On the way back to Zhenling, Perfected Guo Xuanshan asked, "Kid, when I saw Xuan Ling Sect showing off with the Fallen Adamantine, the other kids were calm. Obviously, they knew you had something better than the Fallen Adamantine. But when you took out the Core Melting Flame, they were in disbelief. Why?"
Lu Ping looked at Guo Xuanshan in surprise. He initially thought that Enlightened Master Liu would be the one to reveal this flaw, but he didn't expect Enlightened Master Guo to have such sharp eyes. These Enlightened Masters had spent hundreds of years to reach where they were today, and during this time, they had experienced many storms. None of them were easy to deal with.
Lu Ping knew these things couldn't be kept a secret. He was only planning how to get the most out of the sect's cooperation with the sect. Lu Ping didn't say anything. He quietly took out a Jade Essence bottle from his storage bag.
As soon as the Jade Essence Bottle appeared, Zhenren Guo gasped. Even Zhenren Liu, who had always been elegant, felt his face burning.
Enlightened Master Liu took the jade essence bottle from Lu Ping's hand, opened the cork, and shouted excitedly, "Spirit Forging Pellets! There are eight of them!"
"What?" Perfected Guo couldn't believe it. He couldn't wait to take the bottle from Perfected Liu and confirm it again. "It really is the Spirit-Forging Pill!"
The two Perfected Masters calmed down immediately. Perfected Liu said, "You all thought Lu Ping would take out the Spirit-Forging Pill in the treasure competition, right? In that case, the Earth Core Melting Flame was obtained by Lu Ping alone! "
Everyone nodded. Perfected Liu said seriously, "It's good that Lu Ping didn't take out the Spirit-Forging Pill in the treasure competition. Let's stop talking about the Spirit-Forging Pill today. The eleven of you have never obtained any Spirit-Forging Pill from Fei Ling Island. Do you understand?"
Lu Ping and the others quickly nodded. They were curious about the Spirit-Forging Pill's use.
Perfected Guo said, "With this bottle of Spirit-Forging Pill, Senior Brother Jiang's chances of breaking through to the Dharma Phase will be much higher."
Daoist Master Liu also smiled and said, "I've already sent out the news. I'm afraid Senior Brother Jiang already knows that we have obtained the Spirit Forging Pill."
Then, he looked at the confused expressions on Lu Ping and the others' faces. He smiled and said, "This Spirit Forging Pill can increase the quality of a Core Forging cultivator's Golden Core and increase the chances of advancing. It is the most important pill for Core Forging cultivators to increase their cultivation level. However, its main use is when a late Core Forging cultivator uses a Spirit Treasure to forge his Golden Core for the third time to break through to the Dharma stage. Therefore, although this bottle does not contain Dharma pills, the value of the Spirit-Forging Pills is even higher than normal Dharma pills. As for Spirit Treasures, anything below the earth-grade is not as valuable as these eight Spirit-Forging Pills. "
Once everyone returned to Tianling Mountain, Lu Ping was summoned by Perfected Jiang Xuanlin.
Perfected Jiang Xuanlin's cave was located on the mountainside closest to the peak of Tianling Mountain. This also showed Perfected Jiang Xuanlin's status among the Core Forging cultivators.
Perfected Jiang Xuanlin looked at the Spirit-Forging Pills in his hand and said, "Eight Spirit-Forging Pills. At least two late Core Forging cultivators will owe you a favor. You also have a Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire that can help a mid Core Forging cultivator, and a few bottles of Core Forging pills. Even I am jealous of you. Tell me, kid, what do you want? "
This was exactly what Lu Ping was waiting for. He didn't hesitate to reveal the Earth Core Melting Flame in the treasure competition. Other than the fact that he had a better Indigo Spirit Fire and that he didn't cultivate a fire-elemental cultivation technique, the most important reason was that he wanted to exchange it with the sect.
It was impossible to play tricks with these Perfected cultivators. Lu Ping said without hesitation, "I want a piece of Soul Nurturing Wood."
Perfected Jiang Xuanlin pointed at Lu Ping and smiled. "I knew you wouldn't be easy to get rid of. You brought a piece of Soul Nurturing Wood that is of the same grade as the Earth Core Melting Flame. Fine, for the sake of this Spirit-Forging Pill, this old Daoist can only put aside his old face and help you. Fortunately, your actions on Fei Ling Island this time have helped our sect gain face and benefits. There should be a few people who will speak up for you. "
Lu Ping hurriedly thanked Perfected Jiang Xuanlin. Perfected Jiang waved his hand and said, "You have made a great contribution this time. The sect will definitely reward you. However, I'm afraid you won't be able to keep those thousand-year-old spiritual herbs. Our sect's pill refiners will come looking for you soon. As for how you will bargain with those sect masters, that will depend on your ability."
The sect's rewards came quickly. Wei Zi-Heng and the others each received a high-grade spirit stone and five bottles of Blood Condensation Realm pills. They were also allowed to enter the Blood Condensation Realm's vault to choose three items.
Lu Ping's reward was slightly more generous. Other than a piece of Mystic-class mid-tier Soul Nurturing Wood, there was also a high-grade spirit stone and fifty mid-grade spirit stones in his storage ring. Lu Ping chose to postpone his three trips to the Blood Condensation Realm's vault. He was only at the Third Layer of the Blood Condensation Realm, and he had enough pills and magic tools for the next two years. He was in no hurry to choose.
Because of Perfected Master Guo's approval, Lu Ping kept half of the sixty bottles of Blood Condensation Realm pills he obtained. Because of the five bottles of Core Forging Realm pills, he added another ten bottles. Lu Ping kept 2,300 stalks of 500-year-old spiritual herbs and 40 stalks of 1,000-year-old spiritual herbs. As expected, these items attracted Pill Refiner Zhenling's attention.
"You're the kid who got lucky on Fei Ling Island, right? Give me all your 1,000-year-old spiritual herbs. I have a few bottles of Blood Condensation Realm pills with me. It's enough for you to cultivate for a year. Oh right, I'll take the 500-year-old spiritual herbs with me too. I'll leave a few more bottles for you. "
Lu Ping looked at the man in front of him. He looked dignified, but in reality, he was full of arrogance. He said indifferently, "I'm sorry, I still need these spiritual herbs for practice. I can't leave them for you."
The arrogant pill refiner was choked to death. He pointed at Lu Ping and stammered, "You, you …" for a long time, but no words came out.
Lu Ping turned around and left Tian Ling Mountain. He heard the pill refiner's exasperated voice coming from behind him, "You bastard, you think you can become a pill refiner? Do you have a master's inheritance? Do you know the rules of the pill refiner profession? Who uses 500-year-old spiritual herbs and 1,000-year-old spiritual herbs for practice? What a joke! What a waste of resources … Kid, don't run. You're provoking a pill refiner. As long as you're in Zhenling, don't even think of getting a single pill refiner from Zhenling … "
Not far away, Perfected Master Jiang Xuanlin smiled bitterly and shook his head. He turned around and returned to his cave abode.
Lu Ping didn't expect a pill refiner from his sect to be so domineering. Were all pill refiners in the cultivation world so domineering? It seemed like the high status of pill refiners had made them forget themselves.
This time, Lu Ping had offended a pill refiner from Zhenling Sect. His future cultivation would be hindered. Fortunately, he had accumulated some resources, so he wouldn't be lacking in cultivation resources for the next two years. Moreover, he had obtained some pill refinement jade slips and even some pill recipes from Fei Ling Island. Otherwise, it would have been really difficult for him to pass this stage.
The Soul Nurturing Wood was a kind of spiritual item that had great effects on the recovery and nurturing of divine sense. Lu Ping used it to perform the Soul Splitting Secret Technique to expand the strength of his divine sense.
The Soul Splitting Secret Technique was an extremely cruel secret technique. It required a person to tear a piece of their divine sense and nurture it in the Soul Nurturing Wood. Moreover, this secret technique could only be used once. When the torn piece of divine sense accumulated in the Soul Nurturing Wood had reached half of the cultivator's original divine sense, the split piece of divine sense would be fed back to the cultivator's original divine sense. Only then would the divine sense be expanded by half.
Lu Ping had been practicing the Soul Nurturing Technique for more than a year. After breaking through to the Third Layer of the Blood Condensation Realm, his divine sense had grown from 60 meters to 64 meters.
Feeling the strands of divine sense leaving his body and wrapping around the Soul Nurturing Wood, Lu Ping finally experienced the pain of his soul being torn apart. It was the most primitive kind of pain that came from the inside out. Lu Ping felt that the phrase 'unbearable pain' wasn't enough to describe his current state.
When Lu Ping thought about how many more times he would have to experience this kind of pain, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. However, when he thought about the arrogant and domineering attitude of pill refiners, Lu Ping had no choice but to endure this kind of pain. Who asked him to not be controlled by others?
Fortunately, Lu Ping had brought back a large amount of century-old spiritual herbs. He could use them to concoct Blood Refining Realm pills and use them to hone his alchemy skills.
After returning to Huang Li Island, Lu Ping quickly went into closed-door cultivation. The Ice River Formation was always active. After breaking through on Fei Ling Island, Lu Ping had been in a constant state of tension. He was constantly on guard against the dangers around him. There was no time for systematic cultivation. Even when he recovered his spiritual energy, he had to rely on the help of the Essence Recovery Pill.
The cave abode was peaceful. After Lu Ping buried the two Spirit Gathering Pearls in the spirit vein, they gradually fused with it. The density of the spiritual energy in the cave abode slowly increased. Although this state was very slow and subtle, Lu Ping would notice the obvious difference after a period of time.
When the two Condensed Blood Pearls completely fused with each other, he would be able to sit on four miniature spirit veins. His cultivation speed would also be greatly improved.
As the biggest contributor to Lu Ping's trip to Fei Ling Island, Dabao went to sleep as soon as he returned to Huang Li Island. It was as if he wanted to pay back all the hard work he had done in the past ten days.
The sea turtle was very comfortable floating in the spirit spring in the cave abode. It was named Dagui by Lu Ping. As Lu Ping's strongest pet, Lu Ping had already prepared a Condensed Blood Pill for it to advance to the Blood Condensation Realm.
What made Lu Ping happy were the three Green Sea Snake eggs. Under Lu Ping's meticulous care, the three treasures were finally on the verge of hatching. They were placed in the middle of the spirit spring and swayed from time to time, indicating that the population of the cave abode was about to increase.
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