By the time Lu Ping told Enlightened Jiang about his experience of being hunted down on the sea, Enlightened Jiang had already brought Lu Ping back to Xuan Qi Island. Lu Ping was once again amazed at the Core Forging Enlightened Master's power. He had spent an hour, five talismans, and two secret techniques to escape, but Enlightened Jiang had returned in the time it took him to finish his story.
After returning to Xuan Qi Island, Master Immortal Liu arranged for Lu Ping to go into seclusion to recuperate. For the next two months, Lu Ping spent all his time in seclusion. During this time, Yao Yong and the other disciples of Group 7 all came to visit, but their seventh senior apprentice brother was missing. He had died in Xuan Ling Sect's purge.
Everyone talked about the peaceful life in the monastery and their seventh senior apprentice brother's death. Even Li Cheng, who had always been at odds with Lu Ping, was silent. Fortunately, Shi Lingling noticed the awkward atmosphere and quickly mentioned that the sect was going to reward Lu Ping and the other four disciples for their contribution in resolving the siege on Xuan Qi Island. Only then did everyone start to guess the contents of the reward.
Hu Lili and Zhong Jian also came to visit Lu Ping. Zhong Jian even brought his girlfriend, Ma Yu.
Ma Yu was at the second level of the Blood Condensation Realm and was one of the top disciples in Lu Ping's previous batch. Lu Ping joked with Zhong Jian that he had to work harder, otherwise he would be left behind by his senior apprentice sister Ma Yu. Wouldn't that be embarrassing?
After being teased by Lu Ping and the others, Zhong Jian was no longer as thick-skinned as before. He just laughed and said there was no problem. On the other hand, Ma Yu's face turned red from Lu Ping's teasing.
Hu Lili told Lu Ping about the situation between Xuan Ling Sect and Zhenling. After Xuan Ling Sect retreated, the two sects started fighting on the border. Every day, there would be cultivators fighting on the sea. From time to time, there would be news of cultivators dying. But in general, both sides were restrained and there were no more battles between Core Forging Enlightened Masters. Of course, it was also possible that both sides had deeper plans, but this was something that Lu Ping and the others had to consider.
Lu Ping asked Hu Lili about the casualties. As expected, Hu Lili paid attention to these things. She said that Zhenling had lost over fifty Blood Condensation cultivators, and Xuan Ling had lost over seventy. Other than that, all the resource points near Xuan Qi Island, as well as the smaller islands under their jurisdiction, had all been looted. They had lost quite a lot of spirit stones.
Lu Ping asked Hu Lili about the demon race's appearance in Xuan Qi Island's sea region to the sect's elders. This was originally Lu Ping's discovery, but Lu Ping had always felt guilty towards Hu Lili for obtaining Sheng Tao's inheritance. Therefore, he asked her to report her discovery to the sect's elders. Coupled with Hu Lili's insightful grasp of the situation, he hoped that she would be able to attract the attention of the sect's elders.
In fact, Lu Ping only took a month to recover from his injuries. As the biggest contributor to the rescue of Xuan Qi Island, after Lu Ping returned, he was rewarded with the best healing pills by the sect. The reason why he stayed on Xuan Qi Island was because Lu Ping's cultivation had improved by leaps and bounds after the battle. In addition, in the year since he broke through to the Blood Condensation Realm, Lu Ping had been consuming all sorts of pills for his cultivation. Currently, Lu Ping had reached the bottleneck of the First Level of the Blood Condensation Realm, and he would break through to the Second Level at any time.
After Lu Ping recovered, Yao Yong, Hu Lili, and the rest invited Lu Ping to visit him again. This time, the sect had already given them a reward.
After Hu Lili reported the situation with the Yao Clan, she received the sect's attention. At the same time, she was told to keep it strictly confidential. The sect rewarded her with three thousand spirit stones and promised to give her two Blood Condensation Pills to help her break through to the Blood Condensation Realm. After visiting Lu Ping, she would go into seclusion to break through to the Blood Condensation Realm. Naturally, everyone congratulated her for breaking through to the Blood Condensation Realm. Lu Ping even gave Hu Lili two bottles of Blood Vigor Pills as a gift, which naturally made them envious.
Zhong Jian received three thousand spirit stones, two bottles of Blood Condensation Pills, a mid-grade earth-type flying sword, and a top-grade Blood Escape Talisman. The talisman was used to make up for his losses. He only joined the expedition after being rescued by Lu Ping and the others. Hence, he didn't get much credit, but the rewards he received were enough to make the other disciples in the same realm envious.
Du Feng's reward was also three thousand spirit stones, two bottles of Blood Condensation Pills, and a high-grade Flying Swan Sword. This Flying Swan Sword was of high quality, and it was said that it could be improved further.
Among the group, Yao Yong was the luckiest. Other than the three thousand spirit stones, two bottles of Blood Condensation Pills, and a high-grade Scarlet Tiger Sword, he also received Enlightened Master Qu's recognition and was accepted as an in-name disciple. Once he broke through to the Mid Blood Condensation Realm, he would officially become Enlightened Master Qu's disciple. Even now, he could receive Enlightened Master Qu's guidance frequently, which would definitely speed up his cultivation.
Among the five of them, the one who contributed the most was Lu Ping. Lu Ping could be said to have gained nothing from this mission. Instead, he was chased for hundreds of miles. He had to use more than half of his Blood Condensation talismans and talisman treasures to destroy the sealing formation, and he almost lost his life. In the end, he was heavily injured.
It was said that Enlightened Master Xuan Yong and Enlightened Master Jiang Xuanlin had expressed their hope that the sect would reward Lu Ping handsomely. The cultivators on Xuan Qi Island all owed Lu Ping a favor this time, so the sect naturally had to consider it seriously. In the end, the reward was five thousand spirit stones, three bottles of Blood Condensation Pills, an intact First Layer Core Forging Talisman, and three items of his choice from the Tian Ling Mountain's Blood Condensation Treasure Vault.
Such a reward was enough to make a Late Blood Condensation cultivator's eyes go red. However, Enlightened Master Jiang Xuanlin still grumbled, "Only three items? What good stuff is there in the Blood Condensation Treasure Vault?!"
Lu Ping didn't know what the Blood Condensation Treasure Vault was, so Hu Lili explained to him. Every sect had their own treasure vault to store cultivation resources. The Blood Condensation Treasure Vault was one of Zhenling's treasure vaults. However, the items in this vault were usually used by Blood Condensation cultivators, so it was called the Blood Condensation Treasure Vault.
As for Enlightened Master Jiang Xuanlin's explanation, Lu Ping didn't mind it. The Blood Condensation Treasure Vault was naturally nothing in Enlightened Master Jiang's eyes. If he really gave Lu Ping some heavenly treasures, Lu Ping probably wouldn't be able to keep them. Lowering the standard of the reward and diluting the attention of the cultivators on Lu Ping was actually a kind of protection for Lu Ping's growth.
These rewards could only be claimed after Lu Ping recovered from his injuries and came out of seclusion. Lu Ping wasn't in a hurry. The most important thing right now was to break through to the Second Layer of the Blood Condensation Realm.
This incident on Xuan Qi Island once again showed Lu Ping the cruelty of the cultivation world and the helplessness of his low cultivation. This also strengthened Lu Ping's determination and courage to climb to the peak of the cultivation world.
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