護花近衛 - 第4100章 幫你築基 - 翰墨軒

Wei Zhao smiled and drew a top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill from his robes. He had refined it for Hong Zhong back on the Far North Island; not all of the batch had gone to auction—he had kept a few for his own use. Now was the perfect moment to bring one out for Xueli.

"This... is this a Foundation Establishment Pill?" Xueli was stunned at the sight of it.

She was still only at the peak of the Heaven Tier, but she had spent long enough on Cloud Tier Island, and even by sheer osmosis she knew what a Foundation Establishment Pill was. It was a crucial elixir to aid one's assault on the Foundation Establishment stage—even a Mid Island sect like the Snow Sword Sect would not casually hand such things out to its disciples. Yet Wei Zhao had produced one without a second thought, and from the look of it, of the very finest quality.

"Indeed. Once you take it, you will be able to establish your foundation as quickly as possible, and gain a little more strength to protect yourself—so that in days to come you need not suffer bullying at the hands of any stray cat or dog." Wei Zhao laughed.

"Mm. All right." Xueli had long since come to regard herself as Wei Zhao's woman, and so she did not fuss or stand on courtesy. She took the top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill directly.

The only thought in her mind now was that she had indeed not misjudged him. Wherever this man went, he was destined never to be the weak one. In a mere half year or so on Cloud Tier Island, his strength had already surged to the very peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage—and more outrageous still, even Wei Shenjin, a cultivator of the early Golden Core stage, had come off the worse at his hands. If word of that ever spread, it would drop the jaws of the whole world.

Of course, what truly astonished Xueli even more was Wei Zhao's connections. Far away on the North Island, and yet he had acquaintances here on the Mid Island—and not just anyone, but a top-tier power like the Five Elements Merchant Guild. And by the look of it, these connections were absolutely reliable; they would not betray him.

This made Xueli all the more certain that there was good reason Wei Zhao had risen from a lone rogue cultivator in the mortal realm to a figure dreaded by every ancient sect. Perhaps one day, in this Mid Island teeming with masters, Wei Zhao too would claim a place of his own.

Once her condition was settled, she swallowed the top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill. Then Wei Zhao himself instructed her in how to circulate the true qi within her body, guiding her step by step in her assault upon the Foundation Establishment stage.

In both depth of foundation and natural talent, Xueli was in truth no whit inferior to anyone else. Now, with the aid of the top-grade Foundation Establishment Pill and Wei Zhao's guidance, her breakthrough came as naturally as water flowing into a channel, without a single hitch along the way.

With Wei Zhao standing guard over her, the process went on without danger or incident for two full hours, until at last Xueli succeeded in establishing her foundation and became a cultivator of the early Foundation Establishment stage.

"It... it actually worked?" Feeling the earth-shaking transformation within her body, Xueli could not help but feel that it was all unreal.

Breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage—this wish had lain buried in her heart for so long. Yet for more than half a year she had not only failed to achieve it, she had not made even the slightest bit of progress; it had always remained impossibly out of reach. Now, in the space of a single short day since meeting Wei Zhao, she had arrived there in one stride. It was almost too incredible to believe.

"Of course. You are now a genuine cultivator of the early Foundation Establishment stage. Only, from here on things become a little troublesome." Even as Wei Zhao smiled, his brows knitted slightly.