Just as Li Xiuzhu finished speaking, Zhang Shengkun giggled and said, "The Li Clan's Elder Sister is always so unreasonable. No wonder my Eldest Brother is so devoted to Elder Sister, but he always finds it hard to make Elder Sister smile."
The cultivator beside Zhang Shengkun blushed and scolded with a smile, "You little girl, is there a sister who would ridicule her own brother like you?"
Wang Yishan didn't expect that a mimosa would attract the attention of the four most famous young cultivators of the three families' cities. Hearing Li Xiuzhu's words, his expression changed. Among the three families' cities, the Zhang Family was the most powerful. The Wang Family and Li Family had always worked together to resist the three families. Although Li Xiuzhu was arrogant in the past, he still cared about Wang Yishan's face. Today, it seemed like he was targeting the Zhang Family brother and sister, but in reality, he had also thrown away Wang Yishan's face.
Wang Yishan glanced at the silver-robed cultivator beside him thoughtfully. Coincidentally, the silver-robed cultivator was also looking at him. Wang Yishan quickly put on a smile and nodded at the silver-robed cultivator. After calming down, Wang Yishan finally regained his ability to think.
The four people's auras were divided into three groups, and they refused to give way to each other. Immediately, the market became turbulent. Everyone avoided each other, unwilling to get involved in the fight between the three families' forces.
With the Zhang Family brother and sister working together, they naturally had the upper hand. In the past, Wang Yishan and Li Xiuzhu would choose to work together to fight against the Zhang Family brother and sister. Today, however, Li Xiuzhu came alone. There was no sign of him working together with Wang Yishan.
Wang Yishan was the weakest among the four. After a short while, he was at a disadvantage. Under the pressure of the three people's auras, his face turned red and he took a step back.
The Wang Family's alchemist was a little anxious. After all, Wang Yishan represented the Wang Family. If he embarrassed himself in front of others, the Wang Family would lose face. However, he was considered one of the older generation in the Wang Family. It was not good for him to interfere in a fight between the younger generation. Thus, he looked at the silver-robed cultivator for help.
The silver-robed cultivator chuckled and took a step forward. Magic power surged from his body. Surprisingly, he was also a peak Blood Condensation cultivator. The two of them worked together to push back the incoming aura.
The Zhang siblings looked at the calm silver-robed cultivator with solemn expressions. The silver-robed cultivator was clearly not going all out. Now, Li Xiuzhu had become the weakest link. Naturally, the Zhang siblings would not mind letting her suffer a bit. Wang Yishan's face was also gloomy. He secretly hated Li Xiuzhu for not giving him face earlier.
The mortal old man beside Lu Ping was already trembling in fear. To him, it was as if the gods were fighting and the mortals were the ones to suffer the consequences.
Lu Ping knew that this mimosa was not something a mortal should have. After thinking for a moment, he whispered a few words to the old man and handed him a few spirit stones. Although the old man was a mortal, he knew that the thing in his hand had become a life-threatening object. Just as he was hesitating, he heard Lu Ping's words and quickly took the spirit stones. He happily handed the jade box in his hand to Lu Ping and jogged away. He did not look old at all.
When the four young masters saw Lu Ping put the mimosa into a jade box, the Zhang and Wang Family cultivators' expressions immediately changed.
At this time, Li Xiuzhu was the one in the most difficult situation. This capable woman was quite unyielding. Under the pressure of the four young masters' auras, she was already drenched in sweat. She was like a lamp without oil, but she did not take a single step back.
Lu Ping sighed. He knew that ever since he accepted the Li Family's invitation, he was already considered a member of the Li Family in the eyes of the other two families. Moreover, he had been staying in the Li Family's inn. In order to concoct the Seven Step Marked Pill, he would have to visit the Li Family frequently.
The three families' cities might be big, but it was not far for cultivators. News of what happened in the mortal market spread throughout the city in the blink of an eye. Many cultivators rushed to the mortal market to watch the show.
Lu Ping took a step towards Li Xiuzhu. In the end, he decided to lend Li Xiuzhu a hand.
"So it's someone from the Li Family."
"This person is overestimating himself. This is a battle between five peak Blood Condensation experts. He's only at the Seventh Layer of the Blood Condensation Realm. Isn't he just looking for trouble?"
"That might not be the case. Maybe he wants to play the hero and save the damsel in distress!"
"You probably don't know about this. This person often appears in the shops selling spiritual herbs in the city. He also frequently comes to the mortal market to trade for spiritual herbs. He should be an alchemist."
"That's right. This person has a good reputation in the mortal market. He never purposely lowers the price of spiritual herbs. He also often gives some pointers about spiritual herbs. His price is also considered fair."
"This person has already joined the Li Family. Someone saw him accepting the Li Family's invitation and entering the Li Family's manor."
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When the Zhang siblings and Wang Yishan saw that Lu Ping was overestimating himself and actually wanted to interfere in their game, they looked at Lu Ping mockingly. They were waiting for him to make a fool of himself.
When Li Xiuzhu saw Lu Ping acting like this, he wanted to warn him. However, the Zhang and Wang Clans seemed to want to see Lu Ping make a fool of himself. They simultaneously increased the pressure of their auras. Li Xiuzhu opened his mouth, but no words came out.
Lu Ping didn't have much interest in these games of battle qi. Not to mention, his divine sense cultivation base and arcane energy cultivation base allowed him to stand up to a Mid Core Forging Realm Enlightened Master Xuan Jing's aura during the apprenticeship ceremony. Not to mention, he was still able to speak. A few Peak Blood Condensation cultivators were nothing to him.
Just as everyone was waiting to see Lu Ping make a fool of himself, the Zhang and Wang Clans gradually withdrew their mocking attitude. From their divine sense, they could sense that after Lu Ping stepped into Li Xiuzhu's group, the Li Family's aura suddenly became like an unfathomable lake. No matter how hard the cultivators from both sides tried, they could only create a few ripples on the surface of the lake.
At this moment, Li Xiuzhu was also quite surprised to see this cultivator in front of him who seemed to be slightly younger than him. When Lu Ping stepped into the range of his aura, his nearly exhausted aura suddenly seemed to be injected with a stream of fresh water. Li Xiuzhu, who was standing on the edge of the cliff, was suddenly pulled back. Looking at the cliff behind him, he only felt waves of lingering fear.
When the surrounding cultivators saw that Lu Ping was able to resist the combined pressure of the two sides with ease after joining the battle, they all had expressions of amazement on their faces.
From Lu Ping's point of view, although these people were all at the peak of the Blood Condensation Realm, only Li Xiuzhu and the silver-robed cultivator's strength had reached the level of the "Eighteen Generals of the North Sea". Although the Zhang siblings were not bad, compared to Li Xiuzhu, they were still slightly inferior. Wang Yishan's strength was the weakest. Obviously, it was because he didn't have a solid foundation. A peak Blood Condensation cultivator like him would only be looking for trouble if he encountered Lu Ping.
Lu Ping didn't reveal too much of his strength. When he saw that both sides had retreated, he turned around and smiled at Miss Li. Without looking back, he walked towards his cave abode. Behind him, a little brat followed from afar.
Li Xiuzhu stared at Lu Ping's back. No one knew what he was thinking. Then, he turned around and gave the Zhang and Wang Families a cold look before leaving as well.
Wang Yishan gritted his teeth and was about to say something when he saw the distinguished guest beside him finally put away his previously calm expression and walked towards the Wang Family. Wang Yishan was startled. He hurriedly called for his family's pill refiner to catch up with him.
The Zhang siblings looked at each other, their eyes flashing. No one knew what they were talking about. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared, leaving only the cultivators who had come to watch the commotion.
Only a few of the more observant cultivators had their own thoughts when they saw the strange scene in the wandering cultivator's market. For a time, undercurrents were surging in the three families' cities. Visible and invisible forces, both inside and outside the islands, were playing games with each other. Even the mortals gradually noticed that the atmosphere in the city had become strange.
At the same time, the Li Family's new disciple, Lu Jiu, also entered the sights of the three families' cities.
Another half a month later, Lu Ping was led to an inconspicuous shop in the center of the three clans' cities by the young lady of the Li Clan, who looked like a man.
There was also an alchemist nurtured by the Li Clan. He was a middle-aged cultivator with a fiery red face. Along the way, he didn't speak much with Lu Ping. Clearly, he was doubtful that a young Seventh Layer Blood Condensation Realm cultivator like Lu Ping could concoct Half-Step Core Forging Realm medicinal pellets. But since he was highly valued by the clan master and the young miss, he didn't say anything. After all, he was only proficient in Mid Blood Condensation Realm medicinal pellets. His success rate for Late Blood Condensation Realm medicinal pellets was only 20% to 30%, far from the standard of Half-Step Core Forging Realm medicinal pellets.
"This is the place where the underground trade fair is held?" Lu Ping looked at the shabby shop in front of him with uncertainty. If Li Xiuzhu hadn't brought him here, he definitely wouldn't have noticed that this shop was actually the entrance to the underground trade fair.
Most of the people on the three families' island were rogue cultivators. Most of them were brave cultivators who often ventured out to sea. Although the three families had the Zhang, Wang, and Li Family's influence on the island, these three families obviously couldn't compare to some of the big sects and families on the three families' island. As a result, whenever the three families' cities held an auction, it would always be accompanied by a bloody storm.
In the end, the three families' cities cancelled the auction and instead established a secret underground trade fair. Lu Ping followed Li Xiuzhu into the shop and received three cloaks from a hunchbacked old cultivator. Li Xiuzhu took one and draped it over his body. Not only did it cover his appearance, but when Lu Ping used his Spiritual Sense to investigate it, he found that the cloak contained a powerful magic power that hindered Lu Ping's Spiritual Sense.
This was a good thing. Lu Ping took the cloak and draped it over his body. Unfortunately, this cloak could only hide his identity and not his whereabouts.
The three of them came to an empty room behind the shop. A complex array formation had been engraved on the floor of the empty room. Lu Ping knew that this was a short-distance teleportation array. It seemed that the place where the trade fair was held was a secret. However, the three families should know where the trade fair was held.
Li Xiuzhu inserted dozens of spirit stones into the array formation. The hunchbacked old man then activated the array formation. With a flash of white light, the three of them disappeared from the empty room.
The hunchbacked old man slowly walked out of the room and came to the shop, waiting for the next batch of cultivators to participate in the underground trade fair.
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