"Congratulations!"
For once, the old man was not reclining in his chair. He stood beneath the old tree.
The old tree stood tall and straight!
Yet the old man's body was stooped. From a distance, he looked like an insect shedding its shell.
"How does it feel to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm?"
He turned his head gently and asked He Pingsheng.
An honest, simple smile appeared on He Pingsheng's face. He rubbed his hair vigorously. "I can't quite put it into words, Master. Anyway, my lifespan has increased, so I'm happy!"
"Happy is exactly what you should be!" the Grand Ancestor of the Great Void said. "When we pit our lives against Heaven, isn't longevity what we're after?"
"Heh, longevity is a wonderful thing!"
"Once you reach the Golden Core Stage, you'll have five hundred years of life. When you reach the Nascent Soul Realm like me, you'll enjoy a thousand!"
"Come here, come here. Let me ask you: you practice divine refining. Now that you've broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm, has your divine sense reached three hundred zhang?"
He Pingsheng startled. "Your insight is truly uncanny, Master. It's exactly three hundred zhang!"
"That's enough!" The old man nodded, took out a piece of formation material, and tossed it to He Pingsheng. "You remember that second-grade Spirit-Gathering Formation I gave you a while ago, don't you? Inscribe its formation plate for me!"
"Let me see how skilled you are!"
"Yes!"
He Pingsheng dared not delay. He immediately sat cross-legged and began carefully inscribing the formation plate.
The formation plate was the core of the entire formation.
Once the formation plate was inscribed, it could be combined with the formation focus, spirit stones, various formation materials, and formation flags to create a complete Spirit-Gathering Formation.
Inscribing