Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
Ep. 98 - Secret Practice

As Bing Lizi recalled, the place where she and Chen Long found the Dimension of Pocket was not far from the border area of the Green Forest Country and the Red Land Country.

If only he had suddenly moved to near the cave that he was living in now, it was likely that Chen Long would have been too. Bing Lizi thought it was almost impossible for Chen Long to be in the same place, which was the Pocket Dimension they had entered first.

"There were no valuables left that I had or was carried away by me because of that incident, but Brother Chen and I discovered two great secrets about cultivation practice."

Bing Lizi explained that the secret was that the Basic Realm was not limited to the fifteen level, precisely the highest level of the Basic Realm was at the twenty level. The other secret was the name of the higher foundation tiers of the Sky Foundation, namely the Heavenly Foundation and the Eternal Foundation.

A Heavenly Foundation could only be formed if a cultivator could reach at least the eighteen level Foundation Realm, whereas an Immortal Foundation could only be formed if he had already reached the peak of the true Basic Realm, which was level twenty.

"D-Twenty? Uncle Master Bing, this is..." Yao Han was at a loss for words. The reaction was the same as Meirong and Yutian.

"I understand your surprise. Your current practice in the seventeenth level of the Basic Realm is indeed something extraordinary, but upon rethinking, it is due to your special condition. You have a great chance of forming this Heavenly Foundation...

...But I don't know much about this foundation nor how to shape it. Had you formed the Sky Foundation, an achievement that many young cultivators craved, you would have been a Sky Foundation cultivator stronger than your three teachers in the past."

"Uncle Master Bing, I have no intention of forming a Sky Foundation, I want to form a Heavenly Foundation. My trip out of Star Moon Island was also one of them to find information about the Heavenly Foundation."

"Good, I like your spirit, Xiao Han. But after hearing this secret, you must have wanted to reach the twenty-level Basic Realm and form the Eternal Foundation, right?"

"Does Uncle Master Bing have any mind-reading ability? Of course I'll do it. No, I have to reach it. That way, I will be the proudest and most honourable student of my teachers." Yao Han smiled widely.

Bing Lizi laughed out loud for quite a while, while Tian Jian smiled meaningfully at Yao Han. Meirong and Yutian stroked Yao Han's head together gently.

'This kid is already the most genius young cultivator I have ever known, but his present achievements have not satisfied him. Interesting.' thought Tian Jian.

"Xiao Han, after I thought again, it is more appropriate that you become Brother Chen's disciple than Brother Feng," Bing Lizi chanted after her laughter was over, "Your interest in the practice is similar to that of Southern Dragon. He had the ambition to delve further and deeper into the cultivation practices of the Blue Moon Continent that had started hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Bing Lizi added that if not for meeting the Nine-Tailed Jade Fire Fox herd, they might have discovered another secret of practice, which was a higher level than the Soul Realm. Until recently, the Great Soul Realm was the highest level of cultivation practice known.

"Senior, do you know the cause of the Elementary Realm cultivators in the Blue Moon Continent not being able to break through to a level higher than level fifteen? And how could the secret of the practice be found in the Pocket Dimension?" ask Meirong.

"Sister Chen and I had a chance to discuss about this as well. In addition to the factors that influence cultivation attainment, it may also be due to evolution. It was only natural that the world of cultivators of the Blue Moon Continent was already so old...

...Important things like this being a secret can not even be found on the mainland of this continent due to many things, among which are natural changes and wars between cultivators." Bing Lizi let out a long breath.

"Senior, Han'er is just waiting for the time to reach the eighteen-level Basic Realm. Do you think there is a way for him to break through to a higher level of the Basic Realm?" ask Yutian.

Bing Lizi explained the moment they discovered these two secrets of the practice, it was noted that there were some cultivators in the past who could break through to a higher level of the fifteenth level Basic Realm naturally just like Yao Han.

Putting aside Yao Han's special condition, if he intended to reach the peak of the true Basic Realm or another young cultivator of the present who wanted to break through the boundary of the fifteenth level of the Basic Realm, then special resources were required.

"Brother Chen argues, one of these special resources is a pill. But most likely, the ingredients needed to make it rare and old, at least the youngest one was a thousand years old..."

Had this pill been able to be made, it would have been to break through the boundary of the fifteenth level of the Basic Realm, while Yao Han needed resources that could help him break through the boundary of the eighteenth level of the Basic Realm.

"Some time after arriving at this place, I thought, whatever way to break through this boundary, it will have an effect on the change of spirit root form. Physically, the old spirit root would be replaced with a new spirit root. And to be sure, this process will be very painful beyond the trials when undergoing the process of increasing the realm of the next practice."

"Simply put, given the age of the ingredients required, this particular pill contained a great Qi, wasn't it so Senior?" ask Yutian to make sure.

"really. While another way is to eat the fruits of magic plants that are very old."

"Uncle Master Bing, what about the Celestial Dragon Fruit? That fruit contained such a huge Qi, didn't it?" chirping Yao Han.

"Ah, yes, right. But..." Bing Lizi was enthusiastic, but quickly shook her head.

The problem was, to find the Celestial Dragon Tree without anyone possessing it was so difficult, because it was usually only owned by large sects, at least eight-star. Even on the Star Moon Island there were no rare magic plants.

Just as Yao Han had the seeds of his plants, it would have to wait five thousand years in order to harvest the Celestial Dragon Fruit for the first time. And had it been brought to Star Moon Island, with the high Qi density conditions on the island though, Yao Han would still have needed to wait at least fifty years.

"Fifty years.. how long?" Yao Han sighed softly.

"Practice is not easy. Only a few cultivators can almost or can keep up with your achievements, but you exceed the achievements of geniuses that have been known all along. You intend to reach the Twenty-level Basic Realm and form the Eternal Foundation, you could say this is a small test that you must face."

Bing Lizi laughed, making Yao Han smile awkwardly.

"Unless you feel enough and immediately enter the Foundation Realm by forming the Sky Foundation, then it is already very good. And once it works, if you want to compare, you'll be much stronger than us Four-Trippers."

"Uncle Master Bing, I don't really care about strength. All I thought about was going through the best possible cultivation practice and deepening in the many sciences that I found useful."

Bing Lizi laughed again and more loudly, "As I said before, you should be Brother Chen's disciple rather than Brother Feng. You're so different from your teacher."

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