After sending Pinger off.
He Song's life became peaceful again.
Now, He Song.
His cultivation was about to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and his daily cultivation was naturally full of motivation.
Once his cultivation broke through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, He Song's strength would probably increase dramatically.
The gap between the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
And the early-Foundation Establishment stage, although it seemed to be only a small realm gap.
But, in the Qi Condensation stage, the gap between early-Qi Condensation and mid-Qi Condensation cultivators was already huge.
Not to mention now that He Song had already reached Foundation Establishment.
The gap between the early-Foundation Establishment stage and the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, although not to the extent of heaven and earth, but if a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator and an early-Foundation Establishment cultivator faced each other.
The mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator would easily win.
Of course.
Winning was winning, defeating and killing were two different concepts.
Although a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator could easily win the battle, it was very difficult to kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Foundation Establishment cultivators basically learned one, or even multiple, escape techniques.
Foundation Establishment cultivators naturally had a lot of defensive spirit talismans and life-saving spirit talismans.
The defensive magical artifacts on the bodies of Foundation Establishment cultivators could also block powerful attacks, so they would not be defeated in one blow.
Foundation Establishment cultivators had already stepped on the starting point of the immortal path.
The methods and techniques they could learn were naturally numerous, and it was not impossible to have some life-saving trump cards.
Under so many superimposed conditions.
Defeating a Foundation Establishment cultivator might be simple.
But wanting to kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Unless several people besieged, or one side's strength was much greater, otherwise, it was indeed difficult to kill a True Person of Foundation Establishment.
Generally speaking, in the Foundation Establishment stage.
Only by surpassing two minor realms could one have the power to crush.
For example, a late-Foundation Establishment cultivator, when facing an early-Foundation Establishment cultivator, would have the power to crush.
For a late-Foundation Establishment cultivator to kill an early-Foundation Establishment cultivator, under the circumstances of crushing combat power, it would be relatively simple.
Because late-Foundation Establishment cultivators basically used top-grade magical artifacts, their own magical power was also much stronger than that of early-Foundation Establishment cultivators, and they had more combat experience.
In this way, the combat power that could be exerted was naturally not comparable to that of early-Foundation Establishment cultivators.
He Song was about to break through from the early-Foundation Establishment stage to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
His combat power would naturally also increase dramatically.
As long as he broke through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
Then at least, when facing late-Foundation Establishment cultivators, his safety could be guaranteed.
Even if he couldn't win.
Escape.
He could still escape.
In the future, even if a late-Foundation Establishment cultivator came to trouble him.
It wouldn't be like now, where he didn't have much resistance.
And.
After breaking through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
When facing early-Foundation Establishment cultivators in the future, with the help of the four spirit puppets, he would also have a greater chance of killing the opponent on the spot.
A mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, plus four spirit puppets close to the early-Foundation Establishment stage.
Attacking an early-Foundation Establishment cultivator together.
Presumably, the success rate would greatly increase.
At that time.
He Song would also be more calm when facing other True Persons of Foundation Establishment.
Hundred Herb Immortal Market.
Although He Song had entered a state of closed-door cultivation, in addition to cultivating every day, he would also take some time to walk around and take a look in his own mansion, and even within Hundred Herb Immortal Market.
Of course, when leaving the mansion, He Song would basically change his appearance and figure, not letting his identity be exposed.
As the only Foundation Establishment True Person in Hundred Herb Immortal Market, if He Song came in his true form, he would probably be immediately seen by countless people.
At that time, it might also cause some disturbances.
As the guardian True Person of Hundred Herb Immortal Market, He Song naturally didn't want to see such a scene.
Moreover, he wasn't used to being watched by others whenever he went out.
Therefore.
In addition to cultivating in closed-door cultivation in his own mansion.
At other times, he also disguised himself as a wandering cultivator, with the name Chen Zhou, and the cultivation of the third level of Qi Condensation, and rented a house on the periphery of the immortal market.
When he wanted to walk around and take a look in the immortal market, He Song would appear in various places in Hundred Herb Immortal Market with the identity of this third-level Qi Condensation wandering cultivator.
With the cover of this identity, He Song walked in Hundred Herb Immortal Market without attracting anyone's attention.
Many people in Hundred Herb Immortal Market who were familiar with He Song's identity also did not know.
This little wandering cultivator who only had the cultivation of the third level of Qi Condensation in their eyes.
Was actually the Foundation Establishment True Person who guarded Hundred Herb Immortal Market in secret.
But.
Although such days were comfortable, He Song's cultivation was also constantly improving in this process.
The great magical power in his body gradually increased, slowly advancing towards the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
But, such peaceful days did not last too long for He Song.
Several months later.
One day.
He Song completed today's cultivation, and as usual, he was going to transform into Chen Zhou and go to Hundred Herb Immortal Market to relax.
But just as He Song opened the door of the quiet room and was about to transform into Chen Zhou, the message talisman hanging on his waist suddenly lit up at this moment.
Seeing this scene, He Song stopped, took the message talisman from his waist.
He opened the message talisman.
He took out the thin sheet of paper inside.
He Song glanced at it, and a trace of astonishment quickly flashed in his eyes.
"Brother He, Sister returned to the sect this time to observe the ceremony. I thought it wouldn't be so easy to find a disciple who I was destined for."
"However, Sister was still mistaken. During the ceremony, Sister rejected the requests of many good seedlings to become her disciple."
"But later there was a young girl who was really destined for me."
"Unfortunately, I had received Master's order early on, that if I encountered a destined person, I should accept them as a disciple."
"Although Sister was apprehensive, she still felt that it was difficult to disobey Master's order. In a daze, she had already accepted her as a disciple."
"Sigh!"
"Now Sister is taking her back to Green Wolf Immortal Market to see Master."
"Happening to pass by Brother's Hundred Herb Immortal Market, I wonder if Brother has time to meet at this time, and if you have broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage?"
"Pinger."
Looking at the elegant handwriting on the paper in front of him, the astonishment in He Song's eyes gradually disappeared.
He originally had similar thoughts to Pinger.
He felt that Pinger would observe the ceremony and if someone wanted to become her disciple, she would just refuse.
As long as she didn't want to accept a disciple, could one really appear out of nowhere?.
But who would have thought.
Pinger also had such thoughts, but what was the result?.
She had already accepted a disciple in a daze.
At this moment, Pinger was taking her newly accepted disciple from the Earth Sect's mountain gate to Green Wolf Immortal Market.
Knowing all this, He Song suddenly felt great resistance to the matter of returning to the sect to observe the ceremony.
As a longevity practitioner.
He didn't need something like a disciple.
But Pinger, who also didn't seem to want to accept a disciple before, directly brought a disciple back after returning to the sect to observe the ceremony.
This...
Did accepting disciples become addictive?.
He Song didn't know.
He didn't want to know.
But he understood that in the future, if there were such things that required returning to the sect to observe the ceremony, he might have to find an excuse to stall.
He didn't want to return to the sect to observe the ceremony once, and like Pinger, accept a disciple.
As a longevity practitioner.
It was impossible to have a disciple.
And it would absolutely never happen!.
After secretly warning himself, He Song thought for a moment, and quickly took out a thin sheet of paper and replied to Pinger.
"After several months of closed-door cultivation, I have not yet touched the threshold of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage. I have made Sister laugh."
"If Sister doesn't mind, you can come and have a chat."
"Brother is waiting for Sister in the immortal market."
"He Song."
He Song did not refuse Pinger's request to meet.
It had been several months since the last time the two met.
In these several months, although He Song had not successfully broken through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
But Pinger should also have a deep understanding of the difficulty of breaking through the Foundation Establishment stage.
Under such circumstances.
Although He Song had said several months ago that he was about to enter closed-door cultivation to try to break through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, it was not a big deal that he had not broken through in several months.
The Foundation Establishment stage was not comparable to the Qi Condensation stage.
The time for closed-door cultivation in the Foundation Establishment stage was usually calculated in years.
The closed-door cultivation in the Qi Condensation stage, however, was mostly calculated in months.
These were two concepts.
The breakthrough of Foundation Establishment cultivators was not something that could be achieved overnight.
However, after agreeing to Pinger's request to meet, He Song thought about one thing.
At this time.
He Song was already a Foundation Establishment True Person.
Pinger and he had known each other for a long time, and their relationship was not shallow.
She was bringing her disciple to visit him.
As an elder, shouldn't he give a greeting gift to Pinger's disciple?.
But in the letter.
Pinger did not tell him what the cultivation of her disciple was.
If the greeting gift was too low, it would make him seem too stingy.
If he gave too much, he couldn't explain why he gave such a generous gift.
After thinking about it, He Song's gaze accidentally swept across the desk he used to draw spirit talismans, and he had an idea.
It didn't matter what her cultivation was.
If she was at the early-Qi Condensation stage, he would give low-grade Earth Talismans, a stack of them, worth fifty spirit stones.
If she was at the mid-Qi Condensation stage, he would give middle-grade Earth Talismans, also a stack, worth two hundred spirit stones.
If she was at the late-Qi Condensation stage, he would give top-grade Earth Talismans, also a stack, worth five hundred spirit stones.
Of course.
If the girl's cultivation was only at the early-Qi Condensation stage.
Just giving a stack of Earth Talismans, its value was still a little low.
After thinking about it, He Song decided that if the girl's cultivation was really only at the early-Qi Condensation stage, or the mid-Qi Condensation stage, he would also give a small item that he didn't need, raising the value of this greeting gift to around a few hundred spirit stones.
In this way, the greeting gift he, as an Earth Sect elder and a Foundation Establishment True Person, gave out would not be too stingy.
However, what kind of small object it was, made He Song think for a long time.
Finally.
He changed his appearance and went to the Artifact Pavilion in Hundred Herb Immortal Market, specifically buying a middle-grade defensive magical artifact worth several hundred spirit stones, and then he was completely relieved.
A middle-grade defensive magical artifact worth several hundred spirit stones.
A stack of low-grade Earth Talismans personally drawn by a Foundation Establishment True Person.
This greeting gift.
Should be enough.
(End of Chapter)