Eternal Life: I Can Sell Everything

「In the Seeking Immortal Tower, Earth No. 6 Cultivation Room.」

Song Ciwan committed the name "Ancient Divine Insect Race" to memory. She then quickly composed herself and turned her attention to what she had received for selling the Purple Ribbon Level Foundation Establishment Pill.

A Five-star Level Marvel: the Golden Cicada Jade Exoskeleton!

This item was truly worthy of being a Five-star Level treasure. According to the Heaven and Earth Scale’s description: By refining this item and fusing it with one’s body, the Golden Cicada Jade Exoskeleton could take the user’s place in death once. The user would be resurrected on the spot, all injuries fully healed, and would enter a temporary Spiritual Fusion state.

During the Spiritual Fusion state, the user’s Cultivation would rise by one tier, their vitality would double, and their combat power would skyrocket.

The specific duration would depend on the depth of the user’s life force. After the Spiritual Fusion state ended, the user would also fall into a weakened state for half a month to three months, after which they could gradually recover.

Song Ciwan was speechless.

’Of course, she was thrilled, but it wasn’t the time to let it show.’

The Golden Cicada Jade Exoskeleton was clearly far more miraculous than the Second Young Master’s previous Substitute Death Grassman.

When the Substitute Death Grassman took one’s place in death, the user’s body was clearly weakened. But after the Golden Cicada Jade Exoskeleton did the same, the user could instead go berserk and unleash their full power.

The difference between the two effects was simply immeasurable.

Even Song Ciwan’s own Peach and Plum Puppet couldn’t necessarily compare to the Golden Cicada Jade Exoskeleton.

The principle behind the Peach and Plum Puppet was that Song Ciwan carried a Li Wood Puppet with her. When she encountered a fatal crisis, the Li Wood Puppet could die in her place.

Afterward, the Peach Wood Puppet would activate its Teleportation ability, moving Song Ciwan’s real body to its location.

The biggest problem with this lay in the Peach Wood Puppet’s Teleportation ability.

Song Ciwan’s Cultivation had now reached the Late-stage Qi Refining, making her countless times stronger than she was back in the Qi Transformation Stage.

But the Peach and Plum Puppet was a product of her time in the Qi Transformation Stage. With the Peach Wood Puppet’s power, teleporting the current Song Ciwan would be quite difficult and carried a risk of failure.

If you thought of the human body as an energy construct and rated the former Song Ciwan’s energy state as a one, then the current Song Ciwan might be equivalent to a hundred—or even three hundred, five hundred, or more!

With such a massive gap, the Peach Wood Puppet’s ability could no longer keep up with Song Ciwan’s growth.

Only the Li Wood Puppet, if used solely to take her place in death by using some wondrous law of causality to block a fatal attack, would still be useful.

’In short, they’re all good treasures,’ she thought. ’It just depends on how you use them.’

Song Ciwan put away her new treasure, the Golden Cicada Jade Exoskeleton, and suppressed her joy. Holding the Foundation Establishment Pill, she walked over to the four walls of the Cultivation Room and began to memorize the Foundation Establishment Method inscribed upon them.

’I need to hurry up and achieve Foundation Establishment, then return to the Mortal World.’

’I’ve investigated this damn Spirit Realm enough. It’s time to leave.’

The opening passage of the Foundation Establishment Method inscribed on the wall read:

To cultivate an Immortal Technique, first understand yourself.

Mortals are mediocre. Their Innate Spiritual Sense is obscured and their Spirit Roots are severed. The first step of Cultivation requires the power of a Foundation Establishment Pill to open the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, creating a Spirit Root Immortal Vein. Then, one must perceive Spiritual Qi and guide it for Energy-Introducing Foundation Establishment.

Reading this, Song Ciwan couldn’t help but frown.

Through these words, which clearly belittled mortals, she felt as if she were in a trance. She saw a vision of the Ancient Era, where a devout Immortal Seeker swallowed a so-called "divinely bestowed" Foundation Establishment Pill, unknowingly activating the Insect Eggs hidden within.

From within the Insect Eggs, the Ancient Divine Insect Race extended their silken threads and tendrils, which snaked out from the Dantian.

Those fine, silken threads spread to every corner of the human body. They wove themselves into so-called Spirit Roots, occupying all the person’s meridians, binding them and seizing complete control.

’Foundation Establishment... what kind of foundation was really being established?’

’How is this Cultivating Immortality? This is clearly turning the human body into soil, nutrients, and a host for the Insect Race!’

’In the entire world, could there be anything more terrifying than this?’

’If everyone in the world pursued Seeking Immortality, if every person sought Foundation Establishment, if the Golden Core Dao became the mainstream path, with the Insect Race enthroned in the heavens... what kind of world would this become?’

...

Although it was just text meant to guide Foundation Establishment, as Song Ciwan read it, she felt as if she were seeing endless, terrifying scenes through the words.

Everything seemed both real and illusory, as if it were all happening right before her eyes.

For a moment, Song Ciwan even felt a dull ache in her Dantian again.

She snapped out of her trance, her back drenched in cold sweat.

Looking around, she saw that the words were still just words. The scenes she had faintly glimpsed now seemed like nothing more than a hallucination, a figment of her imagination.

Of course, Song Ciwan knew they weren’t hallucinations. They had just happened in ancient times.

The current era, after all, was no longer one where the Golden Core path was mainstream.

Thanks to the sacrifices and efforts of generations of ancestors, the Human Race had already cast off its dependence on so-called Spirit Roots. Instead, they had pioneered a variety of Cultivation methods unique to humanity.

Whether it was Martial Arts Training, Cultivating Immortality, Body Refining, scholarly pursuits, or even the path of a Buddhist Practitioner, these were all Cultivation methods unique to the Human Race that did not require a Spirit Root!

It was truly an era where a hundred flowers bloomed and a hundred schools of thought contended!

The storm in Song Ciwan’s heart gradually calmed. As she reflected on the past and present, she suddenly felt a new sense of belonging to the current Great Zhou.

A Human Dao Dynasty where the Human Race reigned supreme! A dynasty that wasn’t driven out by the Demon Race or enslaved by the Insect Race, but could stand on its own two feet! A Human Dao Dynasty that had carved out its own place in this great, contentious world where all spirits vied for dominance!

’Wasn’t such a thing worthy of her sense of belonging, and even her pride?’

...

Song Ciwan set aside her wandering thoughts and continued to read the Foundation Establishment Method.

Foundation Establishment was also divided into levels, just like Foundation Establishment Pills. However, while the pills had six levels, the method itself had seven.

First-level Foundation Establishment: A Stone Foundation is born in the Dantian.

Second-level Foundation Establishment: The Stone Foundation nurtures a True Flame.

Third-level Foundation Establishment: The True Flame refines a Silver Flower.

Fourth-level Foundation Establishment: The Silver Flower produces Golden Fluid.

Fifth-level Foundation Establishment: The Golden Fluid surges into a Jade Tree.

Sixth-level Foundation Establishment: The Jade Tree connects to a Pavilion.

Seventh-level Foundation Establishment: The Pavilion builds a Celestial Road.

...

Song Ciwan possessed a pure Purple Ribbon Level Foundation Establishment Pill. Theoretically, she should be able to complete the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, forging a pavilion from a jade tree in her Dantian!

The only issue was that a pure Foundation Establishment Pill contained no Insect Eggs.

’But without Insect Eggs, can a Foundation Establishment Pill still help someone generate a "Spirit Root" and successfully establish their foundation?’

Without putting it to the test, Song Ciwan couldn’t be sure.

But she didn’t dwell on it for long. After reading through the entire Foundation Establishment Method, she walked to the center of the Cultivation Room.

She picked up the pillow placed in the middle of the Cultivation Room, tossed it into the Heaven and Earth Scale, and then took out one of her own.

She also took out the Concentration Jade Pottery she had obtained earlier and placed it beside her. This item had the effect of Stabilizing the Heart and Concentrating the Spirit, making it perfect for the occasion.

Soon, Song Ciwan swallowed the Foundation Establishment Pill and began her attempt at Foundation Establishment!

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