Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 244 Returning to the Cave and Demolishing the House

The celestial phenomenon of Core Formation dissipated upon sight.

Li Ping smiled and nodded, then turned and left.

Although Xiao Yunzhi had already achieved the Golden Core stage, she could not immediately emerge from seclusion and would have to continue her seclusion for a period of time to consolidate her realm.

It can take anywhere from a year or more to just a few months.

During this time, Li Ping couldn't see her at all, so there was naturally no need for him to stay here.

Return to the main hall.

Along the way, all the Flying Snow Sect cultivators who saw Li Ping bowed and paid their respects, their attitude even more respectful than before.

After all, Li Ping is not only a high-level alchemist himself, but his sister is also a newly promoted Core Formation True Person.

As Master Xiao's elder brother, Master Li's status also rose accordingly.

Upon realizing this, Li Ping's expression became slightly strange.

How did he suddenly become a gigolo?

……

Back in the main hall where he was temporarily staying, Mei Hao happened to bring him a batch of spiritual herbs to refine into pills.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Li!" As soon as he entered the hall, Mei Hao said cheerfully, "Master Xiao has achieved the Great Perfection of Golden Core. Fellow Daoist Li, you will be very fortunate in the future."

While offering his congratulations, Li Ping could see the envy in his eyes.

Li Ping could understand Mei Hao's feelings at this moment. It was just like when a close relative suddenly became successful on Earth in his previous life, it was normal to attract envious glances from others.

He has a sister who is a Core Formation Realm cultivator. Whether she is his biological sister or his god-sister, in the eyes of others, he will enjoy a great deal of benefits.

These benefits include both visible and invisible ones.

"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Mei is joking." Li Ping smiled and shook his head, not going into further discussion on the topic.

Seeing that Li Ping was unwilling to talk more, Mei Hao assumed that he was just being modest and smiled, skipping the topic and instead talking about the progress of the restoration of Changpingfang.

Prior to this, Li Ping had expressed concern about the matter and suggested that they move back to Changpingfang as soon as possible.

The Flying Snow Sect took his request very seriously.

He explained, "The cave dwelling that Fellow Daoist Li rented was destroyed in the great chaos before the New Year, but our sect has already rebuilt it. It will be restored to its original state once the array master sets up the array. Moreover, the sect leader promised that as long as Fellow Daoist Li is still in Flying Snow City, he can stay in this cave dwelling for free."

Upon hearing this, Li Ping nodded in satisfaction: "That's good. In that case, I must thank Sect Leader Shi for his kindness."

The rent for a cave dwelling was nothing to him.

However, Shi Yutong's attitude pleased him greatly, and he had to admit that she was very straightforward in her dealings with people.

After chatting for a while, Mei Hao left the elixir and took the finished pill.

Li Ping patiently started the furnace to refine pills.

Before we knew it, a month had passed.

Xiao Yunzhi has not yet emerged from seclusion, but the formation of the Changpingfang cave has already been repaired.

Upon receiving the notification, Li Ping disregarded Shi Yutong's repeated attempts to persuade him to stay and immediately returned to his residence in Changpingfang Cave.

Standing in front of the brand-new cave dwelling, Li Ping glanced once more at the cave dwelling a hundred feet away, a sigh lingering in his eyes.

Actually, having a pair of beautiful snowman twin girls as neighbors is quite nice; when you're tired from your cultivation, you can feast your eyes on them.

Unfortunately, they were vicious and treacherous, and wanted to plot against Li Ping. Li Ping had no choice but to personally send them to reincarnation.

"If we were moving faster, it would probably be in its mother's womb by now!"

Shaking his head, Li Ping activated the cave's array and entered the cave.

After closing the magic array and verifying that everything was in order, Li Ping finally felt a little relieved.

Cultivating within the Flying Snow Sect allows one to enjoy the benefits of a third-tier spiritual vein, far surpassing the advantages of the cave dwellings in Changpingfang.

But there, you're always under Qianxue Zhenren's watchful eye, with no privacy, making it inconvenient to do many things.

In terms of personal privacy, this cave dwelling is actually superior to the one inside the Flying Snow Sect.

With a pat on his waist, he sent out two spirit beast pouches, one of which, the Wildfire Sparrow and the other the Earth Spirit Rat, each transformed into a streak of light.

The earth spirit rat lay obediently on the ground, its little eyes darting around, while the wildfire sparrow excitedly circled around Li Ping, occasionally letting out a low chirping sound.

While inside the Flying Snow Sect, Li Ping couldn't let it out to roam freely, which made it feel stifled.

As for the Earth Spirit Rat, its origins are related to the Seven Immortals of the North Pole. Li Ping did not want outsiders to know that the Seven Immortals of the North Pole and that unfamiliar late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator died at his hands, so he had always kept it hidden in his spirit beast bag.

Li Ping took out a bottle of second-tier beast-feeding pills from his storage bag and began feeding the two spirit beasts.

"One for you, one for him..."

Li Ping flicked two Beast Feeding Pills at his two spirit beasts, but the Wildfire Sparrow objected.

"Chirp~"

After swallowing the Beast-Feeding Pill that Li Ping had fed it, it let out a low growl and transformed into a line of fire, directly intercepting the Beast-Feeding Pill from the Earth Spirit Rat.

It’s over.

It kept circling above the earth spirit beast's head, making a show of pouncing and attacking.

It seemed to be saying, "Master, I'm enough for you. What are you, you little brat!"

The Earth Spirit Rat was only at the early stage of the second tier. Its bloodline was inferior to that of the Wildfire Sparrow, and it was not good at fighting. Faced with the Wildfire Sparrow's provocation, it only dared to bury its head in the ground and trembled.

Upon seeing this, the Wildfire Sparrow's calls grew even louder, and it flapped its tail feathers with extreme pride.

"Alright." Li Ping said speechlessly, and called the Wildfire Sparrow back.

Feed it the entire bottle of animal feed pills and then command it to find a place to rest.

He then took out another bottle of second-tier beast-feeding pills to feed the earth spirit rats. The earth spirit rats were a kind of spirit beast with great intelligence. After eating the second-tier beast-feeding pills, they felt the great benefits that the pills brought to them.

"Squeak~"

The little earthworm's eyes darted around excitedly as it circled Li Ping. Then it lay down in front of Li Ping, repeatedly kowtowing and bowing, as if to say, "Great master, I am so happy! I will follow you for the rest of my life."

Seeing its appearance, Li Ping couldn't help but smile.

The Earth Spirit Rat is an extremely rare type of demonic beast, possessing the special ability to find rare and precious materials. He definitely wants to take it as his own spirit beast.

Anyway, he's all alone, so he doesn't need to worry about inheriting any spirit beasts.

Previously, it was inconvenient to do this within the Flying Snow Sect, but now that he has returned to his own cave, Li Ping is eager to subdue this strange beast.

He took out the spirit beast token and used it to command the earth spirit rat in front of him not to resist.

He then placed several restrictions on the earth spirit rat to ensure it could not escape his control before snapping his hand, and with a crackling burst of lightning, completely destroyed the spirit beast token.

From then on, the earth spirit beast was under his personal control.

"Squeak~"

The earth spirit rat lay down in front of Li Ping, its small eyes looking at him with a pitiful expression.

Li Ping sensed the effects of the various restrictions on its body, a smile appearing on his face. He then fed the Earth Spirit Rat a whole bottle of second-tier Beast Feeding Pills, ordering it to find a place in the courtyard to refine the medicinal power.

At the same time, he also instructed the two beasts not to fight each other.

After doing all this, he returned to the training room, retrieved the Spirit Eye Jade, and prepared to go into seclusion for cultivation.

"Oh, right." Li Ping quickly thought of something else.

The Earth Spirit Rat could sense the treasures in his storage bag, so there was no guarantee that other strange beasts in the world might possess similar abilities, and he had to be on guard.

Thinking of this, he went out of the room and into the courtyard, where he summoned the earth spirit rat, who had eaten too much, and questioned it carefully.

After asking around, he finally understood that the reason why the Earth Spirit Rat could discover all kinds of rare and precious materials, and even treasures placed in storage bags could not escape its senses, was because its nose was very special and could smell the treasures.

"The treasure has a smell?" Li Ping was greatly surprised.

After thinking for a moment, he took out a sachet from the Bai sisters' storage bag and hung it on his waist, letting the earth spirit beast sense it again.

Sure enough, the scent emanating from the sachet mixed in with the food, making the Earth Spirit Rat's senses much less sensitive.

Li Ping then hung two more sachets around his waist: "How about this?"

"Squeak~"

The earth spirit rat let out an anxious low growl, its soul conveying the message that it could no longer smell the treasure on Li Ping's body.

Li Ping nodded in satisfaction.

That's it.

It must be said that female cultivators do have their merits.

Putting aside his worries, he returned to the training room and devoted himself to rigorous training.

……

But a few days later, he had to stop his practice and leave seclusion.

Because the two spirit beasts, the Wildfire Sparrow and the Earth Spirit Rat, started fighting in the courtyard.

The Wildfire Sparrow has a powerful bloodline, making it far stronger than the Earth Spirit Rat. However, the Earth Spirit Rat possesses a kind of earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magical ability), so if it can't defeat the Sparrow, it will burrow into the ground.

Seeing it burrow into the soil, the wildfirebird landed on the ground and dug deep pits with its sharp claws, making a mess of the yard.

"Come here, all of you!"

Upon seeing the state of the courtyard, Li Ping coldly shouted.

Upon seeing their master's anger, both spirit beasts obediently landed in front of Li Ping.

"You're all out of beast-feeding pills for next month!" Li Ping said sternly. "No fighting allowed from now on. If you fight again, you won't get any more beast-feeding pills, do you hear me!"

"Chirp~"

When the Wildfire Sparrow heard that there were no pills to eat, it became anxious and kept chirping softly, trying to persuade Li Ping to retract his decision.

However, Li Ping's attitude was firm: "If you keep asking, there won't be any left for next month either!"

"Coo coo".

Seeing that Li Ping had made up his mind, the Wildfire Sparrow chirped twice and decisively admitted defeat, no longer arguing. Then it spread its wings and flew to a nearby low tree to rest with its eyes closed.

The Earth Spirit Rat is different.

"Squeak squeak squeak~"

It kept gesturing with its two front paws and making rapid hissing sounds, seemingly extremely dissatisfied with Li Ping's decision.

Li Ping said irritably, "You guys fought and made such a mess of the courtyard. I'm cutting off your beast-feeding pills for a month. You dare to complain?"

Upon hearing this, the Earth Spirit Rat became anxious.

Its two front paws are raised in front of its body and swing from side to side in a very human-like manner.

At the same time, the meaning it wanted to express was also conveyed to Li Ping through its consciousness: "Master, the mouse is not convinced. The mouse is not fighting with the firebird. The mouse is being chased and beaten by the firebird."

The earth spirit rat was chased and beaten by the firebird, and its owner, without even asking what happened, wanted to punish both it and the firebird at the same time. The earth spirit rat felt very wronged.

Li Ping suddenly realized what was going on, but when he looked at the Wildfire Sparrow again, he saw that it was already standing on a branch, asleep with its eyes closed.

I don't know if she was really asleep or just pretending.

Li Ping: "..."