txolops Chapter 291 Walking Sideways and the News of Death
Chapter 291 Walking Sideways and the News of Death
On the underground, icy pool, on the spirit island.
As Li Ping was refining pills and making puppets, time passed by unnoticed, and before he knew it, it was the end of the year.
He sat cross-legged in the square, surrounded by various processed spiritual materials and neatly arranged bottles of pills.
Spiritual materials are used to craft puppets.
As for the pills, they mainly consisted of first-grade superior Qi-nourishing pills, including several bottles of second-grade inferior Qi-cultivating pills, second-grade mid-grade Qi-gathering pills, and second-grade superior Qi-nourishing pills.
He was cultivating his second Golden Core, after all, he wasn't starting from scratch.
With his original Golden Core realm foundation, he doesn't need to gradually take those low-grade and mid-grade pills during his Qi Refining stage cultivation; he can directly use powerful Qi Nourishing Pills.
Although it might be a bit wasteful, it would greatly improve his cultivation speed, which Li Ping thought was worthwhile, since he didn't lack those first-tier spiritual herbs.
Using spirit stones to exchange for time is a good deal.
However, second-tier pills won't work; he still needs to start cultivating by taking Qi-Nourishing Pills.
There are two main reasons for this. First, the vital energy in second-tier pills is fundamentally different from that in first-tier pills. Li Ping was worried that directly consuming high-grade second-tier pills to accelerate his cultivation would cause instability in his foundation.
Of course, even if the foundation is unstable and affects the source, or even if the meridians are damaged, he can use the health preservation method to repair it.
The most important reason why he took the second-tier pills step by step was that the spiritual herbs needed to refine the Nourishing Essence Pill were not easy to collect, and he had only collected a few batches over the years.
Several bottles of Nourishing Essence Pills were not enough for him to cultivate the Foundation Establishment stage. Without considering using Gray Island to cultivate spiritual herbs, he could only make up for it with lower-grade Nourishing Essence Pills and Gathering Essence Pills.
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Li Ping put away the alchemy furnace and took out a jade bottle containing the water of the River of Oblivion from his storage bag. He then uncorked the bottle and looked at the round golden pill inside.
The golden elixir left behind by Yan Liming has been soaking in the River of Oblivion for more than eighty-one days, and the residual divine soul imprint in the golden elixir has been washed clean by the River of Oblivion.
The current Golden Core can be used to cultivate the "Tai Su Jade Liquid Golden Core Method" and refine a second Golden Core within the body.
The once pale golden waters of the River of Oblivion have now turned completely transparent, their mystique vanished, and they have become no different from ordinary spring water.
After recalling the "Tai Su Jade Liquid Golden Elixir Method" in his mind, Li Ping slowly opened his eyes, his gaze unusually calm.
The difficulty of the second Golden Core Secret Technique lies in obtaining another Golden Core and the Forgetful River Water to wash away the residual soul imprint within the Golden Core.
As for the specific methods of his cultivation, they were not too difficult. In the past year, he had almost figured them out in his spare time.
With everything prepared, and given that his spiritual sense was several times stronger than that of a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator, cultivating this technique was a natural progression.
Whoosh!
Under the control of his magic, a golden pill the size of a soybean flew out of the bottle and landed in Li Ping's palm.
The Golden Core is the permanent abode of the soul of a Core Formation True Person. If Li Ping wants to make Yan Liming's Golden Core his own, he needs to dedicate a wisp of his divine sense to it. Only then will the owner of the Golden Core become himself.
Holding the golden elixir in his hand, Li Ping's expression gradually became solemn.
Without much hesitation, he opened his mouth and swallowed the soybean-sized golden pill into his stomach, using his magic power to control it so that it and the original golden pill each occupied a corner of his dantian and did not interfere with each other.
Then, he closed his eyes and focused on refining the golden pill using the methods of the Tai Su Jade Liquid Golden Pill Technique, allowing it to gradually assimilate and adapt to himself.
At the same time, a portion of his divine consciousness was slowly injected into this golden elixir.
If someone forcibly steals another's golden core, would they dare to do such a thing?
It's like forcibly breaking into someone else's house; it can easily provoke the resistance of the residual divine consciousness imprint within the golden core, and one careless move could result in the core shattering and the person dying.
However, with the Forget-River Water at his disposal, Li Ping had already cleaned away the residual divine consciousness imprint within his golden core through soaking. At this moment, he was essentially occupying an empty, uninhabited house.
Therefore, he did not encounter any trouble in this step.
Soon, he sensed that his divine sense had successfully entered the second golden core, and there was a faint and mysterious connection between the second golden core and himself.
Of course, this is not the golden elixir he painstakingly cultivated himself, so the golden elixir has not yet been assimilated.
Only when he cultivates the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture" to the Core Formation stage, and completely replaces Yan Liming's "Blood Spirit Hundred Transformations True Scripture" core essence with his own Core Formation true essence, will he be able to achieve this.
Only then will this golden elixir truly belong to him from the very beginning, and from then on, it will be no different from a normal golden elixir.
a few days later.
Li Ping opened his eyes, his face showing slight fatigue, but there was a hint of excitement in his eyes.
With the support of his powerful divine sense, he has successfully completed the cultivation of the secret technique "Tai Su Jade Liquid Golden Elixir Method" in the past few days.
Although the second golden core was not fully assimilated, its use within his dantian was still somewhat obscure, and it could not yet be used for combat, alchemy, or weapon control.
But from now on, he can simultaneously cultivate two high-level techniques, "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue" and "Jiu Jie Zhen Ling Mi Dian", without worrying about conflicts between their magical powers.
Spend several decades cultivating the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Secret Manual" to the Core Formation stage, and the second Golden Core will naturally be assimilated.
"Begin your training now!"
Li Ping had already studied the cultivation method of the first tribulation of the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Secret Manual" several times, although he could not say that he knew it by heart.
However, with the extraordinary healing power of the Nourishing Life Technique, he was not worried about getting injured during cultivation at all, and was too lazy to think about it any further.
He casually picked up a bottle of Qi-Nourishing Pills, poured out one and swallowed it. Li Ping closed his eyes and slowly began to refine the abundant spiritual energy within the pill.
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He had ample elixirs to refine, was in a high-grade third-tier spiritual energy environment, and was still in the Core Formation stage.
Li Ping's cultivation speed was astonishing. He could overcome a bottleneck in just a few months, and in less than five years, he successfully cultivated his second Golden Core to the Foundation Establishment stage.
After realizing he had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, the connection between his second golden core and himself was strengthened again, and he could now barely use the magic power within the second golden core to fight.
A slight smile involuntarily crept into Li Ping's eyes.
He could clearly sense that although the Nine Tribulations Mana did not have the same miraculous healing properties as the Life Preservation Mana, its profound and powerful nature far surpassed that of the Life Preservation Mana at the same level.
Clearly, cultivators at the same level with the power of the Ninth Tribulation are superior in combat ability to cultivators with the power of the Nourishing Life Technique.
This was exactly what Li Ping had been hoping for. His magical power was already so strong, and on top of that, he possessed superhuman strength capable of fighting against dragon beasts of the same level. How could that be possible?
The Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture can perfectly make up for his weakness in combat ability, and with the dual cultivation of magic and body, his own defense can be comparable to magic weapons of the same level.
He could withstand the magic weapons and treasures of cultivators of the same level with his bare hands without suffering serious injuries.
What's even more amazing is that he has two golden cores in his body, and the other golden core cultivates a health-preserving technique that excels in healing.
Therefore, even if he is injured, he can heal himself in a short time.
If a real fight breaks out, I reckon he'll make others' health bars disappear when he attacks, while others will have their health forcibly reduced when they attack him.
"If I truly cultivate to this level, I won't need to worry too much about Nascent Soul cultivators, let alone Core Formation cultivators," Li Ping thought to himself.
In reality, his ideas were still too conservative.
Not only do we not need to worry, we can practically walk sideways.
"Continue your cultivation!"
Li Ping took out a jade slip shaped like a blood-red armor plate from his storage bag. It was the very jade slip that recorded the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture".
The senior who passed down the Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture technique may have been worried that future cultivators would be too ambitious, so he set up a restriction in the jade slip.
In the initial stage, cultivators can only see the contents of the first tribulation. Only after completing the first tribulation and injecting the power of the nine tribulations into the jade slip can they see the cultivation method for the next tribulation.
Because Li Ping failed to cultivate his second Golden Core, he was unable to practice the Qi-refining part of this technique, which prevented him from seeing the subsequent parts of the technique.
Therefore, he only cultivated his body refinement to the point of perfecting the first tribulation.
Now he can watch the content of the second tribulation.
While studying and figuring out the cultivation method for the second tribulation, Li Ping would also stop in his spare time to refine third-tier puppets.
Before we knew it, another year had passed.
Just as Li Ping had finished his initial comprehension of the second tribulation technique and was about to begin his cultivation, a sound transmission talisman shot into the formation, flitting about like a headless fly within the restrictions.
Li Ping reached out and his magical power condensed into a large golden hand, directly grabbing the communication talisman.
Then, without making a sound, he began to examine the contents of the transmission talisman.
As he looked at it, Li Ping couldn't help but frown.
After reading it all, he remained silent for a moment, then couldn't help but sigh softly.
The communication talisman was sent by Yan Hengchuan, mainly to report two things to him.
First, Ji Shuchen passed away peacefully several months ago. Because he was worried about disturbing his master's cultivation, he did not inform his master.
Second, news came from Fenglan Immortal City today that the former city lord, Meng Qing, failed to break through to the Core Formation realm at Donghua Mountain and died on the spot. This matter is of great importance, so he came specifically to inform his grandmaster of it.
Li Ping had long anticipated that Ji Shuchen would pass away peacefully.
For a Qi Refining cultivator to live to his age and die peacefully without illness is a fortunate thing, and there is nothing to regret.
However, Meng Qingyi's failure to form his core and his immediate death made him feel the impermanence of life and the cruel twists of fate.
If Meng Qingyi had stayed in the Immortal City obediently and smoothly handed it over to the three sects, including Ziyun Valley, she could have lived a long and peaceful life.
At her age, she can live for another thirty years or so.
But perhaps it was the mysterious death of her ancestor that left her with a lingering resentment, making her unwilling to compromise so easily.
He forced himself to go to Donghua Mountain to break through to the Core Formation realm.
He died in the process.
The three sects, including Ziyun Valley, were still able to take over the Immortal City smoothly. Apart from living a few decades less, Meng Qing struggled but couldn't change anything.
After thinking it over, Li Ping decided not to leave the pass.
He took out a communication talisman, whispered something into it, and then threw the talisman out of the formation.
For ease of communication, most formations leave a shortcut for the sound transmission talismans. So, the firelight formed by the sound transmission talisman passed directly through the formation's protective shield after hitting it.
In the talisman, Li Ping instructed Yan Hengchuan to help stabilize the Ji family's development and to continue gathering information about the Immortal City and Donghua Mountain.