Cannon Fodder Cultivation Guide

Chapter 50 - Foundation Establishment

"Forget it, I'll wait for you to leave together."

Zhang Yiyi pondered and didn't think traveling alone was a good idea: "Anyway, the spiritual energy here is very dense. I'll use this opportunity to reflect and consolidate the insights I've gained over these past days."

After coming to an agreement, Zhang Tongtong set up two more formations at the cave entrance and then moved a bit away from Zhang Yiyi, each finding a place to sit cross-legged and carry out their own practices without interfering with one another.

Zhang Yiyi focused her mind and entered meditation quickly, immersing herself in her cultivation.

One hour, two hours...

Suddenly, Zhang Yiyi felt a jolt as if a special aura mixed with the spiritual energy had entered her body.

She immediately tried to interrupt her breathing technique, but a mysterious force restrained her, preventing any movement or interruption other than the instinctual breathing she had been following.

Panicked, she quickly forced herself to calm down and look for a solution.

After a few careful checks, she didn't find any harm from the special aura that had entered her body; in fact, it even gave her a somewhat comfortable feeling.

Feeling more at ease, Zhang Yiyi stopped resisting and relaxed, allowing the aura to continue flowing into her body along with the spiritual energy, maintaining her regular breathing and absorption rhythm.

Unaware of how much time had passed, a vortex about the size of a fist had formed above Zhang Yiyi's head. The vortex was continually drawing the precious spiritual essence from the giant soul stones in the cave, which was then absorbed through Zhang Yiyi's body into the invisible storage ring, blending with her body.

All of this was completely unknown to Zhang Yiyi.

What she didn't realize was that the cause of this phenomenon was not her but rather the ancient copper mirror she had bought with just two spirit stones.

A large amount of soul essence was eventually absorbed by the mysterious copper mirror, which had become increasingly bright and smooth.

Naturally, Zhang Yiyi benefited as well. Even though the amount of soul essence she attracted was less than a thousandth of what the mirror absorbed, the benefits were still immense.

In reality, even if the mirror had left more essence for Zhang Yiyi, her body couldn't have handled it and would have been harmed instead.

As time passed, the copper mirror in the storage ring underwent astonishing changes bit by bit.

When Zhang Yiyi's body was almost saturated with soul essence, the copper mirror still did not stop absorbing the essence from the outside world.

Zhang Yiyi didn't know what the substance was, but she understood that if it continued, her meridians and body would be overwhelmed and burst.

"Stop, stop immediately!"

She repeatedly chanted the command in her mind, but the substance didn't heed her commands, continuing to flow in like a torrent.

Zhang Yiyi's forehead was already drenched with cold sweat as she desperately sought ways to regain control and cut off the influx of the mysterious essence, but she was at a loss.

She clearly knew that if this continued for even a moment longer, she would be overwhelmed and killed by this substance, dying a most tragic death.

What to do? What should she do?...

In a flash, Zhang Yiyi had an idea.

Since stopping wasn't possible, the only thing she could do was to expand her body's capacity.

It's better to release than to block. It seemed that she had to take the opportunity to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage; otherwise, she would indeed be forced to death.

Fortunately, she was already at the peak of the Qi Refining Stage, and the conditions for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment were already met.

After coming to this realization, Zhang Yiyi stopped suppressing her internal cultivation and actively began absorbing spiritual energy into her body, repeatedly cleansing her entire being with spiritual energy and directly starting the Foundation Establishment process.

Her sect had always favored accumulating strength before making a breakthrough, so she hadn't rushed to advance. However, given the current situation, she had to advance her plan.

Fortunately, with the solid foundation she had built and the exceptionally dense spiritual energy, the conditions for Foundation Establishment were ideal, making the process seamless.

With every breath, Zhang Yiyi allowed the spiritual energy to continuously wash over her from inside out, and her body began the upgrading process instinctively without needing any Foundation Establishment pills.

As time passed, the vortex above her head grew larger.

With each intake of spiritual energy, the amount of soul essence absorbed and retained increased, alleviating the crisis of her body being on the verge of exploding.

Before even completing the Foundation Establishment, the imminent danger had been resolved invisibly. Zhang Yiyi's decision proved to be very correct.

However, during this time, she was fully immersed in the breakthrough process and had subconsciously forgotten about the previous concerns regarding the soul essence.

One hour, two hours, three hours...

As time passed, the spiritual power concentration in the vicinity reached an unprecedented level. After countless cycles of spiritual energy cleansing, a certain blockage within her body suddenly relaxed.

With a click, a certain channel seemed to be completely opened, allowing a massive influx of spiritual energy to nourish her body, and her meridians expanded dozens of times compared to before.

The sensation of comfort was unprecedented.

As expected, she successfully established her Foundation!

However, the breakthrough didn't end immediately.

The influx of spiritual energy continued, and even accelerated, causing her cultivation to keep rising.

Early Foundation Establishment, peak of Early Foundation Establishment, Mid Foundation Establishment...

With this unstoppable momentum, Zhang Yiyi pushed her cultivation directly to the Mid Foundation Establishment stage, solidifying her state very firmly before finally stopping.

Indeed, this time she really stopped, no longer being restricted by any force and no longer passively absorbing anything.

Next, Zhang Yiyi experienced an unprecedented feeling. The world, both strange and familiar, appeared clearly in her mind, novel and interesting.

Though her eyes were still closed, her senses were extraordinarily sharp and clear. With just a thought, she could see and hear things from a thousand yards away.

Zhang Yiyi naturally knew that this was the so-called spiritual consciousness obtained after establishing the Foundation.

However, she was surprised to find that her spiritual consciousness extended far beyond that of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Although she had just developed her spiritual consciousness, she could already control it very skillfully, and its strength was significantly higher than that of typical cultivators at this level.

Zhang Yiyi never expected that she would benefit from that copper mirror.

At this moment, the strange copper mirror had returned to its old, worn appearance, silently resting in the storage ring as if nothing had ever happened.