121: Foundation Building Rewards

Inside the Immortal Cave.

Mu Feng hadn't expected that his successful Foundation Establishment would lead to an official announcement.

Now, being low-key was no longer an option.

"Realm Leaderboard."

"Interesting, but shouldn't there be some rewards?"

"Otherwise, this leaderboard is too boring."

Mu Feng glanced at the leaderboard.

He found himself alone on it.

Oh, so only those who reached Foundation Establishment could be on it.

Then it's fine.

Hehe.

Mu Feng's face was full of pride.

He was quite excited to be the first person to achieve Foundation Establishment.

【System Reminder: Congratulations on your successful Foundation Establishment! As you are the first to achieve Foundation Establishment, you are rewarded with five thousand Spirit Stones and a 100-point increase in Charm.】

【System Reminder: Spirit Stones x5000】

【System Reminder: Charm +100 (Details can be viewed on your personal page.)】

Eh?

There really was a reward!

Five thousand Spirit Stones?

Not bad!

Looking at the five thousand Spirit Stones he had obtained, Mu Feng's face was beaming.

He had been worried earlier that the auction would start, but he had spent all his Spirit Stones.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye.

His total Spirit Stones reached over five thousand.

It was truly exhilarating.

But what was this Charm?

Mu Feng had never heard of Charm before.

The previous notification said it could be viewed on the personal page.

Mu Feng immediately opened his personal page.

【Name】: Mu Feng

【Realm】: Early Stage Foundation Establishment.

【Spiritual Root】: Water, Fire, Wood

【Cultivation Technique】: Five Elements Skill, Azure Origin Sword Art (Levels 1-6), Divine Origin Skill.

【Skills】: Fireball Technique, Water Binding Technique, Wood Escape, Azure Origin Sword Light (Max Level), Azure Origin Sword Shield (First Level).

【Spirit Stones】: 5398.

【Magical Artifact】: Azure Dragon Flag, Cloud Stepping Boots, Python Scale Armor, Qingguang Mirror.

【Secret Skill Divine Ability】: Eye of Insight

【Charm】: 100 (Charm can influence the favorability of Cave World creatures towards you.)

....

"Influences the favorability of Cave World creatures towards me?"

"What is this? Aren't the creatures in the Cave World just Yao Beasts and such? Does high Charm mean these Yao Beasts won't attack me? Will they just let me take treasure chests and pick spiritual fruit without a problem?"

"That's impossible, right?"

"Or does it mean that besides Yao Beasts, there are other creatures in existence?"

Mu Feng was a bit confused by the description of Charm.

Could it be that besides Yao Beasts, there were other creatures here?

Or, was it referring to things like Spiritual Pets and Spiritual Insects?

However, if they were Spiritual Pets that he raised himself, their favorability would definitely be maxed out.

There would be no need for Charm to influence them, right?

"Forget it."

"I won't think about it anymore."

"Let's check the skill details of Azure Origin Sword Shield instead."

Azure Origin Sword Shield was a new skill he had just learned after entering Foundation Establishment.

【Azure Origin Sword Shield (First Level): Can instantly release a protective sword shield, its defense is equivalent to a High Grade defensive Magical Artifact. While the sword shield is active, attacks received will automatically trigger a counterattack with Azure Origin Sword Light.】

"A sword shield equivalent to a High Grade defensive Magical Artifact?

"Not bad!"

He had released this sword shield once when he first entered the Foundation Establishment Stage.

It was a shield composed of dozens of Verdant Sword Mang, and the visual effect was incredibly explosive.

It was much more impressive than ordinary protective shields.

Now it seemed.

This thing was not only flashy but also extremely practical!

And he remembered that if it was cultivated to the max level.

The defensive effect could directly rival a Magic Treasure.

Very strong!

"Uh... I forgot to take a bath again."

"So stinky!"

He had originally planned to take a bath, but after seeing the announcement, he got excited.

He suddenly forgot.

So, he was woken up by his own stench for the second time.

"Beep beep beep!"

Just as Mu Feng was about to take a bath.

His private messages rang.

"Beep beep beep!"

And it wasn't just one person.

"I'll ignore them for now, I'll deal with it after my bath!"

He temporarily blocked all messages.

Mu Feng undressed and took a bath.

"Should I build a bathtub in the Immortal Cave or something, so I can take a bath when needed?"

"Forget it, I'll think about it later."

"I love bathing, my skin is so good..."

Having successfully established Foundation and received System rewards.

Mu Feng, in a great mood, hummed a song while washing.

He was overjoyed.

"This bath feels so good!"

"Finally, I'm not a stinky man anymore."

After washing off all the grime on his body, Mu Feng walked out feeling refreshed.

After getting dressed.

Mu Feng opened his private messages.

"Beep beep beep..."

As soon as he opened it, a dense flood of messages appeared.

"Uh..."

"I forgot that after closing messages, I need to reset the filter words."

Mu Feng scratched his head.

Looking innocent.

"Forget it, since they're open, there's no harm in looking."

Mu Feng casually clicked one open.

"Senior Mu Feng, you've reached Foundation Establishment?"

"Senior, do you need an attachment?"

"Senior Mu Feng, what is soul?"

"Mu Feng, how did you level up so fast?"

"Senior, do you buy bonsai blueprints?"

There were many messages.

Some congratulated him on his successful Foundation Establishment.

Some wanted to be his subordinate.

Some asked him for Yao Beast Materials.

Some asked him why he leveled up so fast.

And there was one person who kept asking him if he bought bonsai blueprints.

Mu Feng had seen this persistent fellow's messages more than once.

He was truly tenacious.

After scanning a few more.

Mu Feng reset the keywords.

This way, messages sent to him afterward would not be displayed unless they triggered a keyword.

Besides private messages.

His few friends had also sent him messages.

The most frequent sender was Li Chenxi.

She had sent five or six messages in a row.

Mu Feng opened them one by one.

Li Chenxi.186: "Senior, thank you for the Star Light Pill, I'm at Qi Refinement Level 12!"

This message was sent yesterday.

The rest were from today.

Li Chenxi.186: "Senior, you've reached Foundation Establishment???"

Li Chenxi.186: "How did you do it?"

Li Chenxi.186: "Ah? Senior, you really have a three Spiritual Root!"

Li Chenxi.186: "Reaching Foundation Establishment so quickly with a three Spiritual Root, Senior, you're too amazing!"

Li Chenxi.186: "Where are you?"

It was evident.

She was truly shocked.

Mu Feng smiled.

He didn't reply to her.

He looked directly at the next ones.

Han Yuyan.187: "You've reached Foundation Establishment? Congratulations!"

Mu Feng.186: "Thank you."

After politely thanking Han Yuyan, Mu Feng closed her messages.

He looked at another.

He didn't have many friends.

Their messages were largely similar.

Basically, polite greetings.

And also subtly probing him about why he reached Foundation Establishment so quickly.

"Hmm, should I tell them?"

In fact, he still had an ordinary Foundation Establishment Pill in his possession.

He believed that if he revealed it, it would fetch a good price.

But he somewhat didn't want others to obtain this Foundation Establishment Pill.

Otherwise, his advantage as the first person to reach Foundation Establishment would be gone.

"Forget it, I'll sell this Foundation Establishment Pill later when everyone's Realms are more or less caught up."

There was no need to put another Foundation Establishment Pill on the market to increase his competition.

Anyway, he had enough Spirit Stones on him now.

In terms of Materials, he wasn't particularly lacking.

He would keep this Foundation Establishment Pill for now.

Unless someone on the Transaction Channel could offer something that truly tempted him.

Otherwise, he would rather keep this Foundation Establishment Pill than give it to others to increase their strength.

Speaking of Materials.

Mu Feng remembered the Yao Beast Materials he had put on the Transaction Channel yesterday.

He wondered how they had sold.

Mu Feng curiously opened the Transaction Channel.

As soon as he opened it.

A series of transaction success notifications appeared before his eyes.

【System Reminder: The Thunder Tiger meat you listed has been successfully sold. The other party's traded item has been sent to your mailbox.】

【System Reminder: The Chi Yan Meow meat you listed has been successfully sold. The other party's traded item has been sent to your mailbox.】

【System Reminder: The Han Tan Crocodile skin you listed has been successfully sold. The other party's traded item has been sent to your mailbox.】

....

Mu Feng took a look.

Aside from the Yao Beast Materials that required soul for transaction.

Everything else had been sold.

Exiting the Transaction Channel.

Mu Feng opened his mailbox and collected all the items stored there.

【System Reminder: soul x1】

【System Reminder: Spirit Stones x50】

【System Reminder: essence of vegetation x1】

...

There were many things.

The total items obtained were: soul x9, essence of vegetation x6, Spirit Stones x1260.

Adding these.

Mu Feng now had 26 soul, 12 essence of vegetation, and 6658 Spirit Stones.

"Why is there so little essence of vegetation?"

"From now on, I'll only collect essence of vegetation for later Materials."

20 soul were already enough for refining Soul Cleansing Pill.

He wasn't short of soul for now.

However, he still needed eight more essence of vegetation.

Additionally, from a practical perspective, essence of vegetation was slightly more useful than soul.

Because it could be used to Cultivate Spiritual Plants.

As for soul.

Its uses weren't particularly numerous.

However, it wasn't ruled out that refining the third-level Forgetful Soul Pill might require a large amount of soul later.

But there was no rush for that.

He hadn't even gathered all the Materials for Soul Cleansing Pill.

There was no need to collect Forgetful Soul Pill Materials in advance.

One must eat one bite at a time.

One must walk one step at a time.

After collecting all the Materials into his Storage Pouch.

Mu Feng walked to where he had placed the insect eggs and regular eggs yesterday, observing their condition.

"It looks like they're about to hatch."

"As expected of the spirit eye tree!"

"The spiritual energy is truly abundant!"

Mu Feng nodded in satisfaction.

After entering the medicinal garden and watering his Spiritual Flowers and Spiritual Plants, Mu Feng arrived at the Immortal Cave's teleportation gate.

It had been a long time since he had gone out to explore the Immortal Cave.

Now that he was at Foundation Establishment.

It was time to go out and stretch his muscles.

It was also a good opportunity to try out his new skills and magic power.

As well as various Magical Artifacts.

To see how much his combat power had increased after advancing to Foundation Establishment.

Thinking this.

Mu Feng concentrated his spiritual energy and looked at the eight light gates.

【The Immortal Cave Secret Realm ahead has a silver treasure chest, and it's very safe. It's highly recommended that you enter.】

Silver treasure chest?

Safe?

Who the hell would go there!

This time, he planned to test his new skills and Divine Abilities.

Being safe meant it was completely uninteresting.

Mu Feng skipped it directly.

【Hmm, the Immortal Cave Secret Realm on the left is interesting. Inside, there's a group of Qi Refinement Stage Essence Spirits of vegetation and a Foundation Establishment Stage Willow Tree Spirit. If you kill it, you will obtain a wood heart.】

Hmm, this one's good!

A Foundation Establishment Stage Willow Tree Spirit and numerous Essence Spirits of vegetation.

It perfectly met both of his conditions.

He could test his combat power after advancing to Foundation Establishment.

And he could also obtain the essence of vegetation he wanted.

Also, what was this wood heart?

Was it an item dropped by a Foundation Establishment Stage essence of vegetation?

He had never seen this item before.

Its specific use.

He would only know after he killed the Foundation Establishment Willow Tree Spirit inside.

"Let's check the others. If there's nothing better, I'll enter this one!"

He had only looked at two of the eight light gates.

To prevent missing a better option later.

Mu Feng decided to quickly scan all the Immortal Cave Secret Realms first.

【In the Southern Immortal Cave Secret Realm, there is a Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beast and a golden treasure chest.】

【The Secret Realm to the northwest is a Poison Mist. Do not enter if you do not have anti-poison items.】

【In the southwest, there is a golden treasure chest, but you need to deal with the Peak Qi Refinement Yao Beasts inside.】

【Behind the northeast light gate is a player's Immortal Cave. It seems to be a female player. If you're lonely, you can go in and chat with her, or do some beastly things.】

【Behind the eastern Immortal Cave is a lake. There are no resources, so it's not recommended to enter. Of course, if you want to take a bath, then disregard what I said.】

【The northern Secret Realm seems to have been explored already. It's empty.】