Chapter 229: Foundation

The cold temperature lasted for a long time and Yu Shi Lan salvaged quite a lot of herbs in the mountains before she went to neighboring cities and rummaged various pharmacies.

Yu Shi Lan didn’t neglect her practice either.

But she knew that one’s improvement after reaching higher rank will definitely slow down.

So she’s not in a rush.

Still, after 5 months of wandering around, Yu Shi Lan still reached Qi Refining Rank 10 and was very satisfied with her current strength.

“Meow.” <It wouldn’t be that easy to reach Foundation Establishment after this, Miss>

Xiao Mao was still hiding inside Yu Shi Lan’s pocket. Even though she tried her best to absorb the demonic Qi, her current body was still ver weak, which made her incredibly frustrated.

If it was possible, Xiao Mao really wanted to help Yu Shi Lan more.

And it was not only for Yu Shi Lan.

She also wanted to roam freely around the world like before. Being able to beat up her opponents by herself instead of relying on Yu Shi Lan was something that Xiao Mao dreamed to do.

“Ah, you’re right.” Yu Shi Lan chuckled. “Don’t worry, I have my own way.”

The method to reach Foundation Establishment was imprinted in her mind, but what made it difficult was the fact that most people would need Foundation Establishment pills if they wanted to advance to become Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Yes, they needed a pill.

It was a strange requirement and Yu Shi Lan also took a long time to investigate the reason in her previous life.

After all, Yu Shi Lan didn’t want to rely on the pills.

Many cultivation’s resources were firmly controlled in the hands of various families and sects. They would never let ordinary cultivator go free and Yu Shi Lan had experienced the pain of being a free cultivator in her previous life.

Resources were extremely scarce.

Whatever they wanted, they had to fight for it or they wouldn’t even be able to drink the soup.

It was really painful.

And it was also because of this that Yu Shi Lan offended a lot of people over the years and experienced the ’beautiful’ life of being chased around by many people. Thankfully, she’s strong enough to deal with them.

In this way, no one managed to kill Yu Shi Lan.

And what killed her in the end was herself…

Her failure to pass the tribulation to be exact.

“Meow?” <What plan?>

Xiao Mao looked at Yu Shi Lan with confusion.

Advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage without any pills would be fraught with danger. Unless they have a powerful cultivator who would protect them when they advanced, Yu Shi Lan might not be able to succeed.

Even if there were other cultivators on the Green Planet, would Yu Shi Lan be willing to show her back to them?

Showing one’s back to others is very dangerous.

For someone like Yu Shi Lan who had been fighting on the frontline for a long time and faced numerous dangers, she would not be able to trust someone so easily. Even in the cultivation world, Yu Shi Lan didn’t have any close friends because she couldn’t trust them.

Xiao Mao really couldn’t imagine Yu Shi Lan suddenly trusting someone so easily anymore.

Being betrayed so many times and having to face the ugliness of human’s nature, Yu Shi Lan had learned not to trust people so easily.

…Well, more or less.

“Meow.” <Don’t say that you have started to learn how to trust people again, Yu Shi Lan. Do you forget how your so called friend sold you out just because of the bounty on your head?>

Xiao Mao narrowed her eyes and looked at Yu Shi Lan warily.

She didn’t want her master to be tricked by others and just thinking about those days made Xiao Mao sighed.

Yu Shi Lan can be somewhat gullible at times.

Perhaps it was related to her past experience that was clearly lacking in love and feelings. But Xiao Mao felt that there was no need for Yu Shi Lan to play attention to other people.

She should just focus on her own improvement.

Yu Shi Lan rolled her eyes and poked Xiao Mao’s head. “What are you thinking in your head all day long, Xiao Mao? You know very well that I can’t possibly do that.”

Yu Shi Lan shook her head with a faint smile.

She felt that Xiao Mao was thinking too much.

“I’ll advance on my own without any pills but I’ll prepare some protection pills to help my foundation stable,” Yu Shi Lan replied.

It was not like Yu Shi Lan couldn’t make the Foundation Establishment Pills, the kind of pills that would help them to break through. But she knew very well that cultivators who relied on pills to advance would have limited achievements in the future.

Or it was more like… they would have to spend more time to repair their foundation in the future.

Yu Shi Lan didn’t want to waste this time.

This was the weakness that she found out when she was researching the method to find the Foundation Establishment Pill back then.

But after she knew about this, Yu Shi Lan didn’t want to use the Foundation Establishment Pill.

And the person she asked just laughed.

“Do you really think that just anyone could advance to Foundation Establishment Stage without Foundation Establishment Pill? It’s impossible and if you dare to try it without anyone supervision, what awaited you would be nothing more than your death.”

Yu Shi Lan only smiled at their words.

And after turning around, she advanced to Foundation Establishment Stage through using the protection pills alone.

The process was indeed a bit dangerous.

But she succeeded.

“Meoow!” <It’s too dangerous, Miss!>

Xiao Mao sat up straight when she heard Yu Shi Lan’s words. From Yu Shi Lan’s memory, she knew what had happened at that time and not long after Yu Shi Lan become a Foundation Establishment cultivator, she met with Xiao Mao.

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