Chapter 117 Planning
"Foundation Establishment success at thirty-two years old."
"Not considered fast, but also not too slow."
Qin Ming stood in the Spirit Field, with his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze calmly overlooking Moon Gazing Lake in the distance.
He currently possessed a lifespan of over four hundred years, almost catching up to the lifespan of a Golden Core Ancestor.
With enough time, he could pursue the greater Dao further ahead.
The *Ancient Wood Longevity Skill* he primarily cultivated, with the passage of time, the more Plant Essence and Qi of Years it absorbed, the stronger his Magical Power would become, growing more monstrous with age.
After advancing to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Next.
Qin Ming looked ahead at his long-term goal.
That was naturally Core Formation.
He also needed to make arrangements and prepare in advance, otherwise, the massive Resources required for Core Formation would exceed even Foundation Establishment.
Relying solely on individual strength, how easy would that be?
So-called Foundation Establishment, what is established is the Core Foundation, everything is just laying the groundwork for Core Formation.
Core Formation is divided into Pseudo-Core and Golden Core.
Pseudo-Core, in principle, is also considered a Core Formation Cultivator, but their Magic Power is only half that of a normal Golden Core Cultivator, their lifespan increase is only a hundred years, and they can never step into the Mid-Core Formation Stage in their lifetime.
Nascent Soul is even more hopeless.
Once a Pseudo-Core is formed, the Path of Cultivation in this life means stopping here.
As for Golden Core, it refers to Core Formation Cultivators with excellent Pill Quality, which is also divided into grades, those with high Golden Core Quality even have the possibility of advancing to Nascent Soul.
Their future potential is limitless.
"With my current Aptitude, I'm afraid even achieving Pseudo-Core will be very difficult." Qin Ming knew his limits.
Realms above Golden Core cannot be casually broken through just by consuming Pills.
The higher one goes, the greater the influence of Spirit Root Aptitude becomes.
Below Superior Spirit Root, achieving Pseudo-Core is extremely difficult, unless there is another Fated Chance.
However.
Qin Ming had Entries in hand, and also a Life-Bound Spirit Plant as wondrous as the Longevity Vine.
As the Longevity Vine grows, it may not be impossible.
For now.
He would just focus on Farming diligently and developing to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.
After stepping into the Foundation Establishment Stage, a Cultivator's lifespan becomes long.
Even with Superior Spirit Root, it still takes a long few decades to cultivate from the Early Foundation Establishment Stage to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.
Moreover, after the Foundation Establishment Stage, there is no longer such detailed division as Foundation Establishment First Layer, Second Layer.
Basically, Realms are distinguished by Early Foundation Establishment Stage, Mid-Foundation Establishment Stage, and Late Foundation Establishment Stage.
Because the Magic Power difference between the first to third layers of Foundation Establishment Cultivators is not particularly large, each minor Realm is at most two or three tenths greater.
Most Cultivators in this Realm are stuck in the Early Foundation Establishment Stage, and those who can enter the Mid-Foundation Establishment Stage are relatively rare.
The vast majority never enter the Late Foundation Establishment Stage in their entire lives.
Therefore, it is very normal to stay in the Foundation Establishment Stage for a hundred years or more.
In such a long time of Cultivation, although Qin Ming was staying hidden on the remote Moon Gazing Island, avoiding conflict and competition.
He still had to consider further enhancing his Dao Protection methods.
His *Hundred Treasures Glazed Scripture* Body Tempering Technique.
It was only one step away from entering the Foundation Establishment Stage of Cultivation.
First of all, it was necessary to activate the Hundred Beasts Visualization Chart on the Beast Hide Scripture.
The prerequisite Condition was that the Physical Body's Innate Gang Qi needed to reach a certain level before it was possible.
After Qin Ming broke through to Foundation Establishment, the Vital Energy and Blood throughout his body reached an unprecedented height.
Now, he was only lacking the last bit.
The [Vital Energy Essence] Entry he had harvested from the Longevity Vine some days ago had not yet been used.
Now was a good opportunity to take advantage of to Breakthrough.
Qin Ming focused his mind on the Entry, and a torrent of energy swept over him, filling his entire body, constantly transforming his Physical Body.
While the iron was hot, he also used up five [Qi and Blood Crystal] Entries at once.
Several hours later.
Qin Ming's blood-colored Innate Essence Force was further enhanced and refined to Perfection.
He excitedly took out the Beast Hide Scripture and poured Qi and Blood True Essence into it.
After a while.
The Beast Hide Scripture glowed with a blood-colored light, and gradually began to react.
Suddenly.
Illusions of Demonic Beasts in various forms flickered on the Beast Hide. Qin Ming focused all his Mental Focus on it.
It seemed that among the hundreds of forms, he had to choose for himself.
This concerned the power of the Body Cultivation Method and future potential.
In the Hundred Beasts Visualization Chart, there were the figures of a Primordial Giant Python with blood flames reaching the sky, Heavenly Wolf, Giant Bear, Silver Fox, White Tiger, Black Tortoise… the figures of various Demonic Beasts flickered and disappeared.
These Demonic Beasts were marked in various positions on the Beast Hide Scripture.
The brightness of each illusion was also different in size, obviously the larger the light, the greater the power after Cultivation.
Qin Ming was having some difficulty deciding for a moment.
Just then.
A white light in the corner of the Beast Hide Scripture, although not particularly large, caught his attention.
Mysteriously, there was a feeling of serendipity.
Qin Ming didn't think too much, and immediately circulated the *Myriad Treasures Glass Scripture*, selecting this white light.
The white light turned into a shooting star and instantly entered Qin Ming's body.
Roar~ A giant roar exploded in Qin Ming's mind.
A Mountain Giant Ape more than a hundred feet tall, towering between heaven and earth, punched towards the sky and roared angrily.
Suddenly!
Qin Ming involuntarily and quickly withdrew from the visualization, recalling the scene just now, his mind was shaken.
It seemed that to continue visualization, it was necessary to refine the Essence Blood of High-Rank Demonic Beasts.
Moreover, according to the description of the first transformation of True Essence Transformation in the Foundation Establishment Stage, after choosing the Demonic Beast from the Hundred Beasts Chart for visualization.
It was best to also refine the Essence Blood of the same type of Demonic Beast, so that the power of the first transformation of True Essence Transformation could be maximized.
Qin Ming put away the Beast Hide Scripture.
He pondered for a while, fearing that High-Rank ape Essence Blood would not be easy to obtain even in Vast Sea Immortal City! But since he had chosen this method, he had to firmly continue on this Path of Cultivation.
He planned to go to Vast Sea Immortal City again after a while.
And also purchase the Spirit Seedlings of Spirit Plants that he would plant on the Island next.
After all.
Upper Grade Second Tier and Top-Grade Spirit Plant Spirit Seedlings were also rare in Heavenly River Market.
They could only be found in Immortal Cultivation metropolises.
As for his current Spirit Field, Spirit Crops like Spirit Gathering Tea, he could continue to plant them, and there would be Tea Leaves to harvest every year.
It was the best choice for Cultivation, gifting to friends, and enjoying tea.
And Purple Gold Bamboo, besides a portion that Gu Qingzhao auctioned on his behalf, there were still many Spirit Bamboo stalks left in the Spirit Field.
Qin Ming planned to continue cultivating them to see if there was a possibility of advancing to higher-rank Spirit Wood in the future.
In the days that followed.
Qin Ming began to consume Spirit Rest Rice and Rice Blossom Spirit Fish to increase his Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivation.
Not saying progress by leaps and bounds, but the speed of Cultivation was much faster than ordinary Cultivators.
Even faster than Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators who practiced other Hundred Crafts of Cultivation.
After all, these two rare items could greatly enhance Foundation Establishment Magic Power Cultivation.
"Now that I've reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, I can't keep using Magical Artifacts all the time."
"Although I don't engage in disputes with others much now, I still have to prepare a backup plan, better safe than sorry."
"Purchasing a Spirit Tool for Foundation Establishment Stage use should also be put on the agenda."
Just as Qin Ming was quietly making various plans for the future.
Outside the Formation.
Wu Jiang's Message Talisman came.
Qin Ming then opened the Formation and let him in.
Wu Jiang looked sweaty and pale, panting and breathless, he handed an Invitation Card to Qin Ming and said, "Fellow Daoist Qin, something terrible has happened!"
"Just last night, Kongtong Island and Yu Water Island, the two Islands southwest of the Spirit Dwelling Islands, suffered a shocking change."
"The two Qi Condensation Family Clans on the Spirit Islands were brutally murdered, slaughtered to the last person, from old to young, a hundred or so people, none survived, and all the wealth on the Island was plundered."
"The Seventy-Two Island Scattered Alliance is preparing to hold an emergency meeting, summoning Rogue Cultivators and many Family Clans of the Spirit Dwelling Islands to jointly discuss how to deal with this matter."
"The Loose Cultivator Alliance has also sent an Invitation Card to Fellow Daoist Qin."
"Fellow Daoist Qin, do you think you will go or not?"
Qin Ming frowned upon hearing this news.
Unexpectedly, just as he had broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, such a major change had occurred in the Spirit Dwelling Islands.
Suddenly, there was a feeling of an impending storm.
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