Chapter 53: Mid-tier, Seeking Elixirs

Metal, wood, fire, earth!

He Pingsheng practiced four cultivation techniques.

Yet he only had three spells.

Fire Crow Technique, Fire Shield Technique, Earth Armor Technique.

Among them, two were defensive, one was offensive.

Combined with the now-refined Green Wood Shield, he had four defensive means.

And the offensive means were only the Fire Crow Technique.

A bit few.

Flipping through several cultivation techniques, there were no better spells to practice.

But for He Pingsheng, this was enough for the time being; he believed that with four dantians, when encountering opponents of the same level, he could definitely form a crushing momentum.

The last great battle made him understand a truth: talismans are very important.

If necessary, he still needed to buy more talismans.

What to do next?

Continue to cultivate, break through to the seventh layer of Qi Condensation, or look for a fifth cultivation technique to practice, to complete the five elements?

He Pingsheng didn't have obsessive-compulsive disorder, but he felt that if the five elements were gathered, it would definitely be beneficial and harmless.

Then go take a look!

He opened his courtyard gate and walked outside.

This time he didn't go to the Treasure Building in the back, but went directly down the mountain to the shop on the second floor of the outer sect main hall.

"Wang Shixiong... please, please, please... what would you like?"

Seeing He Pingsheng, the outer sect disciple looked respectful.

He Pingsheng's spiritual sense swept out directly without any scruples.

No need to care about the other party's feelings at all.

The other party's cultivation wasn't low either; he was actually at the fifth layer of Qi Condensation.

"Materials for Golden Bone Pills, I want two portions!"

Jin Gu Dan was the first type of elixir He Pingsheng had come into contact with; back when he was a servant, Qiao Shijie Luoyu had given him two pellets, which He Pingsheng strengthened into top-tier Golden Bone Pills.

Top-tier Golden Bone Pills, after being swallowed, could instantly repair skin and flesh wounds on the body.

Very heaven-defying.

This thing was naturally important; swallowing one at a critical moment could save a life.

After the last fight, He Pingsheng felt that he must prepare some Golden Bone Pills.

After taking two portions of Jin Gu Dan materials, He Pingsheng wandered around the main hall.

After looking around, he didn't see any water-attribute cultivation techniques.

"Are there no water-attribute ones?" He Pingsheng asked.

"No!" The outer sect disciple smiled bitterly: "Resources in the outer sect are scarce... however, if Wang Shixiong needs a water-attribute cultivation technique, I do have a way!"

"Oh?" He Pingsheng looked at the outer sect disciple.

The outer sect disciple whispered: "What I practice is a family-inherited water-attribute cultivation technique... if Wang Shixiong wants it, I can copy a version for you!"

"Hehehehe..."

The outer sect disciple looked at He Pingsheng and smiled, appearing honest.

There were some things he was embarrassed to say directly.

But He Pingsheng naturally understood; he thought for a moment and said: "Those who sell cultivation techniques in the outer sect usually charge thirty-five spirit stones; if it's a complete water-attribute cultivation technique, I'll give you thirty!"

"If it includes that water-attribute spell, I'll give you fifty!"

Low-tier cultivation techniques sometimes included spells at the end, and sometimes they didn't!

It varied.

That was why He Pingsheng said that.

"Alright!" The disciple said: "I'll go copy it first, Wang Shixiong, come back in a few days!"

"Don't worry, Wang Shixiong, my cultivation technique has a water-attribute spell at the end!"

"Hmm!" He Pingsheng nodded, and after the two agreed on the location and time for the transaction, he returned to his small courtyard on Xiuzhu Peak.

Continue refining elixirs.

Because there were tasks every month.

For the next few days, He Pingsheng was refining elixirs!

He first refined two furnaces of 【Golden Bone Pills】, and unexpectedly, he succeeded in one go, with no wasted pills.

Moreover, in one of the furnaces of Golden Bone Pills, four of the finished products were actually mid-tier.

This made He Pingsheng overjoyed.

Although for him, quality wasn't important because he had the Ju Bao Pen to strengthen them, refining mid-tier pills showed that his elixir refining technique had improved, which was naturally worth being happy about.

After refining the Golden Bone Pills, he refined Qi Gathering Pills.

One furnace!

Two furnaces!

Three furnaces!

The success rate didn't improve much; he now had about a one-third success rate refining Qi Gathering Pills.

But he discovered that among the five furnaces of Qi Gathering Pills refined, four of them had mid-tier elixirs.

And each furnace had four mid-tier pellets and eight low-tier pellets.

He Pingsheng didn't hide anything and handed all these elixirs to Zhao Linger.

When Zhao Linger checked and found that there were so many mid-tier ones, she was overjoyed and said: "Little Junior Brother... you... you can refine mid-tier 【Qi Gathering Pills】?"

This was truly good news.

Mid-tier elixirs were much stronger than low-tier ones.

First was the medicinal power.

For the same elixir, the medicinal power of a mid-tier Qi Gathering Pill was more than double that of a low-tier one.

Second was the elixir poison.

Every medicine has its poison, and elixirs were no exception.

Because whether it was high-tier, mid-tier, or low-tier, elixirs all contained more or less impurities; these impurities were the source of elixir poison.

The elixir poison of mid-tier was one-tenth of that of low-tier.

In this way, mid-tier was naturally more popular among cultivators.

"Maybe it's because I've refined more, so my elixir refining technique has improved!" He Pingsheng scratched the back of his head with a smile, appearing honest: "Qiao Shijie, I've been in the sect for two years, refining elixirs for two years, it's normal for my technique to improve a bit!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhao Linger said: "This is a good thing..."

"Let's go, let's go report to Master!"

The two entered Master Yu Ninggong together; True Person Master Yu Ning was also quite happy and rewarded He Pingsheng with two hundred spirit stones as a prize.

After coming out of Master Yu Ninggong, He Pingsheng went down the mountain again to the outer sect.

Because the time agreed upon with that outer sect disciple had arrived.

Outer sect, a remote place.

"Wang Shixiong... look, this is my family-inherited cultivation technique, this is a copy I made for you!"

"You compare it!"

He Pingsheng picked up the two cultivation techniques and compared them.

Must be serious!

Because cultivation techniques were very special; not a single word could be wrong.

It took a full half-hour for He Pingsheng to compare the copied version word by word, and he said: "Very good... correct!"

"Here are fifty spirit stones!"

"Don't tell anyone else about this!"

"Don't worry, Wang Shixiong!" The disciple said: "This is my family-inherited cultivation technique; I'm afraid of losing face, how could I spread it?"

"Fine!" He Pingsheng cupped his hands: "Farewell!"

Returning to his small courtyard on Xiuzhu Peak, He Pingsheng didn't say a word and threw the water-attribute cultivation technique directly into the 【Ju Bao Pen】 to start strengthening it.

He had been in the courtyard for less than half an incense stick's time when he heard noisy sounds outside.

It was mixed with a rude knocking on the door: "Junior Brother He... Junior Brother He, are you there... come out quickly!"

He Pingsheng frowned slightly: Really impolite.

He remembered clearly that the sign he had just hung at the door was a seclusion sign.

You saw I was in seclusion, and you're still knocking and knocking?

But since someone was calling outside, he still had to go out and take a look.

He Pingsheng got up reluctantly and opened the courtyard gate.

Standing outside the courtyard gate was a woman in red; seeing He Pingsheng, she opened her mouth and said: "You are Junior Brother He Pingsheng, great... come, I have ten portions of materials here, help me refine ten furnaces of mid-tier Qi Gathering Pills!" ===== CHAPTER 54 =====