Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 270 Core Formation Seed, Cleansing the Cold Pool

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Xiaomeishan.

The arrival of Li Ping and Yan Hengchuan immediately alerted Ji Shuchen.

After restraining the children from the three families, he hurried over, smiling and calling out, "Uncle Li, Hengchuan."

Ji Shuchen, Ji Shuxuan, and Yan Hengchuan are about the same age and received their early Taoist education from Master Ji at Xiaomei Mountain. They are childhood friends.

Although Ji Shuchen later stayed in Jiang Kingdom, Ji Shuxuan and Yan Hengchuan were sent to Fenglan Immortal City to receive Li Ping's instruction, and thus they parted ways.

But their friendship remained unchanged.

Therefore, after Yan Hengchuan returned to Jiang Kingdom after achieving Foundation Establishment, Yan Hengchuan and Ji Shuchen continued to visit each other frequently and still addressed each other as brothers. They did not change their address or become estranged because of the difference in their cultivation levels.

Li Ping looked at Ji Shuchen: "Keep those children in check and don't let them run around. I'll take Hengchuan into the underground spiritual vein later to clean up all the monsters in the cold pool."

Ji Shuchen was momentarily taken aback, but quickly his face lit up with joy: "Okay, Uncle Li!"

Uncle Li's words confirmed to him that his guess was correct; Uncle Li was indeed a Core Formation cultivator.

"By the way, you and Yokokawa, get ready." Li Ping nodded and then solemnly instructed, "Those monster materials should be used by the weapon refiners of your three families to make magical artifacts for your own use. Don't sell them."

There were two main reasons why he gave this instruction.

Firstly, the monsters in the underground cold pool are all quite special. If a large number of uncommon materials were to enter the market, it would be hard to say that they wouldn't attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.

If those people investigate carefully and discover the secret of the underground spiritual veins, it might cause trouble.

Secondly, these demon beast materials, especially second-tier demon beast materials, are considered high-end spiritual materials that can be used to refine exquisite magical artifacts.

It would be such a waste to just take the materials out and sell them.

If the family internally processes and refines these artifacts into magical weapons for their own use, it will not only greatly enhance the family's overall strength, but also improve the abilities of the family's weapon refiners.

With a bit of luck, we might be able to train a second-tier weapon refiner.

Of course, that's probably a long time from now.

However, since the three families currently only have two Foundation Establishment cultivators, there is no immediate need to refine a large number of second-tier magic weapons. Therefore, second-tier weapon refiners can be cultivated slowly and there is no rush.

Upon hearing Li Ping's instructions, Yan Hengchuan and Ji Shuchen quickly nodded in agreement.

In fact, even if Li Ping hadn't said anything, they wouldn't have taken the spiritual materials out to sell.

Having run their family business for over a century, although they are not as powerful as Li Ping, they understand the principle of "keeping the good stuff within the family" better than Li Ping.

After giving the two instructions...

Li Ping led Yan Hengchuan to the stone wall behind the mountain, successfully activated the magic array, and moved into the narrow alley. He took out the lighting magic artifact he had prepared in advance and dispelled the darkness in the alley.

Looking at the cold rocks on both sides of the alley, Li Ping felt a little emotional.

It has been nearly a hundred years since I last entered this underground spiritual vein.

He still remembered the troubled look on Master Ji's face when he led him into the spiritual vein.

Originally, Master Ji was worried that the secret of the underground spiritual vein would be exposed, bringing annihilation to the Ji family. He had already planned to destroy the entrance and move the entire clan away from the Xiaomeishan spiritual vein.

However, before coming to Xiaomeishan, Li Ping had already taken it upon himself to buy the Xiaomeishan spiritual vein from the Yu family of Bifeng Lake, intending to give it to the Ji family.

This also made it difficult for Master Ji to carry out his plan to "destroy the entrance to the passage and move away from Xiaomeishan".

Ultimately, persuaded by him, Master Ji accepted the gift for the sake of the family's long-term future.

Li Ping also decided to open the cave after he had formed his core.

Now, times have changed. Master Ji has passed away, and even his grandson is very old.

He finally had enough strength to open the cave.

……

"Grandmaster, the spiritual energy here is so rich!" Yan Hengchuan sensed the pure spiritual energy filling the alley and his face showed a look of shock.

According to his master, this place is clearly only the outer area of ​​the spiritual vein, but upon comparison, he found that the concentration of spiritual energy here is no lower than that on the spiritual island of Bifeng Lake.

Li Ping smiled and nodded: "Let's move forward."

"Yes, Grandmaster!" Yan Hengchuan replied repeatedly.

Immediately, the two walked deeper into the alley.

Prior to this, Li Ping had already explored the underground passage with Master Ji, and with his strength greatly improved, those second-tier demonic beasts could hardly threaten him anymore.

So the two of them moved very quickly this time, and soon they arrived at the edge of the underground cold pool along the alleyway covered with white frost.

"Boom!"

He heard the deafening roar of the underground river water cascading into the icy pool from above, and Yan Hengchuan curiously surveyed the towering cavern before him.

Of course, what caught his attention most was the cold, icy pool in the center of the cave, and the island in the center of the pool shrouded in a protective array.

This formation is indeed of the third rank, and the spiritual veins on the island beneath it are also of the third rank.

Third-order spiritual vein

It can be used by Core Formation cultivators for cultivation, and by Foundation Establishment cultivators attempting to break through to Core Formation!

If the three families of Yan, Ji, and Yu could form an alliance and have such a third-tier spiritual vein, they could cultivate another Core Formation cultivator.

Perhaps, they can rival the Jiang family!

It remains to be seen who will take control of the Jiang Kingdom in the future.

Thinking of this, Yan Hengchuan's breathing became heavy. He seemed to see the scene of the three families dividing the Jiang Kingdom together in the future.

Just as he was lost in thought, he heard Li Ping's calm voice: "Hengchuan, you stay here and don't move. I'm going to clear out the monsters in the cold pool."

"Yes, Grandmaster!" Yan Hengchuan finally came to his senses.

Watching his grandmaster transform into a streak of rainbow light and fly towards the cold pool, he secretly reminded himself: "With the current strength of our three families, now is far from the time to oppose the Jiang family. We should focus on developing our strength quietly."

Only when Shuwen or Jing'er become Core Formation cultivators can our three families develop this third-tier spiritual vein. Before that, the underground spiritual vein is absolutely off-limits!

Yan Jing was the second son of Yan Hengchuan, who possessed the talent of a lightning spirit root and successfully joined the Crimson Flame Sect, becoming a disciple of a Core Formation cultivator.

The cultivation world in the Western Wilderness is resource-poor. Even sect cultivators need to have at least two spiritual roots to have any hope of forming their core.

In Yan Hengchuan's view, if any of the three alliance members had a chance of forming their core, it would actually be Yan Jing and Ji Shuwen.

……

The moment Li Ping entered the underground cave, his immense divine sense had already enveloped the entire icy pool, which stretched for over ten miles.

Under his divine sense, everything within the icy pool was laid bare.

After seeing the scene inside the cold pool, Li Ping couldn't help but secretly marvel.

The small, cold pool was teeming with hundreds of first-tier demonic beasts and dozens of second-tier demonic beasts. Among them, three demonic beasts had even reached the late stage of the second tier, with strength comparable to late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After careful observation, he discovered that these monsters mainly fed on fish that flowed down from the underground river.

The spiritual energy here is of the second-grade upper level, and there is a constant flow of food flowing down from the underground river. With such a superior environment, it's no wonder that the demonic beasts didn't have any intention of leaving, but instead stayed obediently in the cold pool.

"Three second-tier high-grade demonic beasts, including two demonic snakes and one that looks like a lizard." Li Ping looked down at the cold pool below, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes.

Regardless of where these demonic beasts came from, since he intends to leave this third-tier spiritual vein to his old friend from the Jiang Kingdom, these demonic beasts must be thoroughly cleaned up.

If he wanted to kill three second-tier high-grade demonic beasts before he formed his core, he would probably have to summon a puppet, use the Blood Banner to poison them... and use all sorts of methods.

But after reaching the Core Formation stage, such trouble is no longer necessary.

With a flick of his sleeve, the small black sword swam out from Li Ping's sleeve, transforming into a streak of light that swept towards the icy pool below, silently disappearing into the frigid water.

Enveloped by divine sense that sees everything, the Devouring Yuan Sword, like a precision-guided warhead, constantly traverses the icy pool, reaping the lives of countless demonic beasts.

Before the magic weapon of a Core Formation cultivator, even a late-stage second-tier demonic beast had no power to resist and could only obediently surrender.

A series of bubbles gurgled up from the icy pool, and pools of blood gradually floated on the cold surface, followed by the emergence of a massive demon corpse.

But when killing these monsters, Li Ping couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

The deepest part of the underground cold pool was only a hundred feet deep, still within the range of his divine sense. However, when the Devouring Yuan Sword went deep into the pool, it already felt amazing resistance, far from being as smooth as normal control.

This further confirmed Li Ping's suspicions about the troublesome situation of dealing with the ice dragon in the far north.

No wonder that as long as it hides under the bottomless icy sea and doesn't come out, even a great cultivator can't do anything to it.

Even if a powerful human cultivator possesses methods to avoid water, they can still venture deep into the icy sea to find the Ice Dragon.

However, in such a harsh environment, the power of magical artifacts and spells would inevitably be greatly reduced.

However, the Ice Dragon's strength is further enhanced by the frigid environment of the seabed.

With one decrease and one increase, the strength gap between the great cultivator and it is no longer so large.

As long as it is determined to escape, this difference in strength is not enough to kill it.

It will probably not be so easy for Xiao Yunzhi to kill the Ice Dragon and fulfill her vow in the future.

……

Despite his many thoughts, Li Ping controlled the magic weapon with remarkable speed.

Under the rampage of the black dragon, in less than a quarter of an hour, the surface of the cold pool was covered with the corpses of monsters.

"Hiss~"

A late-stage second-tier demonic snake sensed the danger, flew out of the icy pool, and lunged at Li Ping in the sky with its blood-red maw.

Seeing this, Li Ping shook his head, casually flicked out a golden light, and with a thought, cut the monster in two.

The golden light hovered motionless in the air; it was Li Ping's top-grade magic weapon, the Purple-Gold Fork.

After forming the Golden Core, driven by immense magical power...

What was originally an ordinary, top-grade magical artifact unleashed terrifying power in his hands.

Half an hour later.

Li Ping used his divine sense to investigate and discovered that he had killed all the demonic beasts in the cold pool.

The Devouring Yuan Sword flew out of the icy pool, then swam back into his sleeve and disappeared.