Spring goes and winter comes, and three years pass quickly.
Jinxia Island, Yulian Peak.
In a secluded courtyard with green tiles, Ye Xue, Ye Xin and Han Changshuo sat in a stone pavilion drinking tea and chatting. A set of exquisite tea sets was placed on the stone table, and the aroma was fragrant.
"Sister-in-law, your talisman-making skills are getting better and better. Master Lu also praised you highly. By the way, this is a bottle of Beast Spirit Pill, which I exchanged with a disciple from Qingyang Sect."
Han Changshuo took out a white porcelain bottle and handed it to Ye Xue.
Three years ago, Ye Xue and other two reported the whereabouts of the sea catfish beast. Lu Yang and Lu Yun led people to hunt down the monster. They successfully killed it and were rewarded with 2,000 contribution points.
Han Changshuo handed over the Golden Core Flower. Lu Yun was very happy and gave him some pointers on alchemy, which benefited Han Changshuo a lot.
"Thank you very much, second brother. By the way, please accept this set of Four-Elephant Escape Spirit Talismans!"
Ye Xue took out four talismans of different colors and handed them to Han Changshuo.
Ye Xue has been in the open sea for more than five years. He has been refining talismans and communicating with other talisman makers, and his talisman making skills have greatly improved.
Han Changming gave her a talisman-making book called "Yun Fu Lu", which recorded the methods of refining many kinds of talismans. With Ye Xue's hard work and practice, it was natural for her to improve her talisman-making skills. She submitted a batch of second-level talismans regularly and had accumulated more than 60,000 contribution points. If she spent another three years, she would be able to exchange them for the inner elixir of a third-level golden-eyed beast.
She was diligent in making talismans, so naturally she had less time for cultivation. She didn't think it was a problem. From a short-term perspective, she was at a disadvantage. She spent time now to improve her talisman-making skills so that she could practice with peace of mind in the future.
She is currently making the greatest contribution and has accumulated the most contribution points.
Relatively speaking, Ye Xin's situation is better. In addition to studying the formation, Ye Xin still has a lot of time to practice.
"Sister-in-law, the Four Symbols Escape Spirit Talisman you refined is very popular. Many fellow disciples have asked me about the origin of the Four Symbols Escape Spirit Talisman, but I evaded them."
Han Changshuo took the Four Symbols Escape Talisman with a smile. The Four Symbols Escape Talisman had a good concealment effect and was very popular among monks who hunted monsters.
Scarcity makes things valuable. Ye Xue did not hand over the Four Symbols Escape Spirit Talisman to Jinxia Island, but gave it to Han Changshuo, asking him to exchange it for some immortal cultivation resources, such as Beast Spirit Pills.
"My success rate in refining the Four Symbols Escape Spirit Talisman is not very high. As long as you give me more time, I believe it will not be a problem to increase the success rate."
Ye Xue was full of confidence. Her talisman-making skills improved so quickly, firstly because she practiced diligently; secondly, the cinnabar was of better quality. Han Changming personally prepared the cinnabar for her, and the effect was much better than the cinnabar bought on the market, and it had a certain bonus effect on talisman-making. Ye Xue did not tell this secret to anyone else.
"What are you talking about? You look so happy."
Han Changming's voice suddenly rang out, and he walked over, his aura much stronger than before.
There is a hurdle from the late stage of foundation building to the great perfection of foundation building. Many foundation building cultivators are stuck in the late stage of foundation building and cannot enter the great perfection of foundation building throughout their lives. Only when the magic power is deep enough can one advance to the great perfection of foundation building. This requires cultivators to spend a lot of time practicing and refining magic power.
The technique Han Changming practiced had the effect of purifying magic power, but it was not easy to advance to the great perfection of foundation building. He took a thousand-year-old spiritual peach and with the help of the huge medicinal power of the thousand-year-old spiritual peach, he successfully advanced to the great perfection of foundation building.
The Millennium Spiritual Peach is a naturally grown spiritual creature without any side effects. Even the top-grade Heyuan Pill may not have such a good effect.
Han Changming is now preparing for the formation of the golden elixir. He hopes to form a top-quality golden elixir. The better the quality of the golden elixir, the greater the potential for advancement to the Nascent Soul stage.
Although the outer sea is rich in resources for cultivating immortals, it is not easy to get the spiritual objects for forming elixirs. If you want to form a top-quality golden elixir, you need at least three spiritual objects for forming elixir. The more spiritual objects you have, the easier it is to form a high-quality golden elixir. However, it does not mean that the more spiritual objects you have, the higher quality of the elixir you can produce.
There are some talented people who can form elixir without taking any spiritual substances, and the quality of the elixir is not bad. Such talented people are very rare, and can be said to be gifted by heaven, and one may not appear in a thousand years.
Jinxia Island can exchange for Jindan spiritual objects, but the contribution points required are surprisingly high. Han Changming has no plans to obtain Jindan spiritual objects from Jinxia Island. He plans to accumulate more wealth and go to the market to bid for Jindan spiritual objects.
"Ninth brother, you have reached the great perfection of foundation building!"
Han Changshuo was shocked. He had heard that there were more than 200 foundation-building cultivators in Tinghai Pavilion, but less than five of them had reached the great perfection of foundation-building. Many foundation-building cultivators had been in seclusion for decades in order to achieve the great perfection of foundation-building. Some had even been in seclusion for a hundred years. Han Changming had been in the outer sea for less than ten years, but he had already reached the great perfection of foundation-building. This was really beyond his expectation.
"I took some pills and luckily advanced to the Great Perfection of Foundation Building."
Han Changming found a reasonable reason. If there was no thousand-year-old spiritual peach, it would take Han Changming at least ten years to advance to the great perfection of foundation building.
It took Han Zhangxiang more than eighty years to go from the late stage of foundation building to the great perfection of foundation building. Even if he had not been poisoned, it would have taken at least thirty or forty years.
In order to take shortcuts, some cultivators will take a large amount of elixirs to improve their magic power, and use the power of the medicine to reach the great perfection of foundation building. However, there is a serious flaw in this. The foundation of the cultivator is unstable. If they immediately take the spiritual objects to impact the Jindan stage, the probability of advancing to the Jindan stage is extremely low, and they need to spend a lot of time to hone their magic power.
"Ninth brother, your approach is not advisable. You need to spend more time honing your magic power. Otherwise, even if I give you a Jindan spiritual object now, your chances of advancing to the Jindan stage are not high."
Han Changshuo kindly reminded that it was okay to use the Barrier Breaking Pill to resolve the bottleneck when encountering a bottleneck in cultivation. To use the power of the pill to advance to the Great Perfection of Foundation Building, more time would be needed to hone the magic power. Otherwise, the probability of failure in the Core Formation stage would be higher. Taking the pill to advance to the Great Perfection of Foundation Building would not be worth the loss.
Han Changming smiled bitterly, showing a regretful expression, and said: "The outer sea is more dangerous. If I improve my strength, my chances of survival will be greater. Anyway, I am still young. Before I strive for the Jindan stage, I will spend more time honing my magic power."
The thousand-year-old peach has no side effects, but for the sake of caution, Han Changming will still spend time honing his magic power before breaking through to the Jindan stage, striving to produce a top-grade golden elixir.
Han Changshuo nodded. He suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh, by the way, if you go out during this period, you must be careful. I heard from Senior Brother Wang that there is a group of evil cultivators who are robbing and killing other monster hunting teams recently. You must be more careful when you go out."
There are many dangers in the open sea. In addition to guarding against monsters, you also have to guard against other cultivators. Murders and treasure robberies are endless.
Han Changming nodded and agreed.
After chatting for a while, Han Changshuo stood up to say goodbye, and Han Changming and the other two personally saw him out.
After seeing Han Changshuo off, Han Changming and the other two were about to return to their residence when Li Yutang's voice suddenly rang out, "Friend Han, wait a minute."
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge white crane descended from the sky and Li Yutang sat on its back.
Three years ago, he organized a monster hunting team and led a group of foundation-building cultivators to go out to sea to hunt monsters. It went smoothly at first, but later they were ambushed by evil cultivators and several of their fellow disciples died tragically. He was scolded by Lu Yang, and he honestly practiced in seclusion for three years. He only came out recently, and he is still in the late stage of foundation-building.
Feeling the powerful aura emanating from Han Changming, Li Yutang was surprised and a little envious. Han Changming had actually reached the great perfection of foundation building. He must have obtained a lot of wealth from the evil cultivator!
"Friend Han, I haven't seen you for a few years. You have reached the great perfection of foundation building. Congratulations!"
Li Yutang said politely, the smile on his face deepening.
Han Changming smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Li, thank you for your compliment. Please come in and let's talk."
He invited Li Yutang into his residence, and Ye Xue made tea to entertain Li Yutang.
After chatting for a while, Li Yutang got down to business: "Fellow Daoist Han, I want to organize people to go out to sea to hunt monsters again. Are you interested in going with me? If you want to obtain a Jindan spiritual object, you need to accumulate a lot of contribution points."
Han Changming has already reached the great perfection of foundation building. It would be best if he is willing to come along.
Han Changming was somewhat tempted. If he wanted to obtain the spiritual object for forming a golden elixir, he would need to accumulate more wealth.
Jinxia Island is tens of millions of miles away from Haoran City, which is a long journey. If he wants to bid for a Jindan spiritual object, it will take him a year or two to get to Haoran City, and he may not be able to buy one, after all, he does not have many spirit stones.
Ye Xue had accumulated a lot of contribution points, but it was just a drop in the bucket.
Everything has its pros and cons. Going out to sea to hunt monsters is very profitable, but it also has certain risks.
Han Changming pondered for a moment and asked, "Fellow Daoist Li, how many fellow Daoists have you organized now?"
"Including me, there are already six fellow Taoists. People from Qingyang Sect have also joined in. You can be the captain. This time, I will not easily believe in the so-called inheritance beads."
Li Yutang's tone was solemn. Once bitten, one becomes afraid of ropes for ten years. After suffering a loss once, he would never dare to believe in the so-called ancient cultivators' caves again. If he gets the inherited magic beads again, he will not go treasure hunting again, but report it to his master and elders.
Han Changming shook his head and said with a smile: "I appreciate your kindness, Mr. Li. We will just help you. If we find another inheritance bead, I think we should report it to Senior Lu!"
Captain means responsibility. If nothing happens, it's fine. But if something unexpected happens, the captain will be responsible. This time, the monks from Qingyang Sect have also joined in, and he doesn't want to argue with them.
"Fellow Daoist Li, the monks from Qingyang Sect have also joined in. Who will give the orders? They won't disobey orders! If they disagree with your opinion when hunting monsters, won't it be troublesome?"
Ye Xin frowned and said that the monks from Qingyang Sect joining the monster hunting team would certainly improve the team's strength, but command was a problem. If the monks of the two factions quarreled endlessly over the right of command, it would be better for them to do their own thing.
"Don't worry about that. Fellow Daoist Li and I have an agreement that whoever invites the most foundation-building cultivators and is stronger will be the captain and will obey the captain's orders unconditionally. Fellow Daoist Li has rich experience in hunting monsters. If they hadn't encountered evil cultivators and lost some manpower, they would not have teamed up with us."
Li Yutang said solemnly that in the world of immortal cultivation, strength is respected, and whoever has the bigger fist will be the one to rule.
Han Changming has reached the great perfection of foundation building. If he is willing to join the monster hunting team, he will definitely be able to become the captain.
Han Changming smiled and nodded: "If that's the case, that would be great. When are we going to set off?"
"I'm not sure yet. Once I have discussed it with Fellow Daoist Li, I will come and inform you. It will probably be within one or two days."
"Okay, it's settled then."
Han Changming agreed.
After more than half an hour, Han Changming personally sent Li Yutang out.