By the time Ai Shutao's group of three noticed Zhenling's group, it was already too late. They tried to send a signal to Xuan Ling's group, but they were instantly killed by Zhenling's group and their loot was divided among them.
Lu Ping heard Ai Shutao's words and quickly asked what happened.
Ai Shutao said, "Xuan Ling Sect, Hai Yan Sect, and Shuiyan Pavilion found a Core Forging cultivator's cave abode here. The two sects reached an agreement to monopolize the treasures in the abode. In order to prevent news from leaking, especially from Zhenling's group, the two sects began to hunt and kill cultivators from other sects around the abode. After I entered Rufei Ling Mountain, I accidentally bumped into the two sects who were preparing to break the protective array. That's why I fled here."
Wei Zi-Heng asked, "Brother Ai, how many of them did you see?"
Ai Shutao replied, "About 30 people."
Wei Zi-Heng looked at the group behind him. Including Ai Shutao, there were twenty-five people. He smiled and said, "No matter what, we can't let them monopolize the treasures. Let's go and have a share."
Everyone laughed. With Ai Shutao leading the way, they walked towards the cave abode at the back of the mountain. Along the way, many cultivators got some rest and joined in Zhenling's group.
Many cultivators were indignant at the violent methods used by the two sects to monopolize the treasures. Before this, they didn't dare to provoke the two sects because they were too powerful. But now that Zhenling took the lead, they naturally joined in.
Lu Ping saw more and more cultivators gathered around them. He couldn't help but sigh. In order to win the competition with Zhenling, Zhang Weiqing didn't hesitate to hunt and kill cultivators from other sects. This had angered everyone. Although these cultivators didn't have much influence in their sects, they were still the best among their peers. In the future, as their cultivation levels increased, their words would have more weight, and they might not be able to tolerate Xuan Ling Sect anymore. That would be the time when Xuan Ling Sect would be in trouble.
At this time, Zhenling and the other sects' disciples had already gathered forty to fifty people. They no longer had any scruples. The Xuan Ling Sect disciples who were standing guard outside the perimeter had already sent the news back.
When they arrived in front of the cave, a five-colored protective array appeared in front of them, causing them to be overjoyed.
Wei Zi-Heng laughed as he stepped forward and said, "Fellow Daoist Zhang Weiqing of Xuan Ling Sect, Fellow Daoist Si Changsheng of Hai Yan Sect, and Fellow Daoist Xu Liyuan of Shui Yan Pavilion. Why didn't you inform everyone on Fei Ling Mountain that you've found such great treasures? It's not a good habit to keep everything to yourself."
Zhang Weiqing was already gnashing his teeth in hatred. He stepped forward and said, "What do you want?"
Wei Zi-Heng said with a straight face, "Every sect and family here, regardless of the number of people, send a representative. Once the cave is broken, the representatives will search inside based on their own abilities. No fighting is allowed inside the cave. Whoever makes the first move will incur the wrath of everyone when they come out. What do you think?"
At this point, Zhang Weiqing had already lost his mind from anger. Obviously, he didn't notice that Wei Zi-Heng was plotting against him. Flustered and exasperated, he said, "Why? Putting aside the fact that this cave was discovered by us, just based on strength alone, how can those sects with only one or two cultivators compare to us, Xuan Ling Sect?"
As soon as Zhang Weiqing finished speaking, the cultivators present were the first to express their dissatisfaction. Wei Zi-Heng snorted coldly and said, "Zhang Weiqing, since you're talking about strength, fine, I, Zhenling, have eleven cultivators. I, Zhenling, am the strongest among all the sects here. If we're talking about losing out, I, Zhenling, didn't even say that I'm not willing. What can your Xuan Ling Sect say? Don't tell me that you, with only eight people left, want to be on equal footing with me, Zhenling?"
The cultivators present were already in an uproar, criticizing Xuan Ling Sect one after another.
At this point, Zhang Weiqing already knew that he had fallen into Wei Zi-Heng's trap. With a furious expression, he was about to say something when Shui Yan Pavilion's Xu Liyuan, who had already seen through the situation, said in a crisp voice, "If that's the case, then we'll do as Fellow Daoist Wei says."
Hai Yan Sect and Shui Yan Pavilion were on the same side, so Si Changsheng also agreed. Zhang Weiqing saw that he couldn't offend the crowd, so he had no choice but to comply.
At this moment, the happiest people were the disciples from the small sects present. They were either alone or in pairs, so they didn't expect to see the scenery of the Core Forging Cave Abode. But now that the opportunity was right in front of them, they were naturally ecstatic. Their gazes towards Zhenling's group also became a lot friendlier.
The closing time of Fei Ling Island was getting closer and closer. Immediately, everyone worked together and broke the array formation. Out of the seventy to eighty cultivators present, only fifteen representatives came out. One had to know that there were a total of thirty sects participating in the opening of Fei Ling Island. Although the ten largest sects took up three-quarters of the quota, and there were still cultivators hiding in the corners of Fei Ling Mountain who didn't participate in this operation, the fact that there were only fifteen representatives still sent chills down the hearts of the cultivators present.
Lu Ping still represented Zhenling. It wasn't because Lu Ping was the strongest, nor was it because Wei Zi-Heng had yet to recover from his injuries, but because when Lu Ping rescued Wei Zi-Heng, everyone saw how powerful his divine sense was. It could cover a distance of more than four hundred feet, which naturally gave him an advantage when searching for treasures in the cave abode.
Lu Ping boldly stood in the middle of the group of fifteen people, facing the cave abode's main entrance. No one had any objections. Zhenling was the strongest at the moment, so this kind of treatment was naturally given to him.
Zhang Weiqing, Xu Liyuan, and the others didn't say anything either. At the moment, they were in a disadvantageous position. Besides, most of the people present had seen Lu Ping's strength. His pair of high-grade flying swords were truly incomparably sharp, and there were even rumors that he could easily control two high-grade magic tools. Although no one believed it, they all guessed that he should have another high-grade magic tool on him.
With only fifteen minutes left, the fifteen people rushed into the cave abode. As the only cultivator from the Ai Clan, Ai Shutao also followed the crowd into the cave abode.
How could a cave abode withstand fifteen cultivators raiding it? Not to mention that the most valuable items were usually carried by the owner at all times, so there wouldn't be anything good left inside.
After a series of clanking sounds, Lu Ping was the first to come out. He handed Wei Zi-Heng three Jade Crystal Bottles, a top-grade defensive magic tool, the Wooden Rattan Armor, and a bottle of Blood Condensing Pills.
It was indeed a bottle of Blood Condensing Pills, a total of ten pills. Lu Ping initially thought that Wei Zi-Heng was also an expert in alchemy, but he didn't find anything like an alchemy furnace in the cave abode. Seeing that most of the items in the cave abode had already been claimed, and the remaining items didn't interest him, he came out first.
Wei Zi-Heng didn't expect that Lu Ping would bring out so many good items in one trip, and he was instantly overjoyed.
After that, everyone also left the cave abode. Ai Shutao found Lu Ping and told him in private that he found a set of six mid-grade magic tools. When combined, the power was equivalent to a high-grade magic tool. When he reached the Mid Blood Condensation Realm, he would be able to try using them.
Lu Ping remembered that day in the Heavenly Gold Sand Mine, Ai Shutao's set of Mother-Child Flying Daggers blocked the attacks of two cultivators of the same level. Lu Ping knew that Ai Shutao was good at using sets of magic tools, so he congratulated him.
While the two were talking, Fei Ling Mountain shook again. It was finally time for Fei Ling Island to close. Every cultivator had a teleportation talisman given to them by their sect's elders. At this moment, all the cultivators turned into a ball of white light. After the white light flashed, all the cultivators disappeared from Fei Ling Mountain.
At this time, on the sea surface, more than 30 Core Forging Enlightened Masters once again lined up to summon the teleportation array. The platform of the teleportation array also rose from the bottom of the sea. After a burst of white light, everyone from Fei Ling Mountain appeared on the platform.
When the Enlightened Masters saw the eighty to ninety people on the platform, they frowned. They didn't have time to ask why and quickly ordered their juniors to come down from the platform. Then, the platform rumbled and sank to the bottom of the sea again. The opening of Fei Ling Island once every five hundred years had finally ended, and it was waiting for another five hundred years for people to visit it again.
In the past, during the opening of Fei Ling Island, although there were many battles among the two hundred cultivators who entered the island, about sixty to seventy percent of the cultivators survived. This time, the opening of Fei Ling Island was reversed, and the number of cultivators who died directly reached sixty percent.
When the Enlightened Masters of the various sects returned, they carefully inquired about what happened on Fei Ling Island. When they heard that a total of nine Core Forging Stage cultivator's cave dwellings were unearthed on Fei Ling Island, even these Enlightened Masters were surprised.
Although cultivators would often carry their valuables with them when they left their Immortal Caves, and there wouldn't be too many good things in their Immortal Caves, but there were always exceptions to everything. No one knew if there would be any unexpected items that would be passed down.
Lu Ping's expression was calm. Only he knew that there were actually ten Core Forging Stage cave dwellings on the island. People might suspect that he obtained one alone, but he didn't leave behind any evidence, so they could only guess.
The cultivators of the small sects cast envious gazes at the top ten sects of the North Sea, namely the True Spirit Four Sects, the Profound Spirit Four Sects, the Ocean Flame Sect, and the Mistwater Pavilion. Obviously, the biggest benefits on the island were obtained by the disciples of these ten sects. At the same time, everyone knew about the bet between the True Spirit Four Sects and the Profound Spirit Four Sects, so they were waiting for a good show to unfold.
When Feng Xutao saw that his sect's disciples were missing Zhenling and the other two, and the Xuan Ling Sect's disciples only returned with 22 disciples, which was even worse than the True Spirit Sect's 27 disciples, he knew that they were going to lose this bet.
As expected, this was just a competition between Early Blood Condensation cultivators. The Enlightened Masters present didn't care that the competition between the two sects would escalate to the level of their sects because of such a small matter. Hence, they clamored for the disciples of the two sects to start the treasure battle to determine the winner.
The first to start was the competition between the disciples of Chong Ming Sect and Ling Gu Sect. Although Chong Ming Sect had two more disciples than Ling Gu Sect, the last two cultivators that Lu Ping and the others encountered were Chong Ming Sect's disciples. The two disciples' harvest was only a quarter of the others'. In the end, Chong Ming Sect lost the bet with Ling Gu Sect, and half of Fei Ling Island's harvest was taken by Ling Gu Sect. The two Chong Ming Sect's disciples were ashamed.
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