As the power of the array weakened, the atmosphere became more and more tense. Under Zhang Weiqing's command, the sixteen Xuan Ling Sect disciples split into two groups and guarded the two sides, buying time for Zhang Weiqing's group to enter the cave first.
Zhenling's group, Hai Yan's group, and Shui Yan Pavilion's cultivators slowly approached the Xuan Ling Sect group from two sides, alerting Zhang Weiqing. He turned to the cultivators on both sides and gave them an order.
"Pop!" The protective array formation outside the cave abode burst like a giant bubble on the surface of water. Before anyone could retract their artifacts, the Xuan Ling Sect disciples rushed towards the cave abode.
On both sides, Zhenling's group, Hai Yan's group, and Shui Yan's group cut in from the sides at the same time, trying to split the Xuan Ling Sect group into two sides and follow Zhang Weiqing's group into the cave.
Unexpectedly, the eight people from Xuan Ling Sect suddenly dodged to the side, revealing the originally sealed cave entrance. At the same time, they attacked the surrounding area with their mystic artifacts. This time, the cultivators who were following closely behind the three major groups also became the target of their attacks. The situation outside the cave was instantly thrown into chaos. Everyone's attacks suddenly became blind, squeezing together at the cave entrance and attacking each other randomly.
Wei Zi-Heng, Su Zi-Peng, and Lu Ping reacted quickly and dashed into the cave before the Xuan Ling Sect cultivators could interrupt them. Following them were a few cultivators from Hai Yan's and Shui Yan's group.
The two groups, together with the eight Xuan Ling Sect cultivators who barged in earlier, looted everything in the cave. They didn't even have time to look at anything they found useful and just threw it into their storage bags. Those that were really useless were thrown to the ground and smashed to pieces.
The cave was very large. Apart from the largest cave, there were many small caves around it. The caves were connected to each other, just like a small maze.
Lu Ping walked around the caves, quickly putting away anything that looked useful. However, Lu Ping could tell that there weren't many valuable things in the cave, or perhaps he hadn't found anything yet.
The items in the cave residence were very messy, but it didn't look like it had been looted. It seemed that the owner of the cave residence had hurriedly taken away the useful things in the cave residence after Fei Ling Sect was attacked, and then closed the cave residence.
Turning into a cave, Lu Ping saw a dozen jade boxes with Spirit-sealing Charms placed on top of a rotten wooden shelf. They were probably used to store spirit herbs. At the same time, there were also two jade bottles with medicinal pellets inside. Lu Ping's face lit up with joy. Just as he swept the items into his interspatial pouch, he heard a burst of arcane energy. A cultivator was fighting in the cave-dwelling.
Just as Lu Ping was about to leave his cave, the rumbling sounds outside suddenly grew louder. It seemed like the loot in the cave-dwelling was almost finished. Everyone's attention was now on the cultivators who had obtained something.
Lu Ping shook his head and prepared to meet up with Wei Zi-Heng and the others. He didn't want to become the target of everyone's attacks and die a wrongful death.
At this moment, a strong wind blew. At the entrance of the cave, two cultivators, one in front and one behind, rushed in. Lu Ping was surprised to see a Xuan Ling Sect cultivator in front of him. When this cultivator saw that there was already someone in the cave, and it was a disciple of his archenemy, Zhenling, he naturally knew that this person was blocking his way. Without saying a word, the Xuan Ling Sect cultivator threw a short sword towards Lu Ping's face.
Lu Ping was annoyed. At this moment, he clearly saw that the cultivator chasing him was from Hai Yan Sect. Remembering that the four people who attacked him at the foot of Cang Mountain were instigated by Hai Yan Sect cultivators, Lu Ping didn't have a good impression of them. Disregarding everything else, he took out a pair of high-grade magic tools, Soaring Swords. The two magic tools separated and attacked the two at the same time.
Arrogant!
The Xuan Ling Sect and Hai Yan Sect cultivators were enraged. Since when did a Second Layer Blood Condensation Realm disciple of Zhenling become so arrogant?
The sound of two magic tools colliding could be heard.
"High-grade magic tools!"
"It's actually 'Force'!"
Two exclamations sounded one after the other. This time, the two cultivators put away the disdain on their faces and focused on their enemies.
Lu Ping spread out his divine sense, which was equivalent to a Fourth Layer Blood Condensation Realm cultivator. He understood the situation inside and outside the cave and knew that everyone was heading towards the cave where the battle first erupted. Without any hesitation, he used Landslide again. This time, due to the height of the cave, he couldn't smash it from the air.
Amidst the Xuan Ling Sect disciple's screams of shock, 'Landslide' smashed him into the cave wall with unstoppable force. His ribs were severely deformed, and blood spurted out of his mouth like it was free of charge.
The Hai Yan Sect disciple behind him screamed in fear, "Two high-grade magic tools? How is that possible?"
Lu Ping couldn't be bothered to answer him. He used the Soaring Wing Sword and used Twin Swords Harmony. Sword waves whistled through the air, and the place where the Hai Yan Sect disciple was standing was now littered with seven or eight pieces of corpses.
Lu Ping took the two's interspatial pouches and looked at the item in the Xuan Ling Sect disciple's hand. The two of them must have come here for this item. Lu Ping picked it up and saw that it was two pill recipes. He didn't have the time to look at them in detail. The sounds of explosions outside were getting louder and louder. It seemed like the cultivators outside the cave were also attacking.
With a wave of his hand, Lu Ping burned the two corpses on the ground to ashes. If there were two Xuan Ling Sect and Hai Yan Sect cultivators' corpses, the first people to enter the cave would be Xuan Ling Sect, Zhenling Sect, Hai Yan Sect, and Shui Yan Pavilion. Who would know who did it?
When Lu Ping came out of the cave, he saw Wei Zi-Heng, Su Zipeng, and the others rushing over. Lu Ping looked behind him and asked, "Where are Senior Martial Brothers He Zifeng and Tian Zongliang?"
Wei Zi-Heng's expression darkened as he said, "Two of our Junior Brothers have fallen. In the chaotic battle, Xuan Ling Sect and Water Cloud Pavilion cultivators killed them. However, they didn't gain any advantage either. Xuan Ling Sect lost two, Hai Yan Sect lost one, and Shui Yan Pavilion lost two. We didn't lose anything."
Lu Ping wanted to say that he killed two of them, but on second thought, he decided against it.
Everyone rushed out of the cave, wondering what happened to the few people who were guarding the rear.
Along the way, Lu Ping learned that the three groups that rushed into the cave finally met in the real pill chamber. There were two pill cauldrons in the pill chamber, but one of them was empty, leaving only a high-grade pill cauldron beside it. The wooden shelves around the pill cauldron were filled with a large number of jade boxes filled with spirit herbs, dozens of jade bottles filled with medicinal pills, and jade slips and pill recipes.
Due to the disorderly arrangement of the items, the first group of Xuan Ling Sect cultivators took half of the jade slips, jade bottles, jade boxes, and pill recipes. Zhenling, Hai Yan, and Shui Yan cultivators followed closely behind. When Wei Zi-Heng saw that Xuan Ling Sect had the upper hand, he didn't fight with Xuan Ling Sect cultivators like Hai Yan and Shui Yan cultivators. Instead, he and the others fought for the pill cauldron.
Although the other two groups also had their eyes on the pill cauldron, they weren't as united as Zhen Ling Sect. By the time the other two groups reacted from the jade bottles and jade boxes, Wei Zi-Heng had already taken the pill cauldron.
Hearing Wei Zi-Heng's story, Lu Ping's heart skipped a beat. He probed his storage bag with his divine sense and found a total of thirty jade boxes and thirteen jade bottles. Among them, the Xuan Ling Sect cultivator had more items. The pill recipes and jade slips probably couldn't compare to the two that the Xuan Ling Sect cultivator had.
Other than that, there were nearly six thousand spirit stones, more than a hundred stalks of five-hundred-year-old spirit herbs, a few Dharma artifacts, and other miscellaneous items.
Lu Ping did a rough calculation. He already had nearly five hundred stalks of five-hundred-year-old spirit herbs. Adding the two thousand-year-old spirit herbs, he had six hundred stalks in total. On top of that, he also found nearly fifty jade boxes in the cave. He didn't know how many five-hundred-year-old spirit herbs were inside.
More and more cultivators rushed into the cave, and the cave was ransacked again. When Lu Ping's group of five came out of the cave and met up with the cultivators at the back, they realized that only five of the eight cultivators at the back were left. Three of them had died in the battle. The Zhen Ling Sect initially had fifteen people, but now there were only ten left. Two of them were from Zhenling, and one each from the other three sects.
In less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the cultivators in the cave came out one after another. Clearly, the three groups that entered first had gotten the most benefits, while the rest of the cultivators only got leftovers. There were still a few cultivators who didn't want to give up and were still searching the cave, hoping to get some unexpected benefits.
Lu Ping looked around. Initially, there were more than sixty people outside the cave, but now, there were only about forty left. Other than the fifteen from the Zhen Ling Sect, there were only ten left. The Xuan Ling Sect Sect won the first place, but they paid the price of seven people. Only Zhang Weiqing and eight people were left hurriedly. Hai Yan and Shui Yan Sects' ten people also left in a hurry.
Wei Zi-Heng looked at everyone and said, "The matter at Censer Peak is over. Everyone, hurry to Ling Yao Mountain as soon as possible. I'm afraid a battle is about to break out there. We have to go back and help."
Lu Ping thought for a moment and said, "Senior Martial Brother Wei, I still have some things to take care of. I'm afraid I'll have to go back later."
Wei Zi-Heng frowned and said unhappily, "Junior Martial Brother Lu, the situation is urgent. One more person means one more chance of winning. Besides, where can the harvest be better than Ling Yao Mountain?"
Lu Ping smiled embarrassedly and said, "I received some pointers from Enlightened Master Jiang on my way here. I want to go to a few places to have a look."
When Wei Zi-Heng and the others heard that it was Jiang Xuanlin's instructions, their expressions immediately relaxed. Even the disciples of Canghai and Jade Sword Sects were envious when they heard Lu Ping's words. It was clear how famous Jiang Xuanlin was.
Wei Zi-Heng smiled and said, "Since it was Enlightened Master Jiang's instructions, then Junior Martial Brother should hurry. Just be careful. On Fei Ling Island, you can't trust anyone except your own people!"
Lu Ping knew this very well, so he quickly thanked Wei Zi-Heng.
Su Zipeng reminded him, "Just remember to meet up with us in the last three days. In the end, all the cultivators on Fei Ling Island will gather at Fei Ling Peak. That is the real moment of the final battle."
Lu Ping said goodbye to everyone. Although Enlightened Master Jiang did point out a few places for Lu Ping to go alone, the harvest might not be that great. The key was that the upcoming conflict on Ling Yao Mountain was just the first reshuffle of the cultivators on Fei Ling Island. The final result would still depend on the trip to Fei Ling Peak. At that time, not only would they see the harvest on Fei Ling Peak, but they would also see the harvest from hunting on Fei Ling Peak.
Of course, before that, Lu Ping had another secret. Dabao was already waiting for him in front.
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