Time flies, and two months have passed in the blink of an eye.
During these two months, Hao Ren diligently cultivated every day.
He finally succeeded in breaking through and advanced to the Great Perfection stage of Qi Refining.
Hao Ren was very happy.
This cultivation speed was too fast.
Originally, he thought it would take him half a year to break through, but it was shortened by two-thirds.
But this was also the result of Hao Ren's hard work.
Ever since he learned that the "Little Spirit Monkey King" was undergoing the "Immortal Mansion Trial," and was likely to greatly increase its strength upon returning, Hao Ren began to strive diligently and cultivate.
No matter what, he couldn't be easily defeated by the monkey!
In addition, the great battle between "Sheng Feng Sect" and "Three Thousand Special Forces" made Hao Ren feel a strong sense of crisis.
The cultivation world was too dangerous.
Both "righteous path dogs" and "demonic cultivators dogs" were dangerous!
Improve strength!
He had to improve his strength to ensure his own safety.
Influenced by multiple factors, Hao Ren cultivated day and night, and finally broke through to the Great Perfection stage of Qi Refining.
Next, he had to find a way to break through the bottleneck and advance to the Foundation Establishment realm.
Once he became a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Hao Ren would have a certain degree of self-protection ability.
He had to break through as soon as possible, Hao Ren decided in his heart.
At this moment, Xiao Longnu walked in from outside the cave.
During the past month, "Senior Courier" Xiao Longnu had been very diligent and busy, going out to "collect express deliveries" every day.
The great battle between "Sheng Feng Sect" and "Three Thousand Special Forces" resulted in countless casualties.
Countless "express deliveries" were waiting to be collected!
Every time, Xiao Longnu reaped a bountiful harvest.
As a "senior courier," Xiao Longnu performed her duties very conscientiously.
She not only brought back the "storage bags" of deceased cultivators, but also salvaged all the intact flying swords, flying daggers, talismans, Taoist robes, and other items scattered all over the battlefield.
Hao Ren's cave was soon piled high.
The "miser" Hao Ren could not bear to give up these items, so he ordered "Jade-Eyed Purple Golden Fierce Beast" to excavate the cave and expand a larger space to store the "express deliveries."
The "Jade-Eyed Purple Golden Fierce Beast" possessed a divine beast physique with extremely strong recovery abilities.
Two months ago, it was severely injured, with its abdomen pierced and bleeding profusely, almost dying. Hao Ren placed it near "Heavenly Water Genesis," and after three days, the wound on its abdomen gradually healed. Although it had not fully recovered, it could already move normally.
Hao Ren ordered the "Jade-Eyed Purple Golden Fierce Beast" to dig caves, and it was a little unhappy.
As a divine beast that dabbled in the "demonic path," its life's ambition was to act on grudges and engage in combat, not to hide in a cave and dig holes.
However, the "Jade-Eyed Purple Golden Fierce Beast" dared not disobey Hao Ren's orders.
It quickly dug over a dozen large holes specifically for storing various "express deliveries."
Now, Hao Ren's cave resembled a treasure trove.
Hao Ren was very satisfied with this.
With "grain at home," his heart was at ease.
In addition to flying swords, flying daggers, and Taoist robes, the "express deliveries" also contained many pills and spirit stones.
Hao Ren now possessed the "Innate Thunder Spirit Root." With his talent, the demand for low-grade pills like "Qi Gathering Pills" was no longer significant.
The elite disciples of "Sheng Feng Sect" and the "Three Thousand Special Forces" were mostly Foundation Establishment cultivators, and they did not carry many low-grade "Qi Gathering Pills."
Hao Ren did find many "Qi Gathering Pills" used by Foundation Establishment cultivators in their "storage bags."
"Qi Gathering Pills" were auxiliary cultivation pills used by Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Their function was equivalent to "Qi Gathering Pills," but for the Foundation Establishment stage. Their name was also more imposing, called "Qi Gathering Pills."
In addition to "Qi Gathering Pills," Hao Ren also obtained more than a dozen "Foundation Establishment Pills."
There was no need to elaborate on "Foundation Establishment Pills." Anyone who enjoyed reading cultivation novels knew that these were used to help "Qi Refining stage cultivators" break through bottlenecks and advance to the "Foundation Establishment realm."
Hao Ren planned to start taking the "Foundation Establishment Pills" and prepare to challenge the Foundation Establishment bottleneck after he adjusted his condition.
Besides pills, Hao Ren also acquired a considerable number of spirit stones.
There were low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade spirit stones, all of them.
After two months of "collecting express deliveries," it was conservatively estimated that he already possessed over 100,000 low-grade spirit stones.
Among them, Hao Ren paid special attention to "Fire Spirit Stones."
He always remembered that the "Crimson Refining Cauldron" given to him by "Yun Zhenting" hid a secret that required 1000 Fire Spirit Stones to unlock.
Hao Ren checked and found that he had accumulated 500 Fire Spirit Stones, and still needed 500 more. He would continue to work hard!
"Master, look quickly, I found a lot of medicinal herbs!"
Xiao Longnu's happy voice echoed.
She held several "storage bags" and excitedly came to Hao Ren's side, handing the "storage bags" to him.
Hao Ren took the "storage bags." The restrictions on the "storage bags" had already been broken by Xiao Longnu.
Xiao Longnu's main account was the Golden Core cultivator "Old Dragon Hag." Although she had lost her memory now, she would often have "flashes of inspiration," displaying the strength of a Golden Core Grand Cultivator.
For example, to break the restrictions on "storage bags," Hao Ren needed the system to slowly crack them, while Xiao Longnu could easily break them with a casual sweep.
Hao Ren opened the "storage bags," and indeed, they were filled with medicinal herbs.
Hao Ren was very happy, he could refine pills again.
He often refined pills during these two months.
It was considered his amateur leisure activity.
Besides getting massages from Xiao Longnu and teaching her to sing "brainwashing divine songs" during his cultivation, the thing Hao Ren liked to do most was "refining pills"!
It had to be said, Hao Ren's "pill refining talent" was truly awful!
When he refined pills, he always "exploded the furnace."
Not only did his pill refining fail, but even the pill furnace would explode, and the medicinal herbs inside would be wasted.
For this reason, Hao Ren specifically had "Jade-Eyed Purple Golden Fierce Beast" excavate a deep and sturdy stone chamber for him to "explode furnaces," ah, no, for him to "refine pills."
This kind of "Heavenly Curse" basically meant bidding farewell to pill refining.
But Hao Ren, upholding the life belief of "never give up, never abandon," continued to try "pill refining."
Not being able to refine pills felt lacking in protagonist demeanor. No, he must refine pills!
Fortunately, the "senior courier" Xiao Longnu had collected enough medicinal herbs and pill furnaces, which could withstand Hao Ren's "abuse."
Hao Ren was sentimental, and the materials he used for pill refining were all salvaged from "express deliveries." The initial three medicinal herbs, ginseng, reishi, and Polygonum multiflorum, he had never touched, and they were still buried beside "Heavenly Water Genesis."
Every day, Xiao Longnu would carefully tend to these three medicinal herbs.
Watering them, loosening the soil, singing to them.
The three medicinal herbs did not disappoint Xiao Longnu's care and grew very well.
The ginseng had grown nine sprouts.
The reishi had grown larger.
The Polygonum multiflorum had grown seven sprouts.