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He then spat out the spring water that still lingered in his mouth, mixed with the few young women who had been swimming inside it, onto his palm, and gently placed them on the rocks beneath the mountain stream, squatting down as he did so.

Zhao Yishi squatted down, looking down on the young women with their expressions of disbelief and shock, and said in a deep voice,

"I should thank you all."

"During the third challenge of the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm last time, some moron of a previous owner claimed he had drunk urine, so I could take over from there."

"It's just that this habit isn't very good; you should keep it tighter in the future."

"I have some matters to attend to first, I'll host you again next time."

With that,

Zhao Yishi's massive form took steps that rose like stepping on lotuses, moving through the air, and swiftly disappeared into the clouds.

Only leaving behind the young women standing there with their thin, soaked veils, staring in the direction Zhao Yishi disappeared, their pupils filled with bewilderment and terror.

...

Dawn arrived.

Chen Qiu, who had been cultivating cross-legged on the bed overnight, sensed the sunlight from outside the window and slowly opened his eyes.

The changes from that one night were significant.

It had allowed him to make two consecutive breakthroughs in a single day, which he had now solidified considerably.

Upon introspection,

His Tao Foundation appeared much brighter and more solid than before.

At least now, his body showed no signs of instability or spiritual energy chaos; he looked at the spiritual energy leaping on his fingertips like flames, then at the teacup on the mahogany table, and flicked his finger lightly.

A spirit line immediately coiled up the teacup, and as the spirit line retracted back into his body, the teacup from the previous night, filled to the brim, returned to his hand.

Not spilling a drop.

Chen Qiu picked up the teacup and took a sip, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes. Although turning spiritual energy into threads was a fairly simple technique, after all, it represented considerable progress compared to his past self, giving him a sense of significant accomplishment.

It was somewhat like the feeling he had as a child when he first learned to ride a bicycle.

Now, at the third layer of Foundation Establishment, he was no small fry in any city, even the Capital; Foundation Establishment cultivators were now Da Xia's backbone.

Afterward, he extended his Divine Sense into the small world to take stock of his latest gains.

Before parting ways the previous night, Fat Long had already handed over all the Storage Bags he was carrying to him.

Within the small world now—

Over a thousand Storage Bags, which weren't valuable and couldn't fetch much money. He didn't plan to sell them but instead decided to keep them in the small world, as they might come in handy in the future.

From the Storage Bags, he found quite a few low-level talismans, Pills, Spiritual Treasures, and some fragments of Spirit Stones and silver, worth a total of about two thousand Spirit Stones at a glance.

Over three hundred Storage Rings with unbroken seals.

These rings were left by the Demon Clan cultivators and disciples of the Poison Sect; the seals had not been broken yet, and the items inside the rings usually had a higher value. Breaking the seals on this batch of Storage Rings would certainly reveal more valuable treasures than those found in the Storage Bags.

There were also some semi-ruined Spiritual Treasures and such, which, according to the scholar, could also fetch some money as materials, although the exact price was unknown but surely not too much.

However, the real jackpot was—

The three personal Storage Rings left by the workshop owner of Ask Heaven Market!

And the two Storage Rings snatched from the Poison Thunder Old Man!

Both of them were Golden Core cultivators!

The Storage Rings were sure to contain a lot of good treasures.

And the two Storage Rings on the Scion of Ten Thousand Demons; he wondered if they contained his Far Escape Technique. Even Golden Core Stage cultivators couldn't catch up with that Far Escape Technique, which really made him quite envious.

...

After organizing his gains, Chen Qiu finally got up and left the guest room.

As usual, Fat Long was already standing outside the door of the guest room, grinning and waiting for him.

But this time, there was a scholar and his younger brother.

"Let's go have some breakfast."

Chen Qiu, looking touched, patted Fat Long's shoulder and turned to walk down the corridor towards the stairs. It had to be said that the emotional value Fat Long provided was indeed very high; waking up to his grinning face waiting outside the room every morning was really something.

The group quickly found a roadside vendor selling mutton soup.

Dipping into the soup, they enjoyed a few hot pancakes fresh out of the pan.

It was already winter.

The snow had not yet fallen.

On the streets, many commoners dressed in thick jackets greeted everyone with joy on their faces, looking quite festive.

"It seems like today is the Winter Solstice."

Glancing at the people on the road, Fat Long pondered and said, "Then later today we must have some dumplings. A bit of festive ritual is still necessary."

"Eh?"

The scholar, who had been drinking meat soup, suddenly revealed a flash of surprise in his eyes, "How did my ranking on the Fame Ranking go up to No. 898? I knew the Heavenly Dao Blessing from last night was particularly generous."

"Brother Qiu, you're on the list too!"

Chen Qiu raised an eyebrow and looked at the Fame Ranking, finding his name at No. 982. He searched with his Consciousness in the Storage Ring and found last night's Heavenly Dao Blessing.

The Fame Ranking changed every day, and after midnight, the Heavenly Dao Blessing would automatically appear in the Storage Ring. He had no idea he was on the list yesterday and thus had not been conscious of it.

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In the Storage Ring on his index finger was a small box, roughly the size of a small bench.

It was inscribed with four sharp and bold characters in seal script on the top.

"Heavenly Dao Blessing".

Chen Qiu took it out of the Storage Ring and tentatively opened the wooden box wrapped in black cloth. Inside, a pill lay quietly, with lines of small print introducing it at the bottom of the box next to the pill.

"Foundation Establishment low-grade Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pill."

"Consumption can increase a small amount of Cultivation."

"It's actually a Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pill!"

The scholar sitting beside him lit up and couldn't help exclaiming, "A Cultivation Pill of this kind can be taken to improve Cultivation Progress, and is a specialty pill crafted by Alchemy Cultivators."

"There are low-grade, mid-grade, high-grade, and top-grade Cultivation Pills."

"Different grades of Cultivation Pills enhance different amounts of Cultivation, and they need to be consumed along with the running of a mental method. However, Cultivation Pills leave impurities in the body that, if not regularly and promptly cleansed, will merge into the Tao Foundation, resulting in an unstable foundation."

"Generally speaking, consuming a low-grade Cultivation Pill typically requires spending three days to eliminate the impurities. The higher the grade of Cultivation, the more it boosts, and correspondingly more time is needed to remove the impurities."

"Such things are usually prepared for Cultivators who do not have many Spirit Stones."

"After all, directly absorbing Spirit Stones is definitely the best. The Spiritual Energy in Spirit Stones is absolutely pure, so there's no need to spend time removing impurities."

"In the short term, 'Cultivation Pills' surely increase Cultivation speed more than Spirit Stones, but if you include the time needed to remove impurities, in the long run, taking Cultivation Pills is far less effective than absorbing Spirit Stones."

The scholar paused before continuing.

"However, Heavenly Dao Cultivation Pills have no side effects and contain no impurities."

"At most, consuming too many at once can result in an unstable foundation, so some time is needed to consolidate the foundation."