Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 316 Huang Yunzi Passes Away in Meditation, Yan Jing Pays Tribute

Before we knew it, several days had passed.

When the day arrived for the duel between Sheng Hu and Li Ping, Sheng Hu died, and the duel was naturally canceled.

However, Li Ping did not let the matter of the duel go, but instead went directly to the Jue Ling Fort's base in Donghua Mountain and demanded an explanation from Sheng Hu.

With Sheng Hu just dead, Jue Ling Fortress was in chaos without a Core Formation cultivator in charge, so no one dared to offend this Core Formation expert.

Faced with the threat that came knocking, Jue Ling Fortress ultimately had no choice but to bleed heavily, offering a large sum of spiritual medicines, spirit stones, and other resources as an apology.

Li Ping accepted the spirit stones and herbs, then snorted coldly and left.

With this, his conflict with Sheng Hu was completely over, and he was fairly satisfied with the outcome.

Upon returning to the cave, Meng Wanjun was feeding two spirit beasts.

Now it's not just the Earth Spirit Rat, even the Wildfire Sparrow has become her little lapdog, always hovering around her.

This made Li Ping sigh, realizing how domineering the Dragon-Hunting Clan's bloodline was.

But at the same time, a question arose in his mind: with such an amazing bloodline, why did the Dragon-Raising Clan disappear without a trace?

Did they migrate to other parts of this world, or did they perish?

"Senior, you're back!" Upon noticing Li Ping's return, Meng Wanjun stood up and greeted him with a smile.

Li Ping smiled and nodded.

After expressing her feelings to Li Ping a few days ago, Meng Wanjun has been very worried about his battle with Sheng Hu, fearing that he might get hurt in the process.

For this reason, she wasn't in a very good mood after moving to her new home.

Only in recent days, when the news of Sheng Hu's death at the hands of Li Jingyu began to spread in the market, did Meng Wanjun finally breathe a sigh of relief.

With Sheng Hu dead, Senior Li naturally no longer needs to fight him.

"Squeak~"

"Chirp chirp~"

The two spirit beasts glanced at Li Ping, but couldn't help moving closer to Meng Wanjun's legs, glaring at each other from time to time, as if vying for her favor.

Li Ping couldn't help but shake his head: "These two little guys."

"Hehe." Meng Wanjun couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh when she saw his expression.

In a daze, Li Ping saw Meng Qingyi's shadow in her.

More than 130 years ago, when he had just established his foundation in the Immortal City, it was Meng Qingyi who invited him to join the Immortal City. At that time, she was not much older than Meng Wanjun is now, and she had the appearance of a sweet young girl.

She possesses exceptional talent, and her family, the Meng family, is the most distinguished family in Fenglan Immortal City.

It can be said that at that time, Meng Qingyi was a true prodigy to Li Ping.

When Dai Sangyu was forced into seclusion by Fenglan Zhenren due to Li Ping's machinations, she was able to take over as the head of the Immortal City and reach the pinnacle of her life.

However, all of this came to an abrupt end after Dai Sangyu achieved the Golden Core stage.

In order to protect their family and themselves, the Meng family chose to collude with Ziyun Valley and kill Dai Sangyu...

After nearly a century of ups and downs, Meng Qing also died, and the Meng family declined.

Thinking of those memories in his mind, he sighed: "Since you've decided to follow me, you don't need to call me senior anymore. It makes me feel old for no reason. Just call me young master from now on."

"Wanjun understands, young master." A hint of joy flashed in Meng Wanjun's eyes, and two cute little tiger teeth were revealed.

……

The second year that Li Ping came to Donghua Mountain passed by in the blink of an eye.

During this period, aside from occasionally leaving seclusion to purchase materials needed for breaking through to the third stage of body refinement in the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture" from various shops, as well as void crystals needed to repair the teleportation array.

He spends the rest of his time in seclusion, practicing intensive meditation.

The harvest was quite good. Apart from the three legendary spiritual materials—Golden Dew, Supreme Yang Wood, and Eight Treasures Spiritual Spring Water—the other materials were basically in sight.

However, some materials are not old enough, so he needs to use Gray Island to accelerate their growth, which will take about six years in the real world.

However, this means that the time it takes for the Yaoji Starwood to grow to a age suitable for crafting magical artifacts will have to be postponed once again.

Li Ping, however, remained remarkably calm.

There's no need to rush the cultivation of the Starry Divine Tree, since we haven't even secured the materials for the Starry Banner yet.

"Whether it's Golden Dew, Supreme Yang Wood, Eight Treasures Spiritual Spring Water, or banner materials, I'm afraid we can only hope to obtain them in the Great Zhou. Great Zhou..." Li Ping sighed slightly.

He wondered if he was being too stubborn.

Going to the Great Zhou doesn't necessarily require a teleportation array. With his Core Formation cultivator strength, crossing the vast ocean to reach the Great Zhou wouldn't be difficult.

"Let's wait a bit longer. If we really can't get the Void Crystal, then... let's keep waiting." Li Ping hesitated for a moment, then gave up on the plan to cross the vast ocean to the Great Zhou.

The dangers on the road are secondary; what's truly dangerous is if he accidentally offends those Nascent Soul experts in the Great Zhou Dynasty, as there's no teleportation array to help him.

They might be chased until they're covered in dirt and have nowhere to hide.

If there is a teleportation array, he can use it to escape.

No matter how powerful a Nascent Soul cultivator is, it's impossible for them to chase you all the way to the Western Wilderness.

……

Several months later, the thousand-year bloodline fruit, specially cultivated for the Earth Spirit Rat, finally ripened.

Li Ping went into the courtyard, took out the golden Bloodline Fruit, fed it to the Earth Spirit Rat, and then fed it the pills he had prepared beforehand.

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Then, he instructed Meng Wanjun to observe the state of the earth spirit rat, while he returned to the house to cultivate.

Anyway, he has the power of the Nourishing Life Technique, so even if the Earth Spirit Rat fails to break through and damages its essence, he can heal it. There's nothing to worry about.

At the same time, he also observed...

Meng Wanjun's aura faintly conveyed a sense of perfection, indicating that she was not far from breaking through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

That's normal.

More than 30 years ago, when Li Ping returned to the Western Wilderness, she was already a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and her spiritual root aptitude was two spiritual roots, which was quite good. After so many years of seclusion, it is not surprising that she has cultivated to the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage.

However, the next bottleneck will not be so easy to overcome, and it may take quite a while.

Li Ping did not intend to let her take the breakthrough pill.

Breakthrough-level pills can also develop resistance.

If one overcomes the bottlenecks in the mid- and late-stage Foundation Establishment by using elixirs, forming the Golden Core later will become even more difficult.

Meng Wanjun is quite talented and possesses the bloodline of the Dragon Tamer, giving her a special gift in the art of beast taming. Li Ping hopes she can go further on the path of immortality.

At the very least, one should reach the Core Formation stage.

Li Ping still has a Qi Condensation Pill. If Meng Wanjun's performance satisfies him, the Qi Condensation Pill will belong to Meng Wanjun.

……

Several months later, under Meng Wanjun's meticulous care, the Earth Spirit Rat successfully advanced to the late stage of the second tier.

After advancing, the Earth Spirit Rat's body didn't change much, except that the pale golden spots on its back became denser, and seemed to be merging into one.

On the day.

The Earth Spirit Rat, which had been bullied for a long time, once again provoked the Wildfire Sparrow, and unsurprisingly got a crushing defeat.

Ordinary spirit beasts still can't compete with the celestial spirit bird that possesses the bloodline of the Vermilion Bird.

This defeat made the Earth Spirit Rat completely docile and dare not clash with the Wildfire Sparrow again.

At the end of that year, another big piece of news came from Fenglan Immortal City.

Huang Yunzi, the strongest member of the Five Kingdoms Alliance of the Western Regions and a late-stage Core Formation cultivator from Ziyun Valley, passed away at the end of his life.

Meng Wanjun was very happy about Huang Yunzi's passing.

Upon hearing the news from her, Li Ping couldn't help but show a hint of surprise, but quickly regained his composure.

As a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, Huang Yunzi is one of the seven people who truly stand at the very top of the Western Wilderness.

With his death, only six cultivators in the late-stage Core Formation realm of the Western Wilderness remained in public view.

Not long ago, Li Ping heard that Qu Youkong was furious after his death and personally took action to kill the perpetrator.

Two years passed, and the murderer was never found; instead, he passed away peacefully at the end of his life.

Li Ping still remembers the time when he faced the beast tide.

Huang Yunzi killed the third-tier Fierce Arrow Eagle, single-handedly dispelling the overwhelming power of the beast tide; I also remember his cunning scheme of colluding with the Meng family to swiftly kill Feng Lan Zhenren and his disciples, thus taking the Immortal City into his own hands.

But even such a person cannot escape the passage of time.

He sighed softly, "Without growth and life, one is ultimately just a handful of dust!"

However, Huang Yunzi and Li Ping were not actually very close, and had never even met. Therefore, he only sighed for a moment and then gave up.

……

Shortly after the New Year.

Having learned that Li Ping had settled in Donghua Mountain, Yan Hengchuan and his wife made a special trip to visit him.

Besides the couple, a tall, handsome young man dressed in a light blue robe accompanied them.

His cultivation level had reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, surpassing that of Yan Hengchuan and his wife.

Upon seeing Li Ping, they immediately bowed respectfully, saying, "Greetings, Grandmaster!"

The handsome young man also bowed, saying, "Greetings, Ancestor."

Li Ping smiled and waved his hand, "You can all get up now."

Next, through the couple's introduction, he learned that this handsome young man was their second son, Yan Jing, who possessed a mutated lightning spirit root and had already become a disciple of a Core Formation True Person in the Crimson Flame Sect.

During the conversation, Yan Jing would occasionally steal glances at Li Ping.

Clearly, they were very curious about this legendary figure from the family records.

After some questioning, Li Ping learned that Yan Jing was going to Ziyun Valley with his master to pay respects to Huang Yunzi.

Having finally left the sect, he took the opportunity to ask his master for a leave of absence for a while, and brought his parents to the Donghua Mountain Market to buy them some robes, pills, and other items.

At the same time, he also presented Li Ping with a seven-hundred-year-old medicinal herb as a tribute.

Li Ping accepted the elixir with a smile, praising his filial piety.

The Yan couple looked at Yan Jing with great satisfaction.

"Jing'er, I will accept the spiritual medicine you have offered me." Li Ping smiled and took out a bottle of pills from his storage bag: "I will return this bottle of Nourishing Yuan Pills to you, hoping that you can cultivate to the late stage of Foundation Establishment soon."

"Ah! This?" Yan Jing hesitated.

The Nourishing Essence Pill is a valuable elixir suitable for cultivators in the mid-to-late Foundation Establishment stage to improve their cultivation. It is far more valuable than the spiritual medicine I offered as a gift. Would it be inappropriate for him to accept it?

But just as he hesitated, he heard his father's voice: "What are you standing there for? Your master has given you a pill, so hurry up and thank him."

Yan Jing then accepted the pill, his expression joyful: "Thank you, Ancestor, for bestowing this pill upon me."

With this bottle of Nourishing Essence Pill, he will be able to cultivate to the peak of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage in just a few years.