Third rank disciples rarely cultivated in the courtyard. Most of them would go out to explore the world, broaden their horizons, search for fortuitous encounters, complete sect missions, and so on. Even disciples who hadn't reached the Eighth Layer of Blood Refining Realm, after cultivating for a year, they would still have to accept sect missions to accumulate rewards for their future path of cultivation. This was also the reason why third rank disciples were rarely seen in the side halls other than the end-of-year competition.
The Zhenling Sect had a long history, and it knew that it was hard to raise a pillar in a greenhouse. It gave its disciples freedom and space to fight on their own. After all, the inheritance of a sect depended on its elites.
After receiving Master Immortal Liu's warning, Lu Ping had been cultivating diligently for the past six months and preparing for his journey.
After reaching the Eighth Layer, Lu Ping's charm-crafting skills had improved again. Now, low-grade charms were rare in his charm-crafting. Most of the charms he crafted were mid-grade and high-grade charms. Even for top-grade charms, he could only craft one every three to five days. Now, Lu Ping's blood charms were filled with top-grade charms.
Speaking of which, during the last competition, Lu Ping had insisted on not using the few top-grade talismans he had. He had kept a trump card for himself. After all, once he used a top-grade talisman, it would be hard to keep his talisman forging skills a secret. A top-grade blood talisman's power was almost on par with an early Blood Condensation Realm spell. It was hard to guarantee that no one would use Lu Ping's cultivation path to talisman forging.
This was also because Lu Ping did not participate in the quarterfinals. Otherwise, he might not be able to keep this trump card. But then again, the reward for advancing to the quarterfinals was a Blood Condensing Pill. He might as well give up this trump card for the sake of the Blood Condensing Pill. But that was the truth. Lu Ping could only comfort himself this way.
The Blood Condensing Pill … Lu Ping had always been brooding over it!
The improvement in his charm-crafting skills meant that Lu Ping's spirit stones would increase tremendously. However, the medicinal pellets were replaced with the more effective Blood Essence Pellets, so the price was naturally higher. Although there were rewards from the competition and the benefits of being an Eighth Layer Blood Refining Realm disciple, the number of spirit stones in Lu Ping's interspatial pouch only increased slightly.
Lu Ping's cultivation had grown steadily over the past half a year. However, it was impossible for him to advance to the Ninth Layer in a short period of time like he did at the Seventh Layer. After all, Lu Ping had accumulated a lot of spirit stones when he was at the Sixth Layer.
Today was the end of the month market. Lu Ping wore a mask and set up a stall in the market to sell talismans. Lu Ping's talismans had gained some fame in the market. Moreover, in the past half a year, Lu Ping had been stockpiling top-grade talismans for his own use. The number of high-grade talismans on his stall had greatly increased, attracting more and more cultivators to buy them. Most of the time, Lu Ping's talismans were sold out.
As expected, as soon as Lu Ping put up his talismans, he was surrounded by cultivators in twos and threes.
At this time, a burly man in his thirties walked from the east side of the market towards Lu Ping. When he reached the stall, he squatted down and picked up a few high-grade talismans. He looked at them and said, "Brother, your talisman crafting skills are very high."
After saying that, he looked at Lu Ping and did not say whether he was going to buy them or not.
Lu Ping looked at the other party and did not deny that he was the one who made these talismans. He would come here every month, so these things could not be concealed from the people who had the intention. So, he calmly said, "Fellow Daoist is overpraising me. May I ask if Fellow Daoist wants to buy talismans?"
The burly man laughed and said, "Brother, how about we make a deal? I want to buy all of your talismans. What do you think?"
Lu Ping was surprised for a moment and said, "Of course, these talismans are worth a total of spirit stones …"
When the burly man saw that Lu Ping did not understand his meaning, he quickly said, "I didn't make it clear. What I mean is that I want to invite Brother to be a full-time talisman crafting master of the 'Cultivator Sharing Union'. In the future, the 'Cultivator Sharing Union' will take care of all of Brother's talismans. Brother won't be short of spirit stones. What do you think?"
Lu Ping did not expect that he would encounter such a situation. The Zhenling Sect had a long history and was a powerful sect. The surrounding market had become a gathering place for all kinds of rogue cultivators. These rogue cultivators were a mix of good and bad people, forming gangs. It was not the first time that Lu Ping had encountered such a situation, but it was the first time that he had encountered such a situation.
However, if a professional talisman crafting master were to encounter a group with comparatively upright conduct, then they would be rather respected and have a high income. If they were to encounter a group that harbored evil intentions, then once they entered the group, they would be controlled by them. If it was light, then they would become a talisman crafting slave cultivator, if it was heavy, then they would be killed, robbed, and robbed of the talisman crafting technique.
As a promising disciple of the Zhen Ling Side Hall, Lu Ping naturally did not have the thought of becoming a rogue cultivator. He immediately rejected, "Fellow Daoist, I'm really sorry, but I have no intention of joining your union."
The burly man's expression changed, "What? Are you looking down on my Cultivator Sharing Union? My Cultivator Sharing Union has 18 rogue cultivators, and all of them are at least in the Eighth Layer of the Blood Refining Realm. Our Union Leader is a Blood Condensation Realm expert." His words were filled with threat.
Lu Ping was someone who had seen Core Forging Realm Enlightened Masters from afar. Why would he care about such trivial things? He immediately replied stiffly, "I'm really sorry, I'm a disciple of the Zhenling Sect. I have no intention of joining your union."
Lu Ping did not want to cause trouble, so he could only use the name of the Zhenling Sect to scare the burly man away.
Sure enough, when the burly man heard that Lu Ping was a disciple of the Zhenling Sect, the ferocious expression on his face froze. He said embarrassedly, "So you're a disciple of a big sect. It's only natural that you look down on us, a small rogue cultivator union. I'll take my leave then." With that, he turned and left.
Lu Ping did not mind at all. He continued to buy the rest of the talismans and exchanged the spirit stones for cultivation pills and some cultivation supplies. Then, he strolled around the city square and bought some miscellaneous items.
Recently, the Blood Refining Realm's high-level disciples were planning to hold a small trade fair. Lu Ping's fame had risen recently, so he was also invited. Lu Ping was also quite interested in the trade fair, so he agreed. Recently, he had been saving up spirit stones in case he ran into something he liked but couldn't afford to buy it. Even though he didn't have much hope of finding something that caught his fancy, Lu Ping didn't have much hope.
Lu Ping was also cautious. He asked the surrounding cultivators about the "Cultivator Sharing Union". After all, the burly man from the "Cultivator Sharing Union" had come directly to Lu Ping. Obviously, he had some understanding of Lu Ping beforehand.
No one else had heard of this. Later, he heard from a cultivator that this "Cultivator Sharing Union" had only recently arrived in the city square near the city square of Zhenling. It was said that this group of cultivators had high cultivation among low-level rogue cultivators. They were brave and fierce, hunting demonic beasts and exploring for cultivation resources. As soon as they arrived, they befriended the outer sect disciples of Zhenling and quickly gained a foothold among the rogue cultivators around Zhenling.
After strolling around the city square and not finding anything useful, Lu Ping left the city square and returned to the courtyard.
Although Lu Ping now had a flying artifact, it was a waste of spiritual energy. Lu Ping was not ready to show off like a nouveau riche. Naturally, he could only use the Light Body Technique and rush back to the courtyard.
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