OBS Chapter 1378 The Great Transfer Order of the Heaven-Mending Pill (Please subscribe and vote!)
Chapter 1378 The Great Transfer Order of the Heaven-Mending Pill (Please subscribe and vote!)
Chapter 1378 The Great Transfer Order of the Heaven-Mending Pill (Please subscribe and vote!)
Seeing Xuanzhen Daoist's tense expression, as if he were afraid that his "talisman genius" would be discouraged and unable to recover, Qin Hao secretly found it amusing.
After three years of tireless deduction, optimization of drawing paths, and simulation of spiritual power injection nodes by the AI, his success rate in drawing intermediate talismans, especially the metal-attribute talismans he specializes in, has long been stable at over 35%. For talismans like the "Golden Blade Storm Talisman," which he is highly proficient in, he can even reach the 40% threshold.
Of course, talismans with the attributes of wood and water cannot be drawn for the time being because they lack corresponding spiritual roots and their spiritual power attributes cannot resonate. This can only be resolved after reaching the Nascent Soul stage and seeking "artifact spiritual roots" or other rare and precious materials or secret techniques to complete the spiritual roots.
However, on the surface, Qin Hao wore an expression of "deep shame," and his voice was somewhat "low," responding appropriately to Xuanzhen Daoist's earlier question: "Senior Brother Sect Leader, you are wise. The success rate of drawing intermediate-level talismans is already extremely low. This time, my attempt to improve it has further increased the complexity of the talisman layering and the difficulty of instantly balancing spiritual power... Now, with this improved version of the 'Golden Blade Storm Talisman,' it is already the limit if eight finished products can be successfully drawn from one hundred talisman paper materials."
Upon hearing this, Daoist Xuanzhen frowned and fell into deep thought. After a long while, he shook his head with regret, his tone filled with remorse: "Junior Brother's improved 'Golden Blade Storm Talisman' has increased in power by nearly 20% compared to the original version, and its coverage area has also increased by 10%. Its power is already quite close to the level of a mid-grade talisman! Such ingenuity and design truly make him a once-in-a-century genius in the art of talismans in our sect!"
He first highly praised Qin Hao's achievements, then immediately changed the subject, sighing, "It's a pity... the success rate is just too low, otherwise..."
It should be noted that a mid-level intermediate talisman is equivalent to the full-force attack of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, while the power of a mid-level high-level talisman is comparable to that of a Golden Core cultivator! In the original work, the "Earth-Shaking Talisman" used by the demonic witch Lian Feihua in the spirit stone mine was a mid-level high-level talisman. The terrifying scene of mountains collapsing and the earth splitting was enough to make any Foundation Establishment cultivator tremble with fear.
Qin Hao was not worried at all that Xuanzhen Daoist would notice that he had exaggerated the losses. The way of talismans is different from alchemy and weapon crafting. If the latter two fail, at least there will be charred dregs or broken material waste left behind, and the success rate is obvious.
If the talisman-drawing process fails, the talisman paper carrying the rune will instantly combust and turn to ashes, leaving not a trace. The success rate, of course, is determined by the talisman maker.
Of course, the Qingxu Sect has been passed down for so many years and is famous among the seven sects for its talisman techniques. It has long since figured out the normal success rate range of various talismans.
Unfortunately, this time Xuanzhen Daoist encountered Qin Hao, a "cheater." With the help of the AI, a super cheat device, his success rate in drawing talismans reached an unbelievable level.
Just when Qin Hao thought the matter was over, Xuanzhen Daoist suddenly changed his tone, his regret turning into encouragement, and his voice becoming much gentler: "However, Junior Brother, you don't need to be discouraged! With the exceptional talent you've shown in talisman making, as long as you persevere, you will surely increase your success rate in time! During this period, no matter what kind of talisman materials you need, or if you encounter any difficulties, just go and tell Junior Brother Liu. I have instructed him to fully cooperate with you! The sect is your strongest support!"
"Thank you so much for your kindness and guidance, Senior Brother Sect Leader! I am deeply grateful!" Qin Hao immediately put on a flattered expression and bowed deeply.
Master Xuanzhen nodded in satisfaction, his smile growing even more amiable. He gently patted Qin Hao's shoulder and said in a concerned tone, "Junior brother, your improved talisman is incredibly powerful and greatly beneficial to the sect. How about this: from now on, you only need to supply the Sect Affairs Hall with ten of these improved 'Golden Blade Storm Talismans' each month. Hmm… the sect can't let you work for nothing, so we'll buy each talisman for one hundred low-grade spirit stones. What do you think?"
Buying an attack talisman with power close to the mid-level of intermediate grade for one hundred spirit stones is an absolute bargain; it's no exaggeration to call it exploitation.
Qin Hao sneered inwardly, but immediately put on a troubled expression, his brows furrowing: "Sect Leader... drawing this talisman consumes a great deal of mental and magical energy, and the success rate is so low... if I have to hand in ten every month, I... I'm afraid I really don't have much time and energy to meditate and improve my cultivation..."
Xuanzhen Daoist seemed to have anticipated his words. He feigned a moment of contemplation, then waved his hand as if bestowing a great favor: "Hmm, what you say makes sense, Junior Brother. Here's what I'll do: I'll request special approval from the sect's elders to issue you an extra bottle of 'Qi Harmony Pill' every year! This Qi Harmony Pill is extremely beneficial for Foundation Establishment cultivators to improve their cultivation. It will definitely make up for the slight loss of cultivation time you've had, so your cultivation won't fall too far behind!"
A bottle of Qi-Harmony Pills contains at most ten pills, which is a drop in the ocean for a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Qin Hao scoffed at this. With his apparent "three spiritual roots" aptitude, if he truly only had a less than 10% success rate in making talismans, he would probably have to draw talismans tirelessly to complete the monthly task of ten. Where would he find the time to meditate and cultivate? This bottle of Qi-Harmony Pills could not possibly make up for the huge deficit in his cultivation progress.
Sure enough, even at the Foundation Establishment stage, in the eyes of the sect's higher-ups, disciples like themselves without a strong background still couldn't escape the essence of being "high-level drudges." Only after truly forming the Golden Core would they barely qualify as junior partners of the sect, possessing a certain degree of autonomy and profit sharing.
However, he still had to put on a convincing act. Qin Hao's face instantly filled with "gratitude," and he bowed deeply: "Thank you for your consideration, Senior Brother! I will certainly do my utmost to live up to your expectations!"
"Junior Brother Zhang, there's no need to be so formal." Master Xuanzhen smiled and once again used his familiar set of words: "As your cultivation improves, your soul becomes more stable, and your magical power becomes purer, you will naturally be able to draw more powerful talismans with a higher success rate! Keep up the good work, and the sect will never fail to reward those who have made contributions!"
Hearing this PUA routine so familiar, Qin Hao almost couldn't help but laugh out loud, thinking to himself, "Could this old guy have traveled from the past? This combination of punches is just too perfect!"
"Alright, Junior Brother, you've just come out of seclusion, and your cave dwelling must need some tidying up. You've probably used up quite a bit of talisman-making materials, so I won't take up any more of your time here." Seeing that his purpose had been achieved, Xuanzhen Daoist prepared to leave.
"This junior brother respectfully sees off Senior Brother Sect Leader!" Qin Hao respectfully escorted him out of the cave's protective barrier.
After seeing off Xuanzhen Daoist, Qin Hao didn't rush to emerge from seclusion. During his three years of seclusion, he had spent most of his time cultivating the incredibly difficult *Great Evolution Technique*. Thanks to the precise analysis and assistance of his AI, he had now successfully cultivated the *Great Evolution Technique* to the third level! His divine sense was far more powerful and vast than that of an ordinary mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, almost twice as strong!
The power of divine sense brings many hidden benefits. Whether it is the precise control of spiritual power required when drawing talismans, or the precise melting of materials and engraving of restrictions required when forging weapons, a powerful divine sense is like the most precise tool and the most sensitive perception amplifier, making the performance of these skills twice as effective and easy.
However, cultivating the Great Evolution Technique, especially the "Soul Splitting Technique" which tempers and differentiates divine consciousness, is by no means easy. Each soul split is like the soul being torn apart and ground, bringing pain that penetrates deep into the soul. Three years of continuous cultivation left Qin Hao feeling a profound weariness in his spirit.
So he spent three whole days doing nothing but sitting quietly and regulating his breathing, circulating gentle spiritual cultivation techniques to completely relax his tense soul. Only when he felt refreshed and his physical condition had reached its peak did he officially open the cave's restrictions, ending this three-year seclusion.
A month later.
Above a vast, desolate wasteland, where yellow sand swirled in the sky, a barely perceptible streak of dark light streaked across the heavens at an astonishing speed. This was the "Ink Dragon Boat," its concealment array activated, and aboard it was none other than Qin Hao.
"There are less than five years left until the six major demonic sects launch their invasion of Yue Kingdom in the original story..." Qin Hao looked at the desolate horizon ahead with a solemn expression.
"We must hurry and find that ancient teleportation array to confirm the situation! If we can't repair it independently based on the AI's deductions alone, we need to find Xin Ruyin for help as soon as possible. The trip to the Chaotic Star Sea is crucial to our future development plan; we cannot afford to fail!"
After flying for several more hours, the terrain suddenly changed, revealing a bottomless, massive canyon with sheer cliffs on both sides. Qin Hao maneuvered the Ink Dragon Boat to hover at the canyon entrance and took out a jade slip map from his storage bag for careful comparison.
"There are only three small spirit stone mines marked within the Yan Family Fort's territory. I've investigated the first two, but their scale, guards, and array strength don't match up, so they shouldn't be the spirit stone mine where the Blood Jade Spider was hidden in the original story... Therefore, only this one remains!" Qin Hao's gaze locked onto a marked point deep in the canyon on the map.
He lowered the altitude of the ink dragon boat and silently flew into the canyon. After passing through the deep and long canyon passage, the view suddenly opened up, revealing a small spirit stone mine in the center of a weathered hilly area. The mine was shrouded in a thin layer of earthy yellow light, clearly a basic protective formation.
Qin Hao reduced the speed of the Ink Dragon Boat to a minimum, while simultaneously activating the "concealment array" engraved on its hull. Instantly, the ink color on the surface of the Ink Dragon Boat flowed and changed like water ripples, its color and texture quickly blending perfectly with the surrounding gray-yellow rocks and desert. Its aura was also concealed to the extreme, making it extremely difficult to detect with the naked eye or the divine sense of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators.
"Although this small spirit stone mine is barren and not valued by the seven sects, and is usually guarded by only one early Foundation Establishment cultivator, the mine's defensive formation is still a formation, no matter how weak it is. A forced attack will inevitably trigger an alarm, and the commotion will be too great, making it easy to expose our identities." After observing from a distance for a while, Qin Hao decisively gave up the idea of a direct assault.
"We need to find a safer approach."
His gaze swept across the mine's defensive light shield and the rock strata below, a thought suddenly flashing through his mind: "Wait... In general, to reduce costs, the defensive arrays of spirit stone mines focus on the top of the vein and the entrance to prevent external enemies from invading and plundering the ore. The vein itself, deep underground and composed of hard rock, usually lacks robust array protection!"
Because mining spirit stones is extremely difficult and requires special magical artifacts, and the veins themselves are extremely solid, making it difficult for ordinary cultivators to destroy them from underground, the protective arrays usually only cover the surface and the entrance to the mine.
Qin Hao quickly memorized the precise location and terrain features of the spirit stone mine, then quietly maneuvered the Ink Dragon Boat backward, all the way to a more remote and secluded canyon crevice dozens of miles away from the spirit stone mine.
He leaped off the boat, patted his storage bag, and three yellow talismans inscribed with quicksand runes appeared in his hand.
"Go!" With a flick of his finger, three "Quicksand Talismans" turned into yellow light and accurately disappeared into the rock strata beneath his feet.
The power of the talisman was activated instantly! The hard rocky ground began to sink, crumble, and fall away silently, like quicksand! Before long, a deep pit with a diameter of about three meters was formed, revealing the deeper rock below.
"It really works! This quicksand talisman is extremely effective against ordinary rock formations that are not mineral veins!" Qin Hao was overjoyed and jumped into the deep pit without hesitation.
Then, he did the same thing, taking out "Quicksand Talismans" one after another and activating them to "burn" a winding passage forward underground, heading towards the location of the spirit stone mine he had memorized!
If other cultivators saw Qin Hao's extravagant "digging" method, their eyes would probably pop out of their sockets, and they would curse him as a "spendthrift"! You must know that even a low-level talisman is worth more than ten spirit stones! He's not digging a tunnel, he's paving a road with spirit stones! It's utterly outrageous!
However, for Qin Hao, the one thing he had in abundance was probably talismans. He had accumulated mountains of basic talisman materials over the years, and during his seclusion, he had also drawn a large number of basic talismans for practice. Now was the perfect time to put them to good use. The talisman materials were just sitting there anyway, so why not use them now? Not enough? Then he'd draw them on the spot! With his current talisman-making skills, drawing basic talismans was a piece of cake.
Finally, after spending three whole days and consuming at least several hundred "Quicksand Talismans", Qin Hao felt the aura of the rock layer in front of him suddenly change. An extremely weak but exceptionally pure earth and metal spiritual energy mixed with the unique aura of the mineral vein permeated over him!
"It's open!" Qin Hao's spirits lifted. He carefully controlled the last few quicksand talismans. The moment the connection with the mine was established, a powerful divine sense surged out like a tide, instantly covering the mine tunnel within a few hundred meters.
"Very good, there is no one within 500 meters." After confirming that it was safe, Qin Hao quickly used earth magic to cleverly restore the small gap in the mine tunnel and disguise it as a natural rock wall.
Only then did he conceal his aura and, like a ghost, silently slip into the depths of the mine tunnel.
The mine tunnels were dark and damp, filled with the smell of dust and ore. With his extraordinary divine sense, Qin Hao, as if possessing a god-like perspective, could always avoid the Qi Refining stage cultivators who were toiling away in the mine tunnels.
After winding his way through the mine, he stopped in front of a tunnel that looked like it had collapsed naturally due to years of disrepair or geological changes.
Thick layers of rubble blocked the path ahead, appearing perfectly normal. However, Qin Hao's divine sense easily penetrated these rubble obstacles, "seeing" the scene at the other end of the collapsed mine tunnel—it wasn't a solid rock wall, but a much larger underground cave space filled with inverted stalactites!
"That's it! This should be the mine tunnel that Xuan Le accidentally escaped from after escaping the Blood Jade Spider's pursuit in the original story!" Qin Hao was certain of himself.
Without further hesitation, he formed a hand seal, and the Crimson Soul Blade transformed into a crimson whirlwind, piercing the collapsed pile of rocks with a low hum. While spirit stone veins as hard as iron might be difficult to mine, these ordinary rock fragments were like tofu under the cutting power of a top-tier throwing knife.
In a short time, the collapsed mine tunnel was cleared, creating a narrow gap that only allowed one person to pass through, revealing the deep, dark stalactite cave behind it.
"Minor Five Elements Mist Array, activate!" Qin Hao quickly took out another set of array flags and placed them at the entrance of the passage. This array was far less effective than the "Inverted Five Elements Array," but it was more than enough to confuse miners with only the third or fourth level of Qi Refining cultivation and weak spiritual sense, preventing them from accidentally entering this place and discovering the anomaly.
Qin Hao slipped into the cave and stealthily made his way through the passage filled with stalactites and stalagmites. The cave system was more complex than he had imagined. After passing through three or four caverns of varying sizes, the view suddenly opened up before him, revealing an extremely large and expansive underground cavern, over a hundred feet high!
The moment he stepped into the cave, a cold, violent, and blood-soaked demonic aura locked onto him!
In the center of the cave, a colossal creature suddenly came into view! It was several meters long, its entire body carved from the finest white jade, crystal clear, with eight spear-like giant legs supporting its massive body, and two compound eyes flashing with scarlet ferocity staring intently at the intruder—it was the level four demonic beast guarding this place, the Blood Jade Spider!
However, Qin Hao's gaze only lingered briefly on the Blood Jade Spider's extremely imposing body before being drawn to the scene behind it like a magnet!
Behind the Blood Jade Spider's enormous body lay a large amount of mined spirit stone ore that had not yet been transported away.
Amidst these dusty piles of ore, a hexagonal array plate, carved from an unidentified gray rock and exuding an ancient and desolate aura, lay quietly! The array plate was inscribed with complex and profound ancient runes that had long been lost; it was Qin Hao's ultimate goal for this journey—an ancient teleportation array!
What made Qin Hao's heart race even faster was that, on one side of the teleportation array, a human skeleton, shimmering with a faint five-colored halo, sat cross-legged, as if guarding the array. Floating silently before the skeleton was a palm-sized token, its surface a deep, dark blue, made of neither gold nor jade, and also covered in mysterious patterns—the Great Teleportation Token!
"It really is here!" Even with Qin Hao's resolute will, he couldn't help but feel a surge of joy at this moment.
"Ancient teleportation array, Great Teleportation Token... Absolutely amazing! You're even more of a money-giving boy than Venerable Jin Guang! I'll gladly accept these treasures on behalf of that brat Han Li!"
"Hiss—Roar!!!"
It seemed that Qin Hao's almost "ignoring" attitude had completely enraged the Blood Jade Spider. It let out a sharp, piercing screech, and its massive body transformed into a white lightning bolt, accompanied by a foul stench. Its eight giant legs pierced the air like spears as it pounced towards Qin Hao! Its speed was astonishing!
However, faced with this fierce attack that would have made even ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators flustered, Qin Hao only showed a contemptuous smile.
"He's courting death." He didn't even move an inch, he just casually patted the storage bag at his waist.
"call out……"
Five beams of light, each a different color (gold, green, blue, red, and yellow), shot out and instantly disappeared into the rock walls surrounding the cave! This was his trump card—the Inverted Five Elements Array Flag!
"Invert the Five Elements Formation, activate!" Qin Hao shouted in a low voice.
The entire enormous cavern seemed to have been transformed into a kaleidoscope! Space instantly distorted, light became chaotic, and scenery shifted! Dense, five-colored clouds appeared out of nowhere, churning and spreading, instantly engulfing the Blood Jade Spiders that were pouncing on them! Qin Hao's figure, which was perfectly clear just a second ago, completely vanished from the Blood Jade Spiders' perception and vision!
"Roar!!" The Blood Jade Spider's furious roar echoed in the clouds, but it seemed confused and chaotic. It could only frantically spin and charge in place, driven by instinct. Its huge fangs tore at the air, but it couldn't find its target at all.
Qin Hao didn't even bother to glance at the trapped beast again. With a flicker of his body, like a ghost, he bypassed the berserk Blood Jade Spider and arrived in front of the skeleton shimmering with multicolored light.
"I'll let you live and jump around for a while longer, and then we'll talk about laying your eggs. After all, those little spiders in your belly are the key to seizing the Void Heaven Cauldron in the future."
Facing the direction of the roars from within the formation, Qin Hao murmured in a mocking tone, "See, I'm actually quite merciful, aren't I?"
As he spoke, he flicked his finger, and a small fireball radiating a scorching heat, called "Flame Bullet," landed precisely on the extremely skeletal remains.
Whoops!
A raging fire instantly erupted, enveloping the skeleton that had endured countless years. Under the burning flames fueled by Qin Hao's pure magical power, the faint but pure medicinal power of the "Heaven-Mending Pill" contained within the skeleton was completely refined and condensed.
Soon, the flames died down, and several tiny beads, about the size of rice grains and radiating a warm, soft, multicolored light, lay quietly in the ashes.
"This is the real 'Heaven-Mending Pill'! It's amazing! You're such a kind person, sending such a heaven-defying treasure from thousands of miles away, saving me decades of refining time!" Without hesitation, Qin Hao opened his mouth and swallowed all the colorful beads.
Unlike ordinary pills that produce explosive effects, the Heaven-Mending Pill's medicinal power is extremely gentle, like a gentle stream, slowly and steadily seeping into the limbs and bones, improving the user's innate qualities. This improvement is gradual and requires nearly a hundred years to be fully absorbed, gradually enhancing the quality of the user's spiritual roots.
Ji Xuan was seriously injured and died before he could activate the medicinal power. Now, Qin Hao has benefited from it, not only saving him the long refining period but also allowing him to enjoy the full effects of the medicine.
"In this way, my aptitude shouldn't be much worse than that of an ordinary dual-spiritual-root cultivator?" Qin Hao murmured to himself, feeling the warm current flowing through his body.
He reached out and grabbed the floating "Great Teleportation Token" into his storage bag. Then, he quickly walked to the ancient hexagonal teleportation array, his expression focused.
"AI, immediately scan and analyze the structure of this ancient teleportation array! Build a model and start simulation! Assess the possibility and success rate of independently completing the repair with the support of the existing database!"
[AI: Command confirmed... Target locked... Ancient teleportation array scanning... Structural analysis... Energy circuit modeling... Damage point detection... Repair plan simulation... Simulating...]
After a while.
[AI: Initial simulation complete. The estimated success rate of the first simulation repair is 58%. Risk factors: The meaning of some ancient runes is unclear; there is no known alternative for the missing materials in the core energy nodes; the stability of the spatial coordinates is questionable. Should we attempt a deeper simulation and optimization?]
58%? This success rate is far too low for cross-dimensional teleportation, which involves life and death! Qin Hao didn't hesitate: "Continue the deduction! Try to construct alternative solutions and exhaustively explore all possible material combinations!"
[AI: Command confirmed... Second simulation in progress... Alternative model established... Material database matching... Third simulation... Fourth simulation... Fifth simulation... Sixth simulation... Seventh simulation...]
In each simulation, the AI processed the repair process, analyzed the factors that led to failure, and optimized the repair plan. Finally, after seven in-depth simulations...
[AI: Simulation terminated. The success rate of the current optimal repair scheme simulation has increased to 85%. The main risks of failure lie in the spatial coordinate calibration process and the risk of unknown rune residue. Subsequent simulations cannot overcome this probability bottleneck. The database lacks key ancient formation spatial coordinate theory and specific rune structure information.]
85%! This is already the limit that the AI can achieve with the existing database. No matter how many attempts are made to improve the success rate afterward, it cannot be increased even slightly.
“85%... that’s still not enough to be safe.” Qin Hao frowned slightly. His future and safety were at stake, and he couldn’t afford to make any mistakes.
"It seems we'll have to ask Xin Ruyin to handle this personally!"
After sighing, Qin Hao glanced back at the white jade spider that was still roaring and charging in vain in the thick fog, and then stopped.
After retreating deep into the cave, with a thought, the five-colored array flags transformed into streams of light and flew back to the storage bag. The mesmerizing mist that shrouded the cave instantly dissipated.
"I'll spare your life, take good care of your pregnancy, and give birth to the baby! Don't die!" Qin Hao shouted at the Blood Jade Spider, which had revealed its form and was now even more enraged. With a flicker, he quickly disappeared into the stalactite passage he had come from.
Retracing his steps, Qin Hao quickly reappeared at the disguised mine entrance. Instead of taking the mine tunnel, he dug upwards, returning to the hidden canyon fissure dozens of miles away.
He used magic to fill the huge crater back in and restore the landscape. Then, with a tap of his storage bag, the Ink Dragon Boat transformed into a barely perceptible streak of ink light, carrying him soaring into the sky and speeding towards the direction of Yellow Maple Valley.
A month later, in a dense forest outside the gate of Huangfeng Valley.
"Congratulations, Junior Brother Han, on your successful Foundation Establishment! You have finally taken the most crucial step on the path to the Great Dao!" Qin Hao congratulated him with a smile, his tone sincere.
At this moment, Han Li exuded a calm and composed demeanor, his eyes gleaming with a clear light, showing no trace of the timidity he once possessed.
Han Li took a long, deep breath, as if inhaling the air of freedom into his lungs, a relieved yet emotional smile spreading across his face: "Finally... I haven't let down Senior Brother's guidance and expectations back then. Now, I can finally call you 'Senior Brother Zhang' openly and legitimately!"
Successfully establishing his foundation means he now truly has a foothold in the cultivation world, and no longer needs to be cautious and tread on thin ice.
However, when he carefully sensed Qin Hao's unfathomable aura, the smile on his face couldn't help but turn into a bitter smile: "In just three short years, Senior Brother's cultivation has actually improved again, and he has already reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage... Senior Brother's progress is truly beyond my reach."
"The mid-stage Foundation Establishment is ultimately just Foundation Establishment." Qin Hao shook his head, his tone carrying a hint of worldly wisdom: "If you don't condense your Golden Core for a day, you'll be like an ant, ultimately subject to others and forced to act according to their whims. Junior Brother, you should also keep this in mind and not slack off."
Upon hearing this, Han Li's expression turned serious, and he solemnly cupped his hands, saying, "Senior Brother's words are invaluable; I will keep them in mind!" He then remembered the transaction and quickly added, "By the way, Senior Brother, the 'Solidifying Essence Pill' formula you entrusted me to find, I have fortunately fulfilled my mission and found it! However… I haven't yet found a sufficient age for one of the main ingredients needed to refine this pill. But don't worry, Senior Brother, I have some leads, and I believe that in a few more days, I will be able to refine the pill you need!"
"I trust you with your work, Junior Brother." Qin Hao nodded in satisfaction and offered his own bargaining chip: "As for the 'Inverted Five Elements Formation' that I promised you, I have already refined the array flags. I only need to spend some more time refining the core array plate before the entire formation can be handed over to you, Junior Brother."
Upon hearing this, Han Li's eyes lit up with even more joy. He exchanged a glance with Qin Hao, and both were satisfied with the progress of the transaction.
Next, the two found a secluded spot in the forest and exchanged their cultivation experiences after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. Of course, Qin Hao, as someone who had been through it all, combined his own experience with the analysis of the AI, and talked eloquently about the operation of cultivation techniques, purification of spiritual energy, nurturing of divine sense, and breakthrough insights, breaking down and explaining the key points of Foundation Establishment cultivation in detail.
Han Li listened intently, nodding occasionally, sometimes deep in thought, and only occasionally raising his doubts about very specific issues, gaining a great deal from the experience.
A day later, after their exchange, Qin Hao bid farewell to Han Li. He did not linger in Huangfeng Valley, but summoned the Ink Dragon Boat, which transformed into a faint stream of ink-colored light, and headed straight for the Tianxing Sect Market in the direction of Yuanwu Kingdom without hesitation.
When they were less than a hundred miles away from Tianxingzong Market, the "Ink Dragon Boat" suddenly stopped in mid-air and then shot down into the dense forest below.
In the dense forest, several Qi Refining stage cultivators were fiercely attacking the void. Seeing that their attacks were ineffective, one of the cultivators gritted his teeth and threatened.
"Qi Yunxiao, if you don't want to die, hand over the Reversal Five Elements Formation, or I'll make sure you die a gruesome death today!"