With the Eight Immortals' magical treasures in hand, even a mortal like myself! Ha!

Gu Qing originally wanted to sell some items, but seeing that the Core Formation Ancestor of the Tianxing Sect was also there, he gave up the idea and instead handed over a prescription, saying, "I want the medicinal herbs on this prescription, no matter how old they are, and it would be best if you could also prepare some seeds for me."

The prescription contained more than two single-ingredient formulas for medicinal materials, one of which was the Peiyuan Pill, the formula for the pill used to advance one's cultivation through Foundation Building.

The other one was obtained from the Qin family patriarch; it was a pill formula for Core Formation cultivators to improve their cultivation, called the Guiyi Pill.

It also contains the formulas for pills needed during the Qi Refining stage, requiring a total of more than forty kinds of seeds and medicinal materials.

I wonder if I can collect all the ingredients for the Guiyi Pill. If I can, maybe I can even increase the speed of my cultivation.

With Tieguai Li around, Gu Qing didn't need to be so cautious about doing things, so she bought the seeds openly.

Madam Lan took the prescription and glanced at it. Based on her years of experience, she knew that it contained several prescriptions mixed together. However, after looking at the medicinal materials, she realized that they were all available in the pavilion. She then smiled confidently and said, "The pavilion has all these medicinal materials, but it will take some time to gather them all."

"Then bring it here as soon as possible!"

Gu Qing's face remained expressionless, but he was secretly delighted. He could only say that the Star Dust Pavilion was indeed worthy of its reputation, as it could easily obtain the medicinal herb seeds he needed.

I might need to continue trading with Stardust Pavilion in the future.

And so, it took Xingchen Pavilion another half a day to prepare the medicinal herbs. But it wasn't boring during this time, since there was a beautiful woman to chat with.

After obtaining the medicinal herbs, Gu Qing and Tieguai Li left Xingchen Pavilion.

Watching the two figures depart, Madam Lan couldn't help but ask, "Ancestor, do you know which sect they belong to?"

Old Ancestor Ge responded in a low voice, "I don't know, but the sect behind them must be extraordinary, not like a rogue cultivator. Tell the people in the sect to be more discreet, lest they offend someone without even realizing it."

"Yes, Ancestor." Madam Lan bowed.

On the other side, after Gu Qing and Tieguai Li left the market town for five miles, Tieguai Li took off the gourd from his waist, infused it with a trace of magic power, and the gourd grew to the size of an adult: "It's more comfortable to fly in my gourd."

Gu Qing did not refuse upon hearing this and jumped onto the gourd. After the two of them were on the gourd, Tieguai Li gently tapped the gourd with his iron crutch, and the two of them turned into a rainbow of light and disappeared from the spot. The next moment, they appeared hundreds of feet in the sky.

Gu Qing glanced at the rapidly retreating afterimage and wondered if the gourd's flight speed was due to the different cultivation levels of the people controlling it.

"Where do we go now?" Tieguai Li couldn't help but ask.

Gu Qing pondered for a moment, and finally said, "Let's find a place in the mountains on the border between Yuanwu Kingdom and Yue Kingdom to cultivate in seclusion. I'll leave the matter of refining pills to you, fellow Daoist."

Gu Qing asked Tieguai Li to refine the Guiyi Pill, which would save him a lot of time. He might even be able to exchange these pills for spirit stones later.

You should know that a single pill used to advance the cultivation level of a Core Formation cultivator costs tens of thousands of spirit stones, which is more than ten times more expensive than a pill used to advance the cultivation level of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

However, this is normal. Even the pills that Lei Wanhe refined with medicinal herbs that had been around for hundreds of years were ten times more effective than the pills for advancing one's Foundation Establishment cultivation, so it's normal that they were ten times more expensive.

Upon hearing this, Tieguai Li controlled the gourd to fly along the border.

During the flight, a thick beam of light shot up from the ground, piercing through the clouds in its path.

Fortunately, Tieguai Li stopped the gourd in time, otherwise they would have been hit by that thick beam of light, and the two of them would definitely have been discovered by the people below.

Tieguai Li was alright; in his eyes, it was just a small beam of light. But Gu Qing was truly startled. If he had been hit by that thick beam of light, he certainly wouldn't have fared well.

"Who ambushed us? Was it someone from the Seventh Faction?" Gu Qing immediately thought of the Seventh Faction.

Tieguai Li looked down and saw a group of puppets surrounding several cultivators. Just now, one of the cultivators had tried to escape and was shot down by a giant tiger in the jungle that spewed out a magical light.

Gu Qing looked down and naturally saw this scene as well. Upon seeing the puppet on the ground, he immediately thought of the Thousand Bamboo Sect, a sect in the far west that played with puppets.

This reminded Gu Qing that he had asked Li Huayuan to get the Great Evolution Technique, but he still hadn't gotten his hands on it. Now, it seemed that he would finally be able to get his hands on the Great Evolution Technique this time.

"Should we take care of these people?" Tieguai Li asked after glancing around. Below were all Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Knowing the plot, Gu Qing naturally knew that it was because Uncle Lin in Huangfeng Valley contacted his old subordinates in an attempt to seize the second half of the Great Evolution Manual, which angered the leader of the Thousand Bamboo Sect, who then sent a guy named Huang Long to set a trap.

Thus, the scene of today's attack unfolded.

Gu Qing stroked his beard, and then, as if struck by a thought, asked with a smile, "Are there still people in the sky?"

After investigating for a while, Tieguai Li finally said, "There is someone there, and they are very well hidden."

Upon hearing Tieguai Li's words, Gu Qing looked around and made a guess: "It seems that my good disciple has successfully established his foundation. The fact that he was able to achieve this without being affected by my leaving the sect shows that he truly is a good disciple."

While Gu Qing was pondering, Huang Long had already dealt with several sect cultivators from the Yuanwu Kingdom. These Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Yuanwu Kingdom's sects were utterly insignificant in front of Huang Long's five- or six-zhang-tall giant tiger.

After Huang Long dealt with the few useless Foundation Establishment cultivators, he said, "Don't think you can hide just because you're high up. Do you want me to invite you out?"

As Huang Long spoke, he controlled the puppet to aim at a small hill, which did seem rather high in the vicinity.

The targeted mound of earth churned up, and finally, a small old man wearing a cloth bag appeared. This old man with the cloth bag was none other than Uncle Lin, who was hiding in Yellow Maple Valley.

Having forced one person out, Huang Long did not stop there. Instead, he controlled the puppet to aim at a certain position in the sky, which was exactly where Gu Qing and Tieguai Li were.

Gu Qing wasn't surprised that he had been discovered, since their spiritual senses had just intertwined.

Because Huanglong had practiced the first level of the Great Evolution Technique, his spiritual sense was slightly stronger than Gu Qing's. Moreover, Gu Qing had not concealed his aura, so it was not surprising that he was discovered.

Gu Qing floated down from a high place, with Tieguai Li following closely behind.

"Is this from the Thousand Bamboo Sect? I'm quite interested in your Great Evolution Technique. I wonder if I could borrow it to take a look?" Gu Qing said calmly, showing no fear despite being confronted by several mechanical beasts.

"You? Who do you think you are, daring to covet our Thousand Bamboo Sect's Great Evolution Technique?" Huang Long's tone was somewhat contemptuous, clearly looking down on Gu Qing, even though the other party's cultivation had reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.