Cultivation Starting from Full Talent-Chapter 146 - 144 Late-stage Foundation Establishment
Chapter 146: Chapter 144 Late-stage Foundation Establishment
Time flies, and two years passed in a hurry.
77th Spiritual Field Courtyard.
At the ripe old age of 107, Ning Daoran suddenly slapped the desk in front of him, smashing it into pieces!
“Damn it, why haven’t I achieved a breakthrough yet, not even reaching the late stage of Foundation Establishment?!”
His advancement speed was frustratingly slow, and Ning Daoran felt his mental state beginning to crumble.
“Forget it.”
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He took a deep breath, squinted his eyes, and said, “Since you refuse to recognize what’s good for you and don’t wish to break through on your own, then I have no choice but to rely on elixirs to achieve it!”
“Awooo~~~”
Big Stupid Deer became inexplicably excited.
Ning Daoran planned to refine a Breakthrough Pill for the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
This pill was called the Snow Toad Pill, the main ingredient being Heart-clearing Grass that met the thousand-year requirement, plus over twenty auxiliary herbs.
Ning Daoran had both the Heart-clearing Grass and the auxiliary herbs in the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven; their age was not a problem at all, way beyond required levels.
Especially the Heart-clearing Grass, which had already surpassed five thousand years!
However, the Snow Toad Pill required a specific auxiliary herb—blood from a Snow Toad.
And it had to be from a Snow Toad in the late second stage.
The whereabouts of the Snow Toads were not a secret.
Deep within the Yellow Dragon Mountain Range, there lay an extremely high altitude area known as Canglan Snow Mountain.
It was said that deep in Canglan Snow Mountain, there were numerous Snow Toads, though it was unknown whether any of them were in the late second stage.
After several trips to Yellow Dragon Square, Ning Daoran found no late second stage Snow Toad blood and had no choice but to make the trip himself.
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“Uncle, are you really going on a long journey?” Chen Weimo asked with concern in his eyes.
“It’s nothing, not that far, just gathering some rare herbs.”
Ning Daoran checked the treasures in his Storage Bag and said, “I’ll take Old Lu and Little Blackie with me. You and Chen Yuzhu stay home and guard the house. I’ve taught you all the spells to control the several arrays, so make sure nothing goes wrong.”
“Yes, uncle!”
“Master.”
From the side, Chen Yuzhu spoke softly, “Do you want to bring some food? I can go make some now.”
“No need, Old Lu and I will find our own food once we get there.”
“Yes, master.”
Not far away, the Ink Jiao Dragon’s vertical pupils violently twitched as its body scales flipped, bristling with unease.
It began to worry that the so-called “food” might be itself.
“Let’s go.”
Ning Daoran slapped his Spirit Beast Bag, and the massive body of the Ink Jiao Dragon turned into a streak of black light, flying into the bag. After wriggling a bit, it found a comfortable position to lie down.
“Old Lu, let’s set off!”
After two streams of fleeing light, Ning Daoran and Big Stupid Deer left the Chaotic Sect together.
…
Several days later.
Deep within the tens of thousands of miles of the Yellow Dragon Mountain Range, the lush green deep forest scenery vanished.
With increased elevation, the forest ahead turned bald, and it wasn’t long before the area became a snow-covered mountain.
After crossing several peaks, there was Canglan Snow Mountain!
Ning Daoran threw out over a dozen second-class Paperfolk with a “shua shua shua” of his hand, and instantly these Paperfolk inflated and exploded in midair, turning into figures of Paper Cultivators.
They maintained a slight Divine Soul connection with Ning Daoran, turning into fleeing lights that disappeared into the wind in search of the desired Snow Toad.
After flying a little longer, Ning Daoran lowered his altitude.
The Snow Toad’s body was not very large, and since this demon beast was adept at Concealing Breath, flying too high might make it impossible to find.
The next moment, Ning Daoran released his Divine Sense, beginning to survey Canglan Snow Mountain.
“Awooo~~~”
Not far away, Big Stupid Deer transformed into a pure snow-white White Deer, its hooves spreading out, covering dozens of feet in a single bound and leaving snowy ripples across the ground.
“Little Blackie, let’s search together.”
Ning Daoran raised his hand and released the Ink Jiao Dragon.
Instantly, the massive Ink Jiao Dragon streaked like lightning across the snowy peaks, its blood-colored eyes continuously scanning the surroundings.
“Awoo!”
Suddenly, the White Deer let out a long cry.
A Snow Toad had appeared!
A jade-white light flashed at an astonishing speed, darting nearly a hundred feet through the woods with a “shua.”
“Don’t let it get away!”
Ning Daoran contorted his body in midair, Wind Riding Leisurely Technique already operating at Return to Nature, turning into an afterimage as he dashed forward, pushing out a wave of Evergreen Technique Power that caused all things to manifest.
Above the ground, a void figure slowly revealed itself, greatly shocked!
“Quack quack!”
It cried out, quickly darting away.
This was indeed a Snow Toad, its body crystal clear and lustrous like white jade.
Its body was enveloped in a rich, robust demon beast aura, and it was a rather good-looking early second-stage Snow Toad.
Facing the mid-stage White Deer and Ink Jiao Dragon, it started to run for its life.
“So, it’s only early second stage.”
Ning Daoran frowned slightly, “Stop chasing, let it go.”
Saying this, he quietly placed a tracking mark on the Snow Toad.
…
It is said that Snow Toads are social creatures, similar to cockroaches in that if you spot one Snow Toad, it means there’s a nest of them nearby.
Half a day later.
Two figures appeared silently in a snowy valley, namely Ning Daoran and Big Stupid Deer after concealing their breaths.
“Found it…”
A delighted look crossed Ning Daoran’s eyes; there indeed existed a Second-stage Late-stage Snow Toad right in this valley!
Luckily it was at the late-stage of the second tier; had it been third-tier, Ning Daoran might have turned away directly.
Alchemy was important, but life was paramount.
“Old Lu, Little Blackie.”
Ning Daoran wanted to hone the combat skills of the two Spiritual Beasts, and he glanced around saying, “Go subdue that Second-stage Late-stage Snow Toad, I’ll cover you.”
“Aooo Aooo Aooo~~~”
Big Stupid Deer suddenly landed, its body expanding several times over, with a surge of a holy aura all around.
It was assertive, like the Vanguard General of the Ning Family Army.
“Roar~~~”
Little Blackie too let out an angry roar, reverted to its original form—a Second Rank Mid-stage Ink Jiao Dragon, stretching over thirty meters, slithering through the snow directly towards its target.
Right then, the Second-stage Late-stage Snow Toad, hidden in the snow, flipped itself up.
It croaked loudly, showing its ferocity. Being at the late second tier, would it fear two Second-stage Mid-tier Demon Beasts?
“Boom—”
Amidst a loud noise, Big Stupid Deer transformed into a beam of white light, its antlers striking fiercely, directly flipping the massive body of the Snow Toad.
Subsequently, a series of Five Elements Techniques exploded, with Fierce Flame, Earth Spur, Ice Cone, and more appearing out of thin air and striking the Snow Toad.
“Roar~~~”
Little Blackie swept across, open wide its huge mouth and abruptly bit the Snow Toad’s hind leg, its body rapidly entangling, aiming to strangle the Snow Toad alive.
However, being at the late second tier, the Snow Toad was not about to sit idly by.
A burst of Ice Qi sprayed out, directly covering Little Blackie’s fierce head in frost, even freezing its entire head amidst the Cold Wind making it immobile.
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Following this, the Snow Toad screeched, suddenly erupting with a dense series of ice spurs around it, which when they hit the scales of the Ink Jiao Dragon, created a series of loud sounds.
After breaking free, it attempted a frantic escape.
But unexpectedly, a massive figure descended from the sky—Big Stupid Deer transformed into tiger form, and with a swipe of its giant tiger paw, forcefully pinned the Snow Toad’s head to the snowy ground.
“Thud!”
The force was so great that the Snow Toad’s head struck the ground, causing the snow to continuously crack in a spiderweb pattern!
Amidst roaring, the blood Qi within the Ink Jiao Dragon burst forth, instantly shattering the ice that confined its head, and in swift movements, the thick tail of the Jiao Dragon fiercely struck the body of the Snow Toad!
Amidst the loud bangs, the Snow Toad’s bloated body flipped over, even its outer shell cracked, beginning to bleed!
“Damn…”
Amidst the wind, Ning Daoran, with arms folded, couldn’t help but marvel at the spectacle before him.
What a blockbuster scene!
Old Lu, Little Blackie, and the Snow Toad were all wildly formidable!
The funny thing was, aside from this Second-stage Late-stage Snow Toad, there were thousands of other Snow Toads in this snow valley, including many at the early second stage.
However, the rest of the Snow Toads were just watching the battle and didn’t swarm together.
They were extremely quiet, as if awaiting the defeat of the strongest Snow Toad before choosing another to be the strongest, as it wasn’t themselves who would be dying.
“That’s about enough, step back!”
Ning Daoran plunged from the sky, his right hand suddenly extending, immediately condensing the powerful mana of the Seventeenth Layer Evergreen Technique into a gigantic palm, which he fiercely slammed onto the head of the Snow Toad.
“Boom—”
With one palm strike, the Second-stage Late-stage Snow Toad stopped breathing.
Ning Daoran quickly froze its corporal body using mana, storing it in his Storage Ring.
A large quantity of Snow Toad blood had been preserved; alchemy would certainly not pose a problem.
He didn’t want to complicate matters and directly stored the Ink Jiao Dragon in the Spirit Beast Bag, and then headed back to the Chaotic Sect with Big Stupid Deer.
…
Qiongbi Peak.
Ning Daoran began his alchemy, crafting the Second-stage Top-grade Elixir—Snow Toad Pills!
Several days later.
“Emerging from seclusion!”
Emerging from seclusion with smoky and scorched traces all over his face, Ning Someone held in his arms a bottle of exceedingly precious elixir pills—the Snow Toad Pills!
Moreover, these Snow Toad Pills included many of top-quality grade!
Although the process of pill-making went not so smoothly, and was even somewhat perilous,
the Snow Toad Pills were extremely difficult to craft, with the first two batches unexpectedly exploding, which was also why Ning Daoran was all soot and dirt.
But he was someone good at summarizing, constantly writing and marking down various details about flame control and medicinal material ratios in his little notebook, which led to successful batches later on.
Even the last few batches had a more than ninety percent success rate in pill crafting.
By then, he had become a bona fide Second-stage Top-grade Alchemist!
Inside the Spirit Garden Cave Heaven.
Ning Daoran swallowed three top-quality Snow Toad Pills in one go and began running the Evergreen Technique and True Yang Furnace Technique for a breakthrough.
Instantly, green and red Spiritual Power surged through his body, beginning to break the shackles deep within his body to reach an even higher Realm!
Having been at the Late-stage Foundation Establishment for sixty-seven years without any breakthrough, even Ning Daoran’s calm and detached nature couldn’t tolerate it.
This had to be the time for pill popping!
Even if he had to use pills, he needed a breakthrough!
As a result, the three Snow Toad Pills transformed into three mighty bursts of Essence Qi within his body, flowing towards his limbs and bones, and then continuously refined by Ning Daoran into his own mana.
Eventually, his entire body was like an ever-expanding immense furnace, about to reach its limit.
“Still not enough?”
He frowned, raising his hand to throw two more top-quality Snow Toad Pills into his mouth!
With enough medication, his body finally responded.
“Crack…”
Inside his body, some invisible constraint, just like a porcelain bottle cracking, suddenly shattered.
That was the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment’s bottleneck, which was broken through in an instant, and then a vast amount of Magic Power Condensed Liquid surged into his Dantian, quickly filling up the newly expanded Dantian!
Late-stage Foundation Establishment, finally achieved!
