Now, even the fifth generation of Zhen Ling Sect's disciples had begun to mature. However, the disciples under Lu Ping's tutelage had turned the difficult process of becoming Lu Ping's disciple into an unwritten rule. At the very least, they still didn't have a disciple to inherit their heritage.
It wasn't that there weren't people in the sect urging them to accept disciples, and it wasn't that they didn't want to accept disciples. It was just that in their eyes, Lu Ping was only a Late Core Forging Realm cultivator with his current achievements. They were far inferior to their teacher, so how could they be qualified to teach others?
Lu Ping had three direct disciples: Wang Xuanqi, Tian Xuanyue, and Du Xuanluo. There were also three in-name disciples: Fang Xuanwei, Fang Xuanxia, and Zeng Xuanwu.
Wang Xuanqi's cultivation was at the sixth stage of the Core Forging stage, and he stood out among the fourth generation of Zhenling's disciples. Tian Xuanyue didn't come with the sect, but he was an alchemist, so his cultivation progress was slower. As for Du Jialuo, he had advanced to the mid-stage of the Core Forging stage and was only one step away from advancing to the fifth stage.
Among the three in-name disciples, only Zeng Xuanwu came. His cultivation had broken through to the mid-stage of the Core Forging stage, and he was the same as Du Jialuo.
Among the three in-name disciples, Wang Xuanqi already had the qualifications to advance to the late-stage of the Core Forging stage. However, he remembered Lu Ping's instructions and didn't rush to smelt the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects. Instead, after advancing to the sixth stage of the Core Forging stage, he began to follow his own path of cultivation to strengthen his foundation.
Originally, Wang Xuanqi's cultivation was considered the fastest among the fourth generation disciples. However, Wang Xuanqi's cultivation had stagnated at the Core Forging Stage Sixth Layer for several years without any progress. On the other hand, there were many talented disciples among the fourth generation of Zhen Ling Sect who had caught up to him.
However, before these people could be complacent, they suddenly realized that although Wang Xuanqi's cultivation progress had slowed down, his strength was getting more and more daunting. The cultivators who were supposed to lose to Wang Xuanqi after 30 moves couldn't even last 10 moves after advancing to the sixth stage of the Core Forging stage.
Du Xuanluo's aptitude was the strongest among Lu Ping's disciples. However, he had never displayed any outstanding talent in front of others. His cultivation speed could only be considered above average. Among the fourth generation of Zhen Ling Sect's disciples, his cultivation speed wasn't particularly outstanding, but it wasn't particularly eye-catching.
However, only Wang Xuanqi knew how difficult it was to deal with this Third Junior Brother of his. Du Xuanluo cultivated an Earth Elemental Skill, and the density of the True Essence in his body was something that Wang Xuanqi had never seen before in his life. Earth Elemental Skill was good for defense, and Wang Xuanqi was famous for his sharp swordsmanship in Zhen Ling Sect.
However, when the two of them fought, even though Wang Xuanqi's cultivation was far superior to Du Xuanluo's, it would take more than 50 rounds to break his defense. It could be seen how difficult it was to deal with Du Xuanluo.
Du Xuanluo's cultivation method was slightly different from Wang Xuanqi's. Wang Xuanqi's cultivation method was to push his cultivation to a certain bottleneck at a relatively fast speed, and then start to consolidate his foundation. When the time was right, he would break through the bottleneck in one go, causing his cultivation to increase by leaps and bounds again. Moreover, he didn't have to worry about his foundation being unstable.
Du Xuanluo, on the other hand, cultivated steadily from the beginning. His cultivation progress wasn't fast, but every step he took forward made his foundation extremely solid. In the early stages, his cultivation progress was very inconspicuous, but as his cultivation increased, more and more people began to gradually fall behind because of their unstable foundation and other various reasons. At this time, Du Jialuo's steady progress was very eye-catching.
However, because he was the direct disciple of the Water Sword Immortal, Lu Tianping, this progress seemed to be reasonable in the eyes of everyone.
Du Xuanluo had kept a low profile among the fourth generation disciples of Zhenling. However, compared to Ceng Xuanwu, Du Xuanluo's identity as the direct disciple of Soundwave Manor was also eye-catching. On the other hand, up until now, most of the people in Zhenling still thought that this cultivator who patrolled Huang Li Island every day was only an outer court cultivator of Zhenling.
Ceng Xuanwu's aptitude wasn't outstanding when compared to Du Xuanluo and Wang Xuanqi, but Ceng Xuanwu's strength lay in his diligence and persistence towards cultivation. This was also the reason why Lu Ping took him in after he gave him the opportunity to enter Zhenling to cultivate. This disciple was extremely similar to Lu Ping in many aspects.
Just as Lu Ping was teaching a few of his disciples, a hurried whistling sound rang out. Lu Ping's expression froze, and he had no choice but to stop teaching. After giving a few instructions to his three disciples, he had already broken through the void and disappeared.
Outside Zhenling's station, Lu Ping's figure appeared outside the formation shield that had yet to be completely set up. At this time, Tianfan, Tian Xue, Tian Shan, and the other Dharma adepts of Zhenling had already arrived.
Not far away, a beam of light shot over. It was Ji Tianxuan riding a flying puppet bird. Seeing the crowd from afar, he said, "There's an army of Mara going up the Qing Ming River. It looks like they're coming for us. Tianyuan, Tian Tian, and the two Qin brothers are trying to stop the Mara army along the way. However, it looks like they won't be able to hold them off for long."
Tian Shan Laozu asked in a low voice, "How's their strength?"
Ji Tianxuan heaved a sigh of relief and said, "We've found at least four Jade Mara and close to ten Blood Mara."
Everyone's expression changed. Four Jade Mara joining forces was equivalent to the strength of two Great Adepts. In addition to the ten Blood Mara, their strength had already far surpassed the current Zhenling. Moreover, what Tian Xuan and the others had found might not be the entire number of Mara army.
In the station, Mystical Fox Enlightened was flying over. When Tianfan Laozu saw her, he asked, "How long will it take for the station's great formation to be set up?"
Mystical Fox Enlightened was stunned for a moment. She glanced at Lu Ping and said, "It'll probably take another two hours!"
Tianfan Laozu said, "We have to try our best to delay this group of Mara. At the very least, we have to wait until the station's great formation is set up. Otherwise, even if we manage to repel this group of Mara, I'm afraid we'll suffer heavy losses."
Lu Ping also said, "Get the disciples to set up the Dao Soldier Formation and prepare for battle. Speed up the installation of the station's defensive formation. This disciple will first go and meet this group of Mara army."
Tianfan, Tian Xue, and Tianfan Laozu wanted to go as well. However, Lu Ping said, "However, Senior Uncle Tianfan can go alone. The station still needs the two Senior Granduncles to oversee it. The arrival of this group of Mara army is very suspicious. If there's some small fry taking the opportunity to cause trouble, we'll be fully prepared."
Tian Xue Laozu's expression changed, "You're saying that this group of Mara army was intentionally lured here by someone to frame us?"
Lu Ping muttered to himself, "There's no harm in being prepared. In any case, we must not fall into their trap of luring us away!"
Lu Ping was indeed worried. Zhenling was, after all, an overseas sect. Furthermore, it was an unknown medium-sized sect. Putting aside the fact that they arrived early, the moment they arrived in the Central Plains, they displayed such a strong performance because of him. Furthermore, the strength they displayed was even stronger than ordinary large sects. This inevitably aroused the resentment of other sects. If someone really lured over the Mara army, with Tian Fan and Tian Xue, who were comparable to Grand Cultivators overseeing the station, they wouldn't have to worry about their nest being raided.
Tian Xuan and Tian Ru followed the two Laozu and stayed behind to guard the camp. As for Lu Ping, he brought Lu Hai and Laozu along the Qing Ming River to meet up with Tian Tian, Tian Yuan, and the Qin brothers.
In just a short moment, the three of them could already hear the rumbling of the battle on the surface of the Qing Ming River. This place was less than a hundred miles away from Zhenling's station. Tian Fan and Tian Xue, the two Laozu, should be able to feel the spiritual energy vibrations from the Qing Ming River due to the battle.
Qin Yu and Qin Gang had already suffered some injuries. Both of them tried their best to cooperate with Tian Tian and Tian Yuan to block the six Blood Mara that were chasing after them.
Tian Yuan used his Earth Element Real Body to block the attack of two Blood Shura. At the side, Tian Tian immediately followed up with a divine ability. One of the Blood Shura couldn't dodge in time, so it cried out and took on Tian Tian's divine ability. Instantly, it was injured. As for Qin Yu and Qin Gang, their attacks were slightly slower. After the two Blood Shura dodged their attacks, they only delayed their pursuit. However, the four Mara behind them caught up.
Qin Yu and Qin Gang's abilities were undoubtedly much weaker than Tian Tian and Tian Yuan's. Originally, among the third generation of Zhenling's disciples, other than Lu Ping, Tian Tian's cultivation was the strongest.
However, now that Tian Yuan's abilities had surpassed Tian Tian's by quite a bit, Lu Ping knew that this was because Tian Yuan had refined the Dharma Soul left behind by Tian Kang Laozu after he passed away.
After Tian Kang Laozu passed away, he left behind a second-tribulation spiritual treasure, the Mountain Splitting Axe, which was now in Laozu's possession. However, Tianshan Laozu had refused to refine the Dharma Soul, leaving it for his own disciple, Tian Yuan, to refine. After Liu Tianyuan had advanced to the Dharma stage and refined the Dharma Soul, the growth of his abilities had far surpassed that of Tian Tian, who had advanced to the Dharma stage before him.
Now that Liu Tianyuan had not only mastered his Natal Great Magic, the Earth Element Real Body, his level of practice had also soared all the way to the peak of the early Dharma stage. This time, the four of them had obstructed the Mara's army from traveling up the river. If not for Liu Tianyuan, their harassment would have been like sheep in a tiger's den.
Lu Ping and the others rushed over. Tianshan Laozu stretched out his hand and the Mountain Splitting Axe appeared in his hand. With a wave of his hand, a door in space opened. When Tianshan Laozu reappeared, he was already in the air above Liu Tianyuan and the others.
"Kill!"
Tianshan Laozu roared, and the Mountain Splitting Axe slashed towards the head of the Blood Mara that was pouncing on him again. The unparalleled power of the second-tribulation spiritual treasure caused the few Blood Mara below to panic. Lu Hai looked excited, holding the Taixuan Tomahawk in his hand, shouting loudly to join the battle.
Only Lu Ping stood still at the side. Naturally, he did not care about the few Blood Mara. Instead, his gaze was fixed on the Qingming River a few miles away. There, a group of Mara's army was traveling up the Qingming River. Lu Ping had already sensed the hidden aura of Asura.
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