"I'll go first. If there's any danger, I can warn you in advance."
"Moo!"
"You listen to me this time. We don't have a master, so we can only feel our way across the river by groping for stones."
"Moo~"
Big Black Ox lowered its head, licked Chen Xun, then hurriedly backed far away. Seeing the serious look on his face, it knew there was no room for argument in his words.
Chen Xun calmed his mind and raised a hand slightly. A Foundation Establishment Pill slipped down his throat, and fierce medicinal power suddenly erupted within him. Chen Xun's eyes opened wide, and a muffled groan sounded from his mouth.
Big Black Ox was tense all over. It was about to lift a hoof, but forced itself to remain on the spot, not daring to make the slightest sound. Disturbance was most taboo during a breakthrough.
At that moment, Chen Xun's pores opened wide, and his body actually flickered with a faint glow. Countless strands of turbid qi emerged from within him. His face alternated between pain and relief as his eyes gradually closed.
The steel wall within his body was continuously being melted by the medicinal power. His dantian was undergoing a tremendous transformation as wave after wave of medicinal power battered through his body.
A day and a night later, Chen Xun was drenched in sweat, his chest heaving constantly as he stared at Big Black Ox in shock.
"Moo! Moo!" Big Black Ox kept crying out. Why did a breakthrough look like this?
"Old Ox, I'm fine. You know Foundation Establishment means the dantian liquefies, and then divine sense is born in the Niwan Palace—that is when Foundation Establishment succeeds."
Chen Xun spoke in shock, as though something had frightened him. "My Foundation Establishment failed, but