"Finally a breakthrough, I didn't expect it to take so long..."
Chen Li originally thought that he would be able to enter the ninth level of Qi training before the Chinese New Year, but he was stuck at the bottleneck for more than two months. It was not until the spring of the next year that he finally made a breakthrough.
“It’s really getting harder and harder each time.”
Chen Li also felt a little pressure, as he was already quite old.
Real age is 43, virtual age is 44, Huang is 45, Mao is 46, and Jiang is 47. They are all almost fifty years old.
"It is said that the older you get, the harder it is to build a foundation. The longer you delay, the slimmer your hope!" Chen Li sighed, calmed down his restless spiritual power, and stood up: "Some sect disciples started to attack in their 20s and 30s.
Even so, the success rate for foundation building is not high, and I estimate that I will be forty-five years old before I can attack foundation building."
Walk out of the basement, open the door, and stand under the eaves.
It was late at night, the night was as dark as water, and everything was quiet. Chen Li looked at the starry sky in the distance.
After relaxing for a while, he opened the game panel.
In the past six months, he has gradually mastered the scolding technique, flashing technique, and palm thunder. The remaining techniques that he focused on practicing, except for the invisibility technique, are still at the expert level, and the rest have advanced to the master level.
But he only glanced at these skills.
Finally, look at lifespan.
‘Lifespan: 43/140 years’
"The growth of lifespan is getting slower and slower. If we can't break through the foundation building, living to 150 years old is probably the limit... Now that we have come to this point, we have to fight no matter what, just in case we succeed!
"Chen Li secretly made up his mind.
"If you want to build a foundation, you must have a foundation building pill. The success rate of building a foundation is extremely low. Without the assistance of the foundation building pill, it would be even more pitiful. Now we have to start preparing."
Fortunately, he has never been short of money.
Some time ago, he successively disposed of all the extra magical weapons, robes, and storage bags he had on hand, except for those that were too sensitive.
Three storage bags were given to Zhou Hong as a gift, and the rest were sold by him. In this transaction alone, he sold 150 middle-grade spiritual stones, and his savings reached an unprecedented 1,018 medium-grade spiritual stones.
As many as (including four high-grade spiritual stones).
I'm afraid some of the down-and-out foundation builders are not as rich as him.
"In addition, the situation has been getting worse and worse recently. Not long ago, there were rumors that an elder of the Changsheng Sect was seriously injured when he went out... Alas, this area has never been truly peaceful since time travel."
Chen Li shook his head and stayed alone outside for a while.
Then he closed the door and returned to the bedroom.
Zhou Hongzheng was sleeping in spring. He opened the quilt and got into bed. He hugged the beautiful woman in his arms and fell into a deep sleep soon.
…
Half a month later.
Chen Li followed the crowd into the Luanluocheng Auction House. This was the first time he walked into such a place. It was a mess and there were voices everywhere. Most people were wearing masks or hoods to cover their ears and eyes.
, knows the way of being low-key and cautious.
It was rare for Chen Li to be so unabashed, so he found a corner and sat down.
The auction house here will auction once a month, specializing in Qi training and casual cultivation business. Foundation building rarely appears. Obviously there are other trading channels. The foundation building pills of the Changsheng Sect will also flow out here, but they will only be auctioned every time.
One.
Not long after I sat down, the auction started.
The host of the auction, a qi-training monk, stepped onto the stage.
After explaining the scene and auction rules, the auction started.
The warm-up item is a rare high-grade magic weapon in the shape of a bell.
The starting price was only one medium-grade spiritual stone, but it was quickly won for six medium-grade stones.
Chen Li found that there were a wide variety of items being auctioned, including magical weapons, robes, elixirs, exercises, etc. Everything was included, and the prices were moderate. It attracted many casual cultivators to bid, and the atmosphere was quite lively.
There were many things that he had never heard of before, which gave him a lot of knowledge.
He even saw an auction for ‘Anti-Evil Powder’
The so-called evil spirits powder is the powder left behind after the evil spirits have been purified by the evil evil talisman.
After listening to the host's introduction, he realized that this kind of powder can be used to expel evil spirits. It may have a unique smell, but all evil spirits avoid this kind of powder and instinctively hate it. Moreover, the price is also cheap, with only five low-grade spiritual stones per porcelain bottle.
Fifty bottles in total were sold out quickly.
Chen Li looked down upon these things and kept suppressing them.
Although he is occasionally interested in some exercises, secret techniques, etc., he thinks about it and it is not necessary, so he finally gives up. What he lacks most now is time. To learn more exercises and secret techniques, he needs to allocate more.
energy.
Miscellaneous is worse than refined.
If you have this time, you might as well improve your sword skills and spell levels.
"The notes on how to make the Golden Light Amulet have been verified and there are no flaws. I won't introduce them. I think all Taoist friends know that the starting price is five medium-grade spiritual stones, and the price increases by one medium-grade spiritual stone each time.
This opportunity is rare and should not be missed," the auction host said loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, no one bid for it.
The Golden Light Amulet is the top talisman during the Qi training period.
Talisman masters who have reached the eighth level of Qi training are barely capable of drawing, but there are not many such characters in the entire Luanluo City.
It took quite a while before a few people raised their hands.
"Six!"
"Seven!"
…
"Ten, is there any higher number?" the host shouted hoarsely.
"Eleven... eleven at a time!"
Chen Li finally couldn't help but raise his hand.
As a talisman master, I have absolutely no resistance to this method of making top talisman during the Qi training period.
"Okay, twelve!"
Another competitor obviously didn't give up.
The two kept bargaining over the price until Chen Li calmly called out sixteen and finally won.
After the auction lasted for more than three hours, the real finale came.
"The last auction item, the Foundation Building Pill, has a starting price of one hundred medium-grade spiritual stones."
The words just fell.
Someone shouted up to one hundred and fifty.
…
"One hundred sixty!"
"One hundred and seventy!"
A total of more than a dozen people competed, and the price continued to rise.
"One hundred and eighty!" Chen Li raised his hand and shouted.
No wonder I had a lot of gold before and was always running around trying my best to earn spirit stones. This Foundation Building Pill is really too expensive. How can ordinary casual practitioners in the later stages of Qi training afford it?
The price was shouted until it reached two hundred pills, and the originally intense scene gradually became deserted.
"Two hundred and ten!" Chen Li increased the price again. Even he felt a little secretly sad that all his savings could not buy five.
This price finally completely defeated the other bidder.
"Two hundred and ten pills, is there any increase in price?"
"One, two, three deals!"
…
After the auction, Chen Li handed over 226 medium-grade spiritual stones to the auction house and took out two lots.
After he went out, he felt that he was being watched. He couldn't help but shook his head. Where did this confidence come from? He didn't want to have a conflict, so he quickly changed his face and got rid of the stalker.
"This is the Foundation Establishment Pill!"
The Foundation-Building Pill was put in a porcelain bottle and sealed with beeswax. He picked up the porcelain bottle and smelled it. Suddenly, a fragrant medicinal fragrance hit his nose, and the spiritual energy in his body seemed to be slightly active.
"What a powerful medicine!"
"But one is probably not very safe, so I still have to prepare one." Chen Li thought to himself.
He put the Foundation Establishment Pill back into his storage bag and walked out of the talisman-making room.
Zhou Hong and Zhang Shuniang were chatting.
"Shu Niang, why are you free today? Is your father letting you out?" Chen Li asked with a smile.
After breaking through to the third level of qi training, Zhang Shuniang didn't visit her often. She was constantly being watched by Zhang Yan to learn the craft of making talismans. Every time she saw her, it was like a prison guard, sneaky.
"Uncle, I have learned how to ward off evil spirits!" Zhang Shuniang said with a cheerful smile.
"Not bad talent!" Chen Li said.
"If you can learn to ward off evil spirits, you will never die of hunger in the future. I think back then, your uncle still made a living by drawing evil talismans!" Zhou Hong said with a smile.
"Hehe, my father said the same thing."
While they were talking and laughing, there suddenly started to be noisy outside.
Chen Li walked out of the door quickly, and after asking around, he found out that a foundation-building elder of the Changsheng Sect had been assassinated in the city in full view of everyone.
He couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Including the one who was seriously injured last month, in two consecutive months, the strength of the Changsheng Sect has been reduced by almost half. It is about to start to become chaotic."