262 Shocking Change! (2/2)
Furthermore, there couldn't be any mistakes made during the entire process, which required nurturing and care. Failure was of lesser consequence, as the damage to one's meridians and dantian during the process would be a more dangerous life-threatening situation.
That was especially so as during the entire process, one wasn't allowed to move his body. Therefore, it must take place in an extremely safe place. Wang Baole had to abide by that even though he was integrating with a perfect object. He even felt that right at that moment, he shouldn't be moving unnecessarily. If not, the newly integrated small tripod cauldron within his body would be unstable, causing the Spirit Qi source within it to be released. His body would be like a balloon, exploding directly.
That was the reason why Wang Baole didn't dare make an attempt at Foundation Establishment previously. It was only there that he felt safe and made use of the opportunity for Foundation Establishment. He took a deep breath and maintained his body posture to stabilize the small tripod cauldron which had integrated into his dantian. He then began the second step, which was also the most crucial last step of the process.
Life Foundation!
If the first step had to proceed smoothly without any incidents, the second step must be even more smooth-sailing. Any small turbulence would lead to failure as the Life Foundation step involved integrating one's life, flesh, and blood with the small tripod cauldron, in order to turn it into one of his own organs.
He couldn't afford to be distracted. After Wang Baole sent orders to his mosquitoes outside to patrol on their own and prevent anyone from coming near, he settled down and attempted to integrate his meridians, flesh, and blood together with the small tripod cauldron according to the method taught by the Dao College.
The advantage of using a perfect object for Foundation Dstablishment was obvious. The whole process was extremely smooth sailing. Very quickly, Wang Baole's life, flesh, and blood began to connect with the small tripod cauldron to a certain extent. After five minutes, the integration had reached thirty percent.
Slowly, it became forty, fifty, and sixty percent…
As time passed and the degree of integration increased, the movement of Wang Baole's cultivation grew stronger. If others who had used the fragments for Foundation Establishment were to see him, they would be immensely shocked. Wang Baole, having reached only sixty percent integration, was giving off a vibe so strong that it was on a level similar to that of people who have achieved complete integration using the fragments.
The integration process didn't stop there. Gradually, it rose to seventy, eighty percent…
As the integration occurred and Wang Baole's cultivation was boosted significantly at astonishing speed, his life, his flesh and blood, his spirit, and his everything seemed to have been evolved in the process of combining with the small tripod cauldron. At the same time, memories and scenes of ancient times seemed to have emerged from the small tripod cauldron, flooding into Wang Baole's mind.
There were so many images that Wang Baole was unable to take a clear look at everything. He noticed that the image that appeared most frequently was that of a gigantic altar, with numerous blurry figures surrounding it and praying. Of those praying figures, there were so many of them whose vibes alone made Wang Baole frightened. He didn't know what level of cultivation they were at, but he had a feeling that a single look by one of them would be sufficient to destroy him thoroughly.
The altar that they were praying to consisted of three levels. There were four small tripod cauldrons on the lowest level, and one of them was exactly the one that Wang Baole was integrating!
On the second level was a pair of pearls, one black and one white, giving off a dark and shimmering glow respectively!
The third level was a fog layer. Faces of the commoners who were extremely devout appeared from within it. It looked extremely bizarre, and it was apparent that the objects placed on the three levels were offerings. They were in ascending levels in terms of value, and one could see how Wang Baole was bestowed with an unusually good fate that time around.
After all, it was only an offering from the first level, but it was already being revered by so many people. That made it clear that its value couldn't be described with words.
The thing that the countless figures were praying and offering valuable items to… could be seen in a blur from the image that appeared in Wang Baole's mind through the small tripod cauldron.
It seemed to be a green lotus growing in mid-air!
The instant he saw the green lotus, which was the exact same moment where the integration with the small tripod cauldron had reached eighty percent, Wang Baole's vibe was so strong that it had already exceeded those who had succeeded in advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage. One could imagine that after he had succeeded, Wang Baole's Foundation Establishment would be much more formidable than everyone else's!
However, just at that point, something happened. Wang Baole's mosquitoes, which were outside his cave abode, exploded even before they could sense someone approaching. The gray-colored mosquito was more hardy but had only managed to last for a while more, just in time to send a signal to Wang Baole before it completely vaporized.
Wang Baole trembled. The image of the green lotus in his mind vanished, replaced by the expressionless face of the charging old lady sent by the gray-colored mosquito!
The moment the image of the old lady appeared in Wang Baole's mind, an astonishing loud noise reverberated in all directions and caused the earth to shake such that Wang Baole's small cave tumbled and was torn open from above Wang Baole's head!
The wall above his head exploded open. As innumerable rocks pelted down, the old lady, carrying a ferocious vibe and a boisterous manner, looked condescendingly at him…
Sudden change had occurred!