Chapter 109: Heavenly Talisman Mountain Senior

The items He He Pingsheng strengthened were not just these.

Besides these things obtained from Yu De, the things he strengthened included one 【Cornelian Cherry fruit】, which became two top-tier Cornelian Cherry fruits after strengthening.

Actually, strengthening this Cornelian Cherry fruit didn't improve it much, the benefit was that it could turn from one into two.

Enlightenment Tea leaves, thirteen in total, became twenty-six top-tier ones after strengthening.

Enlightenment tea, it's not used in ordinary situations.

Its main function is to help cultivators enlighten the Dao.

But for He He Pingsheng, enlightening the Dao was still too early.

He was just a mere Qi Refining Stage disciple, what Dao to enlighten?

Enlightening the Dao is something to consider when one is in the late Golden Core Stage and about to enter the Nascent Soul Stage.

So these leaves were not needed for now, keep them, keep them until after the Golden Core Stage in

The remaining items, such as the 【Poison Pill】, 【Poison Sac】, and 【Poison Crisp】, were also each strengthened by him.

There was also a relatively special item: the Snow Roc egg.

After he put this item into the Ju Bao Pen to be strengthened, one turned into two, and there were some golden talismans on the original grayish-white eggshell.

Although the texture of the talismans was very faint and the gold color was not heavy, they were indeed there.

This showed that both the eggshell and the life inside had been strengthened by He He Pingsheng.

It was just that he didn't know what they would turn into after these two little things hatched.

Would they still be the original Snow Rocs?

Perhaps, but even if they were, their bloodlines would certainly be improved.

He He Pingsheng's life was very simple; his daily tasks were meditation, cultivation, and sleeping.

After his fire-attribute dantian reached the eighth layer of the Qi Condensation Stage, he did not continue to improve his cultivation base, but instead turned to begin cultivating his remaining four dantians: metal, wood, water, and earth.

Once one of these dantians broke through, the other dantians would have no bottlenecks during their own breakthrough processes, making cultivation very fast.

He only needed to continuously accumulate energy.

Each dantian could be filled in about three months.

After a year or two passed in this way, all five of He He Pingsheng's dantians had reached the eighth layer.

But compared to his natural talent and spiritual root, this cultivation speed was still on the fast side.

In order to avoid attracting attention, He He Pingsheng turned to cultivate the 【Nine Poisons Refining Golden Body】 and the 【Xuan Sect Heart-Calming True Art】.

He practiced body refinement on one hand and spirit refinement on the other.

In the blink of an eye, another year passed.

It had been a full three years since the Mystic Realm closed.

……

"Actually, when it comes to cultivation, there is no fixed rule for speed!"

"Being a bit slower is also fine!"

In the scorching summer, on a certain peak of Xiuzhu Peak, under an old pine tree.

Grandmaster Elder Yu Xuan was smiling and teaching his experience to the juniors.

"Take He He Pingsheng as an example; this kid is only twenty-two years old this year and has already reached the eighth layer. Would you say that is fast or slow?"

Everyone laughed out loud.

Third Qiao Shijie Cheng Cheng Siyu said, "It's a bit slow. When I reached the eighth layer, I was only sixteen!"

"I was at the eighth layer when I was fourteen!"

"I'm a bit slower; I didn't reach it until I was twenty-one!"

Everyone chimed in one after another.

Elder Yu Xuan shook his head and said, "Not necessarily, not necessarily..."

"Although he is only at the eighth layer of the Qi Condensation Stage now, if he breaks through his bottleneck in the future, he might be able to reach Foundation Establishment before the age of thirty!"

"In this world, how many people can reach Foundation Establishment before thirty?"

Once this was said, everyone suddenly fell silent.

Over these years, only one person on Xiuzhu Peak had reached Foundation Establishment.

That was Eldest Wang Shixiong Hou Hou Muxian.

Hou Hou Muxian had only stepped into the Foundation Establishment Stage thanks to the 【Water Origin Spirit Apricot】 that He He Pingsheng had brought back.

The key was that Hou Hou Muxian was already over forty.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp..."

Just as they were talking, two streaks of white light suddenly shot out from the sea of white clouds in the distant mountains.

Less than three breaths later, two huge white birds landed beside He He Pingsheng.

The two large birds circled around He He Pingsheng affectionately, making the senior brothers and sisters nearby drool with envy.

These were two Snow Rocs, hatched from the Snow Roc eggs that He He Pingsheng had strengthened.

Unlike ordinary Snow Rocs, these two had golden tops on their heads.

Everyone else thought these Snow Rocs had mutated; only He He Pingsheng knew it was the merit of the Ju Bao Pen.

"It's still convenient for Old Nine to go out!" Third Qiao Shijie Cheng Cheng Siyu said, "He can just sit on the Snow Roc to go out; he doesn't even need to use paper cranes, right?"

"Old Nine, can this thing of yours fly to Mount Matou?"

Cheng Cheng Siyu looked at He He Pingsheng.

He He Pingsheng shook his head and said, "I don't know either; Master won't let me leave Xiuzhu Peak!"

"If it's in two years, once the two of them grow a bit more, flying to Mount Matou shouldn't be a problem!"

Snow Rocs were naturally good at flying while carrying weight, not to mention this was a species that had been strengthened.

Ordinary Snow Rocs do not cultivate; they only swallow various spirit insects between heaven and earth to improve their cultivation, so the extent of their improvement is limited.

For most Snow Rocs, reaching the fifth or sixth layer of the human Qi Condensation Stage is their limit.

But He He Pingsheng discovered that his two Snow Rocs were a bit different.

They actually knew how to swallow the immortal spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

Starting this year, He He Pingsheng gradually began feeding the Snow Rocs top-tier 【Qi-Gathering Pills】, breaking the pills into small pieces and sending them into their mouths, and these two guys could actually digest them.

Now, both of them had reached the appearance of the second layer of the Qi Condensation Stage.

If he cultivated them slowly, there was great potential.

"Qiao Shijie Cheng should be reaching Foundation Establishment soon, right?" With one sentence, He He Pingsheng shifted the focus back to Cheng Cheng Siyu.

Of the two Water Origin Spirit Apricots from before, besides the one Hou Hou Muxian took, the other one had fallen to Cheng Cheng Siyu.

Cheng Cheng Siyu had encountered a bottleneck at the eleventh layer and could not break through to the twelfth layer no matter what; after getting that Water Origin Spirit Apricot and swallowing it, she quickly reached the twelfth layer.

Counting the days, her preparation for Foundation Establishment should be within this period.

"Hmm..." Cheng Cheng Siyu nodded generously and said, "Soon... I'll try it in a while!"

"The Foundation Establishment Pill is already prepared, although it is low-tier!"

"I just don't know if I can cross that hurdle!"

Disciples at the twelfth layer of the Qi Condensation Stage do not necessarily need a Foundation Establishment Pill to break through.

The Foundation Establishment Pill is merely an external aid.

Some disciples with extraordinary talent can complete Foundation Establishment just by breathing, meditating, and swallowing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

But for ninety-nine percent of cultivators, Foundation Establishment is a hurdle, a bottleneck.

The Foundation Establishment Pill can solve the bottleneck problem, but the Foundation Establishment Pill is quite special; this thing is not like the Water Origin Spirit Apricot that 【guarantees】 a layer, but only gives you a certain probability of succeeding in Foundation Establishment.

According to statistics from the Cultivation World over countless years, as stated in the Cultivation Miscellany, a low-tier Foundation Establishment Pill only has a thirty percent chance.

Mid-tier has fifty percent!

High-tier has eighty percent!

If there is a top-tier one, then it is basically a guarantee.

"Wang Shixiong He, is Wang Shixiong He here?" A male cultivator wearing outer sect disciple clothing ran over and asked somewhat anxiously.

Everyone turned to look.

He He Pingsheng said, "I am He He Pingsheng. Are you looking for me?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The outer sect disciple looked at He He Pingsheng with trepidation and said, "Grandmaster Yu Ning wants you to go over immediately, saying that a senior from Tianfu Mountain has arrived and specifically asked to see you!"

Tianfu Mountain?

A senior?