"Did Xuanchu leave the North Sea safely?"
Liu Tianling Laozu asked when he saw Lu Ping come in.
Lu Ping didn't dare to hide anything. "Yes, Junior Brother Xuanxuan was with him."
"As expected!"
Liu Tianling Laozu looked as if he expected it. "To be able to deceive the spies of the various sects, it must be Xuanxuan's doing. The puppet technique can pass off the fake as the real one, and even imitate the aura of a real person for a short period of time. This is already the technique of a puppet master!"
Lu Ping smiled apologetically. "Teacher is indeed wise, nothing can be hidden from teacher."
Liu Tianling Laozu glanced at him. "I heard that you once taught Xuanxuan a puppet technique and asked him to help you refine an External Avatar. Is that true?"
Lu Ping said, "Yes, Junior Brother Ji has already roughly understood this technique, but it's extremely difficult to refine an External Avatar technique. Just the spiritual material required to refine it requires a three-thousand-year-old spirit tree. That's the lowest requirement. The External Avatar refined is just some flowers, birds, fish, and insects. Although they have many uses, they are limited in terms of increasing a cultivator's strength. If you want an External Avatar to be of use to a cultivator's own strength, you need at least a five-thousand-year-old spirit tree trunk! In addition … "
Lu Ping briefly explained the requirements for refining an External Avatar. Faced with so many restrictions, Liu Tianling Laozu really looked disappointed. "I originally thought that with Xuan Xuan's mastery of the External Avatar technique, our sect's strength might have a chance to greatly increase. Now it seems that was wishful thinking."
Lu Ping said, "Teacher, you can also collect spirit trees that are more than three thousand years old first. If you can find one, ask Junior Martial Brother Ji to craft one. Although seven years is a long time, it's not impossible!"
Liu Tianling said, "That's the only way. It's just that three-thousand-year-old spirit trees are not like three-thousand-year-old spirit herbs. It's not that easy to find."
The master and disciple talked about the recent happenings in the North Sea. After a while, Lu Ping hesitated and said, "This time, when I sent Junior Martial Brother Xuan Chu back to the East Sea, I caused another disaster!"
Liu Tianling was shocked. This disciple of hers had made great contributions to the sect, but his ability to cause trouble had also increased. Every time he caused trouble, it was enough to give the whole sect a headache. Liu Tianling had racked her brains for this. Otherwise, when she sensed something was wrong in Celestial Phenomenon Laozu's cave, she wouldn't have immediately come to Hearing Wave Mansion to find Lu Ping. Sure enough, she was a step too late. Lu Ping had already been asked out by Xuan Chu.
Lu Ping recounted the process of killing Kun Yu Laozu to his teacher. Liu Tianling frowned from time to time as she listened. In the end, she couldn't help but smile bitterly. "Back then, your Martial Uncle Jiang and I wanted to see the world in chaos, until we killed Xuan Ling Sect's Fa Xiang Laozu and provoked Xuan Ling Sect's revenge. In the end, it caused Martial Uncle Tiankang's regret. Who knew that compared to you, your Martial Uncle Jiang and I were already good children!"
Lu Ping said, "I made some disguises. Maybe I can mislead Xuan Ling Sect and Crystal Palace's cultivators!"
Liu Tianling sighed and said, "Let's hope so. Fortunately, Crystal Palace is not having a good time in East Sea. I'm afraid they can't spare too much power to go to North Sea. I hope this is an opportunity!"
Lu Ping's heart moved. He said, "Is East Sea's Mara's Calamity rampant?"
Liu Tianling nodded. "Yes, Crystal Palace's business is too big. They are expanding all over East Sea, so the impact of Mara's Calamity is naturally more severe. Also, Crystal Palace's relationship with Green Sea Snake, Fire Phoenix, and other demon races has always been tense. They are also not on good terms with Northern Alliance, Carefree Sect, and the other five major sects. In addition, Crystal Palace wants to intervene in South Sea, North Sea, and Middle Earth, so it is inevitable that they have too many enemies."
Lu Ping said, "I heard that many forces have entered North Sea recently. Our sect has also been in contact with forces from East Sea and Middle Earth?"
Liu Tianling said, "Indeed, Northern Alliance, Carefree Sect, Heavenly Moon Sect, and Heavenly Xuan Sect that you brought back from Middle Earth, our sect has been in contact with them to varying degrees. At first, our sect was still hesitating, but now it seems that our plan will have to be carried out ahead of schedule."
Lu Ping knew that this was because the sect felt pressure after he killed Kun Yu Laozu. They hoped to be able to contact these external forces, especially forces like Northern Alliance, Carefree Sect, and Heavenly Moon Sect, which had a feud with Crystal Palace for a long time.
Before Liu Tianling and Laozu left, they reminded Lu Ping, "Recently, North Sea has not been peaceful. Many external forces have been in contact with the various forces in North Sea. Don't go anywhere during this period. I've already spread the news that although you won the battle with Zhang Xiyi this time, you also suffered some injuries. You need to focus on your training for a while."
After sending off their teacher, Lu Ping returned to his cave abode. Hu Lili said worriedly, "This time, you killed the Dharma adept of the Crystal Palace. Can you really avoid their detection?"
Lu Ping comforted her. "Don't worry. As long as they don't have enough evidence, the Crystal Palace will not easily start a war in North Sea."
Seeing Hu Lili heave a sigh of relief, Lu Ping smiled and said, "I happen to be free during this period. I've also handed Huang Li Island to Wang Qi to take care of, so I can accompany you in peace for a while!"
As he said that, Lu Ping's hand reached for Hu Lili's waist. Unexpectedly, Hu Lili giggled and escaped. She said, "You may be free, but I'm not. Teacher has been rushing me for a few days. I have to rush back to the back of the mountain. The repair of the array on the treasure ship has reached a critical moment. The other disciples can no longer help. Only me, Teacher, and a few other experienced array masters can repair it together."
Seeing Hu Lili disappear outside the cave abode, Lu Ping felt a little lost. Then, he laughed to himself. Only then did he remember that he had touched Kun Yu Laozu's storage artifact but had not checked it. Thus, he suddenly became interested and closed the cave abode to enter a state of "seclusion."
After Lu Ping had advanced to the Dharma stage, due to the influence of the spirit veins of Feiling Mountain, the Pure Yang Dharma Power, and the Pure Yang Pearl, his cultivation level had been rising and stabilizing. During this period, he did not use the dozens of top-grade spirit stones that he had accumulated on his cultivation.
However, this did not mean that Lu Ping did not need the top-grade spirit stones. On the contrary, after the growth of his cultivation level, Lu Ping had a more direct understanding of the Spirit Qi that his cultivation level needed to grow.
He could clearly feel that the foundation that he had laid down was too strong. His body was like a huge container. Although he could store a lot of water in it, the water level rose very slowly. Once he left the support of the seven large spirit veins of Feiling Mountain and other large amounts of training resources, Lu Ping's cultivation level would fall into an extremely slow state. As such, the top-grade spirit stones, which were the most important training resources for Dharma adepts, became extremely important.
Therefore, after Lu Ping opened the storage artifact that Kun Yu Laozu had left behind, the first thing he did was to collect the top-grade spirit stones inside.
23 top-grade spirit stones were a type of daily necessities for Dharma adepts. For an early Dharma adept to have 23 top-grade spirit stones was already beyond Lu Ping's expectations. Even Tianqin Laozu, who had been stationed in Central Plains for decades, had only received 50 top-grade spirit stones as a subsidy from the sect before she left. It was likely that she had already used up all of them by now.
Lu Ping had just advanced to the Dharma stage and knew that Zhenling's subsidy for early Dharma adepts was only five top-grade spirit stones a year. This was only possible after the discovery of the spirit stone mine on Frost Island and Zhenling's expansion across the North Sea over the years. This was why they had reached such a high standard.
As for the early Dharma adepts of Zhenling, Laozu's subsidy for early Dharma adepts was only three or four top-grade spirit stones a year, which was about the same as Xuan Ling Sect's subsidy.
Of course, just like how Lu Ping had obtained top-grade spirit stones through various means, the Dharma adepts naturally could not rely solely on the spirit stones from the sect for their training. Everyone had their own channels. The reason why Lu Ping had insisted on operating Huang Li Island independently was actually because of this.
At the very least, Dabao had made a name for himself in the underground auctions that were held irregularly on Huang Li Island. Sometimes, he would even get one or two top-grade spirit stones for Lu Ping.
It had to be said that the Dharma adepts of the Crystal Palace were indeed wealthy. Apart from the top-grade spirit stones, there were also a lot of miscellaneous items. Even though Lu Ping's standards were already very high, he still managed to find a few items that caught his eye.
It was a pity that Kun Yu Laozu's Natal Crystal Pagoda was a treasure that had condensed nine treasures. Many Crystal Palace adepts liked to use pagodas as their Natal Dharma treasures. Kun Yu Laozu's pagoda already had seven floors. Among the Natal Dharma treasures of the Crystal Palace adepts, it was already considered top-grade. However, the Natal Dharma treasures of the Crystal Palace were usually linked to the life of the adepts. Often, when the adepts died, they would also shatter along with the adepts, just like the Blood Shura's accompanying spiritual treasure.
These two extraordinary items made Lu Ping's eyes light up. Although the Thunder Seven Treasures Calabash was now considered a spirit-nurturing treasure, that was because of the Pure Yang Qi emitted by the Pure Yang Pearl. As high-quality extraordinary items were becoming increasingly difficult to find, the Thunder Seven Treasures Calabash could be said to be at its weakest state among spirit-nurturing treasures.
He summoned the Thunder Calabash and swallowed the two extraordinary items. Then, Lu Ping began to ponder over a jade slip. There was a treasure restriction recorded in it. It should be related to the tower-shaped Dharma treasures of the Crystal Palace. Although the tower-shaped Dharma treasures of the Crystal Palace all had different uses, Kun Yu Laozu's crystal pagoda was inclined towards suppression and confinement. It was quite compatible with Landslide. When the time came, Lu Ping would let Chen Lian see if he could condense the eighth treasure restriction on Landslide.
Actually, these were just minor details. What really excited Lu Ping was the box in front of him. There were seven stars carved on the box, and their positions were exactly the same as the Seven Star Throne Palace in the Seven Star Grotto-Heaven. As someone who had entered the Seven Star Grotto-Heaven before, Lu Ping naturally knew that the item inside the box was from the Seven Star Throne Palace.
Carefully dispelling the spirit-sealing talisman on the box, Lu Ping slowly opened the box. A green seed that looked like a crystal clear emerald appeared in front of him.
Lu Ping picked up a jade slip beside the seed and examined it. After a while, he let out a long sigh of relief. His eyes flashed with excitement.
Samling the seed of the Five Elements Leaf!
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