"Actually, if you want to find the Five Elemental Yuan Qi, there is another place. Have you thought about it?"
Lu Ping wasn't surprised. He said indifferently, "You mean the demon dens?"
Yin Tianchu was stunned. "Senior Brother has thought of it?"
Lu Ping shook his head and smiled. "I only thought of it when you talked about Yuwen Jinglei."
Yin Tianchu let out an 'oh' sound and said with a smile, "The origin of the Mo Luo is the original energy of the seven great attributes. Those devil caves, especially those sacrificial altars that give birth to the Mo Luo, perhaps have the energy of the five elements. If we can find a way to collect these energies, perhaps it will be a great help to brother's cultivation base!"
Lu Ping nodded. "That may work. But the Five Elemental Yuan Qi in those devil's dens has already dispersed. We can only find those devil's dens with altars that have not been destroyed, or those that have not been discovered yet."
Speaking of this, Lu Ping seemed to have thought of something. "How many devil's dens have we found in the area under our control?"
Yin Tianchu thought for a moment and said, "We've discovered two large-scale demon caves that can spawn Heavenly Demons. One is in the Eastern Sea's Fallen Mystery Land, about three thousand miles away from the Five Illusory Islands. The other one is near the Hebei cultivation world's Yingyu Swamp. There are seven medium-sized demon caves that can spawn Asuras. Among them, we've discovered four in the North Sea, two in the Middle Continent, and one in the Eastern Sea. There are the most small-scale demon caves that can spawn Blood Demons. There are about a dozen of them, spread throughout the North Sea, Hebei cultivation world, and the Eastern Sea's Fallen Mystery Land.
Yin Tianchu paused and said, "But most of these Mara have been destroyed as soon as they were discovered, especially the altars in the devil's dens. The Five Elemental Yuan Qi in them has probably dispersed long ago. If we want to find the Five Elemental Yuan Qi, we can only go to those devil's dens that have not been discovered yet."
Lu Ping nodded. "All these years, the whole cultivation world has worked together to find and destroy many devil's dens. But since the Yuwen family opened the sky, there must be many more that have not been discovered yet. We need to continue to search for them."
Lu Ping opened the Golden House, and the two entered it. They came to the place where Lu Ping used to nurture the first Samling Five Elements Leaf. At this moment, there were still two Samling Five Elements Leaves being nurtured, but they did not have the Wood Phoenix Golden Elixir to help them grow. Now, there were five kinds of Upper Mystic Rank spiritual objects around each of the two spiritual plants, and the third leaf of the spiritual plant was also in the process of growing.
Lu Ping pointed at the Samling Five Elements Leaf and said, "In the past, I obtained the first Samling Five Elements Leaf from the cultivators of the Crystal Palace. Then, I nurtured it in the Five Elements Tortoise Vault and obtained three seeds. One of them was nurtured into a seven-leaf spiritual plant. Then, I used one of the leaves to refine the Fire Source Pill, which healed Martial Uncle Tiancheng's injury. As for the remaining two seeds, after a hundred years of accumulation, it has nurtured and matured again. Then, the two seeds I harvested are here."
At this point, Lu Ping handed one of the seeds to Yin Tian Chu and said, "This is the last seed left behind after the first Samling Five Elements Leaf matured. I specially left it for you. You already know the effect of the Samling Five Elements Leaf seed and how to nurture it. In the future, when you become a True Spirit Cultivator, you can use this to build the cultivation foundation of the other six sources. It will be twice the result with half the effort."
Yin Tian Chu waved his hand and said, "This is too precious. Moreover, Senior Brother still needs to prepare for the upcoming five hundred year agreement. If the passage cannot be opened, the entire cultivation world will continue to be trapped in this world. Even if you become a True Spirit Cultivator in the future, it will be useless to use this treasure. It is better for Senior Brother to keep it and increase your strength a little."
Lu Ping shook his head and said, "Being able to find this kind of Starry Sky Spiritual Object once is already a blessing from the heavens. If it is used repeatedly, its effect will be greatly reduced until it becomes useless. I have already used a complete Spiritual Object to refine the Source Leaf Spirit Pill and I still have a fully matured Spiritual Herb. As for the two that are being nurtured on the ground, they need the sect's help, so any more would just be a waste."
"Not to mention that I also want this treasure to be passed down in the sect, but it is difficult to nurture it. In the future when junior brother becomes a True Spirit Cultivator, you can't recklessly use the sect's resources to nurture it. Just like what junior brother said before, if the passage is opened, this thing won't have much use after being used once. You can go out of this world and find a way to advance in the endless starry sky. But if opening the passage fails and we can't succeed with so many True Spirit Cultivators, it will be useless no matter how many True Spirit Cultivators use this Source Leaf Spirit Pill. Therefore, every generation of True Spirit Cultivators only needs to nurture one Samling Five Element Leaf without affecting the sect's inheritance. Secondly, the number of seeds that will be formed after this thing matures is uncertain, but it won't exceed three. It might even be possible that there won't be any seeds after it matures. Therefore, when junior brother nurtures the seeds in your hands, don't tell your juniors to keep one or two seeds just in case."
When Yin Tianchu heard this, he put away the seeds and said, "Does senior brother have any other orders?"
Lu Ping pointed at the two Samling Five Element Leaves on the ground and said, "I'll have to trouble junior brother to bring these two herbs to the demon caves that have been discovered and see if our guesses are correct. It would be best if you can find a demon cave that hasn't been discovered before, the five element spirit energy there should be the most abundant."
Yin Tianchu said, "Don't worry senior brother, I'll leave this matter to the great cultivators in the sect."
Lu Ping replied, "The Samling Five Element Leaves is not a trivial matter. If someone with ulterior motives knows about its existence, I'm afraid our sect won't be at peace. Therefore, we must be careful not to let other sects know about its existence."
Lu Ping thought for a moment and said, "In addition, if I'm not wrong, the five element spirit energy left in the Five Element Turtle Vault is already insufficient. When the pure yang cultivators of the Ba Gui Clan chased after Yuwen Jinglei, they wanted to collect all the treasures that contained the five element spirit energy. I'm afraid the Ba Gui Clan will also discover the secret of the five element spirit energy in the demon caves. In this way, the survivors of the Yuwen clan, especially those who know the most secrets of the Yuwen clan and the high level cultivators, will also be noticed by the Ba Gui Clan. If junior brother wants to use the survivors of the Yuwen clan to find the undiscovered demon caves, you must be careful of the Ba Gui Clan."
Lu Ping knew that it would be a long process to find devil's dens and use the residual Five Elemental Yuan Qi to grow the two Samling Five Elemental Leaves. Apart from the fact that growing the two Samling Five Elemental Leaves required a massive amount of Five Elemental Yuan Qi, it was hard to say whether there was any Five Elemental Yuan Qi in those devil's dens that had already been discovered. When the time came, he would still have to find those devil's dens that had not been discovered yet. Moreover, it would be impossible to find a small number of devil's dens, not to mention the possibility of casualties in the process of finding new devil's dens.
While Yin Tian Chu was secretly mobilizing the Zhenling cultivators to search for those hidden devil's dens in the depths of the cultivation world, Lu Ping was already using the second matured Samling Five Elements Leaf to concoct the second batch of Origin Leaf Spirit Pills.
As Lu Ping had expected, after taking and refining the second batch of Origin Leaf Spirit Pills, the effects of the second batch of Origin Leaf Spirit Pills were greatly reduced compared to the first batch. It was only 60% as effective as the first batch. However, considering Lu Ping's present rate of cultivation, it was already a huge improvement.
After Lu Ping utilized the Five Elemental Cycle to absorb the four peacock feathers' essence energy for his own use, his Metal, Wood, Fire and Earth essences had each reached the peak of the early-stage. There was only one step left before they could advance to the mid-stage. As for the Ice and Wind essences, they were not far from the peak of the early-stage as well.
Lu Ping could not help but sigh inwardly. It had taken Lu Ping nearly 200 years to cultivate all six essences to this level. This speed of cultivation was truly unflattering. At the same time, Lu Ping's yearning for the infinite starry sky grew. In order to enter the infinite starry sky, he would need to completely open up the passageway leading to the outside world from the Northern Ice Plains.
With only 50 years left before the 500-year deadline, the two great human and demon forces, led by the Ba Gui Clan and the Zhenling Clan, began a large-scale excavation of the undiscovered devil's dens in the cultivation world. At the same time, they began a mad hunt for the remnants of the Yuwen Clan, setting off the second wave of killing Mara after the destruction of the Yuwen Clan.
In the beginning, the other sects and clans in the cultivation world were surprised by this. However, they did not care about it. Some sects and clans had even informed the two sects about the devil's dens and the remnants of the Yuwen Clan. They were happy to see the two sects and clans suffer losses in the process of hunting down Mara and the Yuwen Clan.
It was only when Zhenling Clan and the Ba Gui Clan fought over the devil's den and the remnants of the Yuwen Clan that the entire cultivation world became vigilant.
First, the Peacock royalty realized the purpose of the Ba Gui Clan's search for the devil's den because of the life feather. After finding out the use of the Five Elemental Qi, all the cultivators in the Peacock race immediately joined the Ba Gui Clan and Zhenling Clan in searching for the devil's den and hunting down the remnants of the Yuwen Clan. However, compared to the previous two clans, their actions had lagged behind by several years.
Following that, the various sects and clans with True Spirit Cultivators in the cultivation world immediately joined in after hearing the news. However, although the major forces and clans of the human and demon races knew about the use of the Five Elemental Qi for the cultivation of True Spirit Cultivators, they did not know that Zhenling was collecting the Five Elemental Qi to grow the two Samling Five Elemental Leaves.
After the destruction of the huge Yuwen Clan, there were still many disciples hidden in the cultivation world. After all, it was the number one clan since the beginning of the world. Under the careful planning of the branches and leaves, how could it be so easy to clean them up?
However, this time, they once again suffered a devastating blow, especially after the most outstanding "Yuwen Three Heroes" of the Yuwen Clan, Yuwen Ke, was killed by the two Pure Yang Cultivators of the Ba Gui Clan. It became more and more difficult to find the cultivators of the Yuwen Clan, and the number of devil's dens that were dug deep underground became less and less.
This clean-up operation against the Yuwen Clan lasted for around thirty years, and Yin Tianchu finally brought Lu Ping a fully matured Samling Five Elemental Leaf and two seeds.
After the spirit herb was refined into the third batch of Origin Leaf Spirit Pills by Lu Ping, the original sixty percent efficacy was reduced to thirty percent, but even so, the cultivation of the six main essences entered the middle stage at the same time. The four main essences of metal, wood, fire, and earth were only slightly more than the two main essences of ice and wind, which were almost negligible.
During these thirty years, Ji Tianxuan, who had helped Lu Xiaohai gather the remaining forces of the Hanging Eyes White-Fronted Tiger Clan with the Fox Clan in the Western Wilderness and gradually began to establish a foothold in the Western Wilderness, finally summoned the third Thunder Tribulation before Liu Tianyuan, becoming the third Pure Yang Cultivator of the second generation of Zhenling disciples led by Lu Ping.
As for the third generation disciple Du Tianluo, who had passed the second Thunder Tribulation, because of his outstanding performance in assisting Yin Tianchu in presiding over the clean-up of the Yuwen Clan and the excavation of the Devil's Den, he smoothly took over the position of Head of Zhenling after Liu Tianyuan relinquished the position of Head of Zhenling and became the third Head of Zhenling.
And during these thirty years, the fourth generation disciples of Zhenling also began to show their talents. Two of them reached the Dharma stage and advanced to the early Dharma stage, becoming the first and second True Adepts of the fourth generation.
In the last twenty years before the 500-year promise, Yin Tianchu, who had finally achieved the Ice Dragon True Spirit by relying on the secret inherited technique, used a year to travel the world and announce the birth of a new generation of True Spirit Adepts of Zhenling. However, at the source of the Qing Ming River, the last member of the "Three Heroes of Yuwen", who was also the most outstanding Adept of the Yuwen Clan, Yuwen Feixiang.
At this time, Yuwen Feixiang was already at the peak of Pure Yang, and the quality of the Seven Treasures Thunder Calabash in her hands was much higher than the Thunder Calabash in Lu Ping's hands.
However, when faced with Yin Tianchu, a True Spirit Adept who walked in the void and specialized in sneak attacks, she could only helplessly succumb to his short spear.
The fall of the last outstanding member of the Yuwen Clan announced the end of the First Heaven-Opening Clan. After the fall of Yuwen Feixiang, Yin Tianchu followed the map and found three giant and six large underground demon caves near the source of the Qing Ming River.
After destroying Mara and destroying the altars one by one, Yin Tianchu returned to the North Sea and brought back another mature Samling Five Elements Leaf and a seed for Lu Ping, as well as a Seven Treasures Thunder Calabash that was far superior in quality and power to the one in Lu Ping's hands.
However, after the fourth batch of Source Leaf Spirit Pill was refined by Lu Ping, it was only left with ten percent of its original effect. For Lu Ping, who had raised the cultivation of all six main sources to the middle stage, the effect was almost negligible, but it was better than nothing.
At this time, the 500-year promise finally came …
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