In the only high level cultivator's cave abode on Fei Ling Island, Lu Ping obtained five treasures. The first was naturally the Spirit Forging Pill; the second was the large spatial magic tool, "A Thousand Stalks of Millet in a Book." This magic tool was originally a spirit herb garden, but it was refined into a book by a powerful cultivator of Fei Ling Sect.
The spirit herb garden in this spatial magic tool was five acres in size, but only one acre was planted with spirit herbs. There were about forty thousand-year-old spirit herbs and more than three hundred 500-year-old spirit herbs. Because these spirit herbs were inside the magic tool, during the treasure battle, Lu Ping didn't collect the spirit herbs inside the magic tool. Thus, the Enlightened Masters present didn't notice that Lu Ping had such a heaven-like magic tool.
After returning to his cave abode, Lu Ping reopened the magic tool and placed it on top of his own spirit herb garden. However, the spirit herb garden in this magic tool could not be expanded. This magic tool could directly connect with the spirit vein and absorb spirit energy to make the spirit herbs grow. However, the spirit vein in Lu Ping's cave abode was only enough for Lu Ping's cultivation. It was not enough to support more consumption of this magic tool. Thus, the spirit herb garden in this magic tool could only be expanded to one acre in size. However, the mature spirit herbs had already been collected by Lu Ping and new spirit herbs were planted.
The third treasure was the praying mat that Lu Ping was sitting on. Strictly speaking, this praying mat was a formation plate. The spirit energy it could gather was far more than the small spirit gathering array praying mat that Lu Ping obtained from Lin Sheng.
The fourth treasure was a jade box covered with restrictions. Lu Ping had tried to remove the restrictions on it, but no matter if he used his spiritual sense or magic power, there was no movement from the restrictions. It was obvious that Lu Ping's cultivation was not high enough, which made Lu Ping quite depressed.
The fifth treasure was the jade slip in Lu Ping's hand. This jade slip recorded a cultivation method called "Art of Flying Spirits Treading the Sea." This method attracted Lu Ping because it had the same origin as the "Art of Listening to Waves" that Lu Ping cultivated. The method of cultivation was similar, but the final result was very different.
The "Sea Wave Listening Spell" focused on the accumulation of magic power during cultivation. It pursued the magic power in the body to be like a great river that flowed into the sea. It was also like the sea. Under the calm surface, there was a great amount of energy. It was a kind of comprehension of water itself. It was a kind of king's cultivation method of water attribute.
However, the Art of Soaring Spirits Ocean Dance was different. It focused on the violent circulation of transcendence energy during cultivation. It pursued the transcendence energy within one's body to engulf everything like a raging torrent. It was also like an enraged sea that would stir up monstrous waves and destroy everything. It was a kind of mastery of water itself. It was an overbearing water attribute cultivation technique.
Lu Ping kept trying to figure out the two methods, and he was more and more sure that the two methods had the same origin. There must be a close connection between the two, and they might even be the same method.
Could it be that my sect's "Art of Listening to Waves" itself was the inheritance of Fei Ling Island? Thinking about how the "Art of Listening to Waves" appeared in my sect and was gradually perfected, it was a Dharma Plane cultivator from three thousand years ago, Laozu. It was after the destruction of Fei Ling Sect. Lu Ping's confidence increased a little.
However, if these two Cultivation Methods were separated, then what was the reason for the separation? Lu Ping couldn't figure it out himself, so he might as well cultivate it himself and find out.
Lu Ping circulated the two methods in his body at the same time, and he discovered that the two methods were like water from the same origin. The magic power produced quickly merged in his blood vessels, and there was no distinction between them. Strands of even thicker and purer magic power were born in his blood vessels, and gathered in the Condensed Blood Pearl in his core space.
This newly born magic power was even purer and thicker than the magic power that Lu Ping had cultivated before, and it was even more powerful when it was circulated. It contained an explosive and destructive aura, which was clearly a characteristic of the "Art of Flying Spirits Dancing the Sea". These two methods were definitely a higher level of magic power. Lu Ping was now sure of this.
However, due to the interaction between the two techniques, the circulation speed of the magic power was reduced by half. Although each strand of magic power that was produced was powerful, the amount of magic power that was produced was halved compared to cultivating the "Waterfront Wave Listening Mantra" alone.
In other words, when Lu Ping cultivated the two methods at the same time, the power and density of the magic power increased by half, but the speed of cultivation slowed down by four times.
Lu Ping hesitated!
By combining the two cultivation techniques, one's foundation would be more solid and their strength would be more powerful. However, the cultivation time would be four times longer. For cultivators who pursued longevity and were in a constant race against time, this was clearly a test. Perhaps this was the reason why the senior cultivators split this cultivation technique into two.
Lu Ping weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided to combine the two methods. Since there was a better one, why should he use the one that was one level lower? This was what Lu Ping thought.
After Lu Ping returned to Huang Li Island, he went into closed-door cultivation. He wanted to combine the two methods, and at the same time, he wanted to reorganize his Third Layer Blood Condensation cultivation. He also wanted to recondense the three Condensed Blood Pearls that were formed from cultivating the "Art of Listening to Waves", and replace them with the "Art of Listening to Waves" that Lu Ping had named.
This also meant that Lu Ping's cultivation would not improve in the near future.
Because Lu Ping currently only had the "Art of Listening to Waves" for the Blood Condensation stage, and the "Art of Flying Spirits Dancing the Sea" was a complete technique for the late Dharma stage. Therefore, Lu Ping could only refine the "Art of Listening to Waves" to the Blood Condensation stage, and the "Eight Arts of Listening to Waves" became the "Twelve Arts of North Sea."
Four of the eight spells of the "Art of Listening to Waves" for the Blood Condensation stage were the same as the eight spells of the "Art of Flying Spirits Dancing the Sea" for the Blood Condensation stage. This was also the basis for Lu Ping to confirm that the two came from the same source.
Lu Ping cultivated the [North Sea Wave Listening Scripture] again and replaced the three Condensed Blood Pearls with the [North Sea Wave Listening Scripture]'s arcane energy. This was a long and arduous process. Lu Ping's previous cultivation speed was already quite fast, but now, he wasn't in a rush. Under the protection of the [Ice River Slaughter Array], he peacefully cultivated in seclusion.
With the huge amount of century-old spiritual herbs, Lu Ping's alchemy skills finally had another breakthrough. Lu Ping had finally consolidated a 50% success rate for the late Blood Refining stage pills. All the Blood Refining pills in Huang Li Island's Talisman Pavilion were refined by Lu Ping.
After the sea ban was lifted, the cultivators finally passed the initial probing period. A large number of cultivators began to flood into the buffer zone, and the momentum was still expanding. Huang Li Island gradually became prosperous. The cultivators who stayed on the island gradually changed from the Blood Refining Realm to the Blood Condensation Realm. Lu Ping, Hu Lili, and Chen Lian's shops also started to make profits. The 20,000 spirit stones that Lu Ping spent were also gradually being recovered.
Li Ziming, Lin Sheng, and the others who initially mocked Lu Ping for wasting spirit stones shut their mouths. They regretted not renting a few shops in the first place, but it was too late. The cultivator merchants with keen senses had already bought up all the shops on Huang Li Island.
In the beginning, Hu Lili was also skeptical about Lu Ping's generosity. Later on, she saw that Huang Li Island was becoming more and more prosperous. First, Lu Ping went to Fei Ling Island, then he went into closed-door cultivation after he came back. He didn't care about the shops at all, so Hu Lili had no choice but to take over. Soon, she became addicted to the feeling of earning spirit stones. She managed the three shops, including Chen Lian's, in an orderly manner.
Chen Lian joked several times that Hu Lili was becoming more and more like a lady boss. At first, Hu Lili blushed, but later on, she just let it be. In the end, she even sneered at Chen Lian, saying that she was willing to be a lady boss for so many spirit stones. This made Chen Lian speechless.
Li Ziming and his son were envious of the three people's properties in the market square. They knew that the three shops were nominally owned by the three people, but in fact, Lu Ping paid the rent alone. Therefore, after Lu Ping went to Fei Ling Island, they hoped that Lu Ping would die on Fei Ling Island. In this way, they could use some means to take over the three shops.
Later, Lu Ping returned safely from Fei Ling Island. The father and son were disappointed, so they came up with another plan. They reported to the sect that Huang Li Island's market square was becoming more and more prosperous. They hoped that the sect could take back all the shops that were rented out and send cultivators to manage them for the sect.
Li Ziming was quite clever. He knew that the large shops on the island had powerful backers and weren't people he could afford to offend. In his report, he only mentioned the scattered shops. These were small businesses of ordinary cultivators and wouldn't involve any major powers. His goal was naturally to deal with Lu Ping and the others. As for who would be sent to manage the shops after they were taken back, besides Li Ziming, who was currently in charge of Huang Li Island, who else could it be?
After Lu Ping heard about these matters from Hu Lili, he disdainfully smiled and said, "Let them be, there is no need to pay attention to them."
Sure enough, after Li Ziming's report was submitted to Xuan Qi Island, Master Immortal Liu handed it over to Daoist Qu. Daoist Qu didn't even look at it and casually threw it away. Li Ziming's report disappeared.
After Lu Ping returned to Xuan Qi Island, he gave all the jade slips about formations to Hu Lili as a gift. At the same time, he also gave the Water Mist Pavilion's cultivator a formation plate and a magic tool. This made Hu Lili quite happy and she hurriedly brought these things back to her cave residence to study.
As for Chen Lian, Lu Ping directly gave him some of the spiritual materials he obtained on Fei Ling Island as samples for him to study. This caused Chen Lian to look at Lu Ping in confusion and ask, "Did you kill people on Fei Ling Island and rob them?"
This half-correct statement made Lu Ping quite depressed. He originally wanted to give Chen Lian a high-grade crafting furnace, but he decided to wait for now. Although Chen Lian's smithing skills weren't low, using a high-grade crafting furnace at the Second Layer of the Blood Condensation Realm was still a bit difficult. Moreover, people would covet it in the future.
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