I might have been playing a fake cultivation game.

Chapter 045 Unexpected Events in the Sky

In this game world, although Foundation Establishment doesn't require going through Heavenly Tribulation or being struck by lightning, it's still not an easy thing.

Foundation building requires the condensation of a Dao foundation within the sea of ​​consciousness, which necessitates a massive amount of spiritual power.

Furthermore, there is a risk of failure in condensing the Dao Foundation. Once it fails, the Dao Foundation will collapse, and the soul will also be damaged. It will take a long time to nurture the soul before one can continue to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

At this point, the difference between cultivators supported by powerful families and sects and independent cultivators becomes apparent.

Having a powerful backer, a large supply of spirit stones during foundation building, and a high-quality spirit-gathering array can greatly increase the speed of foundation condensation.

Even if you're unlucky and fail to establish your foundation, you can still use pills like the Foundation Establishment Pill to protect your soul and prevent it from suffering too much damage.

In this way, cultivators can greatly reduce the time needed to recover from injuries, and before long, they will be able to continue their efforts to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

In contrast, those independent cultivators don't have such treatment. They lack everything and can only rely on time to hone their skills. They only have one or two chances to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm in their lifetime. If they fail, they will be completely cut off from the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Zhou Yunshen saw all of this in a popular science post on a game forum.

The poster's player rating is intermediate, and the post was even marked as a featured post by the administrator, earning the poster a reward of 8000 gold coins. Clearly, the content has a certain degree of credibility.

Zhou Yunshen is essentially a rogue cultivator now.

But he has a connection with Chen Xin'an.

He didn't want to trouble Chen Xin'an with other matters, but he had no choice but to trouble Chen Xin'an with this one.

Fortunately, he now receives a monthly living allowance of 10 yuan, which gave him the confidence to ask Chen Xin'an for help.

Just as Zhou Yunshen was pondering these things, his phone vibrated slightly.

Zhou Yunshen picked up his phone and saw that it was a message from Chen Xin'an.

Chen Xin'an: "Yun Shen, I'm almost at your door. Come open it for me in a bit."

"Are you almost at my door?" Zhou Yunshen was taken aback.

"Wasn't Chen Xin'an in Yun City? When did he get to Kunming City?"

"Besides, I never told him my address in Kunming. How did he find me?"

But Zhou Yunshen quickly realized what was going on and typed back: "You mean in the game?"

Chen Xin'an: "Nonsense, if it's not in a game, is it in real life? In real life, I don't even know where you live, how am I supposed to come find you?"

Zhou Yunshen chuckled dryly and typed: "Why did you suddenly decide to come find me? Did you reach the tenth level of Qi Refining and become capable of soul transmigration?"

Chen Xin'an: "You actually guessed right! Haha, not bad. I can now transmigrate. To catch up with your cultivation progress, I begged my Golden Core Ancestor to bestow upon me a spiritual fruit, and only then did I finally break through to the tenth level of Qi Refining. It wasn't easy."

Zhou Yunshen: "Haha, you get to eat spirit fruits? I can't even get my hands on one, even if I wanted to."

Chen Xin'an: "If you want to eat one, I'll go get you another one."

Zhou Yunshen: "No need, I was just saying it casually."

He thought to himself, "Now that Chen Xin'an is here, I'll discuss the Foundation Establishment matter with him in person."

Soon after, in the game world.

This time, as soon as the large and luxurious carriage came to a stop, the gate of the courtyard opened, and Zhou Yun Shen walked out of the courtyard with a smile on his face to greet the carriage.

However, Zhou Yunshen had only taken a few steps forward when he was stopped by two servants in blue robes who looked at him warily.

Zhou Yunshen had no choice but to stop.

At this moment, the carriage curtain was lifted, and a delicate-looking eight-year-old child stepped out of the carriage. Upon seeing this scene, his little face immediately darkened, and he shouted in a childish voice, "What are you doing? Brother Zhou is my friend, how dare you stop me? Get out! All of you, get out of my way!"

The two servants in blue robes retreated, looking disheveled, after being scolded by the child.

Zhou Yunshen looked at the innocent child in front of him.

He discovered that being transported by soul was indeed different; the child in front of him was noticeably more lively in his eyes and expressions compared to before, and his movements were also more natural.

Just like the last time he came, Chen Xin'an had a group of Chen family servants wait outside the door, while he and Zhou Yunshen entered the courtyard together.

"Young Master Chen." Zhou Xiaoya, Dashan, Uncle Liu, Aunt Liu and others stood aside and greeted Chen Xin'an with some restraint.

Chen Xin'an simply nodded and then pulled Zhou Yunshen to the room to discuss matters.

Just then, Zhou Yunshen felt as if the sky had darkened slightly.

He subconsciously looked up.

Then I saw a large patch of dark clouds appear in the sky.

Moreover, this dark cloud is expanding in all directions at a visible speed, and is becoming increasingly thick.

Chen Xin'an also realized something was wrong at this moment and looked up.

Zhou Xiaoya and the others also looked up.

"Brother Chen, what's going on?" Zhou Yunshen asked, looking at the sky.

"I don't know." Chen Xin'an's face was also full of confusion.

Suddenly, a golden light appeared in the sky, stretching to the horizon and enveloping a large area of ​​buildings.

When Zhou Yunshen first saw this golden light, he was a little puzzled, but he quickly realized that the city must have activated its protective formation.

The pale golden light that enveloped the entire city was an unusual phenomenon that appeared when the city's protective array was activated.

"Protect the young master!"

"Protect the young master immediately!" At the shouts, several agile servants in blue robes rushed into the courtyard and protected Chen Xin'an.

Chen Xin'an, with a stern face, reprimanded in his childish voice, "What's the panic? There's a protective formation around the city, what are you all panicking for!"

At that moment, dark clouds rolled overhead, revealing a huge, somewhat ferocious human face.

The human face formed from dark clouds looked down at the vast city below, its voice roaring like a vengeful ghost: "I, Du Huaimin, have returned! You all never expected me, Du Huaimin, to return, did you? Now that I'm back, everyone who has humiliated me, everyone who has humiliated the Du family, will die!"

Even through the golden light barrier, Zhou Yunshen felt immense pressure when facing this terrifying, gigantic human face.

The sense of oppression was even greater when the giant face roared those words.

Amidst the roar, Zhou Xiaoya's face visibly turned pale, and her body became swaying precariously.

Zhou Yunshen rushed over, shielded Zhou Xiaoya in his arms, and covered her eyes with his hands, telling her to look down and not look up.

Zhou Xiaoya nodded obediently, lowered her head and rested it against Zhou Yunshen's chest, a look of relief on her face.

She felt that as long as her brother was there to protect her, she was not afraid of anything.

"Holy crap! What kind of monster is this?!" Chen Xin'an looked up at the sky and couldn't help but shout.

At this moment, several figures rose into the air from the city. Because they were too far away, Zhou Yunshen could not see their faces clearly, but they were all glowing, like bright stars.

Then a loud voice shouted, "Where did these demons and monsters come from! How dare they cause trouble in the city! They have no sense of mortality! Take this!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a dazzling golden light shone in the sky, illuminating a large area of ​​the sky and making it impossible for people to open their eyes.

Immediately afterwards, a golden greatsword larger than a building appeared in the golden light, slashing towards the black cloud in the sky that had condensed into a human face!