The alchemists from the five major sects, the long-necked youth Luan Yu, Lu Ping, and Yue Jiangrui were the eight most skilled alchemists in this gathering.
After the appraisal of the five Grandmasters and two Grandmasters, Zhou Chuang was ranked first, while Lu Ping was ranked fourth. Yue Jiangrui's success rate was the same as the disciples of the three major sects, but his decades of experience in alchemy made him ranked fifth behind Lu Ping.
Just when everyone was looking forward to the "cauldron-smashing agreement" between the two, the eight alchemists suddenly disappeared. At the same time, the five Grandmasters, Hongye Laozu, and Yan Wujiu also disappeared.
In a place surrounded by white clouds in Qian Yuan Paradise, Lu Ping and the others stood in front of the five Grandmasters and two Grandmasters.
Daoist Qin didn't mention anything about Ziyue Paradise. Instead, he smiled at Lu Ping and said, "Little friend Lu Jiu, due to the uniqueness of Ziyue Paradise, please postpone the cauldron-smashing agreement. What do you think?"
Lu Ping hurriedly said, "As you wish, Daoist Qin."
Daoist Qin smiled and nodded. "Little Yue's teacher and the Old Man were both rogue cultivators. We were best friends two hundred years ago. Later, the Old Man joined the Northern Alliance by luck and advanced to the Core Forging stage, but my old friend passed away when his lifespan was up. Fortunately, Little Yue received his old friend's skills. Although he was a little narrow-minded, he got what he deserved this time. It's just a pity to smash the cauldron. "
How could Lu Ping not know what Enlightened Master Qin was trying to say? He nodded and said, "Enlightened Master, you're right. Yue Jiangrui and I were just fighting because of personal feelings. Now that I've won by luck, I won't be too aggressive."
Lu Ping was still a little unwilling. Fortunately, he had won. If Yue Jiangrui had won, he didn't know how many people would point at his back and scold him for overestimating himself. Who would speak up for him then? After all, he was just a Hemolytic Condensation Realm Minor Repairs expert. He didn't have the capital to bargain with the masters and grandmasters here.
Fortunately, Lu Ping had no intention of killing Yue Jiangrui. The reason why he made the cauldron smashing Yue Jiangrui's cauldron might seem reckless, but in fact, he was confident in his victory and had other plans in mind. However, he didn't expect Chu Ting to lend her cauldron and fire spark to Lu Ping, saving him the trouble of exposing his Indigo Spirit Fire.
Daoist Qin laughed and said, "Lu Xiaoyou worry too much. The cauldron smashing agreement is a heavy promise to us alchemists. A loss is a loss. Besides, there are many fellow cultivators here as witnesses. How can we let bygones be bygones just because of the Old Man's plea? Little Yue can let Lu Xiaoyou deal with him. The Old Man only wants to protect his old friend's inheritance."
Yue Jiangrui was already over a hundred years old, but Daoist Qin was a Core Forging cultivator. His lifespan was at least five hundred years, so he was willing to be called "little Yue" by Daoist Qin.
Listening to the conversation between Lu Ping and Immortal Master Qin, Yue Jiangrui was also an arrogant person. Although he was dispirited and frustrated after losing to Lu Ping, if he could avoid the cauldron smashing because of Immortal Master Qin's plea, Yue Jiangrui felt that he might as well smash the cauldron and end the matter.
However, after hearing Daoist Qin's words, he thought of his teacher's kindness. It was obvious that he was hinting at him to endure the humiliation, so he said, "If I'm willing to bet, I'll accept my loss. I'll let you deal with me!"
Lu Ping pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, Yue Jiangrui, are you willing to be my servant for ten years?"
Without waiting for Yue Jiangrui to agree, Lu Ping said, "After this Elixir Gathering, I will prepare to go into seclusion to break through to the Core Forging stage. There will be a lot less time to refine pills and medicine, and there will be a lot of obstacles in my cultivation. If you listen to me for ten years, you can leave or stay after ten years!"
Daoist Qin nodded with a smile and did not say anything. Yue Jiangrui's expression changed. He suddenly raised his head and said, "Then it's settled."
The original body of Ziyue Grotto-Heaven was a treasure called Ziyue Hoop. However, this treasure was now broken into eight pieces. Because the collapse of the grotto-heaven was too sudden, although the cultivators of the Northern Alliance managed to save most of the inheritances of the Northern Alliance's alchemists, there were still some important inheritances that were lost in the collapse of the grotto-heaven.
Although the powerful cultivators of the Northern Alliance temporarily stabilized the broken grotto-heaven, the original body of Ziyue Grotto-Heaven was broken into eight pieces and became eight broken small worlds. There were many dangers inside, and the space was extremely unstable. It could collapse at any time. Only Blood Condensation cultivators could enter the broken grotto-heaven and not cause too much damage. Even so, they could only last for three days.
"You only have three days. After three days, regardless of whether you complete the mission or not, you must leave the broken grotto-heaven. Otherwise, if the grotto-heaven collapses, there will be no chance of survival."
Daoist Qin emphasized again and then said, "You only need to place the array disc in your hand into the designated position in the grotto-heaven. Everything you gain from the process of solving the inheritance will be the reward that the Northern Alliance gave you for your ranking in the Elixir Gathering."
Lu Ping and the others were happy to hear this, but they were also unhappy, especially Zhou Chuang and the others who were in the top three.
Daoist Qin saw this and smiled. "However, the broken grotto-heaven that everyone enters is different. Eight spaces, eight inheritances, so naturally, the opportunities inside are different. In short, the space that the first place enters is the largest and the most stable. There are also the most inheritances inside. The danger is low, so the rewards are naturally easy. The lower the ranking, the fewer inheritances there are, and the fewer the rewards. "
Only then did everyone understand.
Ziyue Hoop was originally a treasure with eight Grotto-Heaven Treasures. After it collapsed, the eight Treasures were separated and used by the powerful cultivators of the Northern Alliance to temporarily stabilize the eight small grotto-heavens.
Lu Ping entered the small grotto-heaven that was temporarily formed by the fourth Treasure Restriction of Ziyue Hoop.
In the chaotic and directionless space, a part of the space suddenly rippled like water, and then a leg stretched out from the water ripples.
Lu Ping looked at the space in surprise. In Qian Yuan grotto-heaven, Hongye Laozu had always used white clouds and green mist to cover many cultivators. Lu Ping had not had the chance to see the true face of Qian Yuan grotto-heaven. Now that he looked at Ziyue Grotto-Heaven, it was completely different from the Seven Star Grotto-Heaven that Lu Ping had entered before. However, when he thought about how broken Ziyue Grotto-Heaven was, Lu Ping laughed. Even if Ziyue Grotto-Heaven was in perfect condition, how could it compare to Seven Star Grotto-Heaven? However, after tens of thousands of years, Seven Star Grotto-Heaven still existed.
Lu Ping's luck was pretty good. He was in a messy spiritual herb garden. Although there were not many high-grade spiritual herbs in the garden, there were a lot of them. Many of them had beautiful flowers, and there was a faint fragrance in the air.
In this extremely unstable space, Lu Ping didn't dare to rashly open Qian Zhong Su's mystic instrument. He only lured the Purple Crystal Bees out of the mystic instrument and then ignored them. He looked at the map given by Daoist Master Qin and slowly walked in a direction.
Most of Lu Ping's Purple Crystal Bees had advanced to the Third Layer of Blood Refining Realm. Each of them was the size of half a fist. There were even a few male bees that had advanced to the Fourth Layer of Blood Refining Realm. Finally, a queen bee was born in the swarm. Unfortunately, it was still around the Fourth Layer of Blood Refining Realm. The royal jelly that was brewed was not enough for the queen bee to enjoy. However, Lu Ping could use it to try to tame Dao soldiers.
Lu Ping had just taken a few steps when a line of blood suddenly appeared on his arm. The protective spell on the surface of his arm and the protective aura shield were torn apart without any warning.
Cold sweat appeared on Lu Ping's forehead, and he felt a lingering fear in his heart.
These were the cracks formed by the disintegration of space that Immortal Qin had repeatedly warned him to be careful of. These cracks varied in size and were extremely difficult to detect. With Lu Ping's current cultivation, he might lose an arm or a leg if he accidentally bumped into one.
This was much more difficult to deal with than the forbidden formation on Fei Ling Island that had sunk to the bottom of the sea!
Lu Ping released his divine sense that could cover an area of more than two miles. He also used the old method to condense his divine sense to an area of one mile in front of him. Only then did he vaguely notice a few spatial cracks that were not the size of rice grains in front of him.
As Lu Ping walked, he paid attention to the things around him. After the collapse of Ziyue Cave Heaven, many treasures from the Land of Inheritance were scattered around. Naturally, Lu Ping would not miss this simple opportunity.
Lu Ping pondered for a moment and still dragged Dabao out of the spirit beast pouch. He told Dabao not to go beyond the range of his divine sense. Dabao was originally a mouse, so it was naturally timid. Even without Lu Ping's orders, Dabao stayed within a hundred feet of Lu Ping.
Sure enough, after a while, Lu Ping waved his hand and a jade slip that was scattered in the grass was discovered by Lu Ping. Immediately after, Dabao dug out a jade box from the ground and ran towards Lu Ping excitedly.
Lu Ping took the jade slip and looked at it. It turned out to be a pill recipe for the Flowing Cloud Pill. It was a type of pill for the Late Blood Condensation Realm. It happened to be of use to Lu Ping. Lu Ping was very happy and kept the jade slip in his storage ring.
Lu Ping took the jade box from Dabao. Initially, he thought that there would be some spiritual herbs sealed inside. After opening it, he saw two exquisite high-grade magic tools.
One was a jade hoe and the other was a jade shovel. Both were essential tools for managing the spiritual herb garden and collecting spiritual herbs. Lu Ping also had a medicinal pestle in his hand. However, it was just a magic tool. It had always been used by Lu Ping as its main job had long been abandoned by Lu Ping.
It was not bad. Lu Ping's spiritual herb garden had always been located in the Thousand Bell Millet. Over the years, the low-grade spiritual herbs in the garden had provided Lu Ping with a lot. With these two magic tools, it would undoubtedly be much easier to take care of the garden.
Due to the existence of spatial cracks everywhere, Lu Ping did not dare to move quickly in the broken grotto-heaven, let alone fly. Therefore, by the time Lu Ping arrived at the land of inheritance, it was already half a day later.
Along the way, Lu Ping also had a small harvest. However, there were some pill recipes, records of knowledge, high-grade magic tools, spiritual herbs, and some spirit pills. Among them, there was a bottle of Disguise Pill which made Lu Ping's eyes light up. This was a kind of half-step Forging Dan pill. It could allow Lu Ping to change his appearance. Even a Daoist Master of Forging Dan would not be able to detect it. The only pity was that Lu Ping did not find the pill recipe to refine the Disguise Pill within a radius of a few hundred feet from where the Disguise Pill was found.
There were also two fire seeds. However, these fire seeds were obviously of low-grade quality. They were not even as good as the Scarlet Nightmare Fire. However, there were many kinds of pills and strange ones. Perhaps some pills with some low-grade fire seeds would have a better effect than the high-grade fire seeds.
There was also a low-grade alchemy furnace which made Lu Ping very happy for a while. Although it was only a low-grade alchemy furnace, Lu Ping only had three alchemy furnaces so far. One of them was the Na Chuan Cauldron which he could only look at enviously.
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