“Did you see the eighteen Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples behind us?”
Zhao Ling'er gestured towards the eighteen golden-robed figures.
He Pingsheng’s gaze once again turned to the back of the plaza.
Eighteen Disciples, clad in golden Daoist robes, each possessed Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation.
Of course, He Pingsheng couldn't see their cultivation, but he couldn't see through them, so he guessed they were at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
It wasn't until Zhao Ling'er personally confirmed it that he was certain.
“I saw them…” He Pingsheng nodded, “What’s wrong, Senior Sister?”
“Nothing!” Zhao Ling'er said, “These eighteen individuals come from eighteen different Sects, jointly guarding this entrance!”
“If a particular Sect wanted to enter early, it would be impossible!”
He Pingsheng was immediately shocked and said, “Doesn’t it open once every thirty years? Can people go in normally?”
“Junior Brother, you are too naive!” Zhao Ling'er smiled, then pulled him closer and whispered, “To put it bluntly, isn't this so-called Secret Realm artificially created?”
“It's just that within a thousand-mile radius here, there are many exposed Spiritual Veins, so a Senior expert used great magical power and a grand Formation to Seal this place!”
“And this grand Formation doesn't only open once every thirty years; it can be opened at any Time!”
“It's just for the sake of exploration by various Sects that the opening day was artificially set to thirty years!”
“If there were no guards, wouldn't a powerful Cultivator from a certain Sect be able to secretly open the Formation and send their descendants inside? Then this Secret Realm within the Dao Xuan Alliance would have no fairness to speak of!”
“Therefore, to ensure fairness and justice, eighteen Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples are stationed here to guard it!”
“And these eighteen Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples come from eighteen different Schools!”
“I heard from Master that there's also a Senior Martial Uncle from our Tai Xu Sect guarding here, but I can't tell which one is the Senior Martial Uncle!”
He Pingsheng nodded.
Now, he finally understood what this so-called Secret Realm truly was.
“Junior Brother, Senior Sister!” The corpulent Old Eight, Xu Kunlun, ran over, chuckling, “Look, there are people setting up stalls over there. Should we go take a look?”
He Pingsheng lifted his gaze and indeed saw some Cultivators setting up stalls along the edge of the huge plaza.
This was not surprising.
Because all those who came this Time were Qi Refinement Stage Disciples from various major Sects and Families, they were all at the same Realm, making it more convenient to exchange goods.
As soon as someone set up a stall, many people were instantly drawn over.
Then even more people began to set up stalls.
“Let’s go… and take a look…” Before He Pingsheng could even start, he saw Hou Muxian had already walked over.
So He Pingsheng also quickly walked over.
If he saw good things, arriving early meant he could act first, didn't it?
He Pingsheng walked to the stalls and took a look. The items sold by these Qi Refinement Stage Disciples were largely similar.
Medicinal Pills!
Mainly Gold Bone Pills!
At this Time, no one would buy something like a Gathering Spirit Pill.
Because Gathering Spirit Pills are used for Cultivation, who would come to a Secret Realm to Cultivate?
Gold Bone Pills were different; if one were injured in the Secret Realm, taking this item would be of great benefit.
Besides Medicinal Pills, there were also Talismans.
There were also some people selling all sorts of strange things.
He Pingsheng lacked neither Talismans nor Medicinal Pills.
Currently, he had fourteen offensive Talismans alone, and they were the enhanced kind.
One strike could kill any Qi Refinement Stage Disciple.
As for Gold Bone Pills, there was even less need; He Pingsheng had two bottles containing twenty-four top-grade Gold Bone Pills.
He also had some ordinary Medium Grade and Low Grade ones.
It was more than enough.
However, he encountered an acquaintance here.
It couldn't really be called an acquaintance; rather, he had met her before—the beautiful woman who sold Talismans in the Matou Mountain Market.
He hadn't expected to meet her here again.
She still had a stall set up, selling Talismans.
He Pingsheng had previously thought she used a Disguise Talisman, which was why she was so beautiful, but now it seemed that wasn't the case…
Because the Disguise Talisman was extremely precious and only valid for two hours, even if this woman was wealthy, how could she constantly maintain the same appearance using a Disguise Talisman?
Most likely, she was just naturally that beautiful.
“Junior Brother, do you need Talismans?” The beautiful woman looked up and glanced at He Pingsheng.
He had been staring at her for quite a while.
He Pingsheng immediately blushed crimson, awkwardly rubbed his nose, and said, “No, no…”
“Hehe…” The beautiful woman smiled and said, “I know you. You bought my Disguise Talisman in Matou Mountain before, didn’t you?”
He Pingsheng hadn't expected the other party to actually recognize him, and he felt an inexplicable surge of excitement, saying, “Yes, yes, yes!”
After speaking, he secretly cursed himself for being so useless.
Why am I so excited just because a beautiful Disciple spoke to me?
Having said that, He Pingsheng quickly quickened his pace and left, heading towards other stalls.
“Junior Brother…” Zhao Ling'er followed behind He Pingsheng, saying, “Are you interested? Hehehe… I see from her Daoist robe that she's a Disciple of Tianfu Mountain, hahahaha… She's quite a suitable match for our Tai Xu Sect!”
He Pingsheng’s face grew even redder.
He didn't know how to respond to Zhao Ling'er, so he quickly pretended to look at things, casually squatted down at a stall, and picked up a glowing green Jade Slip, placing it on his forehead.
This was a Cultivation Technique.
Of course, only the outline was here.
The Cultivation Technique was named 【Copper Skin Gold Bone Scripture】.
According to the introduction in the general outline, this was a Body Refining Cultivation Technique. After Cultivating it, one's physical defense could be enhanced, turning into copper skin and gold bones. Cultivated to the extreme, one could even withstand attacks from Cultivators of the same Realm with just their body, without external objects.
That strong?
He Pingsheng felt a little tempted.
“Junior Brother, I have the complete Body Refining Cultivation Technique here!” The stall owner was a Daoist Nun who looked about forty years old. She looked at He Pingsheng kindly.
He Pingsheng was also surprised; at such an old age, she was still at the Qi Refinement Stage?
However, after a brief thought, he found it normal.
After all, there were quite a few Junior Apprentice Brothers in their seventies and eighties whose cultivation was still in the Qi Refinement Stage.
“No!” Zhao Ling'er snatched the Jade Slip away, saying, “Junior Brother, your Cultivation is already difficult enough; you should devote all your energy to improving your cultivation. How can you dabble in such unorthodox practices?”
“Cultivating this thing takes too much Time!”
He Pingsheng, however, smiled and took the Cultivation Technique back from Zhao Ling'er’s hand, saying, “I want to try!”
Waste Time?
For others, it might truly be a waste of Time.
But for He Pingsheng, it really wasn't a waste.
To control his Realm, he Cultivated all Five Elements simultaneously, and now he was at the seventh layer.
Even so, he was afraid his cultivation would Breakthrough too quickly.
If he had this Body Refining Cultivation Technique to Cultivate, wouldn't it just fill his free Time perfectly?