Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 351 Meng Wanjun's Little Thoughts

Before we know it, another year is about to pass.

Inside the alchemy room of Li Pinghe's cave dwelling.

Chen Hai was looking nervously at the ancient alchemy furnace in the center of the alchemy room, and at Li Ping, who was sitting cross-legged beside the furnace with a calm and composed expression.

Some time ago, he spent most of his fortune and invited two friends to join him before he finally managed to gather enough materials for a batch of Essence Pills.

Then he hurriedly went to Cai Baixuan, wanting to ask Li Ping to refine pills for him.

However, Li Ping was in seclusion at the time, and Meng Wanjun naturally couldn't disturb him for such a matter, so she temporarily put aside the alchemy.

Despite his anxiety, Chen Hai was helpless in the face of a Core Formation cultivator.

Not long ago, when Li Ping emerged from seclusion, Meng Wanjun informed him that he could bring the materials to his riverside cave to refine pills.

"It should be able to be successfully refined, after all, Li Ping is a third-level alchemist." Chen Hai even breathed very carefully, afraid of disturbing Li Ping and causing the alchemy to fail in the end.

Of the total materials worth about five thousand spirit stones, more than three thousand spirit stones belonged to him, while his two friends each contributed eight hundred spirit stones.

If he succeeds in refining the pill, he will give one essence pill to each of his two friends, and keep the remaining ten essence pills for himself, making him rich overnight.

But if the alchemy fails... Chen Hai felt that losing such a large amount of spirit stones would greatly slow down his progress to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

One by one, the spiritual materials were thrown into the alchemy furnace by Li Ping, and Chen Hai's heart pounded with each passing moment.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened, and everything was under Senior Li's control.

As the last spiritual ingredient was thrown into the alchemy furnace by Senior Li, the alchemy room fell silent, with only the faint sound of the burning fire and the occasional popping sounds coming from inside the furnace.

"It has to work! It has to work!" Chen Hai stared intently at the alchemy furnace, completely ignoring the rising temperature inside the alchemy room.

Unbeknownst to him, a faint medicinal fragrance wafted from his nostrils.

One whiff and you'll feel refreshed and invigorated.

"open!"

Suddenly, a voice as beautiful as heavenly music reached Chen Hai's ears.

He stared wide-eyed at the alchemy furnace, only to see the lid suddenly lifted by a gust of air, and twelve pills faintly visible amidst the spreading medicinal fragrance.

Whoosh!

Twelve thumb-sized pills floated in front of him under Senior Li's magical control.

"Is this a Essence Pill?" Chen Hai's eyes fell on the pill in front of him, his heart already filled with surprise and joy.

Li Ping looked at the stunned Chen Hai and said calmly, "The pills are ready. Hurry up and put them away to prevent the medicinal effects from being lost."

"Yes, senior!" Chen Hai quickly took out the jade bottle and put away all twelve essence pills.

Holding the jade bottle containing the Essence Pill, his heart was filled with excitement and gratitude.

He knew that the respected Senior Li would not cheat him; refining Essence Pills was just a piece of cake for Senior Li.

With a full ten Essence Pills, he should still have six or seven left after his breakthrough. He can sell them all, which will make his cultivation path in the late Foundation Establishment stage much smoother.

Before leaving, Chen Hai cautiously inquired, "Senior, may I ask you to refine pills again in the future?"

Li Ping glanced at him, thinking to himself, "How come you're eating and taking things at the same time, kid?"

However, considering that the other party is a disciple of the Lingxiao lineage and is also a Foundation Establishment cultivator, his connections are far superior to those of Chu Xiu and Chen Guang, and perhaps he will be of use in the future.

He smiled and nodded: "To refine third-tier pills, you can place an order with Cai Baixuan. As for second-tier pills... if you can find the necessary second-hand items for me, I might make an exception and refine them for you once."

"I understand," Chen Hai said thoughtfully.

He knew that alchemy was an extremely resource-intensive craft, and if the success rate was low, he might not only fail to make a profit, but also lose a large amount of resources.

Therefore, many alchemists take on alchemy tasks to earn spirit stones and to practice and improve their skills.

Senior Li is a third-tier alchemist. If he wants to practice, he can only do so by refining third-tier pills.

He wasn't willing to waste time on second-tier pills because they wouldn't serve his purpose of practice.

After all, given his success rate in refining second-tier pills, starting a pill-refining furnace would be a sure-fire way to make money. Why not refine pills for himself instead of helping others and pocket all the profits?

Senior Li's success rate in refining third-tier pills might not be very high, which is why he was willing to use other people's materials to practice.

"I'll go back and see who has any secondhand items." Having tasted the benefits, Chen Hai was now eager to get another secondhand item and immediately asked Senior Li to help him refine pills.

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Sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard.

Li Ping looked at Meng Wanjun, who was standing prettily to the side: "Still no news about Jin Xialu?"

"No one has contacted us yet," Meng Wanjun shook her head.

About half a year ago, Wei Yiling's appearance made her feel much less secure.

Fortunately, since that transaction, the young master has not paid any attention to Wei Yiling. Although Wei Yiling visited the young master a few times during that period,

But she subtly turned them away with the excuse that "the young master is in seclusion and it's not good to disturb him unless it's something important."

Want to see the young master? No way.

Of course, the reason she dared to do this was because Wei Yiling's purpose in meeting the young master was to express her gratitude to him in person, rather than to have anything important to discuss.

"What's with this talk of thanking him in person? She's just trying to flirt with him, huh!" she thought to herself with a haughty snort.

Upon hearing Meng Wanjun say that no one had contacted Cai Baixuan, Li Ping frowned.

He speculated that the Four Villains of the East Sea would need to sell their stolen goods after committing murder and robbery, and that the most likely place they would choose to sell their stolen goods was Lingxiao City.

However, since the four villains are on the wanted lists of several surrounding counties, they certainly wouldn't dare to swagger into Lingxiao City. It's highly likely that they have front men handling the disposal of stolen goods for them.

Li Ping hoped that the other party would notice the message he sent and then take the initiative to bring the half portion of Golden Dew to his door for the transaction.

In this way, the other party successfully disposed of the stolen goods, while he obtained a complete Golden Dew.

This deal can be described as a win-win situation for both sides.

But to my surprise, more than half a year has passed and no one has contacted me.

"Perhaps the Four Fiends of the East Sea haven't started selling their stolen goods yet?" Li Ping wondered to himself.

With the long lifespan of a Core Formation stage cultivator, half a year would pass in the blink of an eye.

Even the Four Fiends of the East Sea, who were engaged in robbery and cultivation, could not frequently dispose of their stolen goods. At most, they would only dispose of them all at once every few decades, or when they had made a great fortune, in order to save costs.

"Let's wait and see. Hopefully, everything will go smoothly." Li Ping shook his head inwardly.

He then turned to Meng Wanjun and asked, "Besides the matter of the Golden Dew, have you received any spiritual items or secondhand goods during this time? Also, has anything else happened while I was in seclusion? Tell me about it slowly."

Hearing the young master's question, Meng Wanjun shook her head: "We didn't gain any spiritual items or second-hand goods, but we sold quite a few second-tier pills in the shop. In addition, many people wanted to ask the young master to refine second-tier pills, but I turned them all down."

"Mm." Li Ping nodded.

He accepts alchemy tasks mainly to extract the innate spiritual energy within third-tier pills.

As for refining second-tier pills... he had no interest in taking it on, and he wasn't short of spirit stones.

"Also..." Meng Wanjun glanced at the young master somewhat guiltily before hesitatingly saying, "Senior Wei has visited you several times during this period, wanting to express his gratitude in person, but you were in seclusion at the time, so I did not disturb you."

Li Ping nodded: "Since Wei Yiling has come to express her gratitude, it seems that the antidote must have worked."

Seeing that the young master did not blame her for acting on her own initiative, Meng Wanjun breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, she secretly began to speculate about the relationship between the young master and Wei Yiling.

Wei Yiling said she wanted to thank him in person, but how could she not know what she was really up to?

"However, it's clear that the young master isn't interested in Wei Yiling," Meng Wanjun thought to herself with secret delight.

Li Ping had originally planned to return to the training room to continue his seclusion, but suddenly seemed to remember something and stopped in his tracks: "Wei Yiling... Wanjun, do you know where Fellow Daoist Wei's cave is?"

"Ah! I didn't know." Meng Wanjun was caught off guard.

Li Ping looked thoughtful: "You don't know? Then you..."

He was about to instruct Meng Wanjun to find out about Wei Yiling when, coincidentally, Wei Yiling came to his door at that very moment.

"Fellow Daoist Li, you must be a very busy person. I've visited you several times but haven't been able to see you." As soon as they met, Wei Yiling couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

Li Ping chuckled, unperturbed by her sarcasm. After inviting her to sit down, he asked, "Has your injury improved, sister?"

"I must thank Fellow Daoist Li for this. After taking the antidote pill, the toxins in Shuangmei's body have been neutralized." When talking about this, Wei Yiling thanked Li Ping with a serious expression.

Judging from her expression, she was clearly still a little scared.

Her sworn sister was seriously injured while saving her. If she hadn't been able to save her sworn sister in time and caused her sister's death, she would have regretted it for the rest of her life and would never be able to forgive herself.

"It's good that you're alright." Li Ping nodded with a smile. "However, my sister's escape from death is mainly thanks to Fellow Daoist Wei. Although I helped with the alchemy, I received payment from Fellow Daoist Wei, so I dare not take credit for it. Fellow Daoist Wei's sisterly affection is truly touching."

Wei Yiling raised her head slightly: "The bond between Shuangmei and me is naturally beyond what mere spiritual materials can measure."

It was clear that she was pleased with Li Ping's praise of their sisterly bond.

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Wei," Li Ping said, moving on from that matter, and finally got to the question he was truly concerned about: "I'm also very curious about the East Sea, but seeing that you encountered such villains as the 'Four Fiends of the East Sea' on your last voyage, is the East Sea really that dangerous? How can such villains appear so openly in the East Sea?"

Mentioning the Four Fiends of the East Sea, Wei Yiling's eyes immediately flashed with coldness: "Hmph! I'll kill these few Tribulation Cultivators sooner or later."

"Those who have undergone tribulation deserve to die." Li Ping nodded in agreement, and then asked Wei Yiling about the situation in the cultivation world of the East Sea.

Wei Yiling also patiently described to him the general situation of the thieves, demon hunters, and rogue cultivators from the East Sea.

Li Ping listened attentively, nodding slightly from time to time.