This…
How did this woman know I was sticky?
Huh?
That’s not right… Why do I feel like this?
So dirty!
He Pingsheng was confused for a moment, but he quickly stopped caring about it.
No matter why he was so dirty, he needed to wash up first.
Following Qiao Huizhu’s instructions, he walked about two or three li to the left along the valley and, sure enough, saw a clear stream.
The mountains were vast and uninhabited, so He Pingsheng took off his clothes there and comfortably took a bath, then changed into a clean, moon-white long robe and returned to the cave.
The first thing he did upon returning was to set up a Formation.
The Defense Array was too far inside the cave and couldn't block the entrance.
This Time, He Pingsheng moved the Formation to the entrance, and when the Formation's light membrane expanded, it perfectly blocked the cave entrance.
At this point, it would be impossible for anyone outside to enter.
Then, he used stones inside the Formation to build a thick brick wall.
This way, he wouldn't have to worry about people or wild beasts accidentally breaking into the cave.
Even if someone did enter the cave by chance, they wouldn't see his gathering treasure basin.
With everything done, He Pingsheng took out the gathering treasure basin.
Now, he had three items that needed to be enhanced.
The first: the Storage Pouch.
This thing belonged to Xiao Bufan.
You couldn't take it out openly.
Otherwise, among all the Disciples of various Schools, you would be the only one carrying a Storage Pouch, and other Elders would reveal its true nature with a sweep of their Divine Thought.
Wouldn't that just prove you killed Xiao Bufan?
What He Pingsheng wanted to do was to enhance this Storage Pouch into a top-grade, invisible Storage Pouch.
Clatter…
The Storage Pouch was placed into the gathering treasure basin.
The second: three green Water Essence Spirit Apricots.
As for whether they could be enhanced into mature Water Essence Spirit Apricots, He Pingsheng didn't know.
But he had to try.
The last one: the Dao Talisman.
The Dao Talisman left by Xiao Bufan was a First Grade Dao Talisman, but this Dao Talisman possessed an attack power that surpassed the Qi Refinement Stage.
It could cause a certain amount of damage to Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples.
But this wasn't enough.
To kill Yu De, this Talisman needed to have the effect of a one-hit kill against a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator.
That could only be achieved by enhancing it.
Hopefully, its power would increase after enhancement.
He Pingsheng threw the Dao Talisman into the gathering treasure basin again.
Then, he sat cross-legged on the pink futon.
Looking at the pink futon, He Pingsheng frowned again: It's really strange, wasn't my original futon perfectly fine? Why did it have to be replaced with a pink one?
Sigh…
I don't understand!
Women are truly strange creatures!
He Pingsheng took a deep breath, chased away all the chaotic thoughts in his mind, and then continued to cultivate the Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique.
The Xuanmen Jingxin True Technique could increase the strength of Divine Thought.
Of course, for someone like He Pingsheng, whose Divine Thought was severely damaged, cultivating this Cultivation Technique could also slowly restore it.
However, this speed was too slow; it would be impossible without several years of effort.
The best way to quickly restore Divine Thought was to refine a batch of Spirit Recovery Pills; by consuming Spirit Recovery Pills, it could be restored in a few months.
If he had top-grade Spirit Recovery Pills, his injured Divine Thought could be restored to its original state in a few days.
He Pingsheng did not expect to heal his Divine Thought through these last few days of cultivation; he only wanted to repair a tiny bit of Divine Thought so he could use it.
Unconsciously, a day and a night passed.
He Pingsheng opened his eyes, his gaze directly turning to the gathering treasure basin.
He frowned slightly.
Originally, he felt that the gathering treasure basin should be able to enhance all three items.
However, he overestimated the current ability of the gathering treasure basin.
It did enhance something.
But it only enhanced one item.
The three green apricots had now turned golden yellow.
And there were now six of them.
He Pingsheng took one in his hand, and a faint fragrance wafted over; on the skin of this fruit, there was also a faint Time mark, mysterious and profound.
“Excellent!” He Pingsheng was immediately overjoyed.
The unripe Water Essence Spirit Apricots had truly been enhanced into mature ones.
Put them away!
All six apricots were placed into his Storage Pouch.
It was a pity that although there were many apricots, such Heaven-Defying Heaven And Earth Treasures all had the saying of 'one-Time encounter.'
What is a one-Time encounter?
It means that it is useful the first Time you eat it.
Eating it a second Time would be useless.
When He Pingsheng reached the Perfection of the Qi Refinement Stage in the future, he might encounter the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth layer Bottlenecks.
Eating one apricot could break through one layer of Bottleneck.
But eating it again would not be able to break through the next Bottleneck.
This was a one-Time encounter.
Many Heaven And Earth Treasures have this rule of a one-Time encounter.
Leaving aside the Water Essence Spirit Apricot, He Pingsheng's gaze fell on the other two items.
The Dao Talisman and the Storage Pouch.
Neither of these had been enhanced.
But He Pingsheng wasn't worried, because he had already used the gathering treasure basin to enhance a Storage Pouch once before.
The reason it wasn't enhanced this Time, He Pingsheng felt, was probably due to the insufficient amount of moonlight essence gathered by the gathering treasure basin.
He would try again tonight!
Indeed, just as He Pingsheng had guessed.
After the second night, the Storage Pouch was enhanced.
An ordinary Storage Pouch turned into two invisible Storage Pouches.
Moreover, each of these two invisible Storage Pouches had a space of ten zhang high, ten zhang wide, and ten zhang long inside.
Each could hold a massive amount of items.
“Hide…”
The Storage Pouch hummed and then became invisible on He Pingsheng’s body.
This item was not like a Treasure Artifact with many layers of Restrictions; a Storage Pouch could be used simply by attaching Divine Thought to it.
No refining was needed.
“Hide…”
The second Storage Pouch was also hidden by him.
In the gathering treasure basin, the Dao Talisman remained motionless.
But there was no need to worry; He Pingsheng believed that after another night, it would definitely change as well.
After the third night, the Dao Talisman in the gathering treasure basin finally changed.
One Dao Talisman turned into two.
One green Dao Talisman and one Time Dao Talisman.
He Pingsheng excitedly reached out and took both Dao Talismans into his hands.
He placed the green Dao Talisman on his forehead and looked at it; the information on the Dao Talisman was then revealed.
Name: Myriad Sword Dao Talisman.
Grade: First Grade Top-tier!
Effect: Instantly activated, after activation, it can condense hundreds of sword shadows to kill enemies. A single strike can kill a Foundation Establishment Stage creature.
Hiss, hiss, hiss…
Upon seeing this description, He Pingsheng was overjoyed and at the same Time took a deep breath.
Powerful!
It could truly kill Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples now.
And it was instant cast!
Hehe…
Now, if he encountered that old bull-nosed Yu De on a narrow path, he wouldn't have to be afraid anymore.
After putting away the green Myriad Sword Dao Talisman, He Pingsheng placed the Time Dao Talisman on his forehead.
Name: Golden Sword Dao Talisman.
Grade: First Grade Top-tier.
Effect: Instantly activated, after activation, it can condense a Time ten-zhang sword shadow. When the sword shadow lands, it can kill Foundation Establishment Stage creatures.