In the blink of an eye, two months quietly slipped away.
The weather gradually entered late autumn.
Meng Jingshan sat upright in the Meng Family's main hall, quietly gazing at the sky beyond the courtyard walls.
"Yesterday, Hao Ran finished harvesting all the Six-Pattern Wheat in the rear courtyard. Under cover of night, he set off for Chiyang County with Bohai. They should be back today."
Though Meng Jingshan spoke thus, his thoughts were on the cultivation resources in the Meng Family's underground vault.
As early as two months ago, the Meng Family had accumulated enough cultivation resources. However, Meng Jingshan feared that forcing his way through the Foundation Establishment barrier with those resources alone might result in an accident.
After all, he had never attempted to break through the Foundation Establishment barrier before. Coupled with his advanced age, if an accident truly occurred during the breakthrough, it would be a devastating blow to the Meng Family.
That was why Meng Jingshan had delayed his attempt to break through the Foundation Establishment barrier for a full two months. What he sought was steady progress.
Just as Meng Jingshan sank into thought, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the door.
Meng Jingshan hurriedly rose to look, only to find Meng Haoran and Meng Bohai standing there, both beaming with delight.
Meng Haoran and Meng Bohai clasped their fists and smiled. "Greetings, Clan Leader Jingshan."
"Good, good, good! It is enough that you returned safely!"
Meng Jingshan asked with a smile, "Did this trip go smoothly?"
Meng Bohai replied, "Smoothly. After the previous two sales, our Meng Family's Six-Pattern Wheat has become wildly successful in Gray Robe Jiang Lao's hands. Several Black Markets in Chiyang County now treat Gray Robe Jiang Lao as an honored guest whenever they see him, all because our