Tao Qian waved away the clouds and saw a humanoid figure sitting cross-legged in the exquisite cave and the dense fairy pool.

He was about to apologize and exit, but suddenly at this moment, the glow in the cave seemed to be breathing, and suddenly retracted into the fairy pond.

From this, Tao Qian saw the... corpse sitting in the pond.

This is clearly a female cultivator. She has a pretty face, her eyes are closed tightly, she is naked, her dark hair is hanging down, and her skin is as white as snow. If it weren't for Tao Qian's perception, there would be no trace of life in this woman's body.

No, I might mistakenly think that she is taking a bath or practicing.

Tao Qian's current knowledge, cultivation, and killing power are far beyond those of ordinary Qi Refining Realm monks.

Even if you don't touch it, you can still get a glimpse of the female cultivator's condition through your own perception.

She has been dead for a long time. I don’t know the age, but the reason why this body can be preserved so well is probably because of the "Lingbao Immortal Pond".

"Master once said that Lingbao disciples would all build their foundations here."

"In other words, this should be a fellow disciple of mine, at least a senior sister. Did he die due to the failure of foundation building?"

Tao Qian frowned, thinking about it.

Suddenly, his eyes fell directly on the wall on one side of the cave, and he saw a few lines of delicate ancient seal characters left on the green tree wall by some kind of sharp sword light:

"My name is Li Xiuqing, and I had to meet my master Peony Fairy on the eve of my wedding."

"Master followed your instructions, and I practiced with great concentration. Once I cultivated my body without leakage, I wanted to build the Tao foundation in the pool."

"I just lament that greed is too much, no leakage will lead to leakage, all the merits will be lost, and it is fitting to die here."

Although there is no resentment between the lines, it is also full of lamentation.

Tao Qian understood immediately. Apparently, the senior sister who died here in an unknown year and month was named Li Xiuqing.

Originally, he wanted to enter the foundation-building realm, but he was too greedy during cultivation, which led to mistakes in Wuluo's body, so that all his previous efforts were wasted, and his own life was also lost.

Just don't know why?

Lingbao Sect has such an attitude towards its disciples, not to restrain themselves, but to stay here forever?

Tao Qian stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at it for a moment, then saluted the body of his senior sister, turned around and stepped into the clouds again.

"There are caves here one after another. Naturally, there is no need to fight with the dead senior sister to find another one."

As soon as he uttered this murmur, Tao Qian took seven or eight steps.

On the left and right sides, stars and clouds bulged out at the same time, each shining on Tao Qian's body.

After thinking about it, Tao Qian went to the left first.

"Um?"

As usual, the clouds dispersed, and the scene inside made Tao Qian exclaim again.

It is still an exquisite cave, but it is more decorated and more gorgeous, but what is really important is still the Lingbao Immortal Pond.

But at this moment, there was actually a corpse in the pool. This time, it was a male cultivator. He was also sitting naked, his eyes were closed, and there was no life left at all. He didn't even leave a few last words.

Tao Qian immediately turned around and went to the right. Sure enough, there were corpses in the pool over there.

But it was an old monk with white hair and beard who left his last words on the wall of the cave:

"When I was young, I left home to seek immortality and seek enlightenment. When I was eighty years old, I met my master Peng Zhenren. He accepted me as his disciple because he didn't think my qualifications were dull."

"I originally wanted to build the foundation of Taoism, rejuvenate my old age and rejuvenate my youth, and then practice the wonderful method. Unfortunately, my distracting thoughts are too heavy, and there will be no leakage, and I can't cultivate myself. I can't cultivate myself."

Looking at these last words full of reluctance, Tao Qian suddenly had a suspicion in his heart.

Could it be that all the caves at the forefront are in this condition, and are all the remains left by the predecessors who failed to build the foundation?

Although the Lingbao Sect took away the stored magic weapons and so on, the corpse was not disposed of and left here to warn future generations?

"Xunxian asked, only seeking immortality."

"But the road is cruel, and if you are not careful, you will die."

After sighing, Tao Qian also bowed to the old man and continued to move forward.

What he saw next confirmed his guess.

In almost every cave we encountered along the way, there were corpses. They were sitting naked in the Lingbao Immortal Pond.

Some left any last words, some did not.

And it's not just human monks, there are also monsters, monsters, mountain spirits, ghosts, etc.

The cause of death is the same: failure to build the foundation!

Seeing these miserable scenes made Tao Qian feel a little heavier.

Although we have known for a long time that cultivation is extremely dangerous, every stage is a test of life and death for the monks.

If you are not careful, you will die violently.

And this foundation-building realm is extremely critical and extremely dangerous.

What is foundation building?

For Lingbao monks who have reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining Realm, this is both the next level and a level.

Only when you build a foundation of Taoism can you transcend the world.

Therefore, when a Lingbao monk reaches this level, he needs to use the [Lingbao No Leakage Body] to absorb as much fairy spirit energy into his body as possible. On the premise that there is no leakage, the more the better, and the more the better.

Because after the Lingbao monks enter the foundation-building realm, they can no longer swallow the immortal spiritual energy. They need to close their bodies without leakage and temper both internally and externally in order to refine their extraordinary Taoist bodies.

From this, one can step into the "realm of transformation" in one fell swoop.

The key to the Lingbao monks absorbing the fairy spiritual energy lies in the fairy ponds in the caves. The fairy ponds are originally condensed by the fairy spiritual energy, and they are connected together, just like the roots of this Lingbao tree.

Immortal veins.

If you want to build the foundation to the greatest extent, you naturally need to take off your clothes, sit in the pool without any worries, no worries, no shelter, and absorb the fairy energy from the Lingbao fairy veins.

But once you start, you can't stop.

If something goes wrong in the middle, you may die.

Why is this?

When Tao Qian came up, Master Duobao specifically reminded him not to be greedy for too much and not to allow leaks to occur in his body without leaks.

But if there is any leakage, it must be drained out.

Tao Qian was thinking in his heart as he went forward to find an empty cave.

Suddenly, an idea came to Tao Qian's mind, as if he thought of something, and he immediately had a doubt.

"These seniors all died due to the failure of foundation construction. This is understandable, but why the death conditions are exactly the same, they are all so peaceful and quiet."

"Although it is not a terrible torture to have a leak in a body without leaks, but watching a person's cultivation run out of leaks, many people will be alienated and corrupted as a result. Should their deaths be different?"

"Why are they so similar? Could it be that the sect helped to deal with it?"

With this question in mind, Tao Qian once again saw the corpse of a strange senior in a cave fairy pond.

He should be a snake demon who attained enlightenment. His true body was a white-scaled snake, and even after his death, he was lifelike, like the most exquisite sculpture in the world.

The bad thing is that the corpse of this senior is lying down.

Seeing this scene, Tao Qian did not retreat immediately this time. Instead, he apologized and immediately stepped forward to lift up the body of this strange senior brother.

The moment Tao Qian touched the snake's body with his hands, he didn't know what kind of narrative information burst out in his mind.

It was extremely rare that Tao Qian lost his composure.

A look of horror flashed in his eyes, and he sensed something at the next moment. He turned his head suddenly, looked outside the cave, and shouted directly: "Who is it? Get out of here."

Almost as soon as Tao Qian finished speaking, he saw a sudden disturbance in the hazy light, and three non-human figures with different shapes appeared solidly.

Although they are non-human beings, except for some special limbs, the rest are dressed as humans.

They are an old man wearing a rich yellow robe, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and a pair of small mung bean eyes full of cunning.

Wearing a black gauze dress, his face is also dark, but he is holding an oil-paper umbrella with large cicadas embroidered on the umbrella.

And a woman wearing a gorgeous dress, a flower crown on her head, and membrane wings on her back.

Although these three people are obviously fairies, they do not have demonic aura in them, but have a very strong fairy aura.

When ordinary people see it, they will definitely think it is a fairy-like existence.

They were drunk by Tao Qian, but they were not in a hurry. After appearing, they bowed to Tao Qian and saluted, saying:

"Three Immortals of Miaoshu have met this young master."

"I wonder what the young master's orders are when he calls me?"

Hearing these two sentences, Tao Qian seemed to be angry and laughed.

After straightening the remains of the senior brother who had entered the Dao with the white-scaled snake, Tao Qian left the cave directly, stood in front of the three demon immortals and sneered:

"I'm calling you to wait? Aren't you three monsters hiding in the roots of the tree, peeping at me?"

"If I hadn't gone to help this senior brother's body just now, which made you discouraged, I really wouldn't have been able to catch you."
To be continued...