Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 185 The Plan to Escape

By the end of the year.

Yu Menghan visited Li Ping at Immortal Peach Mountain to give the spirit beast, the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly, a final treatment.

Upon seeing Li Ping, Yu Menghan smiled and placed the Heavenly Profound Crystal containing the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly on the table: "Fellow Daoist Li, thank you for your trouble."

Li Ping looked down, nodded slightly, and said calmly, "Given the current state of the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly, Fairy, you don't actually need to use the Heavenly Profound Crystal to seal the spirit beast's life force anymore."

After so many years of treatment, the Seven-Colored Illusionary Butterfly's injuries have almost healed, and even after leaving the Heavenly Profound Crystal, it can still be lively and energetic.

"Hehe." Yu Menghan just chuckled, but didn't say anything.

Li Ping guessed that she might be too worried to take any risks, so he shook his head and placed one hand on the Heavenly Profound Crystal.

He then began to infuse the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly with the power of the Nourishing Life Technique. Strands of the Nourishing Life Technique power entered the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly's body and were quickly absorbed by it.

At the same time, a feeling of dependence and joy also emanated from the Heavenly Profound Crystal.

Unbeknownst to them, this wondrous insect of heaven and earth had grown accustomed to Li Ping's presence and, because of his meticulous treatment, regarded him as a close friend.

This was a phenomenon that Li Ping had only recently discovered. After absorbing too much of his health cultivation technique's power, the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly seemed to have taken on his shape.

Thinking back to when he returned from Jixia, Xiao Yunzhi had specially stopped him to thank him, Li Ping secretly pondered: "The 'Zeshui Health Preservation Technique' may not be as simple as I imagined."

He strongly suspected that Xiao Yunzhi might have already taken his form.

Of course, he didn't treat Xiao Yunzhi many times. Her injuries weren't as severe as those of the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly, and besides, Xiao Yunzhi was human and could control her emotions.

Therefore, the other party's symptoms are not as severe as those of the Seven-Colored Illusion Butterfly.

At most, she developed a genuine liking for Li Ping and regarded him as a trustworthy person.

"call!"

A moment later, Li Ping, covered in sweat, withdrew his hand and let out a long breath with difficulty.

After his final treatment, the Seven-Colored Illusionary Butterfly had fully come back to life, and even within the seal of the Heavenly Profound Crystal, it still showed signs of wanting to take flight.

Upon seeing this, Yu Menghan revealed a look of great joy.

At this moment, through the connection between herself and her natal spirit beast, she sensed that the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly had recovered to its best condition.

"Click~"

With a wave of her hand, she broke the seal of the Heavenly Profound Crystal from the outside, freeing herself from its restraints, and the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly immediately broke free from the Heavenly Profound Crystal.

Seemingly because it had been sealed in the Heavenly Profound Crystal and had not flown for a long time, the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly stood on the table, its wings fluttering slightly, but it did not fly away immediately.

Yu Menghan watched the butterfly on the table with great anticipation, seeing it flutter up like a falling leaf, but the next moment—

Her expression froze.

Because her natal spirit beast did not fly into her arms as she had hoped, but instead drew a beautiful curve in the air and finally landed on Li Ping's shoulder.

"Rustling sound~"

The Seven-Colored Illusionary Butterfly gently fluttered its pair of thin, dazzling wings, radiating multicolored light that enveloped Li Ping, making him feel as if he were in a dream world, and his soul became more comfortable and relaxed.

With a flap of its wings, it seemed to be currying favor with Li Ping: "Isn't the bug amazing?"

Li Ping looked up and noticed Yu Menghan's stiff expression.

In his view, what's the difference between the Seven-Colored Illusionary Butterfly's actions and face-to-face NTR?

He cleared his throat twice to break the awkward silence: "Ahem, Fairy Yu, you may not know this, but it's normal. I've been treating your spirit beast for many years, bringing it back from the brink of death. It remembers my scent and has unknowingly developed a dependence on me, which is why it flew over here."

Yu Menghan's stiff expression stemmed from her worry that Li Ping might have secretly done something wrong during the treatment, causing problems with the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly.

Hearing Li Ping's explanation, her expression softened slightly: "I see."

Seeing that she still seemed unable to let go, Li Ping smiled and said, "Now that you can summon this insect, you should be able to command it. Once you bring it back to your residence and slowly cultivate a relationship with it, things will return to normal."

Yu Menghan nodded and summoned the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly in her heart through her natal spirit contract.

As expected, despite its reluctance, upon hearing its master's call, the Seven-Colored Illusionary Butterfly reluctantly flew away from Li Ping and approached Yu Menghan, circling her slowly and scattering a layer of seven-colored light.

Through that radiance, she was like a fairy descended from heaven, radiating perfection and beauty from head to toe.

At this moment, Yu Menghan's appearance was the most beautiful Li Ping had ever seen, making her arguably the most beautiful woman in the Western Wilderness.

However, Li Ping knew that this was not Yu Menghan's actual appearance. She was beautiful, but not so stunningly beautiful. It was just that the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly had applied a beauty filter to her.

Only then did Li Ping realize that the Seven-Colored Illusionary Butterfly possessed this ability; no wonder Yu Menghan spared no expense to save it.

Which female cultivator could withstand such a test?

……

After playing with the Seven-Colored Illusionary Light Butterfly for a while, Yu Menghan was satisfied and put it into her spirit beast pouch.

Perhaps they felt they could leave after healing the spirit beast, which made them feel they had neglected Li Ping.

Yu Menghan did not leave immediately, but sat in the pavilion and chatted with Li Ping.

They mainly talked about the recent chaos in the Western Wilderness.

Li Ping learned this through Yu Menghan's connections.

The Defenders Alliance is already at a disadvantage under the combined attack of the Turks and the four major demonic sects.

The two kingdoms of Yan and Liang in the Northern Region were fortunate, as they had the support of cultivation sects from the Western and Central Regions, and were well-prepared, so the Turks' sneak attack plan failed.

After several major battles, the defensive line was firmly confined to the territory of Yan and Liang. Although both sides suffered considerable losses of cultivators, the battle might continue indefinitely without external intervention.

However, the situation on the eastern battlefield was extremely unfavorable for the Defenders Alliance.

Under the powerful offensive of the four demonic sects, the Defenders Alliance suffered repeated defeats, losing not only the Yuan Kingdom but also having the battlefield pushed to the Donghua Mountain line by the four demonic sects.

The Qi Kingdom was engulfed in war, and many cultivation families were wiped out before they could evacuate.

Now, the Defenders Alliance can only rely on the protective formation of Donghua Mountain to hold out and cannot organize a powerful counterattack.

Of course, this is all without conquering Donghua Mountain and destroying the academy.

Fearing their escape route would be cut off, the four major demonic sects dared not venture deep into the Western Wilderness. At most, only small groups of demonic cultivators crossed the border of the Qi Kingdom to plunder the central region of the Western Wilderness.

As for Fenglan Immortal City, located in a remote and impoverished area, it has now become a paradise far from the battlefield.

Li Ping believed that, given the location of the Immortal City, if the war spread to this area, it would likely mean that the righteous path of the Western Wilderness had been completely wiped out.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Fairy Yu, how did your esteemed merchant guild determine the outcome of the battle between the Defenders of the Righteous Alliance and the Turks of the Four Demonic Sects?"

The Yinghai Chamber of Commerce has a mysterious background and is suspected to be from other cultivation worlds. There are Nascent Soul cultivators in the chamber.

Their intelligence should include analysis and judgment of the battle situation.

"Specific intelligence involves classified information, so I'm sorry I can't tell you, fellow Daoist." Yu Menghan shook her head and looked at Li Ping: "But fellow Daoist Li can rest assured that if there is no further external interference, the battle situation should not change much within the next forty or fifty years."

After all, the formation on Donghua Mountain was no ordinary object. If the spiritual veins weren't of insufficient grade, it could unleash fourth-order power and wouldn't be so easily broken.

Upon hearing this, Li Ping couldn't help but frown slightly.

Actually, the reason he asked Yu Menghan for her opinion on the battle situation was because he had been feeling uneasy lately, as if danger was approaching. This feeling came from the cultivation technique he practiced, the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture".

He originally thought that this danger might be that the Defenders Alliance couldn't hold on, leading to a complete collapse of the situation in the Western Wilderness.

But Yu Menghan believed that the battle would remain deadlocked, which meant that the danger he sensed did not come from there.

"That's strange. If we follow Yu Menghan's judgment, Fenglan Immortal City should be very safe." Li Ping was very puzzled.

After thinking for a moment, he asked again, "Fairy Yu, your esteemed merchant guild should have a channel to leave the Western Wilderness, right? I wonder if I can use this channel? I can offer a high price."

Li Ping worried that staying in Fenglan Immortal City would lead to something detrimental to him.

Faced with this situation, he decided to run away first.

If I can't figure out what went wrong, then I might as well just grab the bucket and run away.

Thinking about it this way, I suddenly felt that the world had become much wider.

He's already run away, so it's impossible for danger to follow him to other cultivation worlds.

……

"Oh? Fellow Daoist Li wants to leave the Western Wilderness?" Yu Menghan looked at Li Ping in surprise, then nodded slightly: "Fellow Daoist Li's choice to leave is a wise one. After all, the war in the Western Wilderness is still going on for who knows how long. Under the years of war, even Foundation Establishment cultivators can only drift with the tide. Not only is cultivation becoming more and more difficult, it is also difficult to obtain Core Formation spiritual items, and they may even encounter dangers."

Li Ping nodded. He didn't need spiritual objects to form a core, nor was he worried about the difficulties of cultivation. His main concern was the danger he might encounter.

"Our organization naturally has channels to leave the Western Wilderness." Yu Menghan confirmed Li Ping's guess, then smiled and said, "However, even if there are many spirit stones, our organization will not allow others to use such secret channels."

Unless... Fellow Daoist Li is willing to join our guild, once Fellow Daoist Li becomes one of our own, he will naturally have the opportunity to use the guild's resources and leave the Western Wilderness through guild channels, which will not be difficult.

Li Ping looked up and saw Yu Menghan, who was showing her two small tiger teeth. He immediately understood her plan: "You wicked tiger-tooth girl, I just wanted to borrow the passage to leave the Western Wilderness, and you're already lusting after my body!"

After so many years of treatment, Yu Menghan had long since concluded that Li Ping was a highly skilled physician with unique treatment methods, perhaps comparable to some fourth-level physicians.

She naturally wanted to bring such a highly skilled doctor into the association.

After all, what is the most precious thing in the world of cultivation?

Talent!

By inviting such a valuable person into the association, she can also make significant contributions.

Although she is wealthy enough not to care about these contributions.