Gifting Treasures

"Ah, the fortunes cultivators meet with compared to one another."

At the thought of the gap that had opened between the two of them, even Shen Ye, firm of will as he was, nearly had his Dao heart shatter.

"I was merely rather lucky, Shixiong."

Lu Xuan spoke in a low voice.

"Not long after I first arrived in the Li Yang Domain, I happened to break through to Foundation Establishment Perfection. Later, for the sake of cultivating and tending spirit plants more conveniently, I exhausted all my Spirit Stones to rent an upper-grade Cave Mansion in Heavenly Star Grotto."

"The spiritual energy in the Cave Mansion was no weaker than the core area of the sect back then, so my cultivation advanced swiftly. At the same time, I used the spirit plants I grew to exchange for a large number of high-grade pills that increased Spiritual Power."

"By a twist of fate, my skill with spirit plants caught the eye of the Sea Pavilion Merchant Guild. While I was still at the Foundation Establishment stage, I was extremely fortunate to become a Guest Elder of the guild, and obtained many cultivation resources from them."

"When the timing was right, I tried to break through to Core Formation. I never expected to succeed on the first attempt and advance to the Core Formation Realm."

Lu Xuan gave Shen Ye a half-true, half-false explanation.

"Junior Brother Lu, your path has been far too smooth, as if sailing with fair wind and following water."

Envy shone in Shen Ye's eyes.

From Lu Xuan's telling, it seemed he had encountered no real hardships or dangers on his way to breaking through to the Core Formation Realm, which left Shen Ye, who knew all too well how difficult advancement was, incomparably envious.

"Still, with