Tian Yuan War Chronicles: The Path of Artifacts to Ascension – Chapter 31

Ch 31: Finally Foundation Establishment

After returning from Great Zhou, Hua Kong finally cultivated the Void Spiritual Root to the Great Perfection of the Twelfth Level of Qi Refining after another five years.

At this point, all six of Hua Kong’s spiritual roots had reached the Great Perfection realm, and he was about to start preparing for Foundation Establishment. The Foundation Establishment Pills and Demon Crystals for the other spiritual roots were basically ready.

Only the materials for Void Spiritual Root Foundation Establishment were lacking. For this reason, Hua Kong asked Manager Ying what spiritual objects he needed to prepare for Void Spiritual Root Foundation Establishment.

Manager Ying told him that he not only needed a Foundation Establishment Pill specifically for the Void Spiritual Root, but also a Void Beast’s Demon Crystal to increase the possibility of Foundation Establishment.

Void Beast? Hua Kong was puzzled.

Manager Ying explained that Void Beasts are exotic beasts that live in Void Stone Mines and are spirit beasts with Space Technique.

Void Stone Mine? Hua Kong was even more puzzled.

There are no Void Stone Mines on Tian Yuan Continent, you need to go to other Star Fields!

Star Field? Hua Kong’s mind was blank, as if he had heard it somewhere, but he couldn’t remember it clearly.

In the end, Hua Kong boarded the Flying Boat to the Void Stone Mine in the First Month, no, it should be called Starship, at least that’s what the other cultivators called the Flying Boat they were on.

When he first entered the Star Field, Hua Kong looked back at Tian Yuan Continent, and he was shocked to find that the so-called Tian Yuan Continent was actually a large blue water ball, and the continent only occupied a small part of it.

Just how big is this big water ball?

“First time seeing Tianyuan Star?”, Chen Wan ━ a Void Division colleague asked.

“Indeed!”, Hua Kong took a breath and replied.

“There are many strange things in the Star Field! Take your time!”, Chen Wan said.

“Where is this Void Stone Mine?”, Hua Kong asked.

“Black Star Field!”, Chen Wan replied.

1 “How long will it take to arrive?”, Hua Kong continued to ask.

“It depends! It depends on the location of the Space Crack! Find the corresponding Space Crack and start the Starship to jump over! One to two months!”, Chen Wan pondered and replied.

“Unheard of!”, Hua Kong sighed.

“There are too few Void Spiritual Root cultivators! Most people don’t know!”, Chen Wan explained.

“Thank you Senior Brother Chen for clearing up my confusion!”, Hua Kong thanked him. At this time, Tianyuan Star was getting smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared.

The Starship flew in the Star Field for half a month before finally catching up with the Space Crack. After jumping over the Space Crack, the stars outside the window suddenly became unfamiliar.

“The mining area has arrived,” a voice suddenly came from the cabin after half a month.

Everyone gathered at the hatch, and a large expanse of huge black stones floating in the air appeared in everyone’s field of vision.

“Put on your Star Suit and Qi Ring! Put on your Star Suit and Qi Ring! Put on your Star Suit and Qi Ring!”, a burst of noise rang out.

Hua Kong quickly checked his Star Suit and Qi Ring, and they were already put on and installed.

The Star Field is a harsh environment where cultivators or mortals cannot survive, so Star Suits must be worn for protection.

The Qi Ring is a Space Magical Item that stores the Five Elements Qi and Spiritual Energy of Tianyuan Star, and is a bit like a Storage Bracelet, except that it stores the ubiquitous Five Elements Qi and Spiritual Energy of Tian Yuan Continent.

The Starship flew towards a black boulder and flew from a dark hole into the interior of the black boulder.

The Starship stopped on a gray platform. Everyone got off the Flying Boat, Manager Ying put away the Starship, and led everyone into a room.

After a while, a green Spirit Stone Lamp lit up, and everyone began to take off their Star Suits.

Then a door opened, and an excited voice rang out from inside the door.

“Manager Ying, you’ve finally come to take over!”, the man said, with a group of gray-faced cultivators standing behind him. They were the other half of the Void Division colleagues.

“Manager Cao and fellow colleagues, you’ve worked hard!”, Manager Ying and his group quickly stepped forward to greet them.

“Not hard! Not hard! It’s good that you’re here!”, the group of people looked tired, but their eyes flashed with excitement.

“Good! Good! Good!”, Manager Ying tried his best to smile. Although everyone was a colleague in the Void Division, everyone’s mood was different for this Void Stone Mine rotation once every ten years.

“Let’s go, let’s hand over the work!”, Manager Cao seemed a little impatient.

“Good! Good! Good!”, Manager Ying smiled on his face, but couldn’t help but frown.

In just one hour, Manager Cao had checked the conditions of each mine shaft, the number of ores produced, and the amount of Void Stone extracted with Manager Ying.

After another half an hour, Manager Cao and his Void Division colleagues put on their Star Suits, entered the door that Hua Kong had just walked into, and then rushed out of the interior of the black boulder on the Starship.

“This is too hasty!”, Hua Kong sighed.

“You’ll be the same in ten years!”, Chen Wan said lightly.

After Manager Cao left, Manager Ying pulled everyone to the open space leading to the mine shaft and released ten Mining Machines from a large Storage Ring.

After explaining the situation in the mine, everyone boarded the Mining Machines and began to enter the mine shaft to check the situation.

The rest of the people entered the ore extraction room to clean up and prepare to receive the ore and extract the Void Stone.

Because Hua Kong needed Foundation Establishment, he was allowed to hunt Void Beasts in the abandoned mine shafts where Void Beasts frequently appeared.

Hua Kong was also assigned a Mining Machine, because the Mining Machine was relatively strong and had a certain ability to resist Void Beast attacks.

In fact, this so-called Mining Machine is a type of Flying Boat, except that a sharp drill is added to the head to cut the ore and pass it through a channel into the Storage Bracelet inside the Flying Boat.

Moreover, only Managers can view and open this type of Storage Bracelet. Everyone else can only pass the ore in. When it is full, the front drill will stop, and they have to drive the Mining Machine back to the ore extraction room.

The outside of the Mining Machine is also covered with a protective layer that can restrain Void Beast attacks to a certain extent, so ore extraction is usually relatively safe. Of course, it is hard to say if unlucky people encounter higher-level Void Beasts.

Manager Ying personally led Hua Kong to an abandoned mine shaft, told him to be careful, and exited the mine shaft to seal it.

Of course, Manager Ying gave him a Jade Pendant before leaving, telling him that he would come over to open the seal after he crushed the Jade Pendant after obtaining the Void Beast Crystal.

After Manager Ying closed the seal, the mine shaft was pitch black. There are Spirit Stone Lamps on the Mining Machine, but Hua Kong would not be foolish enough to turn on the lights and turn himself into a target. Now he can only use his Divine Sense to explore.

Hua Kong, as a blacksmith who had been a hunter, would not foolishly drill into the mine shaft without understanding the situation.

He dug an alleyway of more than a hundred feet in a mine shaft near the exit to use as a trap, put the Mining Machine back into the Storage Bracelet, and set up a special Formation to trap Void Beasts in the alleyway.

“Little Spirit Bird, grant me divine wings, go”, Hua Kong attached three Fire Talismans to the Magical Instrument Bird, and tied half a piece of Void Stone to the bottom with iron bars.

Void Beasts feed on the minerals in the Void Stone Mine, which is actually Void Stone, but the purity of Void Stone is much higher than that of Void Stone Mine.

The Magical Instrument Bird was like a small night light in the mine shaft, emitting a faint fire. The little bird was slowly flying, propelled by the Fire Spiritual Power, and Hua Kong was chasing far behind, observing everything with his Divine Sense.

“Squeak…”, suddenly there was a sound of sharp claws scratching on the cave wall, and then it quickly disappeared.

Hua Kong quickly stopped, stuck his body in a depression on the mine shaft wall, and summoned the Magical Instrument Bird back a little.

“Squeak…”, the Void Beast looked a little anxious as the little bird retreated a little, and quickly rushed forward a distance.

Under the illumination of the fire, it turned out to be a creature like a large mantis. It was a Level 2 Void Beast, slightly different from ordinary Level 2 Void Beasts, but Hua Kong didn’t care about that.

Hua Kong guided the little Spirit Bird slowly back to the dug-out alleyway, while he observed from a distance. The Void Beast hesitated for a while, but still crawled into the alleyway.

“Squeak… Squeak…”, the Formation suddenly activated. The alleyway was newly dug, and there was not much Five Elements Qi and Spiritual Energy inside. The sound of the Void Beast was also intermittent.

“Caught it”, Hua Kong was overjoyed.

Hua Kong quickly manipulated the Formation to restrain the Void Beast, took out a Void Beast Ring ━ a special Spirit Beast Ring for storing Void Beasts, and put the Void Beast in the Formation into it.

He didn’t dare to delay, and quickly put away the Formation Flag, wanting to retreat back to the seal Formation at the exit as soon as possible, but suddenly there was a loud noise in the distance. Hua Kong quickly walked out of the alleyway to check.

“Crap! A large number of Void Beasts are rushing over!”, Hua Kong thought something was wrong. It must have been summoned by the Void Beast when he was capturing it just now.

Hua Kong knew that if he went towards the exit in the current situation, it would be a dead end, so he quickly packed everything up and ran towards the depths of another mine shaft.

At this time, a large number of Void Beasts were relatively close. In order not to cause a big disturbance, he decided not to use the Mining Machine for the time being.

Dozens of Void Beasts checked the alleyway where Hua Kong had just stayed, and did not find any traces of their kind, so they split into several groups and chased into different mine shafts.

While Hua Kong was running wildly along the mine shaft, he was looking for the hidden pits previously left in the mine shaft. This is what the mining cultivators would prepare, one is for rest, and the other is for hiding when suddenly encountering a large number of Void Beasts.

Sure enough, Hua Kong soon saw a Tian Yuan Sect Void Division logo. He walked over and pressed the logo, and with a bang, the stone door popped open. Hua Kong quickly walked in and closed the stone door.

Following the Void Division logo behind the stone door, Hua Kong came to a small room of about ten feet after walking through a long, winding alleyway.

There was a set of tables and chairs and a small stone bed here. Hua Kong breathed a sigh of relief and lay on the stone bed to rest for a while.

Because this small room was deep in the alleyway, the outside noise was almost inaudible, so Hua Kong couldn’t know what was happening outside, and he actually fell asleep.

After waking up, he took out the Spirit Stone Sundial for timing, which showed that he had been in the Void Stone Mine for three days and two hours.

According to the experience taught by everyone, Hua Kong stayed in the small room for a full month before he cautiously walked out.

During this period, he didn’t dare to cultivate, for fear that the abnormal fluctuations of Spiritual Power would summon Void Beasts. He could only play with his Bird Shooting Tube and polish some spare parts and Small Steel Tubes.

When Hua Kong walked out of the small room, the mine shaft was indeed much quieter. He cautiously walked to the outside of the seal Formation at the exit, took out the Jade Pendant and was about to crush it, when suddenly a terrifying feeling made his hair stand on end.

He quickly activated the newly learned Teleportation Cultivation Method and teleported ten feet away from the spot. A Space Crack suddenly appeared where he was standing! It was devouring the surrounding gravel in the mine shaft.

“Gaga…”, a strange sound suddenly rang out.

“Not good”, Hua Kong shouted in his heart, he was actually surrounded by three large Void Beasts.

Hua Kong was about to teleport again, when suddenly the surrounding space seemed to turn into a swamp, rippling with waves, and his movements suddenly slowed down.

“Level 4 Void Beast! Space-Time Swamp!”, Hua Kong shouted in his heart. He knew that the Void Blade was coming next. Hua Kong’s heart moved, and he quickly took out the Void Beast Ring.

“Stop! Otherwise, I’ll crush it!”, Hua Kong shouted, making a gesture to move.

“Gaga…”, the three large Void Beasts were indeed afraid of hurting the mouse, stopped attacking, and Hua Kong’s body relaxed.

“I want Foundation Establishment! I want a Level 2 Void Beast’s Demon Crystal! As long as you give me a Demon Crystal, I will return this to you!”, Hua Kong shouted. He was betting that the little Void Beast in this Void Beast Ring was very important, and they would not dare to take the risk.

“Gaga…”, the three Void Beasts looked very angry, but did not take any further action, but whispered to each other.

“Ga…”, suddenly the largest Void Beast in the middle raised its front paw, and three Void Beast Demon Crystals appeared on the side, rotating in front of its claws.

“Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!”, Hua Kong shouted, waving his hands to signal them to retreat.

“Ga…”, the three Void Beasts did as they were told and retreated far away.

“Good!”, Hua Kong was relieved after the Void Beasts retreated about three miles away. While taking out the Disc Bird Shooting Tube, he used his Divine Sense to control the Void Beast Ring, slowly flying towards the three large Void Beasts.

“Ga…”, the largest Void Beast in the middle understood and controlled the three Void Beast Demon Crystals to fly towards Hua Kong.

Finally, Hua Kong released the small Level 2 Void Beast ten feet in front of the three large Void Beasts, and also grabbed the three Void Beast Demon Crystals in his hand.

At this moment, the other two large Void Beasts were about to take action, but were blocked by the largest Void Beast in the middle. Then they whispered to each other, checked the trembling little Void Beast, and quickly retreated to the depths of the mine shaft.

Hua Kong breathed a sigh of relief, but still did not dare to put away the Disc Bird Shooting Tube.

He quickly recalled his Void Beast Ring, checked the Void Beast Crystal given by the other party, and found that there was actually a Level 3 one. He was overjoyed, but did not dare to delay. He quickly crushed the Jade Pendant, while holding up the Disc Bird Shooting Tube to be on guard.

After waiting anxiously for half an hour, the seal behind him disappeared, and Manager Ying’s voice came.

“Xiao Kong got the Void Beast Demon Crystal? Come out quickly!”

“Got it!”, Hua Kong didn’t waste any words and quickly retreated, and Manager Ying resealed the mine shaft entrance.

The two returned to the place where the Void Division was stationed to rest. Hua Kong chose a room, set up a simple Defense Formation, took out the eight Foundation Establishment Pills and Demon Crystals and Void Beast Crystals he had prepared over the years, and began Foundation Establishment.

Cultivation has no years. Hua Kong had to complete the Foundation Establishment of his six spiritual roots one by one. Hua Kong first chose the Gold Spiritual Root for Foundation Establishment, because he had talked about it with Lin Lan and Lin Yu many times, so it went relatively smoothly.

As for the Wood Spiritual Root and Water Spiritual Root, Lin Yu also had experience, so it was relatively smooth. He also communicated with the disciples of Old Ancestor Lin Lian several times for the remaining Fire Spiritual Root and Earth Spiritual Root, and they were also successfully completed.

Only the Void Spiritual Root, although he had talked to Manager Ying many times, Hua Kong still used up two Level 2 Void Beast Demon Crystals before completing Foundation Establishment.

Finally, the Void Spiritual Root also turned into a Dantian surging with Spiritual Power. Hua Kong let out a long breath, finally Foundation Establishment!

Hua Kong stood up and stretched his slightly stiff body. The feeling of surging Spiritual Power was unprecedented, the feeling of bulging and humming meridians was unprecedented, and the sense of harmony with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was unprecedented.

Hua Kong took out the Spiritual Power Sundial. It had been seven years, nine months, thirteen days, and five hours since he arrived at the Void Stone Mine. He slowly put away the Formation and pushed open the door of the room.