Shen Fang stayed with Su Bai for half a day, drinking two pots of Spiritual Tea.
As Shen Fang was leaving, Su Bai even gave her some prepared tea leaves.
Watching Shen Fang's departing back, Su Bai felt a bit emotional.
The once great Cultivator of the Qi Refining Stage - Late Phase, Fairy Shen, was now a mother, and with age, she revealed such a side.
Thinking of the occasional wrinkle that appeared on Shen Fang's forehead while she chatted and laughed with her, Su Bai realized that she had, after all, grown old.
As for Shen Fang's matchmaking, Su Bai naturally refused.
What a joke, she didn't want to acknowledge any talented young men.
If she were to acknowledge anyone, wouldn't it be more appealing to acknowledge a Saintess or a Demonic Maiden?
A Saintess as pure as a white lotus, inviolable, or a Demonic Path enchantress as mischievous as a little devil.
Just thinking about it made her excited, didn't it?
This was much better than any worthless talented young man.
Girls, fragrant, soft, small…
Shaking her head, she threw out the strange thoughts in her mind.
"What are you thinking, Su Bai? You need to Cultivate now."
"Alas!"
After sending off Shen Fang, Su Bai completely activated the Formation at Haijiao Cliff.
Not only that, but she also incorporated her own understanding from these past years, making some modifications to the Formation later.
The concealment ability was enhanced.
After the Formation was activated, Su Bai entered her room, then affixed a concealment talisman.
Only then did she enter the Immortal Cave she had dug.
The resources available in the underground Immortal Cave were even more abundant than those above ground.
Moreover, their age was generally around a thousand years.
This was the limit for a Low Grade Spirit Medicine.
But here with Su Bai, there were even more second-tier Spirit Medicines.
Among them, the most precious was undoubtedly the third-tier Spiritual Wood, the Millennium Qingyun Thunder Bamboo.
Originally just a small section of Spiritual Wood, it was later cultivated by Su Bai into a single plant, and now it had fully grown into a bamboo forest.
Even the Qingzhu Sword Sect probably didn't possess so much Millennium Qingyun Thunder Bamboo.
For safety, even underground, Su Bai had set up Formations.
Su Bai was so cautious today because she wanted to completely raise her Body Refining Cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Realm!
After confirming all concealment Formations were correct, Su Bai then activated the Gathering Spirit Array and took out the Low-Grade Spirit Stones from her Storage Pouch.
The Spirit Stones piled up, forming a small mountain.
It was estimated there were at least seven to eight thousand Spirit Stones.
With the dual assistance of the Gathering Spirit Array and a large number of Spirit Stones, and various Medicinal Pills by her side, this Body Refining Foundation Establishment was foolproof.
Sitting in the center of the Gathering Spirit Array, feeling the surrounding Spiritual Qi concentration significantly increase by a level.
After taking a deep breath, the Cultivation Technique within her body began to rotate on its own.
Without hesitation, Su Bai waved her hand, and the Qingyun Thunder Bamboo behind her was activated.
Endless power of thunder, carried by wood-attribute Spiritual Qi, entered Su Bai's body.
Even with Su Bai's formidable Physique, she felt a slight discomfort at this time.
But the first stage of Body Refining - Late Stage, coupled with a forty-fold amplified Physique, made this thunderous infusion completely within Su Bai's tolerance.
Others cultivating this "Heavenly Calamity Illusionary Thunder Body Tempering Method" would definitely not find it as easy as Su Bai.
With ample preparation, Su Bai's Breakthrough was smoother than imagined.
She didn't even feel any obstruction.
Only the power of the Qingyun Thunder Bamboo was continuously absorbed into her body, drawing in like a bottomless pit.
Finally, a thunderous roar echoed within Su Bai's body.
Body Refining Foundation Establishment, success!
Her eyes opened, and a streak of white lightning flashed in Su Bai's eyes.
After her Body Refining Realm broke through to the second stage, a large amount of Spiritual Qi began to infuse her body.
Su Bai's Qi Refining Realm actually began to be pushed forward.
Cultivating Body Refining by absorbing Spiritual Qi with a second-stage Body Refining Cultivation, a portion was absorbed by the physical body, and another portion entered the Meridians, where the Spiritual Qi was forcibly pushed forward.
Drip ~
At this moment, a drop of water sound suddenly echoed in Su Bai's mind.
The dense Spiritual Qi mist in her Meridians had already condensed to a visible degree.
Finally, it gathered in her Dantian, and a drop of liquid Spiritual Qi appeared.
Spiritual Qi liquefaction was a symbol of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Su Bai had successfully broken through to the ninth layer of Qi Refining at this time, although she had not yet become a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
But her profound Foundation allowed her to liquefy Spiritual Qi in advance.
Feeling the power of that drop of Spiritual Qi in her Dantian, Su Bai was able to glimpse a corner of the powerful veil of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
The Spell cast with this drop of Spiritual Qi was at least ten times more powerful than the Spells she currently cast!
"Whew ~ I didn't expect this to be the power of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator."
"Strong! So strong!"
"Unbelievable!"
Having personally experienced the power of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Su Bai now understood that her caution back then was justified.
When she fought Yu Hun in the Zhenyi Secret Realm, Su Bai was confident that she had no match in the Qi Refining Realm.
However, she had never personally experienced the power of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, so she used all her means in one go back then.
Fortunately, Yu Hun had just advanced to Foundation Establishment, and was not proficient in many techniques, being intimidated by Su Bai's powerful explosive force, which was no less than that of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Only then was she able to easily kill him.
For example, when Xu Changge advanced to a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, she spent several months at the Qingzhu Sword Sect consolidating her Realm.
Later, she replenished her Spiritual Artifacts in Tianyun City, increasing her Foundation Establishment Cultivator's means.
That evil Cultivator, on the other hand, entered the Secret Realm with a Hundred Soul Banner he used during the Qi Refinement Stage.
Except for his Cultivation and Divine Sense, he was so poor that he had nothing to do with a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Thinking that she only had one drop of liquid Spiritual Qi, while a Foundation Establishment Cultivator had their entire Cultivation transformed into liquid Spiritual Qi.
Based on her current Spiritual Qi, it was estimated that a Foundation Establishment Cultivator in the early phase would have at least twenty drops of liquid Spiritual Qi.
"But I'm not far from Qi Refining Foundation Establishment either."
Although this time she passively increased her Cultivation by one layer by breaking through the Body Refining Realm, it only took ten years.
The day she reached Qi Refining Peak was not far off either.
Although her Body Refining reached the second Realm, Su Bai lacked none of the means a Foundation Establishment Cultivator should have: flying in the air, a hundred-zhang Divine Sense.
The only disadvantage compared to a Qi Refining Cultivator was the scarcity of Spiritual Qi.
Qi Refining Cultivators possess various powerful Cultivation Techniques, Spells, and sharp means of controlling Spiritual Artifacts.
Body Cultivators only gain physical Divine Abilities after reaching the third Realm, which allows them to compensate for their lack of combat means compared to Qi Refining Cultivators.
And…
Su Bai looked at the Qingyun Thunder Bamboo behind her.
The originally lush, thunder-glowing bamboo now appeared incredibly dim, clearly having suffered severe Spiritual Qi loss.
It was too much of a waste of resources.
It took so much effort to refine the body, yet the means were fewer than those of Qi Refining Cultivators.
No wonder many only regarded it as a supplementary Cultivation.
But for Su Bai, it didn't matter.
With a flick of her wrist, a drop of Creation Essence was flung towards the Qingyun Thunder Bamboo.
The Creation Essence was quickly absorbed upon touching the bamboo leaves.
The previously somewhat listless bamboo now radiated brilliance once again.
Seeing this, a smile appeared on Su Bai's face.
She truly possessed the ability to protect herself in this Star Luo Archipelago now!
"Now that my Divine Sense has greatly increased, things I didn't understand before now seem to be nothing special."
After her Divine Sense became powerful, Su Bai felt that things she had encountered during Alchemy that she didn't understand suddenly became clear.
She still had many techniques that needed improvement.
Even Formations were the same; standing at a higher Realm, things from lower Realms were directly revealed.
She believed that after a few more attempts, she would be able to personally set up a second-tier Formation.
Even the Puppet Art, which she had found extremely difficult before, she now completely understood its secrets.
"So, the true entry into Puppet Art requires Divine Sense, and the Foundation Establishment Cultivator Realm is truly suitable for learning Puppet Art."
Now Su Bai felt like she had many things to do.
She had become fierce!
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