The Shura was bloodthirsty and the Demonic Cultivator devoured souls.
In fact, the Shura and the Demonic Cultivator had another big "hobby", and that was "Spirit Devouring". That was why there was a saying in the cultivation world, "Mara Spirit Devouring".
Therefore, when the Shura and the Demonic Cultivator stopped wreaking havoc in the cultivation world and escaped to somewhere far away or gathered in one place, it meant that the place where Mara stayed must have a spirit vein gathering.
The higher the number of Demonic Luos gathered at a location, the higher the quality of the spirit vein there would definitely be. The higher the quality of the spirit vein, the more abundant the cultivation resources produced by the spirit vein would be. There might even be spirit stone veins among them.
At the intersection of the Yulan River and the Ying River, the terrain of this area was much lower than the surrounding plains. Every time the flood season of the Yulan River and the Ying River arrived, this area would become the place where the two rivers would flood. Over time, this place would become a swamp, and the Yulan River would split into several small streams that flowed into the Yulan River.
And after the Shura and Demonic Cultivators that were wreaking havoc in Hebei were repelled by the cultivators of the various sects, they gathered in groups in this wetland called the Yingyu Swamp.
This time, the battle for the spirit vein was also one of the goals of the various sects to encircle Mara. Moreover, with so many Shura and Demonic Cultivators gathered in this swamp, most cultivators believed that there was at least a large spirit vein hidden in this swamp. Otherwise, it would be impossible for so many Mara to be attracted to this place.
On the 9th of September, the various sects of the Hebei cultivation world gathered outside the Yingyu Swamp and began to encircle the Demonic Cultivators and Shura hidden in the swamp.
Before this, there were already cultivators continuously gathering towards a small town called Chahe Town outside the swamp.
The small town was bustling with noise because most of the Dharma cultivators from the various sects in Hebei would meet at the Spiritual Martial Sect and then head towards the Yingyu Swamp. Chahe Town had instead become a gathering place for all sorts of rogue cultivators and small groups.
After Lu Ping's arrival, many places in the small town had been opened up by the cultivators as a place for private transactions. They were taking advantage of the great movement of the entire Hebei region's cultivation world to exchange for what they needed.
Lu Ping was rather interested in this sort of marketplace that was like a marketplace for mortals. With his current knowledge and experience, even ordinary Dharma adepts might not be able to match up to him. Everyone was curious and hoped to pick up some hidden treasures from these marketplaces. Naturally, Lu Ping was no exception.
However, Lu Ping was still a little cautious when he looked at the small town in front of him. This kind of trading market was formed spontaneously because there wasn't a strong force presiding over it. Hence, the order was often extremely chaotic. There were even cases of people turning against each other and refusing to acknowledge their debts. Here, strength was often the key.
Lu Ping laughed involuntarily. Although he was alone and in the eyes of outsiders, he might be an easy target to bully, but with his current strength, as long as it was not a Dharma adept, he would not care about three to five ordinary late Core Forging adepts. If there really was someone who did not open his eyes, he would just send them away.
This was because most of the cultivators here were prepared to follow after Laozu and enter the Yingyu Swamp to take advantage of the situation. However, the Yingyu Swamp was filled with danger. The danger inside was not only from Mara, but also from the ferocious beasts and even demons hidden in the swamp.
Therefore, this spontaneous marketplace was mostly filled with all sorts of healing, recovery, and antidotes. There were also all sorts of treasures, talismans, and other items that could temporarily increase a cultivator's strength. Of course, there were also all sorts of other cultivation items, but compared to these two, there were far fewer.
Before the Yingyu Swamp was occupied by Mara, it had been a buffer zone between the human race and the Yulan River demon race. There were many ferocious beasts that had yet to gain sentience but were extremely powerful. There were even rumors that the Spirit Taming Sect's cultivators had once appeared in the Yingyu Swamp.
However, the Yingyu Swamp was also a treasure trove. Throughout the years, it had attracted a large number of adventuring cultivators in search of various cultivation resources. This time, the North Sea's cultivation world had entered the Yingyu Swamp on a large scale. In addition to encircling Mara and searching for the large spirit veins and cultivation resources Mara had occupied, another important reason was to completely occupy the Yingyu Swamp and expel the demon race's forces, turning it into the territory of Hebei's cultivation world.
Lu Ping casually strolled through the small town, inspecting the various stalls set up on both sides of the road. Naturally, there were very few items that caught Lu Ping's attention. Although there were a few items that Lu Ping felt were worth it, there were also a few stalks of thousand-year-old spiritual herbs and top-grade spiritual materials. Although they had been mistaken as low prices, Lu Ping would not take advantage of them.
At this moment, Lu Ping's face showed a hint of helplessness. He looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him. Then, he walked towards a remote corner of the town.
After a while, when Lu Ping came out again, he was followed by two excited young girls. On Lu Ping's shoulder was a fat mid-stage Blood Condensation Realm rat demon.
These two young girls were Lu Taohua and Lu Qin-er. Lu Qin-er had always been a lawless person. She couldn't bear the loneliness of staying in the House of Gold for a long time. Lu Taohua, on the other hand, had never seen the prosperity of the human world. She was tempted by Lu Qin-er's words, so she wanted to come out and take a look.
Although Lu Ping was helpless, he didn't want his spirit pet to be a canary in a cage. He could only let the two of them play behind him. However, to prevent their identities from being leaked, especially Lu Qin-er's identity as a spirit demon, Lu Ping gave them two Demon Transformation Chakrams.
The magical thing about the Demon Transformation Chakram was that when a transformed demon cultivator wore it, they wouldn't be exposed. When a human cultivator wore it, the demon cultivator would think that they were the same kind.
Lu Ping originally had three Demon Transformation Chakrams, but Jiang Tianlin took one from him when he left the North Sea. It was said that his teacher, Liu Tianling, wanted to use it. Lu Ping naturally didn't dare to neglect it, so he only had two left.
Lu Qin-er and Lu Qin-er played with Dabao in the small town. When they saw so many cultivators setting up stalls and selling all kinds of items, they couldn't help but become interested. They focused all their attention on the stalls on both sides of the street.
Lu Ping followed behind the three of them and let them play. He also wanted to take the opportunity to test their knowledge.
The cultivators setting up stalls around were all people with good taste. When they saw that Lu Ping was following behind them calmly and didn't point out anything, they all thought that Lu Qin-er and Lu Qin-er were rich young ladies who went out to play. They secretly thought that they might be a fat sheep, so they all called them over to their stalls to have a look and encouraged them to buy all kinds of cultivation items from their stalls.
Unexpectedly, the two sisters were so easy to fool. Although Lu Qin-er was the strongest in terms of cultivation techniques, she was the worst in terms of knowledge. However, she had followed Lu Ping for a long time and had seen a lot of things.
Lu Qin-er had been in human form for ten years and took care of the spiritual herb garden for Lu Ping. Lu Ping had given her a lot of ancient books about spiritual herbs. In addition, she was a spiritual peach tree, so she was naturally able to distinguish between good and bad spiritual herbs.
There was no need to mention Dabao. Dabao had been with Lu Ping for the longest time and was also the most trusted by Lu Ping. He had seen most of the treasures Lu Ping obtained. Therefore, it could be said that among all of Lu Ping's spiritual pets, Dabao's strength was the worst, but his knowledge was the best.
Many cultivators tried to pass off some things as high grade items, but they were all exposed by Lu Qin-er and the others on the spot, making these people embarrassed.
There were also those who flew into a rage out of humiliation. However, before they could vent their anger, Lu Qin 'er's aura surged and her mid Core Forging cultivation erupted. Many of the surrounding cultivators who were jeering shut their mouths.
It was not that no one could deal with Lu Qin-er, but how old did Lu Qin-er look?
At such a young age, she had such an amazing cultivation. If she didn't have a tyrannical background, who would believe it?
At this time, everyone remembered that Lu Ping was following behind this little sister, but he didn't speak. When they swept him with their Divine Sense, they found that the person in front of them was like a boundless sea. They couldn't see the bottom, and only felt that he was unfathomable.
Everyone put away their thoughts of deceiving them and began to introduce some valuable things to the two of them. This time, Lu Qin-er couldn't distinguish them.
However, although Lu Qin-er couldn't distinguish them, there was Little Peach Blossom next to her. Although Lu Taohua hadn't been in human form for long, she could keep her heart. She had been in human form for ten years. On weekdays, she took care of Lu Ping's spiritual grass garden and read some ancient books on spiritual plants collected by Lu Ping. In addition, Lu Taohua was a spirit beast in human form, so she was very sensitive to spiritual materials such as plants. Since she didn't know something, she could distinguish between good and bad through her Qi talent.
After a few rounds of negotiation, not only did Lu Taohua not lose out, but she also picked up a lot of things. For example, she mistook a thousand-year-old spiritual grass for a 500-year-old one, and some spiritual grass that were very similar but had opposite medicinal properties. She could even distinguish between some spiritual materials such as plants.
If there was something that even Lu Taohua couldn't identify, then it would be Dabao's time to perform. However, Dabao was only a Mid Blood Condensation demon beast that hadn't transformed yet, so he didn't dare to openly appraise these items. He only secretly transmitted his voice to Lu Qin-er and Lu Taohua.
The two of them walked half a street and even picked up a few three-thousand-year-old spiritual grass. However, Lu Qin-er was a talkative person. She didn't keep it to herself and instead showed off proudly. This made the cultivators who sold the spiritual grass to them very depressed. If it weren't for the fact that they were afraid of the two beautiful girls in front of them, these people might have beaten them up on the street and taught them a lesson.
Lu Ping looked at the two of them and smiled bitterly. Although the cultivators who were picked up by the two of them seemed to have admitted defeat, Lu Ping didn't think that these people would give up just like that. Lu Qin-er and Lu Taohua had made dozens of transactions along the way and spent hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. This kind of wealth was enough to make people want to take the risk.
Lu Ping wasn't afraid of these people. He just found it troublesome. However, looking at the two girls' excited expressions, Lu Ping didn't have the heart to interrupt them.
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