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

These materials are sometimes auctioned off.

After introducing these materials, the following describes how to refine this Foundation Building Pill.

Li Ping'an stopped reading after seeing this.

When it comes to alchemy, he simply doesn't have the innate talent for it.

He was too lazy to study how to refine Foundation Establishment Pills anymore.

As long as you can gather all the materials, why worry about not being able to refine it?

Especially since there are so many alchemists in the Danxian Sect.

When the time comes, we can just spend some money to hire someone to refine a pill.

After closing the book on Foundation Establishment Pill cultivation techniques, Li Ping'an secretly made up his mind.

Hidden Soul Flower, Scattered Grass, Heavenly Fragrance Dew, Lightning-Struck Jujube Wood, right?

It seems we need to find out where these materials are in the near future.

That day, Li Ping'an had just finished cleaning a batch of pills and was sitting cross-legged to the side, absorbing the spiritual energy from the Heaven-Severing Hammer.

Just then, Manager Zhao walked over with his hands behind his back.

Manager Zhao saw Li Ping'an standing there meditating, circulating his spiritual energy.

They were shocked by the powerful spiritual energy emanating from him.

Isn't this old man's aura waning and his cultivation level gradually declining?

Why does he seem to have such a strong aura?

He used his spiritual power to sense Li Ping'an's cultivation level.

It's still the first layer of Qi Refining.

But for some reason, even though it's only the first level of Qi Refining...

However, this gave Manager Zhao the illusion that Li Ping'an was much stronger than him.

What exactly is going on?

Manager Zhao couldn't help but feel a little scared and doubtful.

When Li Ping'an saw Steward Zhao coming over, he smiled and nodded at him.

"Sir, you've finished your work, take a rest here!"

Manager Zhao also subconsciously replied with a sentence to him.

After all, he sensed an extraordinary aura emanating from Li Ping'an.

They no longer dared to act as managers in front of him.

That's how people are; when their strengths are roughly equal, they will naturally want to befriend each other.

Even if the other party is just a low-ranking servant disciple.

Li Ping'an never expected that the steward would actually strike up a conversation with him.

So he started chatting casually with Manager Zhao.

"I've been overwhelmed with alchemy tasks lately."

"By the way, Senior Brother Zhao, do you know how to refine this Foundation Establishment Pill?"

Suddenly, Li Ping'an asked this question.

Manager Zhao frowned upon hearing this, glanced at Li Ping'an, and said.

"Why are you asking about this? What, are you planning to reach Foundation Establishment?"

His words were quite mocking.

After all, Li Ping'an's cultivation level was only the first level of Qi Refining, and he was also quite old.

For a cultivator in his situation to want to establish a foundation is undoubtedly a pipe dream.

Li Pingan smiled slightly and said.

"No, I'm just quite curious how a cultivator reaches the Foundation Establishment stage?"

"Hey, do you think the Foundation Establishment stage is that easy?"

Manager Zhao chuckled mockingly upon hearing this.

"In the Foundation Establishment stage, you should know that while there are quite a few cultivators who can reach the Qi Refining Perfection stage, only a handful can truly establish their foundation! Why is that?"

"It's because there are just too few Foundation Establishment Pills! The sect controls them too strictly! They only give out four or five a year to the top disciples, and the other disciples can forget about getting any!"

"You should know that our sect only has a few dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators in total, and our sect leader is only at the Golden Core stage!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ping'an was taken aback.

What? The sect leader is only at the Golden Core stage?

No wonder the Pill Immortal Sect is so pathetic!

"Do you know how many people have risked their lives for this Foundation Establishment Pill, only to lose everything!"

As Manager Zhao was speaking, he suddenly looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Are you aware of a major event that has recently occurred?"

"What is it?"

Li Ping'an's brows twitched upon hearing this, sensing that some big news was about to be revealed by Steward Zhao.

However, just as Steward Zhao was about to speak, he suddenly thought of something.

He then shook his head and said.

"Forget it, I can't tell you this! Just pretend I didn't say anything!"

"Manager Zhao, what good will it do you to tell me what I'm doing? What else can I possibly do?"

Manager Zhao shook his head upon hearing this.

"Go away, don't ask questions you shouldn't!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ping'an immediately took out fifty spirit stones from his pocket and handed them to Steward Zhao.

"Manager, you've really piqued my curiosity! How can you not tell me? Here, take some spirit stones and tell me this news to satisfy my curiosity!"

Manager Zhao's eyes lit up, and he accepted the spirit stone.

He coughed and said, "Since you're so eager to know, I might as well tell you. Anyway, this news is just a strange tale to you!"

Li Ping'an interjected, "To a mere Qi Refining Level 1 worker like me, no news matters to me!"

Manager Zhao lowered his voice and said.

"Did you know that our sect has a special area dedicated to cultivating the Heavenly Herb?"

"Heavenly fragrant herb?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ping'an's eyes lit up.

Tianxiangcao, isn't that one of the four rarest herbs?

I never imagined that the Danxian Sect actually specializes in cultivating this kind of herb!

However, since it is used to refine Foundation Establishment Pills, it must be under very strict control.

Manager Zhao continued.

"I heard these past two days that one of our sect's Heavenly Fragrance Plants was stolen!"

"It was stolen?"

Li Ping'an was taken aback and said.

"Logically speaking, these herbs used to refine Foundation Establishment Pills should be strictly controlled, so how could they have been stolen?"

Manager Zhao slapped his thigh and said.

"Yes! I'm also very curious why it was stolen! But it just so happened to be stolen! And I heard it was stolen by a group of Qi Refining cultivators! It's an utter disgrace to our sect!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ping'an fell into deep thought.

It was actually stolen by a Qi Refining stage cultivator?

That's an interesting situation.

He fell into deep thought.

They couldn't even hear what Manager Zhao was saying afterward.

At dawn, before the morning mist had fully dissipated, the teahouses in Danxian Sect's market town were already packed with people.

A tea room filled with steaming water and noisy chatter.

A man in a short jacket and vest walked into the teahouse, put his carrying pole on the ground, picked up his teacup, and took a big gulp.

"I have some big news for you!"

The man put down his teacup, wiped his mouth, and said mysteriously to the other tea drinkers at the table.

"Last night, the medicine garden of the Danxian Sect was robbed! Treasures are missing!"

Upon hearing this, the teahouse immediately fell silent for a moment.

People at other tables were also looking this way.

An old man took a puff of his pipe, coughed, and asked:

"Who told you that? Who's so bold as to steal from the Danxian Sect's herb garden?"

The man swirled his teacup and said smugly:

"Don't I have a cousin who works at the Danxian Sect? I knew about this news first thing this morning, and it's absolutely true."

"I heard that the lost item is incredibly valuable, called Heavenly Fragrant Grass. It was originally a treasure used by the sect leader of the Pill Immortal Sect to refine Foundation Establishment Pills!"

"The thieves haven't been caught yet, and the sect leader is furious, ordering the Enforcement Hall to conduct a thorough investigation. Everyone, be careful these next two days. My cousin said that these next two days won't be peaceful."