Chapter 2071 The Vengeful Young Lady 7

The two chatted, but their cultivation levels were slowly increasing.

Zhongli was pleasantly surprised to find that foot massages could indeed improve one's cultivation level.

"My cultivation level has improved; I've reached the fourth level of Qi Refining."

"Great, great. We can come here for foot massages often when we have free time."

"Ah."

Zhongli suddenly remembered the bet she made with her senior brothers and asked curiously, "Junior Sister, what level of Qi Refining have you reached?"

"what happened?"

"No, I'm just curious. I heard that the senior brothers from other peaks have reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. I think you, Senior Sister, are definitely not lower than them."

Although she had hardly ever seen her junior sister cultivate, as she was either walking foxes, getting foot massages, or reading storybooks, her guidance was very helpful, and her cultivation level was definitely no worse than others.

"Oh, I've also reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. How can I bring shame to Tianwai Mountain?"

"Junior Sister is indeed very talented."

"Hehe, cultivation is actually very simple. Just listen to me, and I guarantee your cultivation speed won't be slow."

"Yes, thank you for your guidance, Senior Sister. I will definitely work harder."

In fact, Zhongli's cultivation speed is considered fast compared to that of ordinary inner disciples.

After all, at this time, everyone's cultivation level was generally around the third level of Qi Refining.

Originally, her five spiritual roots would never have allowed her to cultivate at such a fast pace, but with Su Yan's guidance and ample resources, her cultivation was not restricted at all.

Zhong Li was unaware of the speeds of others; her attention was focused on those few prodigies, and she felt far inferior to them, unaware that she was actually stronger than many others.

Another month passed, and Zhongli felt that he had hit a bottleneck, with a feeling of stagnation where his spiritual power could no longer be increased.

"Junior Sister, why can't my spiritual power increase?"

Su Yan glanced at it and saw that he had already reached the eighth level of Qi Refining. It seemed that he was about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, which was why he had stopped progressing.

"Once your senior sister refines a Foundation Establishment Pill for you, you will be ready to establish your foundation."

"What? I'm going to reach the Foundation Establishment stage?" Zhong Li's focus was on the fact that she was going to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, completely ignoring how absurd it was that Su Yan said he would help her refine the Foundation Establishment Pill.

"Yes, you're about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, and all you need now is a Foundation Establishment Pill."

"But Junior Sister, do you really know how to refine Foundation Establishment Pills?"

"Of course, I've seen the recipe for Foundation Establishment Pills. It's very simple. I'll make it for you in a bit, don't rush."

"I'm not in a hurry, junior sister, take your time."

"Hmm, it just so happens that my master told me where his alchemy furnace is, otherwise I would have had to buy one."

After saying that, Su Yan went to the alchemy room on Tianwai Mountain. An hour later, she came out with a medicine bottle in her hand.

"Junior Sister, you're out! Did you finish refining the pills?"

"Don't worry, Master's alchemy room is fully equipped with herbs, refining Foundation Establishment Pills is not a problem at all."

"Oh, you're amazing, Junior Sister."

Su Yan handed a bottle of Foundation Establishment Pills to Zhong Li. Zhong Li took it and saw that there were more than ten or twenty Foundation Establishment Pills inside.

"so much?"

“I was worried that one wouldn’t be enough for you, so I made a few more for you. You can start your foundation building now, and I will protect you.”

"it is good."

After taking a Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhongli began to meditate and absorb spiritual energy.

Su Yan set up a high-level spirit-gathering array next to her, and the spiritual energy of the entire mountain surged into her body.

As expected, one Foundation Establishment Pill was not enough. Zhongli kept taking Foundation Establishment Pills, and after taking a total of fifteen, he finally succeeded in establishing his foundation.

When she successfully established her foundation and emitted a white light, the people on the other peaks were filled with emotion.

"It must be that junior sister from Tianwai Mountain who has reached the Foundation Establishment stage."

"I never expected that my junior sister, who is only seven years old, would also have reached the Foundation Establishment stage."

"That junior sister has certainly worked hard to establish her foundation at Tianwai Mountain."

"She hasn't come down the mountain once in the past two months; she's definitely been diligently cultivating."

"Her cultivation speed is not slow either; the other geniuses of this generation have only been at the Foundation Establishment stage for a few days."

"For a seven-year-old child to have this kind of cultivation speed is already quite talented."

Everyone assumed that Su Yan had successfully established her foundation, and no one paid any attention to Zhong Li. It was already quite an achievement for her, a person with five spiritual roots, to be able to cultivate Qi into her body. How dare she even think about establishing her foundation? Without sufficient resources, her cultivation would be extremely difficult, let alone establishing her foundation.

Zhongli excitedly grabbed Su Yan's hand and laughed, "Junior Sister, I've reached the Foundation Establishment stage! I've finally reached the Foundation Establishment stage!"

"Congratulations, Junior Sister Zhongli. I always knew that as long as you are willing to work hard, you will be no worse than anyone else."

"Yes, this is all thanks to my junior sister. If it weren't for her guidance, how could I have reached the Foundation Establishment stage so quickly?"

"You're the one who always takes care of me. I just give you some pointers. You're the one who's talented and hardworking."

"No, Junior Sister, you have helped me too much. Without your Foundation Establishment Pill, I would not have been able to establish my foundation."

"Oh, it's nothing. It's all thanks to Master's alchemy room having herbs for refining Foundation Establishment Pills, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to refine them."

"In any case, I will do whatever you ask me to do from now on."

"Oh, you're too kind, junior sister. We're practically family."

After Zhongli successfully completed his foundation building, the two enjoyed a venison hotpot at Tianwai Mountain.

When Zhongli went back to sleep, it finally dawned on him: Had his junior sister reached the Foundation Establishment stage?

The next day, she was still preoccupied with whether Su Yan knew about the Foundation Establishment, so she waited at her door early.

When Su Yan woke up and opened the door, she was startled to see someone standing there.

"Junior sister, what are you doing at my door?"

"Junior Sister, I was so focused on Foundation Establishment yesterday that I forgot to ask you when you achieved Foundation Establishment?"

Su Yan chuckled and said, "Just a few days ago, it wasn't much faster."

"My junior sister didn't even tell me about something as important as Foundation Establishment."

"Oh dear, I must have been busy walking the snow fox and forgot to tell you."

"Really?" Walking the dog—oh no, walking the fox—is actually more important than Foundation Establishment?

Zhongli and Su Yan lived in Tianwai Mountain, so they lacked comparisons, and no one else taught her. Moreover, she didn't really understand the specific difficulties of cultivating immortality.

She believed everything Su Yan said, since Su Yan's cultivation was higher than hers and she could guide her, so everything she said must be correct.

Therefore, she had no idea how powerful someone like Su Yan, who could so easily reach the Foundation Establishment stage, really was.

But she still felt that she had overlooked something.

When she went down the mountain to buy supplies again, she realized what she had overlooked.