Foundation Establishment and Arrangements

So nothing could be allowed to happen to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. If those spiritual herbs were destroyed, Chen Mo would be pained by the loss at most. But if someone destroyed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he would be heartbroken enough to go mad.

This was a cultivation cheat. Chen Mo's idol, Han Paopao, had relied on the mysterious medicinal liquid in his Heaven Wielding Bottle to accelerate the growth of spiritual herbs and successfully cultivate to immortality.

Chen Mo could be considered to be following in his footsteps.

Next, he would refine Foundation Establishment Pills, establish his foundation, then lie low until he reached the Golden Core stage before going off to have fun in other worlds. No, he should call it seeking opportunities in other worlds.

In fact, for Chen Mo, breaking through to the Golden Core stage was far less difficult than Foundation Establishment.

Breaking through to the Golden Core stage didn't require any special pills or anything else. As long as one reached the Late Foundation Establishment Stage and accumulated enough, one could attempt a breakthrough. As long as one could withstand the heavenly tribulation, one could successfully advance to the Golden Core stage.

However, nearly ninety percent of people died in the heavenly tribulation.

Chen Mo didn't need to worry about that, though. With fifty-four Experience Cards, would he be afraid of a mere heavenly tribulation?

Foundation Establishment, on the other hand, really was unavoidable. Without a Foundation Establishment Pill or certain special heavenly treasures, even someone with a single-attribute Heavenly Spiritual Root would fall to their knees before it. There was nothing to be done about it.

Fortunately, he had gathered all the medicinal ingredients needed to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, and more than one set at that.

Otherwise, Chen Mo would have had no choice but to risk going to another world.

Over the following days, Lin Yaodong devoted himself to body cultivation, Chen Mo cultivated in seclusion, and Xiao Wu practiced the Moonlight Art at night. During the day, she ruled as a tyrant in the Sunset Forest, living a carefree life.

Chen Mo, meanwhile, spent all his time refining pills, preparing to refine the Foundation Establishment Pills.

Chen Mo said, "Yew flowers, green jade fruits... not a single medicinal herb is less than a thousand years old. Using such precious spiritual herbs to refine basic, simple, low-level pills really is a reckless waste of heaven's gifts."

Even Chen Mo felt a tightness in his chest at such wasteful behavior.

It was far too extravagant. Thousand-year-old spiritual herbs were enough to refine Golden Core or even Nascent Soul-level pills!

Several months later.

Chen Mo was concentrating on refining a batch of pills: Foundation Establishment Pills.

This was already his third attempt. Unfortunately, Chen Mo had failed both of the previous times.

Chen Mo had seven sets of ingredients in total. If he failed again this time, he would have only four sets left.

But Chen Mo didn't intend to fail again. After his first two failures, he knew where the problem lay.

Drawing on his previous experience, Chen Mo thought that he definitely wouldn't make another mistake this time.

Soon, the refining process reached its final step: collecting the pills.

That was where Chen Mo had failed on his first two attempts.

But this time, he wouldn't fail again!

With a muffled sound, Chen Mo withdrew his magic power. He opened the pill furnace, and a medicinal fragrance rushed into his face. Inside lay exactly four perfectly round pills.

A smile appeared on Chen Mo's haggard face-the pills were complete.

Phew!

He could finally begin Foundation Establishment. It really hadn't been easy.

He would bathe and rest, then begin Foundation Establishment two days later.

Several days later, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the sky above the heart of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. It rapidly spread outward, seemingly on the verge of engulfing the entire Douluo Continent.

But for some reason, the phenomenon suddenly stopped. In the blink of an eye, it all vanished, as though nothing had happened and everything before had been an illusion.

Naturally, it was the phenomenon caused by Chen Mo breaking through to Foundation Establishment. This time, however, the reaction was rather strong. Even Chen Mo's Martial Soul hadn't been able to completely conceal it, and part of it had leaked out.

According to the system's notification, Chen Mo had now attracted the attention of the Douluo World's origin consciousness. That was also why his Martial Soul hadn't been able to completely conceal the phenomenon.

At the same time, the world was changing, becoming more favorable to immortal cultivation.

Of course, this change would be extremely slow, taking place over tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of years.

And all of this was because Chen Mo had established his foundation, bringing with him a cultivation system different from that of the Douluo World. The world's origin had noticed it the instant he broke through.

This was not a bad thing for the world itself, but a good one, which was why the world would change in a direction favorable to immortal cultivation.

The Douluo World's spiritual Qi and the like might seem extremely abundant, but that was purely due to the world's level and its origin. The Douluo Continent didn't have many spiritual veins or spirit stone mines like those in the immortal cultivation world.

Now, the Douluo Continent would slowly develop these things. It would simply take a long time: hundreds of thousands of years at the shortest and hundreds of millions at the longest.

As the leading figure in this, Chen Mo would naturally receive his share of benefits. He had already received the blessing of the world's origin. As long as he was on the Douluo Continent, he could be said to be the world will's own son.

His cultivation would surely be smooth sailing, with practically no bottlenecks along the way. Even if he encountered one, he could go out for a casual stroll or two and run into some treasure that would help him break through it.

Picking up money while walking down the road would be perfectly normal. Even kicking a random pebble might lead Chen Mo to discover a treasure.

The system explained to Chen Mo that he was now riding a wave of good fortune. Everything he did would be smooth sailing, and even if some obstacle popped up, outside forces would soon help him get past it with ease.

Chen Mo now fit the mold of a protagonist with a protagonist's halo, and one for whom everything went especially smoothly at that.

If anyone dared oppose him, they might even suffer Qi deviation while cultivating and suddenly drop dead.

Moreover, as Chen Mo's cultivation grew higher and higher, the world consciousness would give him increasing weight.

Several days later, the group set out on the road back to Haier City.

They had been away from home for almost three years or more, and both his younger sister Chen Mo and Lin Yaodong were a little homesick.

Chen Mo also wanted to return home and bring his parents to his cultivation grounds, so he could better protect them and give them better cultivation resources.

Haier City, the Chen residence.

Before Chen Mo even reached the front door, she began shouting that she was home.

Chen Mo called, "Mom, Dad, my brother and I are back..."

Father Chen and Mother Chen were just as excited to see their son Chen Mo and daughter Chen Mo.

It had been almost three years, and they had missed both Chen Mo and Chen Mo very much.

Mother Chen, Li Yan, kept saying, "It's good to have you back, good to have you back..."

And so, Chen Mo stayed at the Chen residence for a while with his sister and Xiao Wu.

As for Lin Yaodong, Chen Mo had sent him home as soon as they entered Haier City.

After staying for a while, Chen Mo left with Lin Yaodong, while his sister Chen Mo and Xiao Wu stayed behind.

Four people had come, but only two remained on the return journey.

His sister Chen Mo hadn't seen their parents in three years. After all, she was only nine, an age when she needed her parents by her side.

Besides, she had already reached the Seventh Layer of Qi Refining. With her flying sword, she could generally slaughter anyone below the Soul Saint level.

Moreover, Chen Mo had now taught her everything he could about immortal cultivation. What she lacked was the patient work of grinding away, slowly raising her cultivation to the Late Qi Refining Stage.

Chen Mo had left her more than enough pills and magic tools. He had even given her the two unused Foundation Establishment Pills. Those resources were enough for her to cultivate to the Late Qi Refining Stage with ease.

So it didn't much matter whether his sister Chen Mo stayed by his side. He only required her to return to his cultivation grounds when she established her foundation, so he could personally stand guard over her.

With the addition of Xiao Wu, a fierce rabbit whose combat strength was no less than a Soul Douluo's, there was practically no one who could threaten them.

Even if they did encounter a Titled Douluo, with the trump cards Chen Mo had left them, killing the opponent was another matter, but protecting themselves would be well within their means.

So Chen Mo felt at ease letting them stay behind.

As for Xiao Wu, Chen Mo knew that although she was a reckless rabbit, she was kind as well.

Even so, Chen Mo ultimately hadn't given her the complete Moonlight Art.

Mainly, he didn't want things to slip out of his control. Although Xiao Wu definitely wouldn't do anything like that, she had the ability to do so!

Nevertheless, Chen Mo promised her that once she had converted all the Soul Power in her body into Moonlight Power, he would teach her the rest.

Thanks to Moonlight Power, Xiao Wu no longer had to worry about anyone seeing through her identity, not even a Titled Douluo.

Aside from Chen Mo and the others, only Dugu Bo and Tang Hao knew Xiao Wu's identity. Dugu Bo definitely wouldn't target her, and as for Tang Hao, no one knew where he was now.

Even if she did encounter Tang Hao, Xiao Wu could unleash her full strength. Even if she couldn't beat him, she would have no trouble escaping.

And that was judging only by Xiao Wu's current strength. In another two or three years, whether a Titled Douluo could still beat her would be an open question.

Chen Mo said, "Yaodong, you've been following me for almost nine years now, haven't you?"

Lin Yaodong answered truthfully, "Nine years and two months in total."

Chen Mo nodded and remarked, "Time really flies. Nine years have passed in the blink of an eye, and we've both grown up. I've seen how much you've grown over the years.

"At first, I only planned to teach you a few things and have you run errands and do rough work for me. I didn't expect you'd follow me for nine years. Have you ever thought about leaving?"

After speaking, Chen Mo looked earnestly at Lin Yaodong.

Lin Yaodong's gaze didn't waver in the slightest.

Lin Yaodong said, "I haven't. I just want to follow you for the rest of my life, big brother."

Chen Mo said solemnly, "I intend to give you one final test. If you pass, you can keep following me from then on. If you fail, you might very well die. I'll give you three days. Think it through before you give me your answer."

Lin Yaodong looked Chen Mo straight in the eye. "Big brother, I don't need that long. I've already thought it through. I accept the test."

Chen Mo looked quietly at Lin Yaodong for quite a while, and Lin Yaodong looked back at him.

The two stared at each other like that.

After a long time, Chen Mo finally said to Lin Yaodong, "Go back and rest first. I'll tell you what the test involves tomorrow..."