txolops Chapter 303 The Golden Eyes of Truth Revealed, Each with Their Own Hidden Intentions
Chapter 303 The Golden Eyes of Truth Revealed, Each with Their Own Hidden Intentions
On a flat square.
Li Ping put down the blood-red armor plate and rubbed his aching head: "So that's how it is."
When he broke through to the second stage of body refinement, he felt an itch on his forehead and between his eyebrows, but he thought it was just his imagination.
But now I realize that's not actually the case.
According to the body-refining technique of the third tribulation in the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture", the itching between his eyebrows was not a hallucination, but rather a sign that he was about to cultivate a supernatural power.
Its name is "The Golden Eye that Breaks Through Illusions"!
It is one of the inherent supernatural powers of the top-level cultivation technique, the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture".
However, according to the cultivation method, every cultivator who practices the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture" can awaken this supernatural power after cultivating to the third tribulation of body refinement.
However, the power and specific abilities of awakened supernatural powers are related to the resources absorbed when breaking through to the third rank.
If no resources are provided, the resulting Golden Pupil will only have basic abilities to distinguish between truth and falsehood. It can see through the illusions and disguises of demons and monsters, and it can also overcome most illusions and disguises.
However, if some precious spiritual materials are provided for Jin Tong to absorb during the breakthrough process.
The Golden Eyes of Insight can possess even more incredible abilities, such as discerning weaknesses in formations, identifying the age and grade of spiritual herbs and ores, and traversing space...
Li Ping wants these abilities, but he doesn't necessarily need them.
But there was one ability that Li Ping couldn't take his eyes off.
The high-level Golden Pupil of Illusion even has the special effect of suppressing demons, making it particularly effective against evil cultivation treasures such as those used by demonic cultivators and ghost cultivators.
Li Ping was focused on health and didn't like fighting; he didn't actually care about the specialization abilities of demonic cultivators.
What made him think was: if the Golden Eye of Delusion has the ability to suppress demons, then would it also be effective against celestial demons?
After a cultivator breaks through to the Nascent Soul stage, their Yin Spirit condenses and they need to undergo the Heavenly Demon's Heart Refining process, which is also the most dangerous step in the process of breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage.
The Heavenly Demon is ever-changing; if one's will is not firm, one will be trapped in the illusion and never be able to wake up again.
The Heavenly Demon Tribulation was also Li Ping's biggest worry. Before he transmigrated, he was just an ordinary young man with countless weaknesses. If the Heavenly Demon targeted his weaknesses and aroused the demon in his heart, he might not be able to withstand it.
If the Golden Eye of Delusion can directly suppress the Heavenly Demon, then he can safely overcome this tribulation.
"The Heavenly Demon is also a type of demon..."
After pondering for a moment, Li Ping decided not to rush to break through to the third level of body refinement, since the Golden Eye of Illusion was likely related to his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul realm.
"Golden Dew, Supreme Yang Wood, Eight Treasures Spiritual Spring Water..."
Li Ping muttered to himself about the spiritual materials needed to awaken the highest-level Golden Eye of Illusion. These materials were all extremely precious, and some of them were ones he had never even heard of before.
If it were anything else, he wouldn't care; in any case, being able to awaken a spiritual eye ability was already an unexpected joy.
However, in order to make the Heavenly Demon Heart Refining Tribulation easier when he forms his Nascent Soul in the future, he had to find a way to collect these spiritual materials.
"Repair the teleportation array and head to Great Zhou as soon as possible," Li Ping decided.
The cultivation world in the Western Wilderness is so barren that it would be difficult to gather enough spiritual materials to help him awaken the advanced Golden Eye of Illusion divine power.
……
Not long after.
Outside the Donghua Mountain Market, Li Ping reappeared. He had come to inquire about the specifications of the teleportation array in the Cloud Mist Mountains.
However, based on the results of his previous investigation, if he wanted to confirm the specifications of the teleportation array, he would either have to personally go to the secret chambers of those major sects to read the relevant classics on teleportation arrays, or ask a Core Formation cultivator to go back to their sect to help him investigate.
This is not an easy task.
Li Ping's plan was to use the alias Li Jingyu to showcase his third-tier alchemy skills, build a good relationship with a certain sect's Core Formation True Person, and then find a way to enter the sect's secret techniques pavilion for a visit.
"If I were a cultivator in a sect myself, why would I need to go through all this trouble?" At this moment, Li Ping felt the benefits of becoming a cultivator in a sect.
On the spacious streets of Donghuashan Market, Li Ping suddenly stopped in his tracks: "Something's not right!"
He remembered something.
A horrific tragedy once occurred in Fenglan Immortal City.
In an attempt to prevent Dai Sangyu from forming her sword core, the demonic cultivators of the Blood Shadow Sect brazenly stormed into Azure Dragon Mountain and abducted Lin Yue, who was in seclusion attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Even Feng Lan Zhenren, a Core Formation cultivator, was deceived by him.
At the time, many people thought it was an inside job by someone from the Immortal City.
After committing this crime, the demonic cultivator did not rush to leave the Immortal City. Instead, he stayed at Immortal Peach Mountain under the identity of the alchemy master Hu Feng to observe the changing situation.
Until he inexplicably decided to deal with Li Ping, he died under Li Ping's thunder and fire talismans.
Li Ping obtained the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture" from him and only then realized that the demonic cultivator used this body-refining technique to disguise himself as a member of the Azure Dragon Mountain lineage, infiltrate Azure Dragon Mountain to commit crimes, and then escape unscathed.
"So is it really necessary for me to go through all this trouble?" Li Ping's eyes lit up instantly at this thought: "Absolutely not. I can just disguise myself as an insider of a sect, just like Hu Feng, and then I can directly infiltrate those sects to read the secret manuals in the secret library."
"It's better to rely on yourself than on others!"
"It's never as easy to get something for yourself as to exchange favors."
"Can you call it stealing when it comes to matters concerning cultivators?"
……
After figuring it out, Li Ping began to think about who to impersonate.
First, we must exclude those sects with shallow foundations.
With limited knowledge, he didn't want to waste his trip, as the sect's secret techniques pavilion might not contain any records related to teleportation arrays.
Secondly, one should avoid sects with multiple Core Formation cultivators.
Once exposed, being surrounded and attacked by multiple Core Formation cultivators could be life-threatening.
Finally, one should disguise oneself as a cultivator, preferably a Core Formation cultivator.
Only Core Formation cultivators have the authority to freely enter and exit the sect's secret techniques pavilion.
"Fellow Daoist Li, it's been a long time."
Just as Li Ping was lost in thought, a voice that was both surprised and delighted rang in his ears. He looked up and immediately saw a graceful female cultivator standing not far from him.
Seeing Li Ping looking over, Zhou Lingyan smiled charmingly: "I've been missing Fellow Daoist Li quite a bit these past few days."
These are her true feelings.
In order to retrieve the Yin-Yang Star Flame from Li Jingyu and open that ancient cultivation cave, she had been relentlessly searching for information about Li Jingyu for the past ten years, but in the end, she had gained nothing.
But unexpectedly, just because he was feeling down and went for a walk, he bumped into Mr. Li.
How could this not surprise her?
The thought of finally obtaining the treasures stored in the ancient cultivator's cave filled her with excitement.
However, she still remembered how cold Li Jingyu was to her decades ago, and knew that it would be difficult for her to win over Li Jingyu on her own.
"I can only ask Senior Brother Chi Lei and Fellow Daoist Wu to forcefully subdue him," Zhou Lingyan thought to herself.
But to her surprise, Li Jingyu did not ignore her this time.
She only saw Li Jingyu smiling at her: "So it's Fellow Daoist Zhou. I've been in seclusion for some time now, and I'm sorry to have troubled you with your concern."
Not long ago.
Upon hearing Zhou Lingyan greet him, Li Pingfang suddenly realized that this flirtatious female cultivator from the Hehuan Sect was the perfect person to impersonate him.
The Hehuan Sect migrated from the Great Zhou Dynasty hundreds of years ago. Regardless of their reasons for migrating, as a sect from a major region, the Hehuan Sect's foundation far surpasses that of the local sects in the Western Wilderness. The probability that their Secret Technique Pavilion contains the inheritance related to teleportation arrays is extremely high.
Having experienced the previous Snow City incident where a beautiful snowwoman easily tricked and killed Long Jie.
Li Ping deeply understood that the cultivation world offered many preferential treatments to female cultivators, and normal cultivators would be less wary of familiar female cultivators.
Therefore, if he disguises himself as Zhou Lingyan and goes to the Hehuan Sect, his success rate will be higher than if he disguises himself as a male cultivator.
With that thought in mind, he no longer hesitated and smiled at Zhou Lingyan.
A smile on the face, and a greeting on the lips.
But in his heart, he was already thinking about how to capture Zhou Lingyan and use her soul-searching technique.
……
Li Jingyu, who used to ignore him, now had a gentle attitude.
If it were any other high-level cultivator, they might have become wary of Li Ping's change in attitude.
But Zhou Lingyan wouldn't. As a Core Formation female cultivator from the Hehuan Sect, she was already used to male cultivators kneeling at her feet.
Therefore, although Li Ping's change in attitude seemed somewhat abrupt to her, it was not strange.
After all, which high-level cultivator in the entire Western Wilderness wouldn't want to have something happen with a Core Formation female cultivator like her who is skilled in dual cultivation techniques?
As for Li Jingyu's indifferent attitude at that auction more than 20 years ago?
Zhou Lingyan believed that there were many people around at the time, and Li was concerned about saving face and pretending to be serious, and was too embarrassed to flatter her.
Now that we meet in private, his true colors are revealed.
"If I were to retrieve the Yin-Yang Star Flame on my own, wouldn't I have more control during the cave exploration and be able to obtain more treasures?"
Zhou Lingyan, who had originally planned to call on two fellow disciples to deal with Li Ping, realized that Li Jingyu seemed to have fallen for her charm. But now she had a different idea.
But she knew all too well that male cultivators were worthless; the harder it was to obtain them, the more she cared and the more eager she became.
Since Li Jingyu's attitude towards her has softened, she should instead maintain a haughty demeanor in her words and actions, keeping him on tenterhooks.
Thinking of this, Zhou Lingyan smiled and said, "So Fellow Daoist Li, you've been in seclusion. I wonder if you've made any breakthroughs during this seclusion?"
Li Ping shook his head: "At our level, a mere twenty years of seclusion is not enough to achieve such a breakthrough."
Although he wanted to quickly capture Zhou Lingyan's soul and transform himself to go to the Hehuan Sect's Secret Method Pavilion to check information about the teleportation array, Li Ping knew that things couldn't be rushed.
Especially when dealing with an old demon like Zhou Lingyan who has lived for hundreds of years, one wrong move could lead to a backlash.
He needs to plan slowly and carefully to build a closer relationship with each other.
He has decided not to return to Jiang State for the time being.
They rented a cave dwelling on Donghua Mountain to be closer to Zhou Lingyan and facilitate communication between them.
He smiled and said, "I, Li, intend to reside permanently in Donghua Mountain. Fellow Daoist Zhou, are you familiar with the procedures for renting a third-tier cave dwelling?"
He smiled and said, "I, Li, intend to reside permanently in Donghua Mountain. Fellow Daoist Zhou, are you familiar with the procedures for renting a third-tier cave dwelling?"
"Oh? Fellow Daoist Li, do you want to rent a third-tier cave dwelling?" Zhou Lingyan appeared somewhat surprised by what Li Ping said.
But in reality, she was overjoyed.
She would only find it troublesome if Li Jingyu suddenly disappeared again, like before.
Now that Li Jingyu is living in Donghua Mountain, it's like a bird in a cage, giving her plenty of time to deal with him.