Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

The ninth level of Qi Refining was nothing to these bandits who weren't even at the Qi Refining stage.

That is an existence that is completely unshakeable.

They could crush them with the mere flick of their fingers!

Immediately, the three men dropped their steel knives and knelt down, begging for mercy.

"Senior! We're so sorry! We were wrong! We were blind to your greatness and offended you! Please spare our lives!"

Li Ping'an looked at their pleading expressions and glanced at He Wangshu before speaking.

"Little Wangshu, what do you think we should do?"

He wanted to see what kind of character the child had.

He Wangshu was slightly taken aback, then glanced at the three robbers begging for mercy on the ground.

The three robbers continued to beg for mercy.

"I also have an eighty-year-old mother at home!"

"We have children; without us, our family is finished!"

"Sir! Spare my life! Please, my wife is waiting for me to come home!"

The three of them wept bitterly, their faces streaked with tears, looking utterly grief-stricken.

"We'll never do it again!"

"I will definitely turn over a new leaf and never do this again!"

"Please, spare our lives!"

It seems like he really knows he's repented.

But He Wangshu knew that these guys were just scared, not that they knew they were wrong.

If Grandpa Li spares their lives, they might pick up their knives again and start robbing people on this road again in a few days.

And if Li Ping'an's strength hadn't surpassed that of these robbers today...

Then they'll be the ones who die.

In that instant, He Wangshu seemed to have figured something out.

This world is inherently cruel; it's either you die or I die.

Compassion will only harm you.

His eyes gradually sharpened.

Turning to Grandpa Li, he said, "Grandpa, kill them all!"

Upon hearing this, the three robbers were so frightened that they soiled themselves in fear.

Unable to contain himself, he burst into a tirade, "You brat! What nonsense are you spouting! So young, yet so ruthless and vicious!"

Li Ping'an nodded in satisfaction upon hearing this.

Not bad!

He Wangshu is an excellent person in terms of temperament, character, and methods of doing things.

Their future is undoubtedly limitless.

"good!"

Li Ping'an said, then took out a talisman from his pocket and handed it to He Wangshu.

"This talisman has already been imbued with spiritual energy; you just need to throw it out!"

What he gave He Wangshu was an explosive talisman.

Once thrown, it can instantly unleash a fireball.

That's enough to deal with these three Body Tempering Realm guys.

He Wangshu took the explosive talisman with some eagerness, showing no fear in his eyes.

"Just crush it and throw it away!" he muttered excitedly, instantly crushing the talisman in his hand!

The three robbers who were kneeling and begging for mercy saw Li Ping'an take out a talisman.

They knew that Li Ping'an had no intention of letting them go.

The three of them looked at each other in bewilderment and immediately took off running.

"Trying to run away?"

He Wangshu's eyes turned cold at this moment, and a hint of murderous intent even appeared.

He threw away the crushed talisman in his hand.

boom!

The moment it was thrown out, the crushed talisman exploded in mid-air.

It formed a huge fireball and exploded.

Those three Body Tempering Realm cultivators who had just run a few steps away.

It was instantly burned to a crisp by the fireball.

Looking at the three charred corpses on the ground.

He Wangshu couldn't help but feel a wave of nausea and vomiting.

But after a short while, I regained my composure.

He looked at the three robbers with a cold gaze and spoke.

"Grandpa, let's go! We're continuing our journey back up the mountain!"

Li Ping'an nodded and pulled He Wangshu back to the sect.

He followed He Wangshu and brought her back to the sect.

And so began another uneventful life as a handyman.

Time passed by, bit by bit.

He Wangshu has grown quite a bit taller and has also developed a lot of muscle.

Due to years of hard work, He Wangshu's face became increasingly weathered and mature.

He's becoming less and less like a twelve-year-old child.

Li Ping'an, on the other hand, kept inhaling the exhaust fumes to enhance his strength.

Finally, one day, when he finished meditating...

He felt a surge of spiritual energy in his dantian.

Then he felt his spiritual energy instantly double.

My dantian seems to have expanded quite a bit.

"I've broken through! This is a breakthrough!"

Li Ping'an was slightly taken aback, but then he realized what was going on.

I've finally broken through to the tenth level of Qi Refining!

He has now reached the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Stage!

I sighed; it wasn't easy.

I've gone through so much on my way from the first level of Qi Refining to the tenth level.

Li Pingan couldn't help but sigh.

Now he can finally consider starting the foundation-building process.

However, Foundation Establishment is not that simple.

The first thing we need to do is get our hands on Foundation Establishment Pills.

But how do you obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill?

Generally speaking, larger sects, such as the Tongtian Sword Sect, are like this.

The sect will distribute Foundation Establishment Pills to disciples with potential to help them establish their foundation.

As for those without potential, they should search for materials themselves, find a way to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, and then enter the Foundation Establishment stage.

The Danxian Sect doesn't seem to be very large.

I wonder if the sect will distribute Foundation Establishment Pills.

Even if the Danxian Sect were to distribute Foundation Establishment Pills, it probably wouldn't have much to do with me.

The biggest problem now is that Li Ping'an doesn't even know how to obtain these Foundation Establishment Pills or Foundation Establishment materials.

Where do we even begin?

Having no other options, Li Ping'an could only open the "Foundation Building Pill Refining Techniques" book he had found at a street stall and start reading.

The Foundation Building Pill requires seventeen kinds of materials.

Looking at the densely packed materials, Li Ping'an felt numb.

No, there are just too many materials needed to refine this Foundation Establishment Pill!

There are a whopping seventeen kinds!

At a glance, Li Ping'an recognized many of the materials, and they were readily available in the market.

However, there were four of these materials that Li Ping'an had never heard of before.

They are: lightning-struck jujube wood, Heavenly Fragrance Dew, Hidden Soul Flower, and Scattered Grass.

These four herbs are also highlighted in the notes at the bottom of this book, "The Foundation Building Pill Cultivation Method":

Extremely difficult to obtain.

The Heavenly Fragrance Dew, Hidden Soul Flower, and Scattered Grass, which require professional artificial cultivation, are often controlled by sects and some high-level forces.

It will not flow outwards.

After all, this is a pill that can help people establish their foundation. Which power wouldn't want to cultivate more Foundation Establishment cultivators?

Which power would want another hostile power to cultivate a Foundation Establishment cultivator?

Therefore, these materials that can be used to refine Foundation Establishment Pills are entirely strategic resources.

The last piece of jujube wood struck by lightning is extremely rare.

We need to go to Thunder Valley to find jujube wood that has been struck by lightning.

This lightning-struck jujube wood is not as simple as it literally means jujube wood that has been struck by lightning.

Instead, they will be struck by heavenly lightning.

The tribulation of lightning usually only occurs when a cultivator is undergoing tribulation.

It is extremely rare for cultivators to undergo tribulation.

Moreover, once a cultivator undergoes tribulation, their strength is extremely powerful, how could they allow ordinary people to get close?

Not to mention that the Heavenly Tribulation is a terrifying existence that would cause even the slightest contact with a low-level cultivator to result in their soul being scattered and their life and death extinguished.

Therefore, among these four materials, the most difficult to obtain is jujube wood struck by lightning.

However, it is also mentioned in this book.

To obtain these four materials, you can also try your luck at the major auction houses of various factions.