Chen Mobai didn’t have any particular requirements for his living conditions.
He could live comfortably even in the environment of Qingguang Island, let alone the small mountain villa in the Immortal Gate, which had water, electricity, internet, and spiritual energy.
However, after the agent left, he took a careful look around and found something peculiar.
Why did this wooden house look like it was made by talisman?
He took a few photos and sent them to the owner of the Wood Spirit Talisman Shop. After the owner’s appraisal, he got an accurate answer.
It was indeed.
Chen Mobai could only sigh at the civilization of cultivation, even the construction industry couldn’t make money.
He checked the rental contract again to confirm that the land where the wooden house was located was legal, and then he was relieved.
Since he had already cleaned it once with a cleaning spell, the inside of the wooden house was spotless.
After buying some basic living supplies, he returned to the Daoist Academy of Dance.
On the welcoming stone platform, the two senior students were still there, and Chen Mobai went over to greet them.
Since the Daoist Academy of Dance only recruited up to 49 people each year, and this year, under the pressure of the Immortal Gate, they expanded their recruitment, but the total number of people was still small, so the two senior students in charge of welcoming the new students were quite relaxed.
Chen Mobai chatted with them for a while and finally learned their names.
The senior brother was named Meng Mu.
The senior sister was named Qu Hongyu.
Both were seventh-grade students, with the ninth level of Qi Refining completed, and they were planning to attempt Foundation Establishment within this year.
“By the way, have you both used the Foundation Establishment Treasure?”
Chen Mobai thought of this software. He wanted to know if there were any other factors that could increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment.
“Of course, we have. If we meet the conditions we have set, we basically have a 55% success rate for Foundation Establishment.”
Qu Hongyu’s words shocked Chen Mobai.
With the resources of the Immortal Gate, even without the Foundation Establishment Pill, they could increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment to over 50%. What was going on?
Could it be that among the four Daoist Academies, there were unknown, even superior to the Foundation Establishment Pill, elixirs?
When in doubt, ask.
Chen Mobai immediately asked humbly for advice.
Since Chen Mobai was the only new student today, Qu Hongyu was happy to give him some pointers. She began to talk about the academy’s in-depth research on Foundation Establishment.
“The so-called Foundation Establishment is the most important transformation in the process of cultivation. Only by crossing this threshold can one be considered a true cultivator. Therefore, cultivators who have established their foundation are called ‘True Cultivators’ by us.”
“And to succeed in Foundation Establishment, three steps need to be completed. They are related to our essence, Qi, and spirit, which are the body, spiritual power, and consciousness. None of them can be missing.”
“The process of Foundation Establishment is the transformation of the body, the condensation of spiritual power into liquid, and the departure of consciousness from the body. Because these three processes need to be completed in one go during Foundation Establishment, the chance of failure is high.”
“That’s why the Foundation Establishment Treasures developed by the Immortal Gate in conjunction with the Daoist Academy and the Palace of Learning are aimed at these three steps. They can at least allow cultivators to go through the process of essence, Qi, and spirit transformation.”
“However, although the Foundation Establishment Treasures are mysterious, they are after all a patchwork version of the Foundation Establishment Pill and cannot play a role in the final unified sublimation of essence, Qi, and spirit. Therefore, whether one can establish a foundation still depends on the cultivator’s own will.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai nodded. He grasped the most critical point.
The Foundation Establishment Pill is still the best.
At this time, seeing his humble and studious attitude, Qu Hongyu felt that he was teachable and continued to explain.
“But will is too mysterious, so in order to greatly increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment, the leader of the Immortal Gate eight hundred years ago led the Sentence Mang Daoist Academy and the Medical Palace to conduct more in-depth research on this transformation process.”
“After observing the Foundation Establishment of cultivators thousands of times, they finally summarized a set of ‘Critical Method’.”
“This method can help cultivators to block the critical point of essence, Qi, and spirit transformation, so that cultivators do not need to expend energy on the previous three steps of transformation, and only need to put all their spirits into the final leap and sublimation.”
“Indeed, the success rate of Foundation Establishment began to greatly increase. In the past few hundred years, our four Daoist Academies have successfully practiced the Critical Method, combined with the Foundation Establishment Treasures and other external conditions, making the success rate of Foundation Establishment exceed 50%.”
After hearing this, Chen Mobai was a bit confused.
He didn’t understand what the Critical Method was, and how to block the transformation of essence, Qi, and spirit?
He continued to ask humbly for advice.
Qu Hongyu was patient and directly added him as a friend, sending him a document.
Then she let Chen Mobai open the document, and she explained it while he was reading.
“Let me give you a simple example. In the process of Foundation Establishment, the body undergoes transformation. You can complete the transformation before Foundation Establishment.”
“After the body transforms, it will automatically trigger the spiritual power to condense into liquid. Many people can only complete the first step of body transformation and lack the strength to complete the condensation of Qi into liquid.”
“But with the Critical Method, you can interrupt this connection. After the first step of body transformation, you can directly block it. When you feel that you have accumulated enough to make the spiritual power condense into liquid, you can release the restriction and start this step.”
“By the same token, if you have enough accumulation, you can naturally complete the three major steps in one go and leap to sublimation. If you lack the foundation, then after the second step of condensing Qi into liquid, you can block it again and not let the consciousness leave the body.”
“This is the Critical Method, which was inspired by a genius from the Sentence Mang Daoist Academy from the ancient method ‘Jade Lock Golden Barrier’.”
Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai couldn’t help but give a thumbs up.
This was a great merit for the Immortal Gate.
No wonder the success rate of Foundation Establishment in the four Daoist Academies could reach 80 to 90%.
But why didn’t they spread such an extraordinary method to the public?
If it were in the Tianhe Realm, they would definitely cherish their own broom.However, within the Immortal Gate, even the most recent research knowledge is available for the public to access and view on specific Immortal Gate websites, as long as they are willing to pay.
Chen Mobai asked Qu Hongyu about this doubt. After hearing it, the latter shook her head.
“The Immortal Gate has tried to promote it, but this technique has a flaw, that is, the threshold for cultivation is extremely high. Ordinary people may not be able to get started even after decades of practice. Those who have this time can try Foundation Establishment.”
“How high is it?”
Chen Mobai was extremely anxious. He had recently found it difficult to comprehend the Eternal Life Sutra and the Two Phases Technique. If the Threshold Technique was truly obscure and difficult, he felt that he might have no fate with it.
“Our four major Daoist academies are still good. After all, the students we admit are all prodigies, and eighty to ninety percent of them can comprehend it.”
Hearing this, Chen Mobai breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was admitted with the lowest score, he believed it was because he broke through to the late stage of Qi Refining too late and didn’t have time to study.
If he could enter the Weapon Dao Academy, he must also be a prodigy. It was absolutely impossible for him not to comprehend it.
“But after the Threshold Technique was passed to the Ten Major Academies, only one percent of the people could comprehend it.”
“As for the 120 Prefectures, it goes without saying. Adding up the students from 120 universities, there might not even be one person who can successfully comprehend it.”