The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around Tingtao's Immortal Cave seemed to rise and fall along with the sound of the distant waves. Wave after wave of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi gathered towards the cave.
After a long time, the sound of the distant waves seemed to die down, and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around Tingtao's Immortal Cave also slowly calmed down.
In the cultivation room of Tingtao's Immortal Cave, a trace of disappointment flashed across Lu Ping's calm face the moment he opened his eyes, but it soon disappeared.
Lu Ping casually placed a Jade Crystal Bowl in front of him into his storage artifact. The Jade Crystal Bowl was half filled with a faint blue water, and then looked at the empty Jade Crystal Bottle on the ground. Lu Ping somewhat helplessly stood up and counted the time. This time he had unexpectedly cultivated for five days, and the True Spirit Courtyard's Grand Competition was about to begin.
After returning from Hu Lili's Immortal Cave that day, Lu Ping had inadvertently heard the faint sound of the waves coming from the distant sea. Unconsciously, he had become infatuated with it. By the time he recovered, he immediately discovered that this was an excellent opportunity for him to break through to the mid Core Forging stage.
At this time, whatever Grand Competition, whatever plans he had, had all been thrown to the back of his mind. Lu Ping immediately took out a Jade Crystal Bowl from his storage ring. Inside was the Azure Wave Water that Lu Ping had obtained from the Kun Fish Demon Daoist Kong Liang. At the same time, he also took out a few high quality Core Forging cultivation pills that he had refined in the past few days.
To be able to directly use an Earth Spiritual Treasure to break through to the mid Core Forging stage, which one of them wasn't an outstanding elite in the cultivation world?
Although the Azure Wave Water wasn't too outstanding among the Earth Spiritual Treasures, it was superior in quantity. Daoist Kong Liang was also a cultivator with extremely profound True Essence. If it weren't for the fact that Lu Ping had used his Life Genchen Grand Formation, he really wouldn't have been able to do anything to Kong Liang.
With Lu Ping's current cultivation base and the degree of True Essence in his body, this large bowl of Azure Wave Water was just barely enough for Lu Ping to refine his Golden Core and advance to the mid Core Forging stage. Unfortunately, Lu Ping still wasn't able to grasp this opportunity. Feeling the True Essence in his body becoming increasingly mellow, Lu Ping wryly smiled and consoled himself. This could be considered a harvest. At least after this attack, his foundation had once again undergone a baptism, and his cultivation base had also accumulated a bit more.
Looking at the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard in front of him, Lu Ping's heart was filled with a few more emotions. Inadvertently, Lu Ping hadn't returned to the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard for more than a decade. He really had a feeling that things remained the same, but the people had changed.
Today's annual competition of the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard could be said to be the largest and most solemn one in the past few decades.
Before Lu Ping entered the side courtyard, his divine sense had already entered it.
Lu Ping casually hid in the sky above the side courtyard. Looking at the already expanded side courtyard and the densely packed crowd inside, Lu Ping couldn't help but feel a little puzzled. In recent years, it seemed that the number of reserve cultivators in the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard had increased a lot. From time to time, a beam of light would flash across the sky, and every time it landed on the side courtyard, it would cause a burst of cheers from the side courtyard's disciples.
The Zhen Ling Side Courtyard was no longer only used to train Blood Refining Realm disciples. Not only did the number of Blood Refining Realm disciples increase, but even early Blood Condensation Realm disciples were also forced to learn from Core Forging Realm Enlightened Masters for a year in the side courtyard before they were allowed to travel alone.
Although there were many Core Forging Realm cultivators in the side courtyard, for most Blood Refining Realm disciples and even Blood Condensation Realm disciples, Core Forging Realm cultivators were still a mysterious existence that they could only look up to. Moreover, Enlightened Master Zhenling who participated in today's competition had just broken through to early Core Forging Realm in recent years. They were the true rising stars of Zhenling, and many of them were famous on the "North Sea Rookie List". These people were all young faces, and many of them looked as if they were on par with Blood Refining Realm disciples.
Suddenly, a huge fireball fell from the sky, and the bright red flames seemed to burn the entire sky red. Amidst the exclamations of the crowd, the fireball ruthlessly smashed into the side courtyard.
A faint smile appeared on Lu Ping's face, and he thought to himself, "This guy used to be a calm person, but now he likes to be in the limelight more and more. He even said that he wanted to find a disciple in the side courtyard to satisfy his addiction of being a master. With such an entrance, I wonder how many disciples will pay attention to him."
Sure enough, just as the huge fireball was about to hit the side courtyard like a meteor, an earth-shaking laughter rang out, and the entire fireball strangely stopped. Immediately after, a roar rang out, and a fiery red tiger jumped out of the fireball, startling the surrounding cultivators. At this moment, the crowd could clearly see that there was a person riding on the back of the tiger. His face was full of majesty and determination. If it wasn't Yao Yong, who could it be?
"It's Enlightened Master Flaming Tiger, Enlightened Master Flaming Tiger!"
Just like that day in front of Hu Lili's cave, the crowd all looked at Yao Yong with looks of surprise and worship.
Yao Yong seemed to enjoy this feeling of being admired, and he bowed to Daoist Xuanyuan, who was next to him. Then he greeted Ji Zixuan and the others who had already arrived, and his eyes began to look at the disciples in the side courtyard.
"Does Daoist Xuanyuan want to satisfy his addiction of being a master?!"
Lu Ping was somewhat surprised. In fact, this time, Daoist Xuanyuan of the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard had invited almost all the Core Forging Stage Daoists under the age of one hundred. Naturally, Daoist Xuanyuan had received instructions from the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard. Before this, Lu Ping had also been reminded by his teacher to go to the side courtyard's Grand Competition, and if there was a disciple that caught his eye, he could also take that disciple in the future, even if it was just an honorary disciple.
In recent years, Zhenling's development had become much faster. Thanks to the accumulation of the Beast Tide and the fact that Zhenling was able to avoid the main force of the Beast Tide, the advantages of Zhenling Side Courtyard were gradually revealed as time passed.
However, there were also problems that came with it. More and more Mid Blood Condensation cultivators were qualified to take a master, but the number of Core Forging Stage Daoists in Zhenling was far from enough to satisfy the requirements of these disciples. This was also one of the reasons why the Zhen Ling Sect decided to let a portion of Core Forging Stage Daoists into the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard to give lectures. These Core Forging Stage Daoist lectures were not only aimed at the Blood Refining and Early Blood Condensation disciples in the side courtyard, but also the Mid Blood Condensation disciples who didn't have a master yet. Even some Late Blood Condensation cultivators were attracted by the Core Forging Stage Daoist lectures. After all, the Core Forging Stage Daoist lectures were the backbone of the cultivation world. The huge gap between the Core Forging Stage and the Blood Condensation Stage made the lectures of the Core Forging Stage Daoist incomparably attractive to Blood Condensation cultivators.
The Zhen Ling Side Courtyard didn't have any restrictions on the entry and exit of these cultivators. As long as they were Zhenling's disciples, they would be allowed to enter.
This year's Courtyard Competition was held because the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard had been nurturing more and more outstanding disciples. More importantly, the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard wanted Lu Ping and the other Core Forging Stage cultivators to be able to accept disciples in advance. This would relieve the pressure on the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard.
In order to allow Core Forging Stage cultivators to focus on cultivation, Zhenling stipulated that only Core Forging Stage cultivators who had reached the Third Level of Core Forging would have the right to accept disciples. Lu Ping was already qualified. This was also the reason why Daoist Profound Miao reminded him last time in the Heaven's Spirit Palace. However, based on the current situation, it seemed that the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard would be pressured by the Blood Condensation Stage cultivators and might have to relax the standards for Core Forging Stage Daoists to accept disciples.
However, even now, Lu Ping didn't have any concept of accepting disciples. Things like passing on the Dao was still very far away from him.
In truth, Lu Ping still had a trace of pride in his heart. With his divine sense, he had already discovered that there were already several Core Forging Stage cultivators hiding in the sky. However, everyone was very reserved with each other. Yao Yong's entrance had been too shocking, and no one wanted to lose the limelight. Under this contradiction, everyone had a tacit understanding with each other. One by one, they used their respective movement techniques to fly towards the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard. Everyone enjoyed the sincere cheers of the Zhen Ling Side Courtyard disciples.
Dressed in a plain long robe, Lu Ping still looked like an ordinary scholar from a poor family. Unbeknownst to others, he walked into the Zhen Ling Side Hall that he hadn't seen for many years.
The courtyard's plaza had doubled in size. The original nine arenas had been replaced by twelve arenas.
Lu Ping strolled through the crowd of cultivators in the square, looking at the Blood Refining and even Blood Condensation Realm disciples beside him. Their faces were filled with excitement and anticipation, reliving the same feeling he had when he stood under the arena. Suddenly, Lu Ping felt a tinge of aging in him!
This aging did not lie in Lu Ping's body, but in his heart!
To survive in the world of cultivation, strength was the foundation, but the brain was the means. Without strength, the brain could only be a rootless duckweed, at the mercy of others. And without strength, it could only be buried in the long river of the cultivation world.
Time flowed like water!
Lu Ping seemed to have grasped something, and the corner of his mouth curved into a slight smile. Lu Ping took a step forward, and it seemed that he was getting closer to breaking through to the middle stage of Core Forging.
Although Lu Ping came in a low-key manner, he did not deliberately hide his figure. Although the courtyard was large, how could Lu Ping's arrival be hidden from the Enlightened Masters present? Not to mention, he was the most important Enlightened Master among all the Enlightened Masters who came to the courtyard today!
But when Lu Ping appeared in their divine sense, the originally unfathomable Alchemy Grandmaster had a thoughtful look on his face. In the blink of an eye, a trace of a smile appeared on his face. When everyone's divine sense probed again, they found that Lu Ping's temperament had suddenly changed. He had become a mortal, a mortal who had come to the gathering of the Immortals.
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