txolops Chapter 326 A Glimmer of Hope: Spiritual Materials Delivered to Your Doorstep
Chapter 326 A Glimmer of Hope: Spiritual Materials Delivered to Your Doorstep
Inside the training room.
Li Ping sat cross-legged, exhaled a long breath, and then stood up and walked towards the door.
It hasn't been a year yet.
He emerged from seclusion because Meng Wanjun reminded him that a Core Formation cultivator was coming to visit him.
However, he had not yet completed the Great Circulation and it was inconvenient for him to stop practicing, so he did not immediately leave seclusion.
After leaving the training room, Li Ping called Meng Wanjun over.
"Is it Xu Guike?" From her description, Li Ping quickly guessed the identity of the person who came to visit.
"After I told him that the young master was in seclusion, that senior said he would visit the young master again tomorrow," Meng Wanjun recounted the events.
Finally, she stuck out her tongue: "Young master, Wan Jun hasn't broken through yet, but your exit from seclusion this time doesn't count."
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The next day, Xu Guike indeed came to visit with his wife.
Li Ping led the couple into the pavilion in the courtyard. After Meng Wanjun served them some fine tea, she smiled and went off to attend to her business.
During the ensuing casual conversation, when Xu Guike learned from Li Ping that the beautiful female cultivator in his cave was a member of the Meng family, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.
He is a person who clearly distinguishes between gratitude and resentment.
The people who killed his master were Meng Zixing and Meng Qingyi; it had nothing to do with the rest of the Meng family.
As for the other members of the Meng family who benefited... after Meng Zixing and Meng Qingyi died one after another, the Meng family had completely declined, and there was no need for him to kick them while they were down.
While pondering, Xu Guike couldn't help but sigh.
When Master and Grandmaster were still alive, Xiong Pohai, Ye Chen and others stood on Master's side, fighting against the three sects of Ziyun Valley and suppressing those meritorious families. They were Master's ironclad support.
With the death of their master and the rise of the Meng family, they, like themselves, were exiled to the Yan Kingdom.
But when a feud arose between the Meng family and Ziyun Valley, they did not hesitate to cooperate with the three sects, forgetting their master's hatred.
In this world, everything is driven by self-interest!
Li Ping and Xu Guike had an unusual relationship, so he didn't probe anything, but directly asked, "Fellow Daoist Xu, did you kill Qu Youkong and the other two?"
"I killed them! I killed them to avenge my master!" Xu Guike naturally didn't hide anything from Li Ping, as he trusted Li Ping completely.
"However, after I killed two of them, they stopped giving me a chance to fight alone," Xu Guike explained. "In order not to delay my senior sister's cultivation, I had to temporarily give up my revenge."
Li Ping couldn't help but glance at Xu Guike a few more times. In just a few words, he had already roughly judged the opponent's specific combat strength.
Influenced by his teacher, Xu Guike developed a decisive and efficient character. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he got down to business.
"By the way, besides catching up, the reason I came to visit Fellow Daoist Li this time is because I killed two Core Formation cultivators and obtained their materials, including many spiritual herbs. I would like to trouble you to help me refine them into pills that can help Senior Sister improve her cultivation!" Xu Guike said with a smile, glancing at Lin Yue as he spoke, a rare tenderness appearing in his eyes.
"A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years. There's no need for you to rush things to avenge your master." Li Ping agreed with Xu Guike's approach and then nodded, "Refining pills is no problem. Show me the materials."
"I can also refine third-tier pills," he added after saying that.
Generally speaking, cultivators are accustomed to carrying all their possessions with them. The storage bags of two Core Formation stage cultivators naturally contain many spiritual herbs that are hundreds of years old, and perhaps even some that are thousands of years old.
Millennium-old spiritual herbs can be used to refine third-tier pills for Core Formation cultivators to improve their cultivation.
Seeing that Xu Guike was eager to take revenge, Li Ping wanted to lend him a hand.
In addition, his own "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue" magic power, which allowed him to absorb the innate spiritual energy of third-grade low-level spiritual herbs, was still far from its limit, which is why he said that.
Helping others benefits oneself as well, which is a win-win situation.
If he weren't worried that his identity as a third-tier alchemist would be associated with Li Jingyu, he wouldn't mind openly accepting alchemy tasks.
Upon hearing this, Xu Guike was taken aback at first, then smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Li has actually become a third-level alchemist. Congratulations! I do have a few thousand-year-old spiritual herbs on me. Then, without further ado, please refine them into pills for me."
"Alright, by the way, please keep my status as a third-tier alchemist a secret, Fellow Daoist Xu." Li Ping explained, "Recently, a mysterious third-tier alchemist killed two Core Formation cultivators from the Joyful Union Sect. I don't want to be harassed by the Joyful Union Sect because of my alchemy."
Xu Guike was an extremely intelligent man, and he immediately guessed the implication behind Li Ping's words. His expression became strange: "The mysterious third-level alchemist you mentioned, you are actually yourself, aren't you?"
However, he did not reveal the matter, but readily agreed to keep it a secret for Li Ping.
At the same time, he couldn't help but be surprised by Li Ping's combat strength.
He follows the path of sword cultivation and possesses a spirit-connected flying sword, so his combat power can overwhelm those of the same level, allowing him to kill two early-stage Core Formation cultivators in succession.
I never expected that Fellow Daoist Li, who has always been calm and unremarkable, could actually do this.
Fellow Daoist Li is no ordinary person!
While pondering, he took out many spiritual herbs from his storage bag and placed them on the table in front of him. Among a pile of herbs that were hundreds of years old, several thousand-year-old spiritual herbs were full of spiritual energy.
Li Ping glanced at them and nodded slightly: "These are all relatively common thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, which should be sufficient for refining third-tier pills. Fellow Daoist Xu, where are you currently staying? After the pills are refined, I will have Wan Jun deliver them to you."
"Then I thank Fellow Daoist Li very much!" Xu Guike nodded in satisfaction.
Immediately, ignoring Li Ping's obstruction, he poured out a large pile of various spiritual materials from his storage bag.
He gestured with his chin and waved his hand generously: "Fellow Daoist Li, alchemy is hard work and it delays your own cultivation. I can't let you work for nothing. Take whatever you like."
As a sword cultivator, he has very little need for external objects other than his spirit-summoning flying sword.
Furthermore, neither he nor Lin Yue had any secondary professions such as weapon crafting or alchemy, so these spiritual materials were only good for him to exchange or sell for spirit stones.
Instead of going through all that trouble, it would be better to just give the money to Li Ping as payment for refining the pills.
As for not paying... he believes that even if the two parties have a good relationship, there is no reason for someone to get something for free.
Friendships can only be maintained through mutual benefit. If one party is always thinking about taking advantage, even the deepest feelings cannot withstand the test of time.
"Fellow Daoist Xu, there's no need for payment..." Li Ping said politely, his divine sense subconsciously sweeping over the pile of spiritual materials on the table.
Upon seeing the spiritual materials on the table, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and his gaze involuntarily fell on a fist-sized, pure, multifaceted crystal among the pile of miscellaneous items.
Although this faceted crystal doesn't have any extraordinary brilliance, it exudes a unique charm.
The next moment, he stretched out his palm and grabbed the multifaceted crystal. With a "whoosh," the multifaceted crystal was directly sucked into his palm.
Li Ping took the multifaceted crystal in his hand and examined it carefully.
After a moment, he forcibly suppressed his excitement and smiled, nodding at Xu Guike: "Given our friendship, I originally didn't intend to accept any payment, but this Void Crystal is indeed of great use to me. I've gone through a lot of trouble for this item over the years, and I never expected to get it today through you, fellow Daoist."
"So this thing is called Void Crystal." Xu Guike nodded thoughtfully.
"I won't hide it from you, fellow Daoist. Void Crystal is an extremely rare third-tier spiritual material with spatial attributes. Its value is not only enough to pay for alchemy, but also more than enough. Since I have taken this item, I should give you some compensation, fellow Daoist Xu." Li Ping said these words to Xu Guike while holding the Void Crystal in his hand.
In fact, the Void Crystal is even more valuable to him.
after all.
If he's lucky, the teleportation array on the Great Zhou side will be intact. After he repairs the teleportation array in the Cloud Mist Mountains, he will essentially have control of a convenient passage between the Great Zhou and the Western Wilderness.
Its value is immeasurable.
"Given our friendship, Fellow Daoist Li, if you need this, feel free to take it. There's no need to talk about compensation." Xu Guike waved his hand dismissively, not feeling like he had suffered a loss at all.
After his master's death, he was exiled to the Yan Kingdom and found himself in dire straits. Fellow Daoist Li gave him a spirit talisman, but he didn't expect to get anything in return.
Even the most precious third-tier spiritual material cannot compare to the spiritual talisman he was given in dire straits!
"Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony." Li Ping knew that given Xu Guike's personality, saying anything about 'compensation' would be superfluous.
He put the Void Crystal into his storage bag, then pointed to the pile of various second- and third-tier spiritual materials on the table: "Since Fellow Daoist Xu has brought them out, I'll process these materials for you and exchange them for third-tier pills that you can use, how about that?"
Since Xu Guike insisted, Li Ping planned to make amends for the loss he suffered in the Void Crystal transaction by trading the remaining spiritual materials.
With the two gray islands in his sea of consciousness, he was the richest man in the cultivation world. In terms of personal wealth, Xu Guike was far inferior to him.
Under these circumstances, how could he possibly take advantage of Xu Guike?
On the contrary, he would not mind giving Xu Guike some help to make his cultivation smoother.
Xu Guike was unaware of his thoughts, but upon hearing that he wanted to help handle the spiritual materials, he immediately smiled and nodded, "You can arrange everything, Fellow Daoist Li."
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Properly manage alchemy and the trading of spiritual materials.
Li Ping sent Lin Yue away to keep Meng Wanjun company before turning to Xu Guike and slowly asking, "Fellow Daoist Xu, do you still remember the question I asked you back in Immortal City?"
Xu Guike was taken aback at first, then nodded slightly; of course he remembered.
At that time, Li Ping asked him if he believed in reincarnation, and said that he was suspected to be the reincarnation of one of his deceased friends.
At that time, he felt a sense of closeness to Li Ping and also speculated about Li Ping's theory of reincarnation.
Because whether he was cultivating the "Heavenly Sword Dao" or refining the Spirit Sword, everything was going incredibly smoothly for him, as if he were repeating what he had done before.
He suspected that he might have practiced the "Slaying Heaven Sword Path" before his reincarnation.