Practice begins with a fisherman

However, all of this has nothing to do with Zhao Shoushou, who is suffering from backlash. What awaits him is still an insurmountable bottleneck.

After the first ray of mana melted into the bottleneck, he did not hesitate to take the first-grade top-grade rootless fruit immediately, which could effectively help monks keep more mana on it each time.

And the amount of mana that can stay above the bottleneck each time has a direct and inseparable relationship with the monk's qualifications, the degree of solidification of mana, and so on.

From this aspect, it can also be clearly found that the time to break through the foundation-building period also varies from person to person, and if mana is not enough during this process, all previous efforts will definitely be wasted.

This is also the main reason why Zhao Shoushou wanted to find a better spiritual vein and land defense orb as much as possible at the beginning, so that he could replenish a large amount of spiritual power at critical moments and improve the success rate of foundation building. Not to be taken lightly.

Chapter 182 Building the Foundation ([-])

Generally speaking, the process of building a foundation can be divided into two types. One is: with the help of the elixir, one breaks through the bottleneck and successfully advances, and the other is: a long stream of water penetrates slowly to build a foundation.

Judging from the current situation, the first item, Zhao Shoushou, obviously could not meet the requirements, so his foundation building was destined to be a long process that would take a lot of time.

The time required for each monk is different, ranging from a few years to a few years. It is not uncommon to prepare enough for three to five years. The premise is to be able to withstand the damage to the body caused by the backlash brought by each failure. .

In fact, the weakness of the body is a very important factor for most monks who fail in the foundation building process. Fortunately, this point is still within the tolerance range for him for a while.

After all, since the mid-stage of Qi refining, in addition to the sacrifice of spiritual power, some panacea and elixir that are beneficial to improving physical strength have also been taken in succession. In the same level, except for a small number of physical training, the single-round physical strength Can be in the forefront.

Therefore, the backlash caused by each impact failure, except for some unspeakable pains, is still within the acceptable range, and there is no danger in a short time.

Time passed in this kind of repeated entanglement. When an obvious trace of mana appeared on the bottleneck called a natural moat and began to try to extend from one end to the other, it was already three months later.

"The really harsh test is about to begin." Looking carefully, the expression on Zhao Shoushou's face this time is unprecedentedly serious, because he knows that when the mana tries to pass through the suspended area in the middle, an additional bone erosion will be added to the countershock force. cold wind.

Moreover, this cold wind directly acts on the monk's mana and consciousness, and it is also a double test of the monk's willpower and strength.

In fact, all kinds of torture in the entire foundation building process are double sacrifices to mana and consciousness, and only after passing the test can a qualitative leap be realized.

The liquefaction of mana, the substantial increase in the scope and quality of spiritual consciousness all need to go through this series of tests. Of course, for Zhao Shoushou, the most important thing now is to continue to persevere.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" As expected, when the Bridge of Mana was trying to get close to the void, a gust of evil wind came from nowhere, which made him feel cold to the marrow.

I don't know why, whenever the bad wind blows, the already solid mana always feels weak, and every time I persevere, I can feel a little bit of progress.

With the passage of time, Zhao Shoushou seemed to be particularly fascinated by this strange feeling. Only a monk who has experienced it can understand the taste of pain and happiness.

The establishment of the foundation is obviously not achieved overnight, and it is smooth sailing. After going through the preliminary double test, halfway through the first bridge of mana, an unprecedented force struck, and the achievements of several months were destroyed. Zhao Shoushou could only rest in his heart The anxiety starts all over again.

Formally in this kind of tug-of-war between you and me, his mana has been condensed like never before, and both his toughness and strength have been greatly improved.

The only disadvantage may be the test of the meridians and the body. During this process, the injuries caused by each backlash accumulated. His body was already covered with large and small wounds, and the meridians also suffered a lot of damage.

Almost every minute and every second, you will suffer from ubiquitous pain. This is a special kind of torture for your nerves, and it is also the only way to achieve an essential leap.

Time flies, and the years pass by. This oasis of life deep in the desert seems to have never felt the change of time.

Especially under the protection of the first-tier high-grade cloud gauze phantom array, even if there are occasional caravans around that specialize in driving first-tier mid-grade spirit beast camels to deal with special resources between Anzhou and Xianzhou, they did not cause any disturbance when they passed by. their attention.

I don't know how long it has passed like this, there is no change in this quiet desert, only the occasional chirping of two first-order mid-grade cormorants in the oasis under layers of protection.

One month, two months, half a year, one year, until the second year of retreat in the depths of the not-so-large lake, bursts of painful groans became louder and louder.

It turned out that Zhao Shoushou was sitting firmly in the cave, but now he was in an unprecedented embarrassment. There were at least ten deep wounds all over his body, and he was constantly in the pain of recovery and tearing. The position where he was sitting cross-legged is now soaked in blood The thick bloody smell of bright red rushed straight into the nostrils.

What's more important is that in the past two years, almost all his preparations have been exhausted. The panacea, elixir, spirit stones, and even the spiritual power accumulated in the cave have been exhausted.

The spiritual power in the dantian cannot make ends meet, and now there is only a thin layer left. The only thing to be happy about is that under the action of the counter-shock force constantly generated by the bottleneck, a stable mana bridge has been laid for the most part, and the success has almost been seen. hope.

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get a tiger cub. If you miss this opportunity, you may never have the possibility to step into the foundation building stage in your life. If you don't succeed, you will be a benefactor." Zhao Shoushou cheered himself up in a low voice.

At present, everything has almost reached a turning point that can be tolerated. If he can succeed further, as long as he has enough time, he can still recover. On the contrary, if he fails, I am afraid that this is his burial place.

He swallowed a green lump full of special juice in one gulp. This is the only remaining 500-year-old cactus spiritual fruit that may be helpful for foundation establishment and was also picked here.

However, how effective this suspicious treasure is is still uncertain. Now Zhao Shoushou can only pray that he can provide a helping hand to cross the final threshold.

When the cactus spirit fruit enters the abdomen, only a burst of warmth can be felt. This special feeling is divided into two parts, and a part enters the dantian and merges into the mana. The total amount has not increased, but it can be felt that the same amount of mana can burst out stronger. energy of.

The other small part enters the meridians and the flesh, and every time it walks in the severely injured place, a layer of red temporary protective film can be formed, and the pain seems to be relieved at the same time.

Of course, the effect of this cactus spirit fruit, which is not considered a natural treasure, is only limited to this, and it is unrealistic to have too much help.

After "success or failure is all in one stroke", Zhao Shoushou condensed the remaining spiritual knowledge and magic power together after the pain on his body was reduced by one or two, and prepared for the final fight.

Judging from the previous judgments, if everything goes well, this bottleneck can be overcome, and the strength of mana liquefaction will be greatly improved. If it is successfully advanced to the foundation building stage, if it fails, the backlash force brought by it will also be enough to cause serious damage or even damage. It is possible to fall on the spot.

After calculation, this is already the best choice. The difficulty of loose foundation building is far beyond his imagination. Since he has the opportunity, he will not give up easily, even at the cost of his life.

Chapter 183

After making the final decision, Zhao Shoushou naturally no longer hesitated, with a look of grief and indignation on his face, he manipulated the mana gathered into a ball in his dantian to make the final decisive blow.

When this mass of mana disappeared, the dantian became extremely empty, and this was the cleanest he had consumed since he stepped on the path of cultivation.

At the same time, an absolutely powerful suction force was generated suddenly, and the spiritual power emanating from the first-level top-grade spiritual veins in the cave was instantly emptied, and even the entire buried spiritual veins trembled, gushing out a stream of milky white Especially strong spiritual power.

The last strand of spiritual power is completely different from the usual one. After entering the meridians, there is almost no need to refine it, and it pours directly into the dantian, transforming into strands of mana to supplement it.

The source of this magic power is not simple, it is the original power deep in the spiritual vein, and it is also one of the important foundations for the future development of the spiritual vein. It will be even more difficult to make up for it in the future.

Zhao Shoushou didn't know that an unintentional action would cause such a huge loss, and he didn't know if he would regret it in the future. No matter how this burst of mana was replenished, it was of great significance to him.

At this time, under the guidance of the divine sense, the last mass of spiritual power was already close to the bottleneck, and he forced himself to endure the stronger and stronger counterattack force above the bottleneck, and moved a little bit along the bridge of mana that had been built. Make up for it.

Perhaps the bottleneck has also felt the threat, whether it is the vibration or the evil wind, the power is multiplying. Fortunately, with previous experience, everything is still within the controllable range.

Of course, no matter how well prepared, when the bottleneck attack comes, there will always be a lot of mana disappearing. Zhao Shoushou doesn't care about these, leaving the only bit of clarity at the end. He only needs to keep a part of the core mana to reach the predetermined position smoothly. .

This is not an easy task. In fact, the mana bridge that has already been built in the process of approaching is also constantly absorbing the surrounding mana to strengthen itself, and this process is not under his control.

Under the continuous attack of various powerful counter-shock forces, he is like a helpless kite floating in the wind, and may be disconnected at any time.

As time passed, more and more spiritual consciousness was consumed, making it more difficult to control all this. In short, Zhao Shoushou did not give up and still persisted.

The only advantage in this process is that the mana that was originally in the form of gas has almost become liquid. Perhaps the first drop of liquid mana will appear in the dantian as long as it successfully passes through the last difficult journey.

Because of the backlash of the bottleneck, the wound that was originally protected by the special warm gas of the cactus spirit fruit has been torn apart again, and it is far more serious than before. It seems that it has really reached the limit of endurance, and the rest is just relying on the little bit of willpower left to persist.

"Mana Corps, Edict" Fortunately, he was also close to the destination at this time, only to hear him grit his teeth and give out the last command.

The little mana that was originally shrunk into a ball changed from the slow-moving way before, and burst out all the accumulated power at once, turning into a long rope, shooting towards the bridge of mana and the bottleneck like an arrow from the string. The other end of the connection is gone.

The moment the two sides came into contact, an unprecedented force of shock came from the entire bottleneck, but it was clearly different from the previous backlash.

In this special vibration, the bottleneck gradually disappeared and turned into special streams of dense air, rising up to join the mana bridge that stretched across the sky like a rainbow.

These bursts of dense air are neither magic power nor divine consciousness, and they have no obvious supplementary power to both, but they represent a kind of recognition.

Cultivation is to act against the sky, every major bottleneck breakthrough will give the monk a qualitative leap in all aspects of mana, consciousness, longevity, and supernatural powers. Breaking through the bottleneck can be regarded as being recognized and recognized by heaven and earth.

"Tick tock" I don't know how long it took, and in the mana bridge surrounded by layers of dense air, the first drop of water suddenly came, which means the beginning of mana liquefaction, and undoubtedly also means that he succeeded. Advanced foundation period.

From then on, it can be regarded as the real step into the road of practice. The sea is wide and the sky is high for birds to fly. A monk in the foundation period will get enough recognition and respect no matter where he is.

In the foundation building period, as the backbone of the cultivation world, casual cultivators will not be easily bullied by monks of the same level because they have no worries and cares after they have successfully advanced.

After all, most casual cultivators act unscrupulously and at will. They are not opponents of the opponent's foundation-building stage monks, but it is still easy to kill some Qi-refining stage disciples.

However, all of this is a relatively distant plan in the future. Instead, because of the emotional agitation, the cultivation base that has just successfully broken through and is not stable suddenly shakes for a while, and it almost slips because of the loss of mood.

Therefore, Zhao Shoushou stabilized his state of mind at the first time to prevent the ups and downs between the ups and downs of his mood, and injected a sense of coolness into the jade pendant hanging around his neck, so that his originally chaotic mind instantly cleared up.

Only then did the loss be stopped in time to prevent the tragedy from happening. After everything returned to normal, the second and third drops of liquid mana soon fell, and gradually formed a small puddle in the dantian.

Compared with the gas-like mana that had reached its peak state and filled almost every corner of the dantian before the foundation was established, it is really pitifully small in terms of quantity alone.

However, the power contained in each drop of liquid mana is incomparable. The little mana in the dantian can burst out several times the previous power. Perhaps this is the essential difference between the monks of the foundation building period and the monks of the refining period.

Half an hour later, the bridge of mana that stretched across the air and the bottleneck like a moat had all disappeared, turning into a total of more than ten drops of liquid mana.

As of now, Zhao Shoushou can basically announce that he has successfully advanced to the foundation building stage, and he will become a real monk from then on. Of course, it is impossible to get out of the customs in a short time.

After the promotion is successful, the first thing is naturally to do everything possible to stabilize the cultivation base, and it is necessary to transform the kung fu from the "Ripple Kungfu" practiced during the Qi refining period into the "Shui Condensation Jue".

Although the two exercises are both water attribute exercises, there is no difference in essence, but it is still relatively difficult to achieve the leap and transformation.

After all, the two kinds of exercises are completely different in terms of grades and the operation of the Great Circle. Although Zhao Shoushou has done some research on "Congealing Water Jue" before, it is not enough to make up for the gap.

In this process, if there are some precious second-order low-grade spirit pills to help, it will naturally be faster, and he, who is almost poor and white, obviously does not have this condition.

Fortunately, there is still a first-order high-grade spiritual vein that can provide a large amount of spiritual power steadily and steadily, and it only needs to spend a little more time to achieve the goal.

Chapter 184 The Difficulty of Spiritual Weapons

Although Zhao Shoushou suffered some damage to the first-level top-grade spiritual veins in this oasis when Zhao Shoushou was trying to advance to the foundation-building stage, it was impossible to judge the slightest impact on weekdays.

Maybe this point will only be revealed when trying to improve the level of the spiritual pulse in the future, and it will take some special treasures of heaven and earth to make up for it.

In short, for the current Zhao Shoushou, the spiritual power in the cave has hardly decreased at all, and it is fully supplying his consumption in the process of cultivation.

Calculated under normal circumstances, the first-level top-grade spiritual veins can meet the cultivation needs of ten late-stage Qi refining monks, or more than twice the needs of mid-stage Qi refining monks, but for the foundation-building stage monks, no matter in terms of quality or quantity Slightly inferior.

Fortunately, he is the only one who is a newly promoted first-level monk here, and his consumption is not too much. In addition, this spiritual vein belongs to the best of the first-level top-rank, so it can barely meet his needs in all aspects. .

It was in this stable and safe environment that Zhao Shoushou greedily devoured every drop of spiritual power around him like a hungry man who could never get enough to eat.

The sun and the moon flow, time flies, and half a year flies by. When the bottom of the dantian is barely covered by a thin layer of liquid mana, Zhao Shoushou finally opened his eyes.

Each of his hands has a drop of one-yuan heavy water condensed during the cultivation process, which can be regarded as the benefit of practicing the "Congealing Water Jue", and it can be regarded as a considerable income after long-term calculation.

The price of every drop of one yuan of heavy water in the square market can be exchanged for one or two middle-grade spirit stones, which is not without a small benefit for him who has just broken through and is almost penniless.

After being promoted to Foundation Establishment, in addition to the improvement in the quality of mana, the most obvious thing is the improvement of spiritual consciousness. The detection range has reached a radius of one hundred feet, and it can even be doubled again if some quality is sacrificed.

Within the scope of normal spiritual exploration, it can be said that every detail will be revealed, there is no bit of hiding, and the beating of the breath of life in the fish eggs can be clearly found.

"After nine deaths, from today onwards, a certain one can be regarded as a genuine foundation-building monk, and the world is as big as it is." Zhao Shoushou shouted excitedly.

"Quak quack quack" The two first-order mid-grade cormorants who have been playing on the lake seem to have also sensed the information from the underwater master, and responded with high-pitched and powerful chirps.

For a while, this desert oasis, which had been silent for several years, was filled with joy from the heart, and it seemed that this oasis was more alive.

As a newly promoted monk in the foundation period, after calming down, he naturally took stock of the few resources left in the storage bag, looking for some treasures that would be of some help to him.

The monks in the Qi-refinement period drive magical weapons of different grades of the upper, middle and lower grades. The monks in the foundation-building period naturally need more powerful spiritual weapons if they want to display their combat effectiveness.

Compared with magical artifacts that can be purchased or even customized in stores in major square cities for only a few insignificant low-grade spirit stones, it is obviously impossible to obtain spiritual artifacts so easily.

Spiritual weapon, spiritual weapon, as the name suggests, has a weak spirituality compared to magic weapon. The biggest difference is that when the spiritual weapon does not need to be driven to fight, it spends most of the time in the dantian with spiritual power. Yunyang, even if there are always some insignificant injuries in the battle, he can slowly recover in this way.

Each spiritual weapon is made of second-order spiritual materials that are not commonly seen in ordinary times as the main material, and the auxiliary parts are condensed and condensed first-level mid-to-high-grade spiritual materials.

And it should be noted that there is a high failure rate in the process of refining spirit weapons, especially for some newly promoted second-level weapon refiners, the failure rate may be as high as [-]%, which means that even if everything goes well, the failure rate may be as high as [-]%. Only half the success rate.

Even though there are some spiritual artifacts for sale in some square markets, the price is far from what he can bear as he has just broken through now. A most common second-tier low-grade spiritual artifact needs at least hundreds of middle-grade spiritual stones.

"It's a pity that the only second-grade low-grade spiritual material in this storage bag is also obtained from the lightning strike wood under the Siming Mountain Spirit Lake." There is no doubt about its preciousness, but it is not suitable for his attributes. When the opportunity is right, it can be exchanged for a second-tier low-grade water-attribute spiritual material.

Zhao Shoushou stared blankly at the first-tier top-grade bronze spear, copper coin shield, and even the water singing sword next to him. He didn't expect that he would still be accompanied by them in battle for a period of time after his cultivation had been promoted.

The gap between the monks in the foundation building period, in addition to cultivation skills and auxiliary spells, the most important thing is the spiritual weapon used to get close to them. If one monk drives the spiritual weapon in battle, the other drives There is only one high-grade magic weapon, how big is the gap between the two?

In short, judging from the current situation, it can be expected that Zhao Shoushou may not be able to have his own spiritual weapon for a long time in the future.

Of course, Zhao Shoushou will not belittle himself because of this, or give up easily. Instead, he will try his best to collect relevant spiritual materials in the future, striving to refine his own spiritual weapon as soon as possible.

As a complete set of cultivation methods, "Congealing Water Jue" naturally records a method of refining a matching spiritual weapon, called Fen Shui Cha, which is similar to the legendary weapon used by Yasha patrolling the sea.

And because of the compatibility with the cultivation method, this kind of water diversion fork is a rare growable spiritual weapon. If everything goes well and careful cultivation, it can be upgraded to at least the second-level top-grade spiritual weapon. Perhaps the only regret is the power of frontal combat Relatively weaker.

In principle, this kind of growable magic weapon can be improved with the improvement of cultivation base, but the price to be paid is too high if you want to improve beyond the grade, instead it is better to refine a new magic weapon from scratch.

And the growth-type spiritual weapon is only more compatible with itself. Once it is damaged or abandoned in battle, the damage to the monk is basically the same as that of a normal spiritual weapon.

"Fortunately, a certain person still has a relatively complete practice method, which records a complete set of spiritual practice methods, and can be the first to practice two spiritual arts for body protection." Since this is the only current situation, Zhao Shoushou is not simply complaining.

Judging from the current situation, the only way to improve combat power is from another aspect, and comprehending the second-level low-grade spiritual art as soon as possible is the only effective method at present.

The supporting training methods of "Congealing Water Jue", there are a total of three second-level low-grade spiritual arts recorded on it, one attack, one defense and one support, and they are relatively complete in terms of functions. If they can be successfully comprehended.

That is to say, before officially leaving the customs, Zhao Shoushou has at least thoroughly comprehended two second-level low-grade spiritual arts, one attack and one defense, and guarantees that they can be used at will. Way.

As a casual cultivator, if he wants to gain a foothold in the realm of comprehension, it is extremely difficult and he needs to pay more.

Chapter 185 The Road to Spiritual Comprehension

The three second-level low-grade spirit arts recorded in "Congealing Water Jue" are the offensive spirit art Water Needle Art, the defensive spirit art Water Net Art, and the auxiliary spirit art Spirit Water Jue.