Lu Ping had just walked past the small pool in front of the central palace when his Divine Thoughts suddenly relaxed. Lu Ping's heart tightened. From the small pool to the central palace, there was no longer any obstruction. Thinking of the sudden appearance of the Water Shura just now, these things obviously could not have come from the outside like they did. There was only one possibility, the group of Water Shura had directly entered the cave residence. Lu Ping looked back at the small pool behind him again. Just now when Lu Ping used his Divine Thoughts to explore, he discovered that the small pool, which was only a few dozen feet in radius, was actually bottomless. Even with Lu Ping's Divine Thoughts, it was difficult to find out where the small pool led to.
Could it be that this group of Water Shura appeared from the small pool?
Lu Ping stepped into the central palace with doubts. Although he had previously used his Divine Thoughts to explore, at this time in the palace at this time, the things in the palace had already been looted by the Water Shura, and it was impossible for there to be any more gains, but Lu Ping still could not help but come to have a look.
Just as Lu Ping stepped into the central palace, the fighting sounds from the other two directions suddenly changed direction. Lu Ping paused at the entrance of the main hall, only then did he realize that Shui Xiu, Qian Shu, and Yang Sanyang were blocking the sneak attack of the Water Shura while moving in the direction of Qiao Weijie and the others.
A moment later, Qiao Weijie and Han Fei also seemed to notice something and moved in the direction of Shui Xiu and the others.
"This Han Fei seems to be not stupid!"
Lu Ping thought to himself. As for Qiao Weijie, Lu Ping did not think that such a person would have such a brain. But in the eyes of Shui Xiu and the others, he did not know who came up with this idea, but in the eyes of Lu Ping, among the three of them, besides Yang Sanyang who was foppish, Shui Xiu was smart, and Qian Shu who looked simple and honest was also a fox inside. Either one of them could have come up with this idea.
The combined strength of the five of them should be more than enough to fend off the Water Shura. However, with the Water Shura's low intelligence and its relentless nature, it would not be easy for the five of them to completely get rid of it.
The central palace was already in a mess. Even though Lu Ping had noticed it in advance, he was still quite discouraged when he saw the scene.
Lu Ping wandered around the palace and found the place where Laozu usually used to practice. The rich spiritual energy clearly told Lu Ping that this was the place where the whole cave residence gathered of the spiritual veins.
Lu Ping roughly felt the concentration of the spiritual energy in this place. It was about five small spiritual veins. Lu Ping smiled in his heart and stamped his foot. A blue light immersed into the ground. Lu Ping waited for a moment, but there was no movement from the ground. Lu Ping felt a little strange. He stamped his foot again and a blue light more intense than before entered the ground, but Dabao still did not come out of the ground.
Lu Ping's expression changed, and he was about to walk out of the palace. But just as Lu Ping was about to leave the secret cultivation room, his body paused, as if he thought of something. He immediately turned around and carefully searched the cultivation room.
Speaking of which, there was nothing special in Patriarch Clear Stream's cultivation room. There was a praying mat used for meditation and a low wooden table with a teapot and teacups on it. There were no decorations around the cultivation room. Clearly, Patriarch Clear Stream's cultivation room was similar to that of most cultivators, maintaining a simple and painstaking cultivation style.
Lu Ping's Divine Telekinesis was constantly searching for something in the cultivation room. Finally, his eyes were fixed on the futon on the cultivation platform.
The futon was clearly a top-grade Magic artefact embedded with a Spirit Gathering Array. It was a good auxiliary artefact for cultivation. Lu Ping's own cultivation room had a similar auxiliary Magic artefact.
Lu Ping held the futon in his hand and carefully inspected it. His eyes flashed with cyan light. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Then, a palm flashing with blue light struck the surface of the futon. The Spirit Gathering Array engraved on the surface of the futon collapsed and the surface of the top-grade Magic artefact was instantly torn apart. Lu Ping shook the futon in his hand and the broken pieces of the futon fell to the ground. A small stone tablet, around one foot in length, was revealed.
The stone tablet was engraved with three bold and powerful words: Clear River Prefecture!
Lu Ping chuckled and held the stone tablet in his hand. He activated the Real Elemental Energy in his body and a blue light overflowed from his palm. It extended towards the small stone tablet from top to bottom. When the small stone tablet was completely soaked in the blue light of Lu Ping's Real Elemental Energy, the entire central palace suddenly trembled. Then, everything returned to normal. The blue light on the stone tablet immediately converged and the surface of the stone tablet returned to its original appearance.
Lu Ping stood in the training room and stamped his foot again. After a while, Dabao really drilled out from the ground. He looked at Lu Ping and barked twice unhappily. Then, he spat out three miniature Spirit Gathering Pearls with a disdainful expression on his face. It was as if he was saying that such a cave with such a long history and a Dharma Manifestation Stage cultivator, Laozu, only had five small Spirit Veins and only a few Spirit Gathering Pearls.
Lu Ping did not have time to deal with Dabao. He waved his hand and kept the three miniature Spirit Gathering Pearls. Then, he placed the two small traction array plates made by Hu Lili on the two small Spirit Veins in the training room. Then, he carefully engraved a traction array on them. He was ready to return to Huang Li Island and guide two of the six Spirit Veins back.
In the process of carving the array formation, Lu Ping discovered that the spirit veins in the cultivation room were definitely not just six small spirit veins. There should have been at least one mid-sized spirit vein. However, after 3,000 years, the mid-sized spirit veins were constantly being depleted due to the lack of a spirit-gathering artifact to suppress the spirit veins.
After the miniature Spirit Veins and small Spirit Veins were led over, as long as a cultivator could casually imprison them, they could ensure that the Spirit Veins would not be lost for several years or even decades. However, once the Spirit Veins were condensed and became medium Spirit Veins, they could be easily imprisoned by cultivators. Only with the suppression of a Spirit Gathering Treasure could they prevent the medium Spirit Veins from collapsing.
Lu Ping suddenly remembered the pottery shard that looked like a fragment of a Spirit Gathering Treasure that he had bought from Ceng Wu and the others at the Huang Yu Island Mortal Market. He hurriedly took it out from his storage ring. At that time, Lu Ping had suspected that this pottery shard was a fragment of a Spirit Gathering Treasure. Now, it seemed that his suspicions were confirmed.
As for why this Spirit Gathering Treasure had appeared in the belly of the mountain above the underground cave, it was easy to explain. Not only could a Spirit Gathering Treasure leave the medium Spirit Veins for a short period of time, it could also gather a portion of the Spirit Qi for the cultivator's use. When Qingjian Laozu was undergoing his tribulation in the belly of the mountain, he had brought this Spirit Gathering Treasure with him. At the critical moment of the tribulation, he had absorbed the Spirit Qi to recover the inner Yuan in his body. However, it was obvious that he had failed at the last moment. Not only did he turn into ashes, but all the Spirit Gathering Treasures that he had brought with him were also destroyed.
In his inheritance, Qingjian Laozu had repeatedly said that he would not be able to survive the tribulation of the mid Dharma stage, but in the end, he still wanted to take a gamble.
Just as Lu Ping was carving the matrix, Qiao Weijie and the others finally met up. With the five of them working together, the Water Shura that relied on stealth and sneak attacks were no match for them. At the same time, with the five of them working together, they were able to break through the seal much faster. Soon, they arrived at the pool in front of the central palace.
When they arrived, they realized that the seal in front of the central palace had already been broken. The five of them looked at each other and immediately ran into the palace. At the same time, the ones who ran the most were Qiao Weijie and Yang Sanyang.
As Qiao Weijie ran, he was still urging them, "Hurry, hurry, or the treasures inside will be taken away by the people of Zhenling."
Although Yang Sanyang did not say anything, his feet ran even faster.
Qian Shu and Han Fei were both a little helpless. Shui Xiu Zhenren looked at the small pool in front of the palace discreetly, then followed the others into the palace.
Just as Lu Ping finished carving the last talisman of the traction matrix on the ground, Qiao Weijie had already found the entrance to the training room. Seeing that Lu Ping was here, he immediately said angrily, "Lu, where are the treasures in this palace? You, Zhenling, want to take all the treasures for yourself. Aren't you afraid of being stuffed to death?"
As Qiao Weijie spoke, he flashed a magic weapon in his hand. It seemed that he would immediately start a fight if there was any disagreement. Then, Yang Sanyang also chased after him. Without saying anything, he immediately took out a magic weapon that looked like a jade ruler and stood beside Qiao Weijie. However, he looked much more embarrassed. Yang Sanyang was the only Early-stage Core Forging Cultivator among the group. When they were attacked by Water Asura earlier, Water Asura actually knew that a persimmon should be pinched by the weak, so the first surprise attack was aimed at Yang Sanyang. At this time, Yang Sanyang's appearance was as embarrassing as it could be. His long robe had been pierced by countless holes, blood was oozing from his left arm and right leg, and even his buttocks had been stabbed.
Then, Shui Xiu Zhenren, Han Fei and Qian Shu also rushed into the secret room. When they saw the situation in the secret room, they did not say anything.
When Lu Ping saw that the five people had arrived, he slowly stood up and asked Shui Xiu Zhenren next to him, "What did Shui Xiu Zhenren say?"
When Qiao Weijie saw that Lu Ping had turned a blind eye to his words just now, he immediately felt that he was being despised by Lu Ping. His face turned red, and he pointed at Lu Ping and scolded, "Son of a b * tch, this time, our four sects have joined forces to explore this cave mansion. Before coming here, each of us has informed the elders of each sect. You, Zhenling, want to monopolize the treasures in the Central Palace. Aren't you afraid that the other three sects will join forces to condemn you?"
Lu Ping's knife-like gaze forced Qiao Weijie to not dare to look directly at him. The words that came out of his mouth were also fearful, but he did not want to show his timidity in front of Lu Ping, so he insisted on finishing his words. However, in the ears of the others, Qiao Weijie's voice, which was previously aggressive, was getting softer and softer, even becoming weak.
Yang Sanyang, who had been holding the jade ruler tightly, could not help but loosen his grip. He glanced at the Xuan Ling Sect cultivator next to him with slight disappointment.
Lu Ping still could not be bothered to look at Qiao Weijie. He still looked at Shui Xiu Zhenren and said, "Shui Xiu Zhenren, do you really have nothing to say?"
Shui Xiu Zhenren said indifferently, "There is a pile of dust in the Central Palace. There are no signs of a recent rebellion. Obviously, before Brother Lu came here, this place had already been plundered by someone."
Qiao Weijie was stunned when he heard this. Then, his face turned blood red. He turned his head and glared at Shui Xiu, then turned to look at Lu Ping, as if he had suffered a great humiliation.
Shui Xiu Zhenren, Qian Shu, and Yang Sanyang left Qiao Weijie's side without a trace, leaving Han Fei standing there awkwardly. Qiao Weijie still did not notice it.
The atmosphere in the cultivation room became a little subtle. Lu Ping was bold and skillful, so the others did not dare to make the first move. Qiao Weijie originally wanted to instigate the other two sects to fight against Lu Ping. He did not expect that Lu Ping would easily resolve the situation. Instead, Qiao Weijie was isolated.
After a while, Shui Xiu Zhenren broke the silence and said, "There are six spirit veins here. Senior Brother Lu has monopolized two of the best ones. Isn't this a little unreasonable?"
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