Practice begins with a fisherman

Observe the battle situation of both sides for a while, although due to the obvious disadvantage in numbers, they are always attacked by water snakes occasionally, but after gradually adapting to the passage of time, the situation has stabilized, and they will fight back one or two from time to time, see this scene Zhao Shoushou began to search for the most abundant source of spiritual power along the spiritual veins.

There is no doubt that this is a very energy-consuming thing. After all, if you want to find the foundation of the spiritual veins in the layers of ambush, you need not only strength, but also a bit of luck.

In the next few days, Zhao Shoushou was completely like an incarnation of a groundhog, judging the condition of the spiritual veins based on the spiritual power in the air, and in the process of continuous digging, he found some places with spiritual veins, but they were obviously not the most abundant places. .

"It's a pity that there is no magic weapon or spirit beast that can be used to judge spiritual power. I heard that there is a small monster called spirit mouse in some sects. It can accurately find the nearest place of spiritual power, which is really impressive. Envious." Zhao Shoushou looked enviously at the holes that appeared above the oasis.

However, the search these days is not fruitless, at least the general direction of the spirit vein can be determined, but there is still a problem that needs to be solved first.

It is the remaining monsters in the lake not far away. After the continuous struggle of two cormorants, at least twenty corpses of first-rank middle and low-grade water snake monsters have been left on the shore, but two days ago A first-order mid-grade python-like monster that suddenly appeared was more powerful in driving it away with its strong physique.

"A certain person was born by the lake, practiced by the lake, and awakened the spiritual root of the water attribute. The cave where he broke through the foundation is still at the bottom of the lake, or at the bottom of an oasis in the desert. It is also a strange thing." After sighing, Zhao Shoushou stared intently at the calm lake not far away.

A mid-tier first-tier anaconda is nothing to worry about. With the help of a mid-tier first-tier spirit ship, Zhao Shoushou tempted some blood food from a top-tier green wool sheep, and resorted to tricks when the anaconda was about to feast. , the first-rank top-grade Shuiyin sword flew out, easily nailing it to the beach and immobilizing it.

After confirming safety, Zhao Shoushou turned over beautifully like a nimble fish, and quickly disappeared at the bottom of the lake. This spiritual lake is not too big, and Zhao Shoushou at the bottom of the water could easily detect the source of the spiritual veins.

"It doesn't take much effort to find a place after breaking through the iron shoes. This hill at the bottom of the lake is a good retreat holy place, secret and safe." He was never satisfied with this place, so after a while of busy work, a simple cave next to the spirit vein has been completed. Development is complete.

Zhao Shoushou also successfully arranged the main formation flag of the first-rank top-grade Yunsha phantom formation, and used ten middle-grade spirit stones as the suppressant. In the next two days, the rest of the auxiliary formation flags were installed. The phantom array and the cave are basically set up, initially meeting the conditions for retreat.

As for the meticulous carving of the cave and other types of work that require more time, they can only be left for the future. The only remaining work is the stimulation of the large formation.

"The flag of the main formation is placed here. After the formation is activated, all the lake water in the cave can be completely drained. In short, everything is ready now, and it is only due to the east wind." Zhao Shoushou is basically satisfied with the current results.

Chapter 179 Preparations Before Foundation Establishment—Spiritual Pulse

"Great array of clouds, get up" Two days later, after detailed inspections and confirmations that there is no problem, Zhao Shoushou put his hands on the ground, and the spiritual power in his dantian surged out, and after inputting it and putting it on the ground, he attacked each of them under the operation of his consciousness. Main flag and [-] auxiliary flags.

Although this set of formations is a castrated version composed of formation flags, it is far from the formations arranged by formation masters with precious spiritual materials according to local conditions, but it also consumes a lot of spiritual power to activate.

It is necessary to meet the needs of 31 formation flags at the same time, and reach a critical point at the same time. Fortunately, the main formation flag is placed near the spiritual vein, so there are still some bonuses and subsidies.

A cup of tea, a stick of incense, and a quarter of an hour, until Zhao Shoushou's face turned pale, sweat dripped from his forehead, and more than half of the spiritual power in his dantian was consumed, before he felt the earth shake.

Seeing this situation, he was relieved, and then at the position where the array flags were originally arranged, masks were raised almost at the same time, the most conspicuous of which was the main array flag in the center.

The 31 beams of light are connected in pairs in the air according to the established rules, and finally the thirty auxiliary array flags form a milky white mask, with the main array flag as the core, slowly adjusting the area and finally covering it with the size of the oasis from top to bottom. The entire oasis disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Shoushou hardly felt anything in the oasis, which made him doubt whether the first-order high-grade cloud yarn magic array that had been officially launched had achieved the desired effect.

If there were monks passing by at the moment when the formation was activated, they would be very surprised by the sudden situation. The oasis that appeared in front of them disappeared without a trace and turned into an obviously drier desert when it was about to approach.

If you squat down and grope carefully, you can even feel the rough gravel tingling your fingers. All these changes seem to be dazzling and suspicious of life.

"It does not disappoint the hundreds of low-grade spirit stones that I paid. It is a good occasion to have a drier and barren desert in this desert." After Zhao Shoushou stepped out of the range of the formation and observed it, he was very satisfied with its effect.

So far, the safety of this oasis has only been slightly guaranteed. After dealing with some sundries on the ground, there is only one spiritual vein left.

Although Zhao Shoushou discovered the source of the spirit veins and even excavated the main formation flag and the cave, he never confirmed the grade of the spirit veins.

Moreover, the spiritual veins in this oasis really puzzled him a bit. When he was at the bottom of the lake, judging from the strong spiritual power inside, it was likely to be a first-level high-grade spiritual vein, but after the cave was opened, it seemed that the spiritual power had returned A little lacking, barely reaching the peak level of the first-order mid-grade.

Although both of them can barely meet his needs, it would be better if the grade could be a little higher. If he could not complete the investigation of the secrets, he would not be able to retreat and practice with peace of mind.

In his opinion, there must be some undiscovered hidden places here, and this is also the main task and goal for the next period of time.

"Could it be that there is some kind of monster or spiritual plant hidden in this spiritual vein that has been sucking spiritual power for a long time?" Thinking of this, his face was both sad and happy.

Regardless of the long-growing monster or the spiritual plant, in fact, in his opinion, the former is more likely, which is not a good thing for the current situation.

If Lingzhi thinks about it, he must be deeply entangled with Lingmai and cannot be separated from each other. It will take a lot of energy and time to separate them.

As for the monsters, a big battle is unavoidable. After all, no one wants to share half of the spirit veins that could be exclusive to others for no reason.

Now Zhao Shoushou's greatest hope is that all of this is a false alarm. After all the investigations are clear, all doubts will be resolved smoothly, and he can concentrate on retreating and practicing.

In fact, judging from this series of preparations, one can also find the sadness of being a casual cultivator. Everything needs to be considered thoroughly and done by oneself.

For many sects, as long as the conditions for building the foundation are met, except for the relevant panacea that needs to be prepared by themselves, the rest of the series of complicated affairs will be solved by a dedicated person. The monks who need to attack the foundation establishment only need to proceed according to the plan. In some minor sects there are even elder protectors to ensure that there are not too many accidents along the way.

But all of this can only arouse a little envy to him now, these emotions flashed in his mind, and his attention has quickly returned to the current situation.

It can be said that it is very close from the cave he opened to the source of the spiritual veins. Zhao Shoushou only found out anything unusual after a busy inspection.

"It's strange, judging from the spiritual veins here, it has obviously reached the first-level high-grade, and the quality is also high-quality. Why is the spiritual power in the cave reduced by half for no reason? It seems to be swallowed by a mysterious force? "Looking at the inexplicable situation of this spirit vein only made him feel helpless.

Since embarking on the road of cultivation, Zhao Shoushou has focused all his energy on cultivation, and some related unpopular knowledge has not been systematically passed on, but has only been accumulated during the cultivation process. The combination of these factors has caused him to be in two minds about the situation in front of him. His eyes darkened.

"Clear spiritual eyes, open" In desperation, Zhao Shoushou chose to activate the half-assed spiritual eye technique, hoping to discover something.

Ever since he accidentally killed the Qingling Snake and refined it into Qinglingyan, it can be said that he has made a lot of contributions in his practice career. If he has the opportunity in the future, he can consider raising it to the state of Dzogchen.

Today's luck seemed to be standing by his side all the time. The moment he opened his eyes, Zhao Shoushou suddenly noticed something, and the sight even gave him a feeling of goosebumps all over his body.

"What are these young worms? They can live on the spiritual veins for a long time. Today, a certain person has opened his eyes and seen the world." This situation made him gasp.

Fortunately, these little guys seem to have just hatched for a short time. Apart from a relatively secret hiding place, they have no other skills, so it is much easier to deal with them.

Of course, you must be careful in this process, otherwise, once the spiritual vein is damaged, it will be too late to regret, and this damage is permanent and irreversible.

Therefore, I fumbled in the storage bag for a while and took out two special instruments like chopsticks, which are specially used to catch pests in the spirit flower and spirit grass. Even if it will not harm the newly unearthed seedlings, it is used in This place is appropriate, the only doubt is how effective it is.

Soon Zhao Shoushou began to lie down next to the spirit vein and stare intently at the great cause of catching unknown insect bodies. The only difference was that he did not throw them out at will, but carefully stored them in a special jade box.

Chapter 180 Building the Foundation ([-])

In his opinion, since these little guys can rely on the nourishment of the spiritual veins for a long time to survive, if they have the opportunity to cultivate them, they will naturally be of great use in the future.

It's just that I don't know how much the cost of cultivation will be. All this can only be done after the shock foundation establishment retreat is over, and then I can search for some jade slips and judge its foundation to make a final decision.

Naturally, if these little guys can't persist until the end of the retreat, Zhao Shoushou will naturally not waste his energy on pursuing the root and type of it.

After all, according to some conventional inheritance, the more precious the spirit insects are, the more potential they have to cultivate, and the vitality of the spirit insects is naturally stronger.

Of course, Zhao Shoushou would not turn a blind eye to them, and there were also some not-so-small spirit stones stored in the jade box, which could be regarded as rations for these unknown little guys.

"All kinds of preparations took two months from the beginning to the end. Now that all the auxiliary work has been completed, it's time to start the real retreat." Recalling the busy period of this period, he was very emotional.

But at present, it is finally done, and can enter the formal cultivation stage. Whether or not the foundation can be successfully established this time is related to the future cultivation path, and it can even be said to be a major turning point, so he can't help but pay attention to it.

Under his strict instructions, two first-rank middle-grade cormorants were placed on the lake as scouts, and they could also be used as reminders in case of some unexpected changes.

After all the affairs were dealt with, Zhao Shoushou just stepped into the rough and primitive cave, but after all the larvae on the spirit veins were dealt with, the spiritual power here had reached the first-level top-grade level.

Before officially retreating to practice, he must first calm down the turbulent mood, and use the best posture to launch an impact on the foundation building stage.

"Rootless fruit, golden vine, fire spirit grass, hundred flower fruit, glazed water, cactus spirit fruit, earth-guarding orb" these seven kinds of spirit grass were officially collected by Zhao Shoushou from exhausting almost all his mind over the years, and they have a little bit of influence on foundation building. The treasure of the result is also his greatest reliance this time.

There is also a lot of attention to the order of taking these seven elixirs. If you don't know the properties of the medicines and take them casually, not only will it not increase the success rate of foundation building, but once the properties of the medicines conflict with each other, it may have a considerable adverse effect.

The first-grade top-grade Baihuaguo is the smallest but indispensable elixir in the foundation building pill. It can make the spiritual power in the dantian more intense. It can be regarded as a elixir for laying the foundation, and it needs to be taken before the official impact , is also the number one elixir.

The first-tier top-grade Qianjin vine is good at defense and can increase the flexibility of mana. When I officially started to try to build the foundation, the counter-shock force from the bottleneck of the Qi refining period and the foundation building period was quite powerful.

The main function of the first-level top-grade rootless fruit is to help monks build a stable bridge over the wide trench. Of course, the main function must be its own mana.

As for the timing of using glazed water, it needs to be judged according to the quantity. This is a genius treasure that can play a role in the whole process of foundation building, but the effect is not as strong as the foundation building pill. This is not a problem for him at all. After all, under normal circumstances, this bottle of glazed water is enough for two monks.

This is good news for him. With enough glazed water, the success rate can be increased by [-]% on the original basis. This is already a great help for foundation building.

Because the effect of cactus spirit fruit varies from person to person, or there is not much data, it can only be taken at the last moment. It is not known how much effect it will have, and it can only be said that it is better than nothing.

The last kind of earth-defending orb obtained from the Man family, its only function is to provide a large amount of spiritual power, especially when the spiritual power in the cave is exhausted, it has a certain bonus effect on foundation building, but it does not obvious.

From the above series of analysis, it can be easily judged that the series of treasures prepared by Zhao Shoushou are not even comparable to half a foundation building pill, and the most effective and reliable one is just glazed water.

"It's up to man to make things happen, but Zhao must win the sky. With so many treasures to help, there is no reason to fail." Zhao Shoushou patted his chest to cheer himself up.

His preparation may be far from that of some sect monks, but it is basically the same as that of casual monks or even members of some small families and sects.

Restricted by the scarcity of stone pillar ginseng, the main material of the foundation building pill, there are always a small number of people who can take the foundation building pill in the cultivation world, and more than [-]% of the monks are trying their luck with the help of a little elixir.

There is no doubt that the majority of them are always the ones who fail, but once they succeed, the pay and the gain are equal, and the combat power of the same class occupies a certain advantage.

In fact, according to the statistics of some cultivation sects, more than [-]% of all the foundation-building monks who took the foundation-building pill successfully advanced. However, comparing the two data, one can easily judge the astonishing number of people who have fallen or failed.

There are many monks jokingly saying that this is completely a road to death, and the number of monks who fall in the foundation building every year even exceeds the death in battle.

There are even many monks who, after countless efforts, have cultivated to the tenth level of Qi Refining Dzogchen, because they are afraid of not easily attacking the foundation, resulting in missing the right age, and can only live on idly.

Of course, all of this had nothing to do with Zhao Shoushou. Although he knew that the probability of failure was high and the consequences would be serious, he still had no intention of retreating.

Maybe this is the so-called newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, he prefers to walk in the mountains, and the courage to go forward in practice is also very important and indispensable. Maybe his future success depends on this.

After three days and nights of adjustment, with the assistance of the first-order high-grade spiritual veins and sufficient spiritual power, the mana in Zhao Shoushou's dantian was restored to a perfect state.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but after a series of preparations, I can even clearly feel that the mana seems to be better than before.

The spirit, energy, and spirit are all at their peak state, and the state is even better than ever. Isn't it time to attack the foundation building stage without hesitation?

When the time came, Zhao Shoushou naturally would not waste any of it, he decisively took out the first-grade top-grade passion fruit and swallowed it into his stomach, and at the same time, about one-third of the glass level was spread evenly on his body.

Although the effects of the two are not particularly outstanding, the addition of the two is naturally of great effect. After all, they are both treasures with clear records on foundation establishment.

The first-grade top-grade passion fruit melted in the mouth, and for a moment Zhao Shoushou only felt that he was in a special fragrance world, and his spiritual consciousness was even more sensitive than ever, as if he had been baptized by some special kind.

The liquid transformed by the spirit fruit flowed down the throat and entered the dantian, causing a significant increase in the density of mana that could not contain any.

Chapter 181 Building the Foundation ([-])

After one-third of the glazed water was evenly applied to the skin, he felt a piercing pain, as if tens of millions of larvae were constantly crawling into the body through the skin.

However, if it can be easily found on the periphery, strands of black impurities will be discharged from the body with each burst of pain, especially in the fine hair.

The few impurities, erysipelas, etc. left in the body after the first-order top-grade Quzhuo Pill were once again eliminated from the body.

Whenever there are fewer and fewer impurities, a greater amount of spiritual power will go forward and enter the body and meridians along the almost opened pores of the whole body.

Most of the spiritual power was refined into the dantian by Zhao Shoushou, who was running the Great Zhoutian at full strength, and a small part was inevitably scattered in the body, making it gradually strengthened. It was in this kind of strengthening bit by bit Change its original weakness so that it can adapt to a higher level of cultivation.

Generally, cultivation base is directly proportional to the physical body, the physical body is like a bucket, the more water in it, the higher the requirement for the strength of the physical body.

Under extreme circumstances, simply blindly pursuing the improvement of cultivation and ignoring the importance of the physical body may cause the physical body to collapse neatly in the future.

Glazed water, as a natural treasure that has an obvious auxiliary effect on foundation building, its role is naturally more than that. When impurities, erysipelas and other harmful substances are eliminated to a certain extent, the unconsumed glazed water will turn into strands of special The scorching power is integrated into the mana of Dantian to make it of higher quality, and it seems that there is only one last step left before liquefaction.

In addition, there is still a small amount of energy integrated into the meridians, which can make the meridians more resilient, so as not to fall short in the coming impact of the backlash.

At present, everything seems to be in a good development situation. We only need to wait for the spiritual power that has been repeatedly suppressed in the dantian to return to its peak state before we can launch an impact on the foundation building period.

Of course, before the official impact, the first-rank top-grade Qianjin Vine, which can increase the toughness between mana, must be taken, so as to prevent repeated impacts from becoming useless.

If there is the effect of the thousand-gold vine, even after each attack fails, it can still leave a little bit of mana to fuse with the bottleneck, and it will have a great effect even if it accumulates.

From the effects of all the above-mentioned elixir, one can clearly feel the importance of hitting a big bottleneck. If only relying on blood and courage, how can except a few people with superior qualifications succeed?

The sun rises and the moon sets, day and night alternate, and time always passes very quickly during the retreat. When the mana, which has been double deepened by passion fruit and glass water, reached its peak state again, it was already three months later.

Zhao Shoushou felt the surging unprecedented strength in his dantian, and he was also full of confidence in the foundation building period that was close at hand, and basically met the prerequisites for attacking the bottleneck.

Therefore, he resolutely took the next-level top-grade elixir, Qianjinteng. When its medicinal power was integrated into mana, he could clearly feel the increase in the resilience of the spiritual power in his dantian.

"Everything is ready, it's only due to Dongfeng, it's time to start a formal attack." A thought flashed in Zhao Shoushou's mind, and the expression on his face was also unprecedentedly firm.

Zhao Shoushou had already begun to condense all his consciousness, forming a small whirlwind above the dantian, evenly distributing the mana in the dantian.

Driven by the spiritual consciousness, there were waves of mana surges in the originally calm dantian, and a large amount of mana gathered together and began to rush upwards along a fixed channel. It was the first time to try to explore the most solid foundation-building bottleneck. attack.

"Booming" It's a pity that it has not yet approached the bottleneck. When it was still a short distance away from the bottleneck, this bottleneck, which can be called a natural moat, suddenly burst out with a counterattack, easily smashing the mana trying to get close to it.

This counter-shock force came so quickly, it can be said that it was far beyond his expectations, and these were also completely unexpected.

Since he was unprepared for failure, the strong backlash naturally had the same reason. When this mana poured back into his dantian, a trace of blood had faintly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The difficulty of building a foundation is as difficult as climbing to the blue sky. He has already given him a very clear understanding at the beginning, and the difficulties he will face later will be more intense than he imagined.

Although it was a bit unexpected, Zhao Shoushou obviously wouldn't give up easily, and soon began to regroup, and decisively took out the first-order high-grade glazed water and applied it on his body to provide a helping hand.

If one's own shock can't make direct contact with this bottleneck, which can be called a natural moat, wouldn't it be foolish to want to cross it and enter a new world?

When he felt the power of Liulishui again, a blood cone-like shape had formed under his inner vision. In his opinion, this could exert a stronger fighting power, leaving the first stream of mana on the bottleneck in one go. imprint.

When this task is completed, the first-level high-grade elixir has no roots, and can be swallowed into the stomach to exert its due effect and help him build a stable bridge above the bottleneck.

When the cone formed by mana moves upwards along the same road, the effects are obviously different. Although the counter-shock force of the bottleneck hits from time to time, it still moves forward firmly. Of course, there are also some Part of the reason is better preparation this time around.

"Boom boom boom" When the cone of mana collided with the bottleneck, suddenly there was a sound of thunderbolt in his mind. This sound seemed to directly affect his spiritual consciousness, which only made him dumbfounded The mouth is crooked.

However, at the same moment, a part of mana is still tightly attached to the bottleneck like a moat. Most monks gradually consolidate their foundations and expand the occupied area above the bottleneck through this method of small streams and long streams. Of course, some can directly Except for the geniuses who travel in the past.

In the cultivation world, there are always some monks who are loved by the Dao of Heaven, but they can easily overcome the death bottleneck that monks fear like a tiger, until their eyes turn red with envy.