Official quest issued: Recruit a total of two qualified disciples] [Reward: Spirit-Gathering Formation] [Official quest two: Recruit a total of three qualified disciples] [Reward: True Martial Hall]
The main quests were more or less what he had expected.
But where was he supposed to find disciples so easily?
Chu Xingchen could not help letting out a forlorn sigh.
Having finished regulating her breath, Li Yingling opened her eyes, brimming with joy and ready to say something, only to see Chu Xingchen staring blankly at her before sighing.
*???*
Had my cultivation gone off the rails? Li Yingling hurriedly inspected her internal condition, but everything was perfectly normal.
Then what was wrong? Had I established my foundation the wrong way?!
But after several careful inspections, she still found nothing wrong! I'm doomed! That's the worst problem of all.
Li Yingling asked timidly, "M-Master, am I done for?"
Coming back to his senses, Chu Xingchen gave Li Yingling a baffled look:
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Chu Xingchen took the Divine Ability manual out of the System Space and tossed it to Li Yingling.
"This is a Divine Ability, a cultivator's final trump card. Practice it diligently."
Catching the manual, Li Yingling glanced at its cover. It was clean and neat, with the words Three Thousand Weak Waters Sword written in an elegant, evocative hand.
Li Yingling carefully opened it. Unlike the several-times-revised versions she had imagined,
this Divine Ability manual was pristine, and even its handwriting was graceful and beautiful.
It actually looked a little like some dubious Divine Ability picked up from a roadside stall.
But that was only a passing thought. Li Yingling had already experienced what the Water Heart Sutlet could do.
As long as she had not crippled herself practicing it, she would now trust her master unconditionally with whatever he gave her to cultivate.
She happily leafed through the Divine Ability sword manual. After reading for a while, she felt she was still missing something needed to practice it.
Li Yingling asked, "Master, do you have a sword?"
Why did that sound a little like an insult?
Still, Chu Xingchen understood what Li Yingling meant.
Chu Xingchen glanced at Li Yingling, then broke a small piece off his plank bed, swiftly whittled it into a wooden sword with Spiritual Power, and tossed it straight to her:
"Practice whenever you have time. If it breaks, I'll make you another. All you could ever need-there are trees right outside."
After more than half a month, Li Yingling had grown accustomed to her master's way of doing things. She silently picked up the crude wooden sword from the ground.
Then she quietly retreated to her own plank bed.
She no longer seemed the least bit happy about reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Chu Xingchen silently sighed again. Where was he supposed to find another Immortal Seedling disciple?
The betrayal of my past life!
The blood-deep vendetta of my past life!
In this life! I will make them pay blood for blood!
Li Xingtian's gaze was Calm and Composed. The straw sandals on his feet had long since worn through, leaving his feet bloodied!
In my previous life, I had ordinary aptitude. I joined the Clearwind Sect and suffered every humiliation!
Only after finally obtaining a supreme treasure did I turn my fortunes around! I fought my way from the Southern Jambu Continent all the way to the Great Thousand Central Province!
Even in the Central Province, where geniuses gathered, I could be called a heaven's chosen!
But alas! Young and foolish, I was swindled out of everything by that wretched Demoness from the Demonic Sect!
Even the Nascent Soul I had cultivated was drained dry by that Demoness from the Demonic Sect!
Worst of all! That Demoness from the Demonic Sect! She never even let me hold her hand once!
Damn her to hell!
Since I've been given another chance at life, there will be no women in my heart this time!
Li Xingtian's destination was a Mountain God Temple in the woods of Ten-Mile Slope.
Inside the Mountain God Temple was a stone containing Millennium Bone Jade.
As long as he absorbed and melted it down, then subdued the inner demon within it, he could be reborn from the bones out!
He would transform into a Heavenly Demon Dao Body!
The reason a Mountain God Temple had been built in Ten-Mile Slope, a place seldom visited and devoid of inhabitants for dozens of miles around,
was that a mighty cultivator had left this opportunity for a destined person of a later generation.
In my previous life! I was that destined person!
In this life! I've arrived sooner than before! I'm still that destined person.
Truly! Fate! Its wonders defy words!
Li Xingtian climbed over a familiar little steep slope.
His spirits soared even higher, because the Mountain God Temple lay just beyond it!
Li Xingtian looked up excitedly.
He saw the Mountain God Temple.
But the Mountain God Temple was not all he saw.
He also saw a beautiful young female cultivator wearing a pink flowing immortal dress.
Her long hair cascaded like a waterfall, her face was lovely as peach blossoms, and she held a wooden sword, practicing swordplay with exquisite poise.
Spiritual Power rippled around her, making her breathtakingly beautiful.
How could any ordinary person see her and not call her an Immortal descended from heaven?
But Li Xingtian was different!
Fuck! A woman!
Li Xingtian cursed inwardly.
But he did not rush forward. Without a doubt, the girl before him was already a cultivator who had stepped onto the immortal path.
Right now, I'm nothing but a second-level Qi Refining nobody!
Observe first!
He might have been fine had he not looked, but his careful observation revealed something remarkable!
This girl clearly isn't practicing ordinary swordplay! It's a Divine Ability!
And a top-tier sword Divine Ability at that, one that suits this woman perfectly!
A Divine Ability! The lifelong dream of so many cultivators.
In the Central Province, only those who had learned a Divine Ability could be called heaven's chosen.
Li Xingtian had a Divine Ability too, but it differed greatly from his own cultivation method, severely reducing its effectiveness.
Even so, within the same realm, he could crush any opponent who lacked a Divine Ability!
What made Li Xingtian even more envious was that the Spiritual Power this girl currently displayed was only around the Foundation Establishment Realm.
A girl at Foundation Establishment already has a Divine Ability suited to her?!
Even reborn with the memories of my previous life, I wouldn't dare dream of such a thing!
Is she a core disciple of some top immortal sect in the Central Province, out traveling?
Then there must be a sect elder accompanying her as a protector!
Li Xingtian's heart jolted. His presence might already have been discovered!
He hurriedly slid carefully back down the slope.
Sure enough, I have to come at the right time to claim an opportunity! I came too early!
Cursing himself inwardly, Li Xingtian prepared to leave for now.
The instant he turned his head, a wooden sword pointed straight at his throat.
The girl who had been practicing swordplay wore an icy expression as she asked coldly:
"Who sent you?"
"Was it the minister of the Black Tortoise Kingdom, or has the Taiqing Sect discovered our whereabouts?"
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