「The 5th Year of Longyuan.」
In the third year of his Foundation Establishment, Wang Ping's progress in Foundation Establishment and Qi Gathering had reached (15/100).
On the thirteenth of the sixth month, a light summer rain had been falling for three straight days. Wang Ping woke at the rooster's crow as usual and, undeterred by the wind and rain, walked to the pagoda tree to cultivate Qi for his Foundation Establishment.
「Six hours later...」
The rain was falling harder now. The sky, which should have been bright, remained dim and gloomy. Wang Ping, standing before the pagoda tree, was not wet from the rain—not because he was shielding himself with Spiritual Qi, but because the tree's branches and leaves were automatically blocking the rain for him.
