As the stone door of the quiet room is closed, the corresponding formation is activated, isolating the inside and outside.

Meng Zhou walked around the quiet room and inspected it carefully.

With his current ability, he is still unable to lay out such a second-level formation, but it is enough to check for leaks and fill in the gaps.

The final result is still satisfactory, Qingxuanzong did not do anything in this regard.

Meng Zhou took out a pure futon and sat cross-legged on it.

He took off the seemingly ordinary rope spirit from his wrist and began to knit it.

He first weaved a spirit-gathering talisman array, then a shielding talisman array, and then a soul-gathering talisman array and a shielding talisman array.

In this way, these two talisman formations were alternately born between the fingers of his hands.

Whenever the thread seemed to be exhausted, under the control of his mind, the end of the thread would extend forward for a long time, allowing him to continue knitting without stopping.

When will it end?

It doesn't matter what he said, it depends on the limit of this rope spirit that has grown to the first level limit.

In an anecdotal note related to foundation building, Meng Zhou saw such a statement.

During the process of foundation building, the monk's demand for spiritual energy is no more than a normal retreat in the early stages of foundation building.

But its demand for the "quality" of spiritual energy is very high.

The higher the quality of foundation building, the stronger this demand.

If the environment of its retreat place cannot meet its needs, then the body will instinctively expand the absorption range, which is reflected in the phenomenon of foundation building.

This is also a way for outsiders to judge the quality of a person's foundation building. The larger the scope of the anomaly, the higher the quality of the foundation building, and vice versa.

But this kind of judgment does not have standard reference value.

The same monk who builds a foundation in a second-level spiritual land of average quality may cause a foundation-building phenomenon that is huge and lasts a long time.

But if it were a third-level cave, its scope of influence might be limited to the cave.

And if you switch to a higher-level fourth-level cave, there is a high probability that there will not even be any external abnormalities, and the breakthrough will be completed silently, and no one will notice the abnormality except the person involved.

Meng Zhou had a premonition that if he didn't make any preparations, his foundation-building vision might be extremely exaggerated.

When the time comes, it might attract the attention of the Qingxuan Sect's alchemy master.

He who only wants to develop in a low profile does not want to be in such limelight.

He was inspired by this notebook, and his plan was to arrange as many spirit gathering talisman arrays as possible, and from the first day he entered the quiet room, he would continue to extract spiritual energy from the outside world and store it.

When he is preparing to officially break through, the richer and higher the quality of the spiritual energy in the quiet room, the smaller the foundation building phenomenon will be exposed.

Of course, all this has to happen quietly.

Therefore, a spirit-gathering talisman array must be matched with a shielding talisman array to ensure concealment.

To the entire second-level spiritual vein where Qinglinfang is located, his current behavior is like secretly opening a hole in the pool and making a clever disguise at the entrance of the hole.

Unless someone catches you on the spot, this hidden leak is difficult to find.

This was a plan that he had already planned in his mind as early as when he chose which talisman formations to take.

The reason why he did not make preparations in advance at Ruyiju was because after he reached a perfect level of mastery of these two talisman formations, he no longer adhered to the dogmatic and rigid production methods in the inheritance.

He can flexibly adjust the weaving techniques of these two talismans according to different times, places, and needs to perfectly fit the local environment and maximize the effect.

Meng Zhou kept knitting and knitting until he finally reached the rope spirit's current limit and no new rope ends grew.

Meng Zhou carefully counted and found that on this rope, there were forty-nine spirit gathering talisman arrays and forty-eight shielding talisman arrays.

Meng Zhou spread it evenly around the quiet room, and then braided the first and last rope ends into a ring.

In an instant, as if electrified, spirituality circulated among the talisman arrays, and a steady stream of spiritual energy was absorbed into this quiet room, which was already extremely rich in spiritual energy.

Originally, these two kinds of talisman formations were only of first-order high-grade quality.

But after his skills reached master, grandmaster, and perfection, his quality improved one after another.

Now, he has adapted to local conditions and designed and weaved a talisman array that best fits the local environment.

Its comprehensive level has reached the second-level low-grade level.

One is like this, all of them are like this.

In less than half a day, Meng Zhou felt nothing but spiritual energy while breathing.

"There's no such thing as drunken spiritual energy, right?"

At first, Meng Zhou was still a little uneasy, worried that too much spiritual energy would cause physical discomfort, something like oxygen drunkenness.

Fortunately, the body's feelings don't lie.

As the spiritual energy in the quiet room became more and more, he not only did not feel uncomfortable, but became more and more comfortable and light, and Meng Zhou felt relieved.

After doing this, Meng Zhou began his leisurely retreat life.

Although the aura environment is far superior to that of Ruyiju, the practice of basic skills has already reached its daily limit, and no further progress is possible.

Therefore, he still maintains a daily practice progress of +1.

The rest of the time, Meng Zhou was either sleeping, looking through various notes, or just emptying his mind and simulating ideas.

It was a very relaxing and comfortable time.

Suddenly, ten days passed by in a flash.

…

March 26, early morning.

Meng Zhou, who was sitting cross-legged on the pure futon with his eyes closed, finished the last week of mana transfer.

Feeling the mana in his body that was about to overflow, Meng Zhou had a feeling that at this moment, he could successfully build the foundation with just a slight leap forward.

Among the many notes on breaking through barriers and building foundations, the most admired and enviable one is that "when water is full, it will overflow by itself, and everything will fall into place".

When cultivation, mana, and physical and mental state all reach this critical point, foundation building is a logical matter.

But Meng Zhou did not follow this instinctive guidance, but opened his eyes and woke up.

[Realm: Nine levels of Qi training 100/100]

"This should be regarded as the ultimate perfection of Qi training, right?" Meng Zhou thought jokingly in his heart.

The quiet room at this moment looks very strange.

Meng Zhou didn't seem to be on land, but in an underwater world. His whole body was immersed in the spiritual energy that was so rich that it was completely liquefied and even seemed a little viscous, almost semi-solidified.

After ten days of continuous accumulation, this is equivalent to a quasi-third-level spiritual land.

However, this has also reached the limit that the forty-nine spirit-gathering talisman arrays can support. They have stopped operating at this moment, and no new spiritual energy can be drawn into them.

In the final analysis, their overall quality is only second-level low-grade. Although the quantitative change has caused a certain degree of qualitative change, they cannot truly cross the class and advance from the second-level to the third-level.

In such an environment, Meng Zhou does not need to worry about hunger. The abundant spiritual energy can not only meet his physical needs, but also keep him in the best condition.

Meng Zhou stood up from the pure futon and mobilized the power of Qi and blood throughout his body, causing it to pour out continuously from the body's organs, blood vessels, bone marrow and even the brain.

The majestic power of Qi and blood turned into a circular shield of light visible to the naked eye around him.

At this moment, he was really shining.

The power of Qi and blood in the body was squandered in this way, and the rapid loss of Qi and blood power created a "cold" low-lying area.

The overflowing "Shengji" mana began to flow naturally, filling this gap continuously.

However, because he did not stop squandering the power of Qi and blood, the support from Shengji magic power also never stopped.

Shengji's mana constantly replenished the consumption of Hanji's energy and blood, and the abundant spiritual energy around him began to flow into Shengji continuously, and the spiritual energy was refined into mana.

Due to the consumption of spiritual energy in the quiet room, the stopped spirit gathering formation began to work again, and external spiritual energy was continuously extracted and replenished into the quiet room.

In this way, Hanji's body, Shengji's magic power, and the spiritual energy outside his body were connected, forming a directional flow.

During this process, his body was like a white bear that had been sleeping for a long time, gradually "waking up" under the constant stimulation.

Meng Zhou recovered bit by bit all the insights he had on that day when he created the White Bear Hanji Body in Shuiliandong and initially built the framework of practice based on the four properties of water.

Little by little, I regained my physical condition, and the full power of Qi and blood was no longer squandered outside the body, but all poured into the brain.

In an instant, the power of divine consciousness was easily stimulated by him.

After going back and forth like this for a long time, Meng Zhou recovered all the insights he had when he first created the practice that day.

"Essence", "Qi", and "Shen" all entered the best state. After fully warming up, he sat down cross-legged on the pure futon again.

Meng Zhou felt the vitality and eagerness to try in his revived body, and felt satisfied in his heart.

"For normal monks, they are already a bit too old to pass the test and build the foundation at the age of fifty-two.

But my lifespan has reached 157 years, and the lifespan of a normal monk is within 120 years.

Compared to a normal monk, the stage of life I am currently in is less than 40 years old.

Although he is still a bit older, he is still in his prime, barely at the peak stage of his life."
To be continued...