One must know that, under normal circumstances, these Five Elements Cultivators, who improve their cultivation by absorbing the spiritual power between heaven and earth, would almost never be able to Break Through to the fourth level in their entire lives.
At most, they would reach Qi Refining Stage Third Level, which is the so-called Qi Refining Early Stage.
But this He Pingsheng, at the age of seventeen, had Cultivated to Qi Refining Stage Fifth Level, how could it not shock people?
Of course, regarding his own Cultivation, He Pingsheng had already prepared an explanation.
"Senior Brother, there's no need to be surprised!" He Pingsheng said calmly, "This Junior Brother possesses Gold, Wood, and Fire Spiritual Roots, and has great talent in Alchemy, so I usually Cultivate by consuming Medicinal Pills!"
"It's not what Senior Brother thinks!"
"Oh!" The Senior Brother took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "There is indeed such a possibility..."
"Wait..." The female Cultivator suddenly looked at He Pingsheng and asked, "You just said you are good at Alchemy?"
He Pingsheng said, "Yes!"
This was not bragging.
His success rate for refining 【Qi Gathering Pill】 was basically around 30%, a success rate that was extremely terrifying, not to mention in the Qi Refining Stage, but even in the Foundation Establishment Stage.
"Then..." The woman asked again, "Junior Brother, what is your Alchemy success rate approximately?"
He Pingsheng said, "Approximately one furnace of Medicinal Pills can be made from four furnaces of Materials!"
"Hiss, hiss, hiss... No wonder!" The woman gasped in shock and said, "Four furnaces for one, and as far as I know, the raw Materials for this Qi Gathering Pill can be purchased for seven Spirit Stones for ten portions. If ten portions allow you to refine three furnaces, that's thirty-six pills. Each pill sells for two Spirit Stones, which is over seventy!"
"Seven for over seventy, Junior Brother's money-making ability is extremely terrifying. If you Cultivate by consuming pills, you can naturally Cultivate to the fifth level!"
"However!" The woman added, "Consuming Medicinal Pills, after all, has pill toxins. Junior Brother must remember to excrete the toxins from his body in time!"
"Yes!" He Pingsheng said with a sincere expression, "Thank you, Senior Sister, for the reminder!"
"Go!" The woman waved her hand and said, "The results will be out in a month, and will be announced in the Outer Gate Great Hall at that time. Junior Brother, don't forget to come and check it out then!"
After speaking, the woman stared at He Pingsheng and said, "Junior Brother, you must come, because as far as I know, some Senior Martial Uncles and Junior Martial Uncles need Disciples who understand Alchemy."
"Yes!" He Pingsheng cupped his hands and then left.
After leaving the first floor, He Pingsheng went to the second floor, as usual, to buy some daily necessities, and then looked around inside.
He had intended to buy some defensive treasures or the like, but after looking for a long time, he did not find any and could only give up.
Returning to his small courtyard, he began Alchemy again.
This time, he was refining Bigu Pill.
As his Divine Thought improved, his Alchemy success rate also increased slightly, now roughly one-third.
He refined ten furnaces; the four successful furnaces of pills and six failed furnaces were all simultaneously thrown into this gathering treasure basin, and then strengthened and doubled overnight.
He obtained a total of two hundred forty excellent Bigu Pill.
The quality of Bigu Pill varies, and its efficacy also varies.
A Low Grade Bigu Pill allows one to not eat for a month, but an excellent Bigu Pill, if consumed, means no food is needed for half a year.
In other words, the Bigu Pill in He Pingsheng's hands was enough for him for one hundred and twenty years.
It was that exaggerated.
Fortunately, this Bigu Pill had no scent and could be stored in ordinary porcelain bottles.
For the next period of time, He Pingsheng did not sit in meditation to Cultivate, but instead took out the Spells from the back of the Li Fire True Method and began to refine them.
There were only two fire spiritual power Spells in total: Fire Crow Technique and Fire Shield Technique.
He Pingsheng had already refined Fire Crow Technique, which was an offensive Spell.
And Fire Shield Technique was a defensive Spell.
After refining it, the fire spiritual power in the body could condense into a fire shield for defense. As for how strong the defense was, it was unclear.
But after all, having it was better than not having it.
Thus, He Pingsheng began to Cultivate this 【Fire Shield Technique】.
Cultivating Spells was not difficult. After more than twenty days, He Pingsheng successfully Cultivated this Fire Shield Technique.
"Open..."
With a soft shout from He Pingsheng, fire spiritual power condensed from his fingertips, instantly transforming into a circular shield.
The shield was not large, only two feet in diameter.
It could cover He Pingsheng's upper body.
This was already enough.
Because this item was held in his hand, it could be moved at any time like a physical object.
It was not difficult to block an incoming attack with the Fire Shield Technique in time.
However, the blocking capability of this Fire Shield Technique was still an unknown, because it could not be tested like Fire Crow Technique.
"Can only be tested in future battles!"
He Pingsheng took a deep breath, then sat cross-legged on the ground.
He was thinking about another matter: the Inner Sect.
If, by any chance, he succeeded in the Inner Sect selection, what would he do in the future?
Continue to Cultivate rapidly as before, breaking through a cultivation level every few months?
That would be absurd.
Under the Old Ancestors' noses, if you dared to Cultivate like that, it would be strange if you weren't caught and thoroughly studied.
A Cultivator's cultivation improvement is related to two things.
First, Spiritual Root!
Second: Cultivation Technique!
If the Spiritual Root is not good, even the most powerful Cultivation Technique will not work.
But if one relies on consuming pills to Cultivate, one can bypass the Spiritual Root, but even with Cultivation by consuming Medicinal Pills, there are differences in speed.
That is related to the Cultivation Technique being practiced.
For example, He Pingsheng, even if he were to consume excellent 【Qi Gathering Pill】, but instead of Cultivating 【Li Fire True Method】, he were to Cultivate 【Basic Breathing Technique】, his speed would be much slower.
So at that time, even if you tell others that you broke through so quickly by consuming pills, others would not believe it.
What to do?
No way!
This was a dead end.
The only way to break the situation was to slow down.
But wouldn't slowing down be more loss than gain?
It doesn't matter!
There was still a remedy!
He Pingsheng waved his hand and picked up another book: Changchun Xing Qi Jue.
If I cannot continue to Cultivate my fire attribute Dantian, then I will Cultivate my wood attribute Dantian.
In the Cultivation World, Spiritual Roots correspond to Dantians; one type of Spiritual Root means one Dantian.
For example, He Pingsheng has a Five Elements Spiritual Root, so he possesses five Dantians, namely Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.
This is not strange; it's just that most people, due to limited energy, only Cultivate one of them. However, from ancient times to the present, those who Cultivate dual Dantians or even triple Dantians are not few.
He Pingsheng decided to give it a try as well.
Because Cultivating dual Dantians or multiple Dantians has a great advantage: profound magical power.
Imagine, with the same Qi Refining Stage Fifth Level cultivation, others only have one Dantian to store spiritual power, while you have two.
Wouldn't you have the absolute upper hand in a fight?
Give it a try!
He Pingsheng immediately sat down and began to study this 【Changchun Xing Qi Jue】.
Two hours later, the general outline and the first few levels of the Cultivation Technique were thoroughly studied, and he began to Cultivate.
First step: guiding Qi into the body.
This was not difficult; no matter what attribute, once it had been done, it was easy now.
So, in just a few breaths, He Pingsheng guided a wisp of wood attribute spiritual power through his Spiritual Root into his Meridians!
Second step: refining one cycle.
This was a bit difficult.
It took He Pingsheng about a day to complete one cycle.
The Qi rushed into his Dantian.
The wood attribute Dantian successfully connected with the Meridians.