Lu Ping suppressed his joy after reaching the Ninth Layer and spent an entire month stabilizing his cultivation. With the help of the remaining two bottles of Blood Vigor Pills, Lu Ping quickly stabilized his cultivation and made great progress.
The Ninth Layer was an important transition period between the Blood Condensation Realm and the Blood Refining Realm.
For mortals to become cultivators, they had to first activate their own spirit bloodline.
According to legend, all living beings in this world were descendants of the Seventh Patriarch, the creator of the world. Every living being had seven types of spirit bloodlines. Only by activating these seven bloodlines could they absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and gradually strengthen their spirit bloodlines. This was the Blood Refining Realm.
When a cultivator reached the Ninth Layer, the seven types of spirit bloodlines would be fully activated. At this point, the cultivator would have to face the Blood Condensation Realm.
The so-called Blood Condensation Realm was to choose one of the seven bloodlines in the body to cultivate and expel the spiritual energy of the other six bloodlines. Then, the cultivator would become the dominant bloodline in the body and reach the Blood Condensation Realm.
After that, the cultivator would use the spirit blood of the same bloodline to make up for the deficiencies in the bloodline. Finally, the cultivator's bloodline would be completely integrated into the spirit bloodline. This was the process of cultivating in the Blood Condensation Realm.
When Lu Ping reached the Ninth Layer, it meant that he had to choose one of the seven bloodlines as his main bloodline in the Blood Condensation Realm. It was also known as the foundation bloodline.
Although Lu Ping hadn't made up his mind yet, it was better for him to increase his cultivation to the peak of the Ninth Layer and obtain the Blood Condensation Pill first.
On this day, after Lu Ping finished cultivating, he went to the market and sold all the talismans he made recently. Then, he bought three bottles of Blood Essence Pills from Zhenling's elixir store. The eighty to eighty spirit stones he earned from selling the talismans were gone in the blink of an eye, and he still had to fork out a few dozen spirit stones.
After entering the Ninth Layer of the Blood Refining Realm, the number of medicinal pellets required for cultivation had increased significantly. This was especially true for the Blood Solidifying Pellets and Blood Vigor Pellets that were of a higher grade than the Blood Essence Pellets. Although the Blood Essence Pellets cost less, they contained less spiritual energy, which greatly slowed down Lu Ping's cultivation speed.
Even so, the monthly expenses of medicinal pills still rose sharply. If it wasn't for Lu Ping having some wealth, and only relying on selling talismans, he would have to face the same situation as the vast majority of cultivators, facing a lack of cultivation resources.
This was the result of Lu Ping's improved talisman-crafting skills, especially after he purchased high-quality talisman papers from the trade fair. Thanks to that, Lu Ping rarely failed in drawing talismans after he entered the Ninth Layer.
Alchemy was truly a lucrative industry!
After returning to Zhen Ling Side Hall, Lu Ping received a notice to go to Master Immortal Liu to receive his mission for this year's training. When he arrived at Master Immortal Liu's cultivation room, Lu Ping realized that he wasn't the only one. The other eight disciples of Group 7 who had reached the Eighth Layer had also arrived.
After everyone arrived and bowed to Master Immortal Liu, Master Immortal Liu said joyfully, "Lu Ping has reached the Ninth Layer of the Blood Refining Realm! That's great! With this, our Group 7 now has four Ninth Layer Blood Refining Realm disciples. Our strength is no longer inferior to Group 1. "
Everyone was shocked to hear that Lu Ping's cultivation had improved so rapidly.
Master Immortal Liu didn't elaborate on this and directly announced this year's training mission: Stay on Xuan Qi Island for three years.
For Level 3 disciples of the side halls, they would have to carry out various missions assigned by the sect for the last three years.
The conflict between Xuan Ling Sect and Zhenling Sect had calmed down, and Zhenling had taken over Xuan Qi Island. Therefore, the sixteen islands under Xuan Qi Island would need to be guarded by Zhenling's Blood Refining Realm disciples. Since Group 7 had participated in the invasion of Xuan Qi Island, they were more familiar with this area of the sea.
After leaving Master Immortal Liu's place, Lu Ping had a feeling that this mission would be full of twists and turns. Xuan Ling Sect had suffered a huge loss and lost a small ore vein. Lu Ping didn't think that Xuan Ling Sect would let Xuan Qi Island go so easily. He had to be prepared. After all, no one knew what could happen in the next three years.
Three days later, Lu Ping's group would depart for Xuan Qi Island. Lu Ping's time was tight.
When he arrived at the market again, he first went to Zhenling's Crafting Pavilion.
Because of the missions he completed, Lu Ping now had 85 contribution points, enough for him to exchange for a mid-grade mystic instrument. The reason why he didn't exchange for one before was because the mystic instruments in the Pavilion of Smithing were relatively monotonous, unlike the variety in the market. Although the quality of the mystic instruments was guaranteed, they weren't particularly outstanding among the mystic instruments of the same grade.
This time's mission was urgent, so Lu Ping didn't have time to go to other places in the market to exchange for magic tools. He could only come to the Crafting Pavilion to exchange for an ordinary mid-grade magic tool.
A mid-grade magic tool would cost at least 50 contribution points. Those with better quality or special functions could even cost close to 100 contribution points.
Lu Ping skimmed through the list. In the end, he felt that the most practical magic tool was still a flying sword. So, he spent 65 contribution points to exchange for a "Flying Feather Sword". Looking at Lu Ping's remaining 20 contribution points, he shook his head. It was really expensive. However, when he thought about how this magic tool would sell for at least 200 spirit stones outside, Lu Ping still felt that he made a profit.
When Lu Ping passed by Zhenling's Elixir Store, he thought for a moment and decided to go in to take a look.
The elixirs in the Elixir Store were mainly targeted at Blood Refining Realm disciples and low-level Blood Condensation Realm cultivators. Lu Ping looked at the list of elixirs and saw that only the Blood Essence Pill was suitable for him. Disappointed, he decided to leave.
When the shop assistant saw that Lu Ping was about to leave, he casually asked, "Immortal Senior, are there no elixirs that are suitable for you?"
Lu Ping was about to leave, but when he heard the shop assistant's question, he said, "I just want to exchange for some elixirs that are more suitable for Ninth Layer Blood Refining Realm than the Blood Essence Pill, but I don't need them here."
The shop assistant smiled and said, "It's not that we don't have these things. Our shop owner has some connections. Because the supply is limited, he sells them to cultivators with connections or powerful forces. Ordinary cultivators can only exchange for the elixirs designated by the sect."
Lu Ping suddenly understood. Zhenling was a big business, how could they not refine these elixirs? Although these elixirs were better than the Blood Essence Pill, they were still just elixirs for Blood Refining Realm cultivators. How could a master alchemist like Zhenling care about them?
However, Zhenling was also looking for benefits. Compared to other Blood Refining Realm elixirs, the Blood Essence Pill was undoubtedly the most suitable elixir.
When Lu Ping saw the half-smile on the shop assistant's face, he quickly understood. He passed ten spirit stones to the shop assistant and smiled apologetically, "This humble one doesn't know anything about this. Please enlighten me!"
The shop assistant accepted the spirit stones generously and passed the list of elixirs to Lu Ping. It seemed like he had prepared everything beforehand.
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