Lu Ping slowly stopped his cultivation and exhaled a mouthful of light red air. This was the poison of the Blood Purification Pill. Tossing the spirit stone aside, Lu Ping felt slightly excited as he sensed the power of his bloodline, which was about to break through to the late stage of Level 7.
In yesterday's match with Li Cheng, Lu Ping found a flaw in Li Cheng's defense during the 22nd move. He counterattacked and took the initiative. After eight moves, he locked onto Li Cheng's spear and slashed at Li Cheng's wrist with his sword, forcing Li Cheng to throw away his spear and admit defeat.
In the blink of an eye, the offensive and defensive positions had been switched. Li Cheng, who had been full of vigor just a moment ago, had been defeated in an instant. Not only were the disciples who had been cheering for Li Cheng dumbfounded, but even the disciples who were ranked at the top and Master Immortal Liu's assistant were shocked. The disciples who were at the same cultivation level as Lu Ping looked at Lu Ping with even more vigilance.
Lu Ping couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seemed like he was in the limelight this time.
In the past, Lu Ping wouldn't mind making Li Cheng suffer a little. However, when Li Cheng challenged him, Lu Ping had already noticed something on Master Immortal Liu's face that Li Cheng didn't see. Hence, he didn't go too hard on Li Cheng.
Sure enough, when Master Immortal Liu saw that both sides didn't suffer any injuries, he looked at Lu Ping with a much friendlier gaze. As usual, after Master Immortal Liu finished his morning training, he asked Lu Ping to stay behind to give him some guidance.
This time, even the eldest and second disciples revealed envious expressions. One-on-one guidance, a special treatment! Only a few of his senior brothers were given a chance when they broke through to Level 8. When Eldest Senior Brother and Second Senior Brother broke through to Level 9, Master Immortal Liu was overjoyed and gave them another private guidance. As for the rest, only Fourth Senior Sister, because of her family's close relationship with Master Immortal Liu, was given two private guidance opportunities.
After calming down, Lu Ping quietly thought about what Master Immortal Liu had explained to him.
In the eyes of most cultivators, the goal of cultivation was naturally to prolong their lifespans, or even to reach the illusory realm of longevity. However, having a long lifespan didn't mean that a cultivator could live peacefully until the end of his life. In order to ensure that no accidents happened on the path of a cultivator's pursuit of longevity, various spells were born.
After a long period of practice and development, these techniques to protect longevity were divided into four realms: Law, Technique, Force, and Intent.
Beginners learn all kinds of magic according to the instructor's requirements. They learn by copying, knowing the way but not knowing the reason. This is the state of "magic".
After that, practicing spells diligently, practice makes perfect, erasing the stereotype, gradually dispersing the aura of a heavy axe, the movements and movements are suitable for one's body, this is known as the "technique" state. Master Immortal Liu's Blood Condensation cultivation had only reached the "Technique" realm.
Upon reaching the third level, the cultivator would seek to understand the principles of using magic techniques. The combination of magic techniques and one's cultivation method would complement each other. When casting magic techniques, the cultivator would be able to maximize the power of their cultivation method through magic techniques, even surpassing the power of the magic techniques themselves. Cultivators at this realm, their words are the law, like the trend of the world, and cannot be challenged. This is the state of "force".
As for the highest state, "intent", even Master Immortal Liu had only heard of it and didn't know how to explain it.
Not only did Master Immortal Liu tell Lu Ping about the four realms of magic, he also patiently explained to Lu Ping his own cultivation experience of reaching the "technique" realm. After that, he answered some of Lu Ping's cultivation questions before stopping.
Two hours later, Lu Ping returned to his room under the envious gazes of the crowd. It was the same for the next two days.
Time always flies when one is focused on cultivation. In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the month again. The advancement test for level 3 disciples would begin on the second day, and the year-end competition for level 2 disciples would begin three days later.
As usual, Lu Ping sold all the talismans he made this month at the side yard market. He weighed the bag of spirit stones in his hand and smiled in satisfaction.
The assessment was only to check one's cultivation level, so three days was more than enough time. However, the grand competition was different. Moreover, this time, it happened to be the promotion competition that was held every five years. Not only were the disciples pumped up to compete, even the professors and immortal elders, for their own interests, were also participating in the competition. Moreover, rumor had it that Zhenling would increase the rewards for the winners of the competition.
It was precisely because of these reasons that Lu Ping's talisman business became even more prosperous. Naturally, Lu Ping wouldn't lose out. He immediately raised the price of his talismans, but the demand still couldn't meet the supply.
Looking at the dozen or so spirit stones in his hand, Lu Ping's heart became lively again. After deducting the cultivation and other expenses, the remaining spirit stones could buy another magic tool!
Another reason why he had this idea was that Lu Ping's cultivation level had already reached the late stage of the seventh layer. This was thanks to Master Immortal Liu's extra guidance. Of course, it also had to do with Lu Ping's three months of extravagant cultivation.
As usual, Lu Ping prepared everything he needed for the next month's cultivation in the market. He even specially bought five Spirit Recovery Pills to recover spiritual energy and five Yuan Recovery Pills to heal injuries.
Lu Ping was just about to walk towards the Store of Bountiful Treasures when he suddenly heard a commotion in front of him. He quickened his steps and saw a dozen or so people gathered together, talking animatedly.
Out of curiosity, Lu Ping walked up to see a third level female disciple selling an magic tool.
This magic tool was a copper mirror. The side mirror had a Zhenling symbol engraved on its side. It was clearly a Zhenling product, and this often meant that even if the quality of the magic tool wasn't top notch, it wouldn't be too bad.
Lu Ping walked up and asked, "Senior apprentice sister, how many spirit stones are you selling this magic tool for?"
The female disciple heard this and glanced at Lu Ping. She discovered that Lu Ping was wearing a mask from the market, so she couldn't see his true face. She couldn't help but curl her lips, as if disapproving of Lu Ping's cautiousness. She said, "Fifty-five spirit stones!"
Most defensive magic tools were a bit more expensive, but Lu Ping still felt that he should lower the price a bit. After all, this couldn't be counted as a fixed low level magic tool.
"That's a bit too expensive. Magic tools are only sect standard and can't be considered very good. Moreover, senior apprentice sister has probably used this magic tool for a long time. How about forty spirit stones? "
The female cultivator glared at Lu Ping and said, "Forty spirit stones. I might as well sell it directly to the Store of Many Treasures. Fifty spirit stones, that's more straightforward. If I didn't need it urgently, why would I sell it so cheaply? I've saved up a year's worth of sect contribution points for this! "
Lu Ping laughed and said, "Then I'll add another five spirit stones. Forty-five spirit stones. How about that?"
The female disciple hesitated and said, "Forty-eight spirit stones. I can't go any lower, or I'll wait for someone else."
Lu Ping turned his head and saw a few people hurrying over. They must have heard that a senior apprentice sister was selling magic tools in the market and rushed over. There were quite a few second rank disciples among them. Lu Ping also saw the sixth disciple of Group 7 among them, so he said, "Deal!"
The female cultivator took Lu Ping's spirit stones and said fiercely, "If it wasn't for the fact that this senior apprentice sister wants a middle rank magic tool and is worried that someone else will buy it, I wouldn't let you have it so cheap!" With that said, she didn't look back and used her movement technique to rush towards the Store of Many Treasures in the center of the market.
Lu Ping put away the magic tool and looked back at the people rushing over. He quickly separated the crowd and left the market without looking back.
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