103, After Building the Foundation

  "Qingyuan Peak's disciple Mo Tian Ge. Jinghe Daojun recorded the name of his disciple, 23 years old, promoted to Jijichu." The Jijichu monk in charge of recording the sect's affairs handed over a jade tablet and smiled: "Congratulations, Mo Shimei, on your promotion to Jijichu. This is your new token."

  Moy Tian Ge took over and politely said: "Thank you, senior brother."

  "This foundation-building cultivator further explained: 'Sister, you've advanced to the foundation-building stage, and according to the rules, all the equipment in the Dongfu can be replaced with new ones. However, since you are a registered disciple of both Master Jinghe and our sect's ancestor, the management of the Dongfu does not fall under my responsibility. Please go ask your master about this matter yourself. As for the equipment, you can take it all at once; just bring the token to the back hall and look for Lu, the executive attendant.'"

  "Thank you."

  Then went again to the back hall, found an attendant and took some clothes and utensils, and then came out of the attendant's hall.

  Holding the token of Zhuge's son, looking up at the sky, Mo Tian Ge only felt as if he was dreaming.

  Even if she had obtained three foundation pills, she still didn't dare to confirm that she could build her foundation, and was just holding onto her faith and trying her best, fortunately it really succeeded.

  The spiritual energy circulated, and the body seemed to have no weight, steadily flying in mid-air. The Qi-refining disciples could only use the Light Body Technique and a portion of the Accelerating Spiritual Instruments. They were unable to use Flight-type Magical Instruments, nor could they fly for extended periods of time. It could be said that they were only slightly stronger than ordinary people. As for the Foundation Establishment Cultivators, their spiritual energy was sufficient to control Flight-type Magical Instruments, and they could also fly in mid-air - no wonder some people said that Foundation Establishment was the threshold for cultivating immortality, because flying thousands of miles on a sword in an instant was truly a divine technique.

  A gentle breeze blew in her face, and the mountains and rivers were all at her feet. She stood in mid-air, thinking silently to herself, if Second Uncle knew, he would definitely be comforted, right? She had finally laid the foundation, stepped into the threshold of cultivating immortality, and would continue to move forward step by step, forming the elixir, forming the infant, until she ascended to heaven... Although she didn't know how far she could go, she would persist in going on, all the way to the very end.

  With a faint smile, she slowly flew back to the Dongfu.

  When she came out of the closed door, she saw Qin Xi. She learned that her closed door had lasted for more than two years, and then she knew that she had triggered a heavenly phenomenon similar to the formation of elixir, which shocked her greatly.

  She really didn't think so. Her foundation building couldn't be compared to Dan's, except that it took too long and there was no other difference in the process. After building her foundation, the spiritual energy situation inside her body wasn't abnormal either. How could it have triggered a heavenly phenomenon? It must be known that only advancing to the Dan stage or above can trigger a heavenly phenomenon, while foundation building at most can cause some spiritual energy fluctuations.

  Qin Xi just told her not to think too much, as Master Yuan Yin was in closed cultivation for the past few days. She handled some miscellaneous matters first and would go see him after he came out of his meditation.

  She changed into the token, took the new sect attire and some foundation-building sect rewards, thanked Ye Jingwen and Luo Fengxue for their care over the past two years, and then returned to the Dongfu.

  No matter what, she has laid a foundation, which is a fact, and should be thought about carefully for some future events.

  First of all, it's a matter of technique. She was originally practicing **Jue and Qingmu Jue, but Qingmu Jue can only be used to condense the elixir and is not effective against foundation-building cultivators. It's hard to exert its power, and her purpose in practicing Qingmu Jue was to make up for the weakness of **Jue's combat technique. But abandoning Qingmu Jue means she has to learn a new divine ability to use in combat.

  Secondly, it's the law instrument. Cultivators of Qi Refining use spiritual instruments, while those who have established their foundation use law instruments. Compared to spiritual instruments, law instruments are often ten times more powerful. Now that she has established her foundation, it's natural for her to replace all her spiritual instruments with law instruments.

  She also had a number of magical tools on her, most of which were left behind by Second Uncle. A few pieces were rewards from Jing and Shizong before the foundation was established, as well as from Master Shoujing. There were two more, namely the Qiankun Cloud Silk Armor and the Earth Escape Ruler, which Qin Xiu had brought back with him when he left Yunwu Mountain, and then handed over to her.

  However, most of the instruments were auxiliary and defensive types, and Second Uncle's instrument was not suitable for her, so she had to find another one. Moreover, in her Qiankun bag, there was still the corpse of a second-order iron-toothed alligator that she had killed during the cloud and fog, which could be taken out to ask someone to make an instrument someday.

  Finally, it's Dan Yao's problem. The foundation of Dan Yao is not as good as Lian Qi, even if she is now an elite disciple, it's impossible for her to be treated like before.

  She hadn't figured out how to resolve it yet when Luo Fengxue told her that Master Xuan Yin had already come out of his seclusion, so she temporarily put these matters aside and went to pay her respects.

  Entering the residence of Master Yuan Yin, Mo Tian Ge discovered that everyone was present this time. Not only were both of her sisters-in-law there, but also several brothers-in-law who were in the residence. It's worth noting that these few brothers-in-law were extremely diligent in their cultivation, and she had been to the Xuanyi Gate for so long, yet some people still hadn't seen them.

  "Disciple Mo Tian Ge, requesting an audience with Master Xuan Yin."

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren was still smiling, and he raised his hand: "Get up."

  Moy Tian Ge stood up and respectfully said: "Disciple has built his foundation and come out of seclusion, specially to report to Master Bo."

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren smiled and nodded: "I already know. You're good, come forward and take a look with me."

  "Yes."

  Moye Song stepped forward, Xuan Yin Zhenren reached out and grasped her wrist, a stream of spiritual energy instantly entered, tracing along her meridians one by one to explore.

  After a long time, Xuan Yin Zhen Ren let go of her hand, slightly furrowing his brow.

  Moy Tian Ge was somewhat worried and carefully asked: "Shibo, is there something wrong?"

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren shook his head and said, "No problem, there's not even a little problem. You already know about the anomaly that appeared when you built your foundation, right?"

  "Yes."

  "How about you? Do you have any feelings?"

  Moy Tian Ge shook his head: "The disciple later on didn't have any consciousness, basically had no idea that two years had passed."

  "It's indeed so......" Xuan Yin Zhen Ren pondered for a moment and didn't say anything else. He said to her, "Let's talk about this later."

  "Yes." It was clear that Master Yuan had something to attend to, so Mo Tian Ge obediently stood aside and said no more.

  "Clear and elegant."

  Hearing his name being called, Han Qing stepped forward: "Master."

  "This is a big deal, take a few junior brothers and sisters with you, if nothing happens then forget it, but if something happens come back quickly to report."

  "Got it, Master."

  Xuan Yin True Person turned to the other disciples standing, stroked his beard and sank into thought for a moment, saying: "Shi Nan, Qi Feng, Xi Yue, you three follow Eldest Senior Sister together."

  "Yes, Master."

  "Alright, you all go back. Tian Ge, you stay."

  "Yes, Master."

  Watching the fellow disciples leave one by one, Mochen Song muttered to himself, could it be that something big has happened? Master Xuan Yin unexpectedly sent out four of his own disciples at once.

  Before she could think more, Xuan Yin Zhen Ren had already spoken to her: "Tian Ge, although you are not a disciple of my sect, you respect me as your master. Since you have formed your foundation, I should give you some rewards."

  Mó Tiān Gē Dào: "Dì zǐ néng gòu zhù jī, hái duō kùi le shī bó de zhǐ diǎn, bù gǎn suǒ yào jiǎng lì."

  Translation:

  "Disciple was able to build foundation, still thanks to Master's guidance, dare not ask for reward."

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren stroked his beard and smiled, saying: "You don't have to decline, every disciple who builds their foundation will receive a reward, it's not just you." After thinking for a moment, he continued, "I'll ask you, is your cultivation method inferior in terms of combat skills after building your foundation?"

  Moy Tian Ge's heart was slightly shocked, indeed she was a Jie Dan cultivator. She hadn't even spoken yet, but had already sensed it. She replied: "Yes, Master's gaze is like a torch, the two cultivation methods I practice, one benefits my cultivation and doesn't have great divine powers on its own, while the other has built a foundation with greatly reduced power."

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren nodded slightly and stood up: "Since that's the case, let's choose a technique for you. Follow me."

  "Yes, Master."

  Following the back of Xuan Yin Zhen Ren, they left the great hall and turned many corners, passing through some restricted areas. They entered a small collection room.

  As soon as they entered the collection room, Mo Tian Ge saw several wooden shelves with many books and jade slips on them.

  "Master, you've never seen a pure yin constitution female cultivator before, so you're not clear about the characteristics of her cultivation method. You can't choose the most suitable one for her, and can only roughly select some."

  Moye Tian Ge bowed his head and said: "Master Shibo has put in so much effort, it's as if I'm being overly favored."

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren was pleased with the junior's politeness and refrained from saying more. After a moment of contemplation, he chose several books and handed them to her: "Take a look at these, what do you think?"

  The Moke Tiansong is in my hands, and upon closer inspection, these are all biased towards Doufa's kung fu methods, which don't require special cultivation, and the requirements for Linggen aren't high either. However, the flaw is that its power isn't very great, and by the time you reach the Jiedan period, it's not of much use anymore.

  However, what can be collected in her collection room must not be an ordinary skill, and the most important thing is that it suits her.

  Moy Tian Ge hesitated for a moment, then looked up and asked: "Xuan Yin Shibo, is there any coordination method or technique to use with the artifact? I think that if we only consider its power, it might be even stronger that way."

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren nodded: "You're right, about the law enforcement instrument, Shou Jing Shi Di has already entrusted me to hand it over to you, since you asked, I'll give it to you first."

  Saying that, Xuan Yin Zhenren took out an object from the Qian Kun bag and held it in his hand: "This object is called Fei Tian Shu, with one shape changing, containing a phantom array. However, using this object is not a skill method, but rather an array method. You are skilled in array methods, so I think it's suitable for you to use."

  The stranger looked carefully and saw that the flying shuttle was shining with golden light, sharp at both ends, and didn't know what material it was made of. Although it was only the size of a palm, it was full of spiritual energy, and must not be an ordinary object.

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren handed her the flying shuttle and a jade pendant, saying: "Although you have this object, you must also choose a combat technique to cultivate. Otherwise, you will be too dependent on your magic tools and lose them, making yourself vulnerable to others. Let's do it this way, Shibo will make the decision for you. This Lian Shen Quan is a powerful technique that cultivates the yuan shen, but I think it's difficult to practice and not suitable for you. Since you've decided to cultivate your magic tools first, I'll give it to you to slowly cultivate later. This technique is not easy to cultivate and can easily lead to walking fire into madness. I don't dare to pass it on to other disciples, but since you have a pure yin body, the chances of walking fire into madness are smaller than others, so it shouldn't be a big problem."

  "Yes, Master." Receiving the other cultivation method handed over by Xuan Yin Zhenren, Mo Tian Ge took a rough look and was overjoyed. This cultivation method was marked as only being able to be practiced after building one's foundation, and could be cultivated all the way up to the Nascent Soul stage - it was an advanced cultivation method. If she could cultivate it well, she would definitely become a top-notch assassin.

  Leading the Tian Ge out of the collection room, Xuan Yin Zhen Ren handed her a flying sword and a bottle of Dan Yao: "Since your Shifu has already given you a magical artifact, I'll give you this flying sword. As for this Dan Yao, it's a Yuan-yi Dan used during the foundation-building period, which is your share as a disciple. From now on, you'll receive one bottle every year. Foundation-building Dan Yao is much rarer than Qi-refining Dan Yao, so please treasure it well."

  Unfortunately, today is also a rush job. Thank you for the rewards from Xie Xie, Li Yan and Celrer, as well as the pink ticket from Li Yan!