txolops Chapter 200 Fourth-Order Crimson Dragon
Chapter 200 Fourth-Order Crimson Dragon
Regarding the matter of Hua Wuji's pursuit.
Li Ping believed it was better to believe it existed than not.
So the first thing he did upon returning to Immortal Peach Mountain was to summon Gu Musheng and purchase from him the spiritual materials he had collected over the past few days for making the puppets.
Li Ping roughly counted the spiritual materials that Gu Musheng had collected, and concluded that they should be enough to create another high-grade second-tier puppet.
He nodded in satisfaction, then smiled and said, "Musheng, I've run into some trouble and need to go out and avoid things for a while. I may not be back for decades."
"what?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Musheng looked surprised and asked anxiously, "Brother, what happened? Is there anything I can help you with?"
Li Ping shook his head. This time, he seemed to have offended a late-stage Core Formation cultivator.
Let alone Gu Musheng, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, even if True Person Fenglan were still alive, he wouldn't dare to interfere in this matter.
Of course, he never intended to trouble anyone.
If it weren't for the chance discovery of the secret hidden in Yan Liming's memories during the soul search, he might have sought Yu Menghan's help right now, offering to sell himself to leave the Western Wilderness.
However, since there was a place to hide, Li Ping decided to stay hidden for now.
Thinking of this, Li Ping smiled and patted Gu Musheng on the shoulder: "It's nothing serious, you don't need to worry. However, you don't need to collect any more spiritual materials."
Since he has chosen to retreat into the secret realm for seclusion, he will not easily show himself until he has cultivated to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
This might take decades, and even if Gu Musheng collects the spiritual materials, he won't be able to come out and retrieve them.
Therefore, there is no need to collect spiritual materials anymore.
"Brother, I understand, I..." Gu Musheng's face showed worry.
With his intelligence, he naturally guessed that his elder brother must have encountered some trouble.
However, his elder brother's troubles were beyond the capabilities of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, which is why he didn't tell him the truth.
"Alright, that's enough for now." Li Ping stood up, seemingly indicating that he wanted to see them out. "You can pass this message on to Zhang Tie and the others later. I won't tell them individually."
Seeing that his elder brother looked like he was in a hurry to run away, Gu Musheng was worried and didn't dare to delay him, so he quickly agreed to leave.
After Gu Musheng left, Li Ping packed all his belongings into his storage bag before calmly going to the Xiantao Mountain Management Office to return the lease.
The person who received Li Ping was the patriarch of the Meng family, who was also quite surprised by Li Ping's decision to terminate the lease.
However, the relationship between the two was not so good that they could talk about anything, so after Li Ping casually made up a reason to go back to his hometown of Jiang State to develop his career, the Meng family patriarch just smiled and congratulated him a few times, without saying anything more.
After settling the lease termination, Li Ping left the Immortal City without a moment's hesitation, transforming into a streak of azure light and disappearing into the distance.
Once he was a hundred miles away from the Immortal City, he couldn't wait to take out the Blood Banner, infuse it with his magic power, and a cloud of blood spread out and enveloped him.
Then, the blood cloud flew towards the depths of the Cloud Mist Mountains at an astonishing speed!
"Let's get out of here! Hurry up, you damn cloud fly!"
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Qi State, the stronghold of the four major demonic sects.
This is a vast area nestled among a continuous mountain range, where the cultivators from the four sects each occupied a large area to rest and recuperate.
During this period, because the Defenders Alliance deliberately avoided war, no real war broke out between the two sides.
The Core Formation cultivators of the four major demonic sects were all meditating and regulating their breathing, while only the Foundation Establishment cultivators led small teams to launch attacks in succession, wreaking havoc on the Qi Kingdom and seizing the cultivation resources within it.
As if by unspoken agreement, the Core Formation cultivators of the Defenders Alliance also all stayed indoors.
Instead, they arranged for Foundation Establishment cultivators to lead small teams out of the city to fight against the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the four major demonic sects.
The highest peak among the continuous mountain range.
The one resting here is Elder Lu, the Great Elder of the Spirit Control Sect. He has not only reached the peak of the late Core Formation stage in terms of cultivation, but also possesses a Crimson Dragon spirit beast at the late third stage.
The combined strength of the cultivator and the dragon is equivalent to that of two late-stage Core Formation cultivators.
Although the other three sects each have their own methods, how can they withstand the combined attack of two people of the same level?
Therefore, he was implicitly known as the number one cultivator in the demonic path!
However, inside the palace at this moment, Old Demon Lu was quite respectful towards his spirit beast, the Crimson Dragon.
The way he looked made it seem as if the Crimson Dragon was the master, and he was the spirit beast.
Suddenly—
A burst of spiritual light suddenly erupted from the Crimson Dragon's body, illuminating the room as bright as day. When the light faded, the Crimson Dragon reappeared, but its body had swelled considerably, and a majestic crimson face appeared on its head.
The illusory face was covered with fine scales on both cheeks, and two forked, sparkling fire jade horns grew on its forehead.
Upon seeing the phantom appear, Old Demon Lu immediately greeted respectfully, "Master."
"This split soul of mine was cultivated at a great cost. It can only slumber and recuperate within the body of my bloodline descendants, and it only has one chance to strike. You awakened me, so have you conquered Donghua Mountain?" A thunderous voice came from the phantom's mouth, sounding rough and like a wild beast.
Hearing that the phantom seemed to be questioning and blaming him, Old Demon Lu quickly explained, recounting the whole story of what had happened after entering the Western Wilderness.
"Useless trash! For nearly three hundred years, you haven't even been able to solve the problem for cultivators in such a remote and impoverished place as the Western Wilderness. You've wasted my Ice Frost!" The phantom rebuked without any politeness after hearing about the progress.
Hearing the reprimand, Old Demon Lu smiled bitterly to himself, but his expression remained unchanged.
He was a cultivator with a different spiritual root, and he formed his Golden Core in less than a hundred years in the Great Zhou Dynasty. He originally had a very promising future.
However, during his adventure in the East Sea, he inadvertently encountered a fourth-tier red dragon. Faced with the dragon's gaping maw, in desperation, he had no choice but to acknowledge the dragon as his master and serve it.
The Jiaolong clan is the king among the deep-sea demons. Its members hold a high position among the demons, and young Jiaolong members are protected in the core area of the clan, so they are never alone.
So when he returned to the sect with a crimson dragon spirit beast, he attracted the envy of countless cultivators.
But who knows that he himself had become the servant of the fourth-order red dragon, and that his red dragon spirit beast was merely a place for the other party's divided soul to reside?
"Master, I tried to contact the Turks to form an alliance, but the news was leaked beforehand, which made Donghua Mountain wary, and ultimately all my efforts were in vain." Old Demon Lu hurriedly explained, and said helplessly, "Now the cultivators of the Academy are hiding in Donghua Mountain like turtles, and we have no way to deal with them."
"Especially that Xiao Changkong, he possesses the ancient treasure 'Seal of All Living Beings,' and even if I join forces with the Crimson Flood Dragon, we are no match for him at all." After saying that, Old Demon Lu added.
The illusory figure's face showed surprise, and it muttered to itself, "The ancient treasure, the Seal of All Living Beings, is actually in the Western Wilderness. Hmph, those Confucian scholars are quite willing to part with it."
Old Demon Lu dared not utter a sound.
After a cold snort, the illusory face seemed to be deep in thought as it spoke again: "Since the other side has the Seal of All Living Beings in hand and is determined to defend it, then with your strength, it is indeed difficult to break through Donghua Mountain."
"Originally, this part of my soul should have been left at a crucial point, but now it seems I have no choice but to use it ahead of schedule. However, in order to avoid breaking the 'Trench Alliance,' my actions must not be seen by the Immortal Alliance cultivators."
The grotesque voice of the phantom face reached Old Demon Lu's ears: "You challenge that cultivator named Xiao Changkong to a one-on-one duel. The battle will decide the victor, and I will personally kill him!"
Having received the promise of assistance from a fourth-tier crimson dragon, Old Demon Lu was greatly encouraged: "Yes, Master!"
He immediately dispatched his men to Donghua Mountain to challenge Xiao Changkong to a duel.
The challenge was a one-on-one battle between the two, with the winner becoming the ruler of the Western Wilderness and the loser forced to submit.
Perhaps it was because such an approach could reduce casualties among lower-level cultivators and quickly end the war, or perhaps Xiao Changkong had sufficient confidence in his own strength.
So he agreed to the fight.
The timeframe was set for three years from now.
However, he also had one request: the four demonic sects must evacuate from Qi and Yuan before this battle.
After the two parties negotiated and bargained.
To fulfill his master's orders, Old Demon Lu suppressed the dissatisfaction of the other three sects and led the army of cultivators from the four demonic sects back to Yuan Kingdom to garrison.
The fighting in the east has somewhat subsided.
Just then, a major event occurred in the Blood Shadow Sect, one of the four major sects of the demonic path.
Wei Yiling, a Core Formation Elder of the Blood Shadow Sect, has betrayed the sect.
However, apart from the Blood Shadow Cult cultivators, this matter was quickly forgotten by the other cultivators.
Because before this event, there was another major change that could significantly impact the entire landscape of the Western Wilderness.
Three years later, Xiao Changkong, the top cultivator of the Defenders Alliance, will have a one-on-one battle with Lu Laomo, the strongest of the four demonic sects.
Regardless of the outcome of this battle, this war that has swept across the entire Western Wilderness will come to an end.
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"Is this the place?"
Li Ping ventured tens of thousands of miles into the misty mountains and finally arrived at the secret realm that Yan Liming remembered.
He dared not rest for a moment along the way, because the intuition in his heart began to warn him.
Clearly, Hua Hong's matter may have already attracted the attention of the Blood Shadow Sect. Perhaps at this moment, Hua Wuji has already taken action and is investigating the matter.
What appeared before Li Ping was a gray-white rock wall.
Following Yan Liming's memory, Li Ping took out a cyan round mirror from his storage bag and poured his magic power into it. Instantly, the cyan round mirror lit up with a hazy light.
A moment later, a beam of cyan light shot out from the mirror and landed on the gray-white rock wall.
This cyan beam of light seems to be a trigger.
In an instant, a large amount of blue light surged from the rock wall, spreading out to cover the sky and forming a circular passage about ten feet high in the blink of an eye. The passage was filled with blue light, and it was impossible to see what was at the end.
Li Ping nodded secretly.
The entrance to the secret cave is located on this gray-white stone wall, but the secret cave itself is not inside this stone wall, but in another space.
If you don't know how to enter, even if you blast the stone wall into pieces, you won't be able to find the secret realm.
Whoosh!
Li Ping retrieved the cyan round mirror and transformed into a cyan escape light, flying into the cyan light passage.
After he entered, the blue light passage slowly closed and disappeared.
Only the original appearance of the gray-white stone wall remains, as if everything just now was an illusion.