"Thank you, thank you..."
"This is wonderful!"
Each of the three received a Water Essence Spirit Apricot, which amounted to a guaranteed passage through one cultivation bottleneck apiece!
As long as the bottleneck did not occur at the tenth layer, there would be no problem.
For instance, if they encountered a bottleneck at the eleventh layer, eating the Water Essence Spirit Apricot would guarantee their advancement to the twelfth.
And once they reached the twelfth layer of the Qi Refining Stage, they could obtain a [Foundation Establishment Pill] to break through their bottleneck.
Foundation Establishment Pills could also break through bottlenecks.
They simply were not guaranteed to work. Taking a Foundation Establishment Pill only gave one a certain chance of advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Their joy, however, did not last long.
Zhao Ling'er suddenly asked, "Ninth Brother, how many Water Essence Spirit Apricots did you get in total?"
Worried that He Pingsheng might misunderstand, Zhao Ling'er hurried to explain, "I don't mean anything else by it. It's just that the sect has a rule: everyone must hand over half of everything they bring out of the Secret Realm!"
"You gave each of us three, and I'm worried you won't have enough left to meet the sect's requirements!"
"If the sect finds out, you'll be severely punished!"
He Pingsheng looked taken aback. "Oh no, I completely forgot about that!"
Tian Xiaoqing said, "It's not the sect you hand them over to, but your master's lineage!"
"Little Junior Brother just needs to give his things directly to Master!"
"In theory, Master then hands them over to Ancestor Chongyang, who ultimately allocates half the resources!"
He Pingsheng said, "Actually... I only got six in total!"
That was a real pain in the balls.
Six!
If he handed over three, he would