Leaving Shui Wuhen’s residence, Long Chen was filled with anticipation . If Shui Wuhen could reach Foundation Forging, he would truly have found a reliable backer for himself .
Shui Wuhen had at first been confused upon seeing Long Chen bringing her a medicinal pill and liquid . Long Chen directly explained that they were special medicine he had refined just for her . Although she found this odd as she didn’t know much about alchemy, she still consumed them due to her trust in Long Chen .
As soon as she did, her expression became one of wild delight . She immediately felt her mental state enter a state of emptiness, and her perception of the Heavenly Daos gradually grew clearer .
The greatest gain was that she actually felt her bottleneck weaken slightly . She was far too familiar with that feeling . She had felt that three times in the past; unfortunately, she had never been able to grab hold of that opportunity .
Now, without Long Chen’s reminder, she immediately knew what to do . She focused on entering a perfect meditative state to take advantage of this opportunity .
For Sea Expansion experts, advancing to Foundation Forging wasn’t as simple as just attacking the barrier .
Shui Wuhen had already been at the late Sea Expansion realm for almost five hundred years . She had tried attacking Foundation Forging three times, but she had failed .
Trying to reach Foundation Forging through force was useless . It relied on grabbing hold of a certain kind of opportunity that the Heavenly Daos bestowed on you . When a person’s mind entered a state of complete calm, it would be easier to grasp that opportunity .
But the world was filled with countless worries . No one was truly able to keep their mind and heart in a perfect state of calm with no distracting thoughts .
After failing three times, Shui Wuhen had already become a bit dejected . She hadn’t managed to feel this kind of opportunity in the last three hundred years . She had already accepted that she would never be able to reach Foundation Forging .
Now Long Chen had given her another chance . Furthermore, her comprehension of the Heavenly Daos had never been this clear before . She would go all-out in her attempt to seize this opportunity and forge an immortal platform .
Foundation Forging referred to creating a platform on top of the expanded sea . This platform was sometimes called the immortal platform . It was also sometimes called the Dao platform . It was the foundation for your chance of ever becoming an immortal or god .
It could be said that only once you reached Foundation Forging were you a true cultivator . As for those so-called immortals and gods, they were just a legend . But it was true that once you reached Foundation Forging, your lifespan would extend a great deal .
Sea Expansion experts had a lifespan of around fifteen hundred years . However, Shui Wuhen would only have a lifespan of twelve hundred years .
That was because most women, especially beautiful women, would train in a kind of secret art . At the price of reducing their lifespan, they could maintain their youthful appearance .
That was also why there were many old men in Sea Expansion but not many old women .
But once you reached Foundation Forging and created your immortal platform, you would be able to absorb the exceedingly thin immortal qi in the air . Then your lifespan would increase to five thousand years, and your youthful looks would be restored .
Long Chen was only able to help out this much . The rest would be up to Shui Wuhen . According to reason, she should have a good chance .
When Long Chen returned, he saw Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er holding hands and quietly whispering about something . He didn’t know what they were saying, but when they saw him, they immediately turned red and shut their mouths .
“To talk badly about someone behind their back, each person is punished with one kiss . ”
Long Chen suddenly swooped down and gave Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er a kiss each . The two of them released a tempest of fists against him .
He laughed and rushed off to his private training room . The trial was about to start, and he had to take advantage of this time to increase his strength .
Out of the Four Heavenly Geniuses, he had run into two . That bear had already become enemies with him . Thus, there would definitely be someone to play with in the trial .
Shui Wuhen had told him that he was an earth attribute expert . If he summoned the Cry of the Heavenly Daos, then whether it was heaven or earth, endless energy would become his to use .
He was different from a fake like Huo Wufang . He was a true rank two Celestial, and the two of them were as different as heaven and earth . Although Long Chen wasn’t afraid of him, if he was speaking frankly, his chances of winning weren’t high .
As for Zhong Wuyan, she was clearly no kindhearted woman . As soon as she opened her mouth, it was like she wanted to take a bite out of someone . Furthermore, Long Chen felt she was too arrogant . She liked to look down her nose on people . That was something that he didn’t like . Although she wouldn’t necessarily be an enemy, the chances of them becoming allies were essentially zero .
As for the other two, he doubted they would be well-disposed toward him, especially that Water Pipe . He would very likely make things hard for him in the trial .
According to Shui Wuhen, this trial was extremely beneficial . So many people would be going all-out for this trial . It was because Long Chen knew this trial was so important that he trusted that Zhao Wuji would definitely tidy all the bricks so he could participate .
Right now, Long Chen needed to urgently increase his strength . Otherwise, in the trial, he might get suppressed . Then it wouldn’t be so fun .
He took out his pill furnace . He needed to personally refine some higher grade pills to condense the cyclone .
“Ah, how refreshing . ” Long Chen had only just opened the furnace when it began to dimly shine . As he poured in his Spiritual Strength, the furnace’s runes grew brighter, almost looking like they were alive .
He had only just poured in the powders when they instantly merged . The pill furnace also gave him much greater control, and he didn’t need to worry about the flame suddenly growing and turning the ingredients to ashes .
Also, the pill furnace’s runes were being activated by his Spiritual Strength, which absorbed the air’s energy and poured it into the pills .
The furnace shook slightly . Long Chen was stunned . He had actually refined it so quickly . Opening the lid, he saw nine, jade-like sparkling pills that were still slowly rolling in the furnace .
“Damn, they’re all nine-ring pills . This is too amazing . ” Long Chen gulped . This was the best pill furnace he had ever encountered .
In his delight, he refined nine furnaces of pills in one go, and they were all nine-ring pills . And with the nourishment of his soul, the pill furnace only became better .
After that, he placed the furnace back in the primal chaos space and had Huo Long refine on its own . In any case, Huo Long didn’t have anything better to do . The beast flames it had confined were only able to give him a single bite of energy after a whole day’s recovery . Huo Long had nothing else to do during the rest of the day, so it directly became Long Chen’s hardworking apprentice .
As Huo Long’s strength increased, its intelligence also grew . It actually gave birth to the slightest bit of soul energy . It was able to communicate simple thoughts with Long Chen, and it could even use its soul energy when refining .
BOOM!
An explosive sound came from Long Chen’s body . He was delighted, thinking that the cyclone had been fully formed . But then he realized he was wrong . Instead, he had advanced to the third Heavenstage of Xiantian .
Although he hadn’t deliberately cultivated, the enormous amount of energy in over a thousand Enlightenment Palace Pills had pushed his cultivation base higher .
Eighty-one nine-ring Enlightenment Palace Pills were consumed in just a few hours . It went without saying that the energy contained in nine-ring pills was truly enormous . The cyclone had grown much larger .
Long Chen estimated that he would completely condense it with just a hundred more pills . He was about to continue refining when Tang Wan-er called him out . Everyone had gathered . The trial was about to start .
Long Chen tidied up and walked out with Tang Wan-er . He had only just come out when he saw Meng Qi talking to Shui Wuhen .
“It was a failure?” Long Chen couldn’t help being disappointed upon seeing Shui Wuhen . Her aura hadn’t changed in the slightest .
Shui Wuhen was doing her best to suppress her emotions, but she was unable to conceal the excitement and delight in her eyes . She didn’t hide the truth from him . She whispered, “It was a success . ”
“But your aura…”
“Fool, the Foundation Forging realm is different from other realms . Even if I managed to take advantage of this opportunity, condensing the foundation takes a long time . Only through a great deal of time and effort is it possible to create the immortal platform .
“Only once the immortal platform takes form will I go through the baptism of heavenly tribulation and become able to sense the immortal spiritual qi in the world . Only then will I be a true Ancestor-level expert .
“I’ve already begun to condense the foundation in my qi sea . In other words, I’ll quickly become an Ancestor-level expert . It's just that others aren’t able to sense it yet . ” The constant solemn and stern expression on Shui Wuhen’s face finally disappeared . She seemed like a woman in the springtime of her youth, and a smile of excitement appeared on her face .
“Haha, congratulations big sister . Doesn’t that mean that I can be as crazy as I want in the Xuantian Dao Sect now?” Long Chen was also incomparably excited . The feeling of having a reliable backer was truly good .
Seeing his evil smile, Shui Wuhen’s excitement faded by at least half . She warned, “Long Chen, you little brat, you better not intentionally cause any trouble . Even once I advance to Foundation Forging, my status will only be on the level of the vice sect master . When it comes to combat abilities, I most definitely won’t be on the same level as a true Ancestor .
“Most importantly, there’s still the sect master above the vice sect master . That’s a person who has lived so long they’ve practically reached the level of a living fossil . Don’t mess around, because if you end up disturbing that person, we’ll all be doomed . ”
Long Chen awkwardly smiled . “Big sister, do you think a well-behaved person like me would intentionally cause trouble?”
After saying that, he saw Meng Qi and Tang Wan-er looking at him oddly . It could not be more obvious what they were thinking: they didn’t believe him! That made Long Chen feel even more awkward . How could these two girls not know how to stick up for him?
Shui Wuhen said, “Alright, let’s focus . Make sure to keep this matter secret . Also, gather up the others . In two hours, we’ll be heading out to the trial region . ”
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