Although in the foundation building stage, you can live without grains by yourself, and you can survive by only absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
But the aura of heaven and earth cannot satisfy the appetite.
The four of them spent hundreds of spirit coins and had a delicious meal at Piaoxiang Pavilion. Jiang Li and Senior Sister Xu returned to Yuzhu Peak to practice, and Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan also returned to Ziyun Peak.
In the next few days, Li Yu did not go out. He had just established the foundation and it would take him some time to adapt to his current state.
Three days later, Li Yu left the Kunlun Cave, took the Lingfang, and flew west for nearly a thousand miles. He passed a Kunlun stronghold there and entered a large cave.
This is a small world with an extremely large area, and its inner space is also extremely stable, and can be entered even with cultivation levels in the foundation building stage.
After the foundation was established, he could no longer enter first-level secret realms such as Zijin Cave Heaven, Xuling Cave Heaven, and Lantau Secret Realm, so he and Xu Yitian made an appointment here when they parted last time.
This place is called Shenxu Dongtian, and it is a second-level secret realm with many entrances connected to the main world. Basically, all the good and evil sects have strongholds in it to jointly develop the resources here.
In Shenxu Cave, on a certain mountain peak, when Li Yu arrived, Xu Yi and Tian Qi had already arrived. The two of them were gathered around the fire, grilling some meat skewers.
Half a year has passed, and their cultivation is still at the peak of Qi refining. After getting familiar with them, Li Yu also understands their situation.
Xu Yi and Tian Qi's talents are considered very good in the Demonic Way. If they were in Kunlun, they would definitely be the core disciples among the core disciples. There is no need for them to worry about foundation building.
It's a pity that they are in the Demonic Path, and in the entire Demonic Path, few people can refine the Foundation Building Pill. This third-level elixir is extremely precious in the Soul Refining Sect and the Hehuan Sect, and will be given priority to the descendants of the Yuanying Patriarch.
Xu Yi and Tian Qi were both prominent in their ancestors, but with the decline of the strong family members, no one was fighting for resources for them. The most valuable thing they had was the family heirloom storage ring.
Even if the two people's talents are stronger than those people, it will be of no use in the face of relationships.
Compared to the righteous path, the demonic path has fewer resources, and this tilt is even more serious.
Xu Yi looked up at Li Yu and said with a smile: "Fellow Daoist Li is here. I just roasted a piece of meat. You can eat it first."
Li Yu took out a few bottles of spirit wine from the storage space, and the three of them chatted while eating.
Li Yu learned some bad news from Xu Yi and Tian Qi.
Their purple gold deal is coming to an end.
The Soul Refining Sect and Hehuan Sect had not received purple gold for more than half a year, which finally attracted the attention of some people above them, and they were quickly traced.
Xu Yi and Tian Qi were also called for an interview. Although they were not punished, they were not allowed to collect purple gold from ordinary disciples.
When Xu Yi mentioned this matter, his face was extremely angry, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The purple gold transaction of the sect was originally controlled by the lineage of a Yuan Ying period ancestor. They exchanged purple gold for magic weapons with your righteous Qingcheng sect, because
I affected their interests, so the Yuan Ying Patriarch took away a Foundation Establishment Pill that was originally my turn. I have been waiting for that Foundation Establishment Pill for three years!"
He looked at Li Yu and said, "Sorry, Fellow Daoist Li, the sect's Yuanying Patriarch has intervened, so I can no longer help you collect the purple gold."
Tian Qi also sighed helplessly and said: "My situation is similar to that of Brother Xu. The sect has warned me once and will not allow me to accept purple gold from other disciples in the future..."
Li Yu waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, I won't accept it if you don't want it."
He wanted purple gold in exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pills. Now that he had established the Foundation, there were still more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Pills left, so asking for purple gold was actually of no use.
At this time, Xu Yi twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "If I don't let them take it, they can't take it. Even the dogs won't eat the pills they made. Those disciples will never go to the Zijin Cave again in the future..."
Before Li Yu appeared, the disciples of the Soul Refining Sect spent a month of hard work refining a pound of purple gold, and could only exchange it for a middle-grade Qi Restoration Pill. After taking it, the mana was not enough, and they had to spend time refining the erysipelas afterwards.
After Li Yu appeared, a pound of purple gold could be exchanged for a top-quality Qi-restoring pill, which not only restored full mana instantly, but also had no side effects.
There is no harm without comparison. Who would be willing to let them take those junk elixirs if they are used to taking the best quality rejuvenating elixirs?
Thinking of something, he looked at Li Yu again and asked: "Fellow Daoist Li, do you still want to accept the high-level elixir?"
Li Yu nodded and said: "Take it, high-level elixir. I want as much as you have."
The third-level elixir can help him open up his spiritual vein acupuncture points during the Qi refining period. After the foundation is established, although it has no direct effect on his practice, it can also repair the cracks in the alchemy furnace or make him a channel-opening pill.
, used to exchange for Pulse Tuo Dan, naturally the more the merrier.
After this meeting, the three of them no longer need to meet every month.
Li Yu made an agreement with them to meet here once a year and deliver the elixirs and elixirs at once. For a cultivator of immortality, this time is not long.
When they were about to leave, Li Yu took out two pill bottles, threw them to the two of them, and said: "We have cooperated for so long, so I give you a small gift to thank you for taking care of the Kunlun disciples."
In the past six months, Li Yu had heard about the two factions' disciples helping the Kunlun disciples. It must be because of Xu Yi and Tian Qi that they still took his words to heart.
Xu Yi smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite, Fellow Daoist Li, it's just a little effort."
Tian Qi also smiled and said: "Of course the things that Fellow Daoist Li told me must be done..."
In the past half year, they had also gained great benefits from their transactions with Li Yu. Naturally, they did not dare to be careless about what Li Yu told them.
Li Yu smiled, and after bidding farewell to the two of them, he floated away like the wind.
His figure has gone away, and a voice floats from the wind: "We have met each other, and I have something to remind you, especially fellow Taoist Xu, that ghosts are just things outside the body. Don't rely too much on them. You should practice spells diligently. This is
Practice the right path..."
The two of them looked at Li Yu's leaving figure with envy on their faces.
When they first met Li Yu, everyone was still in the Qi refining stage, but now Li Yu has already stepped into the foundation building stage before them.
Kunlun disciples are really enviable...
Xu Yi casually opened the elixir bottle that Li Yu gave him, and after taking a look, his whole body was stunned for an instant.
He originally thought that what Li Yu gave him should be some kind of elixir such as the Qi Restoration Pill.
After all, he just gave it so casually...
But Xu Yi never expected that what was in this bottle was actually the Foundation Establishment Pill!
Still two!
Two high-grade foundation-building pills with three pill patterns!
He had been looking forward to the foundation-building pills for several years but could not get them. He got them so easily. There were two pills, which were enough for him to step into the foundation-building pills with both his water and fire spiritual veins.
He had already compressed his mana to the limit, and the only thing missing was the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Tian Qi noticed Xu Yi's strange behavior and was a little confused. He asked, "What's wrong with you? What kind of pill did Fellow Daoist Li give you? Let me take a look..."
Looking into the pill bottle in Xu Yi's hand, Tian Qi was stunned.
"Build, build foundation pill!"
His voice was trembling when he spoke. For those of them who were at the bottleneck of foundation building, nothing was more important and precious than the foundation building pill.
There was no time to envy Xu Yi, so he immediately opened his elixir bottle, and sure enough, he found that there were two high-grade foundation-building elixirs lying in his elixir bottle.
He has never taken the Foundation Establishment Pill, but this pill has appeared countless times in his dreams.
After reacting, the two immediately put away the Foundation Establishment Pill and then distanced themselves from each other.
In the magic world, it is not uncommon for brothers to turn against each other and fathers to become enemies because of one Foundation Building Pill, let alone two.
At this time, no one can be trusted.
However, the two of them soon realized that Li Yu was very considerate. Both of them practiced dual spiritual veins. Li Yu gave each of them two foundation-building pills, so no one had to steal the other's.
The two coughed lightly and took a step forward at the same time to cover up the embarrassment of their subconscious behavior just now.
Then, their faces also showed moved expressions at the same time.
To be honest, their master is not so kind to them.
Not to mention the Foundation Establishment Pill, their master gave all the resources he received from the sect to his descendants. In the Demonic Way, blood ties are the most trustworthy. As for them, they are just working for their master.
, they had to do all the dirty work and hard work. Master was happy and gave them a low-quality Qi Restoration Pill, which was already considered an extra gift. Their current level of cultivation was all due to their efforts.
Thinking again of Li Yu's instructions before leaving, Xu Yi's mind flashed back to that time in the Lantau Secret Realm, when there was no spirit ghost and the other two disciples were at a loss.
Li Yu was right. The disciples of the Soul Refining Sect relied too much on the spirit ghosts. Once they lost the spirit ghosts, they were not good at magic and would not be able to compete with them at the same level in terms of fighting skills.
Living in the devil's realm, he is used to intrigues, bloodshed and fights, but no one has ever been so kind to him.
And Li Yu, a disciple of the opposing sect, not only gave him the Foundation Building Pill, but also pointed out the flaws in his practice. It was difficult for Xu Yi to describe his mood at this moment.
Tian Qi looked at the direction where Li Yu disappeared and murmured: "Fellow Daoist Li - he is really a good person."
Xu Yi held the elixir bottle tightly and said, "It is enough to have a friend like this in life. If there is an opportunity in the future, I must repay Daoyou Li for his kindness..."
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After leaving the Shenxu Cave, Li Yu released the spiritual boat and quickly returned to the sect.
After the foundation is established, the mana becomes more concentrated and can stimulate the maximum speed of the spirit boat.
When one reaches the golden elixir level, the fastest speed that one can erupt can even exceed that of an ordinary spiritual boat. However, in terms of durability, the spiritual boat is even better.
Just now in the Shenxu Cave, he sent out four Foundation Establishment Pills at once, certainly not because of his generosity.
This is Li Yu's investment.
He is very optimistic about Xu Yi and Tian Qi.
When such people arrive in Kunlun, they are at the level of the Seven Kunlun Sons. They are not as good as Senior Sister Qin and Senior Sister Xu, but they are better than Lu Xingzhou and have better talents than ordinary core disciples. Living in a demonic path with poor resources, their talents are really wasted.
If the two of them had been practicing in Kunlun since they were young, they would now be at least in the middle or even late stages of building the foundation of the three spiritual veins, instead of being stuck at the peak of Qi refining, where it would be difficult to even build the foundation.
In the Demonic Way, at this age, it is already a very remarkable thing to be able to achieve your current level of cultivation.
With the meager resources and cruel competition of the demonic path, he can still stand out among the disciples of the same level. Whether it is talent or character, he is first-class, and he can go further on the path of immortality.
This kind of person, during the Qi refining and foundation building stages, is limited by resources, and may not be as strong as those related households, the second-generation immortal, the third-generation immortal, and the N-generation immortal. However, once the elixir is formed, they will soar into the sky and leave those people far behind.
Behind you.
What Li Yu invests in is their future.
Don't bully young people who are poor. Who can be sure that one of them will not become the leader of the Soul Refining Sect or the Hehuan Sect?
At that time, they would not pay attention to the Foundation Establishment Pill, the Pulse Extension Pill, or even the Pregnancy and Infant Pill, but at this moment, the two Foundation Establishment Pills were undoubtedly a timely help for them, and a light in the dark room.
Sincerity for sincerity, Li Yu will not discriminate against them because they are disciples of the demonic path. Anyone who has some humanity should remember his goodness.
After dealing with them for half a year, Li Yu could tell that although they were in the devil's path, they were both honest people.
Even if he was wrong, what he lost was nothing more than four Foundation Establishment Pills. These Foundation Establishment Pills were all exchanged for the purple gold they gave them. The wool comes from the sheep...
They may make a profit, but Li Yu will never lose.
Li Yu used ten of the Foundation Building Pills he had accumulated over the past six months, and Zhou Zixuan used four and gave away four. He still had eight in his hand. Li Yu walked to the yard and waved to Ling'er.
Said: "Ling'er, come here..."
A white shadow playing on the swing flew up from the sky. After Li Yu caught it, he said: "Open your mouth."
After being fed a marrow-cleansing pill and a spirit-opening pill every day, its spiritual intelligence has become very high, and it can even understand what Li Yu and Zhou Zixuan are saying, but it can't speak them.
Li Yu fed it a foundation-building pill and used Qi-gazing techniques to observe the conditions inside its body.
Its spiritual veins have eighty-one acupuncture points, and it had been compressed to fifty before. At this time, the mana was still at a stage where it was extremely easy to compress. One Foundation Establishment Pill compressed the mana into thirty acupoints.
Li Yu continued to feed, and finally, behind the four Foundation-Building Pills, there was only a drop of liquid mana left in its spiritual veins, and the surrounding spiritual energy was rapidly gathering into its body.
Li Yu fed it another second-level Qi Restoration Pill. After a while, the mana in its entire spiritual vein turned into a thin liquid thread.
From now on, it will be a little tiger in the foundation-building stage.
There is not much change in its appearance, except that its coat color is brighter and brighter, its eyes are brighter, and it looks more intelligent. The nails hidden under the flesh pads exude a faint metallic luster.
Tiger monsters generally possess golden spiritual veins, and tiger claws are their weapons.
Even if they are formed into demon pills and transformed into humans, the properties of their spiritual veins will not change.
Except for a very few ancient alien species, monsters are all born with a single spiritual vein.
After building the foundation, it lay down on the grass in the yard and fell into a deep sleep. Li Yu returned to the room and took out a jade box with ten pills neatly lying in it.
This was more than half a year ago, when he participated in the Qi Refining Stage disciple competition and won ten pulse-opening pills. The pills used by the sect as rewards were all of high quality. The ten pills were all top-grade without exception.
At that time, the foundation had not yet been established, and the spiritual veins in his body were fragile, so he could not take such high-level pills. During the foundation building process, the spiritual veins would be gradually widened. Now he has no problem taking these pulse-expanding pills.
Li Yu purified these top-grade elixirs again, purifying them into super-grade ones, so that there is no need to worry about the problem of erysipelas.
Li Yu took out a pill and put it into his mouth without hesitation.
The taste of the Tuomai Pill is similar to that of the Tongmai Pill. It melts in the mouth and tastes slightly sweet. A warm current flows into the Fire Spirit Vein. Li Yu clearly feels that the spiritual vein has been slightly broadened.
Tongmai Dan opens the spiritual meridians vertically.
Tuo Mai Dan is to widen the spiritual veins horizontally.
After taking ten pulse-expanding pills, each of his spiritual veins has been broadened twice, but it is still far from the completion of foundation building. The process of expanding the veins has to go through ninety-nine and eighty-one times, which is much worse than the normal process.
The pulse is much more difficult.
From refining qi to building foundation, I have a little bit of talent, but I can endure it.
However, building the foundation to the golden elixir is a breakthrough from the Qi realm to the elixir realm. More than 90% of immortal cultivators will not be able to cross it throughout their lives. Every day, monks in the late stage of foundation building die with regrets.
After stabilizing his realm a little, Li Yu came to Lingyun Peak.
When Wang Hua saw Li Yu, he was surprised and said: "It's not even the end of the month yet, and the bad elixirs from each peak haven't been delivered yet."
Li Yu smiled and said: "I am not here to recover bad pills this time. Elder Wang, can the sect exchange thirty pulse-opening pills for one pulse-opening pill?"
Wang Hua nodded and said, "There is such a thing. Why, do you want to change it?"
Li Yudao: "In the past six months, I have collected a lot of Jade Spirit Fruits outside and refined a lot of Pulse Opening Pills. I have all left after building the foundation. I thought it would be better to switch to Pulse Extension Pills to improve my cultivation."
Wang Huadao: "That's true, you have already established the foundation, and the Tongmai Pill is of little use to you."
It is indeed the sect's rule to exchange thirty pulse-opening pills for one pulse-expanding pill. This is because those second-grade alchemists who have refined excess pills will definitely not give them to the sect. In order to use those pills
After the medicine was recovered, the elders group discussed this and decided on this rule.
Thirty Tongmai Pills are naturally more valuable than one Pulse-Tuning Pill, but second-grade alchemists are basically in the foundation-building stage, and no matter how many Tongmai Pills they have, they can't be used, so they might as well exchange them for a Vein-Tuning Pill.
He asked Li Yudao: "How many Tongmai Pills do you have?"
Li Yu said: "About sixty."
Wang Hua was a little surprised. He had accumulated sixty Tongmai Pills in more than half a year. Most second-grade alchemists could not do this. However, if it was Li Yu, it was possible.
After all, no second-grade alchemist has the connections like Li Yu, so he will definitely be able to collect more materials.
Li Yu took out sixty pulse-opening pills. After Wang Hua examined them, he took two pulse-opening pills from the sect and gave them to him, and then said: "By the way, since you have already established the foundation, you want those inferior pills."
, there’s no use for it, right?”
For Li Yu, there are no bad pills at all.
Li Yu smiled and said: "If those bad elixir sects are of no use, just give them to me. I can sell them to demons or casual cultivators. After all, they are short of elixirs and they are rushing to get even bad elixirs..."
Speaking of which, a sect is a sect and its disciples are disciples. Kunlun can sell magic elixirs, but if Kunlun disciples have too much contact with the devil in private and are worried that they will be affected by the devil, the sect will give them a warning.
However, Li Yu's character is obvious to all, and he is so honest. In the entire Kunlun, he is probably the only disciple who can do this openly.
Li Yu said with some embarrassment: "Elder Wang, you also know that my talent is not good. After building the foundation, it will be very difficult to practice. I have to try my best to earn practice resources for myself. Otherwise, there will be no chance of forming an elixir."
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Wang Hua sighed and said: "I understand, I understand, but you don't have to come in person in the future. When the bad pills arrive every month, I will send my deacon disciples to deliver them to you."
Wang Hua still has a good impression of Li Yu.
In the past six months, every time Li Yu came to Lingyunfeng, he would bring him some fruits and cakes. Although they were not expensive things, they were still thoughtful. Sometimes at the end of the month, he had too many tasks in his hands to make alchemy.
, he never refused at all when asking Li Yu for help.
It's just a pity that he has no talent and no background. He has still cultivated the five spiritual meridians, which was better during the Qi refining stage. After establishing the foundation, cultivation will become extremely difficult.
Li Yu hugged him and said, "Thank you, Elder Wang."
Wang Hua waved his hand and said: "Why are you being polite to me? If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to me and I will help you in any way I can..."
Li Yu said by the way: "If Elder Wang refines the poor elixir of Tuo Mao Dan, can you give it to me? I can exchange it for spiritual coins or other elixirs..."
Wang Hua waved his hand and said: "There is no need for spiritual coins or elixirs. If you want them, I will give them to you. Anyway, these things have no use except for fertilizing soil..."
He looked at Li Yu and asked with some worry: "If you want the poor pill to expand your pulse, do you have to take it yourself? You should know that with low-grade elixirs, the chance of successfully expanding your pulse is very small. Once it fails, you will have to spend more money."
Spending a lot of time refining the erysipelas will not only delay normal practice, it will also be harmful to the body. Even if it succeeds, there will be a lot of erysipelas..."
Li Yu nodded and said: "Elder Wang, you also know that in my situation, there is no choice. No matter how small the chance is, I still have to take a chance..."
Wang Hua sighed again and said nothing.
Disciples with no talent or background are so pitiful. For the golden elixir, even if there is a slim chance, they have to give it a try...
He took out three low-quality pulse-expanding pills from the storage space and said: "The rate of high-quality refining of the vein-expanding pills I refined is pretty good. In the past half year, I have only had three inferior pills. I'll give them all to you..."
Li Yu accepted the elixir and said gratefully: "Thank you, Elder Wang!"
Not long after, Ziyun Peak, in the other courtyard.
Li Yu held a low-quality pulse-opening pill in his hand and clenched his fist. A quarter of an hour later, sweat was pouring from his forehead. However, when he opened his palm, there were already three pill patterns on the pulse-opening pill.
After all five spiritual veins were established, his body was extremely full of mana, and his ability to purify elixirs was greatly improved. He could upgrade inferior elixirs to high-grade ones. Although this would consume all his mana, it was definitely worth it.
After taking a few Qi-Reviving Pills, he upgraded the two high-grade Pulse Extension Pills he exchanged to super-grade ones.
Inferior elixirs have too many impurities and are easier to purify. High-grade elixirs originally contain less erysipelas. Li Yu tried his best, but he could only upgrade to one grade. For medium-grade elixirs, he could purify them to a level between high-grade and super-grade elixirs.
Slightly less than the top grade, slightly more than the super grade.
Fortunately, Elder Wang took good care of him, and the elixirs he exchanged for him were all of the highest quality.
After taking the five pulse-opening pills, each of his spiritual veins was broadened three times on average. If he were allowed to practice by himself, it would take almost thirty years. If he included dual cultivation, it would take more than ten or twenty years.
The path of spiritual practice is different for everyone.
Senior Sister Qin relied on herself, Jiang Li relied on his master, Chen Ming relied on his Taoist companion, and Li Yu also had his own methods...