The ground suddenly exploded, followed by a crack a few feet wide. Looking down from the crack, it was a strange and dazzling scene.
The vegetation on the ground had become a mess, and the small hillside in the distance had already collapsed, forming a large sunken pit. The towering trees had suddenly snapped in half without any warning, and the smooth cut surface was almost shining with a luster.
Lu Ping looked at this scene from a distance in embarrassment. If he had not relied on his Divine Sense to react quickly and left this area first, he was afraid that he would have followed in the footsteps of those towering trees. Even so, at the last moment, Lu Ping's Flying Escape Artefact, the Magic Cloud Robe, which had followed him for many years, was twisted into four clouds by the crack that extended behind him at the last moment and was immediately swallowed.
Almost a day had passed, the eight broken Heaven's Caves, which had been barely maintained, had become more and more unstable because of the entry of Lu Ping and the others. Just a moment ago, Lu Ping had encountered such a Spacial Collapse. Now, in Lu Ping's Divine Sense, the area in front of him was full of Spacial Cracks, like a huge mouth that could not be filled, waiting for prey to pass by.
In desperation, Lu Ping had to take the long way around, and it took him an hour to reach the second mountain peak.
The Spirit Array of this mountain peak extended directly to the foot of the mountain, there was a small Spiritual Medicine Hall here. When Lu Ping entered, he suddenly felt that his Divine Sense was under some kind of restriction, everything behind him became chaotic under the perception of his Divine Sense.
Lu Ping opened a scroll on a table in the middle of the Spiritual Medicine Hall, only to see hundreds of words written on it, it was the test content written by the Alchemy Grandmaster who had left behind the inheritance.
Lu Ping couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Just as he put down the scroll, hundreds of well-preserved spirit herbs suddenly appeared on the small table in front of him. Each spirit herb had a different age and type. Lu Ping had to identify two-thirds of the spirit herbs without using his divine sense or divine sense within the time it took for an incense stick to burn.
There were countless exotic flowers and herbs in the cultivation world. No alchemist dared to boast that they could recognize all of them. This test seemed simple, but it was actually extremely difficult. Even if he passed the test, Lu Ping would only get a few hundred spirit herbs. Therefore, disappointment was inevitable.
Every time he identified the age and name of a medicinal herb, the seal that imprisoned this spiritual herb would automatically be unlocked. This was considered as Lu Ping's reward.
"Jin Ling Flower, five hundred years old spirit grass; Flying Frost Leaf, five hundred years old spirit grass; this, is this Luo Jia Grass, or a thousand years old spirit grass!"
Lu Ping identified them one by one, and found that among these hundreds of spirit grasses, half were five hundred years old spirit grasses, the rest were hundred years old spirit grasses, and there were more than a hundred thousand years old spirit grasses. Lu Ping even found three three-thousand years old spirit grasses. Unfortunately, he only recognized one of them, and did not recognize the other two.
When the time it took for a stick of incense to burn, Lu Ping finally selected all the spirit grasses that he could recognize. Of the seven hundred different kinds of spirit grasses, Lu Ping only recognized about five hundred, barely reaching the standard of two-thirds.
Of the two hundred spirit grasses that had not yet been recognized by Lu Ping, at least half of them were a thousand years old, and there were even five spirit grasses that were three thousand years old, which made Lu Ping very annoyed.
At this time, the seal on the surface of the remaining two hundred or so spirit grasses was also lifted, and under the surprised eyes of Lu Ping, the surface of this ordinary table suddenly became as smooth as a mirror, and a picture of the spirit grasses flashed on it, and below it were the names of these spirit grasses, medicinal value, and so on. Most of the spirit grasses recorded were more than a thousand years old, and many of them were rare spirit grasses that Lu Ping had never heard of before. The seven hundred or so spirit grasses used for the test were all recorded in the picture on the table.
Lu Ping felt as if he had obtained a treasure, this was an important accumulation for the advancement of Lu Ping's Alchemy skills. He quickly put away the table and all the spirit grasses on it, and then the Spirit Array that imprisoned Lu Ping's Divine Sense suddenly loosened, and a small Transmission Array suddenly appeared on the floor of the Spiritual Medicine Hall. As long as Lu Ping activated the Array, he could be transmitted to the next test location on this mountain peak.
Lu Ping resisted the temptation and left the Spiritual Medicine Hall, hurrying towards the third mountain peak.
This time, things went smoothly. Lu Ping didn't encounter any more obstacles along the way. But as soon as he arrived at the third mountain and entered a cave-dwelling next to the array formation, two people attacked him with a pestle and a flaming fan. One of them was a pestle, while the other was a flaming fan.
Lu Ping's Divine Sense did not detect them at all, and the two people charging at him were obviously in the Late Blood Condensation Realm. Although he was caught off guard, Lu Ping did not put their attacks in his eyes.
The Water Curtain Skypillar was quickly activated by Lu Ping, forming a faint golden water curtain around his body that emitted a silvery light. The pestle only left ripples on the water curtain, but the person holding the pestle was pushed back by Lu Ping's Divine Sense.
The other flaming fan waved, and a wave of fire surged out from it, quickly wrapping around Lu Ping. However, a series of sizzling sounds could be heard. The fire wave came fast, but it was extinguished even faster. The Water Curtain Skypillar expanded and shrunk, and the fire wave was completely extinguished.
At this moment, Lu Ping finally saw clearly that the two people in front of him were not two people, but two puppets.
The two puppets missed their attack, but retreated to the side of the cave and stopped moving.
Lu Ping looked at the two puppets in shock. Could these be the pounding boys and fire boys that pill refiners often used?
The process of alchemy was meticulous and time-consuming. Even an alchemist would find it troublesome. There were some steps, such as selecting spirit herbs, crushing herbs, looking after the furnace, and other less important tasks, alchemists would hand them over to these boys. These boys were mostly alchemy apprentices. If they wanted to become alchemists, this was a training process that they had to go through.
However, some alchemists were eccentric and unwilling to come into contact with others. They were also unwilling to waste their time on such trivial matters. Thus, objects like puppet boys were created. Puppets that performed such complicated and meticulous tasks might not have high battle prowess, but the difficulty of creating them was extremely high.
This cave dwelling was obviously a furnishings of an alchemy room, but the alchemy furnace was nowhere to be seen. The surrounding spirit herb cabinets and alchemy boxes were also empty. On the side where the alchemy furnace was placed, there was a futon with a jade slip placed on it.
Lu Ping stretched out his hand to take a look. Inside the jade slip was the method of making battle pills.
Lu Ping shattered the mat. Inside, there were ten well-preserved spiritual herbs and a jade box.
Lu Ping did not use these spiritual herbs to make battle pills. Instead, he took out a light golden pill from his storage ring. Then, he tore the seal on the surface of the jade box and opened it.
An emerald green pill soared into the sky, then suddenly expanded. A vine net suddenly appeared above Lu Ping, covering Lu Ping. Then, the vine net tightened, as if it wanted to strangle Lu Ping to death.
Unhurriedly, Lu Ping crushed the light golden pill. A silver and golden light enveloped Lu Ping, firmly pushing the vine net outside. Then, the light became bigger and bigger. Finally, the vine net burst open.
Lu Ping chuckled and put away the spiritual herbs on the mat. Then, he used his divine sense to communicate with the two puppets. He stretched out his hand and flicked two drops of blood into the eyes of the two puppet boys. Then, he handed the two puppets dozens of mid-grade spirit stones. The two puppets swallowed the spirit stones one by one. Their originally stiff limbs immediately became flexible.
Lu Ping instructed the two puppet boys to adapt for a moment. Then, he took the medicine pestle and the flame fan in their hands and examined them carefully.
The medicine pestle was only a high-grade magic tool. Although it had a certain effect on stimulating the medicinal properties of spiritual herbs when pounding medicine, it was not very obvious. Lu Ping directly threw this high-grade magic tool into his storage ring. Then, he placed the medicine pestle he obtained from the Seven Star Skies in the hands of the medicine puppet. The most important function of this magic tool was its ability to stimulate the medicinal properties of spiritual herbs. Previously, Lu Ping did not have powerful defensive means. Now that Lu Ping had the Golden Scale Sword and the Natal Genchen Formation, this magic tool could be considered to have returned to its proper use.
The flaming fan in the fire-burning puppet's hand was a top-grade magic tool. The most important function of this magic tool was that it could seal a fire seed within it. It could be used to control the power of the fire during pill refinement, and it could also be used in battle against enemies.
Lu Ping looked at the fire seed sealed on the fan. It was just a mid-grade fire seed. Lu Ping had sealed the Crimson Nightmare Fire and the other fire seeds he collected in the Grotto-heaven in the fan. However, Lu Ping had other uses for the Dark Prison Poison Fire, so it would be a waste to seal it in an ordinary flame fan.
After a total of five fire seeds were sealed in it, the originally yellowish fan was suddenly stained with a layer of red. Lu Ping refined the flame fan. With the nourishment of Lu Ping's magic power, the flame fan shone brightly. However, this fan was not compatible with the cultivation method that Lu Ping cultivated. After thinking about it, Lu Ping stuffed the flame fan into the fire boy's hands.
Then, Lu Ping put away the two puppets and left the cave without looking back.
When Lu Ping arrived at the fourth mountain, his clothes were torn in several places. The golden armor inside was also damaged in several places. There were also a few blood scabs on his body. If it was not for the fact that Lu Ping's body was far stronger than ordinary cultivators, he would not have been injured in these few places.
Clearly, Lu Ping had encountered another spatial collapse on his way here. A day and a half had passed and the cave was becoming more and more unstable.
The test area of the fourth mountain was surrounded by a light barrier that was different from an array. Lu Ping searched for a long time but could not find a way in. Seeing that the time was getting longer and longer, Lu Ping made up his mind. He raised the Netherwater Sword and slashed at the light barrier.
The light barrier shook and became a little dimmer. Seeing that there was a way in, Lu Ping simply sprayed out more than 300 Sword Lights and used the One Qi Sword Art. A nine-meter-long sword Qi slashed at the light barrier. The light barrier shook a few times and finally shattered.
A jade slip flew out and Lu Ping held it in his hand. However, when he entered the area covered by the light barrier, he saw a path leading straight to the top of the mountain.
That was it?
He didn't expect the test to be so simple, and the only reward he got was this jade slip. Feeling a little depressed, Lu Ping checked the jade slip and smiled in satisfaction.
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