Enlightened Master Liu Xuanyuan was a little surprised, but Lu Ping looked at the woman in front of him in shock.
Enlightened Master Xuan Cai looked at Lu Ping's expression and found it funny. She said, "Junior Martial Brother Lu, we haven't met for a few decades. Why are you so distant?"
Lu Ping blushed and smiled embarrassedly. "I didn't expect it to be Senior Martial Sister Qi who came from home. I haven't heard much news about Senior Martial Sister Qi in the sect. But after seeing Senior Martial Sister's cultivation, I finally understand."
This time, Zhenling sent five Core Forging cultivators to Ying Shan Immortal Academy. The one leading them was Enlightened Master Xuan Cai, who was in front of Lu Ping.
Lu Ping recognized this Enlightened Master Xuan Cai and had a deep impression of her. She was Qi Zicai, one of the "Eighteen Generals of the North Sea" before Enlightened Master Liu Xuanyuan advanced to Core Forging.
In fact, Lu Ping wasn't completely clueless about Qi Zicai's situation. She was a famous cultivator in the past, so Lu Ping had naturally asked about her recent situation. Back then, he heard that Qi Zicai had encountered a huge bottleneck in her breakthrough to the Core Forging Realm. Even after Enlightened Master Liu Xuan Yuan and the others advanced to the Core Forging Realm, she was still stuck at the peak of the Blood Condensation Realm.
Later on, he heard that she basically had no hope of advancing to Core Forging. Lu Ping felt that it was a pity for a period of time. Although Qi Zicai was a woman, she was very capable and experienced. She left a deep impression on Lu Ping. After Lu Ping spent most of his time traveling, he didn't hear any news about her.
Today, he saw Qi Zicai again. Not only had she broken through to the Core Forging Realm, she seemed to be the same as Liu Xuanyuan. She was also a cultivator who had accumulated a lot of experience. In less than a hundred years, she had risen from the late Blood Condensation Realm to the Sixth Layer Core Forging Realm.
However, Lu Ping could feel from her aura that Enlightened Master Xuan Cai's cultivation seemed to have just advanced and stabilized after a period of seclusion.
Speaking of Zhen Ling Sect's third generation disciples, they could be roughly divided into three different age groups.
The first stage consisted of Daoist Master Xuan Tian, Daoist Master Xuan Hui, Daoist Master Xuan Ru, Daoist Master Xuan Hui, and other disciples of the second generation of Zhenling. These disciples had already reached the fifth or sixth layer of Core Forging.
As for the more outstanding disciples like Xuantian Zhenren, they had already stepped into the late Core Forging stage and had begun to peek at the Transcendence stage, preparing to advance to the Transcendence stage.
The second group consisted of disciples like Liu Xuanyuan, Qi Xuancai, Daoist Master Xuan Shang, and Daoist Master Xuan Lei. They had joined the second generation of Zhenling's disciples relatively late and had only cultivated for a short period of time. However, the more accomplished disciples had already advanced to the mid Core Forging stage. The more outstanding disciples like Liu Xuanyuan, Qi Xuancai, and Daoist Master Xuan Shang had already advanced to the sixth layer of Core Forging and were beginning to work towards the late Core Forging stage.
The third group was the disciples represented by Lu Ping, Ji Xuanxuan, Yao Xuanyong, Du Xuanfeng, Chen Xuanlian, and the others. In this group of disciples, those who were successful had also advanced to the Core Forging Realm, and the more outstanding ones were also in the Mid Core Forging Realm.
Of course, there was also an outlier like Lu Ping in this group of disciples. However, when the third generation of Zhenling's disciples discussed each other's cultivation realms, they often automatically ignored this person. This was not a person who could be judged by common sense, but rather a monster!
There were also two late Core Forging stage cultivators who came with Daoist Master Xuan Cai, and they were both acquaintances of Lu Ping. One was Liang Tianfeng Laozu's disciple, Daoist Master Zhang Xuanbei, who had just advanced to the Transcendence stage. The other was Daoist Master Xuan Yu, who was rather taciturn back in the East Sea.
These two Daoists were above Daoist Master Xuan Cai in terms of cultivation and experience. However, this time, Zhenling had actually sent Daoist Master Xuan Cai to replace Daoist Master Liu Xuanyuan as the Mountain Elder. Thus, Daoist Master Xuan Cai became the leader of the group of five.
The arrival of Daoist Master Xuan Bei and Daoist Master Xuan Yu was to increase the number of late Core Forging stage cultivators in Immortal Academy. This was also what Guo Tianshan Laozu had strongly requested of the sect after the battle between Lu Ping and the three heroes of the Gu Clan.
At the same time, there were also two mid Core Forging stage cultivators. One was also an acquaintance of Lu Ping, it was Chen Lian's junior, Daoist Master Xuan Tao. Lu Ping had a good impression of him. Back then, when Daoist Master Lu Hai led the Demon Clan to besiege Huang Li Island, this Daoist Master Xuan Tao happened to be present. At that time, he also played a great role in the battle. Later, when Yin Xuanchu's identity as a mixed-human and demon was exposed, he also helped Yin Xuanchu escape with Lu Ping and the others without hesitation.
Of course, the reason why Daoist Master Xuan Tao could come to Immortal Academy was also the result of Tianshan Laozu's strong request. The reason was very simple. Currently, Immortal Academy did not have a decent Tool Refiner, and this Daoist Master Xuan Tao was one of the only two Tool Refiners in Zhenling's third generation disciples, second only to Chen Lian.
The remaining Daoist Master Xuan Teng was someone Lu Ping did not know. After meeting her, Lu Ping found out that this Daoist Master Xuan Teng was actually a Talisman Master of the Talisman Pavilion. However, she was not under Daoist Master Xuan Ju, but the disciple of another Talisman Master.
With the addition of these five people, Ying Shan Immortal Academy's strength would undoubtedly rise to a higher level. Not to mention the addition of a Tool Refiner and a Talisman Master, the addition of Daoist Master Xuan Bei and Daoist Master Xuan Yu, these two late stage Core Forging cultivators would also greatly increase the strength of the Immortal Academy's Core Forging cultivators. At the very least, after the incident with the Gu Clan's Three Heroes, the experts of Immortal Academy would not be stretched too thin.
It must be known that when Daoist Master Xuan Bei advanced to the late stage of Core Forging, he used a high-grade Earth Ranked Spirit Object, and Daoist Master Xuan Yu also smelted a mid-grade Earth Ranked Dual Attribute Spirit Object. Although the quality of the smelted Spirit Object was only one aspect of a cultivator's strength, at the very least, Daoist Master Xuan Bei and Daoist Master Xuan Yu were not weaklings among cultivators of the same level.
After the five people came to Immortal Academy, they quickly joined and established their reputation among the many disciples, establishing their own positions, especially Daoist Master Xuan Cai. Because she wanted to take over Daoist Master Liu Xuanyuan's position as Mountain Elder, she had to follow Daoist Master Liu Xuanyuan and familiarize herself with everything in Immortal Academy. After a year, Daoist Master Liu Xuanyuan would return to the North Sea and prepare to advance to the late stage of Core Forging.
After the five newcomers were led by Daoist Master Liu Xuanyuan to familiarize themselves with the situation in Immortal Academy, Lu Ping turned to Guo Tianshan Laozu and said with a smile, "Martial Uncle, it seems that the momentum of the sect's development these years is still good. Otherwise, according to the information that Senior Brother Xuantian brought back about the North Sea's cultivation world, although our sect still has the advantage in the North Sea, it would not be easy to easily transfer two late stage Core Forging cultivators, a Master Refiner, and a Talisman Master."
Guo Tianshan Laozu smiled and said, "The harvest from Ying Tian Dojo has deepened the foundation of the sects in the North Sea. Although the sects in the North Sea have developed with the treasures obtained from Ying Tian Dojo, our sect has gained the most, so our development is naturally faster. However, the most important reason why the sect is so generous this time is because of the East Sea."
"East Sea?"
Lu Ping's eyes lit up and said, "Did something go wrong in the Crystal Palace?"
Guo Tianshan Laozu nodded, but he did not look relaxed. Instead, he looked a little solemn. He said, "Senior Brother Tiankang sent news from Jing Zhe Island that the conflict between the Carefree Sect and the Crystal Palace is getting more and more intense. As for the other four large sects in the East Sea, except for Skyrend who is confronting the Kun Fish Clan and has no time to deal with other things, the other three sects are more or less secretly helping the Carefree Sect."
Lu Ping nodded and said in a serious voice, "That's how it should be. After all, the Crystal Palace has been the overlord of the East Sea for too long. Now that someone is taking the lead to fight against the Crystal Palace, it's natural for the other three sects to secretly help the Carefree Sect."
Guo Tianshan agreed with Lu Ping's words and continued, "If it was only this matter, it would not have caused the Crystal Palace to be so badly battered. More importantly, the Crystal Palace's operation to invade the Middle Earth this time has failed again. The Heavenly Moon Sect, together with a few sects in the east coast of the Middle Earth, suddenly attacked and destroyed the few strongholds that the Crystal Palace had established along the coast in one fell swoop. This drove the Crystal Palace's power from the land back to the sea. Now, the Crystal Palace's power has mostly shrunk to a few islands along the coast and barely managed to gain a foothold."
Tianshan Laozu paused for a while and continued, "According to the news from Martial Uncle Tiankang, the Avalon of Five Elements, one of the Five Holy Lands of the Middle Earth, seems to be behind this sudden attack by the Heavenly Moon Sect."
Although Lu Ping was quite shocked when he heard this news, he felt that it was inevitable. If it was just the Heavenly Moon Sect alone, even though it was also a large sect, how could it resist the Crystal Palace for so many years, causing the Crystal Palace to be unable to gain a foothold in the Middle Earth?
However, now that he heard that the game between the Avalon of Five Elements and the Crystal Palace was actually turning from the dark to the light, if this news were to spread, the entire cultivation world would probably immediately welcome a shock.
There was a faint anticipation in Lu Ping's heart. If these two large sects were to clash head-on, what kind of shocking scene would that be?
Seeing that Lu Ping's expression had suddenly become excited, Guo Tianshan Laozu naturally knew what Lu Ping was planning. Thus, he rudely interrupted Lu Ping's thoughts and said, "In a few days, your Martial Uncle Tianfeng and Martial Uncle Tiancheng will also arrive at the Celestial Academy. At that time, there will be a chaotic battle in Hebei. You are the number one expert below the Dharma adepts of the Celestial Academy. At that time, there will definitely be many matters that require you to represent the Celestial Academy. After the Fist Valley space ends, you will first represent the Celestial Academy to the Spiritual Martial Sect to participate in the gathering of the Hebei cultivation world to encircle and annihilate Mara."
"Martial Uncle Tianfeng and Martial Uncle Tiancheng are also coming?"
Lu Ping's expression turned cold. His intuition told him that this matter was not as simple as it seemed. Thus, he said, "Are the two Martial Uncles here in secret?"
Guo Tianshan Laozu looked deeply at Lu Ping and said, "The news that the two of them have broken through to the Dharma stage has not yet been leaked."
Guo Tianshan Laozu thought for a while and seemed to want to explain the matter more thoroughly. Thus, he continued, "After the destruction of the Ying Tian Sect, the Spiritual Martial Sect is the most powerful sect in Hebei. This sect already has the strength of a large sect. All they need is the recognition of the Five Great Holy Lands to officially enter the threshold of a large sect."
Lu Ping took a deep breath and said, "I know what to do!"
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