Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 294 Junior, do you want to be my enemy?

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Li Ping sat casually in the middle armchair.

The remaining four Core Formation cultivators—Song Yushu, Daoist Zhichen, Zhou Lingyan, and Old Demon Wu—sat on either side of him.

Song Yushu and Daoist Zhichen were both members of the Defenders Alliance and sat to Li Ping's left.

Zhou Lingyan and Wu Laomo, as members of the four major sects of the demonic path, sat to Li Ping's right.

Of course, this is not because they respect Li Ping.

The main reason was that Li Ping arrived earliest and occupied the central position. If they didn't want to sit together, they had no choice but to sit like this.

Zhou Lingyan swayed her slender waist like a water snake and sat down close to Li Ping, saying in a seductive voice, "Fellow Daoist Li, you don't mind if I sit here, do you?"

Upon seeing the flirtatious female cultivator from the Hehuan Sect actively approach him, Li Ping immediately became wary.

He still remembered that more than ten years ago, when he came to Donghua Mountain Market to buy third-grade spiritual materials, his divine sense stumbled upon the scene of Zhou Lingyan and the old monster Chi Lei having an affair.

At the time, he was worried that the two people might have ulterior motives towards him, so he left Donghua Mountain in a hurry without even attending the auction or the exchange meeting.

Now, Lingyan has taken the initiative to approach us again this week?

Li Ping remained expressionless and casually shook his head: "This place was arranged by the host. It's up to you where Fellow Daoist Zhou sits."

"That's good. I was just worried that you might look down on me because I come from the Joyful Union Sect." As Zhou Lingyan spoke, she patted her chest with her two jade-like hands. He looked relieved.

However, Li Pingzhi was focused on the Great Dao and had no interest in female cultivators.

Especially since Zhou Lingyan came from the Hehuan Sect and was an ancient monster who had lived for countless years, he kept his distance even further.

Therefore, in response to Zhou Lingyan's flirtatious gestures, he simply smiled faintly and said, "Hehe..."

Seeing that Li Ping didn't want to discuss his thoughts in detail, Zhou Lingyan wisely kept quiet and sat upright, waiting for the auction to begin.

At that very moment, a familiar voice transmission rang directly in Li Ping's ear: "Fellow Daoist Li, you must be careful of that scoundrel Zhou Lingyan. My main purpose in coming to Donghua Mountain this time is to investigate the reason for Fellow Daoist Liehuo's passing. During the investigation, I discovered that he had a close relationship with Zhou Lingyan recently, and his passing may be related to Zhou Lingyan."

Li Ping looked at Song Yushu beside him and saw him nod slightly. Li Ping smiled and nodded in response. It was Song Yushu who had just sent him the message.

Song Yushu's telepathic message also made Li Ping ponder silently.

According to the records, if he remembers correctly, the auction of Liehuo Zhenren's relics was presided over by his close friend, Chi Lei Laoguai.

Song Yushu said that Zhou Lingyan had been in close contact with Liehuo Zhenren recently, which was suspected to be related to his death.

And last time, when he was in Old Monster Chi Lei's courtyard, he discovered that Zhou Lingyan was deliberately hiding... Li Ping instantly realized that something was amiss.

"The passing of Master Liehuo, could it be the work of these adulterers? Sigh, what kind of friends are there in the cultivation world..." Li Ping secretly wondered.

……

Before we knew it, the courtyard was already full of people.

An auction of the relics of a Core Formation cultivator is quite a spectacle.

Even if they didn't intend to buy anything, the cultivators didn't mind coming to watch the excitement whenever they had free time.

However, no new Core Formation cultivators were added. Until the gate of the courtyard was closed by the descendant of True Immortal Liehuo, there were only five people, including Li Ping.

At this moment, the Crimson Thunder Old Monster with red curly hair also came out from the backyard and walked onto the high platform that had been built up together with a short and fat cultivator with Foundation Establishment cultivation.

The short, stout Foundation Establishment cultivator followed behind Old Monster Crimson Thunder with extreme caution.

As for Old Monster Chi Lei, his gaze swept over the cultivators below, focusing on the five Core Formation True Persons in front of him. He nodded and greeted them one by one before solemnly saying, "I was a close friend of Fellow Daoist Liehuo in life. He unfortunately passed away several years ago. Today, his descendants intend to auction off Fellow Daoist Liehuo's belongings. I am responsible for maintaining order in the venue, and I hope everyone can give me some face."

Upon hearing this, the short, stout cultivator looked at the Crimson Thunder Old Monster in front of him with gratitude.

The other cultivators in the arena also showed expressions of admiration. They greatly admired the noble character of Old Monster Chi Lei in taking care of his deceased friend and junior.

The other Core Formation cultivators were no exception, all smiling and nodding.

However, Li Ping observed that when Wu Laomo of the Hehuan Sect nodded, a barely perceptible hint of mockery flashed across his lips.

"Nephew Feng, the rest is up to you." After settling things in, Old Monster Chi Lei stepped down from the high platform and sat on a grand chair to the side, his eyes slightly narrowed, like a dozing tiger.

The short, stout Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Feng first thanked the old monster Chi Lei before announcing the start of the auction.

Whether he was applying what he had just learned or was well-versed in the art of manipulating emotions at auctions, the first item he took out was the refining furnace used by True Immortal Fiery Flame.

This is a hexagonal furnace with a pale purple body that emits a soft glow. The furnace mouth is shaped like a wide-mouthed urn, and many mysterious runes can be faintly seen engraved on its inner wall.

Book lovers are all in the discussion area, chatting about the charm of Xianxia novels.

While Li Ping was observing, the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Feng began to introduce the refining furnace in his hand: "This furnace is called the Amethyst Furnace. Its quality has reached the second-tier top grade. It was the refining furnace that our ancestor liked to use most during his lifetime. It accompanied him for more than a hundred years. The starting price is four thousand spirit stones, and each bid must be at least one hundred spirit stones higher. If any senior fellow Daoists are interested, they can place their bids."

"Second-tier top-grade." Li Ping nodded slightly.

The fact that it's a second-tier top-grade refining furnace means that some third-tier materials were deliberately mixed in during the refining process, so the price isn't too expensive.

After all, the Fiery Immortal had used the Purple Crystal Furnace for over a hundred years, and the furnace had a certain celebrity effect.

What Li Ping didn't expect was that True Person Liehuo, a Core Formation True Person and a mid-grade third-level weapon refiner, was actually using a top-grade second-level pill furnace, which was somewhat inconsistent with his status.

Actually, Li Ping misunderstood.

The materials required to refine such tools as weapon-refining furnaces and alchemy furnaces are far more than those required to refine weapons such as knives and swords.

Given the barrenness of the Western Wilderness cultivation world, it is conceivable how precious third-grade spiritual materials are. Even a high-level weapon refiner like True Person Blazing Fire could not possibly refine a weapon furnace into a magic weapon.

Of course, one reason is the enormous cost, and another reason is that it is unnecessary.

A second-tier top-grade refining furnace is more than enough for True Immortal Fiery Blaze to use.

As Li Ping pondered, Foundation Establishment cultivators began to place their bids one after another.

"Four thousand spirit stones!"

"Four thousand one hundred spirit stones!"

"Four thousand five hundred spirit stones!"

……

The price of the amethyst furnace also rose steadily, approaching the five thousand spirit stones mark.

Those bidding were all Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators; as for Core Formation cultivators, they weren't interested in secondhand refining furnaces belonging to cultivators of the same level.

Even if they really needed a forging furnace, they would prefer to forge a new one for their own use.

However, after a Foundation Establishment cultivator shouted out the high price of 'five thousand spirit stones,' the arena fell silent.

Clearly, this price has exceeded the psychological threshold of other cultivators.

After all, Master Liehuo is already dead. The fame value of a deceased Core Formation cultivator attached to the alchemy furnace is not very high.

As the auction for the alchemy furnace was about to conclude, Li Ping, sitting in his armchair, calmly announced, "Five thousand one hundred spirit stones."

The one who quoted the price of five thousand spirit stones was a round-faced young cultivator. He originally thought that the Purple Crystal Furnace was about to fall into his hands, but he did not expect that a Core Formation True Person would interfere. Instantly, his expression turned ugly.

After hesitating for a moment, he was really reluctant to give up the amethyst furnace, so he finally cautiously quoted a price: "Five thousand two hundred spirit stones."

Li Ping raised an eyebrow and calmly announced, "Five thousand five hundred spirit stones."

He actually raised the price by three hundred spirit stones from the round-faced youth's offer, showing his determination to get the amethyst furnace.

Those present, witnessing this scene, guessed that the round-faced youth was probably going to give up.

After all, even if he really had the financial resources to acquire the Purple Crystal Furnace, how could he dare to compete with a Core Formation cultivator for the item? Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?

It's just a second-tier top-grade refining furnace; it's not anything particularly rare.

But to everyone's surprise, after a series of changes in his expression, the round-faced youth gritted his teeth and shouted, "Five thousand six hundred..."

But he hadn't even uttered the words yet.

Seeing that someone still dared to compete with him despite his high price, Li Ping couldn't help but suspect that this person might be a plant hired by Old Monster Chi Lei.

He had no shortage of spirit stones, but he was unwilling to be taken advantage of.

"snort!"

He immediately snorted coldly, and an invisible spiritual pressure emanated from his body, pressing down on the round-faced youth, causing him to uncontrollably retreat several steps, his face turning extremely pale.

The round-faced youth looked up in shock, only to see Li Ping staring coldly at him: "Junior, do you intend to become my enemy?"

Intimidated by Li Ping's imposing presence, the round-faced youth remained silent.

Fortunately, at this moment, Old Monster Crimson Thunder stood up and smoothed things over with a smile, saying, "Fellow Daoist Li, please calm down and don't get angry. How about giving this old man some face?"

Upon hearing this, Li Ping gave the round-faced youth a cold stare before sitting back down: "Fellow Daoist Chi Lei, rest assured, I was just joking with this young friend."

The two pseudonyms, Li Jingyu and Xiong Dahai, are different from Li Ping's real self. They are specifically used to do things that the real Li Ping cannot do. It doesn't matter if they are arrogant, domineering, and have strange tempers.

After exchanging glances with the Crimson Thunder Old Monster, the Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Feng on the stage smiled and said, "The Purple Crystal Furnace, Senior Li has offered 5,500 spirit stones. Is there anyone offering a higher price?"

Buying an old refining furnace for 5,500 spirit stones is not cheap to begin with.

Furthermore, since Li Ping had just threatened the round-faced cultivator who dared to compete with him, no one dared to provoke him now.

Li Ping took out spirit stones from his storage bag, paid the auction price for the amethyst furnace, and successfully acquired this second-tier top-grade refining furnace that True Immortal Liehuo had used for over a hundred years.

However, during this process, he could sense that Song Yushu's gaze towards him had already carried a hint of disdain.

Clearly, they didn't approve of his bullying behavior.