Evening. It was late at night and quiet. Xu Changshou sat cross-legged on the futon and took out the Qi Gathering Pill. After building the foundation, Xu Changshou had not used the Qi Gathering Pill to practice. Without the pill, Xu Changshou felt that his practice speed was like a turtle crawling. If he wanted to practice to the middle stage of the foundation, it would take at least eighty or ninety years, not a hundred years. With Xu Changshou's talent, if he did not use the pill to practice, there would be no chance of building the foundation in this life, and even, he would not be able to enter the late stage of the foundation. There is a watershed in the practice of the foundation-building realm, which is a hundred years old. Before the age of a hundred, it is the golden age. The practice speed at this age will be faster. If you can reach the great perfection of the foundation before the age of a hundred, you have a chance to form a pill. After the age of a hundred, the chance is slim, or even non-existent. Therefore, many foundation-building cultivators, although they are very old, are mostly in the early stage of the foundation, and the middle stage of the foundation is relatively good. Take Li Datu for example, he missed the golden age of cultivation. At this time, Li Datu is more than 200 years old, and his cultivation is only in the middle stage of foundation building.
In his situation, let alone forming a pill, it is probably impossible to cultivate to the late stage of foundation building. Therefore, Xu Changshou secretly set a goal for himself, no matter what, he must cultivate to the great perfection of foundation building before the age of 100. Now, he is 27 years old, which means that he only has 723 years. If Xu Changshou cannot cultivate to the great perfection of foundation building within 723 years, there is no hope of forming a pill in this life. Thinking of this, Xu Changshou couldn't help but smile bitterly. In the past 70 years, without using pills, Xu Changshou didn't even have the confidence to break through the middle stage of foundation building. So, he didn't have any hope of forming a pill. Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. Xu Changshou sighed, picked up a pill and ate it. When the pill entered his mouth, it turned into a huge spiritual energy, running around in Xu Changshou's body. Xu Changshou locked the Zhoushen acupoints to prevent the spiritual energy from overflowing, and then closed his eyes to carefully refine the pill. There is no time in cultivation. After an unknown period of time, Xu Changshou opened his eyes again. It was already sunset and night was about to fall. It took almost a day and a night to refine a pill. After checking the condition of his body, Xu Changshou couldn't help but smile. Using the Qi Gathering Pill to cultivate, the speed is obviously much faster. If you insist on using a Qi Gathering Pill every day, you can break through the middle stage of foundation building in fifty or sixty years. Although the speed has increased a lot, Xu Changshou is still not satisfied. Even if you upgrade a small realm every fifty years, you still have to cross three small realms from the early stage of foundation building to the great perfection of foundation building. At this speed, it will take one hundred and fifty years. After one hundred and fifty years, he will be more than one hundred years old and has long passed the golden age. The cultivation of the foundation building realm is too difficult. You know, according to one second-grade Qi Gathering Pill every day, it is thirty Qi Gathering Pills a month, and thirty Qi Gathering Pills are three hundred spirit stones. The monthly salary of a general foundation-building cultivator is only three to five hundred yuan.
It can be said that many foundation-building cultivators cannot afford the second-grade Qi-Gathering Pill. Take Xu Changshou now, for example. All his spirit stones added up to only two thousand yuan. His monthly salary is only one hundred spirit stones now. If he has no external income, he can only eat Qi-Gathering Pills for a year, and all his family property will be gone. In the past, Xu Changshou felt that he was worth several thousand spirit stones and his family background was very rich, but after building the foundation, Xu Changshou always felt that he did not have enough money to spend. Regardless of whether it is enough to spend, the pills should be bought. Since the Qi-Gathering Pill is not effective, then use the Spirit-Gathering Pill. Xu Changshou stood up, sacrificed his flying sword, and flew towards the Deacon Peak. The Deacon Hall of the Deacon Peak is divided into two parts, one for the miscellaneous disciples and the other for the foundation-building cultivators. Xu Changshou did not go to the deacon hall for foundation-building monks, but went to the service hall for miscellaneous disciples. After entering the hall, Xu Changshou glanced at the counter where Liu Chuansheng was, and found that the counter was replaced by a middle-aged man. After taking a look at the middle-aged man, he was unfamiliar with him and had never seen him before. Xu Changshou continued to walk in and came to the counter where Liu Rushi was. "It's you, Junior Brother Xu, no, Uncle Master Xu, Disciple Liu Rushi greets Uncle Master Xu." Seeing Xu Changshou, Liu Rushi was first stunned, then panicked, and finally hurriedly bowed to Xu Changshou. Looking at the respectful Liu Rushi, Xu Changshou was filled with emotion. Thinking back to when he first entered the sect, he was shocked when he saw Liu Rushi for the first time, and he felt that she was like an unattainable exiled immortal. Today's Xu Changshou is no longer the cowherd boy who just came out of the cowshed. With his cultivation in the foundation-building realm, he can completely look down on Liu Rushi. Looking at Liu Rushi now, she is just a willow figure, with a charming look between her eyebrows, just like the fairies in Rouge Lane. "You're welcome, Liu..." Xu Changshou opened his mouth, and suddenly didn't know how to call her. Liu Rushi reacted quickly, smiled flatteringly, and said delicately: "Uncle Xu, just call me Rushi." "I'll call you Liu Rushi." "Please do as you like." Xu Changshou glanced at the first counter and said: "Where is Liu Chuansheng?" Liu Rushi smiled and said: "Brother Liu has returned home." "Returned home so quickly!" Xu Changshou was stunned for a moment, then reacted. In those years, Liu Chuansheng kept saying that he would retire from secular life, so he must be close to 100 years old. Among the older generation of practitioners, Xu Changshou didn't know many people, and Liu Chuansheng was one of them. Originally, Xu Changshou planned to attend Liu Chuansheng's retirement ceremony, but unfortunately Liu Chuansheng didn't tell him when he retired from secular life. What he didn't know was.
In Liu Chuansheng's view, Xu Changshou was just a kid, not in his circle of friends, so Xu Changshou was not invited to the retirement ceremony. Of course, when Liu Chuansheng retired from secular life, Xu Changshou hadn't built his foundation yet. If he had succeeded in building his foundation, Liu Chuansheng would definitely invite him. "Do you have something to do with Senior Brother Liu? Otherwise, I'll notify Senior Brother Liu." Liu Ru said. "Nothing, I'm just curious about why Senior Brother Liu is gone, so I came to find you." "What do you want from me?" Xu Changshou said seriously, "I came to find you to inquire about some matters concerning elixirs." Liu Rushi smiled, "I know all about elixirs, please tell me." Xu Changshou nodded, and then said, "I want to ask, where is the most cost-effective place to buy the second-grade Qi Gathering Pill and the Spirit Gathering Pill." Xu Changshou originally planned to ask Ye Shanhu about buying elixirs. But Ye Shanhu was in seclusion to break through the foundation-building realm, so he had to ask Liu Rushi, who was in charge of selling elixirs, so he could ask her.