Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 222 Core Formation Spiritual Ground

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After Li Ping selected the necessary spiritual materials...

Immediately, Xu Guike took out the corresponding materials from the storage bag according to his needs.

But when Li Ping tried to take out spirit stones to pay the fee, Xu Guike waved his hand to stop him.

"If it weren't for the high-grade spirit talisman that Fellow Daoist Li gave me, I might have died in Yan Kingdom long ago. These spirit materials are my way of repaying Fellow Daoist Li's kindness, but there's no need for spirit stones." Xu Guike smiled and shook his head.

Seeing that Li Ping hesitated, he spoke again: "How can mere spiritual materials compare to Fellow Daoist Li's life-saving grace? Fellow Daoist Li, please say no more."

"Then I shall respectfully accept your offer." Seeing his firm attitude, Li Ping did not force him to give him spirit stones. Instead, he smiled and readily put all the spirit materials into his storage bag.

The two chatted for a while about their experiences in the icy sea before Xu Guike took his leave.

Just as he stood up, Li Ping smiled and took out a stack of mid-grade second-tier spirit talismans from his storage bag: "These spirit talismans were drawn by me when I was bored. Please accept them, Fellow Daoist Xu."

Xu Guike was a straightforward and unpretentious person. Hearing Li Ping's words, he was only slightly taken aback before smiling and saying, "Then I, Xu, will not stand on ceremony."

After saying that, he reached out and picked up a stack of talismans from the table, putting them into his storage bag.

Now that there seems to be a monster uprising in the Ice Sea, he may have to go through many more battles, so naturally, the more talismans and other supplies he has, the better.

He would accept the talisman now, and at worst, he could send more materials to Fellow Daoist Li in the future.

In fact, he had a vague idea about his relationship with fellow Daoist Li Ping.

If reincarnation truly exists, perhaps I had a very close relationship with Fellow Daoist Li Ping in my previous life.

……

After seeing Xu Guike and his companion off, Li Ping went into the city to gather information. He could clearly feel that the atmosphere in the city had become tense, and all the cultivators coming and going looked hurried.

Clearly, news of the large-scale landing of the icy sea monsters has already spread.

Flying Snow City is tens of thousands of miles away from the edge of the Ice Sea, and those monsters cannot reach it in a short time, but other main cities that are closer have probably already come into contact with the monster tide.

Or, cultivators like Xu Guike, who were already hunting demonic beasts outside, would certainly know about this.

Through word of mouth among the cultivators, most other cultivators and mortals with connections learned of the Ice Sea Monster's landing.

Unbeknownst to many, the prices of magical artifacts, talismans, and pills in Flying Snow City began to rise steadily, while the prices of various spiritual materials continued to fall. Clearly, some cultivators were selling off spiritual materials and hoarding supplies in preparation for the upcoming beast tide.

Li Ping didn't pay much attention to the prices of those supplies. Although he was a high-level craftsman and could do a lot at this time, he didn't lack spirit stones.

His main strategic priority is to form his core as soon as possible; there's no need to interrupt his cultivation pace for that.

However, cultivation requires a stable environment, so he hurriedly came to visit Shi Yutong to confirm whether the situation was stable.

If the matter of the Ice Sea Beast Tide involves that fourth-tier Ice Dragon, or even if that fourth-tier Ice Dragon has already appeared.

For safety reasons, he would consider leaving Snowflake City and retreating inland.

Since he already has the Jade of the Spiritual Eye, he doesn't need to worry about spiritual veins before attempting to form his core.

In the worst-case scenario, he wouldn't mind finding a remote desert, digging a deep cave to hide in, cultivating to the peak of Foundation Establishment, and then considering attempting to break through to the Core Formation stage.

Of course, his inner senses hadn't given him any warning yet, so the situation wasn't so dire that he needed to run away.

Arriving at the center of Flying Snow City, he took out the token that Shi Yutong had given him.

Li Ping was soon respectfully led by the guards to a grand hall made of ice and jade.

He pushed open the palace door, and before he even stepped inside, he heard Shi Yutong's sweet voice: "Did Brother Li come all this way to see Yutong? Yutong has been waiting for so long. Yutong thought Brother Li was ignoring her."

Li Ping ignored Shi Yutong's tea aroma, shook his head, and walked into the hall.

He immediately spotted the silver-haired, icy beauty sitting in the hall handling various administrative affairs, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Such a beautiful ice queen, how come she's so cold and unappealing?"

However, what he perceived as the aroma of tea might be seen as a kind and understanding younger sister by other cultivators.

Upon meeting, Li Ping immediately asked her about the Ice Sea Beast Tide.

Speaking of the beast tide, Shi Yutong frowned and shook her head, saying, "To be honest, Brother Li, I don't know why the beast tide broke out in the Ice Sea. Moreover, the intensity of the beast tide is quite high right now. I estimate that almost all the monsters in the Ice Sea have come ashore."

"Under the main city's jurisdiction, many first-tier spiritual land gathering points have already suffered damage. Perhaps soon, a large number of demonic beasts will also appear near Flying Snow City."

"Is it really that serious?" Li Ping asked, somewhat surprised.

Surprised, he then casually asked about his most pressing concern: "Did that fourth-tier ice dragon appear during this icy sea beast tide?"

If the fourth-tier ice dragon really appears, even if his spiritual sense hasn't given him a warning yet, he will run away without hesitation.

"A fourth-tier ice dragon?" Shi Yutong shook her head: "It hasn't shown itself yet, but third-tier demonic beasts have already landed. In fact, several third-tier demonic beasts acted together and destroyed a large barbarian tribe."

"That's good." Li Ping nodded slightly, relieved.

He wouldn't want to burrow underground and become a rat unless he had absolutely no other choice.

"By the way, Brother Li, regarding the complete 'Myriad Spirits Divine Technique' that you asked me to help you find last time, I recently received some news." As she spoke, Shi Yutong smiled slightly: "In Silvermoon City, someone once sold second-tier puppets, supposedly having obtained the inheritance of the Heavenly Skill Sect. Perhaps Brother Li can obtain the technique from that person."

There is a communication tool similar to the "Heavenly Mirror" between the eight major cities. It was carefully crafted by the master craftsmen of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even if they are hundreds of thousands of miles apart, they can still communicate with each other instantly.

It was through this method of contact that Shi Yutong learned the news from Silvermoon City.

Information about the Ice Sea Beast Tide is also shared among the eight major cities.

"Silvermoon City?"

Li Ping recalled the map of the far north in his mind and discovered that Silvermoon City was a main city built less than 10,000 miles from the Ice Sea, even closer to the Ice Sea than Snowflake City.

He couldn't help but frown. With the beast tide erupting now, the closer one got to the icy sea, the more dangerous it became.

Although he longed to obtain the complete version of the Divine Sense Secret Technique, he could not risk his life for a mere technique.

"Yes, Silvermoon City." Shi Yutong nodded with a smile. "However, it's quite dangerous outside the city during the beast tide. I suggest you don't rush to find cultivation techniques, Brother Li. You can wait until the beast tide recedes first."

Li Ping nodded slightly, deeply agreeing.

"By the way, Brother Li," Shi Yutong said softly, her eyes sparkling. "With this great battle about to begin, I've collected a batch of spiritual herbs for making healing and mana-restoring pills. Could you please help me refine these herbs into pills?"

"The reward will definitely not disappoint you, Brother Li. I'm begging you this time."

Refining pills was a way of contributing to the beast tide, and it wouldn't put him in any danger, so Li Ping had no reason to refuse.

As a human, if human cultivators could have a better chance of survival when facing the beast tide of the icy sea because of the pills he refined, then he would have done a good deed.

Thinking of this, he smiled and nodded: "Refining pills is of course no problem. I will finish refining the pills as soon as possible, and then Sect Leader Shi can send someone to collect them."

Upon hearing this, Shi Yutong smiled.

She had been worried that Li Ping would leave Flying Snow City for the sake of the cultivation technique, but now that Li Ping had readily agreed to the alchemy, she breathed a sigh of relief.

A high-level alchemist will be treated as an honored guest wherever he goes.

……

After returning to his cave with the spiritual herbs he had obtained from Shi Yutong, Li Ping immediately began refining pills.

The pills that Shi Yutong asked him to refine were mostly low-grade or mid-grade second-tier pills. With his alchemy skills, he could refine them with his eyes closed.

It didn't take him long to finish refining them all, and he handed the finished pills to the people sent by Shi Yutong to take back.

He also learned from the visitor that small groups of demonic beasts had begun to appear near Flying Snow City.

For safety reasons, the city's higher-ups have ordered all cultivators and mortals in the first and second-tier spiritual lands under their jurisdiction to retreat back to Flying Snow City.

With the assistance of large airships and storage bags, the evacuation went smoothly.

Of course, some personnel losses are unavoidable.

……

In the years that followed, monsters frequently appeared near Flying Snow City.

For demon hunters like Xu Guike, this saved them the trouble of traveling thousands of miles to the icy sea to hunt demons, thus increasing their gains considerably.

Moreover, because Flying Snow City serves as a logistical supply base, the danger of hunting demons is greatly reduced.

Because of this inexplicable beast tide that seemed to send people to their deaths, the price of monster materials in Flying Snow City dropped sharply. Li Ping took the opportunity to buy them up and stockpiled a lot of second-tier high-grade materials, intending to use them to refine puppets.

However, in addition to monster materials, other types of materials are also needed to craft puppets.

Therefore, during this period, Li Ping only crafted two puppets, bringing the total number of second-tier high-grade puppets he owned to five.

Unfortunately, due to the limitations of his cultivation technique, he could only control a maximum of three puppets at a time.

"No rush, no rush. Anyway, I'm not going out, so I'm perfectly safe. I'll wait until I form my Golden Core before worrying about anything else." Li Ping suppressed his desire for the complete version of the "Myriad Spirits Divine Technique" and focused on his cultivation.

Unbeknownst to them, three years had passed amidst the beast tide.

in the courtyard.

Li Ping was discussing something with Xiao Yunzhi.

After three years of arduous cultivation, Xiao Yunzhi has reached the peak of Foundation Establishment, the Pseudo-Core Realm, and is ready to attempt Core Formation.

She possesses a Heavenly Spiritual Root, faces no bottlenecks in Core Formation, and requires no aids for Core Formation.

However, the environment of a third-tier spiritual land is essential, as only a third-tier spiritual land can provide the massive spiritual energy required for breaking through to the Core Formation stage.

For Xiao Yunzhi, to use a third-tier spiritual land, she either had to go through the Flying Snow Sect or return to the Western Wilderness.

The two are discussing this very matter now.