Chapter 130
Chapter 130: Perfect Foundation Establishment
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“Oh right, Sister, please take this fruit! I managed to get it from the wolf demon with great difficulty.”
Seeing that Lin Muyu was about to leave, Lin Xiaoyun suddenly seemed to remember something and hurriedly stepped forward two steps, her voice carrying a hint of urgency.
As she spoke, she carefully took out a fruit from her chest.
The fruit was wrapped in a handkerchief, and when taken out, it still carried a trace of warmth.
Its appearance looked quite ordinary, with a light pale red skin, and its shape somewhat resembled an apple that Lin Muyu had seen in her previous life.
But it was this unremarkable-looking fruit that made Lin Muyu immediately sense something unusual as soon as she got close.
An extremely faint yet unusually active spiritual energy was slowly seeping out from inside the fruit, and the rhythm of this spiritual energy flow was particularly strange.
It was actually like a beating heart, contracting and expanding, continuously absorbing the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy, then slowly exhaling it, forming a weak but stable spiritual energy circulation.
“Crimson Foundation Establishment Fruit?!”
Just as Lin Muyu was secretly puzzled, Xiaotao’s surprised voice suddenly came from her mind.
“Ah? Xiaotao, you recognize this fruit?”
Lin Muyu immediately communicated with Xiaotao in her heart, her tone full of curiosity.
She had never seen this fruit before, but unexpectedly Xiaotao knew about it.
“I’ve seen quite a few of these fruits 3,000 years ago!”
Xiaotao’s voice gradually calmed down, carrying a few traces of distant memories.
“Back then it wasn’t called by this name, it was just called ‘Crimson Fruit,’ and among spiritual plants it wasn’t particularly rare.”
“But later someone discovered its special effects, and countless cultivators competed to pick and dig them up, even fighting fiercely over them, which gradually led to their extinction. By now, they’re almost nowhere to be seen.”
Upon hearing this, Lin Muyu was immediately stunned.
3,000 years ago?
This casual remark from Xiaotao once again revealed her age.
“So what special effects does it actually have?”
Lin Muyu quickly pressed on with her questions. Upon hearing about special effects, her first reaction was actually about that kind of thing.
However, the name “Crimson Foundation Establishment Fruit” was obviously related to the Foundation Establishment stage.
But as for what specific function it had, she still couldn’t figure it out.
“Initially, Crimson Fruit was only used as ordinary pill-refining medicinal material, used to refine low-grade healing pills. It could also be consumed directly, and its effect in healing injuries was much better than ordinary spiritual medicine, however…”
Speaking to this point, Xiaotao’s tone suddenly slowed down, deliberately pausing to leave a cliffhanger.
Lin Muyu immediately picked up the conversation with perfect understanding, following her lead:
“However what?”
“However, later a cultivation genius appeared, and she relied on this Crimson Fruit to forcefully achieve ‘Perfect Foundation Establishment’!”
Xiaotao’s voice carried a few traces of admiration, as if recalling that genius’s legend again.
“Perfect Foundation Establishment?”
Lin Muyu frowned. This term was completely unfamiliar to her.
She only knew that breaking through from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage required laying a good foundation, but had never heard of “Perfect Foundation Establishment.”
“So-called Perfect Foundation Establishment refers to when a cultivator breaks through from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage, not only successfully laying a nearly perfect foundation, but also being able to completely liquefy the spiritual energy in their body, thereby improving the quality of spiritual energy!”
Xiaotao patiently explained.
“When ordinary cultivators establish their foundation, spiritual energy can only be partially liquefied, and the foundation will more or less have minor flaws. These flaws will affect subsequent cultivation speed and realm limits.”
“But cultivators with Perfect Foundation Establishment have foundations as solid as bedrock, spiritual energy circulation without any obstruction, and subsequent realm breakthroughs will be much smoother than ordinary people…”
Listening to Xiaotao’s endless explanations, Lin Muyu became more and more confused, and suddenly interrupted her:
“Wait, Xiaotao, how does a weapon spirit like you know so much?”
“Master, have you forgotten? You showed me so many books before!”
Xiaotao spoke in a tone that made it sound perfectly natural.
“…Hahahaha, is that so?”
Lin Muyu awkwardly scratched her head, her cheeks slightly flushed.
The books she had originally found for Xiaotao were mostly bought from that unreliable senior sister.
She thought there were only story books and lewd forbidden books, but didn’t expect there to actually be knowledge.
However, Xiaotao’s memory was really good, remembering all this knowledge…
That’s right!
Lin Muyu suddenly had an idea.
As a weapon spirit, Xiaotao’s memory far exceeded that of ordinary people, able to remember everything she saw.
Calculated this way, she could completely use her as an AI in the future!
Lin Muyu immediately made up her mind that when she returned this time, she would definitely find more books on various types of knowledge for Xiaotao to read. Maybe they could be of great help in the future.
Lin Muyu in her previous life was originally someone who loved reading, but back then she was a Chinese language teacher, mostly reading articles and stories.
But whenever it involved mathematics, physics, chemistry, or other hardcore knowledge, she would get a headache.
However, now that she had Xiaotao, she could leave those hardcore subjects to Xiaotao.
A 5,000-year-old brain was definitely more useful than hers.
“Sister? Sister, what’s wrong with you?”
Just as Lin Muyu was lost in thought, Lin Xiaoyun’s worried voice sounded in her ear, and a delicate hand gently waved in front of her eyes.
Lin Xiaoyun’s eyes were full of anxiety, muttering softly:
“Why is Sister spacing out again? Are you injured?”
“Ah, I’m fine, I’m fine!”
Lin Muyu snapped back to her senses, quickly waving her hands, her gaze falling back on the Crimson Foundation Establishment Fruit, her tone becoming serious.
“It’s just that this fruit is too precious, Xiaoyun. I can’t take it.”
Although she was now only one step away from breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, and this Crimson Foundation Establishment Fruit was extremely precious to her and could allow her to achieve perfect foundation establishment.
But she knew in her heart that this fruit was something Lin Xiaoyun had desperately snatched from the wolf demon’s hands. It should have been Xiaoyun’s opportunity, so how could she take it?
“What is Sister saying!”
Lin Xiaoyun immediately pouted, pointing dissatisfiedly at the 《Mixed Demon Art》 placed nearby.
“The cultivation method that Sister gave me before is equally precious to me! If Sister can give me gifts, why can’t I give gifts to Sister? Just accept it, or I’ll be unhappy!”
As she spoke, Lin Xiaoyun directly grabbed Lin Muyu’s hand and gently shook it.
Those two round, large eyes looked straight at her, the corners slightly reddened.
That aggrieved yet cute appearance made it seem as if Lin Muyu only needed to say one more “no” and she would cry the next second.
“Xiaoyun… don’t, don’t do that… you’re too cute…”
Lin Muyu couldn’t resist Lin Xiaoyun’s coquettish appearance the most. Her heart immediately softened, and she quickly nodded in agreement.
“Okay, okay, Sister will accept it, Sister will accept it, isn’t that fine? If Sister encounters good things in the future, I’ll definitely think of you first!”
Although she and Lin Xiaoyun hadn’t known each other for very long, Lin Muyu had already completely considered this cat girl as her own little sister in her heart.
Just ask, with such a cute and sensible little sister, who could bear to refuse her good intentions?