Rich and mellow!
He Pingsheng took a deep breath, feeling as if the surrounding air was fragrant.
This fragrance was like a mix of hundreds of Spiritual Plants' floral scents, very mellow.
It also had a somewhat intoxicating aroma.
He Pingsheng reached out, scooped up a drop of golden syrup, and put it into his mouth.
Boom...
Inside his mouth, it felt like an explosion.
It wasn't an energy explosion, but a fragrance explosion.
It was incredibly refreshing.
Before being enhanced, the bee syrup was white, slightly sour, with a hint of sweetness, but it was particularly astringent to eat.
Now, that astringent taste was completely gone.
At the same Time, as this drop of golden syrup flowed from his throat into his abdomen, endless energy was released.
He Pingsheng didn't know how to describe this energy.
Nor did he know the Quality of this golden syrup.
But he had a strange feeling that he didn't even need a full drop; even a tenth of a drop would be enough to completely refill a depleted Dantian with spiritual power.
It was that exaggerated.
"This is great!" He Pingsheng smiled as he looked at the two large gourds of golden bee syrup in front of him: "From now on, when fighting others, I won't have to worry about insufficient spiritual power at all!"
"Hehehehehe..."
He couldn't help but laugh.
...
Putting away the gourd, He Pingsheng took a deep breath, his gaze falling once again on the gathering treasure basin.
Two shields.
One silver, one cyan.
He reached out and picked up the silver shield.
Divine Thought swept over the shield, and its name was revealed.
Name: Profound Ice Shield!
Rank: Top Grade Magical Artifact.
It had four Restrictions on it.
After enhancing so many Treasure Artifacts, He Pingsheng had basically figured out the rules of the gathering treasure basin.
In general, it would not enhance beyond its current Rank.
For example, if it was a Magical Artifact, it would still be a Magical Artifact after enhancement.
It would just be enhanced from Low Grade to Top Grade.
For example, if it was a Qi Gathering Pill, it would still be a Qi Gathering Pill after enhancement; it wouldn't become a Gathering Spirit Pill, much less a Foundation Establishment Pill.
The Profound Ice Shield He Pingsheng held in his hand belonged to the Ice Attribute.
When expanded, it formed a shield made of profound ice, exceptionally hard.
It could block almost all attacks from Qi Refinement Stage Disciples.
Ice belongs to water.
Therefore, when using it, the water spiritual power from a water-attribute Dantian could be used perfectly.
The only pity was that this item had four Restrictions on it, and to use it smoothly, it had to be fully refined.
And to fully refine it, it would be almost impossible without a month's Time.
So, although he had the Profound Ice Shield now, he couldn't use it.
Putting away the Profound Ice Shield, the second cyan small shield appeared in He Pingsheng's hand.
Wood Attribute!
Name: Spirit Wood Shield.
Grade: Top Grade Magical Artifact.
Possesses four Restrictions.
The same thing.
He Pingsheng put the small shield away again.
He stood up and walked out of the Formation, casually closing it, then put away the Formation Materials.
...
Several days later, He Pingsheng stood beside a clear blue pool.
A bloody gash appeared on his forehead!
It was a minor injury, nothing serious.
He took off his wet Daoist robe; at this moment, he was bare-chested, staring intently at the opposite side of the clear blue pool.
Across from him was a cliff.
A Spiritual Plant grew horizontally on the cliff, and its position was extremely peculiar; it was almost entirely embedded in the cracks of the mountain, so if one didn't look carefully, it would be truly hard to spot.
He Pingsheng only saw this Spiritual Plant by chance, through an Opportunity.
The Spiritual Plant was First Grade.
It bore over a dozen fruits.
The fruits displayed two colors; each fruit was golden on one side and silver on the other.
He Pingsheng didn't recognize this item originally, but before entering the Secret Realm, he had heard Zhao Ling'er and Xu Kunlun mention a Body Refining immortal fruit called the golden silver peach.
So, based on their description, this plant should be the golden silver peach.
The pool wasn't very wide, only about a dozen zhang across.
He Pingsheng could leap across it without relying on any external force.
This wasn't difficult.
The difficult part was that there was a white poisonous toad in the pool.
Just now, He Pingsheng had leaped up without any precautions, intending to cross to the opposite bank to pick the golden silver peach.
As a result, a white poisonous toad suddenly darted out of the water.
Caught off guard, He Pingsheng was wounded by the poisonous toad's tongue and fell into the water.
If he hadn't possessed the miraculous ability of "immunity to all poisons," he would have already been lying at the bottom of the water, becoming the poisonous toad's meal.
Just thinking about it made him feel lingering fear and a chill down his spine.
The Dao of cultivation was truly perilous.
"Rise..."
He Pingsheng let out a soft shout and leaped into the air again, heading towards the opposite bank.
However, this Time, he was prepared.
Splash...
Just as his body flew to the center of the pool, the clear green water surface was suddenly pierced.
A red tongue, like a poisonous arrow, pierced the water and stabbed towards He Pingsheng.
"Open..."
This Time, He Pingsheng was prepared. The moment he saw the movement in the water, he cast the Golden Attribute Spell: Vajra Shield.
The Vajra Shield expanded, immediately forming a spherical golden light membrane around He Pingsheng's body.
It was thick and bright.
Pfft...
The fleshy tongue struck the light membrane but did not penetrate it; it was blocked.
After all, the white toad in the water was only a Qi Refinement Stage Yao Beast and had not reached the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Splash...
The poisonous toad from under the water directly jumped out of the water this Time.
He Pingsheng finally saw the true appearance of this white toad.
White!
From head to toe, it was pure white.
Only a pair of small eyes appeared clear green.
A very strange feeling!
The moment the clear-eyed white toad leaped out of the water, it suddenly opened its mouth wide.
Its fleshy tongue once again transformed into a poisonous arrow, striking towards He Pingsheng.
But it was useless.
Not only was the protective shield around He Pingsheng's body not pierced, but he also used the force of that strike to swiftly descend towards the opposite cliff.
"Haha..."
He Pingsheng chuckled!
Beasts are just beasts!
They only have brute force and no wisdom.
He Pingsheng landed on the cliff, and with a wave of his hand, he picked all thirteen golden silver peaches from the tree, then pushed off with his feet, leaping across the pool again.
Perhaps He Pingsheng's actions completely enraged the white toad.
Suddenly, two huge water columns erupted from the water surface.
Two clear-eyed white toads of the same size leaped out of the water, almost simultaneously landing on the ground.
Whoosh...
Whoosh whoosh...
Their tongues turned from red to clear green, violently striking towards He Pingsheng.
The clear green tongues transformed into poisonous arrows.
Even green poisonous gas emanated from them.
From a distance, a foul, fishy smell could be detected.
He Pingsheng dared not be slow, constantly shifting and dodging, avoiding the attacks of the two Yao Beasts.
"Descend..."
He shouted loudly!
A golden phantom, twelve feet tall, landed.
Spell: Yellow Turban Warrior!