3: Is there something wrong with the Foundation Establishment Pill?

[You dared not linger at all and rushed all the way back to the Azure Cloud Sect.]

[Back in your Immortal Cave, you still hadn't recovered from the previous battle until night fell, and you calmed down.]

[Due to the failure of the mission, you didn't receive the reward.]

[You took out the Foundation Establishment Pill you had exchanged earlier from your Storage Ring, and couldn't help recalling the words of the Demonic Path man — don't establish your Foundation!]

[You thought it over but couldn't understand what his words meant. In the end, you decided he was tricking you, after all, they were members of the Demonic Path that everyone condemns.]

[Early the next day, a Disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall of the Azure Cloud Sect came looking for you, saying that an inner Sect Elder wanted to see you.]

[You knew what the Elder wanted, and you couldn't resist the Law Enforcement Disciple, so you were brought to a hall in the inner Sect.]

[The Third Elder of the Azure Cloud Sect asked you why, in this mission to hunt down the Foundation Establishment Stage Demonic Path Disciples, you were the only one to return.]

[Upon hearing the Third Elder's words, your pupils contracted.]

[You clearly remembered that the Demonic Path woman didn't kill you all yesterday. You and several other Outer Sect Disciples scattered and fled, but unexpectedly, only you returned to the Azure Cloud Sect.]

[Facing the Third Elder's questioning, you explained that you Outer Sect Disciples were arranged to besiege one of the Demonic Path men, while the inner Sect Senior Brother fought the Demonic Path woman alone.]

[You lost several Disciples before killing the Demonic Path man, and when you went back to find the inner Sect Senior Brother, you discovered he had been killed.]

[At that moment, you realized something was terribly wrong and began to scatter and flee.]

[In the end, unexpectedly, only you returned to the Azure Cloud Sect.]

[After hearing your explanation, the Third Elder closed his eyes, stroked his beard, and said, 'If it was her, it's not surprising at all!']

[At this point, the Third Elder suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at you, asking you if the Demonic Path woman had said anything strange to you!]

[Upon hearing this, you once again remembered what the Demonic Path man had said yesterday, but the Third Elder was asking about the Demonic Path woman. Sticking to the principle of 'the less trouble the better,' you said no.]

[The Third Elder nodded, believed your words, and told you to go back and Cultivate well, trying to break through to Foundation Establishment as soon as possible.]

[And just as you were about to leave, he said with meaning, 'Do not believe the words of Demonic Path people!']

[Back in your Immortal Cave, you immediately put the recent events out of your mind.]

[At that moment, your only concern was to earn Spirit Stones and exchange for a couple more Foundation Establishment Pills to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage as soon as possible.]

[As for what the Demonic Path man said, you didn't believe it at all!]

[Can't break through to Foundation Establishment? Then how did he do it? How did so many people in the Azure Cloud Sect break through to Foundation Establishment?]

[Looking at the entire Qingzhou, the Foundation Establishment Stage is just the beginning of cultivation.]

[But he wanted Su Ming to give up before even starting; as a Transmigrator, how could he give up on immortality?]

[In the seventh year, you kept taking low-level tasks to earn Spirit Stones. Although you earned little, at least there was no danger to your life. After the experience of hunting down Demonic Path people last time, you more deeply realized the importance of the way of survival.]

[In the eighth year, after your unremitting efforts, you finally saved enough Spirit Stones and successfully exchanged for a second Foundation Establishment Pill.]

[Looking at the Foundation Establishment Pill in your hand, you secretly rejoiced: 'After lying low for so many years, I can finally break through to Foundation Establishment!']

[Back in your Immortal Cave, you set up a simple spirit-gathering array and began preparing for the Breakthrough.]

[After taking the first Foundation Establishment Pill, you began to assault the Foundation Establishment Stage.]

[Two months later, you felt that something was still missing to break through to Foundation Establishment, so you took out the second Foundation Establishment Pill and consumed it.]

[Half a year later, on this day, you felt the Bottleneck loosen, and you pushed through in one go, breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.]

[Just as you were still immersed in the joy of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, suddenly everything went black!]

[You lost consciousness...]

[You died...]

[Ding! Simulation ended. Please choose from the following rewards.]

[Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivation!]

[The proficiency of all techniques in this simulation!]

[The experience of all experiences in this simulation!]

[Foundation Establishment Pill *1]

...

["What?"]

["I fucking died again?"]

[Su Ming stared at his dead self in the simulator, lost in thought.]

[He couldn't figure out how he had died. Just a second ago he had broken through to Foundation Establishment, and the next second...]

[Wait!]

[Foundation Establishment?]

[Don't break through to Foundation Establishment?]

[Su Ming suddenly thought of the two Demonic Path people he had encountered in the simulation; they had said not to break through to Foundation Establishment.]

["Is it really impossible to break through to Foundation Establishment? Will breaking through to Foundation Establishment lead to death?"]

[Thinking this, Su Ming shook his head.]

["How could that be? If breaking through to Foundation Establishment means death, then what are all these Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Sect? Monsters?"]

[In the end, he attributed the problem to the Foundation Establishment Pill, believing that the Sect's Foundation Establishment Pill had issues.]

[If the Foundation Establishment Pill really had problems, then there was only one way: either buy a Foundation Establishment Pill elsewhere, such as from the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.]

[The other option was to refine the pill himself; a self-refined Foundation Establishment Pill would definitely have no issues.]

[The good news was that the Materials for refining Foundation Establishment Pills were not difficult to collect.]

[The bad news was that Su Ming didn't know Alchemy.]

[After Su Ming selected technique proficiency, he waited an hour and then simulated again.]

[Random talent draw!]

[Congratulations! You obtained the orange talent: Alchemy Genius!]

[Alchemy Genius: Born with a unique understanding of Alchemy, with extremely high Alchemy Comprehension Ability...]

["Orange talent!!!"]

["And it's Alchemy Genius!!!"]

[At this moment, Su Ming inwardly exclaimed that the simulator really understood him; it knew what he lacked and delivered it right to his doorstep.]

[The next day, after learning that the Sect's Foundation Establishment Pill had problems, you no longer placed your hopes on the Azure Cloud Sect.]

[At noon, Wang Hao saw that you hadn't gone to work in the spirit fields and angrily came to your Immortal Cave.]

[After you displayed your Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivation, he was so frightened that he knelt on the spot, begged for mercy, and offered up the Spirit Stones he had previously taken from you.]

[This time, you didn't kill Wang Hao immediately. At this stage, you didn't want to be disturbed by too many factors, so you took all of Wang Hao's Spirit Stones and let him go.]

[Watching Wang Hao's retreating figure, you murmured: 'When I break through to Foundation Establishment, it will be the day you and your brother die!']

[On the third day, you used the Spirit Stones obtained from Wang Hao to buy a Pill Furnace.]

[During the second year, you chose to develop quietly, earning Spirit Stones by doing tasks to buy medicinal herbs!]

[Because the medicinal herbs for Foundation Establishment Pills were slightly less valuable than the pill itself, you collected a full set of herbs in the second year.]

[However, you didn't choose to start Alchemy directly; you planned to collect another set to refine as many Foundation Establishment Pills as possible to increase the chance of Breakthrough.]

[In this life, you didn't have many years of solid Foundation, so you would need more Foundation Establishment Pills.]

[During the third year, you spent time either Cultivating or doing tasks, and finally you gathered the Materials for a second Foundation Establishment Pill!]

[At the beginning of the fourth year, you refined two batches, producing a total of four Foundation Establishment Pills!]

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