txolops Chapter 292 Senior Li is a trustworthy person
Chapter 292 Senior Li is a trustworthy person
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Dressed in white mourning clothes, Meng Wanjun received a blue token from the market manager.
Her movements were somewhat absent-minded. Upon closer inspection, one could see tears welling up in her eyes, which were red and swollen, as if she had been crying not long ago.
Her tearful and pitiful appearance evoked sympathy in the hearts of the market staff.
He said softly, "Fellow Daoist Meng, according to the arrangements made by our revered master before her seclusion, we will send you the message once she activates the formation within her cave. Our revered master's secluded cave is number 26, Jia. You..."
After he finished speaking, Meng Wanjun nodded blankly and walked towards the direction of her master's secluded cave like a walking corpse.
In fact, she had cried countless times since she learned of her master's passing.
Meng Wanjun's parents perished in a beast tide when she was very young, and she was raised by her master.
She still remembers the smile of her master when he comforted her as a child. Her master's earnest teachings over the past twenty years echoed in her mind, and his voice and appearance were still vivid in her mind...
Meng Wanjun stared blankly at the cave dwelling shrouded in emerald light, clutching the cave dwelling token tightly in her hand. She hesitated to open the cave dwelling formation, afraid to see her master's lifeless state.
After a long while, when she finally snapped out of her reverie, Meng Wanjun was already in tears.
"Well!"
She let out an unconscious murmur, as if she had used up all her strength.
The next moment, she mustered her courage and channeled her magic into the token in her hand.
"Pop~"
The cave's formation was activated, and Meng Wanjun staggered into the cave. She immediately saw the withered, silver-haired figure sitting cross-legged in the center of the secret chamber.
Although it was very different from when they last met, Meng Wanjun recognized him at a glance; the silent person was none other than her master.
My master failed to break through to the Core Formation stage and exhausted his essence, which is why he turned into this state.
Meng Wanjun's legs went weak and she knelt on the ground, wailing, "Waaah... Master..."
……
For dozens of days, Meng Wanjun knelt before her master.
Afterwards, she collected all of her master's belongings and then prepared his body. She knelt on the ground, holding a jade slip in her hand, and immersed her consciousness into it.
This jade slip is the last letter her master left for her.
In the letter.
Her master first comforted her, telling her not to be sad about his death, that everyone dies eventually, and she was no exception. She had lived for over two hundred years, which was a long life compared to ordinary people.
After comforting her, the master told her that all his belongings were in his personal storage bag. Apart from a magic treasure passed down from the Meng family, he also had two talisman treasures, several third-tier spiritual items, a number of second-tier spiritual items, and a large sum of spirit stones.
These are all left to her, in the hope that she can use these resources to fulfill her regrets and become a Core Formation cultivator.
At the same time, her master instructed her that the Immortal City no longer belonged to the Meng family, so she should not return to the Immortal City, but stay in Donghua Mountain to cultivate.
At the end of the letter.
Her master gave her a suggestion: to maintain a good relationship with Senior Li Ping. Senior Li Ping is a kind and generous elder who likes to take care of younger people. In the future, she might be able to get help from Senior Li Ping through this relationship.
In the letter, the master mentioned that someone had tried to match her with Senior Li a long time ago.
However, Senior Li refused, and she herself was not enthusiastic about becoming his Daoist partner, so the matter was eventually dropped.
When Senior Li returned to the Immortal City with his Core Formation cultivation, she finally realized what she had missed and felt immense regret.
If she had known things would turn out this way, she would have definitely taken the initiative to pursue Senior Li back then.
"Senior Li is a trustworthy person," the master remarked in his letter.
She suggested to Meng Wanjun that if Senior Li didn't mind, she could offer herself as Senior Li's concubine.
Unlike other Core Formation cultivators, Senior Li did not treat his concubines as mere alchemy vessels. He was a man of deep affection and never hesitated to help those around him.
With his help, Meng Wanjun's chances of successfully forming her core in the future will be much greater.
"Master... Senior Li..." Meng Wanjun's eyes were complicated when she saw her master's last suggestion.
She never expected that there was such a relationship between her master and Senior Li, and that her master regretted so much for not being able to be with Senior Li.
This led her master to advise her in his dying words not to miss the opportunity.
"My master told me not to return to the Immortal City for the time being, but to stay on Donghua Mountain to cultivate." Meng Wanjun decided to follow her master's advice.
As for her master's other suggestion... Meng Wanjun pursed her lips; she needed to consider it further.
……
Without leaving home, he focused on cultivation and puppet making, and before he knew it, another three years had passed.
During these three years, Li Ping learned about many things that had happened in the outside world through the communication talismans sent by Yan Hengchuan.
What concerned him most was the Immortal City. After Meng Qingyi passed away, Ziyun Valley sent a Core Formation cultivator to the Immortal City to oversee it, thus bringing the Immortal City under the jurisdiction of the three sects.
The Alliance of Defenders of the Way was too far away to intervene, and the academy had no power to interfere, so it could only acquiesce to the matter.
As for Zhang Tie, Gu Musheng, and others, perhaps out of respect for Li Ping, Ziyun Valley allowed them to remain in their positions in the Immortal City. However, they had to relinquish their lucrative positions in logistics and as the heads of the Myriad Laws Pavilion, effectively marginalizing them.
The Meng family and other Yuanxun families have basically lost their special status in the Immortal City, and some of them have even been expelled from the Immortal City after being caught red-handed.
On the contrary, members of the master-disciple lineage, such as Xiong Pohai and Ye Chen, rose rapidly in rank by taking advantage of the opportunity of Ziyun Valley's entry into the Immortal City.
Xiong Pohai even rose to become the head of general affairs in the Immortal City, truly second only to the emperor and above all others within the city.
Li Ping could only sigh inwardly at this.
Who could have imagined that after Dai Sangyu's death, the master-disciple lineage would be almost swept into the dustbin of history?
He actually survived a stunning reversal and nominally regained control of the Immortal City.
However, the Meng family, who had won a great victory on the day of the wedding banquet, actually declined.
Of course, whether the Meng family prospers or declines, the interference of the three sects, including Ziyun Valley, is always behind it.
The reason why Xiong Pohai was able to turn the tide was mainly because he relied on Ziyun Valley.
Ultimately, the Western Wilderness cultivation world is still ruled by the high and mighty Core Formation cultivators.
After the deaths of Master Fenglan and his disciples, Immortal City was left without a Core Formation Realm expert to oversee it, making it utterly powerless against the formidable power of Purple Cloud Valley.
Whether Meng Qingyi or Xiong Pohai wins has little to do with their own abilities.
It mainly depends on who can gain the trust of Ziyun Valley and who scores higher with Huang Yunzi, a late-stage Core Formation cultivator.
If the Meng family is not honest, then replace them.
If Xiong Pohai ever becomes unruly, he will be replaced.
While pondering this matter, Li Ping thought of Xu Guike, who was far away in the far north.
He is determined to avenge his master and will return to the Western Wilderness after he completes his Core Formation. With his unparalleled combat prowess among sword cultivators of the same level, the three sects, including Purple Cloud Valley, may suffer the consequences.
In addition, Yan Hengchuan also learned that a major event had occurred at Donghua Mountain.
The legendary weapon-refining master, "Blazing Fire Immortal," who lived a long and unseen life, has passed away. His descendants plan to hold an auction at Donghua Mountain to sell all of Blazing Fire Immortal's belongings.
This includes Master Liehuo's weapon-refining furnace, the weapon-refining materials he collected, precious weapon-refining notes, the magical artifacts he personally crafted, and other miscellaneous items.
The natal magic weapon of the Fiery Immortal and the collected weapon-refining inheritance are not included in the auction items.
In order to attract as many buyers as possible, the auction was scheduled for a year later.
Li Ping will definitely be attending this auction.
He plans to bid on the weapon-refining furnace of the Fiery Immortal at that time, so as to inherit the weapon-refining tradition attached to it.
He had long heard of the name "True Man of Blazing Fire." He knew that this was a master craftsman whose skills had reached the middle level of the third rank, and whose craftsmanship was among the best in the Western Wilderness cultivation world.
Just then, Li Ping planned to use the ten-thousand-year-old Golden Profound Wood as the main material to refine a magic weapon that could be used for both long-range and close-range combat for his second Golden Core.
With the experience of Master Liehuo in crafting magical artifacts, he felt more confident in his ability to forge magical treasures.
Li Ping privately believed that since a second-hand forging furnace had a lower success rate than a new furnace, the competition should not be too great.
……
Besides the weapon-refining furnace of True Immortal Liehuo, Li Ping also needs a large amount of precious second-tier spiritual materials to cultivate the second tribulation of the Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture, which involves body refining.
Among these spiritual materials, some are extremely rare and he was unable to collect them through Yan Hengchuan.
One must personally appear and possess the status of a Core Formation True Person to have any hope of obtaining it.
Considering that he would have to go out before his second Golden Core was fully formed, Li Ping chose to temporarily put aside his cultivation of the second Golden Core and devote himself to the refining of the third-order puppet.
Jie Zitian was placed aside, and Gao Ji Dao Ren observed the focused Li Ping with his divine sense.
At first, he couldn't help but admire it, but later, he unconsciously fell silent.
He could sense that this was Li Ping's first time crafting a third-tier puppet.
Despite it being his first time crafting a third-tier puppet, Li Ping still displayed astonishing talent.
Although his refining technique was not particularly skilled, and many times, in Gaoji Daoist's eyes, Li Ping was about to fail in refining, he was always able to come up with a flash of inspiration and save everything in the end.
In his hands, all parts are forged and molded in one go.
The exquisite craftsmanship of each component even made Gaoji Daoist feel ashamed of his own abilities.
He couldn't understand how anyone in the world could possess such a talent for puppet making.
During the creation of the puppet, the confidence in Li Ping's eyes shocked Gaoji Daoist, as if he was never worried about failing to create it.
Perhaps, this is what genius is all about.
……
Li Ping looked at the puppet parts scattered on the ground, a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.
Over the years, thanks to the "one certificate for all" characteristic of the Tree of Inheritance, he finally managed to refine all the spiritual materials given to him by Daoist Gaoji into puppet parts with a 100% success rate.
Actually, this was because he chose to accept the improved refining method researched by Gaoji Daoren.
He spent most of his time on these tasks during the puppet-making process.
Otherwise, with his "unparalleled talent," he would have already crafted a third-tier puppet.
"There's still a year until the auction of Master Liehuo's relics. Let's use this time to assemble the puppet and then go participate in the auction!"
Puppet assembly.
With his exceptional talent, a few months of practice would be enough.