Immortals Step into Heaven

Even if he gave it his all and earned a Foundation Establishment Pill, it would be useless. With his five spiritual roots lacking in talent, he couldn't possibly build a foundation without ten Foundation Establishment Pills. Even if he won first place in the competition, the few Foundation Establishment Pills he could earn wouldn't be enough. Did he even doubt the need for him to continue cultivating?

Zheng Yuan lowered his head and calmly walked out of the mission hall. The sunlight shone on him, outlining a slightly lonely figure.

Just then, a loud shout woke him up.

"Senior Brother Zheng!" Duan Peng shouted excitedly as he looked at Zheng Yuan who had just walked out of the Mission Hall.

Zheng Yuan slowly raised his head and saw Duan Peng. He immediately noticed the radiant look on his face. Then, he keenly realized that Duan Peng's cultivation had reached the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Seeing this scene, Zheng Yuan's mood involuntarily brightened. He secretly sighed in his heart, even Junior Brother Duan, who also had five spiritual roots, had never given up on cultivation and had been practicing hard. Why should he give up?

Thinking back on his journey, Zheng Yuan remembered exactly how many spirit stones he had spent on elixirs in order to reach the ninth level of Qi Refining. It was impossible for Junior Brother Duan to have as many spirit stones and elixirs as he did.

Zheng Yuan quickly gathered his thoughts and chuckled, saying, "Junior Brother Duan, I haven't seen you in a few years. I didn't expect you to break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining. Are you here to register as an outer disciple this time?" His eyes were filled with a sense of relief. Looking at Duan Peng in front of him, it was as if he saw himself, full of longing, when he first entered the door of immortal cultivation.

Duan Peng touched his head a little embarrassedly when he heard Zheng Yuan's words, and said with a simple smile, "Yes! Senior Brother Zheng." His smile was simple and honest.

Zheng Yuan looked at Duan Peng and chuckled, congratulating Junior Brother Duan on his promotion to an outer disciple. After that, he took out a bottle of Muyuan Dan and stuffed it into Junior Brother Duan's hand. This was a gift for Junior Brother Duan on becoming an outer disciple. Senior Brother now lives in the Alchemy Valley, Danhuo Pavilion, and you can come to him if you have any problems.

Duan Peng took the Muyuan Pill and said with a smile, "Thank you, Senior Brother Zheng."

Zheng Yuan nodded gently and said, "I'm leaving first. You go in!" He then turned around and walked away with a brisk pace. His departing figure carried a sense of confidence and composure.

Duan Peng stood there, watching Zheng Yuan leave, with a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Afterwards, he shifted his gaze to the pill in his hand, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this Senior Brother Zheng is really interesting, he has actually cultivated to the ninth level of Qi Refining, and the first thing he did was to give out a bottle of Muyuan Pill.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, revealing a faint smile, then he put the pill into the storage bag and turned to enter the mission hall.

Zheng Yuan returned to the alchemy room of Danhuo Pavilion, closed the door gently, and took out the storage bag he had obtained from the robber cultivator he had killed outside Yunshan Market.

Except for two top-grade magic flying swords and one high-grade magic flying sword, he had never opened the three storage bags. There was a hint of anticipation in his eyes as he looked at the three storage bags.

Zheng Yuan placed the three storage bags on the table one by one. He opened the first storage bag first. There were several bottles of pills, more than two hundred low-grade spirit stones, and several jade slips. The jade slips were also ordinary items.

Then, Zheng Yuan opened the second storage bag and took out a top-grade magical flying sword.

Although this flying sword is slightly inferior to the two top-grade magic weapons in quality, it also emits a good light and spiritual power fluctuations.

Then, Zheng Yuan opened the third storage bag, which was filled with dozens of bottles of pills.

He picked up a bottle and carefully checked the labels on it, and found that some of them were healing pills, some were pills for improving cultivation, and some were pills for assisting in cultivation. There were more than a thousand low-grade spirit stones, and the rest were ordinary things.

After sorting out all the things and putting them into the storage bag, Zheng Yuan smiled slightly. There were more than 3,000 low-grade spirit stones in the storage bag, so Zheng Yuan would not be short of spirit stones in the short term.

Zheng Yuan released Soul-Seeking Rat and Xiao Hei from the spirit beast bag. The two little creatures came to Zheng Yuan and rubbed against him affectionately. Then they jumped down and ran around the alchemy room, with Soul-Seeking Rat following behind. The two little creatures would occasionally playfully fight. Soul-Seeking Rat and Xiao Hei were now on good terms.

After the last sleep, Xiao Hei has now broken through to the first stage of the late monster beast.

The Soul-Seeking Rat also broke through to the first-stage mid-stage demon beast with the large amount of spirit stones supplied by Zheng Yuan.

Zheng Yuan recalled how timid and trembling Xunling Rat was when he first met him in the Monster Mountain Range. Seeing his lively and active self now, a smile broke out on his lips.

Then Zheng Yuan took out a jade box from his storage bag, opened it, and ten glowing demon-transforming lotus seeds appeared.

While chasing Xiao Hei, Xunlingshu seemed to sense something and immediately stopped fighting. He turned around and stared at the demon-transforming lotus seeds in the jade box.

Xiao Hei's body trembled slightly as he let out a low growl. "Ah!" He wondered if it was because he was too excited.

It turned into a black shadow, crawled into Zheng Yuan's arms, licked Zheng Yuan's face, and looked at the demon lotus seed from time to time.

Seeing this, Zheng Yuan immediately stuffed a demon-transforming lotus seed into Xiao Hei's mouth, and asked Xiao Hei to lick it until his face peeled off. Xiao Hei swallowed the demon-transforming lotus seed, jumped out of Zheng Yuan's arms, and lay down beside him with his eyes closed, refining the demon-transforming lotus seed.

Seeing this, Xunlingshu ran to Zheng Yuan's feet excitedly and rubbed against him.

Looking at the Soul-Seeking Rat, Zheng Yuan shook his head slightly. This Soul-Seeking Rat was just a low-level monster with limited potential. It would be impossible for it to break through the foundation-building stage without a great opportunity in the future.

Zheng Yuan took back the demon lotus seed, took out a spirit beast pill from his storage bag, handed it to the spirit-seeking rat, and said, "Your current cultivation level is too low, only at the middle stage of the first level. It would be a waste to eat the demon lotus seed. You should first cultivate to the perfection of the late first level! Then I will give you a chance to break through to the second-level demon beast."

After hearing this, Xunlingshu's face was stunned, then he nodded repeatedly. After eating the spirit beast pill, he rubbed against Zheng Yuan and ran to Xiao Hei to practice.

Zheng Yuan saw that Xiao Hei, the spirit-seeking rat, had spiritual light flashing on his body, indicating that he had entered a state of cultivation.

Zheng Yuan also swallowed a Huangyuan Pill and started practicing.

one year later

Zheng Yuan's cultivation also broke through to the tenth level of Qi Refining, and he had mastered the Stone Escape Technique after two years of practice. He went to the Danqing Sect's market medicine shop and bought fifty doses of Guiyuan Pills, which he gave to Yu'er to refine.

Originally, Zheng Yuan wanted to buy more spiritual herbs for Ling'er to make Guiyuan Pills, but he learned from Senior Sister Zhang that although the spiritual herbs for Guiyuan Pills were ordinary, they were not available in large quantities as one desired.

The Danqing Sect's annual sales of spiritual medicines were limited. As spiritual medicines became more valuable, they became increasingly scarce, with some even being unavailable for sale even with Spirit Stones. Zheng Yuan also knew that he wanted to refine pills and sell Spirit Stones, and his plan to make money was almost shattered.