100, seclusion and foundation-building

  After reuniting with Ye Jingwen, Mo Tian Ge often received things sent by him. Sometimes they were some rare books he collected, sometimes his own insights and experiences, all of which were helpful to her.

  In fact, thinking back carefully, when Ye Jingwen was close to Ershu, she had the intention of getting closer to her and pleasing Shoujing Shu. However, it can be said that Ye Jingwen did not wrong them, and now that he knows she has suffered a lot over the years and still takes care of him from time to time, Mo Tian Ge only feels gratitude towards him.

  Under the guidance of Master Xuan Yin, Mo Tian Ge's cultivation also went smoothly. Within a few months, the spiritual energy in her body had all transformed into yin xìng spiritual energy. Her elixir refinement was also progressing smoothly, although she had wasted many materials, and finally succeeded in refining the Gu Ben Dan before running out of materials.

  After adjusting her mindset, she informed Master Xuan Yin that she was going to close up and make a breakthrough in building her foundation.

  In the great hall of the Dongfu, Mo Tian Ge and Luo Feng Xue stood together in the center. Above them, Xuan Yin Zhen Ren sat cross-legged, with his many disciples standing on either side. Some smiled at each other, while others had no expression on their faces.

  After a long time, Xuan Yin Zhen Ren opened his eyes and looked at the two of them.

  Mo Tian Ge's expression was calm, but Luo Feng Xue seemed somewhat agitated.

  Today is the day when both of them are closed for building their foundation. It's also a coincidence that Luofeng Xue had already set a date to break through her foundation recently, so they chose the same day.

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren looked at them for a while, then spoke in a gentle voice: "You two have made great progress in your cultivation. Today, you will be closing up to break through the foundation and take a new step forward. As your master, I am extremely delighted."

  Luofeng Xue knelt down and said, "It's all thanks to Master's teachings."

  Moy Tian Ge saw this and also knelt down together with him. Although she was not a disciple of Xuan Yin Shibo, he had been teaching her for several months, so it was only right that she treated him with the respect due to a master.

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren smiled and continued, "After you enter closed cultivation, I will always pay attention to your progress with my divine sense. If anything goes wrong, I will stop you immediately. Therefore, just focus on breaking through to the foundation stage without any worries."

  Mo Tian Ge and Luo Feng Xue said in unison: "Thank you, Master."

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren nodded, made a gesture for them to get up, and took out two jade bottles from his bosom. He instructed the eldest senior sister, Han Qing Yu, who was standing guard at one side, to hand them over: "These are the Heart-Calming Pills bestowed by our Master Ancestor, which can help you two consolidate your spiritual energy. After taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, take these pills."

  "Yes."

  "Alright, you may go." After saying this, Xuan Yin Zhen Ren closed his eyes.

  Mo Tian Ge and Luo Feng Xue bowed solemnly, then slowly backed out of his residence.

  "Tian Ge," walking on the way back, Luo Feng Xue asked with a heavy heart, "Are you sure?"

  Mo Tian Ge was calm and shook his head lightly: "I'm not confident."

  When she heard this, Luo Fengxue seemed to let out a sigh of relief and whispered: "To be honest with you, I'm really scared. I have an older brother who was exceptionally talented since childhood, everyone thought he would have no problem building his foundation, but in the end, he failed twice, and finally, he was consumed by his heart demon and took his own life..."

  Moye's heart moved slightly. She knew that those who were accepted as disciples by the sect leader were absolutely above double spiritual roots in terms of talent, and Luo Fengxue mentioned that her brother's talent was beyond ordinary people. Then her brother's talent must be above double spiritual roots - such a person actually fell at the foundation building stage.

  As expected, Luo Fengxue continued: "Although I also have a double spiritual root, I couldn't compare to this older brother since childhood. In fact, three years ago I could already build my foundation, but my mental state was unstable, so Master asked me to wait a few more years. This time in seclusion, I'm really afraid."

  Moy Tian comforted, "Luo Shijie don't worry, building the foundation is not something that can be done overnight. Even if one has exceptional talent, it's impossible to guarantee success in just one attempt. What if you fail once or twice? We're still young, and even if we fail three or four times, five or six times, eventually we'll succeed."

  Upon hearing her words, Luo Fengxue calmed down slightly and forced out a smile: "You're right, I'm only 22 now. Even if it takes ten attempts at the foundation-building pill every three years to succeed, I'll be only around 50 years old."

  "It's true," Miao Tian Ge said with a smile, "even among the elite disciples, there are quite a few who didn't lay their foundation until they were forty or fifty years old. Don't be like your older brother, he had good talent but was defeated by his own heart demon and gave up."

  As they spoke, the two had already arrived outside their dormitory. Luo Fengxue took a deep breath and stretched out her hand to her.

  The sky was bright and clear. They shook hands with each other, encouraging one another: "See you in six months."

  Returned to the Dongfu, Mo Tian Ge went ahead and bathed and changed clothes, then burned incense. Until his emotions calmed down, he sat down cross-legged.

  The vital energy in the body runs slowly along the meridians until it reaches the Dan Tian.

  Empty your mind completely, no longer controlling your thoughts. Gradually, it seems that you can hear the sound of the wind blowing outside the house. Your consciousness slowly disperses in the wind, and it's as if the whole person is tumbling up and down with the wind. The fragrance of flowers, the freshness of the soil... all rush to your face. In the end, nothing can be heard, nor can anything be felt, leaving only a vast expanse of sky and earth.

  At this time, Mo Tian Ge first took the Ding Xin Dan, then successively took the Zhu Ji Dan, Gu Ben Dan and Lian Ji Dan.

  The foundation is built and the elixir falls into the abdomen, inside the dan Tian a huge fire seems to ignite with a loud noise, a powerful spiritual energy bursts out of the dan Tian and flows into the meridians.

  This aura is really too overbearing, Mo Tian Ge was at a loss for a moment, and then heard the voice of Xuan Yin Shibo in his mind: "Calm down! Don't confront it head-on. Slowly guide it!"

  With this drink, the wild heavenly song immediately calmed down, and right away followed what Master Xuan Yin had said, using her own spiritual energy to slowly guide this overbearing spiritual energy. At first, this spiritual energy didn't listen to her at all, it was very difficult to control even a thread or two, but soon broke free again. She wasn't discouraged in the least, finally controlling a bit more, and then slowly increasing it.

  After an unknown period of time, she finally completely controlled the spiritual energy and guided it to impact her own meridians. This impact was extremely painful.

  The meridians were forcibly expanded, seemingly breaking apart inch by inch, yet instantly repairing themselves. But the next moment, the spiritual energy surged past, still bursting apart in an instant. Amidst this unceasing cycle of pain from rupture and repair, the meridians gradually widened and toughened.

  The impurities in the body were also pushed out of the body by this powerful force.

  And the dantian was shaking and swaying, unable to absorb this massive spiritual energy, yet it was stabilized by other forces and held on.

  Mò Tiān Gē doesn't know, with divine consciousness paying attention to what's here, it's not just Xuán Yīn Zhēn Rén.

  Jinghe Daojun sat on his dragon bed, muttering to himself: "This little girl is not honest, the spiritual energy of the foundation-building pill exploded, and it was so easy to come down, she must have taken other spiritual medicine."

  Qin Xi glanced over and didn't say a word.

  Mò Tiān Gē clenched her teeth and endured the pain. She had clearly already gotten used to the medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill, but her dantian still couldn't absorb it.

  She knew that this was related to her qualifications, and Xuan Yin Shibo had mentioned it to her before. The better the qualifications, the faster the dantian would absorb spiritual energy. Therefore, whether she could successfully build her foundation depended on whether her dantian could adapt to this surge of power and absorb it for her own use.

  A month has passed and Mo Tian Ge is still struggling against this intense pain.

  Two months have passed and the impact force has gradually weakened, and the dantian has also stabilized.

  Three months have passed and the foundation-establishing pill's effect in Mo Tian Ge's body has slowly dissipated.

  Qin Jing let out a soft sigh: "What a pity, the innate talent of the ancient times, yet today can't even pass the foundation building stage."

  Qin Xi still didn't say a word, his facial expression was absolutely not pleasant.

  They all knew that Mo Tian Ge's foundation building had failed this time.

  She withstood the pressure of the meridians, but failed to fully absorb the medicinal power of the foundation-building pill. The elixir field was unable to expand, and thus could not withstand the spiritual energy of the foundation-building period.

  "Little one, what are you thinking?"

  Qin Xi sat quietly for a while before responding: "If there is an ancient method, can she easily build her foundation and even form the elixir and infant?"

  Qin Jing and Yi Zhan: "What you said is not wrong, but it's also not certain. The environment of the ancient times is too different from today's, so the cultivation methods of the past may not be suitable for the spiritual veins of today."

  Six months passed and Mo Tian Ge opened his eyes.

  The spiritual energy in his body had completely calmed down, and his cultivation was unable to advance any further.

  She knew she had failed to build her foundation, but only let out a soft sigh. She didn't feel disappointed, or rather, she had long been prepared for failure. With a Five Spirits Root constitution, even with several rare and precious medicines, it was still very difficult to successfully build one's foundation in one go. Luo Fengxue's older brother, whose natural talent far surpassed hers, hadn't he also failed to build his foundation multiple times?

  Moyan Song quickly regained her composure, smelling the sour and pungent smell around her. She frowned, got up and entered the alchemy room, took off her clothes, and soaked herself in the spring water.

  This was a more thorough marrow washing than the previous one, although the foundation building had not been successful, the spiritual energy inside her body had become even purer and there wasn't a single impurity left. In the future when she would build her foundation again, she wouldn't need to go through the easy tendon washing marrow stage anymore.

  Spring water washes away impurities, spiritual energy cleanses the body, washing away dust and dirt, only to feel the skin as smooth as water, fragile and easily broken.

  Even if it's not so lovely, Akane Tsukino still feels happy. This Jewel of Creation also isn't completely without gain.

  She dressed neatly and tidied up her hair, then stepped out of the Dong's residence with a song in her heart.

  Outside the door, Ye Jingwen and Luo Fengxue were talking about something, and when they saw her come out, they immediately turned their eyes over.

  She smiled and called out: "Luo Shizi, Ye Dage."

  They looked at each other in disappointment, and Luo Fengxue grabbed her hand as if to comfort her, but hesitated for a moment without saying anything.

  Mo Tian Ge just patted her hand and smiled. Luo Feng Xue's foundation was successfully built, at least that was good news.

  Seeing her relaxed expression, Ye Jingwen also smiled: "Don't worry, there will be another chance in the future."

  Mó Tiān Gē nodded: "Hmm, thank you Ye Dàgē, I will persist." Turning his head to Luò Fēng Xuě smiled and said, "Luò Shī Jiě, congratulations congratulations."

  Her reaction made Luofeng let out a sigh of relief, but she still looked complicated and not happy. Because she felt that celebrating her own foundation establishment in front of Mochen Song, who had failed to establish his foundation, was somewhat hurtful.

  "Mò Tiān Gē actually didn't care, and asked: 'Luo Shī Jiě, is Xuán Yīn Shī Bó in the Dong Fu?' "

  "Here," replied Luo Fengxue, "Master is waiting for you, go pay respects to Master first?"

  "Alright."

  Luo Fengxue led the way, and soon the three of them arrived at Xuan Yin Zhenren's residence.

  "I have met Master Xuan Yin's senior fellow disciple. I was unable to establish a foundation successfully and disappointed him."

  Xuan Yin Zhen Ren opened his eyes, looked her up and down, but smiled and said: "Get up, failure is not terrible, what's terrible is losing confidence, as long as you can persist, it's fine."

  "Yes, Master, rest assured, I won't give up like this."

  "Hmm, you'd better get ready, your master wants to see you."

  Isn't everyone very disappointed? Haha, don't worry, success will come soon...