Chapter 259: Meeting an Old Acquaintance

"Fellow Daoist Xu... this Sacred Wood Shield of yours, can it be purchased with spirit stones?"

Ling Zhiwang had a look of longing.

He Ping took the Sacred Wood Shield, looked at it, tossed it in front of Ling Zhiwang, and said, "Take this shield and use it for now!"

"I only want to trade it for a piece of information!"

Ling Zhiwang was immediately overjoyed and said, "What information does Fellow Daoist Xu want to trade for?"

He Ping said, "I won't hide it from you, Fellow Daoist; although I am only at the tenth layer of Foundation Establishment, I have already encountered a bottleneck in my cultivation!"

"I need those heavenly materials and earthly treasures that can break through the bottleneck to go further!"

"How about this... if your chamber of commerce has those treasures that can break through the bottleneck appear later, or if there is news!"

"You notify me at the first opportunity!"

"Whenever the news arrives, this Sacred Wood Shield will belong to you!"

He Ping stood up.

He didn't make his words absolute.

He didn't say he was giving the Sacred Wood Shield to Ling Zhiwang right now, but rather letting him use it first.

"Good... good..." Ling Zhiwang said, "Fellow Daoist Xu, rest assured, once there is news about this item, I will definitely tell you at the first opportunity!"

"That's fine!"

"Fellow Daoists!" He Ping said, "If you don't have any other treasures to bring out for trade, I will be leaving first!"

The remaining people couldn't bring out any good things either, so He Ping left directly.

After leaving, he first returned to his own small courtyard.

Seeing Qiao Huizhu had not returned yet.

It didn't matter; anyway, between him and Seeing Qiao Huizhu, there were many heart-connection talismans, and the two would inform each other of their messages and locations every few days.

For the time that followed, there was basically nothing to do.

After all, his cultivation had encountered a bottleneck.

Hard cultivation wouldn't help him break through.

"Let's refine elixirs!"

The first step: put the medicinal herbs purchased from the chamber of commerce into the elixir furnace, reinforce them, and turn one portion into two.

The second step: refine elixirs!

The third step: re-reinforce the refined elixirs.

In this way, one batch of materials could yield four batches of elixirs.

Besides this, He Ping also reinforced the 【Youth-Preserving Elixirs】.

One bottle of low-tier Youth-Preserving Elixirs was reinforced into two bottles of top-tier Youth-Preserving Elixirs.

For Youth-Preserving Elixirs, the higher the tier, the better the effect.

Top-tier Youth-Preserving Elixirs weren't just about preserving purity; they could make a person become more beautiful.

That's right, on the basis of their original appearance, they would become more in line with the Heavenly Dao.

Both the upper and lower parts of the 【Formation Treasure Book】 were tossed into the Treasure Basin to be reinforced.

After one night, two volumes were reinforced.

The first volume was 【Heavenly Moon Divine Formation】, and the second volume was 【Great Sun Divine Formation】.

He Ping took a look; these two formation manuals were still fifth-tier, but their quality had both been reinforced to top-tier.

The content was different, but the level of mystery was almost the same.

One only needed to comprehend either one of them.

He Ping chose the 【Heavenly Moon Divine Formation】 to comprehend.

But there was no rush now!

With only Foundation Establishment cultivation, even if he comprehended this fourth-tier major formation, it would be impossible to set it up successfully!

Because his spiritual sense wasn't enough!

Continue refining elixirs!

He Ping went on a crazy output in his own small courtyard, continuously refining and reinforcing elixirs for a full two months.

During this period, he harvested a massive amount of 【Qi Gathering Elixirs】, 【Spirit Gathering Elixirs】, 【Origin Gathering Elixirs】, and Foundation Establishment Elixirs!

These elixirs were mainly mid-tier, accounting for seventy percent, with high-tier as a supplement, accounting for thirty percent!

There were also some elixirs that were top-tier.

For example, 【Golden Bone Elixirs】, 【Spirit Healing Elixirs】, etc.!

But they were extremely rare.

Top-tier items—it's fine if you have few, but as someone opening a shop, you can't have none at all!

Carrying a massive amount of elixirs, He Ping arrived at his own shop.

The signboard above the shop had already been changed.

White background, red large characters: Qiao Xiaoqiao Elixir Shop.

The six large characters were exceptionally piercing.

After He Ping opened the shop, he swept it once more, then began to set up formations.

A third-tier defensive major formation rose up in the shop, covering not only the shop but also the small courtyard behind it.

Besides this, He Ping also set up a third-tier Spirit-Prohibiting Formation and an Early-Warning Formation in the small courtyard behind.

These two formations only covered the small courtyard and did not cover the shop in front.

Later, the front can be used to open a shop, and the back can still be used for cultivation.

After He Ping arranged all the elixirs neatly, he opened the shop door.

Whether anyone purchased them or not didn't matter.

After all, the purpose of opening the shop wasn't to make money, but to search for his younger sister.

For the first two days, only He Ping himself was in the elixir shop.

Not a single customer.

On the third day, finally, a customer walked into the shop.

It was a middle-aged to elderly fellow who looked about forty or fifty years old. He Ping swept his spiritual sense and discovered that this person's cultivation was at the eleventh layer of Qi Condensation.

"Hello!" He Ping asked: "What elixirs do you need?"

Looking at this male cultivator, He Ping had a feeling: it seemed like he had seen this guy somewhere before.

However, thinking about it carefully, he couldn't figure out where he had seen him.

Could it be that this person had a common face?

Or, did I see him in a fleeting glance?

That wasn't important; he definitely remembered important people clearly.

He Ping instantly threw away the distracting thoughts.

The visitor said: "Little brother, I want to ask, do you have any heavenly materials or earthly treasures here that can break through a bottleneck?"

The male cultivator looked at He Ping seriously.

He Ping understood.

Eleventh layer of Qi Condensation, just reached a bottleneck.

Back when he was at the Qi Condensation stage breaking through a bottleneck, he had consumed a 【Water Origin Spirit Apricot】 and a stalk of 【Red Essence Ginseng】.

"No!" He Ping shook his head: "This thing is rare and hard to come by!"

"However, I do have Foundation Establishment Elixirs here; do you want to take one?"

"Sigh..." The man shook his head and said: "Forget about the Foundation Establishment Elixir... this old man can't reach Foundation Establishment now; I just want to break through the bottleneck!"

"Then I won't disturb you further!"

After finishing, the middle-aged man turned and left.

He Ping didn't take it to heart.

But after about half a stick of incense, the man ran back and asked: "Little brother... let me ask you, do you know where one can buy these heavenly materials and earthly treasures to break through a bottleneck?"

"This... I don't know either!" He Ping really didn't know.

Heavenly materials and earthly treasures for breaking through the Qi Condensation stage are very precious.

But they aren't impossible to find; otherwise, how would these countless Qi Condensation cultivators reach Foundation Establishment?

They could still be found.

It just depends on opportunity.

On the other hand, one must have enough wealth.

Chambers of commerce would auction them from time to time; He Ping believed that someone must be cultivating these things in large quantities.

"Forget it, forget it..." The man waved his hand: "Anyway, this old man's cultivation was picked up; I should have died years ago!"

"It doesn't matter if I can't break through!"

"Whatever, as long as my granddaughter can break through, that's fine!"

As the cultivator was speaking, he was about to leave.

Listening to this voice, and then looking at the old man's face, He Ping felt a sudden shock in his heart and said: "Old man, wait a moment..."

He recognized who this old man was. ===== CHAPTER 260 =====