JSCMU-Chapter 45: Foundation Establishment! Foundation Establishment!

Heavenly Sword Peak.

Lin Ya looked at the golden light beginning to shine above Yun Jin’s house once again. He was startled and immediately formed an array in midair, enveloping Yun Jin’s little house.

The light was instantly absorbed by the formation and no longer visible.

After watching for a while, Lin Ya couldn’t help but feel a little helpless.

This newly accepted disciple of his, just who is she?

The more Lin Ya thought about it, the more he felt like he wouldn’t be able to sleep.

His gaze drifted toward his wine gourd.

Forget it, he couldn’t sleep anyway. He might as well stay up all night drinking!

He decided, Yun Jin can shoulder this blame!

Having found a reason, Lin Ya instantly felt at peace with himself.

Marketplace, Pill Pavilion, Late Night.

Ming Heng suddenly sat up in bed.

He slapped himself hard.

No way. Was it really possible to refine pills like that?

During the day, just to maintain order and calm people down, he wasn’t even sure what nonsense he spouted, barely managing to pacify the junior alchemists.

But now?

He couldn’t hold back anymore.

He had to try it for himself!

At this hour, the others should have gone to rest.

Ming Heng snuck into the alchemy room like a thief.

To recreate everything perfectly, he used the same grade 1 pill furnace from the assessment.

Biling Grass, Cleansing Spirit Solution, everything was ready.

He recalled Yun Jin’s method: Selecting Biling Grass with similar spiritual strength, then, without any preprocessing, tossing them directly into the furnace.

Next, he boldly poured in the Cleansing Spirit Solution.

As for controlling the flame?

He didn’t bother with that either.

All he had to do now was wait half an hour, and he would have a bottle of perfect-quality Biling Pills!

That was what Ming Heng thought.

But suddenly, his expression changed. Without hesitation, he slapped a few talismans onto the furnace and immediately shielded himself with spiritual power.

The next second,

Boom! 

A muffled explosion came from the furnace.

Although he prepared in advance and managed to protect the furnace, Ming Heng’s face turned dark in an instant.

What had gone wrong?

Why could that little girl succeed, and yet he had failed so miserably?

Ming Heng thought hard, then suddenly slapped his forehead.

He remembered he was missing one crucial step!

He started over from the beginning.

This time, after tossing in the Biling Grass and Cleansing Spirit Solution, he sat down to the side and quickly pulled out a pack of sunflower seeds.

Yes.

That little girl had eaten sunflower seeds. That might be the essence of this refining technique. To replicate it properly, it had to be an exact copy!

And wouldn’t you know it.

This time, the furnace actually didn’t explode right away.

Ming Heng’s eyes lit up. Could it be? Did eating sunflower seeds really have some mysterious power?

He started munching with even more gusto.

Suddenly,

The sound of the pill room’s door opening echoed.

“Shh, be quiet. Master Ming told us not to try this lightly.”

“If Master Ming finds out, we might get kicked out.”

A few junior alchemists crept in, carrying Biling Grass and Cleansing Spirit Solution.

They looked up,

And saw Ming Heng sitting there, munching sunflower seeds.

Two groups of people stared at each other in stunned silence.

Boom! 

Another pill explosion sounded, as if adding BGM to the scene.

Ming Heng stood up and calmly said, “I couldn’t sleep, so I came to casually practice pill refining.”

The group glanced at the Biling Grass beside him and nodded repeatedly.

Surely… he wasn’t making Biling Pills, right?

With a straight face, Ming Heng said, “Alright, don’t disturb my refining. Dismiss yourselves.”

The few disciples quickly agreed and retreated.

As soon as they were gone, Ming Heng locked the door.

He started thinking again.

Why had he failed this time?

Was it his sunflower-seed-eating posture? Should he be crossing his legs?

While Ming Heng continued spiraling into existential doubt, Yun Jin had already effortlessly refined three full furnaces of Biling Pills.

Thirty Biling Pills.

Plus three Foundation Establishment Pills.

This time, she was determined to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage in one go!

If she didn’t break through, she wouldn’t leave the house!

The moment the first Biling Pill entered her stomach, spiritual energy surged violently.

Yun Jin quickly began absorbing it.

Her perfect-quality Biling Pill contained ten times the spiritual power of a regular one, but it was still a grade 1 pill and she was already very close to Foundation Establishment Stage.

Her spiritual energy advanced a step forward, but not yet to the tenth level.

Yun Jin continued taking pills.

After taking five pills in succession, her spiritual energy directly reached the tenth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

The tenth level is the peak of the Qi Refining Stage. The next step was Foundation Establishment.

Yun Jin continued consuming the pills one by one.

After finishing all thirty, her spiritual power was already near the maximum threshold of Qi Refining.

Without hesitation, Yun Jin immediately swallowed one Foundation Establishment Pill.

Foundation Establishment Pills were rare. That Chen Hao had spent years accumulating just three of them.

But Yun Jin wasn’t worried. She had already obtained the recipe. As long as she had the herbs, she could make them herself.

These few Foundation Establishment Pills weren’t that precious to her. The moment the first one entered her body, it instantly transformed into a powerful medicinal force that surged through her entire being.

As expected, compared to grade 1 pills, this grade 2 pill’s potency was much stronger.

The sliver of spiritual power she still lacked before was instantly filled to the peak after taking the Foundation Establishment Pill.

And the medicine’s power kept radiating outward.

Sensing she could still handle it, Yun Jin directly took the second pill.

This time,

The spiritual power that had reached the peak of Qi Refining began to slowly condense. As it gathered to a certain point, a strand of spiritual energy began to gradually liquefy. The process was slow, but continuous.

There was no shortcut for this step. Yun Jin patiently refined the Foundation Establishment Pill bit by bit.

Heavenly Sword Peak.

Yun Jin had been in seclusion for three days and nights.

If Lin Ya hadn’t continuously sensed the spiritual energy fluctuating inside, he might’ve barged in to check already.

“Master, what exactly is Little Junior Sister cultivating?” Si Wanning asked with concern.

Lin Ya wanted to say something, but instinctively shook his head.

“Master?” Yue Zhao also looked confused.

Lin Ya replied with some hesitation, “Before seclusion, Xiao Jin’s spiritual power was already close to reaching the tenth level. Seeing as how she kept cultivating, I think she is planning to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.”

Break through to Foundation Establishment?

Yue Zhao was stunned.

Little Junior Sister had only joined the sect recently, was that even possible?

To break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, reaching the peak of the Qi Refining stage was only one requirement.

More importantly, her soul realm also had to reach the Foundation Establishment level.

The soul realm could only be elevated using specialized techniques found in the Four Great Holy Lands. Disciples from mid-tier sects like theirs could only rely on self-discipline and gradual improvement over time.

To reach Foundation Establishment, both spiritual power and soul realm were necessary.

In terms of spiritual power, Yue Zhao wasn’t worried. Yun Jin was extraordinarily gifted, and with her alchemy skills, breaking through should be easy.

But her soul realm…

Had she already broken through that too?

That would be scientifically impossible!

“I don’t think it’s likely either,” Lin Ya murmured, dazed. “But I can’t think of any other explanation.”

This surge of activity clearly looked like a breakthrough!

“Let’s just wait a bit more. It’s already been three days, Little Junior Sister should be coming out soon.”

As Si Wanning was speaking.

Suddenly.

The surging spiritual energy calmed completely, as if fully absorbed by someone.

Lin Ya’s pupils shrank sharply.

He instinctively checked inside and his expression became incredibly complicated.

Foundation… Establishment…

Yun Jin actually…

Broke through!