Chapter 352: Five Elements Unified Force

"Receive..."

He Pingsheng let out a soft command, and the countless wood-element spiritual energies and laws were drawn back into him.

The courtyard, once covered in toxic thorns, returned to its original state.

He Pingsheng did not rise; instead, he reached out and pulled out a jade slip: The Five Elements Unified Heaven Scripture.

This cultivation technique was now his daily practice.

With this, he no longer needed to separately cultivate the five-element techniques of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

But that was not the key point.

The key was that this technique contained another divine skill, one He Pingsheng had never bothered with until now.

Because this divine skill required the power of the five-element laws to activate.

Now that his Dao root had stabilized successfully and he could comprehend the Dao, it was time to examine this divine skill.

At the very end of the 【Five Elements Unified Heaven Scripture】, this divine skill was recorded.

Its name: Five Elements Unified Force!

He Pingsheng had already studied this outline before.

Strictly speaking, this couldn't even be called a divine skill.

It was merely a cultivation of a special qi force.

This qi force was extraordinary—it arose from the fusion of the five elements' qi, finally condensing into a unique force unleashed outward.

Various Dao laws and principles could be attached to this qi force.

Used with a blade, it became a blade Dao divine skill.

Used with a sword, it became a sword Dao divine skill.

And so on!

It could evolve into any kind of divine skill.

Incredibly powerful.

But to cultivate it, one prerequisite was essential: one must possess a five-element spirit root and understand at least a little of each of the five-element laws.

Moreover, one must have already cultivated the Five Elements Unified Heaven Scripture.

This was practically tailor-made for He Pingsheng.

But he could not cultivate it yet.

Because he had only roughly grasped a trace of wood-element law; the other four elements remained completely foreign to him.

But it didn't matter!

Keep comprehending!

He Pingsheng pulled out another ice-element law: Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.

Come on!

This Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow was about two feet long, its surface shimmering with alternating blue-and-white law patterns and runes, flowing endlessly.

One bite nearly froze his teeth off.

The ice-element law force even turned He Pingsheng himself into a statue of ice.

But it didn't matter!

His spiritual sense remained unfrozen.

In He Pingsheng's spiritual sense, countless root tendrils shot out, wrapping the mass of water-element law force.

Ice belonged to water; ice law was naturally water law.

Day after day after day.

In the blink of an eye, two months passed.

He Pingsheng had comprehended and refined this Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow.

Now, he had a rough grasp of water-element law force.

It was barely sufficient.

Keep going!

The five-dragon ravine secret realm had not granted him only wood and water-element laws—he had also obtained fire-element law.

He pulled out a crimson 【Crimson Fire Crystal】.

Two months later, he had grasped a rudimentary understanding of fire-element law.

Three of the five elements were now accounted for.

But to cultivate the 【Five Elements Unified Force】, he still needed the laws of the remaining two: metal and earth.

Metal and earth.

These could be obtained by directly consuming heavenly treasures, or by comprehending them from the void.

But the same problem remained: comprehending Dao from the void was difficult.

Extremely slow!

He Pingsheng put away his items and stepped out of the cultivation hall.

He had delayed too long—it was time to visit the Free Immortal Sect and deliver the Dao-Enhancing Pills to Sister Qiao.

"Master!" Xiaohe saw He Pingsheng and said: "All our pills in the apothecary have sold out…"

He Pingsheng's face turned dark.

He had been so absorbed in comprehending the Dao that he'd forgotten about the pills.

"Alright…" he thought for a moment, then said: "I'm going out for a while. When I return, I'll refine pills for sale. Go buy raw materials for pill-making first!"

"Focus on the 【Qi Gathering Pill】, Spirit Gathering Pill, and Yuan Gathering Pill!"

He Pingsheng casually tossed down a storage bag.

Inside were numerous mid-grade spirit stones.

Leaving the shop, He Pingsheng did not head straight for the Free Immortal Sect; instead, he went again to the Crimson Moon Trading Association and found Ling Zhiwang.

Ling Zhiwang scratched his head and said: "This kind of thing is indeed hard to get!"

"My rank is too low—I can't access it."

"Would you mind if I called over Elder Crimson Moon? You could ask her directly."

He Pingsheng was inquiring about purchasing or trading 【law materials】, items used only by Nascent Soul experts—Ling Zhiwang's inability to access them was normal.

"Fine!" He Pingsheng said: "Ask Elder Crimson Moon then!"

"Alright!"

After half a stick of incense, He Pingsheng sat across from Elder Crimson Moon.

"Huh…"

She stared at He Pingsheng's cultivation base and remained silent for a long while.

Golden Core.

That was too fast.

"I've long heard that after the five-dragon ravine secret realm closed, you underwent tribulation and became a Golden Core cultivator—but seeing you now, I still feel as if in a dream!"

"Your cultivation speed is truly astonishing, Brother Xu!"

Elder Crimson Moon spoke sincerely.

He Pingsheng nodded.

Elder Crimson Moon added: "I'm sorry, Brother Xu—the one who targeted you wasn't me, but someone else!"

"I had no choice!"

She was referring to when He Pingsheng had tried to obtain the permit to enter the five-dragon ravine secret realm.

He Pingsheng nodded: "I can tell right from wrong on this matter."

"Good, thank you for understanding, Brother Xu!" Elder Crimson Moon said: "What can I help you with?"

He Pingsheng said: "These are some items I obtained in the five-dragon ravine secret realm!"

"Take a look."

He Pingsheng pulled out four jade boxes.

Elder Crimson Moon opened them one by one.

After seeing the items, she exclaimed: "This… this is Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, and Crimson Fire Crystal!"

"Brother Xu, your fortune is truly extraordinary—you managed to obtain such things!"

"Mm." He Pingsheng didn't waste words: "Two Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrows, two Crimson Fire Crystals—all top-grade quality!"

"I want to trade them for 【earth-element】 and 【metal-element】 law treasures…"

"Also, any space-transcending Dao technique or space-related law treasure will do."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and retracted the four jade boxes.

"If you hear any news about these, please notify me immediately—I'll be deeply grateful and will repay you accordingly!"

"Yes, yes, yes…" Elder Crimson Moon drew a deep, stunned breath, then, unable to suppress her curiosity, asked: "Forgive my boldness, Brother Xu—have you already passed the Golden Core stage?"

"Otherwise, why rush for these Nascent Soul items?"

"Wait until you reach Nascent Soul, then seek them out."

He Pingsheng smiled, evasive: "Elder Crimson Moon, you seem to have a poor memory—haven't you forgotten my consort is a Golden Core passage cultivator?"

"These items aren't necessarily for my own use, hehe…"

With that, he departed gracefully.