Perhaps there were only two people present who understood what Lu Ping was doing. One of them was cultivator number 72. Even though he was wearing a cloak, his cloak kept twisting towards Lu Ping's direction. On the surface, he looked no different from the other cultivators. However, Lu Ping knew that he had loosened the tracking restriction due to the continuous attacks of his divine consciousness. Every time his divine consciousness loosened a restriction, the cultivator would twist his cloak towards Lu Ping.
As for the other cultivator, it was Enlightened Master Bi. As the only Enlightened Master in the cave, Enlightened Master Bi scanned Lu Ping's location with his divine sense. Naturally, he knew what Lu Ping was doing. He glanced at Lu Ping, then at Cultivator No. 72. For some unknown reason, he closed his eyes and fell asleep again, as if everything happening in the cave had nothing to do with him.
This was also the reason why Lu Ping did not ask Perfected Bi for help after he realized that he was being plotted against. Lu Ping did not know if this was considered as an unspoken rule of the underground trade fair, but Perfected Bi was only a representative sent by the Northern Alliance. His symbolic meaning was greater than his actual meaning. Once the trade fair ended and he got out of the crypt, Lu Ping would naturally become someone else's prey. As long as he did not attack in the crypt, Perfected Bi would clearly not offend another potential Core Forging Perfected Person for him.
The cloak on Lu Ping's body kept fluttering under the waves of divine consciousness. The tracking restriction on the cloak kept loosening and disintegrating. Suddenly, a tearing sound was heard. The divine consciousness restriction was finally removed from the cloak by Lu Ping. However, at the same time, a part of the formation on the cloak that concealed a cultivator's aura was also removed. Lu Ping's aura immediately leaked out from the broken formation.
Dozens of divine consciousness in the crypt swarmed towards Lu Ping like sharks that smelled blood. They wanted to see the true identity of this cultivator who caused such a huge commotion in the crypt.
As soon as the array formation on his cloak was erased, Lu Ping noticed something was wrong. He immediately cast the [Spirit Concealment Spell] to conceal his presence and change his cultivation base. At the same time, he formed a shield wall with his divine sense to block them from probing him.
When the cultivators' divine senses penetrated through the broken array formation, they could feel Lu Ping's aura suddenly changing. Then, his aura gradually weakened. Lu Ping's cultivation base dropped from Seventh Layer Blood Condensation Realm to Sixth Layer, Fifth Layer, and finally Fourth Layer before it stabilized.
As the cultivators stared in shock, Lu Ping used his divine consciousness to completely seal off the holes on the cloak, cutting off the other cultivators from probing him. Then, he turned his attention back to the cultivators who were trading on the platform.
At that moment, the trade had reached the 56th cultivator. Next, it was Lu Ping's turn. Before this, Lu Ping had been focused on dealing with the divine consciousness imprint on his body. Naturally, he missed a lot of treasures.
When it was Lu Ping's turn, everyone was looking forward to it. They wanted to see how this cultivator who caused such a huge commotion would perform.
Lu Ping had quite a lot of items with him. However, those who could come here were the elites of the Blood Condensation Realm. Lu Ping had quite a number of high-grade magic artefacts. However, only top-grade magic artefacts could attract enough attention in a situation like this. This caused Lu Ping's original plan to dispose of his stolen goods to fall through.
No matter how he thought about it, it could only be pills. However, Lu Ping was clearly reluctant to trade late-stage Blood Condensation pills. Lu Ping walked to the platform with a jade box in his hand. Under everyone's expectant gaze, he opened the jade box. Inside were ten Blood Condensation Pills that he had prepared beforehand.
As expected, the crowd gasped. Before coming here, Lu Ping had only concocted one batch of Blood Condensation Pills. Lu Ping's pill concoction skills had been improving. His success rate of concocting Blood Condensation Pills, which were as difficult as late-stage Blood Condensation pills, had reached 70%. In addition to Lu Ping's previous spoils of war, gathering ten Blood Condensation Pills was not a problem.
Before the crowd could speak, Perfected Bi suddenly sat up straight. "Kid, you're a pill concoction master?"
Lu Ping did not dare to be slow. He quickly replied, "I was lucky enough to gather a few batches of pills and managed to gather this bottle of pills."
Perfected Bi nodded. "That's rare. Kid, are you interested in working for the Northern Alliance? I, Old Bi, recommend you to join the Northern Alliance's Pill Hall."
Although he couldn't see the faces of the crowd, Lu Ping's divine sense was able to pick up some clues. He could tell that the North Alliance's Alchemy Hall was an extraordinary place.
In fact, Lu Ping's previous understanding of the East Sea was that the East Sea represented the highest standard of the overseas cultivation world. It was almost on par with the Middle Earth and far surpassed the current situation of the North Sea's cultivation world.
After coming to the East Sea, Lu Ping had a better understanding of the East Sea. However, the East Sea was not peaceful. Other than the Crystal Palace, which was the overlord of the East Sea, there were other powerful sects and organizations. Naturally, they could not be compared to the Crystal Palace, but each of them was definitely stronger than the major sects in the North Sea.
The Northern Alliance was one of them. The northern part of the East Sea was a relatively barren area in the East Sea. There were no major sects and inheritances here. Over time, it became a paradise for independent cultivators. Later on, sensing that independent cultivators were weaker than the major sects in the East Sea led by the Crystal Palace, the independent cultivators in the sea and some small and medium-sized sects and families joined forces to form the Northern Alliance of Independent Cultivators. After thousands of years, they built a mature and perfect inheritance system to compete with the major sects in the East Sea.
It could be said that in the northern sea, the Northern Alliance was the final destination that all independent cultivators yearned for. There, they could obtain perfect inheritance and protection. They would no longer have to wander around and cultivate by groping for stones to cross the river.
Of course, everyone also knew that there was no point in being envious. After all, Lu Ping was an alchemist. The current state of the cultivation world and the price one had to pay to become an alchemist had determined the lofty status of an alchemist. No matter where they went, they would be welcomed by all forces.
Lu Ping was obviously prepared for such a situation. He bowed slightly and said, "Thank you for your appreciation, Senior. However, I am used to living a free life. I have no plans to join any forces at the moment."
Enlightened Master Bi did not pester him. Firstly, he was wary of Lu Ping's identity as a Enlightened Master. Secondly, he was wary of Lu Ping's identity as a Pill Master. Hence, he said, "Oh, that's a pity. If I want to join a force and enjoy life in the future, you can come to the Northern Alliance and look for the Old Man in the Cicada Hall of the Cicada Sect."
Lu Ping bowed again and thanked him. Then, he turned to the others in the cave and said, "Ten Blood Condensing Pills. I will only exchange them for spiritual herbs. One-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs will be prioritized. One pill for two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, or eight supplementary spiritual herbs. If you don't have any thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, you can use the spiritual herbs used to concoct Blood Condensing Pills. One pill for twelve spiritual herbs. As for the other five-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, I will only choose those that can be used to concoct Late Blood Condensation Pills.
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