The Path to Immortality

Before entering the entrance of the retreat passage, there is a couplet carved by an unknown monk with magic power.

The antithesis is not very neat, but one can see the Taoist heart from the sonorous and powerful handwriting.

Go towards the main road and pass through this gate,

From now on, immortals will have a different path!

Fang Ping glanced at the couplet, followed the example of countless other disciples, and reluctantly found a little space on the huge stone wall next to the couplet, and carved his name.

"Brother Fang Ping, we are building on this today!"

Standing in front of the entrance passage is an old monk with white hair and beard who has also completed Qi training.

Seeing the disciples appear, the old monk who was a little bored at first looked over: "This is a place of seclusion. Disciples waiting for leisure are not allowed to enter by mistake."

Fang Ping handed over the certificate: "Senior brother, I have recently reached the tenth level of Qi training and am ready to rent the cave and build the foundation!"

"Another one..."

The old monk glanced at him, took the voucher, and after a brief verification, said: "The sect's rules are that disciples who attack the foundation can rent the cave for up to half a year. How long do you want to rent it?"

Normal foundation building can usually be successful in a few days.

However, it often takes several months to stabilize the state in the future, which is also the origin of the saying of hundred days of foundation building.

Fang Ping chose the longest time without hesitation.

The old monk was not surprised by his choice.

Before deducting the contribution of the sect, he seemed to be talking to himself: "Speaking of which, although the concentration of spiritual energy in these sixty-four caves is very high, it is comparable to the caves of foundation-building monks. But after careful comparison, the difference between different caves is There are still subtle differences in the concentration of spiritual energy..."

At this point, there is no further content.

Fang Ping immediately understood.

He has passed all nine or eighty-one difficulties, and he is not short of this last threshold.

He reached out and grabbed dozens of spiritual stones from the storage bag. He didn't bother to count them and gave them all to the other party.

The old man estimated the number of spirit stones and smiled without saying a word. There was no reaction at all.

——Anyway, the person in front of me will most likely never come back. Instead of benefiting others with what he leaves behind, it is better to earn more for yourself first.

"This guy has a pretty big appetite..."

Fang Ping frowned secretly, but didn't say anything and took out another fifty spiritual stones.

This time, the old monk was finally satisfied.

He put away the spiritual stone with a smile and said: "The fourth and fifth floors of Dengxian Cliff, the two caves on the east side, have the highest concentration of spiritual energy and are more stable, so they are most suitable for foundation building."

While telling the secret, the old monk had a businesslike look on his face, took out the account book recording the cave application, and asked Fang Ping about his intentions.

They had all been reminded, and Fang Ping naturally understood it.

After pretending to browse, he chose Cave No. 21 on the fourth floor of Dengxian Cliff from among the temporarily vacant caves.

After completing the registration, the old monk deducted Fang Ping's two hundred contribution, and then handed him the token corresponding to the cave.

He warned: "Remember, this trip to attack the foundation, no matter whether it is successful or not, you must leave the seclusion after at most six months. Otherwise, the sect will regard it as a failure to build the foundation, die on the spot, and forcefully open the cave."

Putting away the token for entering and exiting the cave, Fang Ping headed straight for the corresponding cave.

However, on the way to the east side of the fourth floor, he also kept a careful eye and sensed changes in the concentration of spiritual energy throughout the process.

Passing by the quiet caves one after another, Fang Ping stopped in front of the cave he had applied for. He paused for a moment and nodded secretly.

The old monk took his spiritual stone, but he really didn't trick him.

The spiritual energy concentration near the cave he applied for was indeed slightly higher than that of the caves along the way.

However, whether this slight difference is worth more than a hundred spirit stones depends on the beholder and the wise.

He used the token to open the entrance to the cave and opened the thick stone door. As soon as he entered, extremely rich spiritual energy hit his face.

"This kind of concentration of spiritual energy is indeed a retreat cave comparable to the foundation-building monk cave!"

Fang Ping took a breath and felt that the mana in his body became active with the rich spiritual energy.

After a moment to adapt, he walked into it leisurely and took stock of the situation inside the cave.

The layout here was very similar to when he first moved into Yunyang Peak Cave Mansion, it was particularly open and simple.

Except for a bluestone bed and a pair of tables and chairs, there was nothing else.

Fang Ping, who was quite satisfied with the environment and found no problems, took out the cave token and inserted several spells into it.

Immediately, the thick stone door crashed down, and the cave's protective formation quickly moved into action, forming an extremely strong barrier.

Once this barrier is opened, it will not stop unless the half-year period is reached.

Even if the foundation-building monks attack in person, it will take several days to break through.

With Fang Ping's current formation attainments, he only had to look at it briefly to see how sophisticated this formation was.

"I'm afraid it's still on top of the Sun family's great blue wave sky wind formation!"

With the protection of this formation, Fang Ping can attack the foundation with peace of mind.

"However, for other monks, the spiritual energy here is already a dream. But for me, it is not enough!"

Fang Ping smiled slightly, took out a set of small spirit gathering array flags from his storage bag, and arranged them in the cave.

From the perfection of the tenth level of qi training to the great perfection of the twelfth level of qi training, in the past ten years, although his formation cultivation has not improved much, and he is still stuck at the threshold of the first level of formation cultivation, he still has some achievements after all. Progressive.

For example, this improved set of small spirit gathering array has more than one subtle improvement compared to when he first mastered it, and the craftsmanship of the array flags is also more exquisite.

Compared with the original small spirit gathering array, it can increase the concentration of spiritual energy by nearly 10%!

"Small spirit gathering array, start!"

As Fang Ping manipulated it, the array flags lit up one by one, connected to each other, and attracted the power of heaven and earth.

Then, the spiritual energy in the vicinity, which was already extremely dense, further gathered towards the center of the array under the effect of the small spirit gathering array.

"This concentration of spiritual energy is probably close to the level of the caves of the Jindan ancestors on the top of Luoyun Peak!"

Satisfied, Fang Ping took out an incense burner from his storage bag, placed it on the stone table, and lit the spiritual incense that could assist in cultivation.

As the reassuring fragrance quietly spread, Fang Ping took out the many foundation-building experiences he had obtained from the Sutra Library, Elder Wu, and Taoist Yun Yi from his storage bag, and patiently read them again.

He had already verified these experiences and understood them clearly.

This time, he was just checking for omissions and just in case.

As the last experience was finished, all the details and difficulties of foundation building came to his mind, and he no longer had any doubts about what would happen next.

After swallowing a self-made fasting pill, Fang Ping sat cross-legged on the bluestone bed, placing the foundation building pill and the three foundation building spiritual objects in front of him in different categories.

Then he sat in meditation, embraced the origin and guarded the unity, and patiently adjusted his own state.

Inadvertently, the experiences and encounters after coming to this world quietly came to his mind.