After reuniting with Ye Jingwen, Mo Tiange often received things from him.
Sometimes it was some ancient books he collected, and sometimes it was his own experiences, all of which were helpful to her.
In fact, if she thought about it carefully, Ye Jingwen might have wanted to curry favor with Martial Uncle Shoujing when he befriended Second Uncle and tried to get closer to her.
However, Ye Jingwen didn't let them down. Now that he knew she had suffered a lot over the years and that he always looked after her, Mo Tiange only felt grateful towards him.
Under Martial Uncle Xuanyin's guidance, Mo Tiange's cultivation was also very smooth. In several months, the spiritual aura in her body had completely transformed into Yin spiritual aura. Her pill-concocting progress was also smooth. Although she wasted a lot of materials, she still managed to concoct Constitution-Enhancing Pills before she ran out of materials.
After adjusting her mentality, she reported to Martial Uncle Xuanyin that she was going to enter Closed Door Meditation to build her foundation.
In the hall of Master Daoist Xuanyin's Immortal's Cave, Mo Tiange and Luo Fengxue stood together in the center. Master Daoist Xuanyin was sitting cross-legged in the hall with many of his disciples standing on either side. Some were smiling at him while some were expressionless.
After a long time, Master Daoist Xuanyin opened his eyes and looked at the two of them.
Mo Tiange looked calm, but Luo Fengxue was a bit excited.
Today was the day they would enter Closed Door Meditation to build their foundation.
Coincidentally, Luo Fengxue had already decided to build her foundation in the near future, so the two of them chose the same day.
Master Daoist Xuanyin looked at them for a while then said slowly, "The two of you have succeeded in your cultivation. Today, you'll enter Closed Door Meditation to build your foundation. I'm very pleased that you're about to take a new step forward."
Luo Fengxue knelt down and said, "It's all thanks to Master's guidance."
Mo Tiange also knelt down.
Although she wasn't Martial Uncle Xuanyin's disciple, he had been teaching her for the past several months, so it was natural for him to treat her like a master and a disciple.
Master Daoist Xuanyin smiled and said, "After you enter Closed Door Meditation, I'll keep an eye on you with my divine sense. If anything goes wrong, I'll tell you to stop. Therefore, you can focus on building your foundation without worrying."
Mo Tiange and Luo Fengxue said together, "Thank you, Martial Uncle (Master)."
Master Daoist Xuanyin nodded and gestured for them to stand up. He then took out two jade bottles from inside his robe and ordered Eldest Martial Sister Han Qingyu, who was standing on the side, to give them to them. "These are Mind-Calming Pills grandmaster bestowed upon you. They can help the two of you condense your spiritual aura. After you take the Foundation-Building Pills, take these pills as well."
"Yes."
"Alright, you guys can go now." Once he finished speaking, Master Daoist Xuanyin closed his eyes.
Mo Tiange and Luo Fengxue solemnly saluted him then slowly withdrew from his Immortal's Cave.
"Tiange." On their way back, Luo Fengxue asked with a heavy heart, "Are you confident?"
Mo Tiange, on the other hand, was calm. She gently shook her head and said, "I'm not sure."
Upon hearing what Mo Tiange said, Luo Fengxue seemed to heave a sigh of relief. She then softly confessed, "To tell you the truth, I'm very scared.
I had an older brother who was extremely talented since he was young. Everyone thought that he would have no problem reaching Foundation Establishment, but in the end, he failed twice. In the end, he was plagued by inner demons and committed suicide … "
Mo Tiange's heart thumped.
She knew those who were accepted as disciples by Core Formation cultivators definitely had double spiritual roots or higher. Since Luo Fengxue mentioned her brother's natural endowments were outstanding, then her brother's natural endowments must be even higher than double spiritual roots. Such a person unexpectedly fell at the foundation-building stage.
Sure enough, Luo Fengxue continued to speak: "Although I also have double spiritual roots, I've never been able to compare to my older brother since I was a child.
In fact, I could've built my foundation three years ago, but my mentality was unstable, so master told me to wait a few more years.
I'm really scared to enter Closed Door Meditation this time. "
Mo Tiange comforted her. "Senior Martial Sister Luo, don't worry. Foundation-Building isn't something that can be done overnight. No matter how talented you are, you can't be sure you can build your foundation on the first try. So what if you fail once or twice?
We're still young. If we can't succeed once or twice, we'll succeed three or four times, five or six times. "
Upon hearing what Mo Tiange said, Luo Fengxue calmed down a bit. She forced a smile and said, "What you said is reasonable. I'm only twenty-two now. Foundation-Building Pills are issued every three years. Even if I succeed ten times, I'll still be in my fifties."
"Exactly." Mo Tiange smiled and said, "Even among elite disciples, many of them only build their foundation when they're forty or fifty years old, right?
Don't be like your older brother. His natural endowments are obviously good and he'll definitely succeed if he persevered, but he was defeated by inner demons. "
As they spoke, the two of them arrived outside their cave. Luo Fengxue took a deep breath and reached out her hand to Mo Tiange.
Mo Tiange understood and also reached out to hold Luo Fengxue's hand. The two of them encouraged each other. "See you in half a year."
Once they returned to the cave, Mo Tiange first took a bath and changed her clothes then burned some incense.
She waited until her emotions were calm before she sat down cross-legged.
The spiritual aura inside her body slowly flowed along her meridians until it reached her dantian.
She emptied her mind and no longer controlled her thoughts. Gradually, she seemed to be able to hear the sound of the wind blowing outside the cave. Her divine sense slowly dispersed in the wind, but it also seemed like her whole body was moving up and down along with the wind. The fragrance of flowers and grass, the sweet smell of the earth … one by one, assaulted her senses.
In the end, she couldn't hear anything and couldn't feel anything. The only thing left was the boundless world.
At this moment, Mo Tiange first took a Heart-Calming Pill then took a Foundation-Building Pill, a Constitution-Enhancing Pill, and a Foundation-Refining Pill.
The moment the Foundation-Building Pill entered her abdomen, her dantian seemed to burst into flames with a loud bang. A powerful spiritual aura exploded in her dantian and flowed into her meridians.
This spiritual aura was really too overbearing. For a moment, Mo Tiange didn't know what to do. Right at that moment, she heard Martial Uncle Xuanyin's shout in her mind: "Calm down!
Don't resist it! Guide it slowly! "
Once he shouted, Mo Tiange immediately calmed down. She immediately followed Martial Uncle Xuanyin's instructions and used her own spiritual aura to slowly guide this overbearing spiritual aura.
At first, this spiritual aura didn't listen to her at all. It was very difficult for her to control one or two strands of it, but it soon broke free.
She wasn't discouraged. In the end, she managed to control a bit of it and slowly increased it.
She didn't know how much time had passed, but she finally had complete control over this spiritual aura and guided it to attack her meridians.
This attack, however, was incomparably painful.
Her meridians were forcibly widened. Every inch of them seemed to be broken, but they were instantly repaired. However, when the next spiritual aura attacked them, they were still broken in an instant.
Amidst the incessant pain of being broken and repaired, her meridians widened little by little and became tougher.
The impurities inside her body were also pushed out by this powerful force until they were expelled from her body.
Her dantian, on the other hand, was on the verge of collapse. It was difficult for it to absorb this huge spiritual aura, but it was stabilized by other forces, allowing her to persevere.
Mo Tiange didn't know that Master Daoist Xuanyin wasn't the only one paying attention to this place with his divine sense.
Lord Daoist Jinghe, who was sitting on his dragon couch, muttered to himself, "This little girl isn't honest. The spiritual aura from the Foundation-Building Pill exploded, but she actually withstood it so easily. She must've taken some other spiritual panaceas."
Qin Xi, who was sitting on the side, cast a glance at her but didn't say anything.
Mo Tiange clenched her teeth and endured the pain.
She was obviously used to the medicinal power of the Foundation-Building Pill, but her dantian still couldn't absorb it.
She knew this was related to her aptitude. Martial Uncle Xuanyin once told her that the better her aptitude was, the faster her dantian could absorb spiritual aura. Therefore, whether she could successfully build her foundation or not depended on whether her dantian could adapt to this impact and absorb it for her own use.
A month passed, but Mo Tiange was still resisting this intense pain.
Two months passed, and the impact slowly weakened. Her dantian also stabilized.
Three months passed, and the medicinal power of the Foundation-Building Pill in Mo Tiange's body slowly subsided.
Qin Jinghe sighed softly. "It's really a pity. A heaven-gifted person from the Distant Past era unexpectedly can't even pass this foundation-building hurdle."
Qin Xi still didn't say anything, but the expression on his face definitely couldn't be considered happy.
They both knew Mo Tiange failed to build her foundation this time.
She withstood the pressure on her meridians, but she couldn't completely absorb the medicinal power of the Foundation-Building Pill. Her dantian couldn't expand, so it couldn't withstand the spiritual aura of the Foundation Building realm.
"Brat, what are you thinking about?"
Qin Xi sat still for a while before answering, "If she had a cultivation technique from the Distant Past era, could she easily build her foundation, or even form her Gold Core or Nascent Soul?"
Qin Jinghe was stunned. "You're right, but I can't be sure. The environment in the Distant Past era is too different from today's. Cultivation techniques from the past might not be able to adapt to today's environment with spirit veins."
Six months passed, and Mo Tiange opened her eyes.
The spiritual aura inside her body had completely calmed down, and her cultivation level couldn't advance.
She knew she failed, but she only sighed softly.
She didn't feel disappointed, or rather, she had long prepared herself for failure.
With the aptitudes of five spiritual roots, it was very difficult to build her foundation in one go even if she had several kinds of miraculous pills and miraculous medicines. Luo Fengxue's older brother, whose aptitudes were countless times better than hers, still failed to build his foundation.
Mo Tiange quickly pulled herself together. She frowned when she smelled the sour smell lingering around her body. She got up and went into the concocting room, took off her clothes, and soaked herself in the spring water.
This was a more thorough Marrow Cleansing than when spiritual aura entered her body. Although she didn't succeed in building her foundation, the spiritual aura inside her body became purer, and there wasn't a single trace of impurities inside. If she wanted to build her foundation in the future, she wouldn't have to go through Tendon-Changing and Marrow Cleansing.
The spring water washed away the stains, and the spiritual aura cleansed her body, washing away the dirt. She felt her skin was like water, as if it could be broken by the slightest breeze.
Even though she didn't really care about her appearance, Mo Tiange still felt happy.
This Foundation-Building Pill wasn't completely fruitless.
She freshly put on her clothes, combed her hair, and stepped out of the cave.
Outside the cave, Ye Jingwen and Luo Fengxue were talking about something. When they saw her coming out, they immediately turned to look at her.
She called out with a smile, "Senior Martial Sister Luo, Big Brother Ye."
After sizing her up, the two of them looked disappointed. Luo Fengxue grabbed Mo Tiange's hand as if she wanted to comfort her, but she hesitated and didn't say anything.
Mo Tiange just patted her hand and smiled.
Luo Fengxue succeeded in building her foundation — at least this was good news.
Seeing her relaxed expression, Ye Jingwen also smiled. "Don't worry, there'll be more chances in the future."
Mo Tiange nodded. "En, thank you, Big Brother Ye. I'll persevere." She then turned to Luo Fengxue and said with a smile, "Senior Martial Sister Luo, congratulations."
Mo Tiange's reaction made Luo Fengxue sigh in relief, but her expression was still complicated.
She wasn't happy because she felt it was a bit hurtful to rejoice in front of Mo Tiange, who had failed in building her foundation.
Mo Tiange actually didn't care. She asked, "Senior Martial Sister Luo, is Martial Uncle Xuanyin in his cave?"
"He is," Luo Fengxue answered. "Master is waiting for you. Do you want to greet him first?"
"Sure."
With Luo Fengxue leading the way, the three of them soon reached Master Daoist Xuanyin's cave.
"Disciple greets Martial Uncle Xuanyin.
Disciple failed to build her foundation and disappointed Martial Uncle. "
Master Daoist Xuanyin opened his eyes and looked her up and down. He then smiled and said, "Get up. Failure isn't scary. What's scary is losing confidence. It's good that you can persevere."
"Yes. Rest assured, Martial Uncle. Disciple won't be depressed because of this."
"En, you should get ready. Grandmaster wants to see you."
Was everyone very disappointed?
Haha, rest assured, success will come soon …