Time flies, and five years are gone in the blink of an eye.
In a secret room, Ye Xin sat cross-legged on a cushion, her body covered with a layer of blue light and wisps of water vapor floating in the air.
Under some magical force, the water vapor condensed together and turned into a huge blue water ball.
She suddenly opened her eyes, and the blue water ball suddenly exploded, turning into countless blue water arrows, shooting in all directions.
Dense blue water arrows hit the restriction that was glowing white, and there was a dull sound like rain hitting banana leaves.
"I have finally entered the middle stage of foundation building. I don't know how my husband is doing."
Ye Xin said to herself that if she had not given birth to children, she would have advanced to the middle stage of foundation building long ago. It took her nearly twenty years to go from the early stage of foundation building to the middle stage of foundation building. This cultivation speed was not fast. But to be honest, if she had not taken the mid-grade Heyuan Pill, she might not have been able to advance to the middle stage of foundation building.
Ye Xin stood up, removed the restriction and walked out.
The door of the other secret room was closed, and an ice sculpture was lying in the corner.
Seeing Ye Xin, the ice sculpture flapped its wings and flew towards Ye Xin.
After taking several mid-grade beast spirit pills, the ice sculpture successfully advanced to the second level.
"Hey, you've advanced to the second level."
Ye Xin was a little surprised. She thought the ice sculpture couldn't advance to the second level! One bottle of beast spirit pill was not enough to advance the ice sculpture to the second level.
Of course, she didn't know that the Ice Sculpture had taken only mid-grade Beast Spirit Pills. She had been in seclusion for five years, and she didn't know how many good things Han Changming had given the Ice Sculpture. But she didn't think much about it. Han Changming was an alchemist, so maybe he had gotten some Beast Spirit Pills again!
With a muffled sound, the door of the secret room opened and Han Changming walked out. He had a frown on his face and looked unhappy.
He had been in seclusion for five years, but his cultivation was still at the middle stage of foundation building. Obviously, he had encountered a bottleneck. In fact, he had been stuck in the middle stage of foundation building for more than ten years, and no one knew how long he would be stuck.
It is normal for cultivators to encounter bottlenecks. As for when the bottleneck will be resolved, that depends on the individual. If one is particularly unlucky, it is normal to be stuck at the bottleneck for life.
"Madam, you have advanced to the middle stage of foundation building? Congratulations!"
Han Changming felt that Ye Xin's aura had become much stronger, and congratulated her with a smile.
"If my husband hadn't given me a bottle of mid-grade Heyuan Pill, I wouldn't have been able to advance to the middle stage of foundation building so quickly."
Ye Xin said modestly. She changed the subject and asked with concern, "Husband, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I just hit a bottleneck."
Han Changming sighed, feeling a little depressed. He thought he would encounter a bottleneck only in the later stage of foundation building, but he didn't expect to encounter it so soon.
“Have you hit a bottleneck?”
Ye Xin frowned. All cultivators will encounter bottlenecks. She also encountered a bottleneck in her Qi Refining Period, but it only lasted for five or six years. Those who were unlucky would be stuck at the bottleneck for more than twenty years and miss the best age for building a foundation.
"Forget it, let's not talk about it! Find an opportunity to resolve the bottleneck."
Han Changming was reluctant to say more. Since he had encountered a bottleneck, he would work hard to resolve it. There was no point in saying too much.
"Hey, the ice sculpture has advanced to the second level."
Han Changming smiled happily when he saw the ice sculpture hovering in the sky.
Ye Xin smiled and said, "If it weren't for my husband taking care of it for me, it probably wouldn't have been able to advance to the second level."
When they walked out of the bamboo building, they could see a half-acre spiritual mulberry tree. Two colorful silkworms, about a foot long, were crawling on the broad spiritual mulberry leaves, their bodies curled up into a ball.
The colorful silkworms are the larvae of the five-colored phoenix butterfly, currently of the first-grade intermediate quality. They mainly feed on spiritual mulberry leaves. Han Changming hatched the eggs, and after they recognized their master, he placed them on the spiritual mulberry tree and allowed them to feed freely on the spiritual mulberry leaves.
The fish pond next to it was rippling with ripples, and a group of snow-white spirit fish could be seen swimming in the pond.
Han Changming released the Ice and Fire Python, and it quickly jumped towards the fish pond. It was very fast, and after rushing into the fish pond, the spirit fish in the pond jumped out one after another. A large area of white cold air covered it and froze the spirit fish.
The two heads of the Ice and Fire Python opened their bloody mouths and bit at the frozen spirit fish.
Han Changming's mind moved, and two small mounds of earth appeared in the spiritual field. Two three-foot-long yellow earthworms crawled out from the ground. They were the soul-eating earthworms.
Han Changming raises quite a lot of spiritual insects and birds, including the Purple Crystal Flying Scorpion, the Ice and Fire Python, the Thunder Rhinoceros Bug, the Five-Colored Phoenix Butterfly, and the Spirit-Eating Earthworm. Ye Xin raises Purple Crystal Bugs, Ice Sculptures, Snow Crystal Spiders, and Fire Crows. He now has the recipe for the Spirit-Feeding Pill. As long as he gathers all the spiritual medicines, he can refine the Spirit-Feeding Pill to cultivate spiritual insects and birds.
A sound transmission note flew in and stopped in front of them.
Ye Xin grabbed the sound transmission talisman with one hand and crushed it. Then Han Debiao's urgent voice suddenly rang out: "Chang Ming, have you come out of retreat? I have something urgent to talk to you about."
Ye Xin frowned and said, "It's Uncle Wu. It seems something urgent has happened."
Han Changming did not dare to delay and quickly opened the gate. Han Debiao was standing at the door with a rather ugly look on his face.
He has been in seclusion for five years, but is still in the early stage of foundation building. He has been stuck in the early stage of foundation building for more than ten years. If it were other foundation building cultivators, they would have entered the middle stage of foundation building long ago. Obviously, Han Debiao has encountered a bottleneck, which makes him very depressed.
Han Changming invited Han Debiao in, and Ye Xin made tea to entertain him.
"Fifth uncle, what happened? Could it be that something happened to Uncle Daoluo and the others?"
Han Changming asked nervously.
"No, I encountered a bottleneck. It's really bad luck that I encountered a bottleneck in the early stage of foundation building."
Han Debiao sighed and said with some dissatisfaction.
"It's normal for cultivators to encounter bottlenecks. Uncle Wu, don't be too discouraged. Just find a way to resolve it."
Ye Xin comforted them and poured them tea.
"That's what I thought. I plan to go out with Uncle Daoluo and the others to hunt monsters and resolve bottlenecks during the battle. At the same time, I can also earn some resources for cultivation. Changming, Ye Xin, do you want to go with us?"
When encountering a bottleneck, cultivators will usually go out to hunt monsters, taking this opportunity to resolve the bottleneck. Hunting monsters can also earn some spirit stones.
"Going out to sea to hunt monsters?"
Han Changming was somewhat tempted. He had also encountered a bottleneck. Going out to hunt monsters was a good way to resolve the bottleneck.
Ye Xin smiled and said, "I listen to my husband. Wherever my husband goes, I go."
"Fifth uncle, I have also encountered a bottleneck. We are willing to go out to sea to hunt monsters, but we can't rush this matter. We need to make more preparations. The Golden Dragon Sea is not like the Red Algae Sea. Third-level monsters appear from time to time."
Han Changming's expression was solemn. There were third-level monsters roaming in the Golden Dragon Sea, so it would be better to prepare more means.
Han Debiao nodded and said, "I think so too. I have agreed with Uncle Daoluo that we will go out to sea to hunt monsters in a while. They have been in the Golden Dragon Sea for many years and are familiar with the situation there. With them leading the way and your strength, as long as we don't encounter a third-level monster, there shouldn't be any problem."
"Okay, we are willing to go out to sea to hunt monsters. Let's take some time to prepare."
Han Changming agreed readily. With Han Daogui and Han Daoxiu leading the way, he felt much more at ease.