Lu Ping didn't expect that Immortal Peng Shiyuan of the Crystal Palace was actually an alchemy master!
No wonder Immortal Peng Shiyuan was so easily ambushed and killed by Lu Ping and Yin Xuanchu in the transmission array!
How rich was the collection of an alchemy master? What's more, this alchemy master was from the Crystal Palace!
Lu Ping was overjoyed. He took hundreds of thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and twenty to thirty 3,000-year-old spiritual herbs from the storage device and put them into his own storage ring.
Then, there were nearly 20 jade bottles filled with various elixirs. Lu Ping opened them one by one. There were at least five or six elixirs that Lu Ping had never heard of. The others that Lu Ping knew were elixirs that were suitable for cultivators in the middle stage of the Core Forging Realm. Lu Ping took advantage of them.
After a cultivator advanced to the Core Forging Realm, they could only take three bottles of each type of elixir because of their body's resistance to the elixirs. Then, they would have to change to other elixirs for cultivation. Therefore, being able to obtain more elixirs of the same level was greatly beneficial for Lu Ping to continue to use elixirs to assist in his cultivation.
In addition to these, what Lu Ping valued were the more than 10 kinds of elixir recipe jade slips in Peng Shiyuan's storage device.
Although Peng Shiyuan's storage device did not contain his inheritance, there were actually four or five elixir recipes recorded in these elixir recipe jade slips that Lu Ping had yet to master. This could be regarded as an accumulation and foundation for both Lu Ping and Zhenling. What's more, these elixir recipes were obviously from a sect like the Crystal Palace, so the quality of the elixir itself was naturally guaranteed.
Of course, what delighted Lu Ping the most was that Peng Shiyuan's alchemy furnace was also carried with him, and it was an upper-grade alchemy furnace. This made Lu Ping sigh at the wealth of the Crystal Palace.
Although the Zhenling Mountain's Alchemy Grandmasters each controlled a high-grade pill furnace, they were not allowed to bring it out of Tianling Mountain. If the Grandmaster went out, the pill furnace would be placed in the Pill Pavilion's second-grade alchemy room. They were afraid that if the Grandmaster died outside, the pill furnace would fall into someone else's hands.
However, the Crystal Palace obviously didn't have such scruples. Apart from being rich and overbearing, the other reason was that they were sure that the practitioners they sent would never dare to attack the practitioners of the Crystal Palace.
Even the upper-grade alchemy furnace in Lu Ping's hands was no exception. However, Lu Ping had a better top-grade alchemy furnace, and it was obtained by Lu Ping himself. Therefore, the sect's rule couldn't be restricted to Lu Ping.
However, a year ago, Tao Xuan Fang, Sage Xuan Jing's disciple, finally succeeded in refining pills for the Core Forging stage and became the sixth Alchemy Grandmaster of Zhenling. Therefore, the last upper-grade alchemy furnace in Zhenling was also under his control.
However, as the number of Core Forging stage cultivators in Zhenling increased over the years, the only six Alchemy Grandmasters couldn't guarantee the supply of pills for all the cultivators. This caused the other five upper-grade alchemy furnaces to be in use, except for the one Lu Ping was in charge of.
As a result, only Lu Ping's upper-grade alchemy furnace was left in the second-grade alchemy room for a long time. It became the only place for many alchemy masters in Zhenling to practice their alchemy skills in order to advance to Alchemy Grandmaster.
This made Tianlu Laozu quite annoyed. If this continued, Zhenling's cultivation of alchemy masters would undoubtedly stagnate. These things boiled down to one reason: Zhenling's foundation was insufficient!
It wasn't that Tianlu Laozu didn't think of refining one or two upper-grade alchemy furnaces to alleviate the current situation. However, even if it was an upper-grade alchemy furnace, for Zhenling, it wasn't something that could be easily refined. Even if Zhenling prepared the spiritual materials for the alchemy furnace, the Refining Pavilion would still need to spend several years or even longer to carefully polish it before it could be successfully refined.
The appearance of this upper-grade alchemy furnace on Peng Shiyuan's body could temporarily alleviate the conflict between alchemy and cultivation of alchemy masters in Zhenling.
After packing up all the other items, there were only two jade slips left in Lu Ping's hands. These two things on Peng Shiyuan's body made Lu Ping very happy. However, Lu Ping couldn't determine which "important item" Peng Shiyuan was referring to.
Lu Ping first stuck one of the jade slips on his forehead. This way, he could use his Divine Sense to examine the contents of the jade slips more carefully.
The numerous and complicated restrictions, the profound and abstruse runes, a familiar feeling immediately made Lu Ping pleasantly surprised. The only difference was that Lu Ping no longer had a splitting headache like when he first saw these runes because of the lack of Divine Sense. In the end, he couldn't peek at the full picture of what was recorded in the jade slips.
This jade slips recorded a treasured restriction. Moreover, it was the most precious of all treasured restrictions in the cultivation world – the Treasured Alchemy Furnace Restriction!
How many Treasured Alchemy Furnace Restrictions were there in the entire North Sea?
Just by looking at the only two magic treasure level alchemy furnaces in the entire North Sea, as well as the dozens of top-grade alchemy furnaces controlled by the top ten sects in the North Sea, one could see the importance of the Treasured Alchemy Furnace Restriction.
Lu Ping looked at the jade slips in his hand in surprise. His expression kept changing. In the end, he still kept the jade slips. Although the quality of the Na Chuan Cauldron was far better than ordinary alchemy furnaces, it was still in the melting and breaking stage of the furnace and the treasured restriction. In a short period of time, it couldn't condense the second Treasured Restriction. However, the Xuan Ling Sect's Boiling Sea Cauldron had been upgraded to a magic treasure for many years. It had already accumulated enough foundation. Perhaps it had the conditions to smelt the second Treasured Restriction.
Thinking of this, Lu Ping's heart skipped a beat. Even though the Crystal Palace was rich and overbearing, there was no reason for a Core Forging Realm cultivator to carry this jade slips, which clearly showed the symbol of the Crystal Palace, around him. Then, there was only one explanation. Peng Shiyuan was able to carry the Treasured Restriction on him because the Crystal Palace gave it to him.
Thinking of the alliance between Ouyang Weijian and the Overflowing Sea Sect outside Huan Yu Island, Lu Ping was shocked. Could this Treasured Restriction be given to Xuan Ling Sect?
Lu Ping immediately thought of the Xuan Ling Sect's Boiling Sea Cauldron, which had been upgraded to a magic treasure for hundreds of years. It already had a deeper foundation. After the battle of Tian Ling Mountain, because of Tiankang Laozu's appearance, the Crystal Palace had secretly formed an alliance with Xuan Ling Sect in the North Sea. This was already an open secret in the North Sea. Then, in order to support Xuan Ling Sect in fighting against the increasingly powerful Zhenling, it was very easy for the Crystal Palace to use some means to strengthen Xuan Ling Sect's foundation.
Could it be that the Liao Clan was after this Treasured Restriction?
Considering the Liao Clan's alchemy skills were famous in the North Sea's cultivation world, it was understandable. However, from the few words Lu Ping heard during the ambush to kill Peng Shiyuan, it did not seem to be the case.
Lu Ping thought for a while, then placed the second jade slip on his forehead and carefully read its contents with his divine sense.
After a long time, Lu Ping opened his eyes, and a strange look flashed across them.
This jade slip recorded an incomplete map. There was no specific location marked on the map, but it seemed to be in the Fallen Secret Land. The only clue on the map was the dozens of islands in the center of the map, marked with labels such as: Myriad Poison Island, Hundred Miasma Reef, Black Fog Swamp, Eroding Bone Island, and so on. It looked like an archipelago area covered in poison.
This map was of some use to alchemists. After all, the more dangerous and strange a place was, the more likely it was to grow some exotic flowers and plants. It was a necessary item to refine some top-grade medicinal pills. This was quite attractive to alchemists.
Moreover, due to the accumulation of time in these places, there might be some Heaven and Earth Strange Objects such as the Myriad Poison Meteorite Energy Shield, the Hundred Flower Evil Qi, and so on. Not to mention, Lu Ping had the Myriad Poison Serum in hand, and his body had condensed the Myriad Poison Meteorite Energy Shield, so he was not afraid of this kind of miasma.
As soon as he thought of Heaven and Earth Strange Objects, Lu Ping's mind flashed, as if he had grasped something. After pondering for a moment, Lu Ping vaguely said to himself, "Archipelago covered in poison … Myriad Poison Serum … Myriad Wonder Jade Dew, could it be that they came for the Myriad Wonder Jade Dew, or the Spirit Forging Pill?"
Could it be that this map was what the Liao Clan wanted?
The Liao Clan was the Pill Cauldron Clan, and from the words leaked by Peng Shiyuan and Liao Hu, it could be seen that the Liao Clan was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. It seemed to be a branch of a clan in the Central Plains, and the Liao Clan seemed to have a channel of communication between the North Sea and the Central Plains. For the Liao Clan to move a branch from the Holy Land of the cultivation world to the barren North Sea, they must have some ulterior motive.
Could it be for this map, the Myriad Wonder Jade Dew, or the pill recipe for the Spirit Forging Pill?
If it was just for these things, there was no need for the Liao Clan to operate in the North Sea for over a thousand years.
What exactly was the Liao Clan plotting?
Thinking about how the Liao Clan's Patriarch, Liao Runjia, had deliberately taken the initiative to befriend Lu Ping at the North Sea Palace's Alchemist Assembly, Lu Ping shook his head and decided not to think about this problem for the time being. The Liao Clan had been operating in the North Sea for over a thousand years, how could their objective be so easily discovered?
After some time, Yao Yong, who had recovered from his injuries, ran to the Earth Fire Vent of the Pill Pavilion to see Lu Ping.
As soon as he saw Lu Ping, Yao Yong looked as if he had seen a ghost. He winked and pretended to be deep in thought as he asked in a low voice, "I heard that you actually fought with Martial Uncle Xuan Shu outside the Vast Universe Island?"
When Lu Ping entered the Earth Fire Vent, Daoist Master Xuan Dian had asked him this question for no apparent reason. He didn't expect that after two or three years, Yao Yong would still ask him the same question.
Lu Ping said in a bad mood, "At that time, I had no other choice. If I didn't stop Martial Uncle, what would we do if Junior Martial Brother Yin was captured? Do you really want to clean up the sect?"
Yao Yong hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I'm not talking about that. Martial Uncle Xuan Shu is a ninth layer Core Forging expert. Although he is only slightly weaker than the 'Three Truths Four Spirits' in our sect, he is still the most promising cultivator in our sect to condense a seventh layer Golden Core and achieve the Avatar Laozu. Among the late stage Core Forging cultivators, he is an existence whose name shakes the North Sea. How high is your cultivation? You actually fought with Martial Uncle Xuan Shu and even knocked out Xuan Ling Sect's Xu Weihong who was watching from the side."
Lu Ping furrowed his brows and said, "Did these things spread throughout the North Sea? There shouldn't be so many people who know that I fought with Martial Uncle Xuan Shu. "
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