txolops Chapter 257 Secluded Cultivation to Form the Core
Chapter 257 Secluded Cultivation to Form the Core
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Lu Chang'an's arrival made Li Ping somewhat uneasy.
Fortunately, not long after, it was clear that Xiao Yunzhi showed no signs of returning.
Lu Chang'an did not linger in Feixue City any longer, but instead went to other major cities to investigate.
Snowflake City returned to tranquility, and Li Ping couldn't help but breathe a slight sigh of relief.
After Lu Chang'an left, Shi Yutong arrived with generous gifts, explaining that she was there to help Senior Lu find out the truth and restore peace to the far north.
It was not intentional to reveal Senior Xiao's information.
Li Ping accepted the gift with a smile, saying he didn't mind, but he had already made up his mind.
After he forms his core, he will leave Flying Snow City and will have no further connection with the Flying Snow Sect or Shi Yutong.
Two years later.
Li Ping learned from Shi Yutong that Lu Chang'an had left the far north and returned to the Great Zhou.
His investigation revealed that there were no direct signs of a Nascent Soul cultivator's intervention near Silvermoon City. Perhaps the Nascent Soul cultivator's driving away of the Barbarian Bone Tribe indirectly led to the destruction of Silvermoon City.
Before the destruction of Silvermoon City, the ice dragon in the icy sea happened to stir up a beast tide, causing chaos in the far north. It can be said that the beast tide in the icy sea was directly related to the destruction of Silvermoon City.
Therefore, Lu Chang'an believed that the mysterious Nascent Soul cultivator was a fourth-order Ice Dragon.
As for why it unleashed a beast tide and destroyed Silvermoon City, that remains a mystery.
Perhaps we will only know the truth when it is beheaded.
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After watching Shi Yutong leave, Li Ping took out the Jiezi World where Gaoji Daoist was hiding from his storage bag.
He asked with a smile, "Senior Gaoji, you were there that day. Even the third-tier puppet was destroyed. You should have seen clearly who made the move, right?"
The intelligence of a fourth-tier great demon surpasses that of most humans.
Thousands of years ago, it displayed its power for a time, but was beaten half to death by a great cultivator of the Great Zhou Dynasty. It is now unknown whether its injuries have healed.
Li Ping didn't think it would be foolish enough to leave the Ice Sea again just to destroy a human race's main city. What would it gain from that?
Surely he couldn't be just bored?
Although there is no concrete evidence, Li Ping speculates that the beast tide and the destruction of Silvermoon City may be related to Gaoji Daoist.
In any event, the person who benefits the most is always the most suspicious.
The destruction of Silvermoon City appears to have benefited the other seven main cities the most, especially the Buyun Sect.
But actually?
The destruction of Silvermoon City may cause the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Great Zhou to once again turn their attention to the far north, and the great cultivators may personally take action against the Ice Dragon!
This is the biggest impact of this incident.
Who hates the Ice Dragon the most, and who most wants to kill it?
The answer is none other than Gaoji Daoist, a cultivator from the Tianqiao Sect who has lived for over a thousand years in a remnant soul form!
While speculating, Li Ping still had some doubts about the matter.
After all, two Core Formation cultivators died in Silvermoon City. Even if Gaoji Daoist possessed a puppet at the late Core Formation stage, it would be impossible for him to kill two Core Formation cultivators silently.
Furthermore, Gaoji Daoist did not flee the scene afterward, but hid in the same spot to avoid the Nascent Soul cultivator he mentioned.
However, the claim that a Nascent Soul cultivator secretly intervened, which also came from Gaoji Daoist, is also questionable in its veracity.
When Li Ping asked him, Gaoji Daoist remained silent.
He knew that Li Ping was not as easily fooled as Xiao Yunzhi, and if Li Ping found out that he was talking nonsense, it would definitely affect their future cooperation.
But should we tell the truth?
After learning that the Great Zhou Immortal Alliance had sent Lu Chang'an to investigate, Gaoji Daoist knew that the dwarf demonic cultivator had not lied to him, but had indeed promoted the matter of dealing with the Ice Dragon within the Immortal Alliance.
The Immortal Alliance might be able to kill the Ice Dragon!
If he reveals the truth, will the Immortal Alliance still go all out to deal with the Ice Dragon?
After a moment's thought, Gaoji Daoist concluded that Li Ping's trust was more important.
Of course, the main reason was that he believed it would be difficult for the Immortal Alliance to kill the Ice Dragon.
He slowly began to speak: "To be honest, Fellow Daoist Li, I did see the appearance of the person who made the move that day. In fact, the reason why my third-grade high-level puppet was destroyed was because I used it as bait to lure out the person behind it all."
Li Ping nodded, waiting for Gaoji Daoist to continue.
"If I'm not mistaken, the one who made the move should be a Nascent Soul demonic cultivator from the Great Zhou Dynasty. His purpose in destroying Silvermoon City is the souls of the nearly ten million mortals and numerous cultivators within its walls." Gaoji Daoist's voice grew heavy as he continued, "He intends to use these human souls to repair a magical artifact!"
Upon hearing this, Li Ping fell silent, realizing that Gaoji Daoist was not lying.
What silenced him was the truth of the matter, the truth behind it: the Nascent Soul demonic cultivator's collection of millions of living souls to refine treasures was even more shocking than the Ice Dragon's massacre of the city.
"call."
Li Ping couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Gaoji Daoist revealed the contents of the deal: "Afterwards, I made a deal with him. I would cover up this matter for him, and he would pin the blame on the Ice Dragon within the Immortal Alliance and push the Immortal Alliance to kill the Ice Dragon."
"Fellow Daoist Li, this is all I know. As for the specific identity of that Nascent Soul demonic cultivator, that is beyond my knowledge."
Li Ping slowly spoke: "This matter came from the mouth of a senior, but entered the ears of a junior."
Although the demonic cultivator's inhuman cruelty shocked Li Ping, he still chose to keep the matter hidden for the time being.
The human race in the far north has always been threatened by the ice dragon in the icy sea.
If the Immortal Alliance can come up with a way to completely kill the Ice Dragon, it will be a great relief to humanity.
It can be said that making Bingjiao take the blame for this matter is entirely beneficial.
As for the grievances of nearly ten million people, Li Ping doesn't have any good solutions for the time being.
How could a Foundation Establishment cultivator dare to report a Nascent Soul cultivator?
Unless he's practically insane, a Nascent Soul cultivator could crush him with a single finger.
Perhaps in the future, when he has also cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage, he will report this matter to the Immortal Alliance, so that the Immortal Alliance can clean house and clear the names of those nearly ten million people.
Upon hearing Li Ping's words, Daoist Gaoji slowly spoke: "Fellow Daoist Li's approach is very wise."
……
Before we knew it, another three years had passed.
Li Ping stood in the courtyard feeding two spirit beasts, his eyes thoughtful.
Xiao Yunzhi has been gone for more than ten years and has not returned. Li Ping guesses that she must have returned to the Western Wilderness.
"Perhaps it won't be long before I return to the Western Wilderness." Feeling the almost overflowing liquid mana in his dantian, Li Ping couldn't help but smile.
Over the years, with the aid of the Jade of the Spirit Eye, his cultivation has progressed steadily.
Li Ping estimated that he might be able to reach the Pseudo-Core stage at the peak of Foundation Establishment in a few years, and then go into seclusion to break through to Core Formation.
"However, I have only cultivated the 'Myriad Spirits Divine Technique' to the third level." Thinking of this, Li Ping couldn't help but show a somewhat depressed expression.
The third level of the "Myriad Spirits Divine Technique" can increase a cultivator's spiritual sense by another 60% on top of its original level.
Li Ping's spiritual sense was already about 50% stronger than that of other cultivators of the same level. Now, with an additional 60% increase, he is practically no weaker than a Core Formation cultivator.
However, Li Ping was a perfectionist, and he hoped to cultivate the "Myriad Spirits Divine Technique" to the fifth level before forming his core.
In this way, when he attempts to break through to the Golden Core stage, his terrifying divine sense will be enough to increase his chances of success by several times, allowing him to achieve the Golden Core stage in one go.
But soon, Li Ping chuckled and shook his head: "There's no need for this kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder."
As far as Li Ping knew, there were only two outcomes for cultivators when they formed their Golden Core: success or failure.
There is no distinction between illusory elixir and true elixir, and the formed golden elixir has no distinction of grade.
Therefore, for him who cultivates the "Zeshui Nourishing Life Technique", if he fails to form the Golden Core the first time, he can try again and again. In any case, as long as he succeeds, the power of the Golden Core will be the same.
"Let's try our best." Li Ping made his decision: "If I can cultivate the 'Myriad Spirits Divine Art' to the fifth level before my magical power reaches its peak, then I will attempt to break through to the Core Formation stage at my strongest. If it's too late, there's no need to force it."
After feeding the two spirit beasts, Li Ping went into the pavilion, released Gaoji Daoist's seal, and chatted with him.
Gaoji Daoist has lived for over a thousand years, and his knowledge is as extensive as that of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Li Ping benefited greatly from his conversations with him.
Over the years of his cultivation, he has killed many powerful enemies, and his storage bag has accumulated a lot of spoils of war whose origins he does not recognize.
These spoils of war were all exposed during Gaoji Daoren's inspection.
However, to Li Ping's disappointment, most of the spoils he couldn't recognize were just ordinary spiritual items with little value.
There was one particular spiritual object that even Daoist Gaoji was unsure about.
"Even you seniors can't recognize what this is?" Li Ping was somewhat disappointed.
In his hands he held a palm-sized, blue-green bottle, which contained about half a bottle of pale golden liquid, radiating a vibrant spiritual energy.
Judging from the concentration of spiritual energy it emitted, Li Ping could tell that this pale golden liquid should be a third-order spiritual liquid.
The cyan jade bottle was discovered by Li Ping in a secret cave in the Western Wilderness, along with a purple qi fruit.
However, the Purple Qi Fruit has now been transformed into three Qi Condensation Pills in his storage bag.
As for the pale golden spiritual liquid, he searched through numerous materials but still couldn't figure out what it was. Even the ancient Daoist Gaoji couldn't identify its origin.
"I have been confined to the far north for many years, and my knowledge is ultimately limited," Gaoji Daoist said slowly. "When you go to the Great Zhou in the future, Fellow Daoist Li, you will surely know what kind of spiritual liquid this is."
Li Ping nodded and put the spiritual liquid and the cleansing bottle into his storage bag.
The Great Zhou Dynasty is the true holy land for cultivating immortality in this world, with numerous masters and countless rare and precious materials.
It was easy for cultivators of the Great Zhou Dynasty to identify a mere third-tier spiritual liquid.
After locking Gaoji Daoist in a small dark room, Li Ping got up and returned to his training room to continue his cultivation.
Five years passed in the blink of an eye during his ascetic practice.
Inside the training room, Li Ping opened his eyes, a smile unconsciously appearing in them.
Five years passed in the blink of an eye during his ascetic practice.
Inside the training room, Li Ping opened his eyes, a smile unconsciously appearing in them.
After five years of arduous cultivation, the magical power within his dantian was completely overflowing, and the invisible spiritual pressure emanating from his body almost reached the limit of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Li Ping's gaze sharpened: "One hundred and thirty years have passed, and you've finally reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. You can now prepare to break through to the Core Formation stage!"