Luan Xiu led Lu Ping and Yin Tianchu to the back of a mountain within the Longevity Sky Grotto. There was a small manor there. Behind the manor was a mountain path paved with bluestone that led all the way to the top of the mountain.
"This is the place where the Nine Profound Tower's cultivators usually guard. At the end of the bluestone path is the entrance to the Longevity Sky Grotto. When the Nine Profound Tower's cultivators enter the Sky Grotto, they will first appear there!"
Luan Xiu nodded at the two of them before returning to the Sky Grotto. He began assisting Liu Tianyuan, Cyan Fox and the others in harvesting the spiritual herbs within the Longevity Sky Grotto.
Lu Ping opened up the House of Gold at the entrance to the Thieving Heaven Grotto. Dabao, Dagui, Lu Xiaohai, the Amethyst Bees and the other eight Wood Luans were already plucking and transplanting the spiritual herbs into the Sky Grotto's spiritual herb garden.
Due to the lack of time, the plucking and transplanting process could not be done perfectly. Thus, the resulting wastage was very high. Normally, Lu Ping would have felt his heart ache to death. But now, he could not care less about that.
Luan Xiu and Luan Qing led Liu Tianyuan and Cyan Hu to several secret places within the Longevity Sky Grotto. Those places were the secret places that the Nine Profound Tower used to grow the most valuable spiritual herbs within the Longevity Sky Grotto. The spiritual herbs inside could all be considered as treasures of Heaven and Earth. Naturally, the secret spiritual herb gardens were protected by magic arrays and restrictive arrays.
If there was enough time, Lu Ping would not have minded breaking the magic arrays and restrictive arrays. At present, however, in order to speed things up, they had to do their best to break the protective arrays. Even if they had to destroy some of the precious spiritual herbs inside the secret spiritual herb gardens, they would not hesitate.
Thankfully, Lu Ping had given Liu Tianyuan a few four-coloured and five-coloured Talismans that he had crafted himself. If not for that, the resulting damage would have been even more serious.
Lu Ping and Yin Tianchu quickly broke the restrictive arrays protecting the Longevity Sky Grotto-Heaven's manor. By then, the cultivators guarding the Nine Profound Tower were already standing guard outside the Longevity Sky Grotto-Heaven. They would never think that someone could enter the Longevity Sky Grotto-Heaven without going through the entrance. Thus, for Lu Ping and the others, the Longevity Sky Grotto-Heaven Grotto-Heaven was practically defenseless.
Entering the manor to plunder the items inside was just a convenient move. The most important reason for the two of them to come here was to monitor the entrance to the Grotto-Heaven Space on the hillside outside the manor.
With the tacit understanding between Lu Ping and Yin Tianchu, Lu Ping was confident that even if a great late Dharma adept were to barge in through the entrance, they would be able to kill him in one strike.
However, at this time, the two of them had managed to reap a bountiful harvest from the manor. There was a considerable amount of fresh spiritual herbs that the Nine Profound Tower's cultivators had gathered during the winter. When these spiritual herbs were used to cultivate elixirs, they would need to go through various complicated processes. The spiritual herbs that Lu Ping and Yin Tianchu had harvested were obviously already processed and could be used to cultivate elixirs. Furthermore, a considerable portion of the spiritual herbs were used to cultivate elixirs of the Dharma stage. They were all priceless treasures.
Lu Ping also found a large number of tools used to cultivate spiritual herbs in one of the houses. These tools were clearly specially made and had their own uses. Since Lu Ping was not proficient in cultivating spiritual herbs, he simply kept all these tools. When he returned to Zhenling, he would let the cultivators of the sect examine them one by one.
Yin Tianchu also found a well-stocked study in the main hall of the manor. It could be said that this study was a collection of all the knowledge, introductions, and detailed cultivation processes of the spiritual herbs since the establishment of the Nine Profound Tower. There were records on jade scrolls and descriptions on paper books. It could be said that this was a collection of all the legacies of the Nine Profound Tower related to the cultivation of spiritual herbs.
Lu Ping casually pulled out a one-inch-thick book from one of the bookshelves. The book's title was' Detailed Explanation of the Cultivation Process of the Awakening Grass'. It recorded everything from the germination of the Awakening Grass all the way until the spiritual herb matured. Every single detail of the cultivation process was recorded in detail, leaving Lu Ping speechless. Such records could be described as voluminous. Lu Ping could not help but sigh to himself. It was no coincidence that the Nine Profound Tower was able to become one of the Six Great Holylands of the cultivation world.
After six hours, Lu Ping and the others moved through the Longevity Sky Grotto like a swarm of locusts. The Longevity Sky Grotto, which had previously been brimming with vitality, was now in a state of desolation. Lu Ping could already imagine the looks of exasperation on the faces of the cultivators from the Nine Profound Tower when they returned to the Longevity Sky Grotto.
Lu Ping himself did not know how far the Nine Profound Tower had progressed. However, he knew that even if two Heavenly Demons had mysteriously appeared within Mara's army and managed to break into the Nine Profound Tower's encampment, the Nine Profound Tower would still have emerged victorious. The only difference was that the humans, especially the Nine Profound Tower, had suffered far greater losses.
After considering it for a moment, Lu Ping placed a voice transmission talisman beside his mouth and said a few words. Next, the voice transmission talisman transformed into a stream of light and flew into the depths of the Longevity Sky Grotto.
A moment later, Luan Xiu flew over from the depths of the winter. Lu Ping casually asked, "How is the relocation of the Longevity Sky Grotto going?"
Luan Xiu's eyes twitched as he recalled Zhenling's bandit-like behavior. He said, "The Longevity Sky Grotto is so big. We could only pluck and move some of the more important spiritual herb gardens. Even for the sake of speed, the process was extremely crude and simple. We have only completed a third of the Longevity Sky Grotto. And that is because you have a swarm of thousands of Amethyst Bees under you."
Lu Ping knew that the Wood Luan Clan was innately close to spiritual herbs. Zhenling's destructive plucking and relocation was clearly not something the Wood Luan Clan liked.
Lu Ping said helplessly, "There is nothing we can do about it. When we return to the North Sea, we will definitely make the appropriate arrangements in the Longevity Sky Grotto."
Luan Xiu sighed and said, "That is the only way. However, I did not expect you to have a Spirit Demon King under you. If not for her, the three spirit demons in the Longevity Sky Grotto would not have left."
"Spirit demon?!"
Lu Ping was shocked. The Spirit Demon King that Luan Xiu was talking about was naturally Lu Taohua. Lu Ping had always concealed her identity. He did not expect it to be exposed this time. However, he was overjoyed and asked, "There are spirit demons in the Longevity Sky Grotto?"
Luan Xiu said, "That's right. I estimate that there are only three spirit demons in the entire Nine Mystical Tower. Only one of them is a Spirit Demon King in human form, while the other two have complete consciousness. However, they are still unable to leave their original bodies. Their cultivation is only equivalent to the Blood Condensation Realm."
"What are their original bodies?"
"One Spirit Demon King is a ten-thousand-year-old pine tree. The other two are spirit demons that have yet to take human form. One is a Flower Demon, while the other is a Psychic Grass."
Lu Ping's face lit up with joy. Although spirit monsters were rare in the cultivation world, wherever they appeared, they would have a beneficial effect on the plants around them. Just look at how Lu Ping's Golden House's spirit herb garden had been taken care of by Lu Taohua after Luan Yu's departure. Lu Ping knew just how useful spirit monsters were. Lu Taohua's Golden House's spirit herb garden was.
In the cultivation world, aside from the Wood Luan, if there was anyone else who was naturally good at cultivating Spirit Herbs, it would be the Spirit Yao. Moreover, the Spirit Yao itself was an endless treasury. Just by looking at the Spirit Yao Peach Tree, which would bear a batch of Spirit Peaches every few decades, and the branches that fell from the Spirit Yao Peach Tree were all Spirit Herbs of excellent quality, one could tell how precious the Spirit Yao was.
"By the way, Lu Daoyou, do you have any instructions for me this time?"
"Indeed, there are some matters that I need to trouble Fellow Daoyou with. I wonder if Fellow Daoyou has a way to investigate the current situation of the Nine Mystical Tower without alerting the cultivators of the Nine Mystical Tower?
Luan Xiu smiled, "That's easy. The Old Man can just ask them directly. In any case, they don't know that Lu Daoyou and the others have already snuck into the Grotto-Heaven!"
The Wood Luan Clan that Luan Xiu and the others belonged to had been cultivating spirit herbs for the Nine Mystical Tower for generations. Even though they were slaves, the Nine Mystical Tower's cultivators were not too strict with them because they had a divine sense restriction placed on them. Thus, as the leader of the Wood Luan Clan, Luan Xiu could ask some Nine Mystical Tower cultivators for some information.
Luan Xiu sent his divine sense outside the Grotto-Heaven's spatial entrance. After a while, his divine sense returned with a grim expression, "The situation outside is not good. The Nine Mystical Tower has gained the upper hand. Xifan Laozu, who was stationed in the Longevity Grotto-Heaven, sent a message saying that the Nine Mystical Tower's crisis has been resolved. The gap in the array has been sealed and the intruders, Mara, will be killed soon."
Lu Ping's expression turned serious, "There's no time to lose. Immediately gather everyone and return to the Thieving Heaven Grotto-Heaven's spatial entrance. We will leave the Longevity Grotto-Heaven immediately!"
Luan Xiu nodded and left in a streak of light. Lu Ping and Yin Tianchu laid in ambush outside the manor for a while. When they estimated that everyone had returned to the Golden House, they immediately left the manor.
At the entrance of the Thieving Heaven Grotto-Heaven's spatial entrance, Liu Tianyuan could not conceal his excitement when he saw Lu Ping and Yin Tianchu return. "Junior brother Lu, we had a great harvest this time. The five spirit herb gardens are filled with three to five-thousand-year-old spirit herbs. Furthermore, we found three high-grade pill furnaces and three Heavenly Spirit Fires specially used for pill refinement in the three spirit herb gardens!"
Lu Ping was surprised, "There are still people refining pills here? Did you find any pill recipes or inheritances?"
Some rare spirit herbs had to be used in alchemy before they were harvested. Otherwise, the herbs' medicinal properties would fade away. Therefore, it wasn't surprising that someone would build an alchemy room in the Longevity Grotto-Heaven. However, Lu Ping was more interested in the alchemy room's alchemy recipes and alchemy techniques.
Liu Tianyuan handed a storage bag to Lu Ping and said, "I knew you would be interested in these. All the jade slips that could be found in the pill refinement rooms are in here."
Lu Ping scanned with his divine sense, there were about forty to fifty jade slips. Lu Ping would definitely have something he needed, thus, he took the storage bag without hesitation.
Luan Xiu's expression suddenly changed, he said, "Let's go, someone entered the grotto-heaven!"
Lu Ping was shocked and kept the House of Gold. Qing Hu used the Thieving Heaven Axe to split open the spatial entrance again, and the group left the Thieving Heaven cave dwelling through the spatial entrance.
In the sky above the Nine Xuan Mountain, Lu Ping twisted the Thin Water Sword and the space tunnel connecting to the Thieving Heaven's cave-dwelling collapsed. At the same time, it caused the valley they were in to tremble. Lu Ping cast another skill, the [Sea of Mulberry Fields Scripture], stirring up the underground water in the depths of the Nine Xuan Mountain. The entire valley was instantly filled with mudslides, and even the Nine Xuan Tower's people wouldn't be able to find any clues.
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