Heavenly phenomenon!
It was common for a Core Forging cultivator to trigger a heavenly phenomenon when he broke through. However, it was at most a violent storm that caused the sky to darken.
Only when a Dharma Manifestation cultivator broke through would they absorb all the Spirit Qi in a radius of tens of miles, forming a huge Spirit Qi whirlpool in the sky above the cultivator's seclusion.
However, this phenomenon occurred when Lu Ping broke through to the eighth level of the Core Forging realm. Even though this Spirit Qi whirlpool did not look as vast as the heavenly phenomenon caused by a Dharma Manifestation cultivator, it was truly formed.
In the Ocean Palace of the Ying Shan Immortal Academy, Perfected Liu Xuanyuan, who was reporting to Guo Tianshan Laozu about the academy, looked at the sky above the back mountain in shock.
Below the back mountain of the Ying Shan Immortal Academy was a cliff that had been cut by the Ying River. From the moment the Ying Shan Immortal Academy was established, it had been listed as a forbidden area. Perfected Liu Xuanyuan naturally knew who was in the forbidden area, but he definitely did not expect that Lu Ping would trigger such a shocking heavenly phenomenon.
Perfected Liu Xuanyuan looked at Guo Tianshan Laozu, who was sitting cross-legged and did not react to the heavenly phenomenon caused by Lu Ping. He thought for a while and said, "Teacher, Junior Brother Lu is extremely talented. The heavenly phenomenon caused by his breakthrough is almost the same as that of a Dharma Manifestation cultivator. However, isn't this breakthrough a little too ostentatious? The current situation in the Ying Shan mountain range is very delicate. Junior Brother Lu's breakthrough might be used by people with ulterior motives to harm the Ying Shan Immortal Academy."
Guo Tianshan Laozu smiled slightly and said, "Old Man might not see it. The key is how you use it. If you use it well, you might be able to completely establish our sect's position in the Ying Shan mountain range."
Perfected Liu Xuanyuan was stunned for a moment before he fell into deep thought.
After the news of the Asura and Devil Cultivators joining hands to wreak havoc in the Ying Shan Mountain Range spread, many cultivators who wanted to avoid the calamity began to plan to temporarily move their cave mansions to the Ying Shan Mountain Range. This was also because the Asura and Devil Cultivators rarely wreaked havoc in the same place twice.
However, ever since the Ying Shan Sect was destroyed, the cultivation resources in the Ying Shan mountain range that the Ying Tian Sect had originally managed had been divided by the various sects in the Central Plains. Only the leftovers were left. This was also why after the Ying Tian Sect's thousands of years, only three sects that could barely be considered small powers had established themselves in the Ying Shan mountain range.
Hence, even though the Demonic Cultivators and Shura's calamity had passed and this place had most likely become a pure land in the cultivation world, it was an extremely barren pure land. Hence, the cultivators who came here to avoid the calamity were merely itinerant cultivators with low cultivation. At most, there were a few small clans and small sects.
However, there were exceptions to everything. Even though the Ying He, Ying Shan, and Dao Yu sects that were originally stationed in the Ying Shan mountain range had been destroyed by the Shura and Demonic Cultivators, Laozu from these three sects had managed to escape.
After the Shura and Demonic Cultivators retreated from the Ying Shan mountain range, the Ying Shan Immortal Academy was the first to rise. Even though the Ying He, Ying Shan, and Dao Yu sects had been destroyed, the spirit gathering grounds, spirit material mines, and even some remnant spirit veins that these sects had previously controlled were not completely destroyed by the Shura and Demonic Cultivators. As a result, the Ying Shan Immortal Academy moved or occupied many of the spirit gathering grounds, ruined spirit herb gardens, spirit material gardens, and spirit material mines in the ruins of the Ying He and Ying Shan sects.
However, just as the Ying Shan Immortal Academy gained a foothold in the Ying Shan mountain range, Yu Shang Laozu of the Dao Yu Sect suddenly led the remaining disciples of the Ying Shan and Dao Yu sects back to the Ying Shan mountain range to re-establish their sect.
For some reason, the Ying Shan Immortal Academy's Five Blessings Laozu did not return with Yu Shang Laozu, while the remaining disciples of the Ying Shan sect returned with Yu Shang Laozu. As for the other Ying Shan mountain range sect, Chang He Laozu and the remaining disciples of the Ying He sect did not appear in the Ying Shan mountain range.
After Yu Shang Laozu re-established his sect, he discovered that many of the training resources that originally belonged to him had been taken by the Ying Shan side sect. Under the leadership of Yu Shang Laozu, the newly established Mountain Universe Sect naturally did not want their resources to be taken away by others. However, when Yu Shang Laozu led the disciples of the sect to attack the sect, they were stopped by Guo Tianshan Laozu. In the end, the Mountain Universe Sect's cultivators retreated pathetically. Only then did they realize that this newly established Ying Shan Immortal Academy actually had a Dharma adept as their leader. Moreover, their strength was not below that of the Mountain Universe Sect, which was formed by the remaining disciples of the Dao Yu and Ying Shan sects.
Although the Ying Shan Immortal Academy had relied on the array formation at the mountain gate and Guo Tianshan Laozu's sudden appearance to catch the Mountain Universe Sect off guard, the Ying Shan Immortal Academy had just been established. Other than Guo Tianshan Laozu, the number of Core Forging and Blood Condensation cultivators they had was far behind the Mountain Universe Sect.
Helpless, Guo Tianshan Laozu sent people back to Zhenling to seek help. On the other hand, he had no choice but to reduce the expansion of the Ying Shan Immortal Academy. He only kept the area within a radius of a thousand miles as the foundation of the Ying Shan Immortal Academy's influence.
Although Guo Tianshan Laozu sent a request for help back to Zhenling, Zhenling only sent five cultivators. Three of them were Core Forging cultivators, one each at the late, mid, and early stages. The remaining two were fourth generation disciples at the late Blood Condensation stage.
The leader of the five was Jiang Tianlin Laozu's eldest disciple, Enlightened Master Xuantian, who had already advanced to the late Core Forging stage. Guo Tianshan Laozu found out from Enlightened Master Xuantian that although Zhenling's position in the North Sea was still stable, the situation had changed. Although Zhenling could still cope with the situation, it was not enough for them to send extra forces to support the Ying Shan Immortal Academy in the Middle Lands.
After all, although establishing a base in the Middle Lands was important, it was not an urgent matter. With Zhenling's strength, it was not enough to support the rapid rise of the Ying Shan Immortal Academy. In Zhenling's plan, the Ying Shan Immortal Academy was just to establish an inconspicuous faction to deceive people so that it would be easier for Zhenling to do things in the Middle Lands in the future. Now, they had to keep a low profile. Even if they had to swallow their anger, they had to continue pretending.
However, the members of Zhenling Laozu did not expect that Guo Tianshan Laozu would take advantage of the lack of influence in the Ying Shan Immortal Academy to plunder a lot of cultivation resources from the three sects of Ying Shan Immortal Academy. This allowed the academy to develop so quickly that it incurred the hatred of the Mountain Universe Sect.
Enlightened Master Xuantian came to the Ying Shan Immortal Academy not only to receive reinforcements from Zhenling, but also to inform Guo Tianshan Laozu of the sect's strategy of concealing their strength and biding their time. Thus, even though the Ying Shan Immortal Academy's strength had increased in the following years, they avoided conflicts with the Mountain Universe Sect as much as possible and never took the initiative to provoke them.
When Lu Ping came out of seclusion to visit Guo Tianshan Laozu, he coincidentally ran into Enlightened Master Liu Xuanyuan and Enlightened Master Xuantian discussing matters in Guo Tianshan Laozu's cave residence. Enlightened Master Liu Xuanyuan told Lu Ping the general situation of the Ying Shan Immortal Academy's development in the past ten years. After all, Lu Ping still had the title of Ying Shan Immortal Academy's vice mountain lord, so it was not right for him to not know anything about the Ying Shan Immortal Academy.
After listening to Enlightened Master Liu Xuanyuan's narration, although Lu Ping was dissatisfied with the sect's strategy of concealing their strength and biding their time, this strategy was undoubtedly the safest way of development. However, Lu Ping also sensed that the situation in the North Sea seemed to have changed greatly from this order. Thus, he turned to look at Enlightened Master Xuantian and said: "Senior, how is the situation in the North Sea?"
"It's not too good, but our sect should be able to deal with it. In the North Sea, our sect still holds the initiative."
Enlightened Master Xuantian thought for a moment, weighing his words as he slowly explained to Lu Ping.
It turned out that when the Ying Tian Dojo opened ten years ago, not only did the various sects in the North Sea start to fight amongst themselves, but after the dojo collapsed, they were ambushed by the local forces near the Ying Tian Dojo, as well as the sudden invasion of the Demonic Cultivators and Shura Cultivators. Although the Dharma adepts of the various sects in the North Sea managed to escape from danger, the late Core Forging disciples of the various sects who participated in the Ying Tian Dojo trip were all injured.
Zhenling, whose strength was still intact, was naturally the biggest winner of this trip to the Ying Tian Dojo. Although Enlightened Master Xuanju, Enlightened Master Xuansen, Enlightened Master Xuanxu, and Enlightened Master Xuanchen were all seriously injured, they had Lu Ping, the Alchemy Grandmaster, and Jiang Tianlin, Laozu, who was no weaker than a mid Dharma adept, to protect them. In the end, they all returned to their sects unscathed. Even if Zhenling did not say anything, the various sects in the North Sea knew that Zhenling had definitely benefited the most.
After the trip to the Ying Tian Dojo, the biggest impact on the North Sea cultivation world was undoubtedly the fight for the Dharma Power Soul. Smoke Mist Laozu and Cang Li Laozu fought, and the result was that the two sects that were originally closest to the North Sea, Shui Yan Pavilion and Hai Yan Sect, had turned against each other. During the trip to the Ying Tian Dojo, a late Core Forging disciple from Shui Yan Pavilion was ambushed and killed by Zhang Xiyi and Dongguo Laozu of the Blue Sea Sect in the central palace. Smoke Mist Laozu formed a team with Jiang Tianlin and the others in the final battle, which also caused Shui Yan Pavilion to eventually join Zhenling's camp. As for the Hai Yan Sect, in order not to be isolated, they had no choice but to join the alliance formed by the Blue Sea Sect and Xuan Ling Sect to fight against Zhenling together.
On the surface, the strength of the four sects on Zhenling's side was not much different from that of the Xuan Ling Sect, Blue Sea Sect, Hai Yan Sect, Fei Yu Sect, and Ling Gu Sect. But in fact, in Zhenling's camp, because of Zhenling's absolute status, this camp was united around Zhenling.
On the other hand, although the loose alliance formed by the other five sects had a common enemy, Zhenling, whether it was the Xuan Ling Sect, the Blue Sea Sect, or the newly joined Hai Yan Sect, the absolute strength of these three sects was not too far apart. Therefore, this alliance was like a group of dragons without a leader. It was even in the midst of internal strife for power and profit. In the battle against Zhenling, they were suppressed by Zhenling's side in every aspect.
However, in recent years, the Crystal Palace's interference in the affairs of the North Sea through Xuan Ling Sect had increased. With the support of the Crystal Palace, Xuan Ling Sect's status in the North Sea finally began to rise again. In addition, during the trip to the Yingtian Dojo, Xuan Ling Sect's Feng Xutao Laozu had inherited the Dharma Soul and successfully passed the early Dharma stage three years ago, becoming Xuan Ling Sect's third mid Dharma adept. With the original top expert of the North Sea, Dao Sheng Laozu, in charge, Xuan Ling Sect's strength finally surpassed the Blue Sea Sect. Their authority in the alliance had also surpassed the Blue Sea Sect and the Hai Yan Sect. In the process of fighting against Zhenling's camp, Xuan Ling Sect had also finally gained the leadership.
In addition, Zhang Xiyi of the Blue Sea Sect had advanced to the Dharma stage, and a second generation disciple of the Hai Yan Sect had finally crossed the threshold of the Dharma stage. Xuan Ling Sect's camp finally had the power to fight against Zhenling.
Fortunately, in the past ten years, Zhenling's Liang Xuanfeng and Qu Xuancheng had advanced to the Dharma stage one after another. The number of Dharma adepts in Zhenling had increased to a terrifying twelve. In addition, a second generation disciple from the Shui Yan Pavilion had also advanced to the Dharma stage. Therefore, although Zhenling's camp could no longer suppress Xuan Ling Sect's camp with the support of the Crystal Palace like before, they could still gain the upper hand.
After listening to Spiritual Master Xuantian's explanation, Lu Ping finally had a direct understanding of Zhenling's situation in the North Sea. No wonder their sect was so stingy with their support for Ying Shan Immortal Academy. It turned out that Zhenling's current situation in the North Sea was not very optimistic. This also caused Zhenling to not dare to freely expand its power in the central plains.
Lu Ping turned to Spiritual Master Liu Xuanyuan and asked about the development of Ying Shan Immortal Academy. Ying Shan Immortal Academy had been established for ten years. Because of Guo Tianshan Laozu's achievement in defeating the Shanyu Sect's Yu Shang Laozu, many Itinerant Cultivators who had entered the Ying Shan mountain range to avoid the calamity wanted to join Ying Shan Immortal Academy.
However, although Ying Shan Immortal Academy had Guo Tianshan Laozu, there were only eight Core Forging third generation disciples, including Lu Ping. There were two late-stage Core Forging disciples, three mid-stage Core Forging disciples, and three early-stage Core Forging disciples.
Thus, those itinerant Core Forging cultivators who wanted to join Ying Shan Immortal Academy in the central plains would become Immortal Academy's guest chamberlains after passing the academy's test. However, due to the academy's own secrecy, they were extremely cautious in choosing their guest chamberlains. After ten years, Ying Shan Immortal Academy only had five Core Forging guest chamberlains. There were two mid-stage Core Forging disciples and three early-stage Core Forging disciples.
There were quite a number of Blood Condensation outer sect disciples, but there were no more than twenty of them. These people were mainly hired by Zhenling to guide the talented youths from the mortal villages within the academy's thousand-mile radius.
"In these ten years, although my abilities are limited, I've been diligent. I've managed to get the disciples of Immortal Academy on the right track. There's already a batch of talented disciples who have recently advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm. Among them is the kid you recommended, Du Jialuo. He has only advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm a few days ago and is currently consolidating his cultivation."
"Oh?"
When Lu Ping heard that Du Jialuo had advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm, he couldn't help but show some interest. He asked, "Senior Brother, do you know what his main bloodline is after he advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm?"
Liu Xuanyuan smiled. "After he advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm, I called him over to ask about it. It turns out that he has an earth-attribute ape bloodline. Among the other six mixed bloodlines, two of them are earth-attribute, one is fire-attribute, and one is metal-attribute. According to the natural law of the five elements, this bloodline is considered top-notch. If he is properly nurtured, he will definitely become a Core Forging cultivator in the future."
When Lu Ping heard about Du Jialuo's mixed bloodline, he nodded to himself. This kind of mixed bloodline was much stronger than Lu Ping's when he advanced to the Blood Condensation Realm.
However, when he heard Perfected Liu Xuanyuan say that Du Jialuo could advance to the Core Forging stage in the future, Lu Ping couldn't help but laugh. From Lu Ping's point of view, this kid would be nurtured like a Dharma adept. However, the secret of Du Jialuo consuming a spirit fruit to strengthen his physical body was only known by a few people. In order to protect him, Lu Ping naturally wouldn't spread this information.
At this time, Perfected Liu Xuanyuan said, "It's a shame to say this, but it's rare for cultivators from overseas to have earth-attribute bloodlines. Although Master and I both practice earth-attribute techniques, it's not the true techniques of our sect. We've only reached the mid Dharma stage. Strictly speaking, the techniques that Master and I practice belong to the turtle bloodline, which is not compatible with this kid's ape bloodline. Otherwise, I might have accepted him as my disciple back then."
Lu Ping looked at Perfected Liu Xuanyuan in surprise. Among the third generation disciples, Perfected Liu Xuanyuan was considered a person with high standards. Now that he was already at the peak of the sixth level of the Core Forging stage, he had only accepted one true disciple. However, he seemed to have three to five registered disciples. Among the third generation disciples who were only at the Core Forging stage, he was second only to Lu Ping.
Lu Ping was just thinking about how to hint to Perfected Liu Xuanyuan when he heard Perfected Liu Xuanyuan say, "However, I heard that ten years ago, Elder Uncle Tianlin brought back a large number of Ying Tian Sect's ancient books from the Ying Tian Sect. I don't know if the sect has finished sorting them out, but I think there might be earth-attribute ape bloodline techniques among them. It's just that I've been staying at the Ying Shan Immortal Academy all these years, so I'm not very well-informed about the sect."
Lu Ping hurriedly smiled and said, "Senior Brother, don't worry. I've already made some arrangements for this kid. As for the cultivation technique, Senior Brother can ask him to find me after his cultivation has stabilized."
Liu Xuanyuan looked at Lu Ping with a surprised expression. After a while, he pointed at Lu Ping and said with a smile, "So Junior Brother has already made arrangements. This kid is actually favored by Junior Brother. If this matter spreads to the North Sea, I wonder how many fourth generation disciples of the sect will complain about how unfair it is."
Lu Ping smiled slightly and said, "Senior Brother must be joking. I'm lazy by nature and just don't want to waste time teaching other disciples. However, this kid has some talent after all. It would be a pity to bury it like this. Give him an opportunity. If he can be nurtured, perhaps it will be a blessing for the sect in the future."
After bidding farewell to Perfected Liu Xuanyuan and the others, Lu Ping walked out of the True Spirit Hall and came face to face with a familiar person.
The person clearly saw Lu Ping and showed a surprised expression on his face. He hurriedly stopped and slightly bowed, saying, "Greetings, Senior Brother Xuan Ping!"
Although Lu Ping found this person familiar, he did not immediately remember who this person was. After the person bowed and greeted him, Lu Ping patted his head and said, "You are Junior Brother Xuan Fang? I didn't expect you to also come to the Central Mainland? "
After exchanging greetings with this fellow disciple who had a dispute with him in the past, Lu Ping first returned to the rock cave in the back mountain with the excuse that he had just broken through and needed to consolidate his cultivation.
Perfected Xuan Fang looked at Lu Ping's back with a complicated expression and sighed after a long time. There was only a look of admiration left on his face. He turned around and hurriedly walked into the True Spirit Hall.
In the rock cave, in the stone room where Lu Ping cultivated in seclusion, Lu Ping looked at a small bronze wine cup placed next to the stone furnace that suppressed the Spiritual Vein and suddenly asked, "It's been ten years. Linglong, have you done what you said before?"
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