Although the North Sea cultivators won the battle on Frost Island, it was a pyrrhic victory. Due to Zhenling's strong foundation and the fact that a large number of cultivators were stationed on Frost Island, the number of casualties was kept to a minimum. The losses suffered by the other sects could only be described as bone-deep.
Zhenling guarded the largest area on Frost Island, so they suffered the most casualties. Almost half of the thousand Blood Condensation disciples died, and more than a third of the hundred Core Forging cultivators died. At the same time, they also lost a Dharma adept, the Heaven Attainment Laozu, who lost his last chance to advance to the mid Dharma stage due to severe injuries to his core.
Zhenling's losses were already so severe. Even if the other sects' casualties were lighter than Zhenling's, they did not have Zhenling's foundation to squander. After all, thirty to fifty Core Forging cultivators were only a tenth of Zhenling's total Core Forging cultivators. If the other sects had a third or even half of their total Core Forging cultivators, this was a devastating blow to the sects.
Especially at the last moment of the Frost Island's grand formation, Mara's army gave up on Zhenling's stronghold and began to attack the spirit stone mine at the center of Frost Island. After the protective barrier was broken, the cultivators from the other sects paid a devastating price in order to stop Mara's army from entering the spirit stone mine.
As a result, after Mara's army was defeated, the other sects and major forces could not spare enough forces to guard and surround Mara who had taken advantage of the chaos to hide in the spirit stone mine.
Zhenling took the opportunity to send Spiritual Master Xuan Sen and a group of Zhenling cultivators into the spirit stone mine to eliminate Mara. Then, Zhenling immediately sent a group of Blood Condensation disciples led by a few Core Forging cultivators from Tianling Mountain to the spirit stone mine. By the time reinforcements from the other sects arrived and began to eliminate Mara, Zhenling had already occupied half of the spirit stone mine.
Naturally, Zhenling would not accept this as a fait accompli, but at least Zhenling had reaped enough benefits in the process of eliminating Mara. Although the other sects were secretly unhappy, the most important thing now was to chase after the fleeing Mara. In the entire North Sea, other than Zhenling, no other sect could guarantee that they would have enough forces to continue eliminating Mara in the spirit stone mine while chasing after Mara. The other sects could only watch as Zhenling secretly reaped all the benefits.
After Tian Shu Laozu sent out the Sound Transmission Sword, Zhenling and the other two mid Dharma adepts did not know how long it would take for them to return. Thus, Lu Ping hurriedly walked towards the secret chamber of the palace.
Unexpectedly, along the way, he happened to see Zhang Xuancheng leading a group of fourth generation Blood Condensation disciples out of the teleportation portal.
Lu Ping immediately saw Du Jialuo among the group of fourth generation disciples. This time, Lu Ping did not avoid the others. After greeting Zhenren Zhang Xuancheng, he called Du Jialuo aside under the envious gazes of the other fourth generation disciples.
"Where are your Senior Brother Zeng, Senior Brother Fang, and Senior Sister Fang?"
Previously, Lu Ping had sent the three of them to Huan Yu Island, where the ruins of the Vast Sea Relic were located, to collect a few rare spiritual materials that they had missed. Now, it was obvious that the four of them had completed the task that Lu Ping had given them. Seeing that Du Jialuo was alone, Lu Ping opened his mouth and asked about the whereabouts of the other three.
Du Jialuo took out a storage bag and handed it to Lu Ping. Then, he said, "The three Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters are now in closed-door training. I estimate that when they come out, they will already be Zhenren in the Core Forging stage!"
Lu Ping nodded, but his face did not show any expression. Instead, he thought of Du Jialuo and asked, "You are now at the ninth level of the Core Forging stage. Why didn't you go into closed-door training with them?"
Du Jialuo answered honestly, "I feel that my foundation is not yet solid enough, so I want to make my cultivation more solid!"
Lu Ping nodded to himself. Although the Fang siblings and Zeng Wu were also brave and determined to improve, in the process of training, they often did not need a reasonable increase in their cultivation level.
Cultivation was always a process of repeated competition between one's lifespan and one's cultivation base. This was also the reason why many cultivators in the cultivation world held a reasonable but rapid increase in cultivation base. As long as it did not affect one's own cultivation base, the pursuit of cultivation speed would always be the main theme of cultivators' cultivation.
After all, only by increasing one's cultivation level would a cultivator have more lifespan and energy to break through the next bottleneck. The time that a cultivator saved before breaking through each bottleneck could be used up during the next breakthrough. Therefore, all cultivators had to shorten the cultivation time before breaking through each bottleneck as much as possible in order to prepare for emergencies.
However, in Lu Ping's view, the true wisdom of cultivators did not lie in shortening the cultivation time needed for a breakthrough as much as possible. Instead, it lay in the courage to give up. Give up on the cultivation level that could have been broken through a long time ago, and give up on the cultivation time that could have been saved.
And these abandoned time should be used to polish one's own foundation, to strengthen one's own foundation. As the saying goes, sharpening a knife does not delay the work of cutting firewood.
However, everyone understood this principle, but which cultivator could truly let go and wholeheartedly use time to polish their foundation? Most people found it difficult to find a balance between the two.
In the past, Wang Qi's cultivation level had already reached the peak of the Blood Condensation Realm. However, he had been stuck there for decades, unable to break through to the Core Forging Realm. He wanted to lay down a solid foundation.
The Fang siblings and Ceng Wu could not compare to Wang Qi in terms of cultivation level and aptitude. Now, they had to blindly pursue the growth of their cultivation level.
With Lu Ping's help, the three of them might be able to successfully advance to the Core Forging Realm. However, compared to Wang Qi, their future path would only get narrower and narrower.
On the contrary, although Du Jialuo was also a genius who cultivated earth-attribute techniques, he was able to patiently polish his cultivation level. If he did not die prematurely in the future, his achievements would be limitless.
Lu Ping clapped his hands, and Dabao walked out from behind Lu Ping. Du Jialuo's eyes lit up, and he said, "Martial Uncle Dabao!"
Lu Ping said, "I heard that there are more than a thousand Devil Luos swarming into the spirit stone mine this time. Although these demonic cultivators don't have the strength to completely destroy the spirit stone mine, they will more or less cause some damage to the spirit stone mine. Although it's a training mission for the disciples like you, it's also very dangerous. This time, your Martial Uncle Dabao will go with you!"
Du Jialuo nodded, and then he heard Lu Ping say, "Although there are Enlightened Masters in the spirit stone mine, the mine is crisscrossed. Even a Core Forging Master will find it difficult to take care of everything. You must remember that the enemy in the spirit stone mine is not only Mara, but also cultivators from other sects. As the saying goes, do not have the heart to harm others, but do not have the heart to let them go. Sometimes, cultivators from other sects may be even more vicious than Mara!"
Dabao turned around, and a yellow smoke dispersed. The Spirit Seeking Mouse shrank to the size of a palm and scuttled into Du Jialuo's sleeve.
After sending Du Jialuo away, Lu Ping walked into the secret room and took out the interspatial mystic artifact he obtained from the treasure ship's secret cabin.
Hua!
Lu Ping poured out everything in the storage mystic instrument. But other than some spirit materials, mystic instruments, a few low-grade mystic treasures, and a few jade slips that Lu Ping wasn't interested in, there was almost nothing else in the storage mystic instrument.
Lu Ping thought about it. After this cultivator was sealed in the secret cabin, in order to maintain his life and cultivation, all the elixirs, spiritual herbs, spirit stones, and other things that could be eaten and used for cultivation were used up by The Friar. In the end, he did not escape the fate of death, and there were only these bits and pieces left in the storage magic tool.
Eh!
Lu Ping used his hand to push the pile of things, and there was a clang. Lu Ping looked over and found that there was nothing on the ground. Where did the sound come from?
A cyan light lit up in Lu Ping's eyes, and a looming flying sword outline appeared in front of Lu Ping.
Invisible flying sword?
Lu Ping was overjoyed. So there was this kind of luck!
Lu Ping stretched out his hand and the flying sword immediately flew into Lu Ping's hand. Bluish-purple vital energy surged into the flying sword. The flying sword was dyed by the vital energy, and it revealed its original form in front of Lu Ping.
Unfortunately, it was only an invisible flying sword with four treasures. Its quality was not even as good as the Waterghost Sword!
The enthusiasm in Lu Ping's heart was inevitably extinguished, but when he saw the jade slips on the ground, the flames of hope in Lu Ping's heart rose again.
As expected, after Lu Ping crushed the three jade slips, he finally found what he wanted in the fourth jade slip!
The complete inheritance of the Invisible Sword Art, including the Invisible Sword Secret Art, the method to refine the Invisible Sword, and a total of nine treasures. It was the treasure that Lu Ping had been seeking for decades!
Lu Ping was immediately overjoyed, and then he patiently looked through the remaining two jade slips. In the end, a trace of surprise appeared on his face, and he finally kept the last jade slip.
After looking through the storage artifact, Lu Ping took out the small bottle of Water Attribute Origin Essence that he had obtained in the Asura's Lair.
When Lu Ping had killed the Blood Asura in the battle of Frost Island, he had absorbed a trace of Water Attribute Origin Essence through Linglong. However, just this trace of essence had saved Lu Ping almost three years of cultivation.
Now, this small bottle full of Origin Essence could push Lu Ping's cultivation all the way to that realm?
Lu Ping stretched out his finger and carefully drew a small drop of Origin Essence from the jade bottle into his palm. Then, Lu Ping put his palms together, and a blue light immediately flashed between his palms. He began to refine this Origin Essence.
In the blink of an eye, another half a day had passed. Just as Lu Ping finished refining this Origin Essence, Lu Ping could clearly feel that his cultivation had increased significantly.
At this moment, a crack appeared in front of Lu Ping, and a Sound Transmission Talisman appeared from the crack. Lu Ping took the Sound Transmission Talisman and listened for a moment. Then, he stood up and walked out of the secret room.
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