Li Ping could not help smiling at his reaction.
How did that saying go again?
Zhang Tie had progressed so quickly that his bearing had yet to catch up. In a few more years, he would be able to face everything with composure, just like other Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators.
After everyone congratulated Zhang Tie on reaching Foundation Establishment, they collected this year's contributions to the Foundation Establishment Fund.
Li Ping contributed three hundred spirit stones; Zhang Tie and Gu Musheng, one hundred each; Cheng Yao, thirty; and Qi Hanmo and Bai Qing, twenty each.
That made five hundred and seventy spirit stones in total, bringing the Foundation Establishment Fund to nine hundred and ninety.
After putting all the spirit stones into a dedicated Storage Bag, everyone began recounting their gains and losses over the past year, asking the others to help identify anything they had overlooked.
Zhang Tie spoke first. With Li Ping acting as a matchmaker, he and a female Qi Refining Realm cultivator from the Meng Family had fallen in love and planned to marry after the new year. He invited his five sworn siblings in the Shared Boat Association to his wedding, and all five naturally agreed.
Gu Musheng was particularly affectionate, calling him "Second Brother" at every turn. Before this, he had never thought much of the simple, straightforward Zhang Tie. Not only had he wanted to reach Foundation Establishment before Zhang Tie, but he had rarely even called him "Second Brother."
Now that Zhang Tie had successfully reached Foundation Establishment, however, his standing had risen considerably, and Gu Musheng's attitude toward him had changed as well.
When Zhang Tie finished, it was Gu Musheng's turn.
Gu Musheng was responsible for using the spirit stones left by their ill-fated sixth brother, Teng Feng, to purchase