Xiao Fei had returned to his cave dwelling on Thousand Bird Peak for over a month.
In front of the cave dwelling was a waterfall, a cold pond, and a grove of green bamboos. Now, next to the bamboo grove, a peach orchard had appeared.
He had transplanted all the spiritual peach trees dug up from the Lin Family Manor here.
Xiao Fei and Xiao Lan sat opposite each other under a peach tree. On the table, there was a plate of raw meat, a plate of cooked meat, and a pot of spiritual wine.
"Second Sister, I'm planning to go into seclusion for cultivation."
"Mm, go ahead. I'll guard the cave dwelling for you."
Xiao Lan agreed, then extended her blood-red tongue, coiling it around the plate of raw meat and drawing it into her mouth.
She didn't need to chew. Moments later, the raw meat was spat out, transformed into a lump of aged cured meat with a decaying scent.
Xiao Fei was long accustomed to his second sister's way of eating. He reached out, grabbed a large chunk of braised beef, and stuffed it into his mouth, savoring its flavor.
"Little Brother, do you want to try the taste of this raw meat? It's actually quite delicious."
As Xiao Lan spoke, she took out a large piece of bloody raw meat from her storage pouch and dangled it in front of Xiao Fei.
Xiao Fei quickly shook his head, gulping down a large mouthful of spiritual wine to calm his nerves.
Both of them were born from the same mother, yet their living habits were now completely different.
Xiao Fei usually liked to bask in the sun, while Xiao Lan preferred to stay in dark places.
Xiao Fei liked to be active during the day, while Xiao Lan preferred to move at night and rest during the day.
Xiao Fei liked to eat cooked food, while Xiao Lan preferred to eat raw meat with blood on it...
Due to their differing living habits, different genders, and being true siblings, living together presented many inconveniences.
To avoid disturbing each other, they had separated just two days after returning to Thousand Bird Peak.
Xiao Fei still lived in the cave dwelling, while Xiao Lan had opened up a cave dwelling at the bottom of the cold pond. The environment there was cold and dark, with no sunlight, making it perfect for her.
After a brief chat, they parted ways.
Xiao Fei's great revenge had been exacted, and after a month of rest, he was in the best state, both mentally and physically, making it ideal for him to attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.
At this moment, Xiao Fei sat cross-legged in the cultivation chamber, silently recalling the Foundation Establishment incantations of the "Primordial Five Elements Technique" without any errors.
The Five Elements Foundation Establishment Pills, used to assist in breaking through to Foundation Establishment, had been successfully refined by him half a month ago.
He reached out and took a jade box from his spatial dimension. Inside lay five pills of different colors—green, red, yellow, white, and black—each possessing the attributes of wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.
Temporarily placing the jade box before him, he began to circulate his spiritual power according to the incantations of the "Primordial Five Elements Technique."
The process of cultivation in the Qi Refining stage primarily involved opening up the meridians and accumulating primal spiritual power.
Xiao Fei, combined with his perfected body refinement, had doubled the width of his meridians, and the fine collateral vessels distributed throughout his body had also been opened.
His foundation in Qi Refining was extremely solid.
Foundation Establishment, however, was about using the spiritual power accumulated during Qi Refining to open up the Sea of Dantian in the Dantian region.
At this moment, all of Xiao Fei's spiritual power, under his urging, converged towards his Dantian. It grew more and more, and a sense of painful swelling gradually emerged.
At this point, Xiao Fei opened the jade box, took out a green, wood-attribute Foundation Establishment Pill, and put it into his mouth.
The pill dissolved instantly upon entering his mouth, transforming into a vast amount of wood-attribute spiritual power in his abdomen, which Xiao Fei guided into his Dantian with his divine sense.
With the addition of this wood-attribute spiritual power, a peculiar space gradually expanded within his Dantian.
It started as small as a sesame seed, then as that wood-attribute spiritual power continued to pour in, this peculiar space gradually enlarged, slowly reaching the size of a mung bean, then a peanut, then a walnut...
Three days later, the peculiar space in his Dantian was already larger than a watermelon.
By then, the medicinal effect of the first Foundation Establishment Pill had been fully exerted. He then took another red, fire-attribute Foundation Establishment Pill...
Time flew by, and three months had passed. Xiao Fei's Foundation Establishment process had progressed smoothly, and he had now reached the final step.
The space in his Dantian had been opened up by him, spanning a full ten feet in area, far exceeding the usual three feet of ordinary cultivators during Foundation Establishment.
Now, he needed to expand and construct the true Sea of Dantian within this space to store spiritual power.
One had to admit that the Primordial Ancestor who created the "Primordial Five Elements Technique" was truly a genius.
Xiao Fei only needed to follow the methods recorded in the technique step by step, and the Foundation Establishment process appeared extremely smooth, without any obstacles.
It was a pity that this set of techniques could only be cultivated by someone with his unique spiritual root.
Building the Sea of Dantian was the final step, considered a relatively easier part of the entire Foundation Establishment process.
Xiao Fei manipulated his divine sense and spiritual power, slowly constructing a pit about ten feet wide within the peculiar space of his Dantian.
This pit was the embryonic form of the Sea of Dantian. As his cultivation deepened, this pit would gradually widen and deepen, reaching about thirty feet in the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
Calling it the Sea of Dantian was merely a somewhat exaggerated term.
After the Sea of Dantian, about ten feet wide, was formed, all of Xiao Fei's spiritual power began to converge into it.
His divine sense watched as a drop of multicolored liquid gradually formed, then fell into the Sea of Dantian.
From Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, the spiritual power within the body would transform from gaseous to liquid. This drop of multicolored liquid was the Primordial spiritual power he had cultivated.
Seeing the first drop of Primordial spiritual power fall into the Sea of Dantian, and the second drop about to form, Xiao Fei breathed a sigh of relief.
But at this very moment, the first drop of multicolored spiritual power he had just generated fell into the Sea of Dantian and vanished without a trace.
Then the second drop, the third drop...
After entering the Sea of Dantian, all these spiritual powers disappeared without exception.
Could it be that his Sea of Dantian was not properly formed? Was it leaking?
Before he could ponder further, the speed at which his internal spiritual power generated multicolored droplets increased.
Initially, it dripped slowly, then it became as large as urine, and then it turned into a trickling stream, all flowing into the Sea of Dantian.
However, no matter how large the stream of water was, it all disappeared upon entering the Sea of Dantian.
For a moment, Xiao Fei felt a bit helpless, not knowing how to handle the situation.
Neither the "Primordial Five Elements Technique" nor any other ancient texts he had read described such a phenomenon.
His Dantian was leaking spiritual power, and leaking rapidly at that.
Moreover, the current Sea of Dantian was like a terrifying beast that could devour spiritual power, no longer content with the spiritual power flowing into it, it began to actively absorb his spiritual power.
Soon, Xiao Fei's internal spiritual power was about to be drained by the Sea of Dantian, but this suction force showed no signs of stopping.
Xiao Fei could only forcefully pour spiritual wine into his mouth to replenish his spiritual power.
The suction force of the Sea of Dantian grew stronger and stronger. The spiritual wine Xiao Fei had just poured in was instantly decomposed and absorbed.
His body, which had stubbornly refused to absorb spiritual energy during his previous meditation and cultivation, now began to actively absorb the surrounding spiritual energy.
He quickly took out over a hundred spirit stones and crushed them directly. The spiritual energy within the spirit stones instantly dispersed, and the spiritual energy around him became extremely dense.
This spiritual energy was quickly absorbed by his body and disappeared without a trace.
Xiao Fei directly poured an entire box of spirit stones around his body, shattering them with his spiritual power to allow his body to absorb them.
Just as Xiao Fei was pouring all his energy into replenishing his body with spiritual energy, in a certain space within his body, an ancient-looking jade disc emitted a faint glow.
The jade disc was covered with dense cracks, as if it would shatter at the slightest touch.
At this moment, a tiny crack on the jade disc was slowly healing.
Concurrently, in Xiao Fei's spatial dimension, the black land, which had originally been only three mu, was slowly expanding outwards.