“Master, you’re back.” Seeing Xu Muhai’s arrival, Li Hengsheng strode forward and bowed with a fist to him.

“You’ve reached the Postnatal Realm.” Xu Muhai nodded, “Not bad.”

“I’ve never seen such a profound Postnatal Realm before.” Xu Kui, standing by, circled around Li Hengsheng several times, couldn’t help but marvel.

Although Li Hengsheng was only in the Postnatal Realm, his aura was even stronger than those who had fully mastered it. Hearing the praises, Li Hengsheng sighed lightly. Only he knew how difficult it had been. If it weren’t for the sixth-grade Realm-Breaking Pill given by Xue Qianbai, he wouldn’t have been able to break through to the Postnatal Realm.

His physical body was too strong when he was in the Transcendence Realm, which unexpectedly became a shackle. Fortunately, the Realm-Breaking Pill was of the sixth grade, powerful enough. Otherwise, a fifth-grade pill might not have been sufficient. He feared that there were few in the entire Cangyuan Realm who had a harder time breaking through to the Postnatal Realm than him.

Li Hengsheng felt that he should find an opportunity to thank Xue Qianbai.

“Xu Kui, you go ahead with your work. I want to have a chat with Hengsheng.” Xu Muhai said to Xu Kui.

“Yes.” Xu Kui nodded and then left.

“Let’s take a walk.” Xu Muhai looked at Li Hengsheng.

“Alright.” The two walked on Qingyu Mountain. The weather had gradually cooled, and fallen leaves piled up on the ground, rustling underfoot.

“I heard when I came back that you did very well at the Beast Gathering.” The two strolled leisurely.

Xu Muhai looked at his disciple beside him with a heart full of comfort.

“It was okay.” Li Hengsheng smiled foolishly. Although he was a little proud, he still maintained a humble attitude.

“You managed to reach the thirteenth island. If I’m not mistaken, you should have comprehended the realm of ‘Spear Moves with the Heart’, right?” Xu Muhai asked.

“Yes.” Li Hengsheng said, “Although I haven’t fully comprehended it, I can use it preliminarily. It still needs to be perfected.” Hearing Li Hengsheng admit that he had truly comprehended that realm, Xu Muhai, despite his previous guess, couldn’t help but gasp.

Because Li Hengsheng was only in the Transcendence Realm when he comprehended that realm! The fact that he could comprehend the realm of ‘Spear Moves with the Heart’ in the Transcendence Realm showed how strong Li Hengsheng’s comprehension was. Such a genius was one in a million. If Li Hengsheng could break through to the Prenatal Realm in the future, his achievements would be limitless.

At this moment, Xu Muhai looked at Li Hengsheng with both amazement and regret. He was amazed because Li Hengsheng’s comprehension was really high and impressive. But it was a pity that his root bone was too poor, and his cultivation speed was several times slower than others.

Even with the backing of a big shot like Li Changqing, who piled up resources for Li Hengsheng’s cultivation, it wasn’t much faster than ordinary people.

So, for Li Hengsheng to break through to the Prenatal Realm, it was as difficult as climbing to the sky, even more difficult than a normal person cultivating to the Great Martial Sect.

“Besides your eldest senior brother, among these disciples, you are the one who gives me the least trouble.” Xu Muhai patted Li Hengsheng’s shoulder.

Then he took out the box that Li Changqing had given him and handed it to Li Hengsheng, saying, “To celebrate your breakthrough to the Postnatal Realm, I’m giving you a treasure.” It wasn’t that Xu Muhai was stingy and wanted to give a borrowed gift. The main reason was that his trip to Tianhai City had almost emptied his savings, and he really didn’t have any money to buy a gift for Li Hengsheng.

“Thank you, Master.” Li Hengsheng took the box, feeling its weight, and couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Master, what treasure is in it?”

“In it…” Xu Muhai was about to say, but then he remembered that he hadn’t opened it to look at it either, so he could only say, “You’ll know when you open it later. Anyway, it’s a treasure. What’s the surprise if I tell you now?”

“Yes.” Li Hengsheng nodded in agreement, not in a hurry.

“Although the list for the Ghost Devil trial hasn’t come down yet, you are now in the Postnatal Realm and will definitely be selected. At that time, you must work hard and protect your life, understand?”

“The Ghost Devil trial is the best opportunity to earn merit points in Tianhai City. Seize this opportunity, and you can save a lot of detours in the future.” Xu Muhai said with a serious face.

“Yes, I will follow Master’s teachings.” Li Hengsheng said earnestly.

“Alright, you’ve just entered the Postnatal Realm, you should consolidate it well. The more you practice, the more you can protect your life in the trial.” Xu Muhai didn’t say much more, having given the box to Li Hengsheng, his purpose had been achieved.

After Xu Muhai left, Li Hengsheng took the box back to the courtyard, planning to go back to his study and see what treasure was in the box.

However, before he could get to the study, Xu Kui hurried over, “Young Master, you have a package. It was sent from Changting Town.”

“Alright.” Li Hengsheng had been wondering why he had written two letters to his family before, but Li Changqing had never replied. Now that a letter had arrived, Li Hengsheng naturally wanted to see what was written in it first.

Back in his study, he closed the door and opened the package. In addition to a letter, there was also a small bottle in the package.

Upon opening the envelope, money fell out directly. Li Hengsheng had grown accustomed to Li Changqing sending money with every letter. He wasn’t particularly short of money now. He took out the letter, shook it open, and began to read Li Changqing’s letter seriously.

My dear son, I was greatly relieved and filled with pride when I learned that you are about to break through to the Postnatal Realm.

Our family has produced a warrior of the Postnatal Realm! I know this is not your end point. You have the potential to cultivate immortality, and I am certain that you will go further in the future. Stepping into the innate realm is just around the corner. When that time comes, I will proudly tell everyone that my son is an innate powerhouse. Every time I think about this, I can’t help but laugh. I sincerely hope that day will come soon.

Moreover, you are so outstanding that you have lived up to the expectations of our Li family’s ancestors. Since I was a child, I have been talented in painting and aspired to become a Painting Sage. However, the harsh reality slapped me in the face, making me realize that one cannot force what is not meant to be.

I am afraid I will never become a Painting Sage in this life. I was once desperate, feeling that I had let down my ancestors. I thought I would not dare to close my eyes when I die. However, your achievements, Hengsheng, have given me a glimmer of hope.

In the future, even if I die, I will be very proud to meet our ancestors. I want them to see that my son, Li Changqing, is definitely the best among the Li family.

However, when I read the second half of your letter and learned that you were troubled by your breakthrough, I was restless and couldn’t sleep. I have asked the Yan family head and others about the Realm-Breaking Pill of the fifth grade, but the more I inquired, the more desperate I became.

I learned that the fifth-grade Realm-Breaking Pill is indeed a rare item. Not only is it not available in our Changting Town, but it is also very likely that there has never been such a high-grade pill in the entire Minghong Prefecture. Even if there is, such a high-quality pill is not something that ordinary people like me can afford.

At this point, I felt somewhat disheartened, but thinking of your troubles, I felt very guilty.

I haven’t had time to write to you recently because I have been looking for a fifth-grade pill. I always believe in the saying, “Sincerity can move mountains.”

So I went to the southern capital state, then to Path Mark City, but I didn’t find anything. Then I went to Zhanzhou City, still no clue. In the end, I swallowed my pride and asked the merchants of the Great Yuan Dynasty, who have business dealings with the Changqing Trading Company, to help me find it.

But I still couldn’t find it. The fifth-grade Realm-Breaking Pill is indeed hard to find. In the end, I could only find this second-grade Realm-Breaking Pill.

I know this may not be useful. The difference between the second grade and the fifth grade is not just a simple number, it’s a world of difference.

But I hope you won’t blame me, my son. This is the best pill I can find at the moment. I used to be an unqualified father. Now I have joined the Yan family and become a servant of the Yan family. I have earned some money. I thought I could slowly make up for you, make up for the many years of neglect, and become a qualified father in your heart, but… when you really encounter difficulties, I am still useless and can’t help you share your worries.

Hengsheng, I want to say sorry to you here. Although there is no way for the time being, I will continue to work hard and continue to search. I heard that there is a Medical King Valley in the Eastern Desolate Land. They are skilled in refining medicine. Maybe they will have such a pill. After I save some money, I will go down to the valley to seek medicine for you.

You just go and chase your dreams. Although I am not your strongest backing, I will be your most steadfast shield.

My child, go bravely. Reading this, Li Hengsheng’s eyes were already filled with tears.

“Dad didn’t reply to my two letters because he went to find the pill for me…” Li Hengsheng looked at the letter, feeling a lump in his throat.

Of course, he knew how difficult it was to get a fifth-grade pill. Zhou Jun had said before that it was impossible for the entire Minghong Prefecture to have a fifth-grade Realm-Breaking Pill.

The purpose of his previous letter was to see if he could get a fifth-grade pill, to verify his judgment, and to see if there was really something wrong with his father.

In the end, he did get a pill, but it was a sixth-grade one, not from Xu Muhai, but from Xue Qianbai.

Although the process was a bit absurd, Li Hengsheng could feel that this matter really had nothing to do with his father.

Xue Qianbai, a powerhouse of such a level, was not someone his father, Li Changqing, could reach. The matter of the pill must have nothing to do with Li Changqing.

However, Li Hengsheng never expected that his probing sentence in the letter would cause his father to suffer so much for him!

His father went to Path Mark City, to the southern capital state, and even to Zhanzhou, and had to swallow his pride to ask the customers of the trading company… All of this was just because of his slight suspicion.

Thinking of his father’s staggering figure, running around to find the pill for him, Li Hengsheng raised his hand and slapped himself hard twice!

He was simply inhuman! His father was just an ordinary person, how could he let him run around like this!

Although his father might not have done well in all aspects in the past, he could feel the depth of his father’s love for him recently.

Isn’t this what he had been longing for when he was young? He lost his mother when he was young and didn’t feel the love of a mother. He put all his hopes on his father.

But the fatherly love he should have felt was hardly ever there. Whenever he woke up crying in the middle of the night, Li Changqing’s figure was never by his side, but rather in the painting studio, showing impatience towards him.

How he yearned to be like other children back then, to have a mother’s love and a father’s embrace.

As he grew older, he left home and went to Dao Mountain Ancient Land, living a lonely life. But the flame of longing for fatherly love in his heart never extinguished.

Now… what he had been longing for since childhood was finally obtained. But he was consuming this fatherly love.

His repeated suspicions had tarnished the love his father had given him. Li Hengsheng slowly closed his eyes, tears sliding down his cheeks and falling onto the letter.

Although the content of Li Changqing’s letter was fabricated, Li Changqing indeed went through a lot of trouble to find the pill for Li Hengsheng.

If Li Hengsheng knew that his father had flown alone to North Cold Country, entered North Cold City, killed a Grandmaster, stirred up the black market, and fought against the national general Zhao Beiming, etc., he would probably drop his jaw, thinking it was all made up.

“Hu!” Taking a deep breath, Li Hengsheng calmed his emotions, then without hesitation, he quickly picked up a pen and paper. He wanted to write a letter to Li Changqing, telling him that he had broken through to the Postnatal Realm.

He couldn’t let Li Changqing go to Medical King Valley. Li Hengsheng knew exactly where Medical King Valley was. The journey was long and not something an ordinary person could undertake casually. Moreover, there would be danger if they encountered any bandits on the road.

Not to mention, Medical King Valley was not a place where an ordinary person could easily obtain medicine, let alone a fifth-grade pill?

He wrote the letter in a hurry, and it was sincere. Li Hengsheng told Li Changqing that he had broken through to the Postnatal Realm and asked him not to worry about him.

The problem had been solved. Then Li Hengsheng told Li Changqing that he might participate in a trial, but he didn’t mention that the trial could be dangerous.

He only said that the trial was not too dangerous, and he would be going with the elders of the sect, so there was no need to worry.

When he got to the end of the letter, Li Hengsheng’s pen seemed to choke. After a long period of contemplation, until the previous ink had dried, Li Hengsheng wrote a sentence.

Dad, thank you. I miss you. When I can come down the mountain and go home, I will bring a jar of good wine and have a few drinks with you.

I am well, don’t worry. After finishing the letter, Li Hengsheng stared at the last sentence for a while, then chuckled, and let Xu Kui send the letter.

After the letter was sent, Li Hengsheng picked up the small bottle, opened the cork, and poured out the pill. In his palm was a two-striped pill, the Realm-Breaking Pill.

Thinking that this might be what Li Changqing had traveled through several states to get for him, Li Hengsheng felt the significance of this pill and decided to cherish it as a memento.

At this time, Li Hengsheng glanced at the box on the table and remembered that there was another box he hadn’t opened yet.

He wondered what treasure was inside this time. Could it be another wooden Painting Treasure like last time?