Chapter 48: Achieved the Perfect Foundation Establishment!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Why did the spiritual energy suddenly increase?” Zhou Yun felt much more majestic spiritual energy pouring into the array. With so much spiritual energy, he could feel there was no longer any obstruction to the foundation establishment stage!

Soon, his meridians, under the impact of the abundant spiritual energy, were perfectly compatible with the improved Spiritual Qi Mantra!

It was as if the Spiritual Qi Mantra was born for Zhou Yun!

An ordinary person would adjust their meridians according to the cultivation technique, but Zhou Yun’s meridians were completely compatible with the cultivation technique!

He could feel that regardless of releasing or circulating his spiritual energy, there was not a trace of sluggishness. It was smooth and unobstructed!

Zhou Yun’s aura was rising steadily! After the array’s spiritual energy helped Zhou Yun open up his meridians, countless amounts of purified spiritual energy were directly absorbed by him!

In just a short while, both the quantity and quality of his spiritual energy had greatly improved!

Zhou Yun’s aura was already tens of times stronger than before!

In addition, Zhou Yun now had a perfectly compatible Spiritual Qi Mantra. He even felt that circulating the Spiritual Qi Mantra was as easy as breathing. He only needed to have a thought and he could cultivate it non-stop no matter what he was doing!

The Spiritual Qi Mantra had been improved by Zhou Yun to almost become a technique that could self-cultivate!

“Phew!” Zhou Yun exhaled deeply. The white air he exhaled was about ten centimeters long before it stopped!

He opened his eyes and woke up from the Enlightenment State. He had achieved the foundation establishment stage!

Furthermore, he had directly surpassed the early-stage foundation establishment and reached perfection of early-stage foundation establishment!

As long as he continued to train himself, Zhou Yun would be able to break through to the mid-stage foundation establishment!

Zhou Yun stood up from the ground. The bones on his body made a series of crackling sounds. The Qi of perfection of early-stage foundation establishment spread throughout the entire sect leader’s hall.

“When your Qi is full, the vessels will open by themselves. You won’t even need a hundred days to achieve your foundation establishment.” The Grand Elder heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Zhou Yun’s aura.

He had also taken a bet that Zhou Yun had not gone deviated but had truly found his very own method of foundation establishment.

Now, it seemed that he had made the right bet! Furthermore, Zhou Yun had garnered a huge gain!

“Zhou Yun, although many things happened on the way, I still want to congratulate you on achieving the foundation establishment stage.” The Grand Elder sized up Zhou Yun.

“As expected of a glory disciple of Spirit Valley. In just 50 days, you’re able to achieve the foundation establishment stage while others took 100 days. It looks like our sect has another heaven’s favorite.” The Grand Elder was clearly in a good mood.

“Sir Pill, what’s going on here?” Before Zhou Yun could even comprehend the changes in his body, he was frightened by the mess in the sect leader’s hall.

The elders were sprawled on the ground in disorder. Each of them looked as if had been sucked dry.

“It’s fine. You can go and see the sect leader. I’ll clean up here.” The Grand Elder waved his hand.

Zhou Yun thanked him and left understandably.

As soon as he arrived at the side hall, Zhou Yun realized Ling Qingyun had been waiting for him. His Elder Senior Sister Su Wanyi was also waiting quietly by the side.

“Greetings, Sect Leader. Disciple has achieved foundation establishment stage.” Zhou Yun walked over and bowed. He noticed that Su Wanyi seemed to be a little different today.

Usually, Su Wanyi was gentle and would nod and smile when she saw someone come in.

However, after he walked in, Su Wanyi did not even look at him.

“Not bad, you’ve successfully achieved the foundation establishment stage in such a short time.” Ling Qingyun nodded and said. After he waved his hand at Su Wanyi, then only did she turn to look at Zhou Yun.

Su Wanyi held her sword and had her arms crossed. She had a familiar smile on her face, but Zhou Yun felt that it was a little out of place.

This was not Su Wanyi. Only then did Zhou Yun realize that this “Su Wanyi” looked similar, but she was much older than Eldest Senior Sister Su Wanyi!

She was not wearing the standard uniform of the inner sect disciple, but the purple plain clothes unique to the direct disciple!

“This is my direct disciple, Su Lingyun,” said Ling Qingyun. “She is also Su Wanyi’s elder sister.”

“Greetings, Direct Disciple Su.” Zhou Yun bowed. At the same time, he was also very curious. He had never heard of Su Wanyi having an elder sister in Spirit Valley, let alone Ling Qingyun’s direct disciple.

Zhou Yun was puzzled. Why was he specifically asked to meet here at this time? Could it be related to Su Wanyi?

He couldn’t figure it out. Clearly, there was nothing between Su Wanyi and him.

“Today Lingyun is out of seclusion. It so happens that you’ve successfully achieved your foundation establishment. Zhou Yun, I have a mission for you. Are you willing to accept it?” Ling Qingyun asked.

Zhou Yun looked at Su Lingyun. He noticed that whenever he looked at her, she would turn her head away as if she was deliberately avoiding his gaze.

He was puzzled. Why was she avoiding his gaze?

“Of course, you don’t have to reject it first. It’s a very simple task and will help you stabilize your cultivation level. It’s considered a good task.” Seeing Zhou Yun keeping quiet, Ling Qingyun thought Zhou Yun had some concerns and explained.

“Disciple is willing to accept the mission.” Zhou Yun nodded in acceptance. After hearing the sect leader’s explanation, he naturally wouldn’t reject it. However, he was very curious as to what kind of mission it was for him to accept specifically.

“Lingyun reached the great perfection of late-stage foundation establishment five years ago. She went into seclusion to break through to the the golden core stage, but for some reason, she couldn’t break through. She came out of seclusion this time because she has found an opportunity to break through.” Halfway talking, Ling Qingyun looked at Su Lingyun with disappointment. But Su Lingyun turned her head away and pretended not to see him.

“The mission this time is also related to her.” Ling Qingyun rubbed his temples. After pondering for a while, he continued.

“Your mission is to have her follow you closely. Also, try your best to ensure no other disciples get close to her until the day of the Five Sects Tournament which is 50 days from now.” As Ling Qingyun spoke, he seemed to feel that the content was too strange and quickly added, “Of course, I will count the mission this time as the high-level mission of foundation establishment disciples.

The high-level missions for foundation establishment disciples required one to risk their lives just to barely complete one. The risk was high and so was the reward.

He only wanted Su Lingyun to follow him? Zhou Yun felt even stranger, but it did not stop him from accepting it!

The mission reward was high!

“I accept.” Zhou Yun felt that this mission was too easy. Originally, because he was too eye-catching, the other disciples stayed away from him!

Now, all he needed to do was return to his cave and cultivate in seclusion. When the time came, he would get the mission reward!

Zhou Yun had even thought that perhaps the sect leader saw his outstanding talent and wanted to find a way to reward him. Thus he had deliberately beaten around the bush when telling him the mission!

“Alright, I’ll leave Su Lingyun to you then,” Ling Qingyun said with a sigh of relief. He didn’t even look at Su Lingyun as he held her forehead and waved at the two of them, asking them to leave quickly.

“Disciple is leaving now.” Zhou Yun was puzzled. This was the first time he had seen Ling Qingyun in such a bad mood. Could it be related to Su Lingyun?

He turned his head to look at Su Lingyun and noticed her face was still full of smiles, just like the Eldest Senior Sister Su Wanyi.

“Forget it. Su Lingyun is as gentle as Eldest Senior Sister. What can happen to her?” Zhou Yun didn’t think anything could happen.

He took the lead and walked toward his cave.

Behind Zhou Yun, the smile on Su Lingyun’s face disappeared the moment Zhou Yun turned around. She sighed as she dragged her sword and walked behind Zhou Yun.