The Arrogant Immortal-Chapter 78 - Another Big Pitfall

As the drop of Spiritual Marrow was ingested, a surge of pure Spiritual Energy erupted from her abdomen, and she quickly sat down to meditate and digest it with her Cultivation Technique.

The Spiritual Energy flowed unobstructed inside her, adhering warmly and obeying her will, moving effortlessly however she desired.

Xie Jiuniang knew this was likely the benefit of the Impurity-Free Body.

Terrifying!

Who among her peers could cultivate faster than her in the future?

Xie Jiuniang felt the Impurity-Free Body was better than the Heavenly Spiritual Root, deeply favored by Spiritual Energy.

After assimilating one drop of Spiritual Marrow, Spiritual Power in her Dantian surged tumultuously, as if about to break through some limit, perhaps on the verge of shattering her shackles.

Xie Jiuniang cursed inwardly.

Was this Foundation Establishment?

Just one drop of Spiritual Marrow contained purer Spiritual Energy than she had anticipated.

Spiritual Energy around her started to stir restlessly, far from calm. However, it was not a good time for Foundation Establishment.

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Setting aside the fact that someone was standing guard outside, if she were to establish her foundation now, she would have to maintain the appearance of a thirteen-year-old until reaching the Nascent Soul stage, which would not allow her to stay hidden for many years.

Not aging for two or three years could be barely acceptable, but if she did not grow for ten or eight years, anyone would become suspicious.

Drawing on her experience from her previous life, Xie Jiuniang struggled to suppress the breakthrough, using the overflowing Spiritual Energy to temper her muscles, bones, and flesh.

It twisted her face in pain.

And she had to endure!

Impurities began to seep out from her skin.

But she had managed to stabilize it, much to Xie Jiuniang’s relief.

However, before she could rejoice for long, the Contract Totem on the back of her right hand flickered unstably as Spiritual Energy from the outside began to converge towards the totem…

“F*ck, Little Jianjian, you’re such a scam!” Xie Jiuniang wanted to curse.

She was all in!

After all, what was Foundation Establishment?

Immediately, she threw out a seventh-level defense formation plate with Top Grade Spiritual Stones still slotted in from the last time, turned it on swiftly, but set the defensive range to the smallest to conserve Spiritual Energy.

Boom!!

A resounding hum echoed.

An anomaly appeared above the Great Tortoise Shell.

An underwater Spiritual Energy vortex formed, gradually turning into a defensive barrier, enveloping a hundred meters around it.

The water current was drawn in, causing a great disturbance.

The next moment.

Outside the barrier, Wu Yu suddenly appeared, grinding his teeth in hatred, “So the rat was hiding here.”

He had found the person,

But…

A seventh-rank formation?!

Wu Yu’s stern face twisted in distortion.

A seventh-rank formation capable of withstanding a Divinity Transformation strike, how was he to break through it?

In his seventeen years of life, he had never been as flustered as he was today.

Wu Yu’s principle in dealing with enemies was always to kill them or cripple them if he couldn’t kill them, because he had the confidence to do so, unafraid of anyone’s revenge.

Now, the seventh-rank formation seemed to be mocking him.

He was brash, he was aggressive.

But there were those more brash and more aggressive than him.

At least, those within the formation were more confident than him. After all, they could casually use a seventh rank formation, which he didn’t have.

Ever since Wu Yu discovered that the Nine-Orifice Heart Lotus had been violently plucked away, he guessed that the perpetrator hadn’t fled far but must have hidden to consume it. Yet somehow, they had managed to evade detection with some unknown method.

Now, the perpetrator must have consumed the Nine-Orifice Heart Lotus and was on the verge of a breakthrough in his cultivation!

Having missed out on a huge opportunity, Wu Yu’s mental state almost collapsed, but he managed to stabilize his mind after much difficulty.

He was determined to wait for the perpetrator to come out!

If he couldn’t kill them, he would still cripple them once!

Another person appeared.

It was Gongsun Xue.

Gongsun Xue looked at the swirling vortex at the bottom of the water and asked, “What’s happening? Does consuming the Nine-Orifice Heart Lotus cause such a huge commotion?”

“They might be breaking through…” Wu Yu said, full of frustration.

Gongsun Xue looked ahead. “Core Formation?”

Wu Yu had the same suspicion.

Such a big commotion didn’t seem like Foundation Establishment. If not for the fact that only those at Foundation Establishment and below could enter the Tianshui Secret Realm, he would have suspected that the person was undergoing Infant Formation.

The two were competitors from the same sect, and in this strange moment, they unexpectedly came to an agreement, taking out their magic artifacts and attacking the formation together.

They weren’t aiming to break the formation, but rather to deplete the spiritual energy of the opponent’s formation.

Both were well aware that this tactic was underhanded.

But since the other party had stolen their opportunity, they no longer cared about fairness.

Despite exerting their full strength and attacking the formation barrier with magic artifacts for an entire hour, the barrier did not budge, still brimming with spiritual energy. The seventh-rank formation seemed to mock their overestimation of their own abilities.

For a moment, both their faces turned extremely ugly.

Gongsun Xue, grinding her silver teeth in anger, said, “I refuse to believe that the dog thief’s supply of Superior Spirit Stones is inexhaustible.”

“Call everyone over, we’ll join forces,” Wu Yu said, equally enraged.

The sect disciples that were with them were searching in the distance.

What started as a search eventually took on a different flavor.

On the surface, they were searching for the person, but in reality, it did not prevent them from taking the opportunity to gather nearby resources.

After consuming elixirs that restored spiritual power, the two continued to launch their strongest attacks with their magic artifacts against the formation’s barrier. Of course, they had other powerful methods, but those would come at a certain cost. However, while in the secret realm and not yet in a life-or-death crisis, they were not willing to use those methods lightly.

When the surrounding Minghua Sect disciples gathered…

The disciples led by the two began to attack the formation together.

Occasionally, the barrier would shake slightly, but it quickly stabilized.

At this moment, Xie Jiuniang was no longer concerned about the formation and was focusing intently on Foundation Establishment.

Having gone through Foundation Establishment in her previous life, Xie Jiuniang was experienced with the process.

The most crucial steps of Foundation Establishment were: first, turning spiritual power into liquid, transforming the Dantian into a lake; second, opening the Sea of Consciousness.

Now, the spiritual power that was usually like fog in the Dantian began to condense into rain, drop by drop, slowly gathering in the center of the Dantian, accumulating more and more.

Eventually, it formed a pond, which then transformed into a small lake.

Suddenly, a strand of spiritual power was drawn forth, traveling through her meridians and reaching her forehead. This critical moment was the time to open the Sea of Consciousness.

Cultivators not only practiced on their physical bodies; during a breakthrough, the soul would also undergo a qualitative change. Only by opening the Sea of Consciousness during Foundation Establishment could one be considered to have truly accomplished it.

What exactly is the Sea of Consciousness?

To put it simply, it is the place where divine sense is stored, giving the impression of a vast ocean, which is why cultivators call it the Sea of Consciousness. In fact, the most critical and dangerous step of Foundation Establishment is the opening of the Sea of Consciousness.

If one is interrupted during the process, there’s a high risk of divine sense collapse, potentially resulting in becoming an imbecile.

Therefore, the intentions behind the attacks on the formation from the outside were truly malicious.

At this time, Xie Jiuniang could not afford to pay attention to the outside world.

At the most crucial moment of opening her Sea of Consciousness, chaos erupted!

It was the Time Leaf, which had been hanging peacefully around her neck, that suddenly surged into the center of her Sea of Consciousness. This interruption, on her yet unstable Sea of Consciousness, was like a thunderclap exploding directly inside her head.

Damn Time Leaf!

It’s one big pitfall after another, my life is over.

In the next instant, Xie Jiuniang ultimately could not hold on and fainted…