Lu Ping's mind was filled with the words that Guo Tianshan and Laozu had said to him when they had left the Ying Shan Immortal Courtyard.
"You do indeed have the ability to go up against Dharma adepts, but you have to see who the Dharma adepts are. With the cooperation of the Green Fox Nine Bandits, you were able to kill Qinxue Laozu and Nanhua Laozu consecutively. Although this is indeed shocking, you have to know that Qinxue Laozu and Nanhua Laozu are only at the bottom of the Dharma adepts.
"We are all early Dharma adepts of the Huayu Sect, but when we surrounded Qinxue Laozu, the three of us almost let him escape. You took one blow from him and were sent flying. How can Nanhua Laozu compare to that person? If you were to fight against Senior Jiang Tianlin, what do you think your chances of winning are? Similarly, if one day you were to encounter an upper-level or top-level demon in the early Dharma stage, what you would have to consider then would not just your chances of winning, but your chances of survival. "
It was a pity that he had not listened to Zhou Donghuang's advice in the past!
Lu Ping, who had been flying at high speed, suddenly made a sharp turn in mid-air. A crack suddenly appeared in front of him, and the Pegasus' horn that had been flying behind him suddenly appeared in front of him. If not for the fact that Lu Ping's divine will was no longer at the Dharma adept level and was sensitive to spatial powers, he would have collided head-on with the horn.
Lu Ping had not expected that he would be tricked by the Western Wilderness Palace adepts. The Western Wilderness Palace's Fifth Senior Brother had already discovered Lu Ping, who had been trailing behind the five of them.
Originally, Lu Ping had planned to follow behind the five of them and wait for them to break through the blockade of the Pegasus and Koi clans. Then, he would follow behind them and take the opportunity to enter the fog.
Unexpectedly, this Senior Brother Wu from the Western Desert Palace had used some unknown method. Not only had he discovered Lu Ping, but he had also used some unknown method to move behind Lu Ping. In an instant, he had become the vanguard of these five people.
Just as Lu Ping was nearing the fog, he was discovered by a Dharma adept of the Tenma people. Lu Ping had only exchanged two or three blows before he had no choice but to flee. Meanwhile, the five people from the Western Wilderness Palace took the opportunity to rush into the area covered by the fog.
However, Lu Ping soon discovered that the five people from Western Wilderness Palace did not get any benefits either. Before they entered the fog, there was a small river about three feet wide. Just as the five of them were about to enter it, the water in the river suddenly flowed upwards. A Dharma adept from the Water Clan suddenly appeared and killed one of the late Core Forging adepts from Western Wilderness Palace.
Under the leadership of the Fifth Senior Brother, the remaining four Western Wilderness Palace adepts did not waste any more time with this Dharma adept. Instead, they hurriedly rushed into the fog. This Dharma adept stopped in front of the fog, then once again hid in the stream of the river.
There was a flash of light beneath Lu Ping's feet, and the boat that he had not used in a long time suddenly appeared beneath his feet. Instantly, Lu Ping's flying speed increased by a notch.
The Dharma adept of the Tenma people who was chasing after Lu Ping was a long-faced adept in his thirties. When he saw that Lu Ping had first used a Spirit Cultivation level cloak to conceal himself, and now that he had another Spirit Cultivation level flying weapon beneath his feet, his face lit up with interest. He said, "Hey, you have quite a few treasures in your hands, but these are all mine now!"
Lu Ping didn't say a word. The boat beneath his feet floated even more swiftly than before, while the Dharma adept from the Pegasus Clan chased after Lu Ping along the edge of the fog. Every time Lu Ping wanted to charge into the fog, the Dharma adept would cast a spatial spell and use his natal mystic instrument forged from the horn on his forehead to force Lu Ping to retreat. Lu Ping didn't know what to do. Instead, the Dharma adept from the Pegasus Clan would cast a spatial spell and use a natal mystic instrument forged from the horn on his forehead to force Lu Ping back.
In a short period of time, Lu Ping and the Dharma adept in front of him had exchanged a few blows. A true Dharma adept had a strong inner Yuan, and their control and use of inner Yuan, as well as their proficiency in various techniques, had allowed Lu Ping to witness the power of a true Dharma adept.
The fundamental difference between a Dharma adept and a Core Forging adept lay in three aspects. One was the mastery of spatial powers that a Dharma adept had. For a Dharma adept, mastery of spatial powers was a qualitative improvement for a Dharma adept, regardless of whether it was in terms of battling, escaping, or hiding.
The second aspect was the transformation of a Golden Core into a Dharma Power. A Dharma Power was the embryo of a True Spirit, and it was the accumulation of a cultivator's entire body's essence. Naturally, it had great power.
The third aspect was the condensation of a Dharma power. This was the foundation of a Dharma adept's unarmed battle, and it was the true difference between a Dharma adept and a Core Forging adept.
Condensation of a Dharma power was different from the creation of a Dharma treasure. The condensation of a Dharma power required the use of one's Divine Will in the Dharma stage to form a Dharma seed, and the condensation of each Dharma seed required a Great Technique.
Although a Dharma treasure was the most powerful weapon for a cultivator to unleash their own strength, the true significance of a Dharma treasure lay in the fact that after a cultivator had advanced to the Dharma stage, the Divine Will would be unleashed through the Dharma treasure. Only in this way could the Dharma power be unleashed to its greatest potential.
The quality of each great sorcery directly affected the quality of the sorcery seed. Therefore, the higher the level of improvement of such a great sorcery seed in the future, the higher the quality of the sorcery seed condensed, and the more powerful it would be after attaining the Dharma stage in the future.
However, the condensation of a Great Technique seed was an extremely difficult task for most Dharma adepts. Peak Forging adepts often did not have the confidence to condense a Great Technique seed while advancing to the Dharma stage. In order not to affect their future advancement to the Dharma stage, they could only accumulate all their potential.
However, after advancing to the Dharma stage, it was even more difficult for a Dharma adept to condense a Great Technique seed. Only under extremely harsh conditions could a Great Technique seed be successfully condensed. One of the ways to do so was when a Dharma adept had passed the Thunder Trial and reached the mid Dharma stage, the late Dharma stage, and the peak Dharma stage. However, these three chances were even slimmer than when a Dharma adept advanced to the Dharma stage.
In reality, the condensation of a Great Technique seed was actually a vicious cycle for a Dharma adept. The more they delayed, the less likely it was to succeed. The further they delayed, the greater the gap between them and the Dharma adept who had condensed a Great Technique seed.
The reason why Qinxue Laozu, Nanhua Laozu, and Laozu from the Willow Ocean Sect, whom Lu Ping had previously fought with, was said to be the lowest of the early Dharma adepts was because these adepts had not condensed even the lowest grade of Great Technique seed. In times of extreme danger, they could only summon their Dharma Power as their strongest attack.
On the other hand, Qinxue Laozu from the Huayu Sect, who had almost escaped from Guo Tianshan, Liang Tianfeng, and Qu Tiancheng, was also an early Dharma adept. Other than Qinxue Laozu being at the peak of the early Dharma stage, the most important reason was that when he had advanced to the Dharma stage, he had condensed a Great Technique seed and formed it into a Natural Technique.
Although this Great Technique seed was only an ordinary Great Technique, in the hands of a Dharma adept, it was still extremely powerful. It was precisely because of this Natural Technique that he had broken through the encirclement of three Dharma adepts. Furthermore, it was only a move at the end of its tether, but it was enough to send Lu Ping flying with one blow.
The difference between a Dharma adept who had condensed a Great Technique seed and a Natural Technique and a Dharma adept who had not could be described as the difference between heaven and earth.
For a Dharma adept who had yet to advance to the Dharma stage, the formation of a Great Technique seed depended on two factors. The first factor was the quality of the Great Technique seed that was condensed, and the second factor was the quality of the Golden Elixir that the Dharma adept condensed after reaching the ninth stage of the Core Forging stage.
The Dharma adept from the Pegasus clan who was chasing after Lu Ping had obviously condensed a Great Technique seed and formed it into a Natural Technique.
For a Dharma adept who had formed a Natural Technique, the most direct way to describe his or her strength was through words!
As such, no matter how nimble Lu Ping's Spirit Cultivation grade flying treasure was, as long as the Dharma adept from the Tenma people was certain that Lu Ping was someone who wanted to enter the Sacred Lake of the River Source, he would be able to firmly guard the direction that was covered by the thick fog. Thus, Lu Ping would not be able to break free from the entanglement and enter the fog.
The Natural Technique that the Tenma people had used against Lu Ping was called "Ding Tian." It was a powerful Great Technique that had been passed down through the generations of the Tenma people. Now that the Tenma adept had condensed it into a Natural Technique, its power had more than doubled!
Furthermore, this Great Mystique had been created by the ancestors of the Pegasus clan in the past, in order to unleash the power of the horn on the head of the Pegasus clan. This Dharma adept of the Pegasus clan had refined his own horn into a Life Dharma treasure, making the power of this Natural Mystique even more powerful.
Thus, when Lu Ping encountered this Dharma adept who had condensed a Natural Technique, the confidence and pride that Lu Ping had gained from challenging opponents of a higher level was completely shattered. All he could do now was run, and run like a dog! The Autumn Dew Sword had been sent flying.
Before the "Great River Flows East" technique could descend from the sky, it had already been smashed into the sky by the horn. How could he dare to use the Essential Energy Single Sword Technique now? Furthermore, even if he did, it might not be of much use. The Flying Whirlwind Technique was a sneak attack technique, which was not very useful against a Dharma adept who had mastered the Space Technique. As for the Seeping Water Sword Technique, there was no need to mention it. It was a Great Technique for attacking head-on battles. How could Lu Ping dare to fight head-on with this Dharma adept now?
The most important problem was that the Pegasus clan was good at running, and flying was one of their talents. Lu Ping had used the Ocean Crossing Boat several times to increase the distance between the two of them. However, after a short while, the Tenma adept had caught up with him again.
Lu Ping had no choice but to give up on entering the Sacred Lake now. He turned around and headed deeper into the West Wilderness. However, at this time, the Dharma adept of the Pegasus clan did not want to let Lu Ping go. Three Spirit Cultivation level treasures, a Ocean Crossing Boat, a Cloud Five Elements Robe, and a pair of flying swords were enough to tempt a Dharma adept!
"You can't escape!"
The Dharma adept of the Pegasus clan was no longer concerned about his duty. However, he saw that Lu Ping, who had been running away, had suddenly stopped and turned around. A white jade lotus had suddenly bloomed on Lu Ping's chest, its layers of petals white and flawless!
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