After waking up the next day, Zhou Fan looked at the wolves' cut-up bodies. Last night, he had decided not to waste any part of the wolves. With their fur, he made himself a nice-looking coat.
He also made a water flask with their skin. Since this area was so nice, Zhou Fan decided to cultivate. He hadn't attempted to cultivate since his last major breakthrough and wanted to see if anything had changed.
Crossing his legs and clasping his hands, Zhou Fan immediately sensed an ocean of Qi soaring towards him. It overwhelmed him so much that he fell out of his cultivation state.
Starting again, he was much more prepared for the sudden influx of Qi. The previous amount was infinitly lesser than this. If his previous cultivation was like filling a bucket with drops, his current cultivation was akin to a stream filling a lake.
In a mere 5 minutes, Zhou Fan felt he had absorbed more Qi than his previous cultivation sessions combined.
After an hour, he finally felt a breakthrough. Although there were no longer any surgents of Qi, Zhou Fan felt as if another foundation had been stacked and compressed into his previous one.
His current foundation was at least twice as strong and sturdy than it previously was. Zhou Fan felt as if the foundations were within his body, yet not at the same time. As if it existed in a different space.
It felt like a square battle stage, yet also formless. It was extremely hard to explain the feeling of it. Oppening his eyes, Zhou Fan didn't smell a thing.
Looking down, he wasn't covered in any impurities! Waving his hand, he gathered Qi twice as fast. Zhou Fan decided to hit the nearest tree with a sideway's karate chop. When his hand hit the tree, it immediately collapsed. The tree almost fell on him, but luckily, it missed him by about a foot.
On second thought, even if the tree hit him, he wouldn't be injured. Walking up to another tree, Zhou Fan punched it without using any Qi.
This tree mimicked the previous one , collapsing instantly. Unfortunately for Zhou Fan, this tree didn't miss him. Getting pushed into the ground, Zhou Fan struggled for half a minute before he decided to attempt to imitate the time Qi exploded from his body in his house.
Covering his entire body in a quick moment, Zhou Fan weakly released the Qi from his body. Unlike the time in the house, Zhou Fan had control of his Qi. Therefore, his new clothes weren't instantly destroyed. The tree, however, exploded to the side, finally freeing him.
Standing up, Zhou Fan decided to forever forget what had just happened. Suddenly, the bandit chiefs sword caught the corner of his eye. It was actually more appropriate to call it Zhou Fan's sword since he now owns it.
Picking up the sword, Zhou Fan attempted to infuse it with his Qi. Although it was much harder than covering his body, the Qi stuck to the sword in a matter of seconds. Slicing out, a wave of Qi shot at the random direction he swung at. The closest three trees were bisected cleanly by the sword wave before it disipated.
Zhou Fan was amazed at his discovery. He hadn't had much hope when he had this idea. To his surprise, however, it worked even better than expected. If he had infused more energy into the sword, the wave would have both lasted longer and been more powerful!
Deciding that he had had enough fun today, Zhou Fan climbed on his horse and rode in the direction he had randomly chosen yesterday.
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2 days later, Zhou Fan stopped his horse. He had come across a clearing in the forest.
'Civilization should be close' Zhou Fan thought.
Looking closer, Zhou Fan noticed some horse tracks. Based on their direction , Zhou Fan chose to follow them.
After a day of riding, Zhou Fan decided to set up camp to the side of the road. Every day, Zhou Fan would set up camp , eat , and cultivate before heading to sleep.
Surprisingly, Zhou Fan had only broken through one time in the past 2 days. Zhou Fan felt it was weird because he was used to breaking through once a day.
Unlike in the past, the amount of Qi required to go into the next level was 5 times as much. It took him 5 hours to breakthrough into the next level! Despite the immense increase in Qi.
On another note, Zhou Fan had named both his current 'realm' and his previous one. He had also come up with the name 'realm'.
Zhou Fan had decided to call his current realm, 'Foundation Establishment'. This was due to the fact that he felt a foundation in his body every time he broke through. He had decided to call the last realm, ' Qi gathering', due to the fact that he had been gathering Qi. It was extremely simple, but there was no reason for it to be complicated.
He had also given each realm 10 levels. Since there were 10 levels in Qi gathering, Zhou Fan assumed that there would also be 10 in Foundation establishment. Worst case scenario, he renamed it afterward.
Based upon his naming, Zhou Fan was in the 3rd level of Foundation establishment.
With even better news, Zhou Fan felt that his foundation had improved triple when he broke through. It seemed as if his foundation would experience a 4 times increase the next time and so on.
After 3 hours, Zhou Fan broke through. This made him relieved. If every breakthrough had multiplied the time required for the next by 5, he didn't when he would make it to the next realm.
Luckily, combining the 7 hours he cultivated last night, it took only 10 hours for his breakthrough. It was also because of the increase in Qi, he could absorb each time.
Now in the 4th level of Foundation establishment, Zhou Fans conjuncture was proven correct. His foundations strength increased by 4 times!
Zhou Fan then decided to go to sleep.