My dreams can simulate the future.

Chapter 123 Attempting Foundation Building

Jiang Chen was self-aware; even with just the sliver of power from the Dream Butterfly Diagram he had used, he had struggled considerably to deal with Tu Po.

It's not realistic to go and deal with the cultivators on the fifth floor of the dungeon right now.

"Senior brother, you flatter me. With my limited abilities, I need your help even to complete my breakthrough. I dare not even think about anything else."

"By the way, senior brother, if you give me some blank jade slips, I will record all the important information from my breakthrough memories."

It contains a lot of information about the internal workings of the Ghost Soul Sect, which is very helpful for our understanding of the sect.

Jian Zhao immediately took out several jade slips: "Thank you for your trouble, Junior Brother Jiang. I will draft a document to report your merits to Master."

Jiang Chen took the jade slip and immediately recorded the contents of Tu Po's memories one by one.

As a disciple of a Core Formation Realm expert, Tu Po's cultivation techniques and spells are quite impressive.

His main cultivation technique is called the "Mysterious Yin Soul Refining Technique," which focuses on cultivating the soul and can absorb various yin-attribute energies to nourish the soul.

It can even directly devour ghosts and acquire their memories.

Within the Ghost Soul Sect, this is also one of its core traditions.

Unfortunately, this technique is incompatible with Jiang Chen's main cultivation method, the Great Dream of a Thousand Autumns Technique.

At most, it can be used as a reference when I deduce the techniques myself in the future.

He recorded all the important information he gleaned, including the details of the inheritance.

"Senior Brother Jian, all the memories I glimpsed are here."

Jian Zhao took the jade slip and immediately assured his master, "It concerns the safety of Ironstone Fortress, so I must report to my master as soon as possible."

We'll discuss the interrogation of the other prisoners another day.

Jiang Chen naturally had no objections, so he took his leave and returned to his small courtyard.

Afterwards, Jiang Chen remained in a dream state, observing the changes in the true meaning of the dream butterfly.

Only when time ran out did I passively exit the dream.

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Jiang Chen's consciousness returned to the real world. At this time, he was still in the Golden Cauldron Sect, and there were still twenty-five days before he could go to Changyuan Mountain.

Recalling what he saw in his dream, his face was full of smiles.

"I never expected to find my grandfather in this dream. Luckily, he hid in Changyuan City and wasn't seriously injured."

"That [External Material Foundation Building Method] truly lives up to its reputation as a secret technique passed down from the Creation Sect; its effects are truly astonishing."

My true meaning of the butterfly dream has long been formed and has remained unchanged for many years.

After merging with the Seed of True Meaning, not only could he draw upon a trace of the Dream Butterfly Diagram's power, but he himself also began to change.

"By the time I entered the dream, I had observed the true meaning of the butterfly dream for more than forty days."

It was surrounded by a faint blue light, which seemed to converge into a small space.

As I cultivate and absorb more energy from the Dream Butterfly Diagram, this small space grows larger and larger.

It seems that my true intention will henceforth transform from a dream butterfly into a space centered around a dream butterfly.

"Over the course of more than forty days, Mengdie's true intentions did not cause any adverse effects."

In reality, I should also begin practicing this secret technique.

Over the next few days, Jiang Chen devoted most of his energy to cultivating the secret technique.

With the experience gained from entering the dream, the progress of cultivation in reality accelerated.

In just three days, the original Dream Butterfly True Meaning was completely merged with the True Meaning Seed, forming a new True Meaning.

After completing the Foundation Building Technique of External Objects, his life returned to its usual rhythm.

After arriving in Changyuan City, in addition to refining elixirs and drawing talismans, he also had the task of helping to interrogate prisoners every day.

Because his cultivation speed is fastest when he is asleep, it did not delay his cultivation progress.

After obtaining the memories of several prisoners, he figured out most of the Ghost Sect's plan to attack Ironstone Fortress.

Changyuan Hall turned the tables on them, setting up an ambush near Tieshibao and killing many disciples of Youhun Sect.

After that, the offensive momentum of the Ghost Soul Sect and the allied forces of the demon race greatly weakened.

Changyuan Hall was also focused on defending its territory and didn't bother to launch a counterattack. For a time, the Changyuan Mountain defense line entered a strange state of stability.

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Four years have passed, and Jiang Chen is now thirty-eight years old.

According to the rules of the Golden Cauldron Sect, disciples of the Guard Hall can apply to return to the sect after serving on Changyuan Mountain for a full year.

However, he had no intention of returning to the mountain gate and stayed in Changyuan Mountain for the past four years.

At this moment, Jiang Chen was still fast asleep on Changyuan Mountain.

He woke up shortly afterward.

After sensing the magical power within his body, he sighed: "Now I can be considered a peak Qi Refining cultivator."

Despite months of cultivation, my magical power has barely increased.

Although most cultivators choose to consolidate their cultivation for a few years after reaching the peak of Qi Refining.

Once I'm confident, I'll attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"But I have the Dream Butterfly Diagram, which allows me to enter dreams to simulate the future and attempt to build my foundation within them."

Even if we fail, it's not a big deal; we can still gain experience.

Thinking of this, he fell asleep again.

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[First day of entering the dream]

Jiang Chen first refined the Foundation Establishment Pill as usual.

Over the past five years, he has simulated the refining of Foundation Establishment Pills thousands of times.

He already knew the process of refining Foundation Establishment Pills by heart.

The first batch of Foundation Building Pills yielded four pills, one of which was a high-quality pill.

This level has already exceeded the limits of Qi Refining cultivators.

Looking at the high-quality pills in his hand, Jiang Chen was in a great mood.

"A regular Foundation Establishment Pill can increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment by about 20%."

High-quality pills are more potent, potentially increasing the success rate of Foundation Establishment by about 25%.

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[Day 15 of the Dream]

Jiang Chen adjusted himself to his best condition, then took out a jade-white, high-quality Foundation Establishment Pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

As soon as the pill entered his stomach, a powerful medicinal force surged forth. Jiang Chen immediately activated the Jade Cauldron Pure Yuan Technique to absorb and refine this power.

The medicinal power flows throughout the body and eventually converges into the three dantian (energy centers).

He immediately activated the Jade Cauldron Pure Yuan Spirit Seed within his middle dantian and guided it into his upper dantian.

The Dao foundation that a cultivator condenses can be placed in the spiritual aperture or the three dantian.

After the Jade Cauldron Pure Yuan Spirit Seed entered the Upper Dantian, it rapidly grew from the size of a soybean to the size of a large bowl.

Subsequently, Jiang Chen channeled nine streams of stabilizing magical power and blood energy into the jade cauldron.

This is also a wonderful use of the Jade Cauldron Pure Yuan Technique; it can assist in foundation building and increase the success rate.

After the magical power entered the cauldron, Jiang Chen used his blood and qi as ropes and his divine sense as a pulling force, while simultaneously urging the pure primordial spirit seed in the jade cauldron to shrink continuously, attempting to compress the magical power.

The first step to breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage is to compress mana into a liquid state.

During compression, some of the vital energy and consciousness must also be incorporated, and the three combine to condense true essence.

After a stalemate lasting for more than an hour, all nine strands of stable magical power broke apart and turned into free-floating spiritual energy.

At the same time, a strong suction force erupted from the cauldron, and all the magic power and blood energy in the body began to converge into the cauldron.

Jiang Chenxin used his magic power in two ways: while compressing his magic power, he also continuously circulated the Jade Cauldron Pure Yuan Technique to refine his magic power and integrate it into the cauldron.

Unfortunately, his speed in refining magical power was still not fast enough.

If one's magical power is insufficient, one must use more vital energy to fill the gap.

Three hours later, Jiang Chen's vital energy was almost completely drained.

His body was completely exhausted, and he fainted, thus failing his breakthrough.

The massive amount of magical power that had been gathered earlier instantly lost its restraint and began to roam wildly through Jiang Chen's meridians.

Fortunately, the Foundation Building Pill has the function of protecting the meridians, so this magical power did not break through the meridians, but slowly dissipated through various parts of the body.