txolops Chapter 216 Xiao Yunzhi is shocked
Chapter 216 Xiao Yunzhi is shocked
Inside the training room.
Li Ping sensed that the ocean of magical power within his dantian had expanded by a large area once again, which was precisely the level of magical power of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Upon breaking through to the late Foundation Establishment stage, the power of the Nourishing Life Technique becomes even more vibrant, capable of accommodating more innate Qi, and the therapeutic effect will likely be significantly enhanced once again.
Feeling the powerful pressure emanating from his body, Li Ping's eyes revealed a look of emotion.
He was forty years old when he successfully established his foundation, and after thirty years of arduous cultivation, he broke through to the middle stage of foundation establishment at the age of seventy.
Originally, he estimated that it would take him about forty years to break through from the middle stage of Foundation Establishment to the late stage.
In fact, although Li Ping's progress is not as good as that of a Heavenly Spiritual Root cultivator like Xiao Yunzhi, it is much stronger than that of a Two-Spiritual Root cultivator and can be compared with that of a Different Spiritual Root cultivator.
After all, he practiced the "Water Nourishing Life Technique" without encountering any minor bottlenecks.
Cultivators with dual spiritual roots or heterogeneous spiritual roots may cultivate faster than Li Ping in their daily practice, but when they break through to a higher realm, they will face bottlenecks and usually need to spend a lot of time and prepare a lot of resources to break through smoothly.
As a result, their actual cultivation speed was actually slower than Li Ping's.
Li Ping was very satisfied with his progress, having broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment in forty years.
However, he offended Hua Wuji, a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, and had to hide in a secret cave. Unexpectedly, he obtained a Spirit Eye Jade.
The Jade of the Spiritual Eye granted Li Ping cultivation conditions similar to those of a third-tier spiritual land, greatly increasing his cultivation speed.
In the end, he only spent thirty years cultivating to the late stage of Foundation Establishment at the age of one hundred.
Li Ping smiled and nodded: "Breaking through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and it just so happens that this year is also my 100th birthday, so it's only right to celebrate."
Having finalized the celebration plan, he didn't rush to get up. Instead, he closed his eyes and continued meditating to solidify his spiritual realm.
More than ten days later, Li Ping stabilized his cultivation level and officially emerged from seclusion.
He put away the Spirit Eye Jade and left the training room, arriving in the courtyard.
His gaze swept across the courtyard, and he then noticed that Xiao Yunzhi was feeding the spirit beast, the Blazing Sun Bird.
The noise Li Ping made as he walked out startled her. She turned to look at Li Ping and noticed the change in his aura. A look of surprise appeared on her face.
She then smiled sweetly: "Congratulations, Brother Li, on breaking through to the late Foundation Establishment stage. Your magical power has greatly increased, and you are one step closer to Core Formation."
Li Ping was in high spirits after breaking through his cultivation level. He waved his hand with a smile and said, "Not at all, my cultivation is still no match for yours, Yunzhi."
"Brother Li, you're too modest." As she spoke, Xiao Yunzhi rolled her eyes at him. "Yunzhi knows your strength very well. Let alone now, even before you broke through, Brother Li, Yunzhi was no match for you."
Xiao Yunzhi knew.
The man in front of me, Brother Li, was no ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. In the great battle in the secret realm more than a decade ago, he was only a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, yet he controlled two puppets equivalent to late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators and slew a powerful enemy in one fell swoop.
Now that he has broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, his strength must have increased even further.
Unless she can break through to the Core Formation stage, Xiao Yunzhi is not sure how many moves she can withstand from Brother Li.
"Chirp chirp~"
At this moment, the Blazing Sunbird flew to Li Ping's side and circled around him, chirping anxiously.
Li Ping understood what it meant, shook his head, patted the spirit beast pouch at his waist, and the Wildfire Sparrow flew out from it.
When the Wildfirebird first took flight, its eyes were still somewhat blank, but it soon spotted the Blazing Sunbird circling in the air. Its eyes lit up, and it let out a joyful chirp before flying towards the Blazing Sunbird.
The Blazing Sunbird responded with a cry.
Then, the two celestial birds chased and frolicked in the air, occasionally chirping and communicating with each other.
About five years ago, Xiao Yunzhi let the Blazing Sun Bird roam freely in the courtyard and fed it. Li Ping also appeared at this time and released the Wildfire Sparrow so that it could roam freely within the formation.
What he didn't expect was...
The Wildfire Sparrow and the Blazing Sun Bird hit it off immediately. Despite being different kinds of spirit beasts, they became very good friends.
This surprised Li Ping and Xiao Yunzhi. They could only guess that perhaps the two spirit birds were both fire-attribute spirit beasts, which was why they were so close to each other.
Initially, when Li Ping learned from Xiao Yunzhi that the Blazing Sun Bird was a female bird, he secretly hoped that something might happen between the two spirit birds.
after all.
The Wildfire Sparrow possesses a faint trace of the Vermilion Bird's bloodline, while the Blazing Sun Bird possesses a faint trace of the legendary true spirit "Fire Phoenix's" bloodline.
Given the bloodline of these two spirit birds, their offspring are bound to be extraordinary.
Unfortunately, the two birds did not do anything further than chase, play, and frolic.
Li Ping guessed that, given the long lifespan of these celestial birds, the Wildfire Sparrow and the Blazing Sun Bird were probably still immature. They hadn't matured yet, and their time hadn't come.
He shook his head, banishing the many strange thoughts from his mind.
Li Ping took out a bottle of second-tier beast-feeding pills from his storage bag, poured out two pills and threw them into the air. Two streaks of fire instantly streaked across the sky as he swallowed the pills.
Li Ping took out a bottle of second-tier beast-feeding pills from his storage bag, poured out two pills and threw them into the air. Two streaks of fire instantly streaked across the sky as he swallowed the pills.
"Chirp chirp~"
"Chirp chirp~"
As Li Ping continued to throw out pills, cheerful chirping echoed throughout the courtyard. Soon, a bottle of pills was empty, and the two spirit birds obediently landed on the old tree in the courtyard, closing their eyes to refine the medicinal power within their bodies.
Seeing this, Xiao Yunzhi asked with some curiosity, "Brother Li, I've been searching in the city for years but haven't been able to buy a second-tier Beast Taming Pill. Did you refine this Beast Taming Pill yourself?"
Beast-feeding pills can accelerate the growth of spirit beasts, and generally only wealthy cultivators are willing to feed them.
Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators are reluctant to take medicine for themselves, so how could they be willing to feed spirit beasts pills?
Xiao Yunzhi used to be able to buy enough Tier 2 Beast Taming Pills in Jixia.
However, in a remote place like Flying Snow City, the demand is low, and naturally there are few alchemists who can refine beast-feeding pills.
First-tier beast-feeding pills are okay, but second-tier ones are simply unavailable.
Xiao Yunzhi had been feeding the Blazing Sun Bird, an ordinary spiritual creature, but Li Ping was able to produce a continuous supply of Beast Feeding Pills, which is why she was curious and asked.
Li Ping smiled and nodded: "That's right, I did refine this myself. Yunzhi, if you want to buy second-tier beast-feeding pills, you can buy them from me."
He broke through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and his strength increased greatly.
Li Ping believes that he can now reveal his identity as an alchemist.
Of course, he would not reveal his true alchemist level; he only intended to show the outside world that he was an alchemist with second-tier superior alchemy skills.
Among the four common cultivation arts of alchemy, artifact crafting, array formation, and talisman making, alchemy masters rank first.
Especially for powerful forces, the importance of high-level alchemists is comparable to that of Core Formation cultivators.
Li Ping decided to reveal his identity as a second-tier high-grade alchemist mainly to lay the groundwork for using the third-tier spiritual pulse of Flying Snow City to strike the core in the future.
A mid-grade second-tier talisman master might not be of much concern to the higher-ups of the Flying Snow Sect.
They couldn't possibly not try to win over a second-tier high-grade alchemist.
Once they try to win them over and ask Li Ping for his help, Li Ping can then take the opportunity to propose using a third-order spiritual pulse to strike the core.
"Brother Li, you are a second-tier alchemist."
Upon receiving Li Ping's confirmation, Xiao Yunzhi's shock was almost palpable; she hadn't expected Brother Li to have kept it so well hidden.
It turns out that she knew very little about Brother Li.
"You're wrong," Li Ping said solemnly, shaking his head.
Xiao Yunzhi asked, puzzled, "Huh?"
Li Ping laughed heartily: "To be precise, I am a second-tier high-grade alchemist."
Xiao Yunzhi: "..."
……
A few days later, Li Ping held his 100th birthday banquet at Jinzun Tower.
Besides Xiao Yunzhi, Ji Shuxuan's family also attended the banquet. Twelve years later, Ji Shuxuan had another son.
He has two sons and a daughter. His eldest son is twenty-two years old this year. He was diagnosed with spiritual roots when he was twelve and has already begun cultivation. However, his spiritual roots are not very good, with only five spiritual roots.
After eight years of cultivation, his cultivation level is only at the third level of Qi Refining.
His eldest daughter is eighteen years old this year. She possesses four spiritual roots and her cultivation level is at the second level of Qi Refining.
As for his youngest son, he is only ten years old this year and is not yet old enough to begin his spiritual practice.
Ji Shuxuan and his wife are both cultivators, so the probability of their children having spiritual roots is quite high, although the quality of those spiritual roots is not very good.
"Uncle Li, may your immortality last forever!" Ji Shuxuan and his wife congratulated him with smiles.
"Grandpa Li, may you live a long and healthy life!" The three children followed their parents and quickly bowed to offer their congratulations.
Li Ping smiled and nodded: "Alright, everyone, sit down."
Ji Shuxuan is seventy-two years old this year. Although he is a cultivator, his original essence was damaged after his injury, and he aged very quickly. Now his body is slightly hunched, and he looks like an old man in his seventies.
Li Ping, however, remains youthful, still looking like he's in his early twenties.
His respectful bow to Li Ping seemed rather strange, but it was a common occurrence in the cultivation world.
Some ancient monsters who have lived for hundreds of years and have reached the Core Formation stage may still look like children.
After ignoring Ji Shuxuan and his wife, Li Ping's gaze fell on the three children, a slight smile appearing at the corner of his eye.
Then, he took out some fine pills from his storage bag and gave them to Ji Shuxuan's three children.
Seeing that Ji Shuxuan didn't object, the three children happily accepted the pills, shouting, "Thank you, Grandpa Li!"
This made Li Ping burst into laughter.
During the banquet, Li Ping inquired about Xu Guike's whereabouts once again.
However, Ji Shuxuan informed him that Senior Xu and Senior Lin had not yet returned.
The two went to the icy sea to hunt demons. Ji Shuxuan had not heard from them for more than ten years, and Li Ping could sense a hint of worry in his words.
However, the icy sea is vast and boundless, and it would be quite normal for the two of them to stay there for more than ten years without any harvest.
Therefore, aside from some slight worry, Ji Shuxuan and Ayun didn't have any other strong emotions towards Xu and Lin.
Li Ping smiled but remained silent.
……
After the memorial banquet ended, Li Ping and Xiao Yunzhi returned to their cave.
Xiao Yunzhi suddenly spoke softly, "Brother Li, I think that living a simple life like Ji Shuxuan and his wife, raising children, seems pretty good. I'm even a little envious of them."
Li Ping bluntly retorted, "If you don't achieve Core Formation, once your lifespan is exhausted, all that will be left is a pile of bones. How can that be considered good?"
Xiao Yunzhi: "..."
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