“This…is it really that mysterious?” He Pingsheng’s mouth gaped. “But I still don’t understand!”
He genuinely hadn’t understood.
It was simply that Cheng Siyu had said too many things He Pingsheng had never known about in one breath.
Cheng Siyu said, “Actually, I also heard it from Master!”
“Let’s put it this way: Sect Luck is invisible and intangible, but it definitely exists!”
“For example, a Sect with good Luck will easily recruit Disciples with High Grade Spiritual Roots when they are recruiting!”
“Or when a Sect’s Disciples cultivate, the probability of Breakthrough will have a slight difference!”
“Of course, these things are spoken of as incredibly miraculous, but no one can say how much of a difference there truly is!”
“It is rumored that in the Cultivation World, there are people who can observe Qi and see the existence of Luck!”
He Pingsheng nodded.
Since it was invisible and intangible, there was no way to verify it.
Then He Pingsheng shook his head again; he had no interest whatsoever in this Cloud Expelling Talisman.
Before long, the Cloud Expelling Talisman was exchanged by a Cultivator.
“Everyone!” Hou Muling smiled sweetly. “The Hou Family is small and humble, so we can only offer this one treasure. The rest is up to all of you!”
After speaking, Hou Muling stepped back.
He Pingsheng lightly swept his Divine Thought over Hou Muling.
She only had a Qi Refining Stage Eight cultivation.
However, He Pingsheng always had a feeling that this woman was much stronger than her Older Brother Hou Muxian.
“This old man here has a Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact called the Dragon Capturing Golden Pagoda. If any Fellow Daoist can offer a corresponding treasure, it can be exchanged!”
An old man waved his hand, and a small golden pagoda appeared before him.
The small pagoda had three layers in total, emitting a faint golden radiance.
Everyone was astonished.
This was a Spiritual Artifact!
A Medium Grade Spiritual Artifact possessed six layers of Restrictions. If one could obtain this, their combat power would definitely increase by a large margin.
The crucial point was that this was also a defensive Treasure Artifact.
But He Pingsheng had no interest in this item.
His Spiritual Artifacts were almost all High Grade: for offense, he had the Nine Luminaries Dragon Slaying Banner; for defense, the Holy Wood Shield; and a soul extinguishing bell specifically for attacking others’ Divine Thought.
Since he had no interest in the small pagoda, he wouldn’t make an offer!
However, he did sweep his Divine Thought over the cultivation of the old man opposite him.
Upon sweeping, He Pingsheng was greatly surprised: Foundation Establishment Stage First Layer.
It wasn’t the old man’s cultivation that surprised him; what astonished him was that he could actually see through a Foundation Establishment Stage First Layer cultivation.
This…
Is my Divine Thought that strong now?
Thus, He Pingsheng no longer had any reservations. His Divine Thought swept over the surrounding Cultivators one by one.
Qi Refining Stage!
Qi Refining Stage!
Qi Refining Stage!
Foundation Establishment Stage First Layer!
…
After a round of scanning, He Pingsheng discovered that there were a total of six Foundation Establishment Stage Disciples in the room.
Two were First Layer, and one was Foundation Establishment Stage Second Layer.
As for the other three, He Pingsheng’s Divine Thought could not penetrate their cultivation.
It seemed they were at higher Foundation Establishment Stages.
“This old man here has an egg of an unknown creature!”
“Those who are interested can make an offer!”
“Hehe… Senior Brothers, Junior Brother here has one High Grade Foundation Establishment Pill…”
“I have a bottle of Gathering Spirit Pill…”
The atmosphere at the trade fair gradually became lively.
Cheng Siyu asked, “Junior Brother He, don’t you have anything to bring out?”
He Pingsheng thought for a moment, then took out a Low Grade Foundation Establishment Pill and said, “One Low Grade Foundation Establishment Pill. Those interested can make an offer!”
As a result, no one made an offer at all.
Because several people had already brought out Medium Grade Foundation Establishment Pills, and there was even one High Grade.
Who would care for a mere Low Grade?
It was even better if no one cared.
He Pingsheng had only brought this item out as a perfunctory gesture.
He looked around, but he didn’t see the items he wanted.
He immediately felt a wave of disappointment.
“Hello, Junior Brother!” A man dressed in a black Daoist robe came up to He Pingsheng. “I want your Low Grade Foundation Establishment Pill!”
“Do you think I can exchange it for this?”
The man handed over a Talisman.
He Pingsheng took it and glanced at it.
The man quickly said, “It’s a second-grade Talisman, but its quality is Low Grade. It’s called the Golden Bone Talisman. After casting it, it can form a barrier… Hmm… it should be able to block one attack from a Foundation Establishment Stage Disciple!”
He Pingsheng smiled and said, “Senior Brother, you must be joking. What one attack!”
“After one attack, it will probably shatter!”
A second-grade defensive Talisman.
Such items were rare.
But if it were Medium Grade, it could indeed block one attack from an ordinary Foundation Establishment Stage Disciple.
However, after one attack, the Talisman would shatter.
But Low Grade…
If it encountered a Foundation Establishment Stage Disciple, it would naturally shatter with one strike.
The benefit was that even though the Talisman shield shattered, it could nullify seventy to eighty percent of the opponent’s attack power.
The remaining twenty to thirty percent would still come through.
But it would be much easier to defend against.
This was the purpose of a Low Grade defensive Talisman.
It was quite useless.
In terms of value, it could be said to be on par with a Low Grade Foundation Establishment Pill.
“Alright!” He Pingsheng took out the Low Grade Foundation Establishment Pill and said, “Let’s exchange!”
He could enhance it.
This way, his set of second-grade Talismans would be complete.
For offense, he had four Skyfire Talismans and two Mountain Moving Talismans.
These six Talismans were obtained by enhancing the second-grade Talismans Fire Talisman and Falling Rock Talisman from Yu De’s Storage Pouch.
Now that he had a defensive Talisman, he could enhance it too.
As for the longer activation Time of these second-grade Talismans, that was because the Divine Thought of Qi Refining Stage Disciples was not strong enough.
Now that He Pingsheng’s Divine Thought was comparable to the Early Stage of Foundation Establishment, activating second-grade Talismans would certainly not take more than a dozen breaths.
It should be possible in a short amount of Time.
But how long it would specifically take to activate, He Pingsheng did not know.
Because he hadn’t tried it.
Soon, about an hour later, the trade fair hastily concluded.
Because the items Qi Refining Stage Disciples could possess were limited, only some Talismans, Medicinal Pills, and Magical Artifacts.
There were no particularly good items.
“Senior Brother He!” Hou Muling came to He Pingsheng again. “Senior Sister Cheng, hello…”
“Can I speak with you two alone?”
He Pingsheng said, “Of course, Junior Sister Hou, please speak!”
Hou Muling said, “Senior Brother He, Senior Sister Cheng, have you heard of a place called Black Frontier?”
“Black Frontier?” Cheng Siyu’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Are you referring to that desolate land north of the Dao Xuan Alliance?”
Black Frontier, also known as Black Frontier Desolate Land.
For low-level Cultivators, it truly was a desolate land.
Because Black Frontier not only contained many Qi Refining Stage and Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beasts, but even Golden Core Stage Yao Beasts.
Besides that, there were many poisonous miasmas in Black Frontier, and venomous snakes and insects were everywhere.
Even Golden Core Stage mighty figures who entered it faced an extremely high risk of falling.
As for Nascent Soul Stage mighty figures, they disdained entering it because there was nothing within that could entice a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
The crucial point was that Black Frontier was very large.
The Low Grade Spiritual Plants inside were countless, and there was no lack of treasures that could help people Breakthrough Bottlenecks.
Therefore, this place was sometimes called the “Home of the Desperate.”
