Chapter 426 - 227: Golden Blade Establishes the Foundation (Part 3)

The Stabilizing Elixir is no longer an elixir for the Qi Cultivation Realm.

An elixir that can increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment by 30% for cultivators is clearly already a Foundation Establishment Elixir.

Liou Yuan didn’t know the cost, but he knew that Liou Zhen must have paid a hefty price to exchange for this Stabilizing Elixir.

"I’ll never be able to repay my brother!" As the fragrant aroma of the elixir filled his nostrils, Liou Yuan’s hands didn’t stop moving. He tilted his head back, and the Stabilizing Elixir was swallowed into his belly.

Hoo! The potent medicinal power instantly coursed through Liou Yuan’s entire body.

His limbs, along with his meridians and bones, became heavy under the elixir’s influence.

The medicinal power made Liou Yuan’s body feel dense and immovable, as if an invisible mountain was pressing down upon his flesh and blood.

Although Liou Yuan couldn’t move,

he could clearly feel his body becoming as steady as a mountain due to the medicinal power.

The elixir stabilized his body and allowed him to mitigate much of the damage caused by the explosive energy of opening the Qi Mansion.

"So that’s it!" Liou Yuan roughly understood the function of the Stabilizing Elixir, his eyes gleaming with comprehension.

He then closed his eyes and focused, his attention returning to the golden blade suspended within him.

The latter emitted terrifying waves, stirring the cyclone concentrated in Liou Yuan’s Lung Mansion even more turbulently.

"Come on!" Fully prepared, a low growl resonated in Liou Yuan’s heart as he directed the golden blade to slowly descend toward the cyclone within his Lung Mansion.

Golden light blossomed on the body of the golden blade, directly falling into the center of the cyclone.

Rumble! As the golden blade slashed down, Liou Yuan’s ears were filled with the deafening sound like dozens of carriages crashing.

The empty space in the center of the cyclone was forcibly torn open by the golden blade.

From the breach, a vast aura surged out like a tidal wave, instantly sweeping through Liou Yuan’s limbs and bones, centered on the Lung Mansion.

They raged like a torrent, recklessly trying to tear Liou Yuan’s body apart.

Liou Yuan could clearly feel the intense tearing pain in his flesh and meridians after the aura’s passage.

This was the force of opening the Qi Mansion, a power that all cultivators feared when attempting to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Countless Qi Cultivation Realm cultivators striving for the Foundation Establishment Realm have fallen under this force, perishing in body and spirit.

Now, the effect of the Stabilizing Elixir took hold.

No matter how the torrent raged, Liou Yuan’s body remained immobile; the pain didn’t cause harm.

"Even without the Stabilizing Elixir, I might have withstood the impact of this opening force!"

"Of course, it certainly wouldn’t have been this easy."

Feeling the changes in his body, Liou Yuan contemplated silently.

The opening force only surged for four or five breaths before it finally dissipated inside Liou Yuan.

That golden blade, having split open the Qi Mansion, exhausted all its power, transforming into specks of golden light that scattered above the cyclone in Liou Yuan’s Lung Mansion.

The cyclone condensed from the golden spiritual power still existed.

But in the center of the cyclone, a pitch-black vacuum space appeared.

Occasionally, strands of spiritual power would inadvertently touch that space, swallowed by the vacuum like mud cows entering the sea, without even the slightest ripple.

"The Qi Mansion is open!" Seeing the black space, Liou Yuan’s lips curled into a smile.

That space was indeed the nascent form of the Qi Mansion.

Reaching this step, Liou Yuan had successfully passed the opening of the Qi Mansion, just awaiting the introduction of the Star Acupoint into the Qi Mansion for sedimentation, and Foundation Establishment would be more than halfway achieved.

By now, the effect of the Stabilizing Elixir had also faded.

The phantom mountainous force pressing on Liou Yuan’s body dissipated from within him.

Liou Yuan slowly stood up from the stone bed.

He felt an indescribable lightness, as if a gust of wind could carry him high into the sky.

Opening the Qi Mansion wouldn’t affect cultivation strength; in other words, Liou Yuan’s power level was the same as before.

But it would affect a cultivator’s standing between heaven and earth.

Before opening the Qi Mansion, the body was like an earthen structure, feet rooted between heaven and earth.

After opening, the body’s "roots" were severed from the earth.

A slightly stronger wind could easily lift Liou Yuan into the air.

This period is advantageous for cultivators, being the time when communication with heaven and earth is first established, and the quickest period to comprehend magic.

According to ancient texts of the Cultivation Realm, many magic spells were created by cultivators during this time.

"It didn’t enhance my cultivation, but if I use the Sword Control Technique, the speed will undoubtedly increase by several degrees."

Liou Yuan always found ways to adapt favorable aspects in such environments.

Because the "roots" were severed, the body became unbound. With the Sword Control Technique carrying him, moving without resistance, speed naturally increased.

"In actual combat, it might play an unexpected role."

With the Qi Mansion opened and the cyclone condensed, Liou Yuan saw no further need for secluded cultivation.

He looked up at the breach in the ceiling of the cave, estimating the time — he had been in seclusion for a month and a half.

Just half a month remained until the deadline for the Chaotic Scene.

"Though confident, it’s wise to be prepared to avoid mishaps." Liou Yuan murmured as he opened the cave door.

It was already autumn equinox season.

The greenery on Five Extremes Mountain had long faded.

Hoo! A biting autumn wind, laden with the fresh fragrance of herbs from the garden beside the cave, rushed into the cave.

The frost-touched leaves of the mountains, tinged by spirit veins, were dyed a spectacular purple-red, with veins flowing with specks of golden light, rustling in the wind like countless spiritual butterflies about to take flight.

On the distant mist-covered peaks, fire-red maple trees were sparsely scattered, contrasting with the rolling lead-gray clouds of the sky.

Liou Yuan’s gaze swept over the scenery outside the cave, and suddenly fixed on a spot under a hill outside the range of his cave’s array.

There stood a dark-skinned middle-aged man beneath a newly built hut.

As Liou Yuan saw him, the man also spotted Liou Yuan and bowed from afar.

"Gong Linqing!" Liou Yuan called out his name with a bright smile.

This person was his spy stationed in Jiuli State, tasked specifically with gathering intelligence on the Evil Corpse, Gong Linqing.