Creak!
He Pingsheng opened the door to his room.
Looking outside, he saw three people standing at his door.
Xu Kunlun!
Zhao Ling'er!
Tian Xiaoqing.
Three little cuties!
But a closer look at their cultivation left He Pingsheng stunned.
Tian Xiaoqing was at the tenth layer of the Qi Refining Stage, exactly the same as He Pingsheng.
Xu Kunlun and Zhao Ling'er, however, had both reached the twelfth layer of the Qi Refining Stage.
"Come in and talk!" He Pingsheng opened the door wide and invited his three senior fellow disciples into his room.
The four sat cross-legged on the floor.
"Eighth, you're this impressive? You've reached the twelfth layer too?" He Pingsheng asked in shock.
Zhao Ling'er had previously been at the ninth layer. Breaking through two layers during six years of secluded cultivation was nothing unusual. With the Water Essence Spirit Apricot, that brought her to the twelfth layer.
But Xu Kunlun...
Six years ago, when he had emerged from the Secret Realm, he had been exactly the same as He Pingsheng: at the seventh layer of the Qi Refining Stage.
From the seventh layer to the twelfth.
That was... five layers.
He had advanced five layers in six years.
Even if he had relied on the Water Essence Spirit Apricot for the final layer, he had still broken through four layers.
He sucked in breath after breath...
Terrifying indeed.
"Hahaha..." Xu Kunlun rubbed his head. "I don't know either. I just kept cultivating, and before I knew it, I was at the eleventh layer!"
"I hit a bottleneck at the eleventh layer, then swallowed the [Water Essence Spirit Apricot] you gave me and broke through to the twelfth!"
"Next, I'm going to attempt foundation establishment!"
Zhao Ling'er nodded. "Me too!"
He Pingsheng nodded, then asked, "Have you