96: Strange Phenomena of Heaven and Earth

While Gu Changan was undergoing Foundation Establishment, because he had consumed a top-grade foundation establishment pill, most of the Spiritual Qi was supplied by the top-grade foundation establishment pill, while another portion was absorbed from the Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth.

This created a massive vortex above his Immortal Cave. A normal person's Foundation Establishment spiritual qi vortex would only be one, at most a few zhang in size.

But Gu Changan's Foundation Establishment was different; a total of five spiritual qi vortexes surrounded him. Moreover, each spiritual qi vortex covered a radius of one hundred zhang.

With the sky surrounded by these five spiritual qi vortexes, the covered area was even larger and wider. Cultivators far away in Panlong City had already discovered the anomaly.

Some high-Rank Cultivators were just surprised for a moment and then stopped paying attention. Even if they killed this newly Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he was just a Foundation Establishment Stage yin soldier. Being able to have such a large spiritual qi vortex showed some talent, but that was as far as it went. Because the other party was a Five Spirit Roots Cultivator.

Only some Qi Refining Stage or Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators planned to go and check the situation. Perhaps the other party had some treasure! Worthy of picking up a bargain!

Immediately after, a phenomenon occurred within the five spiritual qi vortexes. The clouds rolled violently, and countless specks of Spiritual Qi light gathered from all directions.

They condensed into substance in the middle of the vortex—a golden sword shadow, a green treasure bottle, a blue bead, a red giant tripod, and a yellow mountain. The Five Elements spiritual phenomena floated in the vortex, slowly rotating along with the rotation of the spiritual power within Gu Changan's body.

"That is... Five Spirit phenomena?" Some Cultivators above the Golden Core Stage were also watching, and they all became interested.

Whether taking such a Foundation Establishment Cultivator as an apprentice, marrying him into a Family, or taking him as a subordinate, it was very cost-effective! If he didn't agree, just slap him to death! They would not allow such an awesome Cultivator to appear!

Some Cultivators above Golden Core Stage had already started flying towards the place where the heavenly phenomenon was occurring.

Gu Changan sat on a bluestone, still consolidating his cultivation. Suddenly, his Soul gave a frantic warning, and he felt restless, as if something bad was about to happen.

Gu Changan wanted to calm his mind but couldn't. After a slight thought, he remembered his Profound Mechanism Myriad Evolution Scripture. He then extended his right hand and began to calculate; comparing it with the 64 hexagrams, it was actually a Great Omen of Disaster?

Gu Changan was terrified; he was only undergoing Foundation Establishment, how did it turn into a Great Omen of Disaster? He then began to calculate which direction held a chance of survival. It showed that the south and west directions were chances of survival, while the east was a Great Omen of Disaster.

Gu Changan then thought that the northeast direction was Panlong City; could the crisis be coming from Panlong City? Not daring to delay, he immediately put away the Twin Soul Vengeful Infant and pushed away the stone of the Immortal Cave.

Upon stepping out, he saw that in the distance, escape lights were already flying towards him. Various Spiritual Qi fluctuations still remained in the sky!

How could Gu Changan not know that his Foundation Establishment had caused a phenomenon, letting others know he was undergoing Foundation Establishment here? And then it attracted some ill-intentioned people!

With one step, Gu Changan used the Eight Steps to Catch the Cicada. Originally, in the Qi Refining Stage, each step was about ten zhang. Now, in the Foundation Establishment Stage, it had directly doubled to 20 zhang! He walked step by step towards the hinterland of the Blood Fiend Alliance!

Gu Changan still wanted to go slowly, pretending to be a Cultivator attracted by the phenomenon. But suddenly, he sensed a black-robed Cultivator flying in the sky in the distance, with no Flying Sword under his feet. Only a Golden Core Cultivator could hover in the air without a Flying Sword.

He had just reached Foundation Establishment, how could he be a match for a Golden Core Stage Cultivator? Immediately after, he was scanned by the powerful Divine Sense of the Golden Core Stage.

Gu Changan did not dare to delay. After the Divine Sense's attention was no longer on him, he immediately cast the Earth Evasion Technique. His feet felt empty, and he directly escaped into the ground, disappearing.

Gu Changan felt as if he were swimming in water; there was soil in all directions. He could use spiritual power to control his body and shuttle through the underground.

Relying on the direction in his memory, Gu Changan kept shuttling forward. The direction of movement was the one he had noted when he first sank into the ground.

Gu Changan's disappearance directly made the Golden Core Old Ancestor discover an anomaly. The second time the Divine Sense scanned, he discovered that a person was missing here. Just a moment ago, there was still a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and in the blink of an eye, he was gone without a trace.

The black-robed Golden Core Cultivator quickly flew to the place where Gu Changan disappeared, and his Divine Sense began to cover all directions. As a result, he didn't find anything unusual; the vegetation had no traces of anyone passing by! It was as if a person had vanished into thin air. There was still faint Spiritual Qi remaining under his feet!

The black-robed Golden Core elder knew that the person just now must have hidden underground. Then, his powerful Golden Core Stage Divine Sense began to penetrate underground, but it only penetrated about a dozen zhang before it couldn't go any further. During this time, he didn't find anything unusual. The black-robed Golden Core elder was not willing to give up and searched the vicinity back and forth. In the end, he could only leave unwillingly!

Gu Changan, having sunk underground, had already started to slip away. Who knew if a Golden Core Stage Cultivator had any special means to determine his location? That Golden Core Stage might not, but what about the Nascent Soul Stage? Gu Changan did not dare to gamble and could only escape quickly.

While escaping, Gu Changan discovered an anomaly in his Dantian. The Earth-attribute Spiritual Qi was constantly being consumed as he used the Earth Evasion Technique. The yellow liquid in his Dantian was also constantly decreasing.

However, through the five elements ring in his Dantian, the other four spiritual qi vortexes were constantly extracting Spiritual Qi. Then, due to the mutual generation of the Five Elements, the Earth-attribute Spiritual Qi that Gu Changan consumed was constantly replenished, so the yellow liquid in his Dantian was decreasing and increasing at the same time.

Seeing this situation, how could Gu Changan not know what was going on? He had made a huge profit! This meant that the five types of Spiritual Qi in his Dantian could be transformed into another type at any time and place. His Spiritual Qi reserve in his Dantian was five times that of a normal Foundation Establishment Cultivator!

Having figured this out, Gu Changan felt a bit happy. He no longer cared about the Spiritual Qi consumption of the Earth Evasion Technique. He escaped into the distance in one breath, feeling that he had escaped about forty or fifty li before popping his head out.

Upon popping out to look, he was still in a mountain forest, the kind that belonged to a tropical rainforest. The air in the forest was relatively humid, and there were water stains on the bushes. Looking back, he had escaped more than 50 li and had directly crossed the adjacent mountain range.

Gu Changan thought that surely no one could catch up to him now. Then, he needed to find a place to properly reorganize! He would keep the Qi Refining Stage methods that he could still use, and replace those he couldn't.

Gu Changan found a seemingly dry highland and dug an Immortal Cave directly in the ground. Then, he hid inside again. Gu Changan began to organize the treasures in his treasure gathering basin. First was the Medicinal Pill! The top-grade qi gathering pill could no longer keep up with his Spiritual Qi consumption.

He took out the various Medicinal Pills he had prepared earlier and began to identify which ones needed to be upgraded! Ningyuan Pill: stabilizes the Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation, prevents spiritual power from scattering, and is commonly used in the Early Stages after Foundation Establishment. This kind of use was not very great, given his current cultivation!