The space within the sect leader’s hall had been fully taken up by several spiritual weapons. The glare of the spiritual weapons was so bright that it made people hard to open their eyes.
These spiritual weapons formed a huge circular array with the patterns of five gates and eight formations, Tai Chi, Yin Yang, and other patterns. This array was interconnected to each other, and each step was shocking. Just looking at it was enough to make people dizzy!
Outside the array, several elders had grave looks on their faces. They did not reserve to release their spiritual energy into the huge array as they stared nervously at the figure in the array!
The Grand Elder stood in front of the array. He formed a seal with his fingers and chanted the Nine-word Secret Mantra, controlling the entire array!
“Pain means the blood circulation is not smooth, and vice versa. Zhou Yun, the first step of the hundred-day foundation establishment is to test the method using your body. Amid endless pain, you must find the most suitable method to achieve foundation establishment. You have to hold on to it!” The Grand Elder could only give his blessing to Zhou Yun in his heart. With a wave of his hand, the radiance of the entire array seemed to materialize and pressed down on Zhou Yun’s body!
“Argh!” Zhou Yun cried out in pain. He felt like his body was about to be crushed!
Not only was his body being suppressed by the light of the array, but the light was also drilling into his blood vessels and meridians through his pores, trying to penetrate every single blood vessel in his body!
Zhou Yun gritted his teeth. His eyes were bloodshot from the endless pain, turning scarlet.
It hurt so much. Although Zhou Yun had thought that a person who could go through the perfect foundation establishment would not be as simple as ordinary people, he did not expect it to hurt to this extent!
It was as if hundreds of thousands of ants were gnawing and crawling inside his body! It was the pain of ten thousand ants gnawing at one’s heart!
“Blargh!” Zhou Yun could not help but spit out a mouthful of blood. The entire array instantly dimmed and stopped functioning!
“Zhou Yun!” The Grand Elder quickly stopped controlling the array. He flew to Zhou Yun’s side and transferred his spiritual energy to Zhou Yun, relieving the pain in his body.
“This is the seventh failure. From the looks of it, Elder He’s perfect foundation isn’t suitable for Zhou Yun.” One of the elders could not help but sigh when he saw Zhou Yun’s pale face.
“When you’re full of Qi, the vessel will open on its own. Zhou Yun, you failed because Elder He’s method of perfect foundation establishment was not suitable for you. The great array’s forced circulation of Qi in your body was not in line with your circulation of Qi, which was why you felt the unbearable pain!”
The Grand Elder said as he retracted his hand after seeing Zhou Yun recover.
Zhou Yun wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth with a bitter expression.
This was the seventh time. Every time he failed, the pain he suffered was aggravated from the last time!
By the seventh time, Zhou Yun felt for the first time what it meant to have ten thousand ants gnawing at one’s heart!
The perfect foundation establishment was indeed not something an ordinary person could achieve. No wonder only the Eldest Senior Sister of the entire Spirit Valley had succeeded.
Zhou Yun took a deep breath and gritted his teeth. He did not plan to give up and was still motivating himself in his heart.
“That’s strange. In the past, by adjusting the direction of the foundation establishment according to the reaction of the array, it would take at most three times to achieve the perfect foundation establishment. Why did Zhou Yun fail even after seven times?” Elder He was confused. “Could it be that Zhou Yun’s innate ability was poor?”
“Zhou Yun is a glory disciple who broke through to the legendary tenth layer of Qi cultivation. No matter what, he can’t be lacking talent. Stop making wild guesses,” another elder said.
“Forget it. In any case, we can just keep trying. We have all the time in the world.” A chubby elder chuckled. This time, the sect leader had given them a lot of resources to help Zhou Yun in his foundation establishment. The more they helped, the more rewards they would receive.
When Zhou Yun heard the elders’ conversation, he was dumbfounded.
Actually, it was not that everyone’s perfect foundation establishment was so simple. He had suffered so many painful failures because his innate ability was too poor!
When these Grand Elders saw that Zhou Yun had broken through to the legendary tenth layer of Qi cultivation, they thought Zhou Yun had a very good innate ability.
However, only Zhou Yun knew that his innate ability was not good at all!
Zhou Yun knew that he couldn’t continue with this anymore. If he allowed these elders to continue with their perfect foundation establishment on him, he would die from the pain sooner or later!
Zhou Yun clenched his fists. How should he make the elders proceed with the perfect foundation establishment under the condition of his poor innate ability?
“I can’t tell anyone about the system.”
Zhou Yun furrowed his brows. He could not think of a way to break out of this situation!
If he were to tell the elders that his innate ability was not good, they would definitely suspect why his cultivation speed was so fast!
But if he didn’t stop the perfect foundation establishment, he would die from the pain sooner or later!
The Grand Elder was calling the elders to adjust their breathing and focus, preparing for the next operation of the array.
Zhou Yun, on the other hand, was full of anxiety. Just as he was clueless, that familiar lovely female voice rang out in his mind!
“Handsome Master, why don’t you try the system? Have you forgotten that this system is the most powerful system with the most potential in the world?
“As long as Master wants to, you can enter the Enlightenment State at any time.”
The system’s cute voice rang out in Zhou Yun’s head like a ray of light that lit up his thoughts!
He had never thought that he could use the system this way!
Zhou Yun instantly thought of how to use the system to complete this d*mn perfect foundation establishment! His mood couldn’t help but rise!
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“Thanks, System!” said Zhou Yun from the bottom of his heart. His system was too awesome!
“Oh? Zhou Yun’s expression has changed from looking dispirited to smiling confidently.” The Grand Elder saw the change in Zhou Yun’s expression and could not help but smile as he stroked his beard, “He’s neither arrogant nor impetuous, and he fights against despair. This kid has the strongest character I’ve ever seen for the longest time in Spirit Valley.
“In that case, Elders, activate the array!” The Grand Elder’s voice reverberated in the sect leader’s hall. Several elders released their spiritual Qi, and several streams of spiritual Qi flooded the array like a long dragon!
“It’s here!” Zhou Yun sat cross-legged, and he felt the familiar pressure pressing down on him again. No, it was stronger than the last time!
If Zhou Yun did not succeed in his foundation establishment this time, he might be crushed into a meat pie by this pressure!
However, Zhou Yun was not frightened at all. Instead, he closed his eyes in excitement and used his Divine Sense to feel the meridians in his body.
“This is it! Could this be enlightenment?” When the Grand Elder saw Zhou Yun’s state, he was so shocked that he almost lost control of the array!
“The younger generation will surpass the older! I’ve been in Spirit Valley for hundreds of years, and I’ve never heard of anyone who experienced enlightenment during the perfect foundation establishment!” The Grand Elder was pleased.
Other than the Grand Elder, the other elders were also shocked by Zhou Yun’s actions. Their faces were full of disbelief!
Ordinary people’s enlightenment had nothing to do with sword technique or cultivation method, which could greatly improve their combat power. However, this was the first time in thousands of years that they had seen someone experience enlightenment during the foundation establishment!
“Should we feel envious or regretful?” An elder couldn’t help but mutter. He really couldn’t figure it out as after having enlightenment during the foundation establishment, it wouldn’t be useful in a fight with others!
Zhou Yun didn’t know how much his enlightenment had impacted the elders of the Spirit Valley.
At this moment, he was using his Divine Sense to observe his body. And for the first time, he resisted the pain caused by the array!