Chapter 262: The Third Path

Two months later!

Qiao Huizhu hadn't returned yet, but it was soon.

A certain heart-connection talisman in He Ping's storage bag had movement; he picked it up and took a look, Qiao Huizhu left a message: "Arriving home in three days!"

Since she was returning in three days, He Ping didn't tell her about Qiao Xiaoqiao.

Talk about it when she returns.

"Master, Master..."

Xiaohe said anxiously outside: "They're fighting again..."

"Why don't you go take a look?"

He Ping walked out slowly from a room in the small courtyard behind the shop, asking lazily: "No one died, right?"

Xiaohe said: "That hasn't happened, it's two Qi Condensation disciples!"

He Ping smiled.

Over the past two months, He Ping's elixir shop had become famous.

Two reasons.

First, in his elixir shop, there were high-tier elixirs, and sometimes, even top-tier ones for sale.

Second, the quality of his elixirs was indeed better than ordinary ones.

Take the 【Spirit Gathering Elixirs】 consumed by Foundation Establishment cultivators during cultivation as an example.

Being the same mid-tier Spirit Gathering Elixirs, his elixirs had one-third more medicinal power than the mid-tier Spirit Gathering Elixirs in the chamber of commerce.

Others understand once they eat them, and they will definitely come to purchase again.

In just two short months, this elixir shop was packed.

Even if He Ping refined elixirs without stopping for a day, it would be impossible to refine that many.

Furthermore, even if he could refine them, the Ju Bao Pen couldn't reinforce them.

The limit of the Ju Bao Pen now is that it can reinforce two batches of 【Spirit Gathering Elixirs】 per day; after reinforcement, that's four batches.

Of course, this is top-tier.

If he doesn't want top-tier, and only reinforces to high-tier, then he can reinforce eight batches.

That's all!

And when reinforcing Spirit Gathering Elixirs, he couldn't reinforce Origin Gathering Elixirs.

There were also Foundation Establishment Elixirs, Chaoyuan Elixirs, and other elixirs waiting to be reinforced!

So, later he simply played with purchase limits.

Selling only two batches of 【Spirit Gathering Elixirs】 and four batches of 【Qi Gathering Elixirs】 daily.

As for third-tier elixirs, he would release some from time to time.

Doing this had two benefits.

First, not being too tired.

Second...

No need to offend the chamber of commerce.

If you could supply them in large quantities without limit, guess if this shop could still stay open?

So there were often fights at the door of the elixir shop.

Because of the purchase limits, some people wanted to cut in line.

Then...

They started fighting back and forth.

"Don't worry about it!" He Ping waved his hand: "Let them fight... by the way, after selling out today, write a notice that for the next month, this shop will be closed!"

Xiaohe looked surprised: "Why close?"

He Ping's face darkened: "Because it's losing money!"

"Go, don't ask anymore!"

Xiaohe didn't dare to ask more, but she knew it definitely wouldn't lose money.

In reality... although it didn't lose money, it didn't earn much either.

Because even if he did nothing, He Ping could get four mid-tier spirit stones a day just by tossing ordinary spirit stones into the Ju Bao Pen!

That was forty thousand spirit stones.

Reinforcing elixirs was slightly better than this, but not by much.

Besides, He Ping was playing with a gimmick; what he wanted was for everyone to know about the Qiao Xiaoqiao Elixir Shop, in order to search for Qiao Xiaoqiao.

It wasn't to make money.

Why be so tired?

Closed, the reputation would be even bigger, believe it or not?

Starting tomorrow, the streets and alleys would be talking about this elixir shop.

"Master, Master..." After Xiaohe sold the elixirs, she ran over again and said: "Something happened again!"

He Ping said: "What happened again?"

Xiaohe said: "Someone says they are your friend, coming to find you!"

"My friend?" He Ping frowned: Where the hell do I have friends?

"What's the name?" He asked Cheng Xiaohe.

Xiaohe said: "They said the name is Lin Zifang, and they have an urgent matter to see you!"

Lin Zifang?

Who is Lin Zifang?

Remembered.

That guy who participated in the private trading assembly organized by Ling Zhiwang, an elder of the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce, a while ago, and traded a transcribed 【Hehuan Jiji Jing】 with He Ping using a family-inherited formation manual.

"Good!"

He Ping walked out from the backyard and came to the shop in front.

The shop was already closed.

A person was standing in the room, it was Lin Zifang.

Seeing He Ping, Lin Zifang was overjoyed and said: "Fellow Daoist Xu... hahahaha... too good, sure enough, it's the elixir shop you opened!"

"Fellow Daoist Lin, please come in!"

He Ping directly invited Lin Zifang to the small courtyard behind to sit down.

Xiaohe was very observant, brewed a pot of spirit tea and brought it over.

He Ping personally poured the tea, and while pouring, said: "Fellow Daoist Lin, what is the matter with your visit this time?"

Lin Zifang said: "Isn't it because I'm about to break through? I came specially to ask you for a batch of elixirs!"

"Take a look... I've brought the materials for refining elixirs!"

"Here..."

He waved his hand, produced a jade box, then opened it himself and said: "Jianghu rules, one batch of elixirs, five portions of materials!"

"Do you think it's okay?"

He Ping looked at the materials, raised his eyebrows, and said in surprise: "Materials for Chaoyuan Elixirs?"

"You... you... broke through?"

He remembered that during the last trading assembly, this guy Lin Zifang was only at the eleventh layer of Foundation Establishment.

Eleventh layer, still in the bottleneck period, and you're refining Chaoyuan Elixirs?

The next moment, He Ping's spiritual sense roared open and swept over Lin Zifang's body.

He was surprised to find that this guy was actually already at the twelfth layer.

"Envious..." He Ping was really so envious he was about to drool: "May I ask Brother Lin, where did you get that heavenly material or earthly treasure that broke through the bottleneck?"

"None!" Lin Zifang waved his hand: "Where are there any heavenly materials or earthly treasures? I didn't break through relying on that stuff!"

"Ah?" Saying this, He Ping was even more envious: "No... then you... did you suddenly have an epiphany?"

Breaking through a bottleneck has two methods.

The first is relying on those heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

The second is opportunity.

On the edge of life-and-death combat, sometimes one will suddenly break through, or after comprehending some great life principles or the Heavenly Dao, there is also a chance to break through the bottleneck.

But breaking through relying on opportunity is very difficult; this kind of situation is one in ten thousand.

Some people, even if they experience life-and-death combat, or are beaten to death, won't break through.

"No!" Lin Zifang shook his head again and said: "I don't have that kind of opportunity!"

Hearing this, He Ping was even more puzzled: it was neither a heavenly material or earthly treasure, nor an opportunity.

Then what was it?

Could it be that in this world, there is a third method to break through a bottleneck?

He Ping looked at Lin Zifang with a puzzled face: "Brother Lin, please enlighten me!"

Lin Zifang laughed loudly and said: "That... telling you isn't impossible... the mystery is all in the cultivation technique you gave me!"

"After our last trade, I took this technique back to the family and practiced it casually!"

"Later, I got a few women at home to practice together, guess what?"