Yan Jiuxiao's collection spanned over a thousand years, and in Lu Ping's opinion, it was more than enough to match up to a medium-sized sect's several thousand years worth of collection.
The most important among them was naturally the cultivation heritage of the Fire Phoenix Race. Originally, Lu Ping had been worrying about how Lu Qin-er was going to obtain the complete heritage secret arts of the Fire Phoenix Race. He never thought that the Fire Phoenix Race's Patriarch would actually possess the complete set of heritage secret arts. This was quite a surprise to Lu Ping. It seemed that this Fire Phoenix Race's Patriarch was truly a model example of 'balancing public and private interests'.
The heritage secret arts of the Fire Phoenix Race were all-encompassing. It was based on several cultivation techniques of the Fire Phoenix Race, supplemented by various divine abilities and secret arts, the refinement of natal magic artifacts and spirit treasures, various spirit pills and medicines required for cultivation, spirit flame diagrams, identification of fire veins, related inheritance of formations, talismans, artifact forging, pill concocting, and so on. It was practically an encyclopedia of heritage secret arts related to the fire attribute.
He made two copies of the heritage secret arts of the Fire Phoenix Race, one for Lu Qin-er, one for himself, and the original for the sect's collection.
Among all of Lu Ping's disciples and followers, other than the Heaven Stealing Divine Axe in Dabao's possession, Lu Qin-er was the first person to possess a spirit treasure.
Lu Qin-er's wings had completely transformed into a pair of fire wings, soaring up and down inside the House of Gold while letting out clear cries of excitement.
This pair of fire wings was a tribulation spirit treasure found in Yan Jiuxiao's storage artifact. When Lu Ping saw this pair of fire wings, he too was shocked. This was clearly a spirit treasure that could be used for both flight and combat.
If Yan Jiuxiao had used this pair of spirit treasures to escape after trapping Lu Ping with the Heaven Burning Inferno Formation, even with the Genchen Formation, Lu Ping might not have been able to trap him. Unfortunately, Yan Jiuxiao thought that victory was in his grasp and tried to kill Lu Ping inside the formation, only to fall into Lu Ping's trap instead.
The Flame Spirit Coffin originally possessed a tribulation spirit treasure as well, but unfortunately, its core space was shattered by Lu Ping's attack outside the formation. All the spirit treasures and artifacts nurtured inside were crushed into pieces during the spatial collapse. Not a single intact artifact was left behind, causing Lu Ping to curse his bad luck.
There were still a lot of things left, but unfortunately, Lu Ping did not have the time to sort them out one by one. Fortunately, Lu Ping had Dabao, who was extremely attentive to such matters. As for Lu Qin-er, she was clearly more interested in obtaining the things she needed for her own cultivation from Yan Jiuxiao's collection. Thus, Lu Ping left the rest to the two of them.
As for Lu Ping, he took the formation diagram of the Heaven Burning Inferno Formation passed down from the Fire Phoenix Clan and gave it to Tian Cheng Laozu first. Tian Cheng Laozu acted as if he had received a priceless treasure and immediately went into seclusion on Scarlet Mist Island. Once he thoroughly understood the formation, it was not difficult for Tian Cheng Laozu to decipher it.
Then, Lu Ping handed the copied array diagram to Xuan Hu to decipher. Deng Xuanming was currently on Fei Ling Island, but with Enlightened Master Xuan Chen's guidance and the array diagram in hand, it wouldn't be difficult for Xuan Hu to decipher it.
However, Lu Ping did not want to decipher the entire formation in the central area. Instead, he wanted to secretly open up a passageway in and out of the formation within the area under Zhenling's control.
"Why not just break this formation?" Black Fox was puzzled by Lu Ping's intentions.
"Why break it? In order to enter this formation and explore it, the various sects of the North Sea have already sacrificed so many people. If we break it, won't we be letting them off easy? We can just quietly open up a passageway so that only our sect's cultivators can enter. That way, the central area of Scarlet Mist Island will unknowingly belong to our sect, "explained Lu Ping with a smile.
"Just like how you discovered the secret passageway in and out of Fei Ling Island?" Black Fox rolled her eyes at Lu Ping. She thought about the result of her discussion with Sage Xuanchen and said, "If we only open up one passageway, not only will it be much more difficult, the dangers inside will also be unavoidable."
Lu Ping did not mind at all and said, "Even if the dangers inside are not weakened at all, didn't I still manage to kill Yan Jiuxiao and come out unscathed?"
Black Fox wrinkled her nose and harrumphed. Clearly, she was very dissatisfied with the risk Lu Ping had taken back then. However, she knew that Lu Ping was right.
Lu Ping looked at Black Fox's rising appearance and could not help but smile. He said, "Don't worry. The area enveloped by the Great Inferno Formation is the central area of Scarlet Mist Island. Who knows how many rare treasures are hidden there. Moreover, due to the existence of the main fire vein of Scarlet Mist Island, there will be an endless supply of all kinds of fire-attribute natural treasures, especially the fire seeds of some worldly and mystical fires. If we can open up a secret passageway into the formation, even if there are some dangers inside, it will be completely worth it when compared to the rewards."
Black Fox knew that what Lu Ping said was reasonable, so she said, "Actually, although this Great Inferno Formation is powerful, in reality, it was set up by Yan Jiuxiao in a hurry. Although there is a Second Tribulation Spirit Treasure suppressing the fire vein, the power of this formation has not been fully unleashed. Although many cultivators from the sects of the North Sea have lost, that is because the true great masters have not been attracted by Scarlet Mist Island. If we can set it up calmly, its power will increase by another forty to fifty percent. At that time, even if you want to enter the formation as you please, you will have to pay a price!"
Although Lu Ping knew that the formation had not fully unleashed its power, he was still a little shocked when he heard Black Fox's words. He said, "It can increase by half? That much?"
Black Fox smiled proudly and said, "Of course, but it is not easy to completely set up this formation. Not only do we need a lot of precious tools to set up the formation, we also need the help of a mine-seeker who is familiar with the direction of the fire vein. In order to prevent the cultivators of the various sects from discovering any clues, we also need a great master to help us repair the formation in the formation."
Lu Ping laughed and said, "Then it can only be me. As for the mine-seeker, we can only find Xuanwei, but he should be on Scarlet Mist Island now."
Scarlet Mist Island contained a lot of mines of various fire attribute spiritual materials, and Zhenling occupied almost half of the entire Scarlet Mist Island. Nowadays, Enlightened Xuanwei was very busy!
Enlightened Xuanwei's current position in Zhenling was very high, and his treatment was almost equal to that of the Dharma adepts in Zhenling.
Actually, according to Enlightened Xuanwei's standard of mine-seeker, he could only be considered as a master-level mine-seeker. But don't forget, not just in Zhenling, even in the entire North Sea, he was the only master-level mine-seeker. And the barrenness of the North Sea had also raised his status as a master-level mine-seeker.
In addition, this fellow had benefited from Lu Ping in the past, which also made him maintain a close relationship with Lu Ping. Now that Lu Ping was like the sun in the sky in Zhenling, Enlightened Xuanwei had to use his connections to intimidate others. Whenever he talked to others, he would always talk about how Tianping Laozu and I were like this and that, or how I was like this and that with the Water Sword Deity. With just a few words, before he even made a move to look for ores, many people had already started to worship him.
Enlightened Xuanwei was not a person who was arrogant. Although he did not use Lu Ping's name to be domineering, he could be considered to be swaggering in Zhenling. However, at least he was really capable. Hence, most of the time, people would give face to Lu Ping and compliment him, which made this fellow even more proud.
Now that Lu Ping had summoned him, Enlightened Xuanwei naturally did not say anything. He put down the shop assistant that was searching for a high-grade spiritual material mine and ran over. In front of Lu Ping, Enlightened Xuanwei was like a teacher. He was very clear that everything he had today was due to this junior in front of him.
However, when he heard that Lu Ping wanted to bring him into the Burning Hellish Formation, this master-level mine-seeker's face turned pale and he was terrified on the spot.
"What? Enter that crematorium? No, I'm not going. Aiyo, Junior Lu, Lord Laozu, how can I enter that place? Do you know that half a month ago, there was a foreign Dharma adept who avoided the Gilt Sword Sect's defense and sneaked into the formation. Until now, there has been no news at all. A Dharma adept who goes in will not be able to return. I'm just a Core Forging Sage, won't I be courting death if I go in? No, I'm not going! "
Lu Ping said impatiently, "What crematorium? I won't die! I've already entered that formation once. With me protecting the two of you, this Burning Hellish Formation will not hurt you at all! "
Perfected Xuanwei was stunned when he heard this. He looked at Black Fox and asked suspiciously, "You're not joking. You're even going to bring your lover in?"
Lu Ping had even brought his lover in. It was obvious that he was very clear about the power of this formation. Naturally, he was very confident. Perfected Xuanwei immediately patted his chest and said, "I've said it before. Junior Lu, you must be very confident. Don't worry. This time, I'll be willing to risk my life to follow you even if I have to go through a mountain of swords and a sea of flames!"
Black Fox chuckled. Lu Ping was very clear about his mischievous temper. Hence, he stared at him and said unhappily, "I've taken care of the sect and taken great care of you for almost a hundred years. You've made great achievements in searching for ores in these years. You're also very slippery. Every time you find a good ore, you'll be able to reap some benefits. Why is your cultivation only at the eighth stage of the Core Forging Realm? And you've just broken through?"
Perfected Xuanwei's smile disappeared when he heard this. However, he still said casually, "It's not because of that material. It's just a waste of cultivation resources. It's better to save up a fortune for the future generations!"
Lu Ping frowned when he heard this. He said, "What grade of spirit item will I be able to smelt?"
After a cultivator reached the late stage of the Core Forging Realm, they could roughly estimate their own potential through their own cultivation. From there, they could estimate the spirit items they needed. Naturally, they would be able to roughly understand what grade of Gold Core they would achieve.
Perfected Xuanwei laughed indifferently and said, "I reckon that I'll at most smelt a high-grade earth-rank spirit item. I'm afraid it'll be a fifth-grade at most. It'll be good enough if I can achieve a sixth-grade Gold Core. In any case, I won't be able to condense my Dharma Idol. Why would I waste the cultivation resources of the sect?"
Lu Ping slapped his palm on Perfected Xuanwei's shoulder. Perfected Xuanwei felt that his entire body was suddenly controlled by Lu Ping. At the same time, Lu Ping's eyes suddenly shot out a sharp light that almost pierced through the space in his heart.
After a moment, Lu Ping released his palm and said, "Your cultivation is indeed a mess!"
Perfected Xuanwei smiled bitterly. However, he heard Lu Ping say, "But it's not that there's no chance for you to advance to the Dharma Idol Stage. However, you'll have to take a shortcut. If you forcefully advance, you won't be able to advance any further."
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