Returning to his small courtyard, He Pingsheng first checked his Formation.
Only after confirming there were no issues did he begin his secluded Cultivation.
It was time to attempt a Breakthrough to the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer.
He Pingsheng took out a top-grade 【Qi Gathering Pill】, swallowed it in one gulp, and immediately, the 【Li Fire True Method】 within his body began to circulate wildly.
In fact, He Pingsheng had already Cultivated for a long time and was not far from breaking through to the Seventh Layer.
According to his estimate, he would be able to fully Breakthrough in another month.
However, the Breakthrough came even earlier than his estimate.
About ten days later, He Pingsheng broke through the physical barrier in his body, and with a soft pop, his cultivation broke through.
Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer.
After reaching the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer, his Divine Thought also suddenly improved significantly.
“I’ve broken through!” He Pingsheng took a deep breath, overjoyed, and then waved his hand, revealing a hidden Storage Pouch.
Rustle, rustle…
Many items were poured out by him.
Inside were Magical Artifacts, Talismans, and Spirit Stones.
In a while, they would enter the Cuiping Mountain Secret Realm for trials; although it was a place of hidden treasures, it was also a place of life and death, so he had to be careful.
He must make full preparations before entering.
Therefore, He Pingsheng began to inventory the items he currently possessed.
To see what else he needed to replenish.
First, Magical Artifacts.
He had quite a few Magical Artifacts.
He had four top-grade 【Flying Sword】s, one 【Green Wood Shield】, one 【Pill Furnace】, and two 【Chuan Yun Boat】s.
Two of these four top-grade Flying Swords were obtained by him through purchase and enhancement.
The other two were obtained by enhancing the Black Wind Boss’s Flying Sword.
As for the Chuan Yun Boat, it was originally obtained from Black Wind Three Fiends Boss and the third brother after he counter-killed them; it was only a Medium Grade Magical Artifact, but later He Pingsheng put it into the gathering treasure basin and enhanced it into two top-grade 【Chuan Yun Boat】s.
The two Chuan Yun Boats were identical after enhancement and could be propelled and controlled by Magical Power.
Their speed was extremely fast.
However, if there was insufficient Magical Power in the body to support it, it didn’t matter; Spirit Stones could also be loaded into the Chuan Yun Boat’s slot, using the Spiritual Qi from the Spirit Stones as an energy source to drive the Chuan Yun Boat at high speed.
Besides Magical Artifacts, there were also Talismans.
He Pingsheng also had two Talismans.
One 【Ice Arrow Talisman】 and one 【Fireball Talisman】.
These two items could be called great killing weapons; he had used these two Talismans to kill the Black Wind Boss and the third brother among the Black Wind Three Fiends, respectively.
Both were one-hit kills.
He Pingsheng felt that these items, even against a strong practitioner at the Qi Refining Stage Twelfth Level, would be enough to give them a hard time.
As for whether they could kill, he didn’t know.
Unfortunately, there were only two left.
“Hmm…” He Pingsheng decided that he would go back to Matou Mountain Market to buy some Low Grade Talismans and then use the gathering treasure basin to enhance them one by one into top-grade Talismans.
They would be good for self-defense.
Besides that, there were Spirit Stones.
In front of He Pingsheng was a large pile of egg-sized Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
The gathering treasure basin could enhance all things, but He Pingsheng’s treasures were limited after all, so when he had no treasures to enhance, he would take out Spirit Stones for the gathering treasure basin to enhance.
In the beginning, he would put hundreds of Spirit Stones into the gathering treasure basin all at once.
But the next day, he found that the gathering treasure basin also had its limits.
It could only enhance one of them.
Enhancing one Low-Grade Spirit Stone into two Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
Although the speed was a bit slow, it didn’t matter.
Thus, whenever there were no treasures to enhance, He Pingsheng would take out Spirit Stones to enhance them, and over time, he obtained over four hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
According to the 【cultivation notes】, one Mid-Grade Spirit Stone could be exchanged for ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
Over four hundred, that’s over four million.
He Pingsheng was definitely a big rich man.
The regrettable thing was that his cultivation was too low, and he couldn’t control these Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
He could only save them for future use.
In addition to Talismans, Magical Artifacts, and Spirit Stones, there were also Medicinal Pills.
He currently focused on 【Gathering Qi Pill】s, having over a hundred furnaces, all of top-grade.
Besides the Gathering Qi Pills, he also had two furnaces, totaling twenty-four pills, of top-grade 【Gold Bone Pill】s.
There were also some 【Bigu Pill】s.
These Medicinal Pills were already sufficient for his current needs.
As for Spells, there were two offensive ones: Fire Crow Technique and Yellow Turban Warrior!
There were many defensive ones: Ren Water Escape Technique could be used to quickly escape with the help of water flow, then there was the fire attribute 【Fire Shield Technique】, and the Golden Attribute 【Vajra Shield】.
There were still six months until the Cuiping Mountain Secret Realm opened, so there was no rush to acquire other items.
He Pingsheng did not come out of seclusion, continuing his closed-door Cultivation.
His fire attribute Dantian had already reached the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer, so there were still the four other attributes: gold, wood, water, and earth!
Continue!
He Pingsheng began to Cultivate the wood attribute 【Evergreen Qi Cultivation Art】.
A month later, his wood attribute Dantian broke through, reaching the Seventh Layer.
In fact, this type of Breakthrough was different from the initial Breakthrough of the fire attribute Dantian.
Because his cultivation had already reached the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer, the other Dantians were easier to improve, only requiring the accumulation of Spiritual Qi, and there was no physical barrier to break.
After another four months, He Pingsheng finally Cultivated all five Dantians of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth to the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer.
At this moment, there was only a little over a month left until the Cuiping Mountain Secret Realm opened.
At the same time, he also learned the two Spells, 【Ren Water Escape Technique】 and 【Vajra Shield】.
He Pingsheng opened the Formation and walked out of his small courtyard.
Not far next door was the courtyard of Senior Sister Zhao Ling’er.
“That’s great… Junior Brother, you’ve broken through!” Zhao Ling’er looked at He Pingsheng and said, “Tian Xiaoqing, He Laoba, and I were all worried you couldn’t break through. Why did you stay in seclusion for so long?”
Soon after, Xu Kunlun and Tian Xiaoqing also arrived.
The two naturally scanned He Pingsheng with their Divine Thought, and upon seeing He Pingsheng’s Breakthrough, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
He Pingsheng was not polite; since they scanned him with their Divine Thought, scanning them back should not be considered rude, right?
He found that Zhao Ling’er had also broken through and was now at the Qi Refining Stage Ninth Layer of cultivation.
Tian Xiaoqing was at the Qi Refining Stage Eight.
As for Xu Kunlun, he was the same as him, both at the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer.
“Let’s go, let’s go…” Zhao Ling’er said, “Everyone is here. I’ll go ask Master for permission, and we’ll go to the Matou Mountain Market to buy some items!”
“Good!” Upon hearing about going to Matou Mountain Market, everyone immediately became excited.
Zhao Ling’er personally ran to Yu Ning Palace and spoke with Yu Ning Immortal Master, so the few of them went down the mountain together.
At the foot of the mountain, Zhao Ling’er took out a paper crane and said, “One paper crane might not be able to carry all four of us. Does anyone else have a paper crane?”
“I do, I do… Hahaha…”
Xu Kunlun also took out a paper crane and said, “Let’s go… Ninth Junior Brother, sit behind me!”
Before long, two Yellow Cranes soared into the sky and headed towards the Matou Mountain Market.
Zhao Ling’er and Tian Xiaoqing sat together, while He Pingsheng and Xu Kunlun sat together.
Under normal circumstances, actions like this, where Disciples of a famous righteous sect are dressed in their uniforms and act together in a group of four, would not encounter any danger.
Strong robbers like the Black Wind Three Fiends, even if given ten times the courage, would not dare to touch these Inner Sect Disciples of famous righteous sects.
After all, this was the Dao Xuan Alliance.