Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 203 The Jade of the Spirit Eye

Inside the secret cave.

Li Ping devoted himself to cultivation and was completely unaware of what was happening in the outside world.

Before he knew it, the year had passed. Not to mention the progress in his own cultivation, the thing that made Li Ping happiest was that the Wildfire Sparrow had finally advanced.

The spiritual energy within the cave fluctuated slightly. The spirit beast, the Wildfire Sparrow, let out a clear cry and soared into the sky, transforming into a ball of fire that danced back and forth in the air.

This commotion naturally alerted Li Ping, who was cultivating.

He opened his eyes, stood up, and smiled as he looked at the excited wildfire birds in the sky.

The Wildfire Sparrow's advancement to the second-tier mid-grade means that he has gained another powerful helper, especially when dealing with evil cultivators such as demonic cultivators and ghost cultivators. With the Wildfire Sparrow's natal spirit fire "Exterminate Evil" characteristic, it is an even greater weapon.

However, Li Ping has always been kind to people and does not like fighting, so the Wildfire Sparrow's natal spirit fire is temporarily useless.

Suddenly—

Just as Li Ping was smiling, the Wildfire Sparrow's gaze fell on the third-order array shield in the center of the secret realm.

"Hey!"

It let out a sharp screech and then pounced directly at the protective shield.

Li Ping was slightly taken aback by the Wildfire Sparrow's actions; he didn't understand what it was trying to do.

However, there were no other living beings in this secret cave, and it was not a critical moment, so he did not rush to recall the Wildfire Sparrow, but patiently observed its next move.

All I saw was...

Just as the Wildfire Sparrow flew to within a zhang of the third-order array's protective barrier, it suddenly stopped and hovered there, flapping its wings.

"Squeak~"

Its eyes held an urgent look, as if something within the formation was attracting it.

Upon seeing this, Li Ping was surprised and shook his head slightly.

He never expected that the Wildfire Sparrow would possess a trace of treasure-hunting ability, and that it was a treasure-hunting bird.

But thinking about it again, it doesn't seem so strange. After all, it is a spirit bird of heaven and earth with true spiritual bloodline. What does a little bit of treasure-hunting magic count for?

Like Xiao Yunzhi's Blazing Sun Bird, it could see through Li Ping's disguise and change, and follow his aura directly to his door.

As for whether there are treasures inside the third-order array shield?

Doesn't Li Ping know about something so obvious?

Even a fool knows that the key problem is that he can't break through the protection of the third-order formation and obtain the treasure inside.

Unless he possesses the strength of the Core Formation realm or is a high-level array master, he has absolutely no chance against a third-tier array.

In fact, Li Ping originally planned to enter the secret realm cave after becoming a high-level array master.

But no one expected that on his way back to the Immortal City, he would accidentally kill Hua Hong and offend Hua Wuji, a late-stage Core Formation cultivator.

As a result, he no longer dared to slowly collect high-level formation inheritances, and instead fled into the secret cave in a panic.

The plans were completely disrupted.

"My little bird, I know you're anxious, but don't worry," Li Ping gently comforted the Wildfire Sparrow. "The spiritual veins will come, and so will the treasures."

To his surprise, the wildfire sparrow did not calm down despite his attempts to comfort it; instead, it became even more agitated.

Li Ping wanted to continue comforting her, but the next moment—

After circling several times, the Wildfire Sparrow suddenly spewed out a crimson, high-temperature flame towards the array's protective shield, and a thin line of fire connected the Wildfire Sparrow to the third-tier array's protective shield.

This celestial bird could no longer contain itself and began attacking the third-order grand formation, attempting to destroy it.

Li Ping shook his head slightly: "This silly bird."

Even a Core Formation cultivator would need half a day to forcibly break through a third-tier grand formation. The Wildfire Sparrow was only a mid-grade second-tier formation, and the gap between it and a Core Formation cultivator was immeasurable.

Isn't doing this kind of thing a waste of time and effort?

We might even face a counterattack from the formation itself.

Just as Li Ping was hesitating about whether to stop the silly bird, he suddenly saw...

The protective barrier where the Wildfire Sparrow spewed its spiritual flames did not retaliate. Instead, it melted away at a visible speed, like the sun melting ice, and in the blink of an eye, it formed a circular hole more than a foot high.

"Hey!"

Before Li Ping could react, the Wildfire Sparrow let out an excited screech and transformed into a fireball, flying into the formation.

After the Wildfire Sparrow flew into the formation, the formation's protective shield quickly began to close up, returning to its original state in just a moment.

Seeing this, Li Ping immediately understood. It turned out that the Wildfire Sparrow's natal spirit fire had a special effect of breaking restrictions, and even a third-order formation could not stop its power.

He was dumbfounded: "Why did you fly in alone? Didn't you wait for me? I haven't even gotten on the bus yet!"

……

The Wildfire Sparrow flew into the formation, and Li Ping could only wait patiently outside the formation.

He was very worried about what kind of treasures might be inside the formation.

If it's a magic weapon or treasure, that's fine, but if it's a elixir or medicine, he can only hope that the Wildfire Sparrow will leave him some.

Fortunately, Li Ping didn't have to wait long before he saw the array's protective shield burst open with a "pop," like a bubble, revealing the situation inside the array.

Clearly, this third-order formation was destroyed from within by the Wildfire Sparrow.

"Chirp chirp~"

The instant the formation broke, a fireball flew out of the formation at high speed, circling excitedly around Li Ping.

"This?" Li Ping couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

Because with the movements of the Wildfire Sparrow, he could feel the spiritual energy within the entire cave undergoing a violent fluctuation.

Especially around him, the concentration of spiritual energy was soaring rapidly, and soon it reached the level of a third-tier spiritual land.

His gaze fell on the right claw of the Wildfire Sparrow, which was holding a fist-sized piece of blue jade. The jade was constantly emitting a faint blue light, flickering incessantly.

If Li Ping's perception was correct, the spiritual energy was indeed emanating from this cyan jade stone.

"Come here." Li Ping quickly waved and called the Wildfire Sparrow over.

The wildfirebird flew to Li Ping like it was presenting a treasure, and placed the blue jade piece in Li Ping's palm with an arrogant expression, as if to say, "Praise me quickly."

However, Li Ping had no time to praise the spirit bird at this moment; all his attention was drawn to the jade in his hand.

The cyan jade stone has a semi-transparent appearance, and inside there is a lively red phoenix about an inch long, with its wings about to take flight, full of the breath of life, and streams of pure spiritual energy constantly emanating from it.

"This should be a jade with a spiritual eye." After observing it for a long time, Li Ping finally determined what the object in front of him was.

In the world, apart from places with spiritual veins, the spiritual energy in other places is too thin to support cultivators' practice.

In places with spiritual veins, the distribution of spiritual energy is not even.

For example, Fenglan Immortal City is located on a third-order spiritual vein, but only the spiritual energy concentration at the top of Qinglong Mountain reaches the third order, which is the spiritual eye of the third-order spiritual vein.

The spiritual eye is generally invisible and colorless, but if the spiritual energy gathered at the spiritual eye is not absorbed by cultivators for a long time, it may gradually form a physical entity and become a spiritual eye.

Generally speaking, this process requires tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years of evolution, plus some favorable circumstances, to come to fruition.

Since the formation of spiritual objects is so rare, their effects are naturally extraordinary.

Having a spiritual eye is equivalent to having a personal spiritual vein. Cultivators are not confined to spiritual lands and can cultivate anywhere with the help of a spiritual eye.

Typical objects associated with the Spirit Eye include Spirit Eye Springs, Spirit Eye Stones, and Spirit Eye Trees.

The Spirit Eye Jade in Li Ping's hand is a relatively high-grade Spirit Eye Stone.

The concentration of spiritual energy it emitted had already reached the third level.

In fact, Li Ping had already silently sensed that the source of spiritual energy in this secret cave was actually this Spirit Eye Jade.

Even the third-order formations rely on the Spirit Eye Jade for their existence.

Therefore, the third-order formation was broken directly after the Wildfire Sparrow took away the Spirit Eye Jade.

"What a treasure!" Li Ping's eyes lit up.

He had originally planned to cultivate step by step within the second-tier spiritual vein, expecting it to take at least thirty years to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

But now, with the Jade of the Spirit Eye, he has exclusive access to a third-tier spiritual vein. Although this third-tier spiritual vein can only be considered a micro-spiritual vein, it is enough to shorten the time it takes for him to cultivate to the late stage of Foundation Establishment by more than one-third.

This means that he might be able to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment within twenty years.

Time is a precious stone, time is life!

How could this not excite Li Ping?

Take out a jade box to store the Spirit Eye Jade, and put the jade box into the storage bag.

Li Ping smiled and patted the Wildfire Sparrow's head: "You've done a great job this time. Come on, let's go see what other good things are in the core of this secret realm."

……

The core of the secret realm is not very large, only about a hundred feet long and wide.

Since Li Ping had put the Spirit Eye Jade into his storage bag, the concentration of spiritual energy in the entire secret realm was slowly decreasing, and the core of the secret realm was no exception.

As Li Ping entered, the first thing that caught his eye was a tall, light blue stone hall.

As for the ground, it was all covered with jade-white floor tiles.

Just as Li Ping was looking around at everything, the Wildfire Sparrow chirped and fluttered around him, proudly telling Li Ping that the "stone exuding spiritual energy" was something it had taken from the top of the stone palace.

Li Ping smiled and nodded, his gaze falling on a groove on the top of the stone hall.

Clearly, that's where the Spirit Eye Jade was placed before.

After looking around and finding nothing else besides the stone hall, Li Ping no longer hesitated. He took a few steps and had already crossed a hundred feet, stopping in front of the stone hall's gate.

The gate was made of ordinary jade and had no array or restrictions.

Li Ping gathered his magic power in his right hand, and with a gentle push, the door burst open, revealing the interior space.

The main hall was empty except for a small table placed in the center.

On the table were three jade boxes, which seemed to be treasures left by the master of the hall to his successors.

Although he coveted the jade box, Li Ping dared not open it so casually.

Although he coveted the jade box, Li Ping dared not open it so casually.

brush!

With a wave of his hand, Jia Er appeared beside him.

This second-tier high-grade puppet was crafted with a focus on defense, and its thick skin and tough flesh make it perfect for this kind of task.

He then ordered Jia Er to step forward and open the jade box.

Li Ping then called to the Wildfire Sparrow and they left the main hall together to prevent any problems with the jade box.