After experiencing the first Lightning Tribulation, Lu Ping had experienced the importance of a cultivator's physical body. If a cultivator's physical body collapsed during the Lightning Tribulation, the Dharma Form would immediately disappear due to the loss of a foundation.
On the contrary, if the physical body was strong enough, it would be able to support the Dharma Form during the Lightning Tribulation. At the very least, before the Dharma Form became a Celestial Spirit, the physical body would always be the Dharma Form's bridge to communicate with Heaven and Earth.
This kind of Secret Technique that came at the cost of self-mutilation seemed to only leave a small wound on the cultivator's physical body. However, if one wanted to recover from these wounds, it would take more than just healing the wound on the surface of the skin. Furthermore, the blood that flowed out was the essence of a source of aura for every cultivator. In the long run, not only would it harm one's cultivation, it would also harm one's physical body. In the end, it would endanger the cultivator's future on the path of cultivation.
Lu Ping knew that Deng Ming was also a stubborn person. Since he had already chosen this Secret Technique, he naturally understood the pros and cons of it. Lu Ping rummaged through his storage device and took out a bottle of Qi Replenishing Blood Nourishing Pills with Golden Nuts and handed it to Deng Ming. He then congratulated him, "In that case, Junior Brother Deng is now a first-rate Formation Grandmaster. Our sect has really gotten lucky this time."
Deng Ming replied humbly, "If it weren't for Senior Brother's help, I would have lost my life long ago, let alone Senior Bi Ran's inheritance and Grandmaster Wen Yuan's inheritance. I wouldn't have been able to dream of achieving what I have today!"
Lu Ping waved his hand and said, "Wen Yuan is after me. I'm just an innocent bystander. Come to think of it, I'm the one who dragged you into danger. Although we've entered Kongming Island this time, the celestial phenomenon caused by my Lightning Tribulation has lasted for too long. I don't know how many cultivators from various sects have been lured over and are waiting for us in the Kongming Legacy Formation. We're still in danger!"
"Oh!"
Deng Ming was not surprised by this. He smiled and said, "If I were like you and could cause such a huge commotion during a Thunder Tribulation, I wouldn't hesitate to attract all the cultivators in the cultivation world!"
Deng Ming had witnessed the entire process of Lu Ping's Lightning Tribulation. Naturally, he knew just how big of a ruckus Lu Ping had caused. The tribulation clouds had been hovering above Dark Void Island for over a year. Additionally, unlike the cultivators hiding within the Dark Void Array, Deng Ming believed that this was just a 2nd Lightning Tribulation for a cultivator with a weaker cultivation base.
He knew that this was Lu Ping's first Thunder Tribulation, which was comparable to the first Thunder Tribulation of the Second Thunder Tribulation. Moreover, Lu Ping seemed to have passed through it unscathed. This was what truly shocked him.
Therefore, even though Deng Ming could not see what was happening outside the Dark Void Array, he could imagine that the area outside Dark Void Island must have attracted the attention of many cultivators.
Seeing that Deng Ming was not panicking in the slightest, Lu Ping could not help but think even more highly of him. He smiled and said, "How is it? You must have looted Dark Void Island for the past decade or so. How's the harvest?"
As he spoke, Samling and the others came forward to greet him. Lu Bi also handed Lu Ping's storage magic item to Lu Ping.
Over the past decade or so, Lu Ping's many followers had also gained something. Some had improved their cultivation, while others had gained something from Dark Void Island.
However, most of the things were ordinary items that did not catch Lu Ping's attention. Samling and the others kept the items.
What Lu Ping needed was the Spirit Herbs that grew on the island. No one had entered this place for thousands of years. Nourished by the large Spirit Veins on the island, some of the Spirit Herbs had multiplied and covered quite a large area. There were many Spirit Herbs that were 1,000 and 3,000 years old, which were what Lu Ping needed the most at the moment.
However, before harvesting these Spirit Herbs, he had to let the Purple Crystal Bee King and its subordinates have a good time.
Since the last time on Fei Ling Mountain, when Lu Ping had advanced to the Dharma stage, he had killed 90% of the Purple Crystal Bee swarm. However, after decades of recuperation, the Purple Crystal Bee King had finally expanded its swarm to 3,000.
However, this time, the Purple Crystal Bee King was no longer blindly expanding its swarm. Instead, it paid more attention to the quality of the swarm. As a result, the size of the swarm had been controlled at 3,000 for the past few decades. However, more than half of these 3,000 bees had advanced to the Blood Condensation stage. If they formed a Dao Soldier Formation, its power would be twice as strong as before.
Most of these gains were related to formations, so they were kept by Deng Ming. In the past decade or so, Deng Ming had undoubtedly gained the most.
Deng Ming smiled and said, "Many of these gains can be used to build, repair, and improve large-scale formations, such as the Sect-Protecting Formation. Also, many of these can be used on the treasured ship. In the future, when we reach the North Sea, we should have something to show off. It would be good to present it as a token of our loyalty."
Lu Ping was amused. With Deng Ming's current status as a formation master, if he wanted to find a home in a sect, his status would not be lower than that of a Dharma adept. Naturally, Zhenling was no exception.
However, since Deng Ming had this intention, it was obvious that he had a certain sense of belonging to Zhenling. Lu Ping was naturally happy and tacitly agreed to Deng Ming's plan. Moreover, if Deng Ming was able to produce results upon arriving at Zhenling, he would be able to quickly gain the recognition of Zhenling and devote himself to the restoration of the treasured ship.
Most of the gains on Kongming Island were naturally due to Dabao's efforts. He passed eight to nine miniature and small-scale spirit-gathering pearls to Lu Ping and said, "Boss, should we …"
Dabao made a pulling gesture, obviously wanting to take the spirit vein here with him.
Lu Ping shook his head and said, "The spirit vein here has already merged with the spell. The moment we touch the spirit vein, the spell will definitely collapse. When that happens, the cultivators hiding in the spell will rush in and kill us, and we won't be able to escape even if we want to."
Dabao looked at everything on the island regretfully. Lu Ping saw this and smiled. "We've already gotten the most out of this. The rest of the things that we can't take away will be taken by the people outside."
Dabao only smiled when he heard this. Beside him, Deng Ming could tell that Lu Ping did not seem to be troubled by the current situation, so he smiled and said, "Looks like Senior already has a plan to escape!"
Lu Ping smiled and said, "I have some ideas, but I'm afraid that we will still have to fight when the time comes. At least it will be better than stepping into the enemy's ambush and being surrounded. When the time comes, it will be a battle between Dharma adepts, and none of you will be able to help. Let's just go into the House of Gold first."
Lu Ping then put Samling and the others into the House of Gold. Initially, Samling, Lu Qin-er, and Lu Xiaohai were extremely unwilling. Samling was now a peak Core Forging adept, and if they worked together, even early Dharma adepts would not be a match for them. Lu Qin-er practiced both wind and fire. Although she had not achieved the Golden Elixir stage yet, she was confident that she would be able to deal with Dharma adepts. As for Lu Xiaohai, he had just advanced to the late Core Forging stage and was in high spirits. Naturally, he also wanted to fight against powerful people.
All this while, Lu Ping's followers had been under Lu Ping's care. Whenever they were in danger, it was usually Lu Ping who was fighting alone. These proud and arrogant fellows were of noble birth, and all of them hoped that Lu Ping would give them a chance to prove themselves.
However, Lu Ping still threw them into the House of Gold without any explanation. Beside him, Deng Ming said, "Senior, as your so-called followers, sooner or later, you will have to let them handle things on their own. If you always have to take care of everything for them, how are you different from a greenhouse flower?"
Lu Ping smiled bitterly and said, "Junior Martial Brother Deng is right. It's just that sometimes, they really have no other choice. Places that I call 'dangerous' are not places that they can set foot in. In addition, their backgrounds are a little tricky, so there's usually no other way!"
Deng Ming shook his head and did not say anything else.
The two of them arrived at the edge of Kongming Island. Looking at the Formation in front of them, Deng Ming said, "This is one of the nine Protective Formations of Kongming Island. For thousands of years, no one has been able to understand any of them. Where did these nine Protective Formations come from? There are even rumors that these nine Protective Formations may have been passed down from Jiao Daoren. Even the Kongming Sect probably knew about it, but didn't know why."
Jiao Daoren could be said to be the origin of the Cultivation World's Formation Art. It was understandable that the Kongming Sect would be suspected of setting up such an ancient Formation. However, now that Lu Ping knew the origin of these Nine Protective Formations and had used his Divine Sense to carve the Nine Protective Formations into the Sword of the True Spirit, he naturally would not allow these Nine Protective Formations to be passed down to the world.
Lu Ping's hands touched dozens of mysterious hand seals, all of which were recorded in the golden scale. These hand seals were different from any other hand seals used to activate or activate an array formation in the cultivation world. Even Deng Ming, who was watching from the side, was baffled by what he was doing.
However, after Lu Ping imprinted each of the hand seals onto the Formation in front of him, the Formation immediately lit up with a faint layer of light.
Lu Ping's eyes suddenly shot out two beams of light. He looked at the array formation wall and nodded in satisfaction. Then, he gestured to Deng Ming beside him and said, "Junior Martial Brother, do you want to see the true face of these nine array formations that are the best in the cultivation world?"
Deng Ming already knew that Lu Ping had most likely obtained the true inheritance of these Nine Protective Formations from the moment Lu Ping's hands began to perform the hand seals. He was already indescribably excited. When he heard Lu Ping's words, he couldn't help but nod and look at Lu Ping with anticipation.
Lu Ping chuckled and reached out to place his hand on Deng Ming's shoulder. An unparalleled power erupted from Deng Ming's shoulder. Then, in a daze, Deng Ming's Divine Sense seemed to see a pair of strange eyes staring at him. It was as if the eyes could instantly see through his soul.
Deng Ming couldn't help but shiver and immediately became clear-headed. Then, he heard Lu Ping's voice, "Junior Brother, you can open your eyes and look!"
Dense array nodes flashed on the protective wall in front of them, just like a star chart in the night sky!
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