He had yet to use the Foundation Establishment Pill on him. For someone with mediocre aptitude, a single Foundation Establishment Pill carried a considerable risk of failure.
"Moo." Big Black Ox nodded gravely. It had awaited this day for a long time, and with a Storage Bag clenched in its mouth, it headed toward another cave entrance.
Chen Xun narrowed his eyes and flew out on his sword, passing through the waterfall. He would stand watch outside and deal with any sudden emergencies.
They sank into immense busyness every day. Chen Xun tirelessly studied pill refinement and controlled Pill Fire. As everyone knew, the strength of the Qi Condensation Stage was incapable of refining these spiritual herbs that were hundreds of years old.
First, the purity of the Pill Fire was insufficient. Second, spiritual herbs were precious; no one could squander herbs hundreds of years old. In merely a hundred years, the art of pill refinement could consume an entire lifetime. At the Qi Condensation Stage, this was simply impossible.
Time was like a knife, each stroke urging one toward old age. As the years shifted and changed with each passing day, six years had already gone by.
Quite a bit of good news spread through the sect. Inner Sect Disciples had taken Foundation Establishment Pills and successfully achieved Foundation Establishment. There were even those with overwhelmingly exceptional talent who needed no Foundation Establishment Pill, directly breaking through the Qi Condensation Tenth Layer and successfully charging into Foundation Establishment!
It was said that while traveling outside, a peak master had taken in a young girl with a Heavenly Spirit Root. The entire Five Elements Sect was shaken. All the great figures came out of seclusion to receive her in person.
They had even prepared a grand initiation ceremony for