txolops Chapter 332 Taihao, the Choice
Chapter 332 Taihao, the Choice
A month later.
Bai Qing was desperately circulating his cultivation technique every day to refine the vital energy in his body, afraid that if he was too slow, the ever-increasing vital energy would burst him apart.
He never dreamed that a piece of roasted meat would contain such abundant spiritual energy.
When he finally refined all the vital energy in his body, he couldn't help but sigh and open his eyes.
He only managed to refine a small portion of the immense spiritual power contained in that piece of roasted meat; the rest either dissipated or remained deposited throughout his meridians.
However, even after refining only a small portion, Bai Qing's cultivation level had already broken through to the late Foundation Establishment stage.
The piece of meat that the handsome young man casually tossed to him saved him from nearly a hundred years of arduous cultivation.
"Thank you for your kind gift, senior!" Overjoyed, Bai Qing stood up and thanked him respectfully.
The handsome young man waved his hand impatiently: "Now that you've already eaten the meat, let's hurry up and leave."
Upon hearing that the other party had asked him to leave, Bai Qing was overjoyed. He hadn't expected things to turn out this way.
He was able to leave smoothly after eating.
"This junior takes his leave!"
He dared not linger any longer, and without hesitation, he leaped up, transforming into a streak of azure light and flying back to where he had come from.
In the dimly lit canyon, a figure staggered out; it was Bai Qing.
Upon seeing the familiar scenery around him, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
But at the same time, he also discovered...
The entrance to the secret realm has disappeared.
He could no longer enter the secret realm from this point.
However, Bai Qing was only excited about surviving the ordeal and dared not have any idea of continuing to explore. He also felt no regret at the disappearance of the entrance to the secret realm.
Whoosh!
He summoned the puppet again, and the two of them, one man and one puppet, groped their way towards the direction of Gaoji Mountain.
But now that Bai Qing has broken through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment, he is clearly more confident and no longer as cautious as he was when he arrived.
……
The handsome young man looked in the direction Bai Qing had left, his gaze piercing through layers of space as he saw Bai Qing use magic to leave the secret realm.
As Bai Qing's figure gradually faded away, he couldn't help but show a smug look on his face. But when Bai Qing's figure really disappeared, the smug look on his face instantly froze.
He clearly sensed that the wisp of his soul that he had secretly left inside Bai Qing's body had been annihilated.
The handsome young man looked up at the sky, his eyes pleading: "Big brother, you see I've rid myself of the evil in my heart and corrected my mistakes. I promise I'll behave myself from now on and won't be an enemy of the human race again. Please let me out."
But his pleading and pleas received no response whatsoever; it was as if he were only talking to himself.
As time passed, the handsome young man's face gradually turned red, and his round, moon-like pupils gradually transformed into chilling vertical pupils.
Suddenly, he roared in fury, "Taihao, we were born together, our roots are close. I merely ate some humans, and you imprison me here to atone for my sins? You're afraid of those guys, but I'm not!"
"I'm leaving today, and nobody's going to stop me!"
"Ugh~"
Amidst a deafening roar, a massive, unfathomably long, azure serpent slowly emerged behind the handsome young man. The serpent then soared into the sky, crashing towards the heavens.
boom!
A dense, spiderweb-like barrier appeared in the sky. Under the impact of the giant serpent, the barrier trembled slightly, as if it were about to collapse at any moment.
The giant snake's eyes lit up with joy, and it immediately charged headlong into the barrier once more.
Just as it was about to break through the barrier, a cyan branch above its head gradually solidified from a phantom and swept downwards.
On the first swipe, the giant snake's head was smashed and bleeding profusely.
Second viewing, the snake's skin was torn and its flesh was ripped open.
On the third viewing, the giant snake fell to the ground with a mournful cry.
Peace returned to the secret realm, the green branches vanished, and the spiderweb-like restrictions quietly disappeared into the void.
……
Hidden within the magic array.
Li Ping carefully examined the octagonal teleportation array in front of him. After confirming that everything was correct, he immediately took out spirit stones from his storage bag and embedded them into the grooves of the teleportation array.
He wasn't going to teleport directly to the Great Zhou Dynasty, but rather to use this method to test whether the teleportation array was functioning properly, and also to confirm whether the teleportation array in the Great Zhou Dynasty was intact.
Thoughts flashed through my mind rapidly.
Without much hesitation, Li Ping cast a spell to activate the teleportation array in front of him.
next moment--
Suddenly, the newly built teleportation array emitted a buzzing sound, followed by a hazy light screen enveloping the octagonal teleportation array.
Looking through the light screen, the teleportation array inside appeared somewhat blurry.
Following the descriptions in "Detailed Explanation of Teleportation Arrays" and the numerous materials he had collected over the past few days, Li Ping meticulously checked the teleportation array in front of him.
After a long while, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, a hint of excitement showing in his eyes.
He was certain that he had successfully rebuilt the teleportation array here, and that the teleportation array on the Great Zhou side was also in good working order.
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This also means.
If he wanted, he could now travel directly to the Great Zhou via this teleportation array.
Of course, Li Ping is not in a hurry to go to the Great Zhou. He still has some things to take care of in the Western Wilderness.
First is the Wildfire Sparrow.
Based on his observations, the Wildfire Sparrow would likely advance within ten years.
Once this beast advances and further awakens the Vermilion Bird bloodline within its body, its combat power will likely be comparable to that of a human cultivator in the mid-stage of Core Formation.
In this way, Li Ping gained a loyal subordinate equivalent to a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator.
His trip to the Great Zhou Dynasty would naturally be arranged after this beast had advanced in rank.
After all, according to the information he had gathered about the Great Zhou Dynasty, the cultivation world of the Great Zhou was not a paradise either. Demonic cultivators, tribulation cultivators, otherworldly beings, and monsters... the situation was more complicated than in the Western Wilderness.
His strength is naturally the greater the better.
Apart from the Wildfire Sparrow.
He may not return to the Great Zhou for many years after his departure. The underground spiritual veins of the Ji and Yan families in Xiaomei Mountain, as well as Meng Wanjun, need to be properly settled in advance.
He shouldn't just leave without saying goodbye.
Having thought this through, Li Pingqiang suppressed the urge to teleport immediately and made a hand seal to dim the light on the teleportation array.
He then waved his hand and took out the spirit stone that had just been embedded in the teleportation array platform. He also disassembled the teleportation array into different modules and put them all into his storage bag.
Since he doesn't plan to use this teleportation array for the time being, he certainly can't leave it lying there intact.
If other cultivators were to discover this and use it to teleport to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and then destroy the teleportation array on the other end, he would truly regret it.
Moreover, the status of the teleportation array on the Great Zhou side is unknown.
Perhaps after he repairs the teleportation array, someone will be teleported over from the Great Zhou, which is something he doesn't want to see. He has no interest in doing the work for someone else.
After assembling and disassembling the teleportation array, Li Ping leaped into the air and transformed into a streak of rainbow light, flying towards the outside of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range. When passing the Immortal City, the light did not slow down at all, and it swept past and disappeared into the horizon.
……
Several days later, at Xiaomeishan in Jiangguo.
A blue rainbow flew from the sky, and when it reached the top of the mountain, the rainbow light dissipated, revealing Li Ping's figure within it.
He scanned Xiaomei Mountain below with his divine sense and found that only a few low-level Qi Refining cultivators were currently managing the spiritual land. Apart from a few houses where cultivators lived, the rest of the hundred-acre area was planted with spiritual rice, spiritual herbs, and other plants.
Without greeting these low-level cultivators, Li Ping flashed into the formation, then flashed again into the dark stone passage, his figure swaying as he headed towards the underground spirit pool.
Before this, due to his low level of array formation skills, Li Ping was unable to deal with the third-order array on Lingtan Island, and had to follow the Wildfire Sparrow through a dog hole to get in and out.
Now that he has awakened his unparalleled talent in array formations, he naturally needs to solve this problem.
Furthermore, he plans to make some modifications to the third-tier array on Spirit Island, adding concealment and spirit-gathering effects.
After all, considering that the Wildfire Sparrow was one of his trump cards, Li Ping did not want anyone to know that he possessed a third-tier natal spirit beast.
So next, he will let the Wildfire Sparrow advance its level on the Frostpool Island.
After the formation was modified, the concealment effect was improved, and when the Wildfire Sparrow advanced, it could significantly reduce the probability of the underground spiritual veins being discovered by other cultivators.
……
A month or so passed in the blink of an eye.
Li Ping successfully mastered and modified the third-order array on the Spirit Island. However, the concealment array still lacked some special materials, which needed to be purchased from the Donghua Mountain Market.
In addition, there's the matter of dealing with Meng Wanjun.
Li Ping had no choice but to put aside his affairs and steer his flying boat toward Donghua Mountain.
They returned to their cave without incident.
"Young Master, you're back." Meng Wanjun was very happy to see Li Ping.
Li Ping smiled and nodded, then waved for Meng Wanjun to come forward.
Meng Wanjun was somewhat uneasy because her aura remained at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage, and she had not been able to break through.
Li Ping had once threatened her that if she did not break through her cultivation level soon, he would feed her natal spirit beast to the Wildfire Sparrow.
At this moment, Meng Wanjun felt like a primary school student having their homework checked by the teacher, constantly repeating to herself, "Don't ask me, don't ask me!"
However, Li Ping did not intend to inquire about her cultivation level this time, but rather to tell her about his future plans and let her make a choice.
He said solemnly, "Wanjun, I am going to a mysterious place, but this place is too important to me. So I will give you two choices: one, you stay in Donghua Mountain to cultivate, and two, you come with me to that mysterious place."
Meng Wanjun opened her mouth to speak, but Li Ping waved his hand to interrupt her and continued, "If you choose the first option, then our fate ends here. If you choose the second option, then I will treat you as one of my own and will also give you some guidance in cultivation."
"But there's something I need to tell you beforehand. Considering the importance of that hidden place, and the fact that you'll be coming into contact with some of my secrets later, just to be on the safe side, I'll place a restriction on your soul to prevent you from suddenly betraying me."
After saying his piece, Li Ping simply looked at Meng Wanjun silently, waiting for her to make her choice.