After escaping death, Lu Ping started to tidy up his loot. He first collected the five Xuan Ling Sect disciples' interspatial pouches. There were a total of six mystic instruments, two of which were mid-grade and four of which were low-grade.
Lu Ping looked at the two mid-grade mystic instruments that Senior Brother Qiao used with pity. These were obviously two high-grade mid-grade mystic instruments, but Senior Brother Qiao had overdrawn the power of these two mystic instruments in order to activate the talisman treasure. In the end, they were destroyed by the sea snake.
In total, there were more than 1,300 spirit stones. Senior Brother Qiao alone had more than 600 spirit stones. In addition to the talisman treasure, Lu Ping could basically confirm that this Senior Brother Qiao's background was probably even deeper than Lin Sheng's.
As expected, when Lu Ping was counting the medicinal pills, he found a total of six bottles of Blood Essence Pills while Senior Brother Qiao had two bottles of Blood Solidifying Pills and two bottles of Blood Essence Pills.
To Lu Ping's pleasant surprise, Lu Ping found two 500-year-old spiritual herbs that could be used to concoct Blood Condensing Pills from Xuan Ling Sect's Junior Brother Yin. Finally, he had gathered all eight 500-year-old spiritual herbs that could be used to exchange for the Blood Condensing Pills. Lu Ping's chances of entering the Blood Condensation Realm had greatly increased.
Just these five people alone had such a bountiful harvest. This made Lu Ping forget about his injuries and fatigue. He turned his attention back to the giant sea snake's carcass.
Lu Ping had already experienced the toughness of the sea snake's skin. He estimated that it could be used to forge a mid-grade mystic instrument. Although one of the two snake tooth daggers was destroyed, the remaining one was an essential mystic instrument for sneak attacks and assassinations. Even though the Snake Tongue Sword was the sea snake's natal mystic instrument, it could only be used as an ordinary mid-grade mystic instrument now that the sea snake was dead.
Lu Ping used the flying sword to cut open the sea snake's carcass and dug out a huge snake gallbladder. This was one of the sea snake's essences. It was an essential ingredient for concocting a few types of Blood Condensation Realm medicinal pills. It was worth a fortune.
Lu Ping also found the Sea Snake's heart, which was still intact. This was the biggest reward he had obtained from the Sea Snake Monster! Lu Ping carefully used the Flying Swallow Sword to cut open the giant heart. Four pearl-like beads of blood rolled out. Lu Ping hurriedly used the jade bottle he had prepared to catch them. Even after sealing it, he was still worried, so he put the jade bottle into a magical jade bottle that could prevent spiritual energy from dissipating.
After putting away the Condensed Blood Beads, Lu Ping let out a long sigh of relief. Only now did he realize that there were four Condensed Blood Beads. This demonic beast had actually reached the Fourth Layer of the Blood Condensation Realm. If he hadn't been injured by the talisman treasure, he would have become a snack for the sea serpent.
That's right, there's still the talisman treasure! Lu Ping hurriedly rummaged through the corpse of the snake.
It was clear that this was the first time Senior Martial Brother Qiao had used this golden spear charm. After Lu Ping found it, he looked at the talisman treasure that was still glowing with a golden light. He felt its power and knew that it could still be used two more times. His heart was filled with joy. This was his trump card against Blood Condensation Realm experts.
The talisman treasure also needed to be refined before it could be used. This was also the reason why the sea serpent did not use it during its fight with Lu Ping. If the sea serpent had successfully refined the talisman … Lu Ping shuddered at the thought of it!
Lu Ping thought for a moment and put the remaining snake meat into a storage bag. Then, he walked towards the source of the battle, Alchemist Sheng Tao's cave abode.
Pill Refinement Master Sheng Tao was just a rogue cultivator in the Blood Condensation Realm. Due to his expertise in pill refinement, he had gained some fame a hundred years ago. Hu Lili had no idea where she found this information from, sorted it out, and eventually found his cave abode.
The cave abode was very simple, but it was very spacious. Everyone had intentionally avoided the direction of the cave abode, so the inside was not damaged.
In the cultivation room, Lu Ping found Cultivator Sheng Tao's corpse. In front of the corpse, there were two jade slips and an exquisite palm-sized storage bag on a small stone table.
Lu Ping had only seen this kind of storage bag on Master Immortal Liu. The space inside was several times bigger than all of Lu Ping's current storage bags. It was the size of a house.
Inside the storage bag, there were dozens of jade boxes. Lu Ping opened them one by one. They were filled with different kinds of spirit herbs. Each jade box contained one to a few stalks, and the quantity varied. In total, there were more than two hundred stalks of spirit herbs.
Lu Ping recognized about half of them. Most of them were spirit herbs used to concoct Blood Condensation Realm pills. Among them, there were three types of spirit herbs used to concoct Blood Condensation Pills. There were also more than ten stalks of spirit herbs that Lu Ping knew were used to concoct Blood Condensation Realm pills.
Other than that, there were also 50 mid-grade spirit stones and more than a hundred low-grade spirit stones. Even though Lu Ping was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but feel excited. There were more than 5,000 low-grade spirit stones in there! As for the remaining low-grade magic tools, Lu Ping didn't care about them.
Of the two jade slips, one was called 'Sheng Tao's Pill Scripture'. It was the summary of Alchemist Sheng Tao's lifetime experience in alchemy. At the end of the scripture, there were more than ten Blood Condensation Realm pill recipes and five Blood Condensation Realm pill recipes. There was even a pill recipe for a Core Forging Realm cultivator called the Golden Marrow Pill. It was something that Sheng Tao obtained by chance, but he didn't have the ability to concoct it.
The other jade slip was called 'Sheng Tao's Notes'. It was a record of Sheng Tao's life experiences, especially the growth environment, cultivation methods, medicinal properties, methods of harvesting, and so on. It was an eye-opening experience for Lu Ping.
Through this jade slip, Lu Ping identified more than ten types of spirit herbs used to concoct Blood Condensation Pills from the jade box in the interspatial pouch.
Lu Ping bowed to Sheng Tao's corpse and said, "Today, I was fortunate enough to receive Senior Immortal's legacy. I will do my best to inherit Senior's legacy. Even if my talent is limited, I will still choose another capable person for Senior. I will not allow Senior's legacy to end."
After that, he turned Sheng Tao's corpse into ashes and stored them in a jade bottle, ready to scatter them into the sea. Longevity and legacy were two of the most important things to every cultivator. Since Lu Ping had received Sheng Tao's kindness, he naturally had to show his gratitude. Otherwise, he would feel uneasy.
Lu Ping went to the alchemy room next door. The room was surrounded by wooden cabinets used to store medicinal pills. The jade bottles on the cabinets were already covered in dust.
Lu Ping counted forty to fifty jade bottles of various sizes. There were more than ten types of medicinal pills in them. Most of them were Blood Refining Realm medicinal pills. After more than a hundred years, most of the medicinal pills in the jade bottles had lost their effectiveness.
Lu Ping counted. Only seven of the jade bottles had Blood Condensation Realm spirit-sealing talismans stuck on them. Thus, the medicinal energy of the pills was still intact. Among them, three were the Blood Vigor Pills that Lu Ping desperately needed. The remaining four were Blood Condensation Realm medicinal pills. Unfortunately, the Blood Condensation Pills that Lu Ping had been looking forward to were nowhere to be found.
In the middle of the alchemy room was an alchemy cauldron that was almost as tall as a person. It was a mid-grade magic tool, but if one were to measure its value, it could be exchanged for two or three high-grade magic tools.
Alchemy cauldrons were hundreds of times more difficult than other magic tools. It required the cooperation of a blacksmith and an alchemist. Moreover, there were strict requirements on the materials used. This made every alchemy cauldron extremely precious. A low-grade alchemy cauldron was worth as much as a high-grade magic tool.
Legend had it that the best alchemy cauldron in the Zhenling Sect was a top-grade magic tool. The elders in the sect had tried their best to upgrade it to a magic tool, but to no avail. Even so, the cauldron had to be approved by the Laozu Sect every time it was used.
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