105: Sudden change

Within three months, Zhang Qingxiao had used up all five hundred portions of Spirit Enhancing Pill and five hundred portions of Purple Spirit Pill medicinal ingredients.

The proficiency in making these two Medicinal Pills also reached Perfection.

The quality of the Medicinal Pills he refined had already surpassed the Purple Spirit Pills and Spirit Enhancing Pills he had purchased.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Zhang Qingxiao began to try refining Qingling Pill.

He wasted fifteen portions of medicinal ingredients and spent three days, finally successfully refining one Qingling Pill, though its quality was slightly inferior.

Zhang Qingxiao did not rush to consume it and test its effects.

Instead, he continued to refine until all fifty portions of Qingling Pill medicinal ingredients were used up, then he began to refine Peiyuan Pill.

With the experience of refining the previous three Medicinal Pills, he found refining Peiyuan Pill much smoother.

He failed five times, and on the sixth attempt, he successfully refined a Peiyuan Pill, and the quality of the Medicinal Pill was quite good.

To verify the Medicinal Pill's effect, he immediately consumed this Peiyuan Pill.

After the medicinal power was completely refined, he immediately opened his attribute panel.

On the attribute panel, his Cultivation Aptitude changed again, from ordinary to Medium.

While Cultivating, Zhang Qingxiao clearly felt that the speed of refining Spiritual Qi was a little faster, and he couldn't help but feel joy.

He circulated his True Qi for a few cycles, recovered his True Qi, and began to continue refining Peiyuan Pill.

From the remaining fourteen portions of medicinal ingredients, he successfully refined seven Medicinal Pills, with a success rate basically maintained at around fifty percent.

Moreover, the quality of the Medicinal Pills was excellent.

After consuming another one, besides increasing some True Qi, there were no other effects.

Only then did Zhang Qingxiao understand that each Cultivator could only consume one Peiyuan Pill.

To verify his idea, Zhang Qingxiao gave the remaining six Peiyuan Pills to Zhou Yun, Liang Qiaoer, and Li Wanqing, two each.

Except for Zhou Yun, who had a slight effect when taking the second one, Liang Qiaoer and Li Wanqing, when taking the second one, only increased some True Qi in their bodies and did not improve their Aptitude.

After summarizing, Zhang Qingxiao reached a general conclusion: not every Cultivator would have no effect when taking the second Peiyuan Pill.

The Peiyuan Pill works better for Cultivators with poorer Aptitude, while for Cultivators with slightly better Aptitude, the effect is much less significant.

When the Aptitude is high enough, there might be no effect at all.

This also aligns with the value of the Peiyuan Pill.

After all, it is a Medicinal Pill that even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator can refine, and the medicinal ingredients required are not particularly precious.

If it could truly allow one to ascend to heaven in a single step, cleanse the marrow and transform the bones, then there would be a problem.

After a series of tests, the Cultivation speed of Liang Qiaoer, Zhou Yun, and Li Wanqing significantly improved.

Zhou Yun, who was originally at Cultivation Level 4, reached Qi Refining Fifth Layer after consuming the Peiyuan Pill for a month.

Of course, the main reason she could Breakthrough so quickly was that she had stayed at Cultivation Level 4 for a considerable time and was already on the verge of Breakthrough.

Liang Qiaoer, on the other hand, broke through to Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level after consuming the Peiyuan Pill for three months.

Li Wanqing, having just broken through to Qi Refining Stage Seventh Level not long ago, did not continue to Breakthrough.

The business over the past few months has also been very stable.

In addition, the business of buying and selling by several other Families had been lukewarm, causing dissatisfaction among many collaborating Utility Disciples.

This gave Luo Fei an opportunity to expand his business further.

The delivery business also expanded from restaurants to industries that could be delivered, such as medicinal ingredients, food, and daily necessities, and the income also increased.

Currently, Zhang Qingxiao can basically obtain ten thousand Mid-Grade Spirit Stones every month.

With the Li Family and another Cultivation realm of Foundation Establishment Stage Late Phase taking care of things, as long as it wasn't a management issue, he didn't need to show up, allowing him to fully focus on Cultivating.

His Cultivation progress also advanced by leaps and bounds.

In just over a year, Zhang Qingxiao's Cultivation progress reached Foundation Establishment Stage 2, 99/100.

In addition, the Manhuang Refinement Body Art also reached Perfection, further increasing his lifespan and Physical Body.

The barbaric strength formed outside his Physical Body could even withstand a full-force attack from a Low Grade Flying Sword used by a Qi Refining Stage Late Phase Cultivator.

Tier 1 attack Talismans could not harm him in the slightest.

Only Tier 2 attack Talismans could pose a threat to him.

Now, he has begun to Cultivate the Barbaric Body Refining Art of the Foundation Establishment Stage, and the effect is also very good.

However, the Cultivation progress was much slower than he had anticipated.

In two months, he had only barely reached Perfection.

The magical arts that could be Cultivated during the Qi Refinement Stage had also all reached Perfection by this time.

The power of the Ice Technique, after reaching Perfection, was even more formidable than the Foundation Establishment Stage magical arts he had just begun to Cultivate, Ice and Snow World and Meteor Fire Rain.

Both Ice and Snow World and Meteor Fire Rain are area-of-effect magical arts, and they consume a great deal of True Qi.

Zhang Qingxiao had just broken through to Foundation Establishment Stage 2 and had only just begun to practice these two magical arts; basically, each time he cast them, he would consume one-third of his True Qi.

Although the True Qi consumed decreased after reaching Great Master proficiency, given his current situation, each casting still consumed one-fifth of his True Qi.

On this day, as Zhang Qingxiao was in seclusion attempting a Breakthrough, his Message Talisman suddenly lit up.

Zhang Qingxiao knew that no one would contact him during his secluded Breakthrough unless it was extremely urgent, so he quickly stopped Cultivating and picked up the Message Talisman to check.

Upon seeing the content, his expression immediately turned grim.

The one who sent him the Message Talisman this time was not Luo Fei or Lin Ying, but Sect Leader Chu Zhengtian.

The content was very simple: the Sect was about to go to war with Guiyuan Sect.

All Foundation Establishment Elders were required to go to the Sect Main Hall before Chen Shi (7-9 AM) tomorrow to discuss matters of the Sect war.

After reading this message, Zhang Qingxiao no longer had the mind to continue his seclusion. He immediately used a Sound Transmission Talisman to send a message to the Li family Foundation Establishment cultivator, asking to meet for a detailed discussion.

At the same time, he sent a message to Lin Ying, asking if he knew about this matter.

As he went to find the Li Family Foundation Establishment Cultivator, Lin Ying had already replied that he had not received any news regarding this.

Even Lin Ying didn't know, which indicated that the Sect Leader of Carefree Sect had kept the details of this war very secret.

It was highly likely that only a very small number of core Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Sect knew the specifics.

After meeting the Li Family Foundation Establishment Cultivator and having a brief conversation, Zhang Qingxiao confirmed his conjecture.

The situation they both knew was basically the same, and they could only prepare for the worst.

Zhang Qingxiao immediately had Lin Ying and Luo Fei go buy Tier 2 Talismans, Magical Artifacts, and Medicinal Pills overnight.

He himself quickly returned home and first organized the items in his Storage Pouch.

He felt a little more at ease after seeing that he still had more than twenty Defense Talismans, ten Golden Shield Talismans, over a hundred Tier 2 attack Talismans, one surpassing ordinary defensive inner armor, one surpassing ordinary defensive Magical Artifact, and two Talisman Treasures.

Most of these items were treasures he had purchased incidentally when he went to Ancient County City some time ago to buy medicinal ingredients for refining Purple Spirit Pill, Spirit Enhancing Pill, Qingling Pill, and other Medicinal Pills.

At the time, they were merely for self-defense, but he never expected them to be of such great use now.

After organizing his items, Zhang Qingxiao forced himself to calm down and Cultivate.

He aimed to Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Stage 3 before the Sect war.

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