Chapter 19: Foundation Establishment Requires High-Grade Resources

This time, He Zhi cultivated until evening before slowly awakening.

His entire being was full of vigor and spirit.

He gradually concluded his practice, and the Yi-Wood Rejuvenation True Qi within his body circulated throughout before returning to his dantian.

During this process of concluding his practice, he felt a cool, tingling sensation throughout his body, as if the Yi-Wood Rejuvenation True Qi was repairing the damage to his body.

Suddenly, He Zhi looked down at his legs.

Just now, he seemed to have felt his leg muscles twitch?

Actually, yesterday He Zhi had already felt his legs twitch, but that kind of twitching was uncontrolled.

But now, He Zhi actually felt like he could control his legs!?

Could it be...

He Zhi's heart surged with excitement. He held his breath and concentrated, exerting force internally.

Originally, both his legs were crossed and numb with weakness.

Previously, to sit in the lotus position, he had to use his hands to place his legs in the correct position.

But now, under He Zhi's effort, one leg suddenly jerked and slowly straightened a few centimeters!

Then, He Zhi looked at his other leg.

Similarly trembling, the other leg also moved a few centimeters.

Although this process was very slow, taking over a minute.

Compared to a normal person, it was still far off.

But the significance was enormous.

"Good!"

He Zhi couldn't help but exclaim with excitement.

Even with his composure, he couldn't suppress the joy on his face at this moment.

How many years had it been? This was the first time He Zhi had moved his legs by his own will!

How could someone who had been in a wheelchair for so many years not be overjoyed?

"Only the second day!"

He Zhi murmured.

That's right, he had only started cultivating immortality, practicing the Yi-Wood Rejuvenation Art, for two days!

In just two days, he could already move his legs a little.

Then if he continued cultivating for a while longer, wouldn't he be able to stand up completely?

Truly worthy of being a cultivation technique—the effects were too powerful!

"Unfortunately, although this cultivation technique is powerful, cultivating it is really slow."

He Zhi sensed his realm again. He had been cultivating for two days and had only just entered the first layer of Qi Refining.

Who knew when he would be able to cultivate to the second layer.

Perhaps several years?

As for cultivating to Foundation Establishment, based on He Zhi's understanding, it was almost impossible.

After all, he had the worst Five Element Spirit Roots and was disabled.

Being able to enter the cultivation path was already a blessing—wanting Foundation Establishment too?

He Zhi truly did want Foundation Establishment.

Because Foundation Establishment was when one truly became a cultivator.

Because at Foundation Establishment, one could fly!

He Zhi, a disabled person who envied others just for walking, naturally yearned even more for free flight.

But unfortunately, his aptitude was too poor, and Foundation Establishment was too difficult.

Actually, for He Zhi to achieve Foundation Establishment wasn't absolutely impossible, but it required an enormous amount of precious resources.

These resources didn't mean that if a normal Spirit Root cultivator used one spirit stone to cultivate, he could just use ten.

His Five Element Spirit Roots interfered with each other, making his cultivation efficiency increasingly slow. By the later stages of Qi Refining, ordinary low-grade spirit stones would probably be useless—even a hundred or a thousand wouldn't work.

He needed higher-grade resources, spiritual energy of higher purity, to meet his needs.

For example, precious pills, higher-grade spirit stones, Spirit Gathering Formations, and so on.

Only by piling up large amounts of high-grade resources would he have a chance at Foundation Establishment.

"High-grade resources..."

He Zhi looked at the Qingxuan Sect members on the screen.

His cultivation resources all came from the Qingxuan Sect.

At this moment, everyone in the Qingxuan Sect, from top to bottom, still hadn't recovered from their earlier joy.

After all, they had been too poor before, with many disciples still using magical artifacts forged from ordinary refined steel.

The Grand Elder had suddenly bestowed so much Ten-Thousand-Year Iron Essence, enough to give everyone a high-grade flying sword.

With such great fortune falling from the heavens, how could they calm down so quickly?

They all expressed their gratitude toward the Elder Hall, happy as if celebrating the New Year.

"They're poor too..."

He Zhi shook his head.

This bunch from the Qingxuan Sect were also dirt poor—where would they get high-grade resources?

The Elder Hall did have magical treasures left by the Grand Elder.

But those things were for combat, not for cultivation.

He Zhi thought for a moment and searched through the Qingxuan Sect's treasury.

There were only some ordinary low-grade and mid-grade spirit stones.

Not even a high-grade spirit stone in sight.

There were formations—the Sect-Guarding Grand Array and the sword formation currently being refined.

Just no Spirit Gathering Formations.

As for pills? These people didn't seem to practice alchemy much, only cultivating with spirit stones. The treasury only had some ordinary healing pills.

Actually, He Zhi saw that the treasury had some high-level pill formulas, even a Foundation Establishment Pill formula.

There were also some formation books, covered with talismans He Zhi couldn't understand.

But the spiritual herbs needed for alchemy were extremely precious.

The spirit beast hides needed for talismans weren't cheap either.

The Qingxuan Sect was too poor and simply didn't have any—they couldn't refine them.

He didn't know how this sect, being so poor, had managed to survive until now.

Had the previous Grand Elder squandered all their resources?

"Right, the earlier experiment..."

Thinking about resources, He Zhi naturally thought of his earlier experiment.

Last time, he had discovered that iron wire in the cultivation world became the precious Ten-Thousand-Year Iron Essence.

Now, he wanted to continue experimenting.

"Ordinary items, no matter how enhanced, probably have limits. At most, like that iron wire, they become some kind of essence."

"Now that I have money, I'll buy some good things online and start experimenting."

He Zhi picked up his phone and started placing orders online.

Now that he had several hundred thousand, he was naturally "wealthy and bold."

After placing a series of orders, He Zhi bought some medicinal herbs, precious metals, high-strength alloys, jade, and animal hides.

Although He Zhi only bought a small amount of each, it still cost tens of thousands.

But He Zhi knew this was necessary.

Once these items arrived, he could conduct experiments again.

If successful, the precious resources needed for his Foundation Establishment might be secured.

After placing his orders, He Zhi knew it would take several days for delivery, so he could only wait for now.

"I've been cultivating all day, time to rest a bit. I'll take out a piece of that spirit beast meat and stir-fry it to taste."

He Zhi thought for a moment and decided not to continue cultivating, or his meridians wouldn't be able to handle it.

He reached his hand into the screen and took out a piece of spirit beast meat offered by the Qingxuan Sect, preparing to taste it.

Sizzle...

Soon, the sound of meat frying in a hot wok came from the kitchen, filling the room with an exotic fragrance.

Although He Zhi was disabled, cooking a meal was still easy for him.

He just needed to lower the stove and cook from his wheelchair.

Half an hour later, He Zhi emerged from the kitchen carrying half a pot of rice and a plate of stir-fried spirit beast meat with green peppers.

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"Knock knock knock!"

"Brother Zhi, are you there?"

"I'm here to pick up those two bottles of wine. That Boss Zhao is anxious and keeps urging me."

"Brother Zhi, what are you cooking that smells so good?"

It was Shao Shan's voice.

"Tsk, here comes the freeloader."

He Zhi smiled, set down the food, and wheeled himself to open the door.