The so-called battle of Mara's army breaking out of the encirclement was just what the human cultivators had thought of Mara's army at the beginning. In their eyes, the human cultivators had already surrounded Mara's army in another layer of encirclement, so Mara's army would definitely be afraid and break out of the encirclement!
But in reality, who knew that Mara's army would definitely be afraid?
Mara's army had suddenly split up to attack when the cultivators from the various sects had not stabilized their footing. The Mara's army had different strengths and different charging forces, but they were definitely not trying to break out of the encirclement. This was because, according to the information brought back by the various sects' cultivators, Mara's army was still besieging the Nine Profound Tower, and there were no signs of their main forces moving at all.
This meant that Mara's army was well aware of the human cultivators' encirclement, but they clearly did not take it to heart. On the contrary, they fought with the cultivators from the various sects as if they were demonstrating their strength.
Lu Ping came out from Lin Yu and Laozu's place. Clearly, the two of them were very confused by Mara's army's actions this time. However, there was one thing they had in common, and that was that the Mara's army they were facing this time seemed to be extremely strange. They seemed to be much more 'intelligent' than what was recorded in the records of Mara's Calamity in the past.
It was not just the individual high-level Mara's, but the entire Mara's army seemed to have gained a lot of intelligence and judgment. At the very least, when the high-level Mara's faced the threat of death, they were no longer as fearless as before. On the contrary, they knew how to escape …
"Senior Brother Lu!"
A clear shout interrupted Lu Ping's thoughts. When Lu Ping turned to look in the direction of the voice, he was slightly taken aback. "Junior Sister Li?"
The person in front of him was Li Xiuzhu, Tianqin Laozu's last disciple from the East Sea's three islands. However, he should now be called Xuanzhu.
Li Xuanzhu was now at the eighth stage of the Core Forging realm. This speed was not very fast, but it was definitely not slow either. Tianqin Laozu's faction had four outstanding disciples. The eldest disciple was Xuanhui, who was Tian Tian's dao companion. The second disciple was Zhu Xuanmeng, and the two youngest disciples were Chu Xuanting and Li Xuanzhu.
Li Xuanzhu seemed very excited to see Lu Ping. She was not qualified to enter the meeting hall to attend the meeting, so she did not know that Tianqin Laozu had innocently berated Lu Ping in the meeting hall. She smiled. "Senior Senior Lu Ping, Master, Master asked me to invite you."
Lu Ping was startled, but he immediately recovered. He smiled and said, "Okay!"
It must be said that the relationship between Tianqin Laozu and Lu Ping was originally very good. Although Tianqin Laozu and Lu Ping's Master, the Heavenly Spirit Sect, did not get along, this did not affect the relationship between Lu Ping and Tianqin Laozu. Even when Tianqin Laozu returned to the sect, Lu Ping had played a great role.
From Lu Ping's point of view, although this Junior Martial Aunt held a deep grudge against his teacher, her sense of belonging to Zhen Ling Sect was unquestionable. This was evident from the fact that she had been away from Zhen Ling Sect for decades and had even become one of the elders in the boudoir. But when the boudoir established a large-scale sect and invited her to take charge of the Hall of Alchemy, she resolutely refused the invitation.
In Lu Ping's view, although Tianqin Laozu was arrogant, she was intelligent, knew the big picture, and had a sense of propriety. Although she was not on good terms with the Sect Master, and did not mind deliberately making things difficult for Zhong Hua's faction when it was harmless, she had never mixed in personal grievances when dealing with the sect's affairs.
However, this time, she had publicly reprimanded him in the meeting hall. Although there was an explanation from Tianqin Laozu afterwards, Lu Ping did not think that it was only because of her personal reasons and the matter of Tian Fan and Tian Xue Laozu that she had vented her anger on him. In his view, Tianqin Laozu's self-control would not be so bad. In other words, even if Tianqin Laozu had a personal grievance, there should be a bigger reason!
Although Li Xuanzhu was a woman, she had a cheerful personality and was far less meticulous than other women. She did not notice the change in Lu Ping's expression. She only cared about exchanging pleasantries with Lu Ping all the way to Tianqin Laozu's cultivation hall.
A female cultivator walked out of Tianqin Laozu's cultivation hall. Seeing Lu Ping coming over, she smiled and said, "Greetings, Senior Brother Lu."
This woman was none other than Chu Xuanting, the disciple who had been carefully cultivated by Tianqin Laozu and inherited his alchemy skills.
Lu Ping smiled and said, "So it's Junior Sister Chu. Long time no see. This time, Junior Sister was sent by the sect to take charge of the alchemy in the encampment?"
Chu Xuanting was now also a senior alchemy master in Zhenling. At this time, she came to the Central Region with Tianqin Laozu, obviously to temporarily take charge of the alchemy in the encampment. After all, in the process of war, the demand for elixirs by cultivators increased, especially those used for healing and recovery, which were in short supply.
Chu Xuanting smiled and said, "Isn't there no other way? Do you think I can let Senior Brother Lu take charge of the alchemy in the encampment?"
Lu Ping quickly waved his hand and said, "Me? Forget it! "
Although Lu Ping was an alchemy master, if he was really willing to take charge of the alchemy in the encampment, naturally no one else would have a share, but Lu Ping was not willing to put his energy into this. However, when he was refining the Pure Yang Blood Stasis Pill for Lin Yu Laozu, he still took time to refine a batch of other elixirs as a backup. At this time, there was no shortage of high-grade elixirs in Zhenling's encampment.
Chu Xuanting naturally knew that Lu Ping would not take over these things, and what she said before was just a joke. After that, she turned sideways and said, "Teacher is waiting for you inside!"
Lu Ping nodded and walked into the consultation room.
At this time, Tianqin Laozu was standing by the window of the consultation room and looking out of the window, but her eyes were blurred, and it was obvious that she was distracted. She did not even notice that Lu Ping had come in.
Tianqin Laozu was known as the first beauty of Zhenling in the past. Now that hundreds of years had passed, she was still radiant, and there was a mature and charming temperament all over her body.
Lu Ping bowed slightly and said, "Martial Uncle, are you looking for me?"
Tianqin Laozu's body was slightly startled, but she did not turn around, nor did she speak. For a moment, the atmosphere in the consultation room seemed a little heavy.
"Ah, this time, Martial Uncle is sorry!"
After a long time, Tianqin Laozu finally said.
Lu Ping was stunned. He did not expect Tianqin Laozu to apologize to him personally, so he quickly said, "What are you talking about, Martial Uncle? Isn't it natural for Martial Uncle to teach a disciple a lesson!"
Tianqin Laozu sneered and said, "Are you still an ordinary disciple? With your current strength, I'm afraid that even Martial Uncle Tian Xiang might not be able to defeat you. You are the number one expert in our sect. From the top to the bottom, who doesn't respect and fear you? Now, I have to be the villain! "
Lu Ping was taken aback, he didn't know why Tian Qin would say such a thing. Then, he heard her say, "Of course, your Martial Uncle wasn't completely selfless back then. I was just venting my anger on you."
Lu Ping was stunned. He did not expect that there would really be a personal grudge mixed in. For a moment, he forgot that Tianqin Laozu had said that he was intentionally being the villain. He said, "Martial Uncle, is it because of Tianfan and Tian Xue, the two Martial Uncle's matter?"
This time, it was Tianqin Laozu's turn to be stunned. Hearing Lu Ping mention Tianfan and Tian Xue Laozu, Tianqin Laozu sighed and said, "It was Senior Tianshan who told you. Did he also say that it was because of the grudge between me and your teacher?"
Lu Ping nodded and said, "He mentioned a little, but Martial Uncle Tianshan did not say much."
Tianqin Laozu laughed bitterly and said, "Senior Tianshan is too considerate. He is a good person. Although his wisdom and shrewdness are not weak, he still lacks a resolute and decisive character. From this point, it can be said that the position of Sect Master is indeed your teacher. The rise of Zhenling Sect requires a Sect Master like Senior Tianling."
This was the first time Lu Ping heard Tianqin Laozu's affirmation of his teacher. Although it was not the first time Lu Ping heard such words, when it came from Tianqin Laozu's mouth, Lu Ping still found it hard to believe.
Seeing the strange expression on Lu Ping's face, Tianqin Laozu was not angry. Instead, she continued, "Let's not talk about the grudge between me and Liu Tianling. This time, I made you lose face. Let me ask you, do you know why our sect, Tai Shen Laozu, was not able to become a large sect six thousand years ago?"
Lu Ping was slightly stunned. He knew a little about the True Spirit cultivators who spent a large amount of cultivation resources to advance to the True Spirit realm, eventually leading to the collapse of the sect. Initially, he thought Old Ancestor Tai Ginseng must've done the same. In order to advance to the True Spirit realm, he spent too much of Zhen Ling Sect's resources. Hence, after Old Ancestor Tai Ginseng went missing, Zhen Ling Sect, which was on the verge of becoming stronger, immediately fell into decline. In fact, it was almost wiped out by Fei Ling Sect.
However, hearing Tianqin Laozu's words today, it seemed that there was a hidden story, and it might even involve the current Lu Ping. This made Lu Ping a little curious.
"Back then, Zhenling was actually called a one-man sect, a one-man sect of Tai Shen Laozu!"
Tianqin Laozu finally turned around. She was still as radiant as before, but Lu Ping saw a deep exhaustion in her expression, and even a trace of grief.
Perhaps something really happened, Lu Ping thought.
Tianqin continued, "Tai Shen Laozu was too amazing, and the entire Zhenling was overshadowed by his light. Everyone thought that Tai Shen Laozu would lead our sect to glory. In fact, our sect's light was indeed able to overshadow the Fei Ling Sect's overlord, Fei Ling Sect. However, everyone overlooked that the light of Fei Ling Sect was only Tai Shen Laozu's light."
"Everyone thought that Tai Shen Laozu was the savior of Zhenling, and everyone was looking forward to Tai Shen Laozu's new contributions to our sect. Everyone even thought that everything that Tai Shen Laozu did was right, and that they could enjoy all the glory that Tai Shen Laozu brought to them."
"Tai Shen Laozu's light became Zhenling's light, and Tai Shen Laozu's strength also became Zhenling's strength. When Tai Shen Laozu advanced to True Spirit, all the cultivators of Zhenling thought that our sect would welcome new glory, but Tai Shen Laozu suddenly disappeared!"
Tianqin Laozu's lips curled into a mocking smile, and she said, "Can you imagine the scene of our sect at that time?"
"Panic, cowardice, unable to withstand a single blow!"
Tianqin Laozu's gaze was fixed on Lu Ping, and she said, "The current you is extremely similar to Tai Shen Laozu from back then. Although this cannot be blamed on you, if a sect places its hopes on a single person, then that sect may not be able to go far."
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