Perfected Wang Zhou had escaped!
This time, not only was Lu Ping at a loss, but the others were also looking at each other in dismay.
This was too unbelievable. Even though Lu Ping had comprehended the Great Sword Technique and formed a sword array with the Psychic Sword Ray, the cultivators present could all see that Lu Ping was only at the beginning of the Great Sword Technique. The power of the sword array could not be fully unleashed. With Perfected Wang Zhou's strength, even if he was no match for Lu Ping's Great Sword Technique, he could still fight for a few rounds and then retreat.
Even though that would be a loss of face, it was much better than retreating before the battle even started.
Perfected Wang Zhou was not just losing face now, this was simply a disgrace! If this got out, Perfected Wang Zhou would be a joke in the cultivation world of the East Sea.
"Perhaps Fellow Daoist Wang retreated because he felt that he could not win. After all, Fellow Daoist Wang is usually arrogant and disdains many things. Not to mention, Fellow Daoist Wang was not in a hurry to escape just now!"
At this time, Qiu Yongzhen was the most embarrassed. He never thought that such a situation would occur. Daoist Master Wang Zhou left him alone without saying a word. He also wanted to leave, but he had no choice but to defend Daoist Master Wang Zhou.
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Qiu is right. Fellow Daoist Wang is indeed a little arrogant."
After all, Wang Zhou was a Mid Core Forging Realm cultivator. Not to mention, he was defeated by someone weaker than him. Zhang Feng, Li Maolin, and the others, who were about the same cultivation level as Enlightened Master Wang Zhou, didn't want to fall out with him. Hence, they couldn't help but feel sorry for him. If it were them, they would have no choice but to retreat after Lu Ping suddenly comprehended a great sword technique. But they wouldn't choose to retreat like Enlightened Master Wang Zhou.
"If that's the case, I will take my leave!"
Qiu Yongzhen left in a hurry. Zhang Feng and Li Maolin also had their own thoughts. They congratulated Lu Ping and the others and flew away.
Qiao Zhengyan smiled. "This time, Lu Daoyou's reputation in the Northern Alliance is probably even greater."
Lu Ping thanked him profusely and turned to invite Qiao Zhengyan to Cang Ling Island for a chat.
However, Qiao Zhengyan shook his head and said, "In addition to warning the cultivators of the Crystal Palace, I also want to inform Lu Daoyou of something. From today onwards, your Listening Wave Prefecture will officially become one of the 72 small forces under the jurisdiction of the Northern Alliance. The Northern Alliance will announce this to the public."
Lu Ping was startled and said, "This has caught me off guard. The Soundwave Manor has just been established and hasn't been certified by the Elixir Association. It should only be considered an unranked faction. How did it suddenly become a small-sized faction?"
Qiao Zhengyan laughed and said, "Lu Daoyou must be joking. Which unranked faction in the Northern Alliance has the strength of the Soundwave Manor? Just the Core Forging Realm Enlightened Masters, not counting my son, they have four. Even a medium-sized faction has suffered two losses at your hands! It just so happened that the Shangguan family of Drum Island, which had just become a medium-sized faction, offended the Snake Demon Clan of the East Sea for some reason and was slaughtered. The Shangguan family was the eyes and ears of the Central Plains cultivation world in the East Sea, so it didn't matter if they were wiped out. The number one faction of such a small faction had to replace the Shangguan family, so there was an empty spot in the small faction. The cultivators of Qianyuan Mountain gave this spot to the Soundwave Manor. "
This was also a pleasant surprise. Joining the Northern Alliance meant that there were many rights and responsibilities. However, this also meant that the Soundwave Manor would receive the protection of the Northern Alliance. Before the Soundwave Island's strength grew, the Northern Alliance's protection was still very necessary. Fortunately, he was only hiding behind the scenes in the Soundwave Island's affairs. On the surface, Hong Ying and the others were in charge.
After sending off Qiao Zhengyan, Qiao Weiying also left. This time, Qiao Weiying had helped him because of the Meridian Nourishing Pill refined by Lu Ping. It could be said that this pill was more important than saving his life. Qiao Weiying had helped him recover his cultivation and quickly advanced to the Core Forging Realm. This was inseparable from the effect of the Meridian Nourishing Pill refined by Lu Ping.
The Soundwave Island had been recognized by the Northern Alliance and became one of the 72 small factions under its jurisdiction. It could be said that it had officially gained a foothold in the Fallen Mystery Land. To the east was the Zhang and Li families, while to the west was the medium-sized spirit vein on a nameless island. Across the nameless island was the Qiu family, one of the 36 families under the Crystal Palace.
The Soundwave Island had originally been under the jurisdiction of the three factions. Now that the Soundwave Manor had taken the initiative, the Zhang and Li families acted at the same time as if they had a tacit understanding. Following the Soundwave Manor's example, they each divided nine of the remaining eighteen islands.
Lu Ping had continuously refined dozens of batches of pills for the Li family, the "boudoir", and the Black Mountain Gang as thanks for their help. However, of course, the three families still had to provide the spiritual herbs themselves. The only thing Lu Ping could do was to follow the rules of the cultivation world and reduce the number of spiritual herbs that he kept to a minimum.
Originally, these tasks were left to Yue Jiangrui. Unfortunately, Yue Jiangrui had not finished his closed-door cultivation, so Lu Ping could only refine dozens of batches of pills for the Core Forging Realm. As for the rest of the pills for the Blood Condensation Realm, Lu Ping really couldn't care less. Moreover, even if Yue Jiangrui became a master alchemist, his alchemy skills wouldn't be as good as Lu Ping's. It would be a waste to refine pills for the Core Forging Realm directly.
Of course, the most important reason was that Lu Ping had decided to refine the Forging Heart Pill. As such, the process of honing his alchemy skills was indispensable.
Under Lu Ping's arrangements, Cang Ling Island and the other nine islands concealed their strength and bided their time. They each managed their own resources and exchanged their spiritual materials and ores for spiritual herbs and magic tools from the Perished Secret World to increase their own strength. Everything in the Listening Wave Prefecture was gradually on the right track. Lu Ping then handed everything over to [Hong Ying]. He instructed [Hong Ying] to collect as many thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, Core Forging Realm pill recipes, and treasures that were of utmost importance to Lu Ping. After that, [Lu Ping] also began his closed-door cultivation.
A year later, a celestial phenomenon appeared in the sky above Listening Wave Island again. After Ye Buqi came out of his closed-door cultivation, the Listening Wave Prefecture gained another Core Forging Enlightened Master. However, both [Hong Ying] and [Hong Ying] knew that it would be difficult for them to advance to the Core Forging Realm in this lifetime. However, for independent cultivators like them who did not even have a complete inheritance, being able to advance to the Core Forging Realm was already a blessing from the heavens. Thus, they were more or less grateful for Lu Ping's help.
Yue Jiangrui's advancement to the Core Forging Realm did not produce any celestial phenomenon. He had condensed his Golden Core through a trick. However, when he came out of his closed-door cultivation, he saw that [Hong Ying] had prepared dozens of cauldrons of pills for him. Most of them were Blood Condensation pills, and only a small portion were Core Forging pills. Yue Jiangrui's eyes twitched.
"A large portion of these pills are for the Young Master to thank the Zhang and Li Clans and the Dark Mountain Gang for their help. The remaining portion is for our Listening Wave Prefecture's cultivators' cultivation expenses for this month. The Young Master has instructed that Mister Yue will be in charge of this matter from now on!"
After Yue Jiangrui advanced to the Core Forging Realm, it would be easy for him to become a Master Alchemist. [Hong Ying] had no choice but to be more careful. At the same time, he was secretly proud of himself. With a Master Alchemist in charge, the Listening Wave Prefecture's strength would continue to increase as long as they managed it well.
After the Listening Wave Prefecture established its foundation on Cang Ling Island, there were no movements for three years. Only a few months later, they sent people to occupy the portion of the spirit stone mine that originally belonged to the Wang Clan. Other than that, there were no signs of expansion. The Zhang, Li, and Qiu Clans all heaved a sigh of relief.
The two portions of the spirit stone mine weren't much. In a year, the Listening Wave Prefecture would only receive about ten thousand spirit stones. In order to recycle the spirit stone mine, only about five hundred thousand spirit stones would be mined in a year. However, it was a small stream that flowed over a long period of time. The two portions of the mine were equivalent to the Listening Wave Prefecture gaining a small spirit stone mine.
Many things had changed in the cultivation world in three years, but not much had changed in the Fallen Mystic Land.
"Have you really decided not to return to the North Sea and figure out your background?"
Lu Ping looked at Chi Lianying. Chi Lianying's cultivation had already reached the peak of the first layer of the Core Forging Realm two years ago. After three years of accumulation, advancing to the second layer was already a matter of time.
Chi Lianying shook her head and said, "I don't think so. As my cultivation has increased over the past two years, I can recall more and more fragments of my memories. I'm afraid that my situation isn't as simple as it seems. At the very least, the people who captured me and searched my soul are far stronger than us. If I rashly return to the North Sea to investigate this matter, I might provoke some powerful forces. Therefore, I think it's better for me to lay low for a while and wait until my cultivation is strong enough before I face this matter."
Seeing that Chi Lianying had made up her mind, Lu Ping said, "That's a good idea. It just so happens that the Listen Wave Prefecture needs a powerful cultivator to hold down the fort. After Hong Ying and Ye Buqi advanced to the Core Forging Realm, their potential was almost exhausted. If they don't have a great opportunity in this life, the chances of them reaching the mid-stage of the Core Forging Realm are very slim. Therefore, there are some things that I need you to deal with. Besides, with Yue Jiangrui, your cultivation speed shouldn't be slow."
Chi Lianying giggled and said, "Your departure this time was very well arranged. I presume you have many backup plans. With this force to help you accumulate resources, I'm sure you will go far. I really don't know how you cultivated to actually reach the third layer of the Core Forging Realm. You didn't use any tricks, did you?"
A few days later, the long-distance teleportation array on the Silver Sword Island in the south of the East Sea under the jurisdiction of Skyrend lit up again. Under the watchful eyes of the cultivators of Skyrend, a Core Forging cultivator with a blurry face calmly descended from the teleportation array. He handed a dozen mid-grade spirit stones to the cultivators of Skyrend who were guarding the teleportation array and left.
Three years had passed. Although there weren't many changes in the Fallen Mystic Land, the situation in the East Sea had changed drastically. The confrontation between humans and demons had escalated into a large-scale conflict. Fortunately, the higher-ups of both races seemed to be controlling the scale of the conflict. Now, only cultivators below the Blood Condensation Realm were involved in the war. Although the high-level cultivators of the two races fought each other, there were no life-or-death battles. Unlike the North Sea, where the sects formed an alliance to fight against the demons, the East Sea had the five major sects as the center. Each sect fought against the demons independently. At this time, the Silver Sword Island, which was the closest to the demons in Skyrend, had become a hunting ground for the cultivators of the two races.
Lu Ping stayed in the inn he stayed at on the Silver Sword Island for a while. Three days later, the night of the full moon would arrive. Then, he quietly made his way south to the battlefield between the humans and demons.
After plotting against a few peak Blood Condensation Realm demonic beasts, Lu Ping retracted his hand from one of the demonic beasts' heads. He let out a long sigh and said, "I finally found it. This soul-searching technique isn't that easy to use. Hopefully, there won't be any more accidents this time!"
Under the moonlight, a pair of eyes that emitted a cold light flashed with a cold killing intent from time to time!
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