Although Lu Ping knew that Liu Tianling and Laozu would quickly send their cultivators to participate in this grand gathering of human cultivators, he didn't expect Zhenling to arrive so quickly.
Although Lu Ping and the large sects that received the news in advance began to occupy their encampments at the same time, Zhenling's arrival was only a few days later than him.
At this time, most of the medium-sized sects in the Middle Plains had not yet had the time to send their cultivators to the Nine Profound Tower, let alone the overseas sects. Even if the medium-sized sects in the North Sea received the news, they did not have a secret transmission array that led directly to the Middle Plains like Zhenling. By the time they arrived at the Middle Plains, they would not even have a place to stand.
Lu Ping was originally a bit confused, but after asking, he found out that Liu Tianyuan and Tian Tian had been traveling along the eastern coast of the Middle Plains for the past few years. They received the news from the Heavenly Moon Sect, so they quickly notified the sect, which was why Zhenling's reaction was so fast.
However, he didn't expect that Zhenling's relationship with the Heavenly Moon Sect was already so close, which was a good thing.
Speaking of the relationship between Zhenling and the large sects in the Middle Plains, the Heavenly Moon Sect was previously connected to the Heavenly Profound Sect because of Lu Ping. This was also because Lu Ping had saved the Heavenly Profound Sect's direct disciple. Moreover, the deeper reason for the establishment of this relationship was because of the Heavenly Profound Sect's situation at the time. Establishing a relationship with Zhenling itself was because of the Heavenly Profound Sect's deep calculations.
The fundamental reason for maintaining a relationship with the Heavenly Moon Sect was that both sides were facing the attack of the Crystal Palace. The enemy of an enemy was naturally an ally. However, although the Crystal Palace was suppressing the rise of Zhenling in the North Sea, they were more focused on expanding their sphere of influence in the Middle Plains. From this point of view, the pressure on the Heavenly Moon Sect was actually greater.
The reason why Zhenling and the Heavenly Moon Sect could be connected was because the Heavenly Moon Sect and the Carefree Sect had a deep relationship. Zhenling's Tianqin Laozu was once an elder of the "boudoir" of the Carefree Sect. As an alchemist, Tianqin Laozu had a very high status in the "boudoir".
Moreover, Heavenly Moon Sect had once set up an outer clan in the North Sea. Later on, the clan was wiped out by the Crystal Palace. Lu Ping sent the only surviving girl of the clan to Heavenly Moon Sect, which could be considered as forming a good relationship with the sect.
From the encirclement of the Nine Profound Tower's Mara, it seemed that the relationship between the Heavenly Moon Sect and the Heavenly Moon Sect was very successful.
If Zhenling wanted to become a large sect, then it had to cross the Stormy Ocean via a treasured ship and build a super long distance teleportation array in another large sect in the Middle Plains. This process not only would the overseas sect be recognized by the Middle Plains, but it also meant that the two sects that built the super long distance teleportation array would become allies.
Zhenling had to be serious about this choice. Although the Heavenly Profound Sect had taken the initiative to look for them, there was no doubt that Zhenling would not carelessly put all of its eggs in one basket. Instead, it would compare goods and repeatedly consider.
However, from the looks of it now, these two large sects seemed to be very sincere. However, the Heavenly Profound Sect had first been pressured by Wuxing School and the isolation of the other four Holy Lands, which caused the Heavenly Profound Sect to have the intention to seek help from overseas. For this reason, the Heavenly Profound Sect not only contacted Zhenling, which was about to become a large sect, but also secretly contacted the Crystal Palace.
However, the problem was that the current Wuxing School had no choice but to restrain themselves after the battle of Luo Xin Mountain because they had made too many enemies. This also gave the Heavenly Profound Sect a chance to breathe. Whether the Heavenly Profound Sect would be as sincere to Zhenling as before was a variable.
On the other hand, because the Heavenly Moon Sect had a common enemy with Zhenling, it seemed more logical for the two to cooperate. Furthermore, this time, the Heavenly Moon Sect had also shown enough sincerity by revealing the matter of the Nine Profound Tower to Zhenling.
More importantly, as an important supporter of the Heavenly Moon Sect in resisting the Crystal Palace, the Nine Profound Tower had been besieged by Mara for more than ten years. Even if they were freed from Mara's siege, they would most likely suffer a great loss. Without the Nine Profound Tower as a pillar, the Heavenly Moon Sect would not be able to resist the overbearing Crystal Palace. There was another more important reason, and that was that the Heavenly Moon Sect was separated by the Stormy Ocean and the East Sea, but was much further away from Zhenling in the North Sea.
In the encampment, Tian Fan Laozu and Tian Xue Laozu gave a general introduction of the current situation of Zhenling. After that, they talked about the situation of the two sects. However, they wanted to seek advice from Lu Ping.
Although Lu Ping was only a third generation disciple, his position in Zhenling was quite high. He already had the right to interfere with the decisions of the sect. This time, he had made such a big name for himself in the Middle Earth. Especially now that he had defeated many great practitioners, it could be said that he had already shocked the entire cultivation world. His position in Zhenling would only rise further.
However, Lu Ping's teacher was the leader of Zhenling, so he naturally could not casually express his opinion. In reality, even Lu Ping himself could not decide which of the two sects to choose.
However, what made Lu Ping happy was that Jiang Tianlin Laozu was already in seclusion. This meant that Jiang Tianlin Laozu had already pushed his level of practice to the peak of the mid Dharma stage. Once he successfully passed the second lightning tribulation, then Zhenling would welcome its second great practitioner of the late Dharma stage. At the same time, Zhenling would truly have the right to aspire to become the leader of a large sect.
Of course, when Tianlin Laozu advanced to the mid Dharma stage, as well as his good friend Tian Xuan and second senior sister Tian Ru successfully condensed their Dharma powers, Lu Ping also went up to congratulate them.
Among the third generation of Zhenling, there were many late Core Forging adepts who had hopes of breaking through to the Dharma stage. However, other than Tian Xuan and Tian Ru, who had recently broken through, the somewhat impatient Xuan Yong had also tried to condense his Dharma power. Unfortunately, he had failed at the last moment. Xuan Yong himself had also lost his Qi. Without three to five years of cultivation, he would not be able to accumulate enough energy to break through to the Dharma stage.
In reality, it was not only Xuan Yong. There were many other practitioners who had been at the peak of the Core Forging stage for longer than him, such as Xuan Shang, Xuan Cai, Xuan Bei, Xuan Lei, Xuan Su, and Xuan Xiang, who had all tried to break through to the Dharma stage. However, these people had all failed.
After Zhenling's Lu Tianping, Liu Tianyuan, and Tian Tian had successfully advanced to the Dharma stage, the third generation of Zhenling's disciples were greatly encouraged, but at the same time, they were slowly infected with a layer of impetuous emotions. It was as if the Dharma stage, which was originally like a natural moat, had become less frightening. There were also feelings of jealousy, such as "If he can do it, why can't I?", and so on. The third generation of Zhenling's disciples, on the other hand, had set off a wave of craze to break through to the Dharma stage.
However, the results were very disappointing. In this wave of craze, other than Li Xuanru and Ji Xuanxuan who had successfully condensed their Dharma Power, the others had undoubtedly failed one after another.
The consequences of failure were usually very serious. This was because breaking through to the Dharma stage required the practitioner to put in all their effort. Hence, once they failed, the price they had to pay was self-evident. Not only would a large amount of training resources be wasted, but the practitioner's vitality would also be greatly damaged. Like Xuan Yong, it was already very fortunate that he had only delayed his breakthrough for three to four years. Even if he had to recuperate for ten years or more, it was not impossible that his foundation would be damaged and he would completely lose all hope of breaking through to the Dharma stage.
Currently, among the three generations of Zhenling's practitioners, the number of people who had advanced to the Dharma stage had already reached 17. If the outer sect elder, Xiang Lou Laozu, who wielded the Vast Sea Bell, and the third-generation practitioner, Yin Tianchu, who had been expelled from the sect, the number of Dharma adepts in Zhenling had reached a terrifying 19.
The number of Dharma adepts at this level was already more than the number of ordinary large sects. In terms of strength, they were no longer weaker than ordinary large sects like the Houtu Sect. Furthermore, other than the Great Dharma adepts, the proportion of second and third generation practitioners among the Dharma adepts was also becoming more and more reasonable. It could be said that although there were twists and turns in the development of Zhenling, it was indeed moving in a good direction.
The arrival of the practitioners in Zhenling had greatly increased the speed of the construction of the station, especially the half-baked Five Elements Formation that Lu Ping had previously set up. At this time, under the arrangement of the Zhenling Formation Masters, it was gradually being perfected. However, at this time, Lu Ping's attention had already flown to Black Fox, who was directing a few formation masters to set up the large formation. He did not expect that Black Fox would also come this time.
When Lu Ping first met her, he had already given her the complete array formation inheritance of the Five Elements Sect that he obtained from Golden Cicada Ancestor. Then, Daoist Mystic Fox immediately followed the [Detailed Explanation of the Five Elements Sect's Array Formation Inheritance] and started to reconstruct and perfect the array formation in the encampment.
Black Fox was now also a cultivator in the late stage of the Core Forging Realm. Over the years, she had been learning formations and restoring the formation runes of the treasure ship's wreckage with Spiritual Master Xuanchen. Her attainments in formations had also reached the level of a Formation Grandmaster. Lu Ping's formation inheritance happened to solve her urgent need. Perhaps this was the opportunity for her to become a Formation Grandmaster.
Xuan Hu was talented in array formations, but that was all. Compared to Deng Ming, the other Array Formation Grandmaster that Lu Ping had recruited into the sect, Xuan Hu was still a far cry from him. Deng Ming's talent in array formations was more groundbreaking, and he had his own style. He was someone who could become an array formation grandmaster of his generation.
On the other hand, Daoist Master Black Fox was much more disciplined. Her attainments in formations were more rigid. Therefore, she needed to study the complete inheritance system of formations, and not put it in a place like the Nether Void Formation so that she could comprehend the mysteries of formations on her own.
The two of them had a lot to say when they met, but it was not the right time. After greeting each other, they parted amidst the laughter of the formation masters.
Lu Ping had seen a few of his disciples among the Core Forging Realm cultivators who came to the Central Region from Zhenling. He had not seen them for many years. He did not know how their self-cultivation was going and whether they had gone astray on the path of cultivation.
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