txolops Chapter 350 Golden Dew and the Four Fiends of the East Sea
Chapter 350 Golden Dew and the Four Fiends of the East Sea
About 120 years ago.
After attending Yan Hengchuan's wedding banquet, Li Ping encountered Hua Hong chasing a female cultivator on his way back to the Immortal City.
He didn't want to get involved, but Hua Hong wouldn't let him leave.
Ultimately, he was forced to defend himself, and used all his skills to kill Hua Hong and save the female cultivator.
Afterwards, the female cultivator told him that Hua Wuji had a special secret technique that could track down the person who killed Hua Hong, and that the only way to survive was to flee to the Great Zhou.
The female cultivator invited him to flee for his life together, but he refused without hesitation and chose to hide in the secret cave.
After such a long time, the two met again in Lingxiao City of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
However, Li Ping wasn't too surprised to see the female cultivator again, because he had caught a glimpse of her when he arrived in Lingxiao City to handle the rental matters.
However, he felt that the two were not familiar with each other and that he did not care about the other party, so he did not make a special effort to look for her.
After all, back then he didn't even bother to ask the other person's name, nor did he tell them his own.
The reason he was surprised when he met the real person was mainly because he was surprised by the other person's cultivation level.
He never expected that despite his diligent cultivation, his cultivation level would be surpassed by an ordinary rogue cultivator from the State of Qi.
At this moment, Li Ping was somewhat puzzled: "Could it be that the Great Zhou Dynasty is such a land of outstanding people and abundant resources? Or am I doing something wrong?"
Even if she possesses a unique spiritual root, her cultivation speed couldn't possibly be this fast!
Unless she has a Heavenly Spiritual Root and her aptitude is not bad, but how could a Heavenly Spiritual Root cultivator become a rogue cultivator?
Compared to his indifferent expression, the female cultivator had a very good impression of Li Ping, who had saved her life and remained unmoved even when she threw herself into his arms while he was infatuated with her.
"When I invited you to come to the Great Zhou, didn't you refuse? Why did you come here secretly on your own?" The female cultivator seemed to still hold a grudge against Li Ping for refusing her more than a hundred years ago.
Li Ping shook his head and didn't say anything more.
Meng Wanjun, standing to the side, became wary.
Invited to go to Da Zhou, refused, came secretly... she couldn't help but imagine wildly.
But the next moment, she only heard the young master speak calmly: "I came to the Great Zhou to pursue a higher path to immortality. By the way, I still don't know the fairy's name."
Upon hearing this, Meng Wanjun breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that the young master didn't even know the name of this green-clad female cultivator.
"The two are clearly very distant, yet this female cultivator acts all ambiguous..." Meng Wanjun thought to herself, secretly pursing her lips.
When her name was mentioned, the green-clad female cultivator felt slightly embarrassed, as she had been poisoned by the Soft Dragon Powder and had lost all her magical power.
Fearing that Li Ping would resolutely eliminate evil and uphold justice if she revealed her real name, she fabricated a background as a rogue cultivator from the Qi Kingdom to deceive Li Ping.
Now… the female cultivator’s expression shifted and she coldly snorted, “Hmph, I don’t even know your name, so why should I tell you mine?”
"My name is Li Ping," Li Ping said calmly.
The female cultivator paused for a moment, then said in a low voice, "My name is... my name is Wei Yiling."
"Wei Yiling".
When Li Ping learned her name, he suddenly realized what was going on. If it was Wei Yiling, then it made sense.
No wonder she was able to cultivate to the mid-stage of Core Formation; she had been at the Core Formation level for over 120 years.
Recalling past memories again, connecting everything together.
Li Ping roughly guessed what had happened at that time.
He couldn't help but glance at Wei Yiling a few more times. Despite her delicate appearance, she was actually a ruthless and decisive woman.
After killing Hua Hong, she did not try to reason with Hua Wuji about right and wrong, nor did she harbor any illusions about him. Instead, she chose to betray the sect and run away.
Before fleeing, he didn't forget to return to his sect to retrieve his life tablet and also plunder a batch of resources.
"Back then..." Wei Yiling tried to explain.
Li Ping waved his hand, "What's past is past. Fellow Daoist Wei, you've asked me to refine pills. What kind of pills do you want?"
Upon hearing Li Ping's words, Wei Yiling realized that her sworn sister was still waiting for the elixir to save her life.
In such a critical moment, she had no time to dwell on the past.
Thinking about this, she couldn't help but curse herself inwardly.
She immediately recounted in detail how her sworn sister had been poisoned and injured. Then, she said solemnly, "I would like to ask Fellow Daoist Li to help me refine a third-grade antidote pill for my sworn sister."
Then she described in detail the type of pill she was going to refine.
"This is easy." Li Ping nodded slightly, then changed the subject: "By the way, Fellow Daoist Wei said he would use half a portion of Golden Dew as payment for alchemy. Would it be convenient for me to inspect the Golden Dew?"
Seeing Li Ping's confident demeanor when he talked about alchemy, Wei Yiling couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Upon hearing that Li Ping wished to examine the Golden Dew, she did not hesitate to take out a half-foot-long jade bottle from her storage bag and use her magic to control it to float in front of Li Ping: "This jade bottle contains half of the Golden Dew. As long as you can refine the pill, this item will belong to you."
Li Ping grabbed the jade bottle without ceremony, and after uncorking it, he saw a thin layer of dew at the bottom.
It emitted a pale golden glow.
It was undoubtedly the Golden Dew he had been searching for.
He couldn't help but sigh inwardly: The Great Zhou Dynasty truly lives up to its reputation as a holy land for cultivating immortality. The three materials that were impossible to find in the Western Wilderness were gathered in the Great Zhou Dynasty in just over six years.
At this rate, once we've collected the remaining half of the materials, will it be far off to successfully break through to the third level of body refinement?
A multitude of thoughts flashed through his mind. He looked up at Wei Yiling and said, "Fellow Daoist Wei, I wonder if you have any of that remaining half of the Golden Dew? I'm willing to trade it with you at a high price!"
Wei Yiling shook her head: "I only have half a portion of Golden Dew on me, but I know where the other half is."
Seeing Li Ping's questioning gaze, she quickly explained, "Golden Dew is a rare spiritual object that can only be formed inside the body of a third-tier sea monster, the Wind Howler. Not long ago, my sworn sister and I went out to sea to hunt monsters, and we were lucky enough to successfully kill a Wind Howler."
However, while gathering materials, we were ambushed by someone in the shadows. Not only was my sworn sister seriously injured while saving me, but most of the materials on the Wind-Slaying Sable also fell into that person's hands, including the remaining half of the Golden Dew.
"Oh? Is that so?" Li Ping frowned, then relaxed.
As he led Wei Yiling towards the alchemy room, he casually inquired, "I wonder what the background of the villain who attacked Fellow Daoist Wei is?"
The Golden Dew is crucial to his breakthrough to the third level of body refinement; he absolutely must obtain it.
Knowing that the remaining half of the Golden Dew was with the person who attacked Wei Yiling and her sister, he now had a direction to work towards.
"This gang of thieves is known as the Four Fiends of the East Sea. Their leader is a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator, while the other three are all early-stage Core Formation cultivators. They have been plundering the East Sea for nearly a hundred years, and several fellow cultivators have fallen victim to their cruelty. The Demon Slaying Divisions of Ningtai County and several nearby counties have been searching for them, but they have not been able to capture them."
Speaking of the people who attacked her, Wei Yiling couldn't help but show hatred on her face: "The ones who attacked me and my sworn sister were the eldest, third, and fourth of the Four Fiends."
"One mid-stage Core Formation cultivator and three early-stage Core Formation cultivators." Li Ping frowned slightly, but ultimately just nodded without saying anything more.
……
They entered the alchemy room.
Wei Yiling hurriedly handed over the prepared materials.
Li Ping took the materials and retrieved the alchemy furnace. He then breathed out alchemical fire from his mouth. Once the temperature inside the furnace reached the required level, he quickly began processing the materials laid out in front of him.
Wei Yiling watched Li Ping's movements with a hint of nervousness in her eyes, fearing that Li Ping's alchemy would fail and delay the detoxification of her sworn sister.
Fortunately, a few days later...
Li Ping made a hand seal, and the lid of the alchemy furnace was lifted by a burst of multicolored light. Within the light, a spiritual pill emitting a rich medicinal fragrance floated up and down.
"go!"
Li Ping gave a soft shout, and with his magic power, he controlled the pill to float in front of Wei Yiling: "Fellow Daoist Wei, I have not failed you."
"Thank you for your trouble, Fellow Daoist Li."
Wei Yiling was overjoyed. After putting away the pills, she couldn't wait to take her leave and go to detoxify her sworn sister.
As for the half portion of Golden Dew, it naturally remained with Li Ping.
"It's a pity there's only half a portion!" Li Ping sighed slightly.
Although it was only half a portion, the good thing was that he knew who had the other half.
Sitting cross-legged in the training room, Li Ping's eyes revealed a thoughtful expression: "The Four Fiends of the East Sea."
It must be said that the Great Zhou is indeed a great place, that there are even Core Formation cultivators who are willing to give up their noodles to become Tribulation cultivators.
As the most outstanding cultivators in the East Sea, the Four Fiends of the East Sea consist of a small group of one mid-stage Core Formation cultivator and three early-stage Core Formation cultivators. Such strength would make them one of the top forces in the Western Wilderness.
Such a small group is not something Li Ping can handle.
He did kill the Crimson Thunder Old Monster, who was in the mid-stage of Core Formation, in the Western Wilderness. However, the Crimson Thunder Old Monster was nearing the end of his lifespan and had used up a lot of the power of his natal magic treasure to refine the talisman, which greatly reduced his combat power.
Moreover, at that time, he had puppets and spirit beasts ganging up on the Crimson Thunder Monster.
This approach is clearly ineffective against the Four Fiends of the East Sea.
With three against four, the advantage doesn't lie with him.
……
After pondering for a while, he called Meng Wanjun over and instructed her to release the news that he would buy Jinxialu at a high price.
In Li Ping's view, the Four Fiends of the East Sea, as bandits and cultivators, must have a place to sell their stolen goods and replenish their supplies. Throughout the Great Zhou Dynasty, what place is more suitable than Lingxiao City, a city of mixed and diverse rogue cultivators?
Therefore, many of the items looted by the Four Fiends of the East Sea will most likely end up in Lingxiao City, which may include half of the Golden Dew.
He didn't necessarily have to kill the other party and steal their corpse to get the other party's half of the Golden Dew.
Achieving a win-win situation through transactions is also a good option.
Anyway, he had no enmity with the Four Fiends of the East Sea; the one who had a grudge against them was Wei Yiling.
His relationship with Wei Yiling was not yet deep enough for him to risk going against powerful figures like the Four Fiends of the East Sea.
Li Ping sighed softly, "I hope everything goes well."
He was not a cultivator who enjoyed fighting with others, nor was he a born killer.
If he could successfully purchase the half of the Golden Dew from the Four Fiends of the East Sea, he would accept even a higher price.