Five months later, Taiwu Mountain was decorated with lights and colorful lanterns.
Since early morning, waves of envoys from immortal cultivation families or sects have rushed here to congratulate the Zhao family on having another couple tied the knot.
Zhao Jinjian, the Zhao family's foundation-building ancestor, even personally came out and stood at the foot of Taiwu Mountain to welcome the arrival of fellow foundation-building practitioners. And next to him was a member of the Ge family who had reached the great perfection of foundation-building.
On this day, with the arrival of a Jindan Zhenren from the Ge family, the festive atmosphere in Taiwu Mountain instantly reached its climax.
From then on, all the immortal cultivation forces within a thousand miles of Taiwu Mountain knew that the Zhao family had climbed up the ladder of the Dan Sheng Ge family.
In the same year, Zhao Jinjian stepped down as the head of the family and was successfully succeeded by Zhao Xuan'an.
Two years later, Zhao Sheng reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining. In the same year, Zhao Xuan'an had a son, named Zhao Tongxian.
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Tianzhu Mountain, the secret residence of the Zhao family.
When Zhao Sheng stepped onto the slope again, the first thing that caught his eye was an ancient peach tree over three meters tall with lush branches and leaves.
It is full of spiritual light, with jade leaves and green branches, and is surrounded by clouds and mist. At first glance, you can tell that this tree is extraordinary and magical, like a legendary fairy tree in the spiritual world.
Zhao Keru was busy in the medicinal field. When he looked up and saw Zhao Sheng, he joked, "Chonghe, how come you, such a busy man, have time to come to the secret palace?"
Zhao Sheng walked to the edge of the medicinal field and said with a smile, "I'm here to give you a treasure. I guarantee you'll like it."
"What treasure? Bring it here quickly." Zhao Keru's eyes lit up and he immediately urged.
He knew that Zhao Chonghe had very high standards, and that anything he called a treasure must be extraordinary.
Zhao Sheng smiled slightly and flicked his wrist. Suddenly, a small red gold tripod with three legs and six ears and spiritual characters all over its surface appeared on his palm.
"Spiritual weapon alchemy cauldron?!"
Zhao Keru exclaimed, his eyes fixed on the alchemy cauldron and he couldn't take them away.
He rushed out of the medicine field in a few steps, snatched the spiritual artifact alchemy furnace, and stroked it lovingly.
"This tripod is called Jiuxi, and it is a mid-grade spiritual weapon. The tripod contains nine wisps of extinguishing wind, which can cleanse impurities in elixirs and improve the quality of elixirs." Zhao Sheng introduced with a smile.
This Nine Extinguishing Spirit Cauldron was one of Ge Fenger's dowry.
Because Zhao Keru is the only second-level alchemist in the Zhao family, Zhao Sheng brought it with him when he came to the secret palace to build his foundation.
"Wait a moment, I'll refine one furnace first."
After Zhao Keru finished speaking, he turned around and walked away, completely forgetting about Zhao Sheng.
Zhao Sheng shook his head and smiled, not really caring because he knew Zhao Keru was an elixir fanatic and it was normal for him to behave like this.
After a while, Zhao Xuanjing suddenly ran out of the cave. Seeing Zhao Sheng, he said happily: "Seventh Uncle, you are finally here."
"Hey, you are so anxious, do you have a lover in Dongtian City?" Zhao Sheng joked when he saw this.
Zhao Xuanjing blushed profusely and argued, "Seventh Uncle, you're wronging me. I'm just happy to see you."
"Haha!" Zhao Sheng smiled without saying anything.
Compared with the playboy Zhao Xuan'an, Zhao Xuanjing is simply a pure boy.
It's a pity that he is already in his thirties, but because he has been stationed in the secret palace for many years, he has never even tasted a woman.
Seeing Zhao Xuanjing becoming increasingly embarrassed, Zhao Sheng put away his smile and warned, "Xuanjing, you must be more careful in Dongtian City. You are too honest and straightforward. Be careful not to be deceived."
As he spoke, Zhao Sheng stuffed a bunch of talismans, including the Invisibility Talisman, the Soul-Suppressing Talisman, and the Phantom Escape Talisman, into Zhao Xuanjing's hands. He patted his arm and said, "Go! Don't forget to come back in a month."
"Yeah." Zhao Xuanjing nodded.
Suddenly, as if he had just remembered something, he hurriedly said, "Seventh Uncle, can you give me that dragon ball? Xiao Jin is about to transform, and I think with the help of the dragon ball, it can transform faster."
Zhao Sheng was stunned when he heard this, and immediately shook his head and refused: "No, I have another great use for that dragon ball."
"Oh," Zhao Xuanjing was a little disappointed.
The Xiao Jin he mentioned was a golden-ringed spirit earthworm that was over seven feet long. It was considered to be the one with the greatest potential among the spirit earthworms.
If this transformation is successful, its body length will exceed the limit of ten feet, and it will successfully advance to a second-level spiritual insect.
If it can continue to transform, when Xiao Jin's body is more than a hundred feet long, a newborn mountain dragon will come into being.
When Zhao Xuanjing left the secret residence with disappointment on his face, Zhao Sheng flew to the spiritual peach tree and sat cross-legged.
Sensing the rich and pure water spirit around him, Zhao Sheng nodded with satisfaction, then closed his eyes, practiced Xuanling Gong, and began to refine the surrounding spirit energy bit by bit.
A month later, when Zhao Xuanjing returned to the secret residence, Zhao Sheng had finally reached his limit and his spiritual power cultivation had reached its limit.
On this day, he handed the storage bag to Zhao Keru and Zhao Xuanjing, father and son, and explained everything to them.
Finally, he sat cross-legged under the spiritual peach tree and began to concentrate with his eyes closed.
Zhao Sheng did not break through immediately, but kept recalling the three steps of foundation building.
According to previous records, there are three steps in refining Qi to advance to foundation building: "Qi, body, and spirit". The first step is the qualitative change and liquefaction of spiritual power, the second step is to cleanse the body with spiritual power, which greatly increases lifespan, and the last step is to break through the purple palace and condense spiritual consciousness.
Only when all three steps are completed can the foundation be considered successfully laid.
Among them, breaking the purple palace is the most dangerous step. Nine out of ten foundation-building people fail at this step.
In case of failure, under the impact of spiritual power, the cultivator will suffer severe mental damage at best, or even mental disorder and become an idiot at worst.
Zhao Sheng's closed eyes suddenly opened, reflecting the belief that he would die if he failed.
He is not afraid of death. If he fails, he can just try again in the next life.
Zhao Sheng took out the foundation-building pill and swallowed it without hesitation.
With a loud "boom", it seemed as if a volcano erupted in his Dantian Qi Sea.
In an instant, streams of extremely pure spiritual energy poured into the Dantian Qi Sea and continuously merged into the spiritual power vortex.
The spiritual power vortex that had already expanded to its limit instantly emerged from the body. Not only did it expand again, but its speed also increased by more than double.
"Hmm!"
Zhao Sheng couldn't help but groan, but his mental strength was far stronger than that of ordinary cultivators. He immediately controlled the vortex of spiritual power that was about to get out of control and began to refine the external spiritual energy with all his strength.
I don't know how many times it spun, but gradually, a drop of transparent "spiritual liquid" finally condensed under the cloud-like vortex of spiritual power.
When the first drop of liquid spiritual power appeared, the qualitative change of spiritual power began to be irreversible. In the blink of an eye, the second drop, the third drop... countless drops of liquid spiritual power quickly condensed into shape.
At this point, the vortex of gaseous spiritual power collapsed.
After just a few breaths, a "Linglong" spiritual liquid vortex that had shrunk countless times suddenly formed deep in the dantian.
When the qualitative change of spiritual power was completed, Zhao Sheng silently practiced Xuanling Gong over and over again, as the liquid spiritual power flowed through his limbs, bones, and meridians again and again.
He could clearly feel that under the continuous infiltration of spiritual power, his cells were growing stronger, his meridians and bones were getting stronger, and his blood and bone marrow were becoming brighter red.
Zhao Sheng knew that this was a process of removing hair and cleansing marrow, a complete transformation.