In Zhen Ling Side Hall's Grade 2 disciple Group 7's residence, in Lu Ping's room, a pair of eyes suddenly opened in the dark room. Lu Ping stretched out his finger and a flame appeared. He flicked it onto a lamp and the dark room was instantly lit up.
The room wasn't big, only about ten feet in length and width. The furnishings in the room were simple and crude, with only a few daily necessities. It was clear that Lu Ping prioritized cultivation.
Half a month had passed since the grand competition, and Lu Ping's Eighth Layer Blood Refining Realm cultivation had finally stabilized. Lu Ping still had a lingering fear when he recalled what happened during the grand competition.
That day, Lu Ping was lucky enough to break through at the last moment and block Leng Qian's attack. Then, he hurriedly took out the mystic instrument, Landslide, and with the help of a few high-grade blood talismans, he defeated Leng Qian.
However, the spiritual energy that Lu Ping had just accumulated was also depleted. Without the guidance of spiritual energy, his breakthrough was like a building without cement. It was on the verge of collapse. Once his cultivation collapsed, Lu Ping would either fall back to the Seventh Layer or suffer severe injuries that would take years to recover.
This was why Lu Ping didn't even look at the result of his last attack. He fell to the ground and desperately circulated his mystic art.
Fortunately, it wasn't too late. Master Immortal Liu took out a precious top-grade Essence Rejuvenation Pill to prevent his cultivation from collapsing. However, Lu Ping couldn't participate in the grand competition on the second day and could only forfeit.
For the next half a month, Lu Ping went into closed-door cultivation to recover from his injuries and stabilize his cultivation.
Lu Ping was afraid that this breakthrough would leave behind some hidden injuries that would affect his cultivation in the future. Therefore, he carefully used his arcane energy to comb through his body several times to ensure that he wasn't affected.
Half a month later, Lu Ping came out from his closed-door cultivation. Not only did his cultivation stabilize, but his foundation was also strengthened.
Although Lu Ping was disappointed that he had to stop in the top 16, when he thought about it, he realized that he wouldn't even be able to pass Leng Qian's test. Now that he had obtained the top 16's reward, it was already a huge gain.
Thinking of the reward, Lu Ping felt a burst of excitement. He took off a small and exquisite blue pouch from his waist. This was the storage pouch. Lu Ping had seen it on Li Sheng and Leng Qian during the Tournament.
There was a space in the small pouch that could store a large amount of things. Moreover, it was easy to access. Lu Ping's eyes were filled with envy. Initially, he wanted to buy one from the market square after the competition, but he didn't expect that the prize of the competition would be delivered in a small interspatial pouch.
This saved him yet another sum of spirit stones.
Lu Ping channeled his spiritual energy into the storage bag. The storage bag could be used as long as he channeled his spiritual energy into it. Of course, once he reached the Blood Condensation Realm, he could also use his divine sense to carve an array formation on the storage bag. Only the owner of the storage bag could use the storage bag. For now, Lu Ping could only use the storage bag in the simplest way.
Crash! The prizes of the Grand Competition were poured onto the ground in front of Lu Ping.
The Late Blood Refining Realm disciples who participated in the Grand Competition would receive 20 spirit stones, the top 64 would receive 40 spirit stones, and the top 32 would receive 20 medicinal pellets. After Lu Ping advanced to the Eighth Layer, the Blood Purification Pellet that he used previously was no longer as effective. Therefore, he changed it to the Blood Essence Pellet that contained more spiritual energy and was more suitable for Eighth Layer Blood Refining Realm cultivators.
As for the prize for entering the top 16, Lu Ping specifically requested for a flying mystic tool. He already had an offensive mystic tool, the Landslide Seal, and a defensive copper mirror. He just so happened to lack a flying mystic tool for escaping.
Lu Ping had a feeling that the sect must have some ulterior motive for suddenly increasing the scope and intensity of the rewards without explaining the reason to the disciples. Lu Ping didn't believe in the excuse of 'the disciples of the side halls worked hard and achieved great results, so the sect specially increased the rewards'.
Although there had always been rumors that the disciples of the Zhenling Sect improved faster than the disciples of the other sects in the past few decades and became stronger, even if this was true, it was only slightly better than the other sects. It was far from the point where the sect would increase the intensity of the rewards.
These things were still far from the point where Lu Ping could come into contact with them. Right now, Lu Ping could only make use of every opportunity to increase his strength. As for what he would have to pay for the rewards, Lu Ping couldn't care less.
This time, Group 7's results had greatly improved, and Master Immortal Liu had profited greatly.
After Lu Ping was eliminated in the top 16, Yao Yong and Du Feng entered the top 8 and received the Blood Condensing Pill. After that, Du Feng encountered a disciple at the peak of the Ninth Blood Refining Realm. After using a low-grade defensive mystic tool and a mid-grade mystic tool, Du Feng unfortunately lost.
Yao Yong, on the other hand, eliminated Group 1's Lin Sheng and entered the top 4. Unfortunately, he didn't advance any further.
At this point, Group 7's performance in the competition came to an end. Although Master Immortal Liu was disappointed that Yao Yong didn't make it to the finals and that Lu Ping didn't make it to the top 8, Group 7 still ranked third out of the 20 groups. They received 80 mid-grade spirit stones from the bet. After deducting the 20 spirit stones from the bet, they made a net profit of 60 mid-grade spirit stones, which was equivalent to 6,000 low-grade spirit stones. This was a considerable amount of wealth even for a Blood Condensation cultivator.
After Lu Ping finished his closed-door cultivation, Master Immortal Liu, who was in a good mood, went to the cultivation platform and shared his cultivation insights with the newly promoted Level 3 disciples of Group 7 for three days straight. In a short time, the disciples of Group 7 learned a lot.
One morning, after Lu Ping had finished his cultivation, Master Immortal Liu called out to him. Since Lu Ping's cultivation had reached the Eighth Blood Refining Realm, he was supposed to receive three days of personal guidance from Master Immortal Liu. Previously, because Lu Ping needed to recover from his injuries and consolidate his cultivation, he didn't receive any personal guidance. Now that Lu Ping was recovering well, he couldn't wait even if Master Immortal Liu didn't call out to him.
Group 7 would be promoted to a Level 3 group in the next half a year, and Master Immortal Liu would still be the leader. This time, Group 7 had performed well, so some of its disciples might be added to the group with fewer disciples. However, it would only be a small portion, and it was unlikely that they would be Late Blood Refining Realm disciples, unless Master Immortal Liu was out of his mind.
Lu Ping was still the Tenth Senior Disciple, but he was already recognized as the third strongest disciple in Group 7, second only to Yao Yong and Du Feng. Even Shi Lingling wasn't a match for him. Regarding this, Shi Lingling didn't say anything. After all, during the competition, Lu Ping fought Leng Qian, who was two levels higher than him, with his Seventh Blood Refining Realm cultivation. It was said that he was praised by the Core Forging Realm Enlightened Masters.
Even if there were people who weren't convinced, they wouldn't come out to challenge Lu Ping at this time.
While Lu Ping was recuperating, Zhang Zicheng successfully challenged Li Cheng and became the Eleventh Disciple. Shi Lingling also defeated the Third Disciple.
Currently, there was a saying among the Grade 2 disciples of Zhen Ling Side Hall, "Four Heroes, Five Talents, and Seven Ferocious". It was aimed at the top 16 in the competition, and Lu Ping was listed as one of the "Seven Ferocious". Lu Ping was stunned for a while.
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