txolops Chapter 38 The Bai Family Has a Daughter
Chapter 38 The Bai Family Has a Daughter
Outside Immortal Peach Mountain, there is a second-tier high-grade formation set up by the Meng family, which can prevent unauthorized personnel from entering.
Holding the array jade tablet, Li Ping passed through the array and immediately entered a secluded immortal mountain filled with spiritual energy.
After determining the direction, he flew straight towards the location of his cave.
Before long, a wide cliff came into view. On the cliff, a huge courtyard cave covering thousands of acres was built. Outside the cave, a light blue array was shrouded.
Whoosh!
Li Ping lowered himself and landed on the cliff.
The view from this cliff is superb. Looking down, you can see a clear spring flowing below, and the scenery is beautiful. Every now and then, wild birds take flight in fright.
"Not bad, not bad. In my spare time, I can go fishing by the spring." Li Ping was extremely satisfied with the environment around the cave.
He then walked to the cave, took out the jade tablet that controlled the magic array, and controlled the array to open the entrance.
Then, he casually walked in.
According to what the Meng family patriarch had told him, the array that enveloped the cave and the Immortal Peach Mountain array were a mother-child array, with each child array being the eye of the mother array outside, and its grade reaching the middle level of the second rank.
Moreover, due to the interconnected nature of the parent and child array structures, these child arrays have much stronger defensive capabilities than ordinary second-tier mid-grade arrays. Even a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator cannot break through them in a short time with their full-force attack.
But its most powerful feature is its ability to block divine sense. According to the Meng family patriarch, this sub-array can block the divine sense probing of late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.
This pleased Li Ping quite a bit, since nobody likes being spied on.
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Upon entering the courtyard, the first thing Li Ping saw was a pond covering more than a hundred acres. The water was crystal clear, and under the lotus flowers on the edge of the pond, several fish could be vaguely seen playing.
Dozens of houses were built on each side of the pond, which were for the disciples and servants to live in.
Directly opposite the courtyard gate stood a ten-zhang-high, purplish-blue palace covering more than ten acres, which served as his residence and workshop.
Apart from ponds, houses, and palaces, the rest of the area is planted with all sorts of exotic flowers and plants, vying for beauty.
Li Ping was basically satisfied with everything in the cave, except for the flowers and plants.
Most of those flowers and plants are only for ornamental purposes and are not spiritual medicines that cultivators can use.
He planned to clear them all away after a while and plant medicinal herbs instead.
This spiritual land is of the highest grade, second rank. It will definitely grow spiritual herbs very quickly if used to cultivate them.
In his storage bag, he also had a section of the root of a mid-grade second-tier purple-veined wood, which he planned to plant sometime.
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Upon entering the main hall, Li Ping took out his personal belongings, arranged them neatly, and then sat cross-legged, pondering his future plans.
He chose this cave dwelling because of its beautiful scenery, but his most important purpose was to win over Master Hu Feng and obtain the second-tier superior alchemy skills.
Because of his cultivation of the "Zeshui Nourishing Life Technique," once he possesses the skills of a top-grade alchemist and absorbs enough of the "innate Qi" of elixirs, he can basically be guaranteed to form his core.
Therefore, alchemy skills are of paramount importance.
Of course, the alchemist's furnace is different from the talisman maker's brush.
Because of the soft tip of the talisman pen, it needs to be replaced when it wears out due to excessive use.
Alchemy furnaces are typically made from precious materials and are not easily damaged.
The higher the grade of the alchemy furnace, the more pronounced this is.
Many alchemists can pass down their skills through three generations, and even after the alchemist leaves, the alchemy remains.
Therefore, it is not easy to obtain the alchemy furnaces commonly used by alchemists.
As for the inheritance, that is a closely guarded secret of every alchemist, and even disciples will not pass it on completely.
He still needs to carefully plan how to obtain Master Hu's second-tier superior alchemy skills.
Fortunately, the Nourishing Life Technique draws upon the "innate Qi" of elixirs, primarily for breaking through bottlenecks, and is not needed in daily practice.
Li Ping estimated that it might take him twenty or thirty years to reach the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage and attempt a breakthrough.
He only needs to master the alchemy technique during this period; there's no need to rush.
"Let's convert our mana first! We'll become true Foundation Establishment cultivators later!"
Li Ping closed his eyes and sat down to meditate.
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Thousands of miles northwest of the Immortal City lies a majestic immortal mountain, thousands of feet high and stretching for hundreds of miles.
In terms of height, this mountain range is even higher than Qinglong Mountain, where the Immortal City is located.
However, its internal spiritual veins are far inferior to those of Azure Dragon Mountain, only of the second-tier low grade. Even with the use of spiritual gathering techniques, they can only be used for cultivation by cultivators in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage at most.
This immortal mountain is the "High Ridge Mountain" of the Bai family, a Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan.
The Bai family's ancestor was originally a rogue cultivator from the Chi Kingdom. After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, he and another Foundation Establishment cultivator jointly rented a spiritual vein from the Sword Washing Pool to propagate their family.
At the same time that True Immortal Fenglan established the Immortal City, he saw an opportunity and decisively seized the moment, leading his family cultivators deep into the Cloud Mist Mountains to kill the demonic beasts entrenched in the High Ridge Mountain.
Thus, they successfully seized a sacred land that belonged exclusively to the Bai family.
The Bai family settled here and multiplied, and has lived here for nearly two hundred years.
The Bai family now has nearly 100,000 mortals, hundreds of Qi Refining cultivators, and a Foundation Establishment ancestor, making them the undisputed overlord within a radius of a thousand miles!
Deep in the high mountains, beside a pool of water, several tens of feet in circumference, shrouded in mist.
The patriarch of the Bai family lay on a recliner, basking in the sun, closing his eyes to rest, looking quite relaxed.
Suddenly, a figure landed not far away, then hurriedly walked to the Bai family patriarch and respectfully called out, "Patriarch."
The Bai family patriarch opened his eyes: "Mingde, judging from your appearance, has something happened?"
"Yes." Bai Mingde nodded: "I heard from Qing'er that Senior Li has already moved into the Meng family's Peach Mountain."
Upon hearing this, the Bai family patriarch fell silent. After a long while, he sighed and said, "He has become a second-tier talisman maker. It seems that he has no shortage of cultivation techniques and spiritual lands."
Previously, although Li Ping did not agree to become a guest elder of the Bai family, he only agreed to let the Bai family use his name.
However, the Bai family patriarch and Bai Mingde still held onto a glimmer of hope: perhaps Li Ping, after encountering setbacks in cultivation techniques and spiritual lands, would change his mind and agree to serve as a guest elder of the Bai family.
However, to their surprise, Li Ping reached the second level in talisman-making skills so quickly and also mastered the spiritual land and cultivation techniques, completely dashing their expectations.
After hesitating for a moment, Bai Mingde said firmly, "Ancestor, Senior Li was a rogue cultivator before, and he didn't have any useful people around him. I want to send Lin'er to the Immortal City to help Senior Li manage his cave."
"Lin'er." A figure immediately appeared in the mind of the Bai family patriarch.
The descendant of the Bai family who was found to have spiritual roots at the Ascension Ceremony six years ago and thus embarked on the path of immortality is only eighteen years old this year.
Bai Lin only has four spiritual roots and her aptitude is average, but she is beautiful and graceful, and is the most outstanding in appearance among the younger generation of cultivators in the Bai family.
Bai Mingde suggested sending Bai Lin to manage Li Ping's cave dwelling, and the Bai family patriarch understood the implied meaning in his words.
If he were still in his prime, or if the Bai family had a second Foundation Establishment cultivator, he certainly wouldn't have agreed to this.
But now—
"Alas!" The Bai family patriarch sighed softly, "Fellow Daoist Li is nominally a guest elder of our family, so it is only right that our family send a junior to serve him. However, the New Year is approaching, so let Lin'er spend the New Year at home and reunite with her family. We can send her to Fellow Daoist Li's place after the New Year."
Bai Lin is only eighteen years old. Her parents and relatives are still alive. She has not severed her ties with the mortal world and still retains many of her habits from her mortal days.
The New Year is a very important festival for ordinary people.
Bai Mingde respectfully replied, "Yes."