Lu Ping received a sound transmission sword. Yin Xuanchu and Chi Lianying had arrived.
At the city gate of Phantom City, Lu Ping looked at the woman standing next to Yin Xuanchu. She was charming and dignified, two completely different temperaments, yet perfectly fused together. Who else could it be but Chi Lianying!
Lu Ping blinked and asked in disbelief, "Chi Lianying?"
Chi Lianying winked at Lu Ping and said, "What's wrong, Little Lu? How many years has it been since we last met? Don't you recognize me?"
Lu Ping laughed and said, "How could I? Which man could forget a beauty like you?"
Chi Lianying smiled sweetly and said, "Is that so? I heard that you've accumulated a large amount of property in the Northern Sea, but you've handed it over to your confidante to manage. You're acting like a man taking care of the outside and a woman taking care of the inside. It's truly enviable. Little Lu, you've become such a flowery talker after leaving your confidante. Big Sister really looks down on you!"
Lu Ping was really not good at dealing with this kind of situation. He waved his hand and was about to say something when he saw Chi Lianying's face. He frowned and his eyes flickered with a green light.
Chi Lianying wanted to tease Lu Ping when she saw him staring at her, but she was frightened by the green light in Lu Ping's eyes. She shivered and said, "Ah, why are you looking at me like that!"
Lu Ping came to a realization and shook his head nonchalantly. He said, "It's nothing. I just remembered the task given to me by the sect. I have to complete it as soon as possible."
Chi Lianying's beautiful eyes wandered. She naturally knew that Lu Ping was not being sincere, but she did not expose him. Instead, she asked curiously, "What task did your Zhenling give you? Why are you so worried?"
Lu Ping led the two away as he said, "It's nothing. He just wants me to spend all the 1.5 million spiritual stones I have as soon as possible."
Chi Lianying giggled and said, "There's such a good thing? I'm the best at spending spiritual stones. Take out your spiritual stones. I'll spend them all in one day. "
Lu Ping was shocked and said, "That won't do! These spiritual stones can only be used to buy spiritual herbs. They can't be spent on anything else. "
Lu Ping had spent 2 million spiritual stones in less than half a day yesterday, raising the price of spiritual herbs in the entire Phantom City by 10%. Why would he worry about spending 1.5 million spiritual stones?
Actually, it was not that Lu Ping's 2 million spiritual stones were too much. No matter how many spiritual stones he had, how much could he do in the Phantom City?
The problem was that Lu Ping had spent the 2 million spiritual stones too fiercely. Every time he entered a shop, he would want nothing more than to empty out all the thousand-year-old spiritual herbs in the shop. This way, it would be hard for him not to attract attention. If Lu Ping had used the same method as Enlightened Master Xuan Xu and the others, buying a little less each time and visiting a few more shops, or changing his identity before visiting again, he would have bought quite a lot of spiritual herbs in the end and wouldn't have attracted the attention of the spiritual herb shops.
"Miser!"
Chi Lianying muttered in dissatisfaction. Then, she threw a storage pouch into Lu Ping's hand and said, "These are some of the savings we've accumulated over the years. I heard from your Junior Brother Yin that you've been in urgent need of high-grade spiritual stones recently, so aside from spiritual herbs, you've exchanged everything inside for high-grade spiritual stones."
Only when he was with Lu Ping, Ji Xuanxuan, and the others would he be able to speak freely. If there was anyone else present, he would usually have a cold expression that kept strangers away.
Lu Ping took out all the spiritual herbs in the storage pouch, then handed it back and shook his head. "The more spiritual herbs I have, the better. It's just that you've been in charge of Hearing Surf Island all these years. You should take these spiritual stones back and use them for your cultivation."
"Hehe!" Chi Lianying smiled mischievously. "Don't worry. You haven't been on the island all these years and I've long gotten used to acting like a tyrant. Whenever there's something good on Hearing Surf Island, doesn't it go through me first? If you don't return soon, I'm afraid your subordinates, Hong Ying, Ye Buqi, and Wu Yan, won't even remember you as their master. "
Lu Ping smiled and no longer held back. He took the two hundred high-grade spiritual stones from the storage pouch and put them into his own storage ring. "That's fine. I do need a lot of high-grade spiritual stones right now. These two hundred spiritual stones can be considered timely help."
Chi Lianying pursed her lips in disdain. "You're such a hypocrite. I really thought you were going to return the spiritual stones to me. No, this time I have a few abilities that I need to cultivate, and I just happen to need a lot of heavenly treasures. The responsibility of paying the spiritual stones will fall on you. Also, you will need to refine dozens of batches of medicinal pills for my cultivation. Yue Jiangrui's cultivation will no longer be able to progress further, so he won't be able to refine mid Core Forging medicinal pills. These things will fall on you, Little Lu! "
The corner of Lu Ping's eyes twitched. He glanced at Chi Lianying and saw her grinning at him. Lu Ping knew that as long as he gave an excuse, Chi Lianying would have already thought of countless reasons to refute him. So he simply said, "Fine!"
With yesterday's lesson, Lu Ping changed his method. The three of them took turns buying spiritual herbs from dozens of shops. Each time, they bought seven or eight spiritual herbs. In one day, they only spent five hundred thousand spiritual stones. They bought seven to eight hundred thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, as well as several precious five-hundred-year-old and three-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs.
As night fell, Chi Lianying complained, "After walking for a day, my legs are about to break."
Lu Ping was amused. When cultivators cultivated, the spiritual energy would automatically cleanse their bodies. At their level, even if they dispersed their cultivation base, their bodies would still be invincible. How could they possibly feel tired? It was most likely because Chi Lianying was annoyed by Lu Ping's lack of freedom and wanted to move on his own.
Sure enough, Chi Lianying said, "Little Lu, I don't have the strength to walk around with you tomorrow. Don't blame me for being disloyal. Let me rest for a day first."
Lu Ping nodded with a smile. Chi Lianying, on the other hand, did not feel ashamed at all for being seen through.
Lu Ping suddenly said, "Martial Aunt Tianqin is a senior of our sect. I believe Junior Martial Brother Yin has already told you. Don't you want to see her and Senior Martial Sister Zhu Xuanmeng? After all, they have been taking care of you since you lost your memory! "
Chi Lianying's playful attitude was swept away and her expression became serious. "Forget it, I won't go. Otherwise, both sides will be unhappy! I have been on Soundwave Island all these years. If I wanted to see them, I would have seen them long ago. Why would I wait until now? "
Lu Ping nodded as expected and said, "But you still have to return to the North Sea with me in the end. Your cultivation has improved quite a bit over the years, and it looks like your strength isn't much inferior to my Junior Martial Brother Yin's. I'm afraid you've already remembered many things in your heart, and it's time to unravel your story."
Chi Lianying hesitated for a moment, then nodded solemnly and said, "Alright, I will go back to the North Sea with you. These years, I often remember some things, but they are all before and after I lost my memory. I can't remember anything else. Right now, I only know that I was captured by the Overflowing Seas Gang. They wanted to ask me something I didn't know, but they didn't believe me. In the end, a Core Forging Stage cultivator searched my soul. I don't remember anything after that. So these years, aside from managing Soundwave Island, the only thing I have done is assassinate the cultivators of the Overflowing Seas Gang. At the same time, I also know that the Overflowing Seas Gang is just a hidden pawn of the Crystal Palace."
Lu Ping also said in a low voice, "These things will eventually come to light. Whether it is the Overflowing Seas Gang or the Crystal Palace, even if their people line up for you to kill, how many can you kill? Besides, we can't afford to offend them right now. Plus, we have already aroused their vigilance. Last time, if Junior Martial Brother Yin hadn't met my three Senior Martial Sisters, I'm afraid even he would have lost his life. So, we must think of a way to settle this once and for all. "
Chi Lianying weakly waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright. I understand what you're saying. I won't cause trouble for them anymore."
After parting ways with Chi Lianying and Yin Xuanchu, Lu Ping hurried back to his cave residence. At this moment, Lu Ping's face was filled with deep thought.
Perhaps it was because Lu Ping's cultivation wasn't high enough in the past, but he didn't know that Chi Lianying's face had been altered by a "Secret Technique". It wasn't until Lu Ping's Divine Sense, which was no weaker than a late Core Forging Stage cultivator's Divine Sense, coupled with the Three Pure Eyes and his increasingly proficient methods of breaking seals, that he was able to see through Chi Lianying's face at a glance.
This secret technique was different from ordinary illusion techniques. Instead, it was a technique that changed a person's facial muscles and then completely sealed them with a Spirit Sealing Technique. In other words, Chi Lianying's face that appeared before everyone's eyes was actually real and not an illusion created by a technique.
However, when using this secret technique, Chi Lianying would inevitably suffer great pain. If Chi Lianying's cultivation couldn't surpass the person who used this secret technique, then in order to break the secret technique on Chi Lianying's face, one would need to find a cultivator with the same cultivation as the person who used this secret technique and who was proficient in breaking seals.
Lu Ping didn't believe that with Old Ancestor Tianqin's cultivation base, he wouldn't be able to see through the disguise technique on Chi Lianying's face. He also didn't believe that with Old Ancestor Tianqin's cultivation base, he wouldn't be able to decipher the technique.
Thinking of the cold relationship between Ancestor Tian Qin, Zhu Xuanmeng, and Chi Lianying, the only possibility was that Ancestor Tian Qin was the one who used this secret technique!
But why did Lyra Laozu do this? Was she trying to hide something?
For a moment, Lu Ping's mind was in a mess. All kinds of guesses and thoughts seemed to surge into Lu Ping's mind endlessly.
"Ninth Junior Brother!"
Lu Ping was startled. Only now did he realize that it was his Second Senior Sister, Li Xuanru, who was calling him. Lu Ping looked up and didn't know when Lu Ping had already returned to the cave residence where everyone was staying.
"You look like you're in a hurry. Did something happen?"
Li Xuanru asked with concern.
Lu Ping smiled carelessly and said, "It's nothing. It's just that when I was buying spirit herbs today, I accidentally saw a female disciple of the Shui Yan Pavilion also buying spirit herbs. It seems that the other three sects of the North Sea are also fighting to buy spirit herbs."
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