Chapter 25: Fire Crow

"Collect..."

He Pingsheng put his items into the Ju Bao Pen and then collected it into his dantian.

What to do next?

He still had two top-tier 【Qi-Gathering Pills】 on him.

But these two pills were definitely not enough to let him break through to the Qi Condensation Stage fifth layer.

To continue breaking through, he could only rely on long-term guiding of spiritual energy into his body.

According to He Pingsheng's five-element spiritual root aptitude, that would really be long-term. Perhaps, in this lifetime, he wouldn't be able to reach the fifth layer by breathing and meditation.

So, he still had to look for cultivation resources.

"Before looking for cultivation resources, let's go out and try how this spell is!"

He Pingsheng went out the door and walked into the mountains.

The small town definitely wouldn't work; after all, no one knew how powerful this fire crow was, and it wouldn't be good if someone noticed.

Over the past year, with the improvement of his cultivation, He Pingsheng's mind had gradually opened up, and things he couldn't understand before, or things he couldn't wrap his head around, he could now understand.

Of course, in terms of personality, he was as cautious as ever.

This caution of his wasn't innate, but a principle he realized after witnessing his parents being killed.

In the uninhabited mountains, He Pingsheng walked for two days in the opposite direction of the Tai Xu Men before stopping.

"So far away... even if I make some noise, it shouldn't alarm the Tai Xu Men side, right?"

He Pingsheng stopped in a primitive jungle.

In front of him, behind him, all around, were towering ancient trees.

The ground was slippery with moss, and looking up, he couldn't see the sky; only the babbling sound of the stream flowing down from the mountain top on the left seemed to make He Pingsheng feel a trace of reality in this world.

"Gather..."

He Pingsheng took a deep breath, the fire-attribute spiritual power in his body running wildly, and soon a ball of fire gathered in the palm of his right hand.

As this flame jumped, it formed the shape of a crow.

The crow flapped its wings, looking realistic.

"Go..."

He Pingsheng's intention moved, controlling this fire crow to fly forward.

Three feet away, the fire crow slammed into a tree trunk as thick as a person could embrace.

*Bang... *

A violent explosion sounded.

A wave of fire-attribute aura rushed towards his face.

Caught off guard, He Pingsheng was blown back three steps by this heat wave.

Then he looked up again, only to see a large black hole on the trunk of the big tree three feet away, with flames burning at the opening.

The flames were burning brighter and brighter, crackling and popping.

*Bang... *

In less than three breaths, this towering ancient tree broke in the middle, and together with the branches, fell heavily to the ground.

However, the fire on the tree trunk was burning more and more fiercely.

"Not good!" He Pingsheng slapped his forehead abruptly and said: "Don't cause a mountain fire!"

He hurriedly took out the Ju Bao Pen, rushed to the stream not far away to get water, and poured it directly onto the flames.

A magical scene happened.

He Pingsheng poured five or six basins of water in a row, but the flames not only weren't extinguished, they burned even more fiercely.

"Really strange, this fire can't be extinguished with water?"

He Pingsheng looked worried, and ran over himself to use mountain stones and mud to extinguish the fire, spending a lot of effort, and finally the fire extinguished itself only after burning the entire tree to ashes.

"Whoo..."

He Pingsheng took a deep breath, then sat on the ground looking somewhat disheveled, looking at his palm, muttering: "Could it be that the flames refined by spiritual power spells are different from ordinary flames?"

"This blow can break an old tree, so it shouldn't be bad, right? It's just that I don't know what it would be like if it hit a cultivator, and whether it can keep up with disciples of the same level?"

Next, He Pingsheng didn't dare to hit trees, so he found a cliff with no trees or withered grass, and then condensed another fire crow, slamming it hard against the cliff.

*Bang... *

The next moment, mountain stones flew!

A large black hole was smashed into the cliff.

"So strong!" He Pingsheng was a bit tongue-tied; he didn't expect that smashing stones could also smash such a large hole.

"Again!"

*Bang... bang... bang... *

After firing twelve fire crows in succession, the fire-attribute spiritual energy in He Pingsheng's body was finally exhausted.

That is to say, he could only fire twelve times in one breath with this level of attack.

If he couldn't solve the enemy within twelve times, he would only have the option of running away.

Because there was no reference object, and He Pingsheng had never fought anyone, and didn't know how powerful other Qi Condensation Stage fourth layer spells were, He Pingsheng felt that although he saw his own spells, he didn't know how he compared to others.

He felt that his aptitude was much worse than those genius cultivators, so he habitually thought that this spell was also inferior to others.

But if other cultivators of the same level saw his Fire Crow Technique, they wouldn't know how shocked they would be.

After testing the spells, He Pingsheng returned along the original path to the small town.

Going back and forth took five days.

After arriving at the outer sect small town, He Pingsheng didn't go home first, but came to the Outer Sect Main Hall again.

Entering this bustling main hall, He Pingsheng's spiritual sense couldn't help but stretch out, and the cultivation of the cultivators within a ten-foot radius was clearly visible to him.

There were Qi Condensation Stage first, second, and third layers.

There were also fourth layers.

However, there weren't many fourth layers.

As for those above the fourth layer, He Pingsheng found that he couldn't see through them.

But among the more than a hundred people bustling in the entire main hall, there were only three whose cultivation he couldn't see through.

He Pingsheng felt secretly proud in his heart.

"Senior brother..." The disciple responsible for miscellaneous affairs sitting in the middle of the main hall saw He Pingsheng coming over and took the initiative to stand up and call him senior brother; He Pingsheng had never enjoyed such treatment before.

"Senior brother, what do you want to handle?" The servant disciple looked at He Pingsheng respectfully.

He Pingsheng scanned with his spiritual sense and found that the other party was only a third layer, so he smiled and said: "Junior brother, I heard that our Tai Xu Sect has a Changyi Pavilion open to outer sect disciples. I want to go over and take a look. Do you know how I can get in?"

The so-called Changyi Pavilion was slightly more advanced than the miscellaneous affairs handling office in the outer sect main hall, and it sold some cultivation items needed by outer sect disciples.

But not just any outer sect disciple could enter here.

Its entry threshold was: Qi Condensation middle stage.

That is, at least the fourth layer.

"Senior brother, you've reached the fourth layer, right?" The disciple opposite was full of respect.

He Pingsheng nodded: "Reached!"

"That's good!" The person said: "Senior brother... Changyi Pavilion is on the second floor of our outer sect main hall. You can go in from the side; there is a staircase there!"

"However, before going in, you have to test your cultivation!"

"As long as you reach the fourth layer, there will be someone specifically to lead you up!"

"Okay!" He Pingsheng was overjoyed and walked towards the staircase leading to the Changyi Pavilion. ===== CHAPTER 26 =====