The Mortal Immortal

A year later, Shu Han was like a lone boat drifting in the sea, wandering alone in the vast world.

He asked for directions several times on the way and ventured towards the legendary boundless Dayun.

During this period, he climbed over the mountains that ordinary people called "sky barriers", crossed wide rivers, and walked through the deserted wasteland.

Finally, a year later, he took a boat northward and came to a small town on the edge of Dayun, Qingshan Town.

This year, his cultivation did not make any progress, and the bottleneck of foundation building was still like a natural chasm, but the experience of traveling around for more than a year broadened his horizons.

He ordered a pot of sake and drank it by himself in the inn of Qingshan Town. Looking at the mortals coming and going downstairs, Shu Han couldn't help feeling anxious.

How could he find the cultivation sect of Dayun?

He thought about it himself. He had no one to rely on in Dayun, so it would be more reliable to find a sect to join.

Besides, his own skills have not yet taken effect, but because he has not made a breakthrough for a long time, his meridians have been slightly swollen, so Shu Han dare not be careless.

I heard that there are many immortal sects in Dayun, but how can he get information and find a suitable sect?

He doesn't want to join another sect that cheats people like Long Xuanmen.

While drinking and thinking, Shu Han suddenly heard the laughter from the next door, and keenly caught the words "spiritual stone" and "cultivation" related to cultivation.

His heart beat fast. He has been in Dayun for a while, and finally met people of the same path!

But Shu Han hesitated.

This is the first time he has come into contact with the cultivators of Dayun. He doesn't know whether their character is good or bad.

It's better to investigate first. If they are foundation-building cultivators, it's better to avoid them. He no longer has the money to deal with Master Long Xuan.

He called the waiter and asked for a good drink.

The waiter brought the drink, and Shu Han asked him to sit down and snatched his hat and towel.

The waiter was puzzled and was about to ask, but Shu Han put two ingots of silver in front of him, and he said nothing.

Just like that, Shu Han used all his strength to operate the Qi-collecting technique, brought the wine, and knocked on the door opposite.

In the guest room, two middle-aged men were chatting and laughing. As soon as Shu Han entered the room, he immediately saw the spiritual light surging above their heads. The taller man was in the eleventh level of Qi Refining, and the shorter man was in the twelfth level of Qi Refining! The shorter man was playing with a gem that shone with green light in his hand, and looked very proud.

When the two saw Shu Han suddenly barge in, they couldn't help but scold: "Waiter? I didn't ask you to come, get out!"

Seeing that the two were both in the Qi Refining stage, Shu Han was relieved and relaxed his Qi-collecting technique a little. He gave the breath of the ninth level of Qi Refining, smiled slightly and said: "Two Taoist friends, please be patient. I just entered Dayun and it's rare to see people of the same path, so I ordered a pot of turbid wine and invited the two Taoist friends to drink together."

The shorter man immediately put the gem in his hand into the storage bag on his waist.

The two looked at each other, stood up and bowed, saying, "So it's a fellow Taoist! What advice do you have for me? Please take a seat!"

Shu Han sat down and introduced himself, "I am Shu Han, a cultivator of the ninth level of Qi Refining. Nice to meet you two fellow Taoists."

The taller man smiled and said, "I am Xie Ming, a cultivator of the eleventh level of Qi Refining."

"I am Kang Wenguang, a cultivator of the twelfth level of Qi Refining."

Shu Han pretended to be surprised, "So you are all seniors! I am sorry for your disrespect!"

The two seemed very satisfied with the title of senior, and smiled, "No! We are both in the Qi Refining stage, so we are equals. But seeing that fellow Taoist Shu Han is so young, he has the ninth level of cultivation. He must have a great talent. I wonder where you are from and what are your plans for coming to Dayun?"

Shu Han said, "I am from Dayan, which you two fellow Taoists may not have heard of. It is a remote place. I feel that coming to Dayun is more beneficial to my cultivation. Maybe I can get a chance to build a foundation!"

"Oh! Fellow Taoist is also here for the foundation-building pill?"

Foundation-building pill?

Shu Han's heart skipped a beat, and the conversation reached the key point.

He no longer concealed it and said, "What is this foundation-building pill? Does a cultivator need the assistance of a foundation-building pill to build a foundation?"

The two looked at each other again, both of them were surprised.

"Fellow Daoist, you don't know about the foundation-building pill?"

"Excuse me, my hometown is short of spiritual energy, and I haven't seen a foundation-building cultivator for a long time. Over time, the method of foundation-building has been forgotten."

Xie Ming laughed and began to explain to Shu Han the method of cultivators to build a foundation. Shu Han listened and it really matched his guess. The foundation-building matter is a convention in the cultivation world, and there are two methods!

One is to take the foundation-building pill to build a foundation. The foundation-building pill can instantly provide a large amount of spiritual power to help cultivators hit the unattainable threshold. However, this method has a high failure rate and poor talent, and it may take several pills to succeed.

The second is a more advanced method, which requires a Jindan-stage cultivator to consume his true essence, arouse the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to infuse spiritual power, and use the high spiritual power of the Jindan-stage Jindan to replace the foundation-building pill. This method will not fail, and it will be of great benefit to the cultivators' future cultivation. The disadvantage is that few Jindan-stage cultivators are willing to spend a lot of true essence to help others build the foundation.

Shu Han nodded. He had no one to rely on, so he could only choose the foundation-building pill.

So he asked: "Where can this foundation-building pill come from, and how many resources are needed to exchange it?"

Kang Wenguang laughed: "Brother Shu Han, this foundation-building pill is in short supply! You can't buy it!"

"Foundation-building pills are extremely rare, and the three main herbs must grow around the spiritual spring and mature in sixty years. Those who are able to refine foundation-building pills are all immortal sects in Dayun, and they are only distributed to disciples of the sect. I think brother Shu Han is young and has a good cultivation. Find an immortal sect to join and endure for more than ten years, and you will definitely be able to get a foundation-building pill."

This sentence made Shu Han frown.

It will take more than ten years to find a sect to join?

Will I still be alive by then?

"Do I have to wait so long?"

Kang Wenguang smiled and said, "More than ten years is not a long time, but to get the foundation-building pill faster, you must make great contributions to the sect or have extraordinary talent."

Shu Han asked, "Excuse me, my two brothers, what are the standards for the Dayun Immortal Sect to recruit disciples?"

"Generally, only three spiritual roots are required, and a few large sects require two spiritual roots, or even different spiritual roots."

Three spiritual roots!

Shu Han was so anxious that he wanted to scratch his head, and smiled bitterly, "Then won't there be no sect to recruit me with four spiritual roots?"

He didn't dare to say that he had five spiritual roots. Anyway, judging from the tone of the two, four spiritual roots were not qualified, let alone his five spiritual roots.

"Brother Shu Han also has four spiritual roots?"

Shu Han was stunned: "Both brothers also?"

Kang Wenguang smiled and said: "Yes, otherwise he wouldn't be hanging around in Dayun. But I'm very curious, how can you, with four spiritual roots, cultivate to the ninth heaven at such a young age? This really makes me curious!"

Shu Han explained: "My ancestors passed down several bottles of fast-improvement pills, which I ate up and barely reached this level. Hey, after hearing what the two brothers said, it seems that I will never have the chance to build a foundation in this life!"

Xie Ming suddenly interrupted.

"Brother, please don't say that! In fact, in addition to the foundation-building pill, we casual cultivators have another way to go!"

After that, he took out a bright green gem from his storage bag.