Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 133 Things Are Different Now

This isn't a joke, it's a recommendation for the treasure book "Immortality Begins with Inheriting the Hundred Arts of Immortal Cultivation":

After storing the black sword magic item in his storage bag.

Li Ping then turned his gaze back to the golden, round bead, about the size of a soybean.

The natal magic weapon and the large number of spirit stones are enough to prove that the person who possessed the body was actually a Core Formation cultivator.

Therefore, it is no surprise what the golden bead found inside the other person's body is.

This is the golden core condensed from the essence, energy, and spirit of the cultivator who possessed the body of the Core Formation cultivator!

Theoretically speaking, after the Golden Core is formed, the cultivator's soul resides within it and is nourished by magical power.

However, in order to seize the body, that Core Formation cultivator had no choice but to have his soul escape from his Golden Core.

Moreover, because Gu Musheng took it away in such a hurry, the golden core was left inside the corpse.

"What's the use of this?"

Li Ping knew that things rich in spiritual energy, such as golden cores and cultivator bodies, were the favorites of demons and ghosts, but were of little use to humans.

Among the many ancient texts he had read, there was no record of any use for the elixir of immortality.

He dared not dispose of it carelessly, but Li Ping was equally reluctant to throw away such a precious item.

After pondering for a moment, he finally took out a jade box, carefully put away the golden bead the size of a soybean, and then carefully affixed a spirit-sealing talisman before putting it into his storage bag.

Properly manage the Golden Elixir and your natal magic weapon.

Li Ping then examined the other items one by one.

He planned to keep several thousand-year-old spiritual herbs to refine into pills for his own consumption after he formed his core. After checking and finding no trace marks on them, he put them all into his storage bag.

He had seven or eight second-tier high-grade and top-grade magic artifacts. Apart from three top-grade magic artifacts, he planned to sell the rest of them together in a while.

The three top-grade magical artifacts are a second-tier top-grade "Blood Transformation Shield", a second-tier top-grade flying fork "Purple Gold Fork", and a second-tier top-grade spiritual tool "Soul Destroyer Sword".

There's not much to say about the Bloodthirst Shield and the Purple Gold Fork; they're just ordinary offensive and defensive magic weapons.

The Soul-Destroying Sword is somewhat special; it is not a magic weapon, but a spiritual tool.

Ritual implements and spiritual tools are completely different.

Magic artifact cultivators can remotely control and wield them, while spiritual tools can only be held in the hands of cultivators, requiring them to engage in close combat like ordinary martial artists!

In reality, those who use spiritual tools are all cultivators who have achieved success in body refinement.

They are accustomed to close combat, and once someone gets close to them, even cultivators of the same level are unlikely to escape death.

"Could it be that the Core Formation cultivator who possessed the body was also a Body Refinement cultivator?" Li Ping wondered silently as he checked the magical artifacts for any marks left on them.

He didn't know that this magical artifact was actually prepared by Yan Liming for his nephew Yan Kun, who had already died at his hands.

Finding no tracking marks on the magical artifacts, Li Ping casually put them all into his storage bag.

All that remained in front of him was the blood-red jade slip and the pills contained in a separate jade bottle.

Before checking the contents of the blood-red jade slip, Li Ping first picked up the jade bottle and examined the pills inside.

After examining it for a moment, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes. If he was not mistaken, the pill preserved in the jade bottle was indeed a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Moreover, after examining him with the skill level of a third-tier alchemist.

He could confirm that the Foundation Establishment Pill was intact and without any problems.

Although the Foundation Establishment Pill is no longer useful to Li Ping, its value as a strategic resource in the cultivation world is undeniable.

Li Ping was fairly satisfied with the results of the appraisal, and he planned to bestow the Foundation Establishment Pill upon Gu Musheng later.

After all, if Gu Musheng hadn't informed him of the relevant information and promptly analyzed the location of the possessed demonic cultivator's corpse, the Core Formation demonic cultivator's storage bag might have been taken away by Liu Wusheng and Miao Rou.

Gu Musheng has done a good job, and he can also use this Foundation Establishment Pill.

After dealing with all the items, we passed over a large river.

Without hesitation, Li Ping threw down the storage bag containing all sorts of random items belonging to the possessed demonic cultivator.

These miscellaneous items were either things he couldn't use, like the Heavenly Mirror, or things belonging to demonic cultivators that were of little value and troublesome to deal with. He was too lazy to bother with them anymore and simply threw them away as trash.

After discarding the storage bag of the possessed demonic cultivator, Li Ping held the blood-red jade slip in his hand, immersing his divine sense into it to read it carefully.

After a long while, he finally opened his eyes in great disappointment.

It turns out that the blood-red jade slip contained the main cultivation technique of the demonic cultivator who had possessed the body, named "Blood Spirit Hundred Transformations True Scripture".

This is a top-tier demonic cultivation technique that can be practiced from the Qi Refining stage all the way to the late Nascent Soul stage.

It also recorded several extremely bloody secret techniques, which made Li Ping secretly gasp in astonishment.

For example, one of the secret techniques is called "Blood Puppet Technique". It involves injecting blood containing the cultivator's magical power into other cultivators' bodies and then letting them cultivate on their own. It seems to progress rapidly, but in reality, it is about actively turning oneself into someone else's puppet!

For a demonic cultivator, obtaining the "Blood Spirit Hundred Transformations True Scripture" might be like finding a treasure, but Li Ping had already chosen his main cultivation method and had no intention of switching to the demonic path.

This technique was naturally of no use to him, which is why he was so disappointed.

After storing the jade slip containing the "Blood Spirit Hundred Transformations True Scripture" in his storage bag, Li Ping sat cross-legged, holding two mid-grade spirit stones in his hands, and began to meditate quietly.

……

Following Li Ping's instructions, Gu Musheng and Ji Shuxuan settled into his cave dwelling with great concern.

It wasn't until several days later, when they saw Li Ping'an return safely, that they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when Ji Shuxuan saw that only Li Ping had returned and Yan Hengchuan was nowhere to be seen, he immediately looked disappointed. He asked dejectedly, "Senior, you didn't save Hengchuan?"

Upon hearing Ji Shuxuan's question, Li Ping sighed inwardly and shook his head, saying, "I did not find any trace of Hengchuan or the person who possessed my body; they did not return to the village."

After killing Liu Wusheng and Miao Rou, Li Ping did not rush to leave. Instead, he put on a cloak and waited near the village for several days, but he did not see the possessing demonic cultivator arrive.

He guessed that the other party might have realized that his hiding place for the body was not safe, which was why they hadn't come back to retrieve the storage bag.

Having failed to gain anything from his stakeout, Li Ping had no choice but to return to the Immortal City and reconsider his next move.

Thinking of this, he comforted Ji Shuxuan, saying, "Don't worry, since that person didn't kill Hengchuan on the spot, it means that Hengchuan is still safe in the short term, and we still have hope of rescuing him."

Despite saying that, Li Ping knew in his heart that after so much time had passed, Yan Hengchuan's chances of survival were very slim.

Upon hearing Li Ping's words, Ji Shuxuan's eyes lit up with hope, and he nodded emphatically, saying, "I believe that Yokokawa Yoshito is protected by heaven, and he must still be alive."

Li Ping nodded: "Go back and rest first. If anyone from Immortal City comes to ask you questions, just tell them what you know."

Ji Shuxuan nodded emphatically to indicate that he understood, and then took his leave.

After Ji Shuxuan left, Li Ping looked at Gu Musheng, who was standing to the side, and the jade bottle containing the Foundation Establishment Pill was already in his hand.

He tossed the jade bottle to Gu Musheng, explaining, "Although we failed to find the possessed cultivator's trail and rescue Hengchuan this time, I did discover his corpse and storage bag, obtaining the treasures he left behind. You've made a significant contribution in this matter, so this Foundation Establishment Pill is yours!"

"Foundation Establishment Pill!" Upon hearing this, Gu Musheng's face lit up with joy, and he hurriedly shouted, "Thank you, elder brother, for bestowing upon me the Foundation Establishment Pill!"

He originally thought that even if his elder brother gained something, he would only get a few hundred spirit stones at most.

Unexpectedly, his elder brother directly gave him a Foundation Establishment Pill, which was a Foundation Establishment Pill!

My elder brother truly deserves to be called a sincere gentleman!

Because of Yan Hengchuan's disappearance, Li Ping wasn't in high spirits. He shook his head and said, "No need to thank me, you deserve it."

Gu Musheng accepted the jade bottle, chuckling, "If it weren't for your help, brother, I wouldn't have had the chance to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill. Of course, I must thank you!"

Li Ping nodded without saying anything more.

Gu Musheng took the jade bottle, hesitated for a moment, and finally handed it back to Li Ping: "Please keep the Foundation Establishment Pill for me for now, brother. I will come back to get it when I break through to the Foundation Establishment stage."

Foundation Building Pills are incredibly precious.

Gu Musheng was worried that keeping it on himself would cause problems, and since he didn't need it now, he might as well ask his elder brother to keep it for him.

Upon hearing this, Li Ping glanced at him in surprise, but ultimately said nothing, took the jade bottle, and nodded in agreement.

"By the way, if anyone in Immortal City asks you, tell them everything about He Yunyi. As for me getting the storage bag, don't mention it..." Li Ping thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, you can stay here with me for now. We'll talk about it after this matter has calmed down."

Many people know about the relationship between Gu Musheng and He Yunyi.

If the Immortal City investigates, they will definitely find him.

He originally intended to instruct Gu Musheng to keep it a secret, but considering that with his late-stage Qi Refining strength, he was no match for the Foundation Establishment cultivator's bewitching techniques, making secrecy even more impossible.

So he simply let Gu Musheng stay in his cave for a while before making any decisions.

Gu Musheng agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I'll listen to my elder brother."

……

Li Ping's worries were not unfounded.

Sure enough, a few days later, cultivators from the immortal city came to visit.

The leader of the team was an acquaintance of Li Ping's, none other than Xiong Pohai, a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator with a rather江湖 (jianghu, a term referring to the world of martial arts and chivalry) air.

Accompanied by the Meng family patriarch, he went directly into Li Ping's cave.

His gaze immediately fell on Gu Musheng, who was standing beside Li Ping. He shouted to his men, "Capture this traitor!"

Several immortal city law enforcement cultivators following behind him immediately stepped forward, ready to seize Gu Musheng.

"snort!"

Li Ping snorted coldly, took a step forward, and a surge of spiritual pressure erupted from his body, instantly causing the faces of the several immortal city law enforcement cultivators to turn pale.

"snort!"

Li Ping snorted coldly, took a step forward, and a surge of spiritual pressure erupted from his body, instantly causing the faces of the several immortal city law enforcement cultivators to turn pale.

"Fellow Daoist Xiong, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want." He looked coldly at Xiong Pohai: "This is my third brother, not some thief!"

Now, it's not like when he first broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

He had killed even late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, so he didn't even consider Xiong Pohai, a mere mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, a threat.