Chen Mobai, who had disappeared back to Chicheng Mountain immediately after leaving the Shenmu Sect, had been attending classes for another two months.
Although he seemed to have won the sect competition with ease, in reality, every drop of liquid spiritual power he used was him going all out.
If it weren’t for his mastery of the Divine Control Technique, and his spiritual sense being stronger than that of a typical Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivator, he might not have been able to control the power of the rainbow-like sword energy.
With spiritual stones in hand, his depleted spiritual power recovered quickly, but the recovery of his spiritual sense required some time.
During these two months, Chen Mobai read all sixteen volumes of the Longevity Sutra and the Foundation Establishment insights that E Yun had given him. He also read some Foundation Establishment books on wood attribute techniques from the Dao Academy.
After confirming that he had everything down pat, he called his teacher at the Dao Academy to ask for leave, applying for Foundation Establishment.
“Didn’t you just try it at the end of last year?” Che Yucheng asked curiously after hearing this.
At that time, Chen Mobai had applied for his Foundation Establishment treasures, even exchanged two portions of Mysterious Fire Spirit Liquid with his academic credits. The final result was that he completed the first step, “Muscle Changing and Marrow Cleansing”, but was stuck at the second step, “Qi Condensation into Liquid”.
“I woke up this morning with a feeling of profound enlightenment. I believe my opportunity for Foundation Establishment is now.” Chen Mobai could only make up a story, as he certainly wouldn’t admit that he had spent over three years infiltrating a sect in another world, painstakingly obtaining an extremely precious Foundation Establishment Pill.
“Alright then, I’ll approve your leave. If you succeed in Foundation Establishment, all will be well. If you fail again, you’ll lose all ten of your academic credits for this year. Don’t blame me for punishing you then.” Che Yucheng couldn’t refute Chen Mobai’s profound inspiration. Cultivators usually had such feelings when breaking through realms, and most of them succeeded.
However, according to common sense, it’s best to wait a year before attempting again after a failed Foundation Establishment.
But with the Foundation Establishment Pill in hand, Chen Mobai truly felt that he could succeed this time.
This wasn’t a profound feeling.
It was based on scientific evidence.
In the lobby of Building Nine, two girls in school uniforms were sitting at the front desk.
They were students working part-time here. Chen Mobai recognized one of them, a short-haired girl who seemed to be a year senior to him. The other girl with shoulder-length hair was a bit unfamiliar, probably a freshman who had just enrolled this year.
Chen Mobai handed his student ID to the freshman who came forward to greet him, her round face smiling.
“Hello senior, would you like to book a room?”
“Yes, a third-grade superior spiritual vein room.”
Upon hearing this, the freshman who was about to process the booking couldn’t help but look surprised, turning to the senior girl for confirmation.
“Is it a third-grade superior?”
The senior girl who was playing with her phone took the student ID and confirmed. This was the highest level of spiritual vein that a student could apply for, requiring the signature of a teacher from the Dao Academy.
“Correct.”
Chen Mobai nodded, showing them the photo of the document that Che Yucheng had sent him on his phone.
Seeing the reason for the application on the document: Foundation Establishment.
The short-haired senior girl looked enlightened, her eyes scanning up and down this ordinary-looking junior.
“You’re only in your fourth year, yet you’ve already mastered the Critical Method.”
“I was lucky enough to comprehend it.”
Chen Mobai didn’t say much. Under the admiring gaze of the freshman, he booked the unlimited time mode for the third-grade superior spiritual vein room.
In other words, as long as he was still in the cultivation room and the Good Deeds in his student ID hadn’t been deducted, he could continue to cultivate there indefinitely.
“Here’s your key, senior.”
After checking the documents, the short-haired senior girl handed the task back to the freshman. Chen Mobai nodded and took the key.
Entering his room, he sat on the cushion, took out his phone, and opened the Foundation Establishment App.
【Foundation Establishment Success Rate: 31%!】
Chen Mobai had already used this app when he was in the Tianhe Realm, and the result had already come out.
He clicked on the small arrow to drop down and check the detailed calculation results.
【Qi Refining Ninth Layer complete, Muscle Changing and Marrow Cleansing completed, Qi Condensation into Liquid partially completed, Foundation Establishment success rate increased by 16%】
【Critical Method mastered, no danger in case of Foundation Establishment failure, good mental state, Foundation Establishment success rate increased by 1%】
【Divine Control Technique mastered, spiritual sense trained, Foundation Establishment success rate increased by 5%】
【Third-grade superior spiritual vein, Foundation Establishment success rate increased by 9%】
He didn’t add the Foundation Establishment Pill here, because this pill formula was banned in the Immortal Gate, and writing it down might attract attention from the app’s backend.
But according to the statistics from the Tianhe Realm, a Foundation Establishment Pill has a 30% chance of success.
His Beast Foundation Establishment Pill, which was only 80% as effective as the orthodox Foundation Establishment Pill, could be considered as 24%.
Adding it up, it was a 55% success rate for Foundation Establishment.
That was enough.
Although Chen Mobai was usually cautious, he was also a very decisive person at critical moments.
He knew that the pill poison in this Foundation Establishment Pill was definitely excessive, but as long as he could succeed in Foundation Establishment, he would have enough time to slowly refine and resolve it.
He took out a storage bag from his backpack, poured the Foundation Establishment Pill into his palm.
Looking at the pill that was like a blood jade.
His eyes suddenly sharpened, and he directly swallowed this precious spiritual medicine that had taken him more than three years of hard work to obtain.
As soon as the pill entered his throat, a powerful medicinal effect surged out.However, Chen Mobai had already completed the process of transforming his muscles and marrow. The potent medicinal power was perfectly accommodated by his body, circulating through his twelve main meridians, nourishing his internal organs and bone marrow. After finding no more areas that needed strengthening, the medicinal power gathered again, transforming into a surging heat wave that directly rushed into his dantian qi sea.
Without the process of transforming muscles and marrow to consume the medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill, Chen Mobai’s spiritual power vortex was momentarily unable to withstand such a vast torrent.
Cold sweat seeped out from his forehead, and he activated his divine control technique.
As his divine consciousness operated, Chen Mobai continuously circulated the tenth layer of the Longevity Sutra. In his mind, he recalled the insights on Foundation Establishment he had read.
This situation had been encountered by predecessors. Those with heavenly spiritual roots or even innate Dao bodies had also naturally completed the transformation of muscles and marrow.
Facing the potent medicinal power, one only needed to put the part that could be refined into the dantian, and let the rest flow in the meridians, internal organs, and bone marrow, slowly operating to enhance physical strength while buying time.
The spiritual power vortex began to operate, and a crystal-clear light emerged on Chen Mobai’s face. The rich spiritual energy of the third-grade superior product transformed into a cloud of mist and entered his seven orifices, neutralizing with the medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill. With the Longevity spiritual power as the primer, he began to condense the third drop of liquid spiritual power, the fourth drop, the fifth drop…
Soon, he had condensed the ten drops of Longevity spiritual power needed for Foundation Establishment.
At this time, only seventy percent of the medicinal power of the Foundation Establishment Pill had been used, but Chen Mobai dared not transform any more.
He felt a sense of heaviness in his dantian qi sea, knowing that he had reached his current limit.
Only the last step was left.
With a burst of energy, the remaining thirty percent of the medicinal power transformed into a warm current that surged into his Purple Mansion’s sea of consciousness.
Boom!
A thunderous sound seemed to echo in his mind!
Chen Mobai felt his divine consciousness being pushed out of his heavenly spirit in an instant!
This was the divine consciousness leaving the body!