The Tenth Foundation

Su Li is following Wei Lan, to somewhere.

"Mast...Sister Wei Lan, why did you hum just back there?", Su Li asked. She almost says master tho.

"I'm singing for the ice spirits. For some reason when I was under my master, the spirits said they really like my voice and asked me to hum for them every day and as an exchange, they helped me with some stuff", Wei Lan explained.

"Oh, so that's why... but what tone are you humming? I never heard about it", Su Li asked again.

"Just the tone my master used to sing long ago. It made me remember some memories", Wei Lan said.

"...", Su Li became quiet, she didn't know if it was bad memories or good ones. So she felt a little bad about it.

"It's good memories", Wei Lan immediately said.

"Huh? ah...", Su Li was confused for a second and immediately realize that Wei Lan knows what she was thinking. She was embarrassed and her face turned slightly red.

"We are here, Su Li", Wei Lan stopped in front of another big door. It has a picture of phoenixes and mountains on it. Su Li has gone past this door before and she felt a weird sensation when passing through it, but of course, she didn't enter since that would be rude.

Su Li followed her inside the door where there's a huge crater of ice. When she was really close to the crater, she can feel wonderful feelings coursing through her body, making her energized.

"This is the place we do cultivation", Said Wei Lan while looking at the crater. "Also look at that floating ice in the middle. The closer you are to the ice, the better the boost you get", Wei Lan said again while pointing at the Floating piece of ice that shaped like a lotus in the middle.

"This piece of ice is the reason why this place is named "Nine Lotus", at that time, the first head...", Wei Lan explained the short story on how the place was created. Also most of the achievement they got.

"This place is now yours!", Wei Lan immediately said.

"Eh?", Su Li was baffled.

"What about you Sister?", Su Li asked.

"It doesn't affect me anymore so I don't need it. Usually, you need to have an achievement to cultivate here, but it's too troublesome, so I gave it to you as a present", Wei Lan explained.

"This is the present?", Su Li was dumbfounded by her statement.

"Yeah, you... don't like it?", Wei Lan said and asked with watery eyes.

"I like it, I like it a lot!", Su Li immediately said.

"Great! I also have another present for you", Wei Lan immediately smiled, as if she never was going to cry in the first place.

"I noticed that you were stuck on the 0th foundations, this should be because of the lock on your body", Wei Lan said to her.

"Lock? as if for a door?", Su Li asked.

"Yes, something like that. There are about 9 locks in you, 1 is about to break itself just needs a little more push", Wei Lan explained.

"Really? can you break it, mas- Sister Wei Lan?", Su Li was very excited.

"Can't it's too strong even for me, but I can tell you something that might be able to make you break it yourself", Wei Lan said.

"What is it?", Su Li was disappointed when she heard the first part, but became even more excited when she heard the second part.

"Right now, you are trying to break through the 2nd realm while on the 9th floor. This is usually normal, but there is actually another floor above the 9th".

"It was the 10th foundation, the highest a cultivator can reach on each realm. This was discovered by the first saint that already breakthrough the sky. He says that there is the 10th floor, but never tells us the way to reach it. Even my master and I can't reach it".

"But if there's something that could help you, then it might be if you can break to the 10th floor", Wei Lan explained.

"Umm... Sister Wei Lan, do you have any idea, who might put a lock on me?", Su Li asked, she was wondering about this from the start, is her character locked from the start?. But Sou You also know about the lock and that mysterious woman also said that the lock is going to be broken.

"I don't, all I know is that it's not harmful to you so you might not worry about it", Wei Lan shakes her head and said.

"I see, then how can I break through the 10th foundation?", Su Li asked.

"This, I have an idea of how it might succeed, but it might be a little dangerous", Wei Lan said.

"What is it?", Su Li was curious about this idea of her.

"It would require me to guide your qi myself, although I'm confident in my control, there are still risks", Wei Lan said.

"Don't worry, Sister Wei Lan I trust you", Su Li said, well, she is her master and stronger than her. It would be fine... probably.

"Okay, first of all, sit inside the crater. If you can, the closest the better", Wei Lan said to her.

"Got it", Su Li came to the crater, entered, and walked slowly and steadily to the middle.

Each step felt a little weird, but it's not uncomfortable. It's like something calling her, but faintly.

Not only that, each step she takes surprised Wei Lan on the side. After a while, Su Li stayed right in front of the floating Ice Lotus. This made Wei Lan Dumbfounded, even she needs to be at the 4th realm to reach the middle of the crater, where the ice lotus was. Even so, it takes all of her power to stay for a few seconds. But Su Li looked like she didn't felt any discomfort from it.

After reaching her level, she can stay in the middle without being bothered by it, but she also didn't get any benefit from it.

She shook her head and came to now sitting Su Li, and sat behind her.

"Are you ready?", Wei Lan asked.

"En", Su Li nodded.

"Alright, stabilize your breath, I will start".