Lu Ping, who had returned from a rewarding journey, was still immersed in immense joy and was at a loss as to what to do next. His Dao heart, which he had maintained for so long, could no longer remain calm.
Lu Ping sat in his cultivation room for an entire day, but he still couldn't calm down. Thinking back to the days when he wanted to split a spirit stone in half and spend it, Lu Ping could no longer keep his emotions in check. He fell into memories of the past.
As time passed, Lu Ping finally remembered the day when he broke through to the Eighth Layer of the Blood Refining Realm. When Master Immortal Liu asked him what was the purpose of his cultivation, Lu Ping resolutely answered, "Longevity."
"… No matter which one it is, it's a plausible reason. But in the end, only this one is the most practical and the most immortal. All the other reasons will fade away with time, but this is the only reason that will last forever. "
When Master Immortal Liu heard Lu Ping's answer, he laughed heartily, feeling gratified.
Lu Ping's dazed eyes finally became clear again. I cultivate for the sake of longevity. Even though this wealth is something I've never seen before, it's ultimately just an illusion to me on the path to longevity. Wasn't that Master Immortal Sheng Tao the owner of this wealth?
I just need to convert this wealth into resources for my cultivation and accumulate it into my cultivation. One day, I'll be able to achieve a breakthrough and reach a new realm.
After understanding the importance of the matter, Lu Ping became calm and collected. He returned to his previous intense and rhythmic cultivation.
After the battle of life and death, Lu Ping's willpower and physical potential had significantly improved. With the help of sufficient Blood Solidifying Pills and Blood Vigor Pills, his cultivation quickly broke through to the mid-stage of the Ninth Layer and was rapidly approaching the peak of the Ninth Layer. At the same time, the strength of his transcendence energy also increased. After the battle with the sea snake monster, Lu Ping tasted the benefits of having a strong transcendence energy. Therefore, he continued to use the pills to strengthen his foundation.
Now, Lu Ping's cultivation could be said to be extravagant. Every day, he would hold four spirit stones in his hand and sit on the Spirit Gathering Praying Mat he obtained from Lin Sheng. Because he had obtained three bottles of Blood Vigor Pills on the island, Lu Ping's cultivation had rocketed in the past three months with the help of the Blood Vigor Pills. With this kind of cultivation, it was no wonder that Lu Ping's cultivation improved by leaps and bounds.
Three months later, Lu Ping arrived at Xuan Qi Island and learned that Senior Senior Yao Yong was preparing to break through to the Blood Condensation Realm. In the cultivation world, the celebration after a breakthrough was not important. Instead, the accumulation before the breakthrough was more important. Therefore, every cultivator would receive gifts from their family and friends before their breakthrough.
Since Yao Yong had accumulated enough, he decided to break through on Xuan Qi Island. There were many Master Immortals on the island, so safety was not a problem. Everyone in Group 7 went to visit Yao Yong and gave him their gifts.
Du Feng gave him five Blood Vigor Pills. No one knew where he got them from.
Shi Lingling gave Yao Yong a bottle of Blood Solidifying Pills. The other seniors also gave him medicinal pills, spirit stones, mystic artifacts, talismans, and so on.
Lu Ping remembered his experience in breaking through to the Eighth Layer Blood Refining Realm during the disciple competition and the warning from Lin Sheng and the others. On the surface, he gave Yao Yong a mid-grade spirit stone. Secretly, he called Yao Yong to the side and gave him a spirit gathering hassock.
Yao Yong was very grateful to see such a valuable gift. He said to Lu Ping, "I prepared two Blood Condensing Pills this time. My family also prepared a batch of pills for me. With my own accumulation and Master Immortal Liu's protection, I already have a seventy percent chance of breaking through. Junior Martial Brother's hassock will add another fifty percent to my confidence."
Lu Ping was shocked. "With Senior Martial Brother's accumulation, you only have a seventy percent chance of breaking through? Why do you need two Blood Condensing Pills? Don't we only need one Blood Condensing Pill to break through to the Blood Condensation Realm? "
Yao Yong looked at Lu Ping in surprise. He smiled and said, "Junior Martial Brother, you spend most of your time cultivating and rarely interact with others. You're not from a family, so it's no wonder you don't know. The Blood Condensing Pill isn't even necessary for a cultivator to break through to the Blood Condensation Realm. Some geniuses can even break through to the Blood Condensation Realm directly. However, less than ten percent of cultivators can break through to the Blood Condensation Realm with the help of a Blood Condensing Pill. "
The Blood Condensing Pill only increased the chances of breaking through to the Blood Condensation Realm. For some cultivators, due to their accumulation, the competition between the seven bloodlines would become more intense during the breakthrough. The longer the breakthrough would take, the higher the chances of failure would be. When that happened, a single Blood Condensing Pill would not be enough to satisfy the cultivator's needs. Hence, multiple Blood Condensing Pills were needed.
Even though the Blood Condensing Pill was a Blood Condensation Realm pill, it required twenty-four types of 500-year-old spiritual herbs. These herbs had harsh conditions to grow, and their rarity was no less than a thousand-year-old spiritual herb. This made the Blood Condensing Pill extremely valuable. Although it was only sold for two thousand spirit stones on the market, in reality, there was no market for it.
After listening to Yao Yong's explanation, Lu Ping realized that his thinking was too simple. Lu Ping believed that his arcane energy wasn't any weaker than Yao Yong's. In fact, it was far superior. Under such circumstances, Lu Ping believed that Yao Yong's preparations were foolproof. If Yao Yong only had a seventy percent chance of success, then didn't that mean that Lu Ping didn't even have a fifty percent chance of success?
Lu Ping didn't know how he got out of Yao Yong's cultivation room. He was too careless. He thought that Lu Ping would have a high chance of breaking through to the Blood Condensation Realm with the spiritual herbs he needed to exchange for the Blood Condensing Pill, sufficient pills and spirit stones, and the inheritance of Alchemist Sheng Tao. Now, Lu Ping realized that he was wrong, and it was a huge mistake.
The difference between him and Yao Yong wasn't cultivation resources, but the accumulation of knowledge and experience from thousands of years of cultivation. Yao Yong's family would teach Lu Ping everything he needed to take note of when breaking through to the Blood Condensation Realm. Lu Ping, on the other hand, had to find his own way.
Lu Ping had been constantly warning himself in the face of his recent harvests, but he still underestimated the difficulty of breaking through to the Blood Condensation Realm. The so-called 'self-warning' that he was biting off more than he could chew was born in his heart.
Lu Ping finally understood the gap between him and Yao Yong. Even though he was about to reach the peak of the Ninth Layer Blood Refining Realm, he still had a long way to go! Lu Ping finally understood why there were tens of thousands of disciples in Zhenling Sect who had reached the Ninth Layer Blood Refining Realm, but only a few dozen of them managed to break through to the Blood Condensation Realm every year.
After understanding the problem, Lu Ping pulled himself together and used the teleportation formation to go to the side yard's marketplace to buy some pills and other cultivation resources. He also sold four low-grade mystic artifacts that he didn't need to the Multi-Treasure Pavilion. The remaining three low-grade mystic artifacts were all used by Lu Ping as a blood sacrifice.
Other than that, including the miscellaneous items he obtained from the Xuan Ling Sect disciples, he earned a total of 400 spirit stones.
Lu Ping still hadn't dealt with Lin Sheng's belongings because he didn't know how powerful Lin Sheng's family was. It would be bad if Lin Sheng's family tracked him down through the mystic artifacts he sold.
Initially, Lu Ping still had some matters to attend to. But after some thought, he turned around and returned to the teleportation array. This time, he didn't return to Xuan Qi Island. Instead, he went to Di Kun Island, where the Blood Refining Realm auction would be held three months later.
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