Chapter 224: Materials
What should he do?
Should he swallow this Medicinal Pill?
When Qin Yi discovered that this Medicinal Pillwas connected to the "anomaly,"
his heart fell into unprecedented turmoil.
That "anomaly" looked extremely bizarre at a glance, and since this Medicinal Pill was actually related to that thing, what would happen after he swallowed it?
Could it be that Su Meier didn't truly want to help him achieve a Breakthrough, but just wanted to use this Medicinal Pill to turn him into that kind of inhuman monster?
Just at this moment of hesitation, thousands of miles away, deep in the cave by the dead, silent lake, Liu Twenty had already discovered that jade pendant which was emerald green all over.
He picked up the jade pendant from the ground; it felt warm and smooth to the touch, and he could almost feel that it was a medium for carrying information.
Liu Twenty did not hesitate in the slightest and gently pressed the emerald green jade pendant against his brow.
The next moment, a massive torrent of information flooded into his mind like a deluge!
Through this information, he gradually understood.
It turned out that the "Nether-Blue Haired Old Woman" was not a rare object formed naturally by heaven and earth, but something someone had deliberately raised here!
And the person who raised it was none other than Feng Wuya!
As for why he wanted to raise the "Nether-Blue Haired Old Woman," the reason was extremely simple.
Because it belonged to a type of "anomaly," and the "anomaly" was the necessary Materials for refining the "foundation establishment pill"!
So that was it!?
At this moment, Liu Ming suddenly understood the cause and effect of everything.
He finally understood why even a behemoth like the Sancai Workshop would care so much about the "anomaly" and offer high prices to acquire it; he also finally understood why the Medicinal Pill Su Meier gave to Qin Yi emitted an aura identical to that of the "anomaly"!
It was because the "foundation establishment pill" was refined from the "anomaly"!
Besides this, the jade pendant also recorded in detail how to raise a "anomaly" from scratch, as well as the method for using it to refine the "foundation establishment pill."
This method was extremely cruel, requiring living souls as food, resentment as a nest, and supplementing it with the flesh and blood essence of countless Cultivators, taking months of time to barely raise a single "anomaly."
No wonder it was said that Feng Wuya had stayed at the Qi Refining Perfection Realm for a long time, unable to achieve a Breakthrough.
It turned out it wasn't that he lacked the method to break through, but that he needed to spend a vast amount of time waiting for the "anomaly" he was raising to fully mature!
Understanding this, Qin Yi, who was far away in Su Meier's secret chamber, no longer hesitated and directly swallowed the gleaming white Medicinal Pill in his hand!
In an instant, an indescribable and anomalychange suddenly erupted from within his body!
He felt as if his Physical Body and Divine Soulwere being kneaded and pulled by a pair of invisible hands, distorting toward some unknown direction.
That feeling was impossible to describe in words, as if he were no longer himself, but was transforming into a completely different form of life.
He didn't know how much time had passed; it seemed as if even his consciousness and thoughts had begun to twist and disintegrate, becoming unlike himself.
But when he regained his senses, he was surprised to find that he had not changed at all.
His Physical Body was still his Physical Body, and his Divine Soul was still his Divine Soul; it seemed everything he had just felt was merely an illusion.
What was going on?
But regardless, when he checked his own Realm again, he suddenly discovered that the unbreakable Foundation EstablishmentBottleneck had disappeared without a trace!
His Realm—as if it were a matter of course—had quietly reached the Foundation Establishment Realm!
This was definitely the most bizarre Breakthrough he had ever experienced.
To say it was simple, he had to possess a "foundation establishment pill" to have a chance of success.
And obtaining the "foundation establishment pill," even for a Cultivator at Qi Refining Perfection, was as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Just raising a "anomaly" required decades of time and massive resources, not to mention refining it into a pill afterward; once it failed, one had to start all over again.
But to say it was difficult, once one obtained a "foundation establishment pill" and swallowed it, the Breakthrough happened naturally—no Lightning Tribulation, no trials, and not even the slightest danger.
This even made Qin Yi begin to wonder, could this be the "Heart Demon" tribulation often found in novels of his past life?
It made you think you had successfully achieved a Breakthrough, while in reality, you were still inside an illusion of the Breakthrough, and in the end, to others, it would just look like you died from Qi Deviation.
But just then, the stone door of the secret chamber suddenly opened, and Su Meier's face, filled with admiration, appeared at the entrance.
"I didn't expect it to be so fast, even faster than I imagined! Qin Yi, you really succeeded!"
Qin Yi slowly opened his eyes, a flash of light vanishing from his pupils, and asked with a hint of wariness: "What exactly is this 'foundation establishment pill'? Why, after I swallowed it, was the Bottleneck in my body so easily broken?"
Upon hearing this, Su Meier covered her mouth and chuckled, answering as if it were a matter of course: "You're right, breaking through a Bottleneck is just that simple. This is just moving from the Qi Refinement Stage to the Foundation Establishment Stage. You have only just stepped onto the path of immortality, where would you get so many Bottlenecks?"
Qin Yi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and he asked in confusion: "Mid-stage Qi Refining, Late Stage Qi Refining—don't they all require breaking through a Bottleneck to reach? If one doesn't meet specific conditions, one can't even break through to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, so why are you saying now that there are no Bottlenecks?"
Su Meier smiled even more enchantingly. She walked gracefully to Qin Yi's side and gently explained: "Those so-called Bottlenecks are not insurmountable chasms you will encounter on your path of Cultivation, but rather locks specifically set for you by the core Cultivation Technique you practice."
"Only when you complete certain special conditions can you open this lock and continue to Cultivate. One reason for doing this is to prevent your speed of Cultivation from being too fast, which would lead to an unstable Foundation. As for the other reason... it is so that you can 'maintain yourself'."
Maintain yourself?
What does that mean?
Before Qin Yi could speak, Su Meier leaned in close to his ear, her warm breath hitting his earlobe.
"I can tell you one thing: from now on, apart from the major Realms you will encounter later, you will no longer encounter these Bottlenecks; because these core Cultivation Technique only set hurdles during the Qi Refinement Stage. Once you truly step into Foundation Establishment, they are no longer needed."
Qin Yi was dumbfounded.
Listening to Su Meier's meaning, the trials and hardships he had encountered on his path of Cultivation, those seemingly difficult-to-break Bottlenecks, were actually—just hurdles deliberately set by the Cultivation Technique?
So, that was why there were those conditions that needed to be completed—special, yet appearing particularly deliberate?
He pondered for a long time, finally composed himself, and asked the question he was most concerned about at the moment.
"Then, what level is my current Cultivation among the Disciples of the same period? And how many Disciples of the same period have reached the Foundation Establishment Stage?"