"Uncle Xu, it's only 30,000 contribution points, which is nothing to you. I heard that you got nearly 100,000 contribution points since you came out of Xiaoze Realm, and the sect master rewarded you another 100,000 later."
Wei Dawu pleaded, "After I build my foundation, I will return these 30,000 contribution points to you. I swear on my heart of Tao that I will return them after I build my foundation."
"If you fail in building your foundation, what will you give in return?"
Xu Chunniang was unmoved. If Wei Dawu failed to build his foundation, who would she ask for the 30,000 contribution points
Wei Dawu's face changed. The consequence of failing to build the foundation is death. Xu Chunniang is cursing him.
He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and forced a smile, "It won't fail. Perhaps I can succeed with just one foundation-building pill."
Xu Chunniang nodded slightly, "Since you can succeed with just one, then you don't need to borrow from me."
Hearing this, Wei Dawu could no longer suppress the dissatisfaction in his heart.
He went to Xu Chunniang and begged her in a gentle and humble manner, but she was so disrespectful and did not care about their past friendship at all.
"Xu Chunniang, I'm going to ask you one last time, are you really not going to lend it to me?"
Xu Chunniang was indifferent. Since the two of them had fallen out a long time ago, they were already strangers.
If it were her today, and she asked Wei Dawu to borrow these 30,000 contribution points, would he agree
"Even if you ask me a hundred times, I will give the same answer: no."
"Okay, very good."
Wei Dawu laughed in anger, "I have taken care of you so many times before, you are such an ungrateful bastard!"
Xu Chunniang's eyes suddenly turned cold, and her spiritual consciousness pressed towards where Wei Dawu was.
Wei Dawu's body swayed, and under the pressure of his spiritual sense, he staggered back a few steps, barely able to keep his body from falling.
At the same time, big beads of sweat appeared on his forehead and his face turned crimson purple.
After a few breaths, Xu Chunniang withdrew her consciousness, her expression indifferent.
"You reap what you sow. Everything that happens today is caused by you. Since you have bowed to reality, you must face it."
Wei Dawu clenched his fists. Even though he was dissatisfied, he did not dare to say another word.
Xu Chunniang is no longer the little outer disciple she used to be.
Wei Dawu returned to Qifeng from Xiaowushan on a paper crane, holding his breath.
Even if he had to borrow or sell spiritual tools, he had to collect the 30,000 contribution points.
After building his foundation, he will definitely avenge this humiliation.
Ten days later, Wei Dawu scraped together 20,000 contribution points, just short of the last 10,000 points needed to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pill.
A faint smile appeared on his face. Xie Lian still had more than 10,000 contribution points. As long as he asked, Xie Lian would naturally not dare to refuse.
After learning that Wei Dawu wanted to borrow 10,000 contribution points from her to buy the Foundation Establishment Pill, Xie Lian was actually reluctant.
Although Wei Dawu is a disciple with dual spiritual roots, building the foundation is a dangerous and difficult task. Even with three foundation-building pills, success is not 100%.
Besides, Wei Dawu was only eligible to exchange for three Foundation Establishment Pills in total. If he ate all of them by himself, what would she do in the future
She gave up her status as an outer disciple and followed Wei Dawu, wasn't it just for this foundation-building pill
It took her nearly thirty years to accumulate these contribution points.
Life as a follower was not easy. Half of the contribution points she earned were given to Wei Dawu, and the rest belonged to her.
Seeing Xie Lian’s resistance, Wei Dawu’s smile faded a little.
"The sect has strict control over the Foundation Establishment Pills. Only inner disciples who are in the Qi training stage are eligible to exchange for these three Foundation Establishment Pills. In other words, after I have established my foundation, I automatically lose the qualification to exchange for the Foundation Establishment Pills."
Xie Lian soon thought of this and felt helpless.
She was afraid that after lending it out, she would never have the chance to get it back. But if she didn't lend it out, she would still have no chance of building a foundation.
This was a huge gamble. The bet was that Wei Dawu could successfully build his foundation, and that he would use no more than two foundation-building pills.
If you win the bet, everyone is happy, but if you lose, everything is lost.
But this is the sect's rule. For them to serve as followers and seek the Foundation Establishment Pill is just a trick, so they naturally have to bear the corresponding risks.
After weighing the pros and cons, Xie Lian gritted her teeth and decided to lend all her contribution points to Wei Dawu.
Her foundation-building opportunity had long been firmly tied to him. When she chose to become a squire, she should have thought of this day.
Wei Dawu smiled slightly, "I know your concerns, but don't worry, I will definitely build my foundation successfully. I have dual spiritual roots, and generally speaking, I only need one or two foundation-building pills to succeed."
Xie Lian nodded. At this point, she had no other choice but to trust Wei Dawu and silently pray that everything would go well for him.
After successfully borrowing 10,000 contribution points from Xie Lian, Wei Dawu did not delay any longer and went straight to exchange for the third Foundation Establishment Pill.
After doing all this, he did not go into seclusion immediately, but instead paid a visit to his master, Master Zhao Xuanqi.
"Master, I have prepared three foundation-building pills and will be ready to build my foundation soon."
Zhao Xuanqi raised his eyes and looked at the disciple in front of him. "I heard that a few days ago, you went around borrowing contribution points from people? Was it for this third foundation-building pill?"
Wei Dawu's face flashed with embarrassment, "I am incompetent. I thought I had to be fully prepared before I established my foundation. I am sorry to make you laugh, Master."
Zhao Xuanqi shook his head slightly. "Your intention is good, but foundation building is the first life-and-death tribulation for a cultivator. If you can overcome it, everything will be fine. If you can't, the debt you owe..."
"Master, rest assured. I will be able to successfully build my foundation."
Zhao Xuanqi remained silent for a long time.
Wei Dawu was a person with both gold and fire spiritual roots, and was a good material for making weapons. That was why he accepted him as his disciple out of his love for his talent.
But he didn't know since when, this little disciple became realistic and snobbish, and lost the simple and open-minded original intention of practicing Taoism.
It’s not that being snobbish in reality is bad, it’s just that when practicing Taoism and cultivating the mind, if you deviate from your original heart, it’s easy for the inner demons to take advantage of the opportunity to enter.
I don’t know if he can successfully pass this foundation-building stage.
"The so-called foundation building is like a nine-story platform that starts with piling up soil. If you want to go further in the foundation building period, you need to polish the platform well. This is all I have to say. I hope everything goes well for you."
"Disciple will remember Master's teachings."
Wei Dawu's eyes were slightly moist. He kowtowed three times solemnly to his master and returned to his residence.
He set up the spirit gathering array and other formations, and then began to meditate.
But after meditating for several days, he did not feel any opportunity to build a foundation, as if there was a thick barrier that separated Qi training from foundation building.
Wei Dawu was not panicked, knowing that this was just a bottleneck.
He picked up the pill bottle that had been prepared beside him and poured out a round pill from it.
The pill is black in color and looks ordinary, but it emits a strange fragrance from time to time, which makes people salivate and want to swallow it.
He took a deep breath and swallowed the Foundation Establishment Pill in one gulp.