Chapter 85: The Sixth-Rank Dan Medicine (Seeking Recommendations)

  Half a year's time passed in the blink of an eye, and the dark-faced middle-aged cultivator returned to the gate of Tianxuan Sect once again.

  I've cultivated my Qi for six layers!

  Returning to his own cultivation cave, Su Che removed various disguises and sat down to rest for a while. From the Yin Wind Gorge Valley, he rushed back, covering nearly two thousand miles of distance. Even with the top-notch cultivation of the sixth layer of Qi Refining, he was somewhat exhausted.

  Under the black boulder of the underground fire vein in the Yin Wind Gorge, he had been closed for half a year. Every day's bitter cultivation was extremely dull and painful. Looking back, Su Che was somewhat impressed that he could hold on...

  Unfortunately, the number of Earth Spirit Pills was still insufficient. During the six-month closed-door training period, he could only take one pill per day; otherwise, it would be possible to rush into the late stage of Qi Refining in one breath.

  However, even if the elixir is in short supply, Su Che still doesn't dare to personally go to the Xiu Zhen Fang market to sell the spiritual grass. Even if he disguises himself as a Qi Gong practitioner with a seventh-level spiritual aura, it won't be enough to deter some powerful and greedy individuals. Once they find out that he possesses great wealth, they will inevitably try to kill him and steal his goods, and his life will basically be forfeit.

  Such things are common in the Xiuzhen world, happening all the time everywhere. Su Che would rather cultivate a bit slower and not be reckless with his own life, taking unnecessary risks.

  At present, he has reached the peak of the sixth layer of Qi training and naturally faces the boundary of the late stage of Qi training. However, Su Che felt that this time, breaking through might not be too difficult, perhaps because the strange energy produced by the fusion of Xianyu Warm Currents and Heishi Clear Currents had a magical effect, making this boundary as thin as paper, seemingly just one poke would penetrate...

  Of course, this is just Su Che's intuition, and what the facts are will be verified in the next few days.

  Su Che planned to go to 'Wu Hua Peak' tomorrow to buy a better elixir than the Earth Spirit Dan, and after returning, with the help of the powerful medicinal power, he would break through this thin paper-like boundary wall. Intuitively, he already had 60-70% confidence.

  After resting for two hours, Su Che went to the Lingcao Medicine Garden and met Linglong.

  "You..."

  Linglong stared at Su Che in extreme surprise: "Sixth layer of Qi cultivation?"

  "Yes, Linglong Shijie." Su Che nodded and said: "This time the closed-door training was extremely smooth, and I actually broke through to the sixth layer of Qi Refining in one breath."

  "How is this possible? You're not even sixteen yet, what kind of heavenly treasure did you eat to be like this..."

  Linglong still found it hard to believe: half a year ago, he was only at the third layer of Qi cultivation, how could he suddenly jump to the sixth layer of Qi cultivation and be on the verge of breaking through to the later stage of Qi cultivation? To think that he himself had reached the sixth layer of Qi cultivation at the age of seventeen and broken through to the later stage of Qi cultivation at eighteen due to his exceptional innate talent. But he, clearly had a mediocre innate talent with three attributes of spiritual roots...

  This time, Su Che was unable to conceal his true cultivation level any longer. In the past few days, if he broke through the barrier and entered the late stage of Qi Refining, he would immediately have to apply to the sect and participate in the assessment for inner disciples.

  Without practicing internal energy in the later stage, don't think about becoming an inner disciple. In this matter, it's impossible to keep a low profile anymore.

  Facing Linglong's astonishment, Su Che could only vaguely explain: "Sister guessed correctly, indeed swallowed a kind of heavenly material and earthly treasure, in order to achieve such results, otherwise, relying solely on my innate talent, it would definitely not be enough."

  "Ah, that's right!" Linglong nodded vigorously: "On the path of cultivation, the role of good fortune often surpasses innate talent. It seems you're a guy with a deep accumulation of good fortune! Great, great, I'm happy for you..."

  "Thank you, elder sister."

  Su Che sincerely thanked her with a bow, because he knew in his heart that Ling Long was a pure and honest person who didn't like to speak falsely, so her words were absolutely not empty courtesy.

  "Ah, from now on, I won't be able to idle around either." Linglong tilted her head, a slender white finger poking at her cheek, muttering softly: "At this rate, you'll soon surpass me. Wouldn't that be... and I'd have to change the way I address you, call you 'Shixiong' (older brother)? That would be too embarrassing! No way, I'll also go into seclusion..."

  It's clear that at this moment, Linglong is also stimulated by Su Che's extremely exaggerated promotion speed.

  Su Che smiled in his heart and changed the subject, asking: "It's been half a year since we last met, I don't know how Master Yu Qing has been lately?"

  "A month ago, he also closed up!" Linglong waved her small hand: "First attempt at building foundation, don't know what the success rate is."

  "Ah, Yu Qing Shixiong is finally going to build his foundation...” Su Che's heart was filled with joy, and he also sincerely hoped that Yu Qing could successfully build his foundation.

  Relatively speaking, the success rate of building a foundation for the first time is the highest. If it fails for the first time, the difficulty will increase with each subsequent attempt. However, Su Che thought that Yu Qing Shixiong's innate talent was obvious, and the success rate of building a foundation for the first time was at least 80%.

  In comparison, for someone with mediocre qualifications like myself, if we don't consider the factor of having a chance encounter with an immortal prison, even with the Foundation Establishment Pill in hand, the success rate of establishing the foundation for the first time wouldn't be more than fifty percent.

  Neither of them has.

  A person's innate talent often plays the greatest role at critical moments when crossing borders. In this regard, people with ordinary talents are completely incomparable and can only be admired and envied in a thousand ways.

  Originally, Su Che wanted to find Yu Qing and roughly describe his current cultivation situation to him, and ask for his advice. In this state, after impacting the late stage of Qi Refining, which kind of elixir would have the best effect... After all, Senior Brother Yu Qing was half of his mentor, so it was natural to ask him about such things.

  However, Yuqing happened to be in seclusion as well, so I could only consult with Linglong.

  After listening to Su Che's question, Ling Long thought for a moment and replied: "Generally speaking, cultivators have a certain intuition about their own state, which is often quite accurate. This time your breakthrough difficulty may indeed be relatively easy. In that case, I suggest you take 'Purple Fire Pill' and 'Rising Dragon Pill'. Because the 'Purple Fire Pill' is most suitable for your fire-based true energy, and the Rising Dragon Pill has a strong medicinal effect, which is very suitable for taking during the breakthrough."

  She revealed a sly expression, intentionally lowering her voice: "Both of these are sixth-grade elixirs, and they're not cheap! However, during the last competition, you were able to produce a stack of high-quality spirit symbols with a loud crash, so you mustn't be lacking in spirit stones, right?"

  "Where is it?" Su Che rubbed his nose and said in a low voice, "It's just that I had the three thousand spiritual stones that Shifu gave me as a reward. In one breath, I bought more than ten top-grade spiritual symbols to protect myself, and that's why..."

  Before he could finish speaking, Linglong rolled her eyes and said: "Forget it, I'm not asking you for money, why are you crying so pitifully?"

  Su Che smiled and said: "Not deceiving sister, brother has some ways to make money, 8,000 spiritual stones can still be taken out."

  "This is just about right." Linglong hummed softly and immediately stretched out her hand: "You're so rich, then lend me 18,000 yuan!"

  Just said no borrowing money, and then...

  Su Che knew she was joking, but he also nodded generously: "Sister really wants to borrow, I'll really give it to her, a few spirit stones are nothing!"

  "Just one thousand spirit stones, hand them over." Linglong still stretched out her hand, looking like she really wanted it.

  Su Che took out a Ling Stone pouch without hesitation and handed it over to her.

  Linglong nodded in satisfaction, then said seriously: "Zi Huo Dan and Teng Long Dan, the selling price on Wu Hua Peak is 300 spirit stones per grain. I'll go to Lao Tou Zi's place to help you buy them, it will definitely be much cheaper. I estimate that for your breakthrough this time, three grains of Zi Huo Dan and three grains of Teng Long Dan should be enough, the original price is 1800, but I'll only charge you 1000, how about it, is it a good deal, Shifu?"

  "That's enough! Thank you, Senior Sister." Su Che first nodded vigorously, then surprisingly took out an even bigger spirit stone bag and asked with a thick face: "Senior Sister, can I buy some more?"

  "Insatiable!" Linglong shot him a glance, but still took the spirit stone bag and didn't even check the amount of spirit stones inside: "I'll help you ask, whatever we can get is what we'll get."

  Before she had finished speaking, she turned and ran away. There was no need to guess that she must have gone to the third floor of the medicine garden to buy medicine from the old man in her family. This girl has always been like this, saying and doing things quickly and decisively.

  Su Che was secretly delighted: "Ling Long's father is the elder of the Medicine Garden, and since he excels at cultivating spiritual grass, he must also be skilled in refining elixirs. Buying elixirs directly from him not only saves spirit stones but also spares me from going to Wuhua Peak and drawing attention to myself. Indeed, having one more friend means having one more path."

  Lao Hei was also delighted, thinking of teasing the master a bit, saying something like how good Linglong is and how she's worth pursuing... But he immediately reacted and realized that the master still hadn't shaken off his deep sorrow for his deceased wife. It seemed like he didn't have any thoughts about romantic matters at all. If Lao Hei were to joke around in such things, he would definitely get scolded.

  Su Che didn't know what Lao Hei was thinking, and he continued to calculate in silence: "In total, I gave Ling Long 11,000 spirit stones. Even if it's at the original price, I should be able to get more than 30 six-grade elixirs. The only question is whether the Medicine Garden elder has that much stock. After all, for a Golden Elixir cultivator, taking six-grade elixirs has almost no effect."