Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 102 Year Spirit Grass

Looking at the materials scattered all over the floor.

Master Ji couldn't help but smile.

The skin of the demon serpent is supple and contains spiritual energy, making it suitable for crafting high-grade rune leather and defensive robes.

Those palm-sized scales are excellent materials for crafting shields and armor.

These materials alone are worth hundreds of spirit stones, equivalent to the savings of three generations of his family over more than a decade of hard work.

What's even more remarkable is that the inner lining of the demonic serpent contains an extremely rich amount of essence and spiritual energy.

If one can find a few rare auxiliary ingredients and refine them into a batch of pills to enhance cultivation, even for Foundation Establishment cultivators, it can stabilize their realm and increase their magical power.

For cultivators who are lingering in the late stage of Qi Refining, it is an unparalleled elixir that can break through bottlenecks and help them achieve breakthroughs.

Li Ping gently touched the gleaming snake gall with his fingertips, pondered for a moment, and then looked up with a gentle smile: "Brother Ji, it's quite a coincidence, I have an alchemist friend who lives nearby. I'll keep this snake gall for you for now, and after he refines it into a pill, I'll bring it to you."

"Really?" Master Ji, already quite satisfied with his fruitful harvest, brightened up instantly upon hearing this. He couldn't suppress his smile and quickly clasped his hands in thanks, saying, "Thank you so much, Brother Li! Your words put my mind at ease!"

Li Ping simply smiled and waved his hand, saying nothing more, his gaze turning to the unfinished remains of the demon snake on the ground.

The materials collected from the demon serpent have been completed.

Li Ping originally intended to launch a fireball to burn the remaining poisonous flesh, bones, and the like to ashes, so as to prevent any future trouble.

The thought had just crossed his mind when Li Ping's eyes suddenly flickered, as if he had remembered something.

With a sword incantation in hand, the flying sword slashed out, a flash of cold light, instantly cleaving another gash in the ferocious head of the Flower Scale Python.

After rummaging through it for a while, he soon pulled out a pair of palm-sized, bulging venom glands—the emerald green venom swayed slightly inside the glands, clearly still containing a considerable amount.

Li Ping put the venom glands and the pair of sharp fangs he had previously removed into his storage bag before a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Once the venomous fangs are refined into flying needles, the venom will be used to quench the needles, enhancing their toxicity.

"boom!"

A fireball shot out from Li Ping's hand and landed on the remains of the snake corpse. The flames instantly swept outwards, engulfing all the poisonous flesh and bone fragments, leaving only wisps of smoke.

As he did all this, he could clearly feel Master Ji exhale softly.

Clearly, ever since he learned that a second-tier demonic snake was hidden beneath Xiaomei Mountain, Master Ji had been unable to eat or sleep properly, his heart constantly in suspense.

Now that Li Ping has not only killed the demon snake but also completely eliminated the hidden danger, the heavy weight in his heart has finally been lifted.

……

After dealing with the remaining traces of the demon snake, Li Ping and Master Ji continued walking deeper into the dark passage side by side.

A damp wind, carrying earth and a faint spiritual aura, rushed towards them. The rock walls on both sides of the passage gleamed coldly, and only the fire in Li Ping's hand drew a flickering halo in the darkness.

Soon the two arrived at the place where the demon snake had originally been.

"This is?"

Illuminated by the firelight, Li Ping's gaze was immediately drawn to the foot-tall jade herb in the corner.

On the branch of this jade herb, there was a thumb-sized, golden fruit that looked as if it were cast in gold, radiating a luster.

Li Ping stared at the jade spirit herb, recalling the contents of the "Gathering White Elixir Scripture" in his mind. He then uncertainly took out the third-tier alchemist inheritance that the demonic cultivator had given him from his storage bag. After searching through it carefully, his eyes lit up, and he finally confirmed the origin of the jade spirit herb.

Upon recognizing its origin, a look of surprise instantly flashed in Li Ping's eyes.

According to the records in the inheritance, this jade-green spiritual medicine should be called Bi Ning Grass. Of course, it also has a more common and well-known name - "Demon-Attracting Grass"!

The golden fruit growing on the branches is called the "Bloodline Fruit." Its medicinal properties are extremely unique, and it has immeasurable benefits for tempering the bloodline of demonic beasts, improving the purity of the bloodline, and even helping demonic beasts break through their realms.

Looking at the description of the Bloodline Fruit, Li Ping suddenly understood: No wonder that second-tier demon snake had been lingering here and refused to leave. It turned out that it was guarding this Jade Condensation Grass, waiting for the Bloodline Fruit on it to fully mature so that it could swallow this rare treasure!

However, while the Bloodline Fruit is an incredible opportunity for demonic beasts, it has little practical use for Li Ping. After all, he is a human cultivator, and his cultivation path, whether it is refining Qi or body tempering, is completely different from that of demonic beasts.

What truly delighted Li Ping was the description of the Jade Condensation Grass by the third-tier alchemist.

The Jade Plant has a very special growth characteristic: once it grows to one foot tall, it will stop growing completely, and no matter how many years pass, the plant will always remain at about one foot tall.

In other words, a ten-year-old Jade Grass is one foot tall, as are a hundred-year-old one, and even a thousand-year-old one will look almost the same.

The only way to determine the exact year of the Jade Condensation Grass is to observe the Blood Vein Fruit that grows on the branches.

The inheritance clearly states: ten-year-old Bi Ning grass produces white fruits with a glossy white luster; one-hundred-year-old Bi Ning grass produces pale blue fruits; only Bi Ning grass that has grown for more than a thousand years can produce such golden, molten gold-like bloodline fruits.

In other words, the Jade Condensation Grass in front of Li Ping is a genuine thousand-year-old spiritual herb!

"With this Jade Condensation Grass, I now have two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs!" Li Ping's eyes were filled with satisfaction. "As long as I find another thousand-year-old spiritual herb, plus a third-tier spiritual fire, I can inherit the third-tier alchemist's legacy given to me by the demonic cultivator."

After careful observation, Li Ping discovered that although the fruits on the Bi Ning Grass had already shone with a golden luster, they still looked somewhat unripe, clearly far from being truly mature, and would have to wait at least several decades.

Based on the records in the jade slip, the medicinal effects of an unripe bloodline fruit are probably only about half that of a ripe one.

Li Ping doesn't have decades to waste here waiting for the Bloodline Fruit to ripen.

What he wanted was the thousand-year-old Jade Condensation Grass, so even if the Bloodline Fruit lost its potency, he had no choice but to accept it.

Without much hesitation, he picked the unripe golden bloodline fruit and carefully sealed it away.

Then, the Jade Condensation Grass was dug up by the roots, and a jade box was taken out to preserve it. A talisman was then affixed to the outside of the jade box to prevent the spiritual power of the Jade Condensation Grass from being lost.

……

After doing all this, Li Ping smiled.

Finding a thousand-year-old spiritual herb underground was an unexpected surprise for him, even far exceeding the reward of slaying the second-tier demon snake.

He turned around and greeted Master Ji, "Brother Ji, let's keep going."

Along the way, Li Ping also briefly explained the origin and value of the Bi Ning Grass. Finally, he frankly told him that he had great use for this thousand-year-old spiritual herb, so he could not share it with Daoist Ji.

Given the relationship between the two parties and his understanding of Master Ji, he felt there was no need to hide this matter from Master Ji.

Upon hearing this, Master Ji immediately smiled and waved his hands repeatedly, his tone full of magnanimity: "Brother Li, what are you saying! I am already extremely grateful that you have given me so many materials from the demon snake for free."

He subconsciously touched the bulging storage bag at his waist, which was filled with demon snake skins and scales.

These alone are enough to elevate the Ji family's strength to a new level. This gain already makes him feel "hot," so why would he still covet any thousand-year-old spiritual medicine?

Moreover, he was also aware of his own limitations: if it weren't for Li Ping's intervention, with the Ji family's meager abilities, they wouldn't even have the qualifications to approach a second-tier demon snake, let alone obtain the Azure Condensation Grass.

The current gains are already an unexpected bonus, so how could he not be satisfied?

Besides, Li Ping had provided the Ji family with a lot of help in the past, and given the relationship between the two sides, saying all this was actually a bit of a formality.

The two walked another three or four miles along the passage when Li Ping suddenly stopped. He sniffed and asked with a hint of doubt, "Brother Ji, don't you think the air around here is much more humid than before?"

Reminded by Li Pingyi, Master Ji immediately stopped and closed his eyes to carefully sense the surrounding atmosphere.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, nodded, and confirmed, "Brother Li, I felt it too. In my opinion, there might be an underground river flowing nearby, which is why the humidity is so high."

After a moment's hesitation, Li Ping decided to continue.

Having come this far, he felt it was a pity to retreat without encountering any danger.

Furthermore, he could sense that the spiritual energy concentration at his current location had reached the level of a mid-grade second-tier spiritual vein. It was several times denser than at the entrance of the passage, which made him even more curious about the scene at the end of the passage.

As the two moved forward, the humidity in the air became increasingly exaggerated, and even the walls of the passage were covered with dense water droplets.

To their even greater surprise, the temperature dropped sharply as they continued to go deeper.

With each breath, they could clearly see the white mist exhaled from each other's mouths and noses.

If an ordinary person were here, they would probably be shivering and stamping their feet from the cold.

However, Li Ping and Master Ji, being cultivators, possessed magical powers that protected them, so they were naturally not afraid of the mere low temperature.

The two continued forward, and before they knew it, a thick layer of white frost had formed on the walls of the passage around them.

Li Ping estimated that they had traveled nearly twenty miles from the entrance of the passage to this point.

By now, they have probably already left the area of ​​Xiaomeishan.

Fortunately, after walking for about half an incense stick's time, Li Ping suddenly saw faint lights appear before his eyes, and the dark passage finally came to an end.

Fortunately, after walking for about half an incense stick's time, Li Ping suddenly saw faint lights appear before his eyes, and the dark passage finally came to an end.

"Brother Ji, be careful!"

Li Ping patted his storage bag, and the Crimson Armor Shield floated in front of him to protect him from any potential dangers. He carefully walked out of the passage, with Master Ji following closely behind him.

As the two stepped out of the passage, a chill immediately swept over them!