"Liu Tianling, don't push your luck. I may have lost to you last time, but you, Zhenling, have gained a lot of advantages on Frost Island. Do you really think that I'm afraid of you?"
Inside a palace of ice and snow at the bottom of the cliff, twelve Laozu's from various sects and families sat in a circle. Surrounding them were the late Core Forging practitioners from various sects. At this moment, they were all watching the twelve Laozu's bickering with each other with their mouths wide open. What made them even more dumbfounded was what Xuan Ling Sect's Feng Xutao Laozu had said in a fit of anger.
Feng Xutao Laozu actually lost to Liu Tianling. When did this happen? This was a huge event that shook the entire North Sea cultivation world!
Not only were the late Core Forging Cultivators of the various sects shocked, but even the Dharma Adepts sitting next to the two of them were also shocked.
Feng Xutao was really unlucky. Losing to Jiang Tianlin was one thing, but now he lost to Liu Tianling as well. He couldn't even beat one of the couple.
But when did this Liu Tianling become so powerful? Back in the days of the North Sea cultivation world, Jiang Tianlin and Feng Xutao were known as the "North Sea Twins." Although Liu Tianling was also famous, compared to the two of them, there was still a gap. Jiang Tianlin defeating Feng Xutao after advancing to the Dharma stage was one thing, but Liu Tianling's rapid advancement to the Dharma stage had already shocked the sects of the North Sea. At the same time, they secretly hoped that Liu Tianling hadn't advanced to the Dharma stage with a high Golden Core.
However, all that hope seemed to have been shattered now. Although Feng Xuzao had only formed a seventh-grade Golden Elixir back then, he had accumulated enough experience and had merged with two low-grade Heaven level Spirit items. Therefore, after he had advanced to the Dharma stage, his abilities had even surpassed many early Dharma adepts, but he had still lost to Liu Tianling.
How could this be? What was she hiding? Or rather, what was Zhenling hiding? At this moment, all the Laozu's looked at Liu Tianling with probing gazes.
At the same time, other than feeling as surprised as the other Core Forging cultivators, the two late stage Core Forging cultivators of Xuan Ling Sect seemed to have come to a sudden realization. Senior Brother Feng Xutiao had been in an extremely bad mood ever since he arrived at Frost Island. He would scold the disciples of his sect for no reason at all.
Liu Tianling and Laozu looked at the surrounding Laozu's with a hint of a common enemy. They knew that Feng Xutao was willing to expose his own weakness to temporarily isolate Zhenling. Jiang Tianlin and Liu Tianling's strength had already caused the sects of the North Sea to be jealous and on guard!
As expected, Cang Li Laozu from Shui Yan Pavilion was the first to speak. "Brother Feng is right. Not only did you, Zhenling, occupy the only small spirit mine on Frost Island, but the most precious Ice Illusion Stone is also in Brother Liu's hands. This Frost Jade Spring is the most extraordinary item found in this mine, enough for more than twenty water element practitioners to use to condense their protective Qi. It's a bit unreasonable that your sect still occupied five spots."
As soon as Cang Li Laozu finished speaking, Xuan Ling Sect's Laozu's and Ocean Flame Sect's Laozu's also agreed. The two Laozu's representing the other sects and families of the North Sea sat on the side without saying anything. Obviously, they didn't want to participate in the conflict between the top ten sects.
Liu Tianling Laozu pondered for a moment and said, "Fine. This time, I, Zhenling, will give up four spots to condense their Qi. However, two of these spots must be given to Chong Ming Sect. Chong Ming, Cang Lang, Jade Sword, and the cultivators of my sect must first use this Frost Jade Spring to condense their Qi. Otherwise, there's no need to discuss this matter!"
Liu Tianling's forcefulness was well-known in the North Sea. Originally, Feng Xutao thought that even if he pulled all the sects' Laozu's to his side, it would still take a lot of bargaining before he could force Zhenling to give in. For this, Feng Xutao didn't hesitate to tell everyone about how he lost to Liu Tianling. He didn't think that Liu Tianling would agree to this matter so easily. This made Feng Xutao feel like vomiting blood.
Fortunately, Zhen Ling Sect had finally made a concession. The remaining two spots were given to Hai Yan Sect and Cang Hai Sect respectively. After all, both sects had lost a Mid Core Forging Realm cultivator to Ice Asura. This could be considered as making up for the losses of the two sects.
As for Zhenling's request to condense the Frost Jade Spring first, the sects' Laozu didn't care. This time, the newly discovered Frost Jade Spring had a lot of Frost Jade Spring. It was likely that there would still be some left after the allocation of spots.
Only Chong Ming Sect's Laozu was also excited. Last time, Zhenling's group obtained three treasures. Aside from the Ice Illusion Stone, which went to Zhenling, Jade Sword Sect and Cang Lang Sect each obtained a Natural Oddity. Only Chong Ming Sect didn't get a single one. This time, Liu Tianling and Laozu took the initiative to give two spots to Chong Ming Sect as compensation for their previous losses.
Apart from Zhenling, the other sects' faces were full of joy. However, Spiritual Master Feng Xuzao didn't feel happy at all. He faintly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what it was, so he gave up.
Lu Ping pondered for a while in his own ice room. Only then did he realize that a day had passed. If he didn't go back now, it would inevitably arouse suspicion. So, he left Dabao in the ice room and ordered him to only dig high-grade Spirit Stones. The rest of the low-grade Spirit Stones were not to be touched. At the same time, he also told him to be careful in case another Ice Asura appeared.
Lu Ping turned around and left the ice room, leaving behind a dejected Dabao. Only mining high-grade Spirit Stones? This is only a mid-grade Spirit Vein. Naturally, there aren't many high-grade Spirit Stones here. Doesn't that mean I have to spend a lot of time and energy burrowing underground to find high-grade Spirit Stones?
Thinking about the low-grade Spirit Stones that could be easily found underground, Dabao went underground in low spirits and helplessly went to complete the task given by Lu Ping.
In fact, Lu Ping did this because he had no other choice. This Spirit Vein still had to be handed over to the sect. Since Lu Ping wanted to reap the benefits first, he couldn't make it too obvious. If the sect's cultivators discovered that this Spirit Vein had already been mined by others, it wouldn't look good for Lu Ping. In the eyes of the sect's cultivators, they would also look down on Lu Ping.
Lu Ping had just returned to Zhenling's temporary encampment in the ice valley when he received a shocking piece of news from Spiritual Master Xuanwei and the others. After Feng Xidao was defeated by Jiang Tianlin and Laozu, he was defeated by Liu Tianling and Laozu. This meant that Zhenling's second generation of cultivators had surpassed Xuan Ling Sect not only in terms of quantity, but also in terms of quality.
Looking at the excited faces of Spiritual Master Xuanlei and the others, Lu Ping didn't think much of it. Before Feng Xidao achieved Dharma, he was as famous as Jiang Tianlin and Laozu, and Liu Tianling and Laozu were slightly weaker than him. However, the two of them had the Spirit-Forging Pill that Lu Ping had brought back from Fei Ling Island years ago. The grade of their Golden Core was definitely higher than Feng Xidao's. Therefore, after achieving Dharma, it was only natural that the two of them were stronger than Feng Xidao.
Immediately after, Lu Ping was called to the training room by his teacher.
In the next few days, all the sects in the North Sea set up the "Spirit Lock Formation" at the bottom of the ice cliff, surrounding the main vein and meridian veins of the entire large Spirit Mine with the formation. This was to prevent people from stealing while they were excavating.
At the same time, the "Frozen Spring", a natural wonder found at the bottom of the ice cliff, was also used by the cultivators to smelt Protective Vigor. The amount of Protective Vigor Vigor refined was not determined by the level of the cultivator's cultivation, but by the foundation that the cultivator laid during the first time he smelted Protective Vigor Vigor.
After the cultivators of Chong Ming, Jade Sword, and Cang Lang finished smelting according to the quota, only one-third of the entire Frozen Spring had been used. When it came to Zhenling, Lu Ping was the only one left.
Seeing that it was Lu Ping, the cultivators guarding the Ice Spring did not mind. But a moment later, the cultivators panicked. This was not refining the Gang Qi bit by bit, it was simply swallowing it whole. The Ice Spring was shrinking at an obvious speed.
Several cultivators hurriedly reported this matter to Laozu from their respective sects. Only then did Laozu realize that they had fallen into Liu Tianling's trap. Feng Xutao even crushed a teacup made from a top-grade magic artefact into a pile of scrap. However, Lu Ping's tyrannical ability to fuse with his protective astral energy also greatly surprised Laozu. With this level of smelting, his protective astral energy was most likely not inferior to a defensive spirit-type magic treasure.
Above the Frozen Spring, Lu Ping quietly floated. Five layers of protective astral energy spread out layer by layer. The icy spring water under his feet was slowly absorbed by the protective astral energy. The outermost layer slowly formed a thin layer of cold silver astral energy. This was the sixth layer of protective astral energy.
With the formation of the sixth layer of protective astral energy, the Frozen Spring under Lu Ping's feet rapidly shrank.
Presumably, the cultivators of the various sects were regretting it to death, Lu Ping thought gloatingly.
Lu Ping's smelting of astral energy took an entire day. The amount of Frozen Spring Lu Ping absorbed was four times that of an ordinary cultivator. Adding the amount of Frozen Spring refined by Chong Ming and the other two sects, Zhenling's side had actually consumed half of the Frozen Spring.
The cultivators of the various sects who came later looked at the Frozen Spring in front of them and wanted to cry. Especially Hai Yan Sect and Cang Hai Sect, because they had obtained two spots from Zhenling, they were the last in line. But looking at the remaining half of the Frozen Spring, when it was their turn, how much spring water would be left?
In desperation, after an emergency discussion, the remaining six sects could only let the cultivators of each sect take turns to smelt their astral energy. In the end, Xuan Ling Sect, who originally had five spots, only managed to smelt four people, Hai Yan Sect's four spots, and Cang Hai Sect's three spots, only managed to smelt two. Hai Yan Sect and Cang Hai Sect did not take advantage of Zhenling at all, and Xuan Ling Sect even lost a spot. This made Feng Xutao very angry, but there was nothing he could do!
Just as the disciples of each sect finished smelting the Frozen Spring, the large spirit mine at the bottom of the ice cliff also officially started mining. At the same time, Zhenling's Liu Tianling, Laozu, moved his sect's encampment to a small mountain on the outskirts of Frost Island. It was said that they found a small spirit vein there, which made all the sects curse Zhenling's luck again.
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