Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 226 Using Backdoors

He received a promise from Shi Yutong regarding the matter of the Core Formation Spiritual Ground.

Li Ping returned to his cave satisfied and continued his arduous cultivation.

However, according to his agreement with Shi Yutong, he would also occasionally leave seclusion to refine pills for the Feixue Sect.

With the help of the Tree of Inheritance, Li Ping's success rate in refining pills was originally 100%.

However, to avoid being too sensational, he would occasionally withhold some spiritual herbs, and would use the excuse of "failed alchemy" to deal with people sent by Shi Yutong.

Because of their already good relationship, Shi Yutong placed her full trust in him.

When Li Ping was refining pills, the people she sent would not enter the alchemy room to watch, but would obediently wait in the courtyard until Li Ping finished refining the pills, and then leave with the pills.

Of course, even with some rare herbs withheld, Li Ping's success rate in alchemy was still much higher than that of other alchemists.

That's why no one doubts him.

In fact, Li Ping's decision to withhold the elixir was not arbitrary.

Decades ago, in that secret cave in the Western Wilderness, Li Ping obtained the relics left behind by his predecessors.

One of them is a Purple Qi Fruit.

Using the Purple Qi Fruit as the main ingredient, along with hundreds of other spiritual herbs, one can refine the precious spiritual medicine "Condensing Yuan Pill" to aid in the breakthrough to Core Formation.

The Condensing Essence Pill is of the third rank, which can increase the probability of forming a Core by 15%.

Li Ping will definitely refine this pill before he forms his own core.

With his exceptional talent, he learned how to refine the Condensing Essence Pill at a very young age.

The main ingredients have already been obtained; what's missing now are the hundreds of auxiliary medicinal herbs.

While refining pills for the Flying Snow Sect, Li Ping could take the opportunity to gradually accumulate wealth.

At the same time, he would occasionally go to shops in the city to buy the necessary elixirs.

This is mainly to avoid attracting attention.

The value of a Core Formation Spiritual Object is beyond imagination, and he doesn't want to cause trouble because of the Condensation Pill.

While embezzling the spiritual herbs from the Flying Snow Sect for his own benefit, he would occasionally stroll around the shops in the city and inadvertently buy the spiritual herbs he needed.

This method is a bit slow, but it's very safe.

Anyway, it will take Li Ping several decades to reach the peak of Foundation Establishment, so he has plenty of time to collect the necessary spiritual herbs and refine them into Condensing Essence Pills.

Since practicing the extraordinary skill "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue", Li Ping's personality has been unconsciously influenced by the skill.

The highest virtue is like water, which flows gently and steadily without haste.

In everything you do, there's no need to rush into things or argue endlessly.

He wouldn't lose sleep over ways to retaliate against those who had offended him and whom he was powerless to do anything about for the time being.

Instead, they went with the flow, sitting quietly on the riverbank, patiently waiting for the enemy's corpses to float down from upstream.

……

In the monotonous life of spiritual practice, a year passed by unknowingly.

The year was drawing to a close, and Xiao Yunzhi had not yet made any progress in her attempt to break through to the Core Formation stage. Li Ping guessed that she was still refining her condition to ensure that the Core Formation would be successful without any mistakes.

The New Year has just passed.

Ji Shuxuan came to deliver the puppet materials that Li Ping had collected.

He is already seventy-six years old this year. Although cultivators have magical powers to protect their bodies, their lifespan is far longer than that of ordinary people.

However, when Ji Shuxuan was in the Yan Kingdom, he was injured, captured by the Turks, and sold into slavery. During this time, he was tortured by the Turks, which damaged his vital essence, making it difficult to cure.

Therefore, he appeared to be aging faster than a normal Qi Refining cultivator.

His hair was almost completely white, and the skin on his neck was drooping slightly, revealing signs of aging.

Upon seeing this, Li Ping couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Given Ji Shuxuan's current condition, he probably wouldn't live past the age of a normal Qi Refining cultivator. In fact, Li Ping thought it was hard to say whether he could even live past a hundred.

If Li Ping were willing to help him replenish his vital essence with the power of the Nourishing Life Technique, he might be able to live for another twenty years.

However, Li Ping did not want to reveal the special power of the health preservation technique.

If Ji Shuxuan were a mortal like his third senior brother, Li Ping wouldn't mind taking action, but Ji Shuxuan is a cultivator and might be able to sense something.

He silently made a decision in his heart: "Wait until I form my core. If you are still alive after I form my core, I will help you replenish the loss of your essence."

Once he reaches the Core Formation stage, he will no longer worry about others coveting his power and can boldly display his resurrection abilities.

If Ji Shuxuan were to die before he reached the Core Formation stage, then it would only be due to his bad luck.

"By the way, Shuxuan, wasn't your third son planning to join the Flying Snow Sect? Did it go smoothly?" Li Ping suddenly asked with a smile as Ji Shuxuan hunched over to take his leave.

Ji Shuxuan has three children, all of whom have spiritual roots, but the spiritual roots of the first two children are quite ordinary.

Only the third son possesses three spiritual roots, and his aptitude is quite good.

A year ago, Ji Shuxuan told Li Ping that he planned to have his third son join the Flying Snow Sect for cultivation.

Now that the Flying Snow Sect's triennial disciple recruitment ceremony has passed, Li Ping saw Ji Shuxuan arrive and the matter came to mind.

To Li Ping's surprise, Ji Shuxuan shook his head with a wry smile upon hearing his question: "The threshold for recruiting disciples this time is quite high, and Nianyun was rejected."

"Oh?" Li Ping was somewhat surprised.

He only learned the truth after asking around.

Originally, as long as one possessed the aptitude of three spiritual roots, one could successfully join the Flying Snow Sect.

However, this time the Flying Snow Sect has changed its method of recruiting disciples, not only testing their spiritual root aptitude but also their mental state.

As a result, Ji Nianyun scored very low in the mental state test. Although his aptitude score was decent, the two scores combined still led to his elimination by the Flying Snow Sect.

At this point, Ji Shuxuan felt quite guilty.

He believes that if he hadn't spoiled his child too much, but instead allowed him to experience more of life, he might have been able to pass the entrance exam and join the sect.

Li Ping knew that things were not as he had described.

Tell me, which parent in the world doesn't love and care for their children?

Even wild animals without intelligence have the saying, "Even a tiger won't eat its cubs."

Ji Shuxuan had a tragic experience of being enslaved. Because of his own terrible ordeal, he protected his child with utmost care, even to the point of spoiling him.

This is perfectly reasonable.

Li Ping shook his head, planning to bring up the matter when he met Shi Yutong.

Let's see if Shi Yutong will make an exception and accept Ji Nianyun into the Flying Snow Sect, out of consideration for him.

However, he did not rush to explain this to Ji Shuxuan.

He believed that, given his connections, it wouldn't be a problem for Ji Nianyun to gain entry into the Flying Snow Sect through back channels.

But there's always a chance of something going wrong. I'll talk to Ji Shuxuan now, in case things don't work out.

Not only did Ji Shuxuan get his hopes up for nothing, but he also lost face.

So let's wait until things are settled before making any decisions.

……

Not long after, Shi Yutong came to visit Li Ping.

She gathered enough materials for another batch of Sweet Dew Pills and specially asked Li Ping to refine them into pills.

Li Ping would naturally not refuse to refine a second-grade high-quality pill, as it allows him to absorb the innate energy within the pill.

When the pills were finished and delivered to Shi Yutong.

Li Ping also casually mentioned Ji Nianyun's matter and directly asked Shi Yutong if she could accept Ji Nianyun into the Feixue Sect for his sake.

Shi Yutong had been deliberately trying to get along with Li Ping, and now that she heard Li Ping speak, she was pleased.

It was just one more Qi Refining disciple, and she agreed without the slightest hesitation.

Furthermore, she stated directly that the Flying Snow Sect has inner and outer disciples. Generally, only those with two or more spiritual roots are qualified to become inner disciples, while those with three spiritual roots are only outer disciples even if they are accepted into the Flying Snow Sect.

Now that Brother Li has spoken, she will not only make an exception to admit Ji Nianyun, but will also directly give him the status of an inner disciple.

With Shi Yutong's explanation, Li Ping understood the difference between inner and outer disciples of the Flying Snow Sect.

Inner disciples don't usually need to perform many sect tasks; they only need to focus on cultivation. Furthermore, inner disciples who reach the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining can apply to the sect for a free Foundation Establishment Pill to attempt their Foundation Establishment attempt.

After listening, Li Ping smiled and nodded; he was very satisfied with Shi Yutong's arrangement.

……

Several days later, Ji Shuxuan was busy in the shop.

Suddenly, a steward from the Flying Snow Sect came to his door and immediately offered his congratulations.

Ji Shuxuan was puzzled.

The steward then told him with a smile that Ji Nianyun had been accepted into the Flying Snow Sect and was even an inner disciple.

He came here to inform Ji Shuxuan of this matter and to remind Ji Shuxuan to send the child to the sect to report in time.

Even after he finished speaking, Ji Shuxuan was still completely bewildered.

After confirming that the other party had not gone to the wrong place and that the admission of Ji Nianyun was indeed true, Ji Shuxuan's mind was immediately filled with great joy.

I originally thought that Ji Nianyun would not be able to join a sect and would have to become a rogue cultivator like him.

But suddenly things took a dramatic turn, and Ji Nianyun was not only accepted but also became an inner disciple of the Flying Snow Sect.

How could this not fill him with immense joy?

However, despite his surprise, he also understood that such a large discrepancy between the initial and final results couldn't be as simple as the Flying Snow Sect making a mistake; there must be a reason behind it.

Thinking of this, he quickly took out three spirit stones as a thank-you gift and inquired with the deacon of the Flying Snow Sect.

But this steward was just following the sect leader's orders; how could he know anything inside information?

Before he came, he thought that the Ji family had pulled strings with the sect leader.

In the end, Ji Shuxuan got nothing from him.

After seeing the steward off, Ji Shuxuan sat in the shop, lost in thought: "The sect leader personally gave the order. Strange, why would she help me?"

The identity of the Flying Snow Sect Leader was too far removed from him. Ji Shuxuan was certain that he did not know her and had no relationship with her whatsoever.

"Could it be Uncle Li?"

After carefully reflecting on his experiences over the past few days, Ji Shuxuan quickly recalled that when he went to deliver spiritual materials to Uncle Li not long ago, Uncle Li had inquired about Nianyun.

"Senior Xu and Senior Lin are in seclusion and have no idea about Nianyun's matter. The only one who is connected to me and has the ability to intervene is Uncle Li. Uncle Li is kind and gentle and likes to take care of the younger generation. It must be him who stepped forward to ask the sect leader of Feixue Sect for help."

Ji Shuxuan was basically certain of his guess.

When he and Yan Hengchuan were in Fenglan Immortal City, they received a lot of care from Uncle Li.

Now, Uncle Li is once again going to great lengths to help his child.

Thinking of this, Ji Shuxuan's eyes were filled with gratitude.

Uncle Li really helped him a lot this time, and directly changed Nianyun's fate.

Of course he didn't know.

For Ji Nianyun, the opportunity to change her fate was just a casual remark from Li Ping.