Chapter 126: Great Flag Rolling Thunder Art

"Thanks, Old Nine!" Xu Kunlun tucked away the high-grade elixir and clapped He Pingsheng on the shoulder: "Though great favors need no words of thanks, I still say thank you!"

"Old Nine, wait till I reach Foundation Establishment!" Zhao Linger patted her chest: "Once I've established my foundation, whatever you want, I'll give you!"

"No more talk—I'm going into seclusion to adjust my state first!"

"I'll break through to Foundation Establishment in six months!"

"I'm off!"

After chatting for a while, the three of them each departed.

He Pingsheng put away the two Foundation Establishment elixirs, then sat cross-legged again to refine the magic treasures.

Previously refined magic treasures had only four sealing layers.

These were easy to refine; usually, one took a month per item.

Now that He Pingsheng's spiritual sense and cultivation base had improved, his refinement speed would certainly be faster—but this supreme spiritual weapon had four additional sealing layers.

Double the sealing layers didn't mean double the difficulty.

Because sealing layers became harder to refine the further you went.

For example, the first layer could usually be refined in a single day.

But the eighth layer might not be refined even in a month.

It was that absurd.

Yet how long it would take exactly remained unknown.

He Pingsheng picked up the 【Soul-Extinction Bell】 and continued refining it.

Time passed unnoticed.

In an instant, half a year had passed.

Of the three supreme spiritual weapons, He Pingsheng had refined two.

One was the 【Soul-Extinction Bell】, the other the 【Nine Radiance Dragon-Slaying Flag】; the 【Sacred Wood Shield】 had yet to be refined.

With He Pingsheng's current ability, refining any one of them required three months.

He didn't continue refining the 【Sacred Wood Shield】, because his defensive skills were already plentiful.

Besides, he'd spent the past half-year refining treasures and had grown sick of it.

Let's take a break for now.

But his offensive skills were still lacking.

Currently, apart from talismans, He Pingsheng possessed only three offensive techniques: 【Fire Crow Art】, 【Yellow Turban Force Spirit】, and 【Sacred Wood Poison Dragon Art】.

The 【Nine Radiance Dragon-Slaying Flag】 had been refined, but no matching technique existed.

If only there were a spear technique.

He Pingsheng reached into his storage pouch and pulled out a blue jade slip.

This jade slip was obtained by killing a male disciple of the Zhuang family during a secret realm on Cuiping Mountain; it recorded the Zhuang family's secret technique: Zhuang Family Thirteen Spears.

Since acquiring it, He Pingsheng had never trained it, merely tossing it carelessly into a corner.

Now, let's see if it can be strengthened into a powerful technique.

He crawled into bed, pretending to sleep, but secretly pulled out the Treasure Gathering Basin from beneath the covers and dropped the blue jade slip inside.

By morning, the strengthening was complete.

The Treasure Gathering Basin had produced two jade slips.

One red, one black.

He Pingsheng first took out the red jade slip and pressed it to his forehead.

Name: Fire Cloud Sacred Spear Art

Rank: Heaven Grade

Function: Spear technique; when used with spear-type magic treasures, power doubles!

This is good!

Once I learn this, I should be able to use it with the 【Nine Radiance Dragon-Slaying Flag】.

But first, let's see what the other one is!

He reached out and pressed the other blue jade slip to his forehead.

Its information instantly appeared.

Name: Great Flag Rolling Thunder Art

Rank: Heaven Grade

Function: Spear technique branch; when used with spear and flag-type magic treasures, power doubles.

He Pingsheng smiled.

What a coincidence.

He Pingsheng picked up the Treasure Gathering Basin and thought: No way—does this thing have memory?

Earlier it strengthened a flag, and now it gives me a technique tied to flag weapons?

"This one!" He Pingsheng immediately decided: "Great Flag Rolling Thunder Art—I want to see how it rolls thunder!"

He Pingsheng put away the Treasure Gathering Basin and began studying the blue jade slip.

Not much.

One overview, one technique.

He finished reading in about half an incense stick's time and memorized it in half an hour.

Next came cultivation.

Normally, a common technique took a month to master, but this Great Flag Rolling Thunder Art didn't seem ordinary—no telling how long it would take.

Before He Pingsheng could begin, Zhao Linger's voice called out from outside.

After half a year of preparation and seclusion, she and Xu Kunlun had reached perfect condition—they were ready to break through to Foundation Establishment.

Her call was to invite He Pingsheng to witness the breakthrough.

"Will there be heavenly tribulation?" He Pingsheng asked.

"No!" Master Yu Ning shook her head. "Where would heavenly tribulation come from?"

"Only when breaking from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core does tribulation appear. Foundation Establishment has none—don't worry!"

"Oh!" He Pingsheng nodded.

"Begin!" Yu Ning waved her hand.

Then Zhao Linger and Xu Kunlun each took a high-grade Foundation Establishment elixir and swallowed it at once.

"Boom…"

Countless qi currents collided within their bodies.

Wisps of white mist rose from their heads.

Yu Ning was slightly startled and looked at He Pingsheng: "Old Nine… these high-grade Foundation Establishment elixirs—you gave them?"

Yu Ning's voice was low.

"Yes, Master!" He Pingsheng said: "I've hit a bottleneck and have no idea when I'll reach Level Twelve, so I gave the elixirs to Senior Brother and Senior Sister first!"

"Huh…"

Yu Ning exhaled deeply. "Foolish child… I'm glad you care for your fellow disciples, but when you travel the cultivation world, be careful—you can't be this… this…"

She nearly said the words "clueless."

He Pingsheng wore a serious expression. "I understand, Master. I wouldn't be this foolish unless it were Senior Brother and Senior Sister."

"Good, you know that!" Yu Ning replied irritably.

On the other side, the two disciples simultaneously shattered their flesh barriers with a loud thud.

Foundation Establishment—achieved!

Both succeeded.

"Achieved?" Xu Kunlun jumped up happily: "Master, I'm Foundation Establishment now…"

"Hahaha…"

Zhao Linger couldn't believe her eyes: "I'm Foundation Establishment too?"

"Yes!" Yu Ning said: "You've both reached Foundation Establishment… but you must thank your younger brother. Without Old Nine's two Foundation Establishment elixirs, where would you have gotten such fortune?"

The two bowed respectfully to He Pingsheng: "Thank you, Younger Brother!"

Master was right.

Without He Pingsheng bringing the Water Element Spirit Apricot, they might never have broken through their bottlenecks—not in a hundred years.

Perhaps never at all.

And in this final breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, without the high-grade elixirs, they might not have succeeded so smoothly.

"No problem!" He Pingsheng grinned.

Yu Ning asked: "Try it—how strong is your spiritual sense now?"

Xu Kunlun closed his eyes; his spiritual sense surged open.

The next moment, he opened his eyes and said: "Master, my spiritual sense can extend a hundred zhang!"

Zhao Linger beside him said: "Mine too!"

"Good, good, good!" Yu Ning said: "A hundred zhang is perfect—you two can now ride your swords and fly!"