Ten days later, Lu Changan stabilized his situation and officially left the country.

"Congratulations to Brother Lu, your magic power has improved greatly."

"Congratulations to Uncle Lu for your breakthrough."

After walking out of the cave, the two maids stood on either side and congratulated each other.

"Bingyun, Uncle Lu has seen that you defeated two first-order high-grade puppets."

Lu Changan smiled and looked at the slender woman in a green skirt.

"I can't beat the rock rat who suppresses his cultivation and strength."

Mu Bingyun said softly.

She took out a bag of spiritual stones with some guilt and bit her red lips:

"Uncle Lu, I broke two puppets. Are these spiritual stones enough to compensate?"

Lu Changan laughed dumbly, waved his hand and said: "Keep your spirit stone for planning and building a foundation."

Two first-order puppets cost little to repair.

Mu Bingyun passed the test he proposed and will say goodbye.

"Bingyun, pack your luggage and follow me to Feiyue Lake to attend Li Erqing's 100th birthday."

Lu Changan ordered.

"Yeah." Mu Bingyun hesitated, but finally nodded.

For Li Erqing's family, her senses are not very good.

If Lu Changan didn't tell her, she would go out for training and not return to Mu's house.

On the same day, Lu Changan and the two rushed to Feiyue Lake by flying boat.

Although Lu Changan had left the Mu family long ago, his participation in the 100th birthday celebration was due to his personal friendship with Li Erqing for more than eighty years.

"Bingyun, when you return to your family, give this letter to your master."

On the way, Lu Changan took out a letter and gave it to Mu Bingyun.

…

Six or seven days later.

The vast Feiyue Lake comes into view.

"Brother."

Li Erqing, who was wearing a red birthday robe, was the first to come out.

The world of immortality covers a large area and takes a long time. Birthday ceremonies like Li Erqing's usually last for many days and are used to entertain relatives and friends from all over the world.

Lu Changan patted Li Erqing's shoulder, and the two flew to the Yuexin Island main hall together.

"Congratulations, brother, for being promoted to the middle stage of foundation building."

Li Erqing noticed the change in Lu Changan's cultivation and couldn't hide the surprise on his face.

In the middle stage of foundation building, the mana increases greatly, and the strength exceeds that in the early stage of foundation building.

This is evident from the intimidation Huang Tankong brought to the Mu family and the surrounding areas.

In comparison, Li Erqing was involved in family affairs due to his low qualifications, and is still far from reaching the third level of foundation building.

Li Erqing's mood was complicated, and he inevitably felt a sense of disparity.

Eighty years ago, both of them started from the same starting point.

In the past few decades, Li Erqing had always been ahead of Lu Changan, and was only temporarily caught up at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

After he broke through the bottleneck in the later stage, he once again took the lead in cultivation. Due to the opportunity of his children, he got the Foundation Building Pill first and became the Foundation Building Ancestor of the Mu family.

However, Lu Changan's cultivation speed is slow, but very solid and stable.

Even in the foundation building period, he still improved steadily. Li Erqing lost his stamina and spirit.

…

The two landed in front of the main hall of Yuexin Island.

"Er Qing, this is my gift."

Lu Changan handed a gift box to Li Erqing.

"Friend Lu Dao."

"Uncle Lu."

Zhao Siyao and Lin Lu, who were familiar with each other, came over.

The two of them also discovered that Lu Changan had made a breakthrough in cultivation, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Young Daoist Lu has accumulated a lot of experience and is a late bloomer, which is admirable."

Zhao Siyao smiled happily and praised.

She was not in a calm mood at the moment.

Zhao Siyao has higher qualifications and is backed by the sect, and has always been far ahead of Lu Changan and others.

However, after the foundation-building period, she had been steadily improving her cultivation level, but encountered resistance. Each small realm bottleneck took many years and energy to overcome.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao is so complimentary that Mr. Lu was just lucky."

Lu Changan said modestly.

"Perhaps because I have a solid foundation and a good mentality, after I reached the peak of the early stage of foundation building, I broke through the small realm relatively smoothly."

Hearing this, Zhao Siyao and Lin Lu couldn't help but think deeply.

Indeed, Lu Changan's more than eighty years of practice, step by step, has an extremely solid foundation.

Cultivate your health, raise turtles and plant grass, and your state of mind will be far beyond that of ordinary people.

"In terms of foundation and state of mind, we are not as good as fellow Taoist Lu."

Zhao Siyao said calmly.

She is truly aware of the gap in this regard.

Breakthroughs in small realms vary from person to person.

A small number of monks may not necessarily have outstanding qualifications, but they have a deep foundation and an excellent state of mind, making it easier for them to break through than ordinary monks.

This kind of situation occurs in a higher proportion among monks who cultivate life skills.

"With a few more years of hard work, Fellow Daoist Zhao, it shouldn't be difficult to advance to the later stage of foundation building."

Lu Changan noticed that Zhao Siyao's cultivation had reached the peak of the middle stage of foundation building.

"hope so."

Zhao Siyao sighed softly.

Judging from the current trend, it will be difficult for her to advance to the late stage of foundation building before she turns 100.

Fortunately, the trip to the Qingming Secret Realm was somewhat rewarding, and it was a rare training.

As long as you can advance to the later stage of foundation building, you will have surpassed most of the foundation building period, and your status within the sect will be significantly improved.

During the subsequent chat, Lu Changan learned that Zhang Tieshan had been promoted to the late stage of foundation building half a year ago.

It is said that Zhang Tieshan's chance harvest in the Qingming Secret Realm is one of the best among the participating monks in Jinyun Valley.

This time he stood out, his strength and status within the sect increased, and he gained the respect of the core elders.

Zhang Tieshan did not attend Li Erqing's birthday party and asked a disciple to celebrate his birthday on his behalf.

…

"Bingyun, go back and see your master first."

Lu Changan said to Mu Bingyun who was slightly embarrassed at the side.

She has not yet escaped from the role of Lu Changan's maid.

"Yes, Uncle Lu."

Mu Bingyun bowed and left, taking the letter from Lu Changan to see her master.

Lu Changan's spiritual consciousness paid attention to Mu Bingyun to make sure that she was not intercepted on the way.

He looked at Zhao Siyao and said via voice:

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, I need you to be an intermediary for something. You don't need to waste time and effort, and you will be rewarded with five hundred spirit stones."

"Oh, is there such a relaxing and good thing?"

Zhao Siyao pursed her lips, thoughtfully.

Afterwards, the two communicated through voice messages for a while.
To be continued...