Chapter 47: The Method of Advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm

  Yan Zhen is now in the 9th layer of Qi Refining stage, which is also the peak of this stage. At the same time, he is also the first outer disciple of Qingfeng Xianmen.

  Now, Yan's real goal is only one, to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage.

  In the Xianxia world, there are two popular sayings: The first sentence is that as soon as you enter the foundation-building stage, you immediately become different. The second sentence is that the foundation-building period is when the door to the true Xian Dao is opened, and one is completely separated from ordinary people; the Qi-refining period is actually still half in the realm of ordinary people.

  Yan Zhen now strongly desires, intensely yearns, dreams of, and is not just casually thinking about advancing to the Jie Dan boundary.

  Building Foundation Stage, its power can be far stronger than the Qi Cultivation Stage.

  Zhū jī jìng, yǒu zhe zhū duō bù kě sī yì de shén tōng.

  Translation:

  The foundation is established, and there are many inconceivable divine powers.

  A Jiedi realm one-layer cultivator can easily surpass ten Qi-training period ninth-layer cultivators, the gap is like heaven and earth.

  But Yan Zhen also knew that it was extremely difficult to advance from the 9th level of Qi Refining to the 1st level of Foundation Establishment, and many people were stuck at this stage for over a decade. Even those who advanced quickly needed one or two years. People like Fang Jingtao, Song Ting, and Yang Houxing had all been stuck at this stage for two or three years. With his ordinary talent, it was very difficult for Yan Zhen to advance to the Foundation Establishment in a short period of time, and he hadn't found a solution yet.

  Yan Zhen finished his usual cultivation and translated that ancient Xia text, which was the reward for completing the hundred battles and hundred victories task. After translating the last few sentences today, he finally finished it. When he read through the entire text again, Yan Zhen couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

  This! This! This!

  This ancient secret manual is actually a method for rapid advancement to the foundation-building stage.

  The Baihui acupoint is located above the top of the head, and it is used to communicate between humans and heaven and earth. When people are born, this acupoint is blocked, and there is no way to communicate with heaven and earth. Even when one has reached the stage of practicing qigong, this acupoint is still blocked.

  To advance to the foundation-building stage, one must open up this channel so that the human body can communicate with heaven and earth, but it is extremely difficult to open up this channel.

  And this ancient secret record is about a secret technique that can help one break through the acupoint and advance to the foundation-building stage. This technique consists of two steps:

  The first step is to stimulate Baihui with electric snake force.

  The second step is to stimulate the Baihui point with medicinal force.

  Finally, with the help of the Electric Snake and the power of medicine, he quickly opened up the Baihui acupoint at an extremely fast speed, advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage.

  Yan Zhen was overjoyed, just about to rush to the foundation stage at top speed when he encountered this secret technique, and was worried that there was no way. It's a great blessing to have met it just as he was dozing off, what a wonderful coincidence.

  ……

  Seven days later, Yan Zhen sat in the middle of the Qing shed. Now everything was ready and the secret technique could be implemented.

  The first step is to stimulate Baihui with electric snake force.

  The electric snake is a rather rare species, and it took Yan Zhen a lot of effort to get his hands on one. At first, he thought about catching one himself, but the electric snake's habitat was tens of thousands of miles away, making it impossible for him to go there anytime soon. Then he thought about buying one, only to find out that no one had any for sale. In the end, he managed to get his hands on a Biyu frog and used it to trade with Snake Gongzi, the son of one of the Seven Great Wanderers of Daji Kingdom, who didn't like snakes but loved frogs, so selling the electric snake was a painless transaction for him.

  Yan Zhen looked at the electric snake in front of him, there were three snakes in total, each about two meters long, with a purple pattern all over their bodies, and purple scales staring straight at Yan Zhen.

  Yan Zhen first wrapped the electric snake's tail around his arm, as the electric snake uses its tail to discharge electricity. It was quite laborious to tie the snake's tail to his arm, and Yan Zhen originally wanted to tie a knot on the snake's tail itself, but it was too slippery and couldn't be tied into a knot. Without tying a good knot, he ended up getting electrocuted several times. In the end, Yan Zhen simply used a rope to tie his arm and the electric snake's tail together.

  This was just the beginning, and only saw the electric snake's tail suddenly popping up, with a hissing sound, the first wave of electricity came rushing over. Being struck by the electricity was an extremely unbearable feeling, and Yan Zhen could only feel her whole body buzzing with pain. The second, third, fourth waves of electricity kept coming one after another, wave after wave of electricity entering her body, and Yan Zhen could only endure it with great effort. The feeling of being electrocuted was truly unbearable, fortunately she was a cultivator, if an ordinary mortal were to be continuously electrocuted like this, they would probably have died long ago.

  This went on for a whole hour, and finally the three electric snakes didn't want to release electricity anymore. They all spat out red threads while looking at Yan Zhen with an inexplicable gaze, as if they had never seen someone who sought abuse like this before. With their snake brains, they couldn't figure it out at all. Yan Zhen was left with only the strength to breathe, his whole body in agony.

  Throughout the process, Yan Zhen also felt a headache at the Baihui point, as if there was a slight electric current, which seemed to be stimulated. It seems that using the electric snake's electric stimulation is still effective.

  The second step is to use medicinal properties to stimulate the Baihui acupoint. The name of this medicine is Shi San Gui Yi Tang, which is made from thirteen ingredients: White Poria, Yellow Poria, Angelica, Astragalus, Schisandra, Bitter Almond, Perilla Leaf, Coptis, Moonlight Grass, Sunflower, Snakegourd Seed, Three-lobed Sage Fruit and Lunar Fruit.

  Among these thirteen medicines, most are very common, but Qi Xiao, Ku Zhuzi, Tian Chongzi and San Weizi are rarely seen and very expensive. Yan Zhen had no silver on hand, and in the end, he had to borrow several thousand taels of silver from Situ Guang, a gambler, to buy these four medicines. Yan Zhen thought to himself that he owed Situ Guang a favor.

  Yan Zhen put these thirteen medicinal materials together and decocted them with a gentle fire, turning them into a soup.

  The soup is still in the small red clay stove, but the aroma is overflowing.

  Yan Zhen poured the soup into a bowl, and it looked quite good, with a clear green color. Yan Zhen took a sip, but found it surprisingly unpalatable. The taste of this "Thirteen Return to One" soup was extremely bitter and astringent, with an indescribable weirdness that made her want to pinch her nose shut, yet she had no choice but to drink it.

  Yan Zhen had just finished drinking the Thirteen Return to One Decoction and felt his whole body sweating profusely, while the medicinal properties seemed to be directing all the electricity in his body towards the Baihui acupoint on top of his head. Then, an endless stream of electricity began stimulating the Baihui acupoint, causing it to expand slightly. In fact, the Thirteen Return to One Decoction had two effects: one was to concentrate the electrical energy that had just been struck in the body towards the Baihui acupoint and stimulate it with electric power; the other was that the medicinal properties of the Thirteen Return to One Decoction itself could also stimulate the Baihui acupoint.

  After a long time, Yan Zhen let out a deep breath and slowly exhaled, finishing work.

  The secret art of breaking through the foundation realm has come to an end for today's cultivation. You can rest first.

  However, this is not the end, and it will take ten more days of continuous work like this to be considered complete.

  The shock foundation period must also wait until ten days later.