Li Xuanru saw Lu Ping's surprise as if he knew something, so she asked, "What is it, Junior Brother, did you notice something wrong?"
Lu Ping nodded. "When I returned from the Demon Sea, I lost my way and arrived at Autumn Cloud Island first. However, I accidentally discovered that the Qiu family, which occupies Autumn Cloud Island, and the leader of the Overturned Seas Faction were secretly in contact."
Li Xuanru's expression froze when she heard this. "The Overturned Seas Faction? This is new. Junior Brother, does anyone else know about this?"
Lu Ping saw Li Xuanru's serious expression and knew that things were not as simple as they seemed. He said, "I told Liu Ziyuan, the immortal who led the team when I was in the side courtyard."
Li Xuanru suddenly said, "Oh, it's him, the Eighteen Generals of the North Sea. Guo Xuanshan's disciple is indeed extraordinary. There's no harm in telling him, he should know the severity of this. However, I must report this to Master. Junior Brother, stay here and cultivate in peace. Wait for Master's lecture in seven days. It will be of great benefit to you. "
With that, she left without waiting for Lu Ping's response. Lu Ping wanted to ask what the Eighteen Generals of the North Sea were, but Li Zhenren was already gone.
In the past seven days, Lu Ping focused all his attention on the [Sea Wave Listening Scripture]'s follow-up cultivation method. He combined the [Sea Wave Listening Scripture] with the [Flying Spirit Sea Dance Scripture], and as expected, the [North Sea Wave Listening Scripture] was able to reach the Mid Avatar stage. However, Lu Ping's current cultivation base and knowledge were too shallow, so he could only barely combine the two cultivation methods. As for the contents of the [Sea Wave Listening Scripture], Lu Ping would have to wait until his cultivation base reached the Core Forging stage before he could continue to perfect it.
Seven days later, Liu Xuanling of the Chung Hua House began his lecture. The disciples all rushed to the island to listen.
Lu Ping arrived at the front hall of the Chung Hua House early in the morning, but found that there were already more than thirty registered disciples waiting outside the hall. They were arranged according to their age, quietly waiting for Liu Zhenren to begin.
According to the rules set by Enlightened Master Liu of the Chong Hua Mansion, the disciples were not arranged according to who entered the sect, but according to their age. Therefore, Lu Ping was ranked before Jiang Zixuan and became the ninth direct disciple.
Seeing Lu Ping's arrival, many disciples looked at him with envy. Lu Ping noticed that more than half of them were in the late Blood Condensation Realm. There were even two in-name disciples who had reached the Core Forging Realm. This made Lu Ping secretly amazed at the strength of Chong Hua Sect.
Lu Ping looked at the lake in the center of the island and discovered that there were already hundreds of demonic beasts swimming in the lake facing the Manor of Greatlight. Among them, there were even twenty to thirty that had powerful demonic qi. Clearly, they had reached the Blood Condensation Realm.
On the shore of the lake, there were also hundreds of Zhenling cultivators meditating. These were the inner disciples who opened their cave abodes on Tian Ling Mountain. Most of them had not reached the mid Blood Condensation Realm yet, so they were not qualified to be apprenticed to a master. This time, they also came to listen to the lecture, hoping that it would be of help to their cultivation.
This was one of the reasons why most of the inner disciples were willing to open their Immortal's Caves on Tian Ling Mountain. Apart from the large spirit vein on Tian Ling Mountain, they could often have the opportunity to listen to a Core Forging Enlightened Master's lecture.
The second direct disciple to arrive was Leng Qian. Lu Ping nodded at her. After that, all the senior sisters arrived, leaving only the first, fifth, sixth, and fourteenth praying mats in the hall.
When it was time for the lecture, Enlightened Master Liu, accompanied by his daughter, Jiang Zixuan, came to the main hall. Enlightened Master Liu sat in the center while Jiang Zixuan sat on the tenth praying mat behind Lu Ping. Enlightened Master Liu tapped the jade chime lightly. "Dang!" The two hundred cultivators in the hall, outside the hall, and on the shore of the lake, immediately quieted down.
Enlightened Master Liu started with the "Linhai Wave Listening Technique". This also meant that this lecture was actually for Lu Ping. The fact that the cultivators were able to listen to the lecture was also thanks to Lu Ping. The cultivators would naturally remember this favor in the future.
Rather than saying that Enlightened Master Liu was giving a lecture, it was better to call it a practice. This was because there were many things in cultivation that could only be understood and not taught in words. Enlightened Master Liu could only demonstrate it through spells and images. As for how much one could comprehend, it depended on one's comprehension.
When she was giving a lecture, a water person suddenly appeared in midair in the hall. This water person was vivid and lifelike. The blood vessels, bones, flesh, and organs inside were all transparent and visible. It was many times more brilliant than Lu Ping's "Art of Deceiving the Heavens and Crossing the Sea".
Enlightened Master Liu started with the most basic lecture and advanced step by step. His words were plain and smooth, but it did not lose its brilliance. At the same time, with the water person in the hall as a demonstration, Lu Ping quickly became engrossed.
Lu Ping originally treated this lecture as a reference for his cultivation. After all, the cultivation method that he cultivated was not the "Linhai Wave Listening Technique". However, after Enlightened Master Liu started speaking, Lu Ping realized that he was gravely mistaken. The "Linhai Wave Listening Technique" originated from the "North Sea Wave Listening Technique". Enlightened Master Liu's late Core Forging stage cultivation and several hundred years of experience and vision were not something that Lu Ping could surmise.
It was only the first day of the Dharma Assembly, but Enlightened Master Liu had raised many opinions that Lu Ping had never heard of. Many of the problems that Lu Ping had accumulated during his daily cultivation were easily solved. Lu Ping's daily cultivation mistakes were also discovered and corrected in time. Lu Ping suddenly felt as if he had been reborn. He also had a faint regret in his heart that he did not set up an abode on Tianling Mountain. That way, he could go and listen to the other Enlightened Masters' lectures.
Afterward, Enlightened Master Liu explained in detail the "Eight Methods of Listening to Waves", which Lu Ping remembered firmly in his mind, not daring to forget a single word. This was of great help to him in integrating and organizing the "North Sea Listening to Waves". Enlightened Master Liu also compared the water attribute cultivation methods related to the "North Sea Listening to Waves". These cultivation methods were not limited to the water attribute cultivation methods Zhenling had collected. Instead, they used Enlightened Master Liu's hundreds of years of experience as a reference, allowing Lu Ping to broaden his horizons. At the later stage of the Dharma Assembly, Enlightened Master Liu even quoted from other sources. Whether it was the cultivation world or the mortal world, whether it was the North Sea, the East Sea, the South Sea, or even the Middle Continent, the North Ice Plains, the South Mountains, and the West Desert, which Lu Ping had never heard of, Enlightened Master Liu was involved in all of them. This made all the cultivators, including Lu Ping, feel respect for Enlightened Master Liu's extensive knowledge. At the same time, it also made Lu Ping yearn for the world outside the North Sea. The Dharma Assembly went on for nine days.
The Dharma Assembly went on for nine days. In between Daoist Liu's speech, the cultivators would casually discuss and exchange their cultivation experiences. Lu Ping also took the opportunity to ask his three Senior Sisters in the Core Forging Stage for guidance. On the last day of the Dharma Assembly, Daoist Liu even allowed his disciples to ask any questions. Daoist Liu answered them one by one. Of course, it was only limited to his personal disciples and registered disciples. The cultivators on the shore did not have this kind of treatment. This also allowed Lu Ping to get to know many cultivators from the Chong Hua Mansion and gain some understanding of their cultivation methods.
After the Dharma Assembly was over, Lu Ping once again felt the surging life force in his blood vessels. Lu Ping knew that this Dharma Assembly was a huge accumulation for him. This accumulation, as Lu Ping continued to experience it, would once again usher in a rapid improvement in his cultivation.
On the first day after the Dharma Assembly, Lu Ping asked his teacher, Daoist Liu, to return to Huang Li Island. Daoist Liu did not ask him to stay and only encouraged him to cultivate diligently.
Lu Ping bade farewell to Daoist Liu and left Chong Hua Mansion. However, he met Daoist Li Xuanru, who had specially come to find him.
After Daoist Liu's cultivation reached the Late Core Forging Stage, he began to frequently go into closed-door cultivation to prepare for the Manifestation Stage. Thus, the matters of Chong Hua Mansion were taken care of by his Second Senior Sister, Daoist Li Xuanru.
Li Xuanru asked Lu Ping about his future plans. After Zhenling cultivators reached the Mid Blood Condensation Stage and became an elite disciple of the sect, they had to take responsibility for the development of the sect. Before this, Lu Ping had always been in the Demon Sea, so he had never taken on this responsibility. Now, he could no longer escape this responsibility.
There were many kinds of responsibilities. For example, Master Immortal Liu used to be the leader of the team in Zhenling Side Courtyard and was responsible for nurturing the sect's reserve strength. As an alchemist, Lu Ping could also enter the Alchemy Pavilion to refine pills for the sect, and so on. The sect would naturally give him appropriate rewards.
Daoist Li suggested, "Junior Brother, you have successfully refined the Face Retaining Pill. You are only one step away from becoming a Grandmaster. If you become a full-time alchemist in the sect, you will be a very profitable person. In the future, when the other Junior Brothers and Sisters ask you to refine pills for them, it will be cheaper."
Lu Ping understood the situation of the Alchemy Pavilion from Daoist Li, and then politely declined.
At the apprenticeship ceremony, Daoist Xuanjing, who was ranked third in alchemy in Zhenling, and Daoist Liu became enemies because of Lu Ping's refinement of the Face Retaining Pill. After becoming a full-time alchemist in the sect, Lu Ping had to refine a certain number of pills and a certain type of pills for the sect every once in a while. Lu Ping was a carefree person by nature and did not want to be bound by this.
In the end, Lu Ping decided to join Master Immortal Liu's sea patrol team on Huang Li Island. This way, it would be convenient for him to guard his cave abode. Moreover, Master Immortal Liu, Yao Yong, Du Feng, and other good friends would all be there.
After listening to Lu Ping's thoughts, Daoist Li smiled and said, "That's good too. Junior Brother Liu Ziyuan is also a cautious person. Our sect thinks highly of him as a candidate to advance to the Core Forging stage. He is also the fourth disciple of Uncle Guo Xuanshan, who is on good terms with our Zhonghua lineage. However, the sea patrol is quite dangerous. Many cultivators who go out to the sea are cunning and desperate. Junior Brother, you have to be careful."
Only then did Lu Ping know the origin of Master Immortal Liu's master. He remembered that Li Xuanru had mentioned that Master Immortal Liu was the "Eighteen Generals of the North Sea", so he asked.
Daoist Li Xuanru smiled and said, "It seems that Junior Brother has really been living in a paradise in the Demon Sea all these years. You don't know anything about the situation in the North Sea. The so-called 'Eighteen Generals of the North Sea' refers to the eighteen cultivators with the best battle results in the Blood Condensation Realm since the Forbidden Sea was opened. My Zhenling Sect has two cultivators among them, and Junior Brother Liu Ziyuan is one of them. "
Through Daoist Li's explanation, Lu Ping learned that two years ago, when Master Immortal Liu had just advanced to the Ninth Layer of the Blood Condensation Realm, he was caught in a fierce battle. At that time, Master Immortal Liu was ambushed by three Ninth Layer Blood Condensation Realm monsters. In the end, Master Immortal Liu killed two of them and chased the third one for thousands of miles in the Demon Sea. After that, Master Immortal Liu fought his way out of the encirclement and killed more than ten Blood Condensation monsters along the way. Finally, he safely returned to Huang Li Island. This battle made Master Immortal Liu famous among the Blood Condensation Realm cultivators in the North Sea, and he became one of the Eighteen Generals.
Lu Ping rubbed his chin and thought to himself, Looks like I've really missed out on a lot of interesting things in the past five years.
The funny thing was that a few months ago, Xuan Ling Sect's Han Weiyun, under the influence of Xuan Ling Sect's propaganda, ousted a wandering cultivator from the North Sea from his position as one of the Eighteen Generals of the North Sea. The reason was that Han Weiyun was ambushed by a Primordial Giant Crocodile in the Demon Sea. Xuan Ling Sect's propaganda claimed that Han Weiyun successfully led the Xuan Ling Sect cultivators out of the encirclement of 200 demon soldiers led by four Late Blood Condensation Realm Primordial Giant Crocodiles and a dozen other Late Blood Condensation monsters.
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