As Lu Qing emerged from the Jade Transformation Cave and stepped out of the valley, he suddenly let out a soft exclamation.
With a flash, he arrived on the hillside, reached out, and gently pulled something up from the ground.
The thing he was holding was startled at first, then panicked and began to struggle wildly.
That was a ginseng that had taken on the shape of a human.
"A thousand-year-old ginseng, I never expected to have such an unexpected gain so soon after it came out."
Lu Qing carried the ginseng, somewhat delighted.
With his cultivation level reaching that point, and his control over power, he no longer needed to be so careful when digging for ginseng.
With a clever touch, a gentle lift, and it can be pulled out.
"Little thing, stop struggling. I'll take you to a better place."
Lu Qing conjured a simple talisman to seal the ginseng's movements and put it away.
Perfect timing! In the medicinal herb garden of the hillside courtyard, that ginseng plant looks rather lonely. I'll take this one back to keep it company.
After carefully storing the thousand-year-old ginseng, Lu Qing looked around again.
He knew that there must be other thousand-year-old ginseng in this area.
However, he did not intend to search for it.
This Jade Transformation Cave is considered his secret base.
These ginsengs grow by relying on the earth's energy and spiritual energy gathered by the great formation, and they will not leave easily.
He can come and dig again if he needs it later.
A clear light emanated from his body, and Lu Qing transformed into a wisp of breeze, rising up and flying towards Jiuli Village.
"Sure enough, after the breakthrough, casting talismans became much easier."
During the flight, Lu Qing was also carefully experiencing the changes within his body.
A breakthrough to a higher level brings about changes in all aspects.
After entering the Foundation Establishment stage, in addition to his physical strength, his spiritual power and soul power also increased significantly.
Activating the talisman will naturally become much easier.
Moreover, this is because he has just broken through.
He will re-condense the spiritual talisman stored in the acupoint between his eyebrows and replace it with a more powerful one.
He will become even more powerful in the future when he can use the power of talismans.
The Jade Transformation Cave was not far from Jiuli Village, and since Lu Qing was using the power of a spirit talisman to fly, he quickly returned to the village and landed at the small courtyard halfway up the mountain.
"Who goes there!"
When Lu Qing's body touched the array power protecting Jiuli Village, the old doctor's figure instantly appeared in the courtyard, looking up at the sky with a solemn expression.
"Master, it's me."
Lu Qing slowly descended from the sky and smiled.
"So it's Aqing. You've emerged from seclusion?"
The old doctor breathed a sigh of relief; he had just thought that a powerful figure was about to attack Jiuli Village.
After relaxing, the old doctor noticed the aura emanating from Lu Qing.
He immediately exclaimed in delight, "Ah Qing, you've broken through?"
"Yes, this seclusion went very smoothly."
Lu Qing deliberately revealed his aura; otherwise, with the presence of the soul talisman, even his master would have difficulty discerning his presence if he wanted to hide it.
"That's a great breakthrough! This is wonderful, Ah Qing. Now your cultivation has completely caught up with your master's."
The old doctor was both happy and a little sad.
After learning about Lu Qing's talent for cultivation, the old doctor knew that his own cultivation level would eventually be caught up with, or even surpassed, by this disciple.
But when that day actually came, he still felt a little emotional.
Sometimes, when a disciple is too outstanding, it can put some pressure on the master.
"This disciple is still far inferior to Master," Lu Qing said with a smile.
"All you know how to do is fool people," the old doctor said with a laugh.
"By the way, Master, where are Xiaoyan and Xiaoli?"
Lu Qing sensed that neither of the two little ones were in the courtyard halfway up the mountain.
"They went to the Wei family's villa. Last night, the Wei family invited us to a banquet, but Madam Wei kept Xiaoyan and the others there."
Lu Qing nodded.
Madam Wei doted on Xiao Yan, so Xiao Yan would sometimes stay overnight at the Wei family's villa.
Apart from the old doctor, no one else knew about Lu Qing's breakthrough.
With his level of cultivation, concealing his abilities would be an easy task.
Therefore, neither Wei Shanhai nor Lin Zhirui knew that Lu Qing had actually entered the Foundation Establishment stage.
They had never even seen through Lu Qing's true strength.
Every time I spend time with Lu Qing, I feel as if he is shrouded in layers of mist, and I can't perceive his specific level of cultivation at all.
Two days later, at dawn.
Lu Qing sat cross-legged in the bamboo forest behind the mountain.
His body surged with spiritual energy, and his hands kept changing hand seals, gradually forming a spiritual talisman in front of him.
As he cast his final incantation, the talisman was fully formed, hovering in front of him, emanating a powerful yet inexplicable aura.
Sensing the power contained within the talisman, Lu Qing revealed a satisfied expression and stored it in the acupoint between his eyebrows.
"The last spirit talisman has also been successfully condensed. After entering the Foundation Establishment stage, condensing spirit talismans has become much easier."
Even a low-level spirit talisman isn't difficult to condense.
Lu Qing looked relaxed.
In the past two days, he replaced all the talismans originally stored in the acupoint between his eyebrows with more powerful ones.
The talismans that were originally in the brow acupoint were all basic talismans, but now they have all been replaced with low-level talismans.
In the realm of runes, the power of runes varies greatly between each level.
Initial-level spirit talismans can generally only be condensed by talisman cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage or above.
After replacing all the talismans in the acupoint between Lu Qing's eyebrows, Lu Qing had several more trump cards.
"The talisman replacement is complete. Next, it's time to cultivate the supernatural abilities," Lu Qing pondered.
Over the past two days, he has reviewed what he has learned and roughly determined his cultivation direction after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage.
First is the main cultivation technique 【Five Elements Body Refining Technique】.
He doesn't need to worry about this too much.
With his natal magic treasure, the Five Elements Gourd, he could constantly refine pure spiritual energy, making his cultivation practically effortless.
As long as you follow the daily routine and use spiritual energy to temper and improve your physical body, it's not difficult at all.
Once he has accumulated enough, he will be able to continuously improve his cultivation level without even encountering a bottleneck.
There is also the Way of Runes.
This one is equally simple.
Since his Divine Soul Talismans advanced to the 【Yang Talisman】 realm, Lu Qing's progress in the Dao of Runes has been rapid.
In addition, he possesses special abilities, allowing him to easily comprehend even the most difficult and obscure talismans and formations.
He was simply limited by his cultivation level, and thus unable to use those high-level talismans and formations.
But once his cultivation level is high enough, he can quickly master the corresponding talismans and formations.
Lu Qing has already mastered the 【Five Elements Body Refining Technique】 and the Way of Runes, and no longer needs to expend too much mental energy on them.
At least before reaching the Golden Core realm, there shouldn't be any major problems.
Therefore, in the days to come, he planned to devote more energy to his other cultivation practices.
That is supernatural power.
