shí jiān yī huǎng yǎn jiù guò qù le 。
时间一晃眼就过去了。
Time flew by in the blink of an eye.
lín xuān zhè yī cì bì guān ， jū rán lì jīng le shí nián zhī jiǔ ， duì yú pǔ tōng rén ér yán ， zì rán wú kě xiǎng xiàng ， dàn xiān dào màn cháng ， zhè yàng de xiū liàn què bì bù kě shǎo 。
林轩这一次闭关，居然历经了十年之久，对于普通人而言，自然无可想象，但仙道漫长，这样的修炼却必不可少。
Lin Xuan's latest seclusion lasted a full decade. For ordinary people, this was unimaginable, but for those who followed the path of immortals, such cultivation was essential.
lín xuān zhōng yú dé cháng suǒ yuàn ， tà rù le zhù jī hòu qī de jiē duàn ， ér qiě hái shì liàn chéng le dì liù céng gōng fǎ ， huàn jù huà shuō ， jiù shì zhù jī hòu qī de dǐng diǎn 。
林轩终于得偿所愿，踏入了筑基后期的阶段，而且还是练成了第六层功法，换句话说，就是筑基后期的顶点。
Finally, Lin Xuan achieved his goal and entered the late-stage Foundation Establishment phase, having mastered the sixth layer of his cultivation technique. In other words, he had reached the pinnacle of late-stage Foundation Establishment.
zhì yú yuè ér ， nà yā tou de zī zhì zhī hǎo ， gèng shì chāo guò le lín xuān de yù liào 。
至于月儿，那丫头的资质之好，更是超过了林轩的预料。
As for Yue'er, her talent surpassed even Lin Xuan's expectations. Without any aid from pills, she managed to reach the middle stage of Foundation Establishment in just ten years.
zài méi yǒu dān yào fǔ zhù de qíng kuàng xià ， duǎn duǎn shí nián ， tā jiù dá dào le zhù jī zhōng qī de jiē duàn 。
在没有丹药辅助的情况下，短短十年，她就达到了筑基中期的阶段。
"Phew!"
“ hū ！”
“呼！”
Lin Xuan settled his breath into his dantian and slowly concluded his practice. He then stood up, flexing his limbs, and sat in meditation for a day. He did feel somewhat numb after such prolonged sitting.
lín xuān qì chén dān tián ， huǎn huǎn shōu gōng ， suí hòu zhàn le qǐ lái ， huó dòng le yī xià shǒu jiǎo ， dǎ zuò le yī tiān ****， hái zhēn yǒu xiē má mù de gǎn jué 。
林轩气沉丹田，缓缓收功，随后站了起来，活动了一下手脚，打坐了一天****，还真有些麻木的感觉。
Next, Lin Xuan left the training room and entered an adjacent stone chamber.
suí hòu lín xuān chū le liàn gōng fáng ， lái dào páng biān de yī jiān shí shì lǐ miàn 。
随后林轩出了练功房，来到旁边的一间石室里面。
The place was empty except for a simple gathering spirit array on the ground. In the center of the array lay a round white spirit beast egg.
zhè lǐ kōng kōng rú yě ， zhǐ yǒu dì miàn shàng huà zhe yí gè jiǎn dān de jù líng zhèn fǎ ， zhèn fǎ zhōng jiān ， fàng zhe yī méi bái bái yuán yuán de líng shòu luǎn 。
这里空空如也，只有地面上画着一个简单的聚灵阵法，阵法中间，放着一枚白白圆圆的灵兽卵。
There was still no sign of movement. Lin Xuan's face showed a hint of disappointment. This spirit beast egg had been obtained from the den of the Malevolent Tyrant, but after ten years, there were still no signs of hatching.
yī rán méi yǒu dòng jìng ， lín xuān liǎn shàng bù yóu de lù chū yī sī shī wàng de biǎo qíng 。
依然没有动静，林轩脸上不由得露出一丝失望的表情。
Even with his deep-seated patience, Lin Xuan's endurance was gradually wearing thin. He even began to doubt if he had received a dead egg. However, upon carefully probing with his spirit sense, he found clear signs of life inside; it wasn't a dead object. Why couldn't it hatch?
cǐ líng shòu luǎn shì zài tiān shā mó jūn de dòng fǔ zhōng suǒ de ， kě yǐ jīng zhěng zhěng shí nián guò qù le ， què yī rán yī sī fū huà de jì xiàng yě méi yǒu 。
此灵兽卵是在天煞魔君的洞府中所得，可已经整整十年过去了，却依然一丝孵化的迹象也没有。
If it were a problem related to pills, Spiritmedicine Mountain would naturally have extensive records. But regarding knowledge about spirit beasts, the library contained no information.
jí biàn yǐ lín xuān dì chéng fǔ 。 nài xīn yě jiàn jiàn dì bèi xiāo mó guāng le 。 tā shèn zhì huái yí 。 zì jǐ shì bú shì dé dào le yī méi sǐ luǎn ？
即便以林轩地城府。耐心也渐渐地被消磨光了。他甚至怀疑。自己是不是得到了一枚死卵？
Of course, his master or senior elders within the sect might know something, but Lin Xuan was unwilling to reveal this news. Plus, with most of his focus on cultivation, he gradually put aside thoughts about the spirit beast egg.
kě zài zǐ xì yòng shén shí tàn chá yǐ hòu 。 lǐ miàn què shí yǒu shēng mìng huó dòng dì jì xiàng 。 jué bú shì sǐ wù 。 kě wèi shén me jiù bù néng fū huà ne ？
可在仔细用神识探查以后。里面确实有生命活动地迹象。绝不是死物。可为什么就不能孵化呢？
Seeing that it still hadn't hatched, Lin Xuan felt a slight disappointment but wasn't overly discouraged. As long as it wasn't a dead egg, there was nothing to worry about. Perhaps his method was wrong; next time at the market, he would check if there were any relevant records.
ruò shì yù dào dān yào fāng miàn dì nán tí 。 líng yào shān zì rán yǒu chéng piàn dì diǎn jí 。 kě guān yú líng shòu dì zhī shí 。 cáng gé lǐ què méi yǒu zhī yán piàn yǔ 。
若是遇到丹药方面地难题。灵药山自然有成片地典籍。可关于灵兽地知识。藏阁里却没有只言片语。
Returning to the training room, however, Lin Xuan did not continue taking pills and meditating.
dāng rán 。 shī zūn 。 mén lǐ dì zhǎng bèi kě néng huì zhī dào yī xiē 。 dàn rén xīn gé dù pí 。 lín xuān kě bù yuàn yì xiàng tā men tòu lù zhè ge xiāo xī 。 jiā shàng jīng lì zhǔ yào fàng zài xiū liàn shàng miàn 。 shòu luǎn dì shì qíng yě jiù jiàn jiàn dì dān gē le xià lái 。
当然。师尊。门里地长辈可能会知道一些。但人心隔肚皮。林轩可不愿意向他们透露这个消息。加上精力主要放在修炼上面。兽卵地事情也就渐渐地耽搁了下来。
As his cultivation level rose day by day, the effects of the Foundation Establishment pill were gradually diminishing. Although the expanded Star Sea within him could refine many high-grade pills, the results still weren't ideal.
jiàn yī rán méi yǒu fū huà 。 lín xuān suī rán lüè lüè yǒu xiē shī wàng 。 dàn yě bìng bù jǔ sàng 。 zhǐ yào què dìng le bú shì sǐ luǎn jiù hǎo 。 méi yǒu shén me hǎo dān xīn dì 。 huò xǔ shì zì jǐ fāng fǎ bú duì 。 xià cì qù fāng shì 。 zhā zhā yǒu méi yǒu zhè fāng miàn dì jí 。
见依然没有孵化。林轩虽然略略有些失望。但也并不沮丧。只要确定了不是死卵就好。没有什么好担心地。或许是自己方法不对。下次去坊市。查查有没有这方面地籍。
With past experiences with Essence Cleansing Pills, Lin Xuan naturally wouldn't try top-grade pills; they likely required some rare materials for secondary refining.
chóng xīn huí dào liàn gōng fáng 。 bù guò lín xuān què méi yǒu jì xù fú yào dǎ zuò 。
重新回到练功房。不过林轩却没有继续服药打坐。
But even high-grade pills couldn't meet his needs, and Lin Xuan could only sigh. His talent was truly...
suí zhe tā de xiū wèi yī tiān tiān de shàng shēng 。 zhù jī dān dì yào lì yě zài zhú rì xià jiàng ， suī rán tǐ nèi de xīng hǎi kuò dà yǐ hòu ， yǐ jīng néng gòu tí chún chū bù shǎo shàng pǐn dān lái ， dàn xiào guǒ yī rán bù shǎo hěn lǐ xiǎng 。
随着他的修为一天天的上升。筑基丹地药力也在逐日下降，虽然体内的星海扩大以后，已经能够提纯出不少上品丹来，但效果依然不少很理想。
However, he wasn't overly anxious since he had already reached the late-stage Foundation Establishment in just a decade. There were two options left: one was to continue seclusion. After all, the Foundation Establishment pill's effects weren't entirely gone; with continued consumption and meditation, he could potentially reach the peak of Foundation Establishment after another forty or fifty years, known as false core.
yǒu le yǐ qián xǐ suǐ dān de jīng lì ， lín xuān dāng rán bú huì qù cháng shì jí pǐn dān ， nà duō bàn yòu xū yào shén me tiān cái dì bǎo zuò èr cì cuì liàn 。
有了以前洗髓丹的经历，林轩当然不会去尝试极品丹，那多半又需要什么天材地宝做二次淬炼。
This path was stable and wouldn't lead to any complications. He just needed to continue his seclusion. However, its main drawback was that it would take a bit longer.
kě shàng pǐn dān yě bù néng mǎn zú zì jǐ de xū yào ， lín xuān yě wéi yǒu kǔ xiào ， zì jǐ de zī zhì hái zhēn shì ……
可上品丹也不能满足自己的需要，林轩也唯有苦笑，自己的资质还真是……
Remembering that cultivators had limited lifespans, with Foundation Establishment lasting about two hundred years, reaching the false core before a century was already above average. But don't forget that the path of immortals became increasingly difficult and slower as one advanced. With Lin Xuan's talent, he wanted to reserve more time for future stages.
bù guò tā dào yě bìng bù zháo jí ， fǎn zhèng yǐ jīng àn mù biāo dá dào le zhù jī hòu qī ， ér qiě jǐn huā le duǎn duǎn de shí nián ér yǐ 。
不过他倒也并不着急，反正已经按目标达到了筑基后期，而且仅花了短短的十年而已。
The other option was to search for other pills. Unlike theagile; lively stage, Foundation Establishment had several types of spirit pills beyond the Foundation Establishment pill, including various high-grade pills that could be used.
shèng xià lái de lù 。 yǒu liǎng gè xuǎn zé ， yī shì jì xù bì guān ， bì jìng zhù jī dān zhǐ shì yào lì jiǎn xiǎo 。 bìng bú shì shī xiào ， zhǐ yào jiān chí fú yòng ， zài fǔ yǐ dǎ zuò liàn qì dì huà ， jiān chí gè sì wǔ shí nián ， yīng gāi yě kě yǐ xiū liàn dào zhù jī qī dà yuán mǎn ， yě jiù shì chuán shuō zhōng de jiǎ dān 。
剩下来的路。有两个选择，一是继续闭关，毕竟筑基丹只是药力减小。并不是失效，只要坚持服用，再辅以打坐炼气地话，坚持个四五十年，应该也可以修炼到筑基期大圆满，也就是传说中的假丹。
These had better effects than the Foundation Establishment pill but were rarely used because they were ancient formulas passed down from tens of thousands of years ago. Many of the herbs were either extinct or so rare as to make one's blood boil. Even with a sect's resources, it might not be possible to gather them all.
cǐ qí yī 。
此其一。
For most cultivators, the Foundation Establishment pill was sufficient; why bother making these painstakingly crafted ancient pills?
zhè tiáo lù de tè diǎn shì wěn tuǒ 。 bú huì páng shēng zhī jié ， zhǐ xū yào jì xù bì guān kǔ xiū jiù kě yǐ ， dāng rán ， quē diǎn yě hěn míng xiǎn ， jiù shì huā de shí jiān shāo shāo zhǎng le yì diǎn 。
这条路的特点是稳妥。不会旁生枝节，只需要继续闭关苦修就可以，当然，缺点也很明显，就是花的时间稍稍长了一点。
But Lin Xuan's situation was different. The effects of the Foundation Establishment pill on him were diminishing, and if he wanted to progress faster, these obscure pills became his only hope.
yào zhī dào ， xiū zhēn zhě de shòu mìng yě shì yǒu xiàn de ， zhù jī qī dà yuē kě yǐ huó dào liǎng bǎi yú suì ， suī rán zhào zhè tiáo lù xià qù ， bú dào bǎi suì jiù dá dào jiǎ dān 。 yǐ jīng shì zhōng děng piān shàng de shuǐ zhǔn 。 dàn bú yào wàng le ， xiān dào shì yuè dào hòu miàn yuè nán 。 jìn zhǎn yuè màn ， ér yǐ lín xuān de zī zhì ， dāng rán shì yào jǐn liàng wèi hòu miàn de jìng jiè duō liú yì diǎn shí jiān 。
要知道，修真者的寿命也是有限的，筑基期大约可以活到两百余岁，虽然照这条路下去，不到百岁就达到假丹。已经是中等偏上的水准。但不要忘了，仙道是越到后面越难。进展越慢，而以林轩的资质，当然是要尽量为后面的境界多留一点时间。
However, these pills were rarely refined by anyone in the sect, so there were no waste pills available. If Lin Xuan wanted them, he would have to collect the materials according to the recorded formulas himself.
chú le zhè ge xuǎn zé ， lìng wài yī tiáo lù jiù shì qù sōu xún bié de dān yào ， yào zhī dào ， zhù jī qī yǔ líng dòng qī bù tóng ， zuò wèi xiū zhēn dì zuì dī jìng jiè ， líng dòng qī zēng zhǎng fǎ lì de dān yào jǐn yǒu yī zhǒng ， nà jiù shì xǐ suǐ dān ， ér zhù jī qī ， chú le zhù jī dān ， hái yǒu hǎo jǐ zhǒng líng yào dōu kě yǐ fú yòng 。
除了这个选择，另外一条路就是去搜寻别的丹药，要知道，筑基期与灵动期不同，做为修真地最低境界，灵动期增长法力的丹药仅有一种，那就是洗髓丹，而筑基期，除了筑基丹，还有好几种灵药都可以服用。
Both paths had their drawbacks but also benefits. How should he choose?
ér qiě tā men de xiào guǒ yǔ zhù jī dān xiāng bǐ ， yào hǎo dé duō ， zhǐ bù guò píng shí què méi yǒu shén me rén yòng ， bú shì bù xiǎng ， ér shì zhè xiē dān yào dōu shì shù wàn nián qián chuán xià lái dì yī xiē gǔ fāng 。
而且它们的效果与筑基丹相比，要好得多，只不过平时却没有什么人用，不是不想，而是这些丹药都是数万年前传下来地一些古方。
Lin Xuan was momentarily at a loss!
lǐ miàn hěn duō yào cái bú shì yǐ jīng jué zhǒng ， jiù shì zhēn xī dào lìng rén tù xiě de dì bù ， bié shuō dān dú yī rén le ， jiù suàn shì jí hé mén pài zhī lì ， yě bù yí dìng néng gòu shōu jí qí 。
里面很多药材不是已经绝种，就是珍稀到令人吐血的地步，别说单独一人了，就算是集合门派之力，也不一定能够收集齐。
He needed to decide first before setting his next cultivation goals.
hé kuàng duì yú yì bān de xiū shì ér yán ， fú yòng zhù jī dān jiù zú yǐ ， hé bì zhào gǔ fāng qù liàn zhì zhè xiē yào huā wú shù xīn xuè de dōng xī 。
何况对于一般的修士而言，服用筑基丹就足矣，何必照古方去炼制这些要花无数心血的东西。
Standing at a crossroads, Lin Xuan couldn't make up his mind in the short term. So, he set this matter aside and temporarily paused his cultivation. He had other tasks to attend to.
kě lín xuān qíng kuàng bù yí yàng a ， zhù jī dān duì tā de xiào guǒ yǐ jīng yuè lái yuè chà ， xiǎng yào xiū liàn kuài diǎn ， zhè xiē lěng pì de dān yào jiù chéng le wéi yī dì xī wàng 。
可林轩情况不一样啊，筑基丹对他的效果已经越来越差，想要修炼快点，这些冷僻的丹药就成了唯一地希望。
Lin Xuan took out a storage bracelet, injected his spirit sense into it, and extracted everything inside. The items clattered out with a jingling sound.
rán ér zhè xiē dān yào jī hū méi yǒu rén liàn ， mén pài lǐ zì rán yě jiù bù cún zài fèi dān ， lín xuān rú guǒ xiǎng yào ， jiù zhǐ yǒu zhào zhe dān fāng shàng de jì zǎi zì jǐ qù shōu jí cái liào 。
然而这些丹药几乎没有人炼，门派里自然也就不存在废丹，林轩如果想要，就只有照着丹方上的记载自己去收集材料。
If another cultivator were present, they would be shocked and envious, as these weren't trash but all high-grade spirit artifacts. There were dozens of them in total.
liǎng tiáo lù ， gè yǒu gè de bì duān ， què yě gè yǒu gè de hǎo chù ， gāi zěn me xuǎn zé ne ？
两条路，各有各的弊端，却也各有各的好处，该怎么选择呢？
If converted to crystal stones, even for a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, this would be an impressive amount. For a Core Formation cultivator, it might not be so generous.
lín xuān yī shí jiān yě yǒu diǎn mí máng ！
林轩一时间也有点迷茫！
Of course, Lin Xuan wasn't just taking what he could get; since he embarked on the path of cultivation, danger had always been a constant companion. Many people harbored ill intentions towards him, but Lin Xuan was no pushover. These spirit artifacts were war spoils from his battles with enemies.
bì xū xiān què dìng hǎo ， cái néng ān pái xià miàn de xiū liàn mù biāo 。
必须先确定好，才能安排下面的修炼目标。
Some he had sold in the past, but most were saved up over time, and before he knew it, he had accumulated so many.
Time flew by in the blink of an eye.
Lin Xuan's latest seclusion lasted a full decade. For ordinary people, this was unimaginable, but for those who followed the path of immortals, such cultivation was essential.
Finally, Lin Xuan achieved his goal and entered the late-stage Foundation Establishment phase, having mastered the sixth layer of his cultivation technique. In other words, he had reached the pinnacle of late-stage Foundation Establishment.
As for Yue'er, her talent surpassed even Lin Xuan's expectations. Without any aid from pills, she managed to reach the middle stage of Foundation Establishment in just ten years.
"Phew!"
Lin Xuan settled his breath into his dantian and slowly concluded his practice. He then stood up, flexing his limbs, and sat in meditation for a day. He did feel somewhat numb after such prolonged sitting.
Next, Lin Xuan left the training room and entered an adjacent stone chamber.
The place was empty except for a simple gathering spirit array on the ground. In the center of the array lay a round white spirit beast egg.
There was still no sign of movement. Lin Xuan's face showed a hint of disappointment. This spirit beast egg had been obtained from the den of the Malevolent Tyrant, but after ten years, there were still no signs of hatching.
Even with his deep-seated patience, Lin Xuan's endurance was gradually wearing thin. He even began to doubt if he had received a dead egg. However, upon carefully probing with his spirit sense, he found clear signs of life inside; it wasn't a dead object. Why couldn't it hatch?
If it were a problem related to pills, Spiritmedicine Mountain would naturally have extensive records. But regarding knowledge about spirit beasts, the library contained no information.
Of course, his master or senior elders within the sect might know something, but Lin Xuan was unwilling to reveal this news. Plus, with most of his focus on cultivation, he gradually put aside thoughts about the spirit beast egg.
Seeing that it still hadn't hatched, Lin Xuan felt a slight disappointment but wasn't overly discouraged. As long as it wasn't a dead egg, there was nothing to worry about. Perhaps his method was wrong; next time at the market, he would check if there were any relevant records.
Returning to the training room, however, Lin Xuan did not continue taking pills and meditating.
As his cultivation level rose day by day, the effects of the Foundation Establishment pill were gradually diminishing. Although the expanded Star Sea within him could refine many high-grade pills, the results still weren't ideal.
With past experiences with Essence Cleansing Pills, Lin Xuan naturally wouldn't try top-grade pills; they likely required some rare materials for secondary refining.
But even high-grade pills couldn't meet his needs, and Lin Xuan could only sigh. His talent was truly...
However, he wasn't overly anxious since he had already reached the late-stage Foundation Establishment in just a decade. There were two options left: one was to continue seclusion. After all, the Foundation Establishment pill's effects weren't entirely gone; with continued consumption and meditation, he could potentially reach the peak of Foundation Establishment after another forty or fifty years, known as false core.
This path was stable and wouldn't lead to any complications. He just needed to continue his seclusion. However, its main drawback was that it would take a bit longer.
Remembering that cultivators had limited lifespans, with Foundation Establishment lasting about two hundred years, reaching the false core before a century was already above average. But don't forget that the path of immortals became increasingly difficult and slower as one advanced. With Lin Xuan's talent, he wanted to reserve more time for future stages.
The other option was to search for other pills. Unlike theagile; lively stage, Foundation Establishment had several types of spirit pills beyond the Foundation Establishment pill, including various high-grade pills that could be used.
These had better effects than the Foundation Establishment pill but were rarely used because they were ancient formulas passed down from tens of thousands of years ago. Many of the herbs were either extinct or so rare as to make one's blood boil. Even with a sect's resources, it might not be possible to gather them all.
For most cultivators, the Foundation Establishment pill was sufficient; why bother making these painstakingly crafted ancient pills?
But Lin Xuan's situation was different. The effects of the Foundation Establishment pill on him were diminishing, and if he wanted to progress faster, these obscure pills became his only hope.
However, these pills were rarely refined by anyone in the sect, so there were no waste pills available. If Lin Xuan wanted them, he would have to collect the materials according to the recorded formulas himself.
Both paths had their drawbacks but also benefits. How should he choose?
Lin Xuan was momentarily at a loss!
He needed to decide first before setting his next cultivation goals.
Standing at a crossroads, Lin Xuan couldn't make up his mind in the short term. So, he set this matter aside and temporarily paused his cultivation. He had other tasks to attend to.
Lin Xuan took out a storage bracelet, injected his spirit sense into it, and extracted everything inside. The items clattered out with a jingling sound.
If another cultivator were present, they would be shocked and envious, as these weren't trash but all high-grade spirit artifacts. There were dozens of them in total.
If converted to crystal stones, even for a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, this would be an impressive amount. For a Core Formation cultivator, it might not be so generous.
Of course, Lin Xuan wasn't just taking what he could get; since he embarked on the path of cultivation, danger had always been a constant companion. Many people harbored ill intentions towards him, but Lin Xuan was no pushover. These spirit artifacts were war spoils from his battles with enemies.
Some he had sold in the past, but most were saved up over time, and before he knew it, he had accumulated so many.