Mortal To Immortal (Book 1)
MTI 021 - Sky Foundation

In addition to giving the Gunbai Fan, Feng Xian gave him a jade slip. Inside it contains instructions for a style called the Wind Conqueror. This move was Feng Xian's creation to be used with the Gunbai Fan.

There are five movements in it called the Five Season Wind, namely the Spring Wind, Summer Wind, Rainy Spring Wind, Autumn Wind, and Winter Wind.

"Familiarize yourself with this fan before you learn the Wind Conqueror's Style."

"Good, Teacher."

Feng Xian left Yao Han who was still a little stunned by the Gunbai Fan and the jade slip in his hand.

***

The past few days Yao Han had gotten used to the Gunbai Fan as per Feng Xian's message.

Yao Han tried to swing the fan around a few times and had the first move of the Falling Star sword stance before later realizing the action was ridiculous.

After reading the clues on the jade slip, as well as being long enough to get used to the Gunbai Fan and make simple movements using the large fan, Yao Han began to practice the Wind Conqueror's Style.

The thrill of practicing this style is more challenging than practicing swordsmanship because the Gunbai Fan is heavier than the Meirong-given heirloom sword.

Yao Han took quite a long time to completely master the first move before practicing the second move.

In the midst of Yao Han's strenuous training, Feng Xian told him what he had forgotten. The Gunbai fan includes a unique heirloom, which adapts 'self' to the practice of its owner.

With Yao Han's current practice, the fan was only able to bring out abilities equivalent to a high-level Earth Heirloom. If Yao Han managed to form the Sky Foundation, then he could unleash the potential power of a Gunbai fan on par with a low-to-medium-level Sky Heirloom.

This Feng Xian remark indirectly reminded Yao Han not to forget to improve his practice.

***

Yao Han smiled widely after he managed to raise the water elemental spirit root practice to the eighth level of the Basic Realm. For the next exercise he stayed to equate the practice of earth and metal elemental spirit roots.

After his practice stabilized and getting quite used to his newfound strength, Yao Han walked up to Feng Xian. Not until he arrived before his teacher did something distract him.

"Hm?" Yao Han frowned as he watched the red-colored clouds begin to gather above the safe zone forest region, "What cloud is that? Why is it red?"

Feng Xian appeared beside him, "It was a tribulation cloud, related to the process of forming the Sky Foundation. You've never heard of it from Xiao Tian or Xiao Rong?"

Yao Han tried to recall, then shook his head.

"Hm... Tribulation clouds would appear when there were cultivators, spirit beasts, or demons forming the Sky Foundation..."

This tribulation cloud would send out one red lightning as the final process of forming the Sky Foundation. On Star Moon Island, most tribulation clouds appear in the danger zone. For decades Feng Xian had not seen such a natural phenomenon.

"If that cultivator formed the Sky Foundation, the red clouds that appeared were slightly different. In a moment we will see red lightning strike Xiao Tian and Xiao Rong..."

"Drawn lightning? Will Teacher She and Teacher Hong be okay?" Yao Han looked worried.

"No need to worry, the red lightning that struck your two teachers had slightly lower strength than the red lightning that struck a human cultivator. Moreover, they were both high-level spirit beasts."

The red color of the tribulation cloud was getting darker, the strange rumbling sound was also getting louder, the reddish lightning was also writhing behind the cloud clumps.

Yao Han was trying to dispel his uneasiness at the sight of the red clouds, while Feng Xian looked calm tending to relax, standing with both hands behind his back.

"Teacher, didn't you say tribulation clouds only send out one red lightning? Why are there dozens?"

Feng Xian could not immediately reply. He was quite amazed by Yutian and Meirong entering the Foundation Realm at the same time, but it should only appear two red lightning bolts.

However what he and Yao Han saw just now was a dozen red lightning bolts striking the two location points before then the red clouds slowly disappeared.

Feng Xian used the Heavenly Sense, a special sense that cultivators awakened upon reaching the practice of the Core Realm. With these senses, Feng Xian could track something from a distance.

Feng Xian's face, which had seemed serious and startled, calmed down after observing for a while.

"Relax, they made it through the ordeal of the lightning strike just now. Let's just wait for them to come back." Feng Xian turned towards the house, leaving Yao Han still staring at the closed training grounds of his two teachers.

***

Yao Han looked uneasy because until a week later, his two teachers had yet to show themselves. Feng Xian tried to check using the Heavenly Sense and said nothing bad happened to the two.

"There are two possibilities. First, they were still recovering conditions after being struck by dozens of red lightning. Second, they were still familiarizing themselves with their new strength, considering the Sky Foundation was the strongest foundation so far known."

"Are they seriously injured, Master?"

"No, anyone who makes it through the ordeal of a red lightning strike will feel intense pain. But if they fail, they will die horribly, even perish."

Yao Han gulped nervously, "So, if I want to form the Sky Foundation, I should be struck by red lightning?"

"of course. There were two types of trials when forming the Sky Foundation..."

First try, the body burned because of the appearance of fire called Foundation Fire. The second attempt, struck by a red lightning named Heavenly Lightning.

Cultivators who formed the Earth Foundation would face the Fire Foundation trials, while cultivators who formed the Sky Foundation, would face the Fire Foundation trials as well as the Heavenly Lightning.

Feng Xian said Yao Han did not have to worry about the ordeal of the red lightning strike because he would help Yao Han through this ordeal.

In the past he also formed the Sky Foundation and was able to pass through the red lightning ordeal due to the help of his late teacher.

***

Feng Xian, who was painting near a shady tree, stopped his activities as two figures approached him. He had already sensed the arrival of these two figures and had only turned his eyes away when the two of them stayed a few steps away from him.

These two figures were Yutian and Meirong.

"Senior Feng's..." The two greeted and answered a slow nod.

"You guys managed to form the Sky Foundation at the same time and to my surprise were able to return to human form..."

Feng Xian had indeed seen Yutian and Meirong in human form. Although in the past he had never seen the two, but he could recognize them.

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