After a night, Lu Yang stepped out of his cave dwelling, stretching out a long yawn. His face was radiant, full of vitality, as if he had been resurrected, brimming with energy.

“Hmm-“

“I’m alive!” Lu Yang moved his body, feeling a surge of strength coursing through him.

A good night’s rest indeed had its benefits.

Lu Yang recalled the destruction of the Immortal Sect, as if it had happened just yesterday, the memory still fresh.

Lu Yang noticed the Immortal Maiden sleeping peacefully in his spiritual space. When the Immortal Maiden was asleep, she was serene and elegant, her beauty unparalleled, her body curving in all the right places, perfectly fitting the world’s impression of a ‘fairy’.

When the Immortal Maiden was silent, she could easily intimidate those who didn’t know her.

A rare moment of tranquility.

“But do souls need to sleep too?”

Lu Yang remembered the dream pillow used by the Immortal Maiden, attributing her sleep to ‘hobbies’.

Feeling the hazy morning sunlight, the spiritual power within his body involuntarily accelerated, as if a new force was surging within him.

“I’m about to reach the late stage of Foundation Establishment.”

Lu Yang muttered to himself, sitting cross-legged on the spot, his heart facing the sky, silently operating the “Mind-Seeing Technique”.

The spiritual power within his body followed the route of the technique, flowing faster and faster, continuously washing over Lu Yang’s body, strengthening every part of it.

Lu Yang tried to use this opportunity to strengthen his hair, but found it to be futile.

“I wonder how Meng Jingzhou trained his hair.”

Lu Yang remembered how Meng Jingzhou fought against the people of the Five Elements Sect, using his hair to strike his opponents, the effect was outstanding.

He cast aside his distracting thoughts, settled down, letting his body merge with nature, constantly drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, exhaling spiritual energy, giving back to the world.

In this process, his realm was constantly improving.

“Hmm? What are you doing? Cultivating?” The Immortal Maiden woke up, rubbing her eyes, still groggy.

She felt Lu Yang’s realm constantly improving, but always felt that something was off.

“No, I’m advancing.” Lu Yang explained seriously.

“I’m now half a step into the late stage of Foundation Establishment.” “Oh, so you’re close to the late stage of Foundation Establishment?” “Almost, but I’ve thought of a problem.” “What is it?”

“If I’m half a step into the late stage of Foundation Establishment and I take another half of a half step, wouldn’t I be closer to the late stage of Foundation Establishment?”

“Yes.”

“Then if I take another half of a half of a half step, wouldn’t I be even closer than before?

“Right.”

“If I always take half a step based on my original position, wouldn’t I be getting closer and closer to the late stage of Foundation Establishment?”

The Immortal Maiden nodded in confusion.

“I keep breaking through, but I can never reach the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Does this mean that the late stage of Foundation Establishment is just an illusory realm that no one has ever reached?”

The Immortal Maiden frowned and thought for a moment, feeling that she probably hadn’t woken up yet, and decided to go back to sleep.

The Immortal Maiden tilted her head and went back to sleep.

After the Immortal Maiden fell asleep, Lu Yang was still pondering this philosophical question.

What is the answer to the question? Is my constant breakthrough meaningless? Does the late stage of Foundation Establishment not exist at all?

The puppet hiding in the dark couldn’t stand it anymore, secretly ran behind Lu Yang, and gave him a kick.

Lu Yang relaxed, successfully took another half step. Late stage of Foundation Establishment!

“Who kicked me!”

Lu Yang turned his head abruptly, but the puppet had already fled.

Even if the puppet ran away, Lu Yang could guess that it was the puppet’s doing.

Apart from Lu Yang, the only one who could move on Tianmen Peak was the puppet.

“Forget it, I won’t stoop to its level, I’ll go to the mission hall to exchange for rewards!” Lu Yang felt that even if he found the puppet, he wouldn’t be able to beat it. There was no need for the first thing after a breakthrough to be getting beaten.

Unlucky.

Lu Yang waited at the entrance of the mission hall for a while before Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu arrived.

These two were also very tired, having slept from last night until just now.

As usual, Meng Jingzhou went to the mission hall to buy high-quality fodder, mixed it according to the ratio, and went back to feed Old Horse.

“Ice-making talismans are so cheap, I’ll take twenty!”

Lu Yang looked at Meng Jingzhou in surprise: “What are you buying so many low-level ice-making talismans for?”

These ice-making talismans could only deal with those in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining, and were considered filler on the list.

“Hehe, you don’t understand, do you? It’s summer now, do you know what’s most important in summer? It’s coolness!

Man Gu was puzzled: “But isn’t there a cooling array in the cave dwelling? It’s enough.”

Meng Jingzhou waved his index finger: “Come, let me demonstrate for you.”

Meng Jingzhou took out a wooden bucket from his identity jade card, filled it with cold water, and jumped in with a splash, only his head sticking out.

He took out an ice-making talisman, and the water in the entire wooden bucket instantly turned into ice, freezing him inside.”Refreshing!” Meng Jingzhou shouted, his entire body frozen into ice bumps, only his head could feel the cold, the sensation was exhilarating.

This could only be endured by cultivators. If it were an ordinary person, they would have fallen ill from the cold long ago.

Lu Yang’s eyes lit up. He pulled Meng Jingzhou, along with the ice block, out of the wooden barrel and pushed it. The ice block began to roll around the mission hall.

This form of art was rarely seen even in the advanced Seek Tao Sect, attracting the attention of many senior brothers and sisters.

“Lu Yang, you bastard!” Meng Jingzhou cursed. He felt dizzy and couldn’t tell north from south.

As he rolled the ice block, Lu Yang explained, “You don’t understand, do you? The biggest problem for the three of us when we combine is that we can’t handle too much spinning. We can use this method to train and adapt to spinning in advance.”

Man Gu nodded on the side, thinking that Brother Lu was indeed clever. He had thought that Brother Lu was simply messing with Brother Meng.

Meng Jingzhou had a different opinion: “Who can’t talk about theory, Lu Yang? If you dare, let’s switch places, and I’ll push you!”

“You were the first to be frozen, so you should train first!” Lu Yang was not fooled.

Childish provocation.

In the end, it was the senior brother on duty in the mission hall who, with a stern face, stopped Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

The two finally behaved and went to exchange their rewards.

“I’ll take a Ten Bulls Strength Pill.” Lu Yang saw that there was a Golden Elixir version of the Ten Bulls Strength Pill on the list, worth 1,500 contribution points. Without a second thought, he bought it.

The price was absolutely worth it.

“Hmm? A Golden Elixir Realm Experience Ticket, what’s this?” Meng Jingzhou found something strange. The description was also vague.

Meng Jingzhou pondered, “Could it be a ticket that allows Foundation Establishment cultivators to temporarily enter the Golden Elixir stage and experience what it’s like to be in the Golden Elixir stage?”

He had heard that some powerful cultivators would let their disciples experience the realm in advance, which was beneficial for their future cultivation.

“Buy one and try it, there’s no loss.” Lu Yang encouraged Meng Jingzhou to buy one.

Meng Jingzhou thought about it and agreed, it wasn’t expensive anyway, so he bought one.

He went to the front desk and found the senior brother on duty. “Senior brother, I want to use this experience ticket.”

After the senior brother confirmed that it was real, he nodded, “You can use it now.”

Meng Jingzhou curiously asked, “Senior brother, what is this experience ticket for?”

As the senior brother contacted someone, he casually said:

“It lets you experience the combat power of a Golden Elixir cultivator.”

Meng Jingzhou felt a sense of foreboding. Just as he was about to say something, someone patted him on the shoulder.

Turning around, it was a bald senior brother in the Golden Elixir stage, with kind eyes and a gentle smile. He revealed a row of neat teeth and said.

“Junior brother, I heard you want to experience the combat power of a Golden Elixir cultivator? Let’s go, we’ll fight on the stage outside.”

Meng Jingzhou: “……” Lu Yang, you set me up!