Chapter 350

Two days later, He Pingsheng arrived at Red Stone City.

Coming out of the immortal ship plaza, he didn't rush back to his alchemy shop, but went directly to the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce.

"Fellow Daoist Xu?"

Seeing He Pingsheng, Elder Ling Zhiwang looked astonished and said, "You have finally returned?"

"No, no, no... now I should call you Senior Xu!"

"Senior Xu, I heard that you successfully passed the tribulation at the entrance of the Mystic Realm and are now a Golden Core cultivator?"

He Pingsheng nodded: "That is so, but let us still address each other as fellow Daoists in the future; there is no need to call me Senior, it sounds awkward!"

Elder Ling Zhiwang sighed with emotion.

How many years has it been!

Fifteen years ago, when he first saw He Pingsheng, He Pingsheng was only a small cultivator at the second layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage; at that time, he, Elder Ling Zhiwang, was already at the sixth layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Now fifteen years have passed, and his, Elder Ling Zhiwang's, cultivation has gone from the sixth layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage to the ninth layer.

But this guy opposite him has already reached the Golden Core Stage.

*Hiss, hiss, hiss*...

A senior indeed!

Alchemists are truly filthy rich; without sufficient resources, how could this guy's cultivation advance so rapidly?

Elder Ling Zhiwang sighed inwardly.

He Pingsheng, however, said: "Fellow Daoist Ling, I need two third-tier spirit fruits here... can you help me get them?"

Elder Ling Zhiwang said: "Fellow Daoist Xu, please speak!"

He Pingsheng said: "It is the Purple Loquat!"

"Purple Loquat?" Elder Ling Zhiwang said: "I know, this is a material for refining the Dao-Supplementing Pill!"

He Pingsheng smiled and said: "The Purple Loquat isn't just for refining the Dao-Supplementing Pill. How about this, help me buy two, and don't let anyone know that I am the one buying them!"

"This is your reward!"

While speaking, He Pingsheng took out a top-tier 【Morning Gu Gu Yuan Dan】 and gave it to Elder Ling Zhiwang.

Although he is very familiar with Elder Ling Zhiwang, sometimes one must give others some benefits.

Of course, Elder Ling Zhiwang has already received quite a few benefits from him.

He previously gave him a top-tier spirit weapon, the 【Sacred Wood Shield】, and now he has given this guy a top-tier Morning Gu Gu Yuan Dan.

"Rest assured!" Elder Ling Zhiwang said with a solemn expression: "Leave this matter to me; within half a month, I will definitely get this Purple Loquat for you..."

"Good!" He Pingsheng nodded and said: "I will wait for you at the alchemy shop!"

Coming out of the Red Moon Chamber of Commerce, He Pingsheng returned to his alchemy shop.

Seeing He Pingsheng return, Cheng Cheng Dao Cai almost cried: "Young Master... you have finally returned... *sob, sob, sob*... I thought I would never see you again in this lifetime!"

Cheng Cheng Dao Cai and Xiaohe relied on each other for survival; they had no friends in the Cultivation World, let alone other relatives, and the grandfather and granddaughter had long since regarded He Pingsheng as their reliance.

He Pingsheng's participation in the Mystic Realm this time took a full two years in total.

The elixirs in the alchemy shop had long since been sold out.

If He Pingsheng hadn't returned, Cheng Cheng Dao Cai wouldn't have known how to carry on.

"Master..." Xiaohe also ran over from the back.

Now Xiaohe had grown into a young woman; her figure had grown taller, and she was even prettier.

He Pingsheng reached out and rubbed her head, saying: "Not bad, girl, you are already at the tenth layer of the Qi Condensation Stage!"

"Have you encountered any bottlenecks?"

Xiaohe shook her head and said: "Not yet... in a while, I will be able to break through to the eleventh layer!"

"Only at the eleventh layer will there likely be a bottleneck!"

He Pingsheng took out a 【Red Essence Ginseng】 and a top-tier 【Foundation Establishment Pill】 and gave them to Xiaohe: "When you encounter a bottleneck later, swallow these elixirs, and you will be able to break through!"

Xiaohe was naturally overjoyed.

He Pingsheng tidied up a little and took out some other things for Xiaohe.

A book, the 【Profound Gate Meditation True Art】; of course, it only had two chapters, the Qi Condensation chapter and the Foundation Establishment chapter.

There was also a body-refining technique, the 【Fire-Bathed Golden Body Art】.

"This method of refining the spirit must be learned!" He Pingsheng said: "This Fire-Bathed Golden Body Art is a method for body refining; you can learn it or not, it doesn't matter, it depends on your time management!"

"I suggest that if you have enough time, you should still learn it!"

"Mm, mm, mm..." Xiaohe took the two books with a look of gratitude.

As for Cheng Cheng Dao Cai, He Pingsheng gave him some Spirit-Gathering Pills and told him to go practice.

Next, He Pingsheng returned to his small room and began a short period of seclusion.

This seclusion was, on one hand, to refine the 【Ancient Profound Tripod】, and on the other, to strengthen some items.

The materials for refining the 【Dao-Supplementing Pill】 had to be strengthened first.

Two portions of materials were strengthened into four.

The remaining time was used to strengthen some 【Century-Old Immortal Brew】.

In the blink of an eye, twenty days passed.

Relying on his now powerful spiritual sense, He Pingsheng refined ten of the twelve layers of restrictions on the Ancient Profound Tripod.

If nothing else, using it for alchemy was sufficient.

Just at this time, Elder Ling Zhiwang lived up to expectations and delivered the two 【Purple Loquats】 into He Pingsheng's hands.

The materials for the Dao-Supplementing Pill were finally collected completely.

He Pingsheng put these last two Purple Loquats into the Treasure Gathering Basin, and after one night, he strengthened them into four.

Then he began alchemy!

A wisp of pill fire burned before him.

The pill fire was not the wisp he had refined earlier, but the pill fire produced by He Pingsheng's own dantian.

This kind of flame was easier to control.

*Bang*...

The palm-sized Ancient Profound Tripod was expanded by him to the size of a foot and landed on the flame, spinning rapidly.

He Pingsheng first poured in some of the strengthened 【Century-Old Immortal Brew】, then added the materials step by step.

First the main materials!

Heavenly Origin Fruit, Purple Loquat, Heavenly Su Leaf, Profound Xuan Huang Hei Bai Lotus Root.

That Profound Xuan Huang Hei Bai Lotus Root didn't need to be put in as a whole root; just cutting off two slices was enough.

After tempering the main materials for half an hour, He Pingsheng added the seventeen auxiliary materials one by one, and his vast spiritual sense spread out like a blanket, surrounding the entire treasure tripod and penetrating deep into it, controlling the purification of the medicinal herbs.

After two hours of this, a clear chime sounded from the treasure tripod.

With a *bang*, the lid opened.

Twelve golden streams of light rushed into the void, darting around in He Pingsheng's small room.

A faint, subtle fragrance wafted out.

"Fall..."

He Pingsheng waved his hand, and under the guidance of his spiritual sense, all twelve elixirs fell into his hand.

He looked at the elixirs.

He saw that three pill patterns had actually appeared on them.

High-tier.

And it was a batch of twelve, all high-tier.

Good!

He Pingsheng was overjoyed.

His alchemy technique had improved by a large margin.

Why was he able to refine all high-tier elixirs?

He thought about it.

It was likely that, on one hand, he had changed his alchemy tripod, and on the other, he had used spirit liquid and his powerful spiritual sense.

But it was meaningless.

For him, whether it was mid-tier or high-tier was meaningless.

He was just happy to know that his alchemy technique had improved.

He put the twelve elixirs into the Treasure Gathering Basin, and after the effort of one night, they became twenty-four top-tier ones.

He Pingsheng took out one.

The originally golden-yellow elixir, after becoming top-tier, actually had some faint purple patterns appear on it.