Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 379 Old Dog and Spirit Beast

More than ten second-hand ritual implements.

Most of them were offensive items, which were of little use to Li Ping. After collecting them, he put them all in Caibaixuan and resold them at a higher price.

Only three items were production-grade magical artifacts used by craftsmen: a bamboo flute used by a third-tier musician, array tokens used by a second-tier high-grade array mage, and a refining furnace used by a second-tier mid-grade weapon refiner.

It was also of little use to Li Ping.

Leaving aside the inheritances of second-tier superior array masters and second-tier mid-tier weapon refiners, the remaining inheritance is the bamboo flute used by third-tier musicians, which can grant the inheritance of third-tier musicians.

Li Ping was incredibly busy, with not enough time to spare. He had no time to research the third-tier musician inheritance, let alone search for the necessary materials.

Besides, he has absolutely no interest in passing on the torch of musicians.

Shaking his head, Li Ping put down all the secondhand magical artifacts and instructed the two shopkeepers to tidy them up.

He turned to leave, but as he stood up, he saw the old man Chu Xiu limping over with a respectful expression.

Li Ping couldn't help but ask curiously, "Young friend Chu, what happened to your leg?"

Upon hearing Li Ping's inquiry, Chu Xiu sighed, "I'm sorry to have troubled you, senior. Some things happened in my sect, and I encountered an unworthy disciple... Please rest assured, senior, I will not delay the work in the shop."

Only after Chu Xiu explained did Li Ping understand what had happened.

The only two disciples of the Xianyun Sect possess the aptitude of three spiritual roots and five spiritual roots, respectively.

Chu Xiu held his breath, wanting to revive the Xianyun Sect. Over the years, he had spent most of the spirit stones he had earned from Caibaixuan on the disciple with the three spiritual roots, hoping to cultivate a Foundation Establishment cultivator for the Xianyun Sect.

The disciple had finally reached the ninth level of Qi Refining not long ago, but just as Chu Xiu was happily planning the Foundation Establishment for him...

But he was suddenly told that he felt that with his qualifications, staying in the Xianyun Sect would delay his path to immortality, and he had chosen to marry into the Zhao family, a family of immortal cultivators!

Chu Xiu was shocked to hear this news. He immediately went to the Zhao family to reason with them, but ended up having his leg broken by a Zhao family cultivator.

"I was so stupid, really." In the end, Chu Xiu looked sad: "I only thought those disciples who abandoned me were bad, but I didn't expect that those who stayed would also be ungrateful. I've been busy all my life, all my life, and in the end I've accomplished nothing. On the contrary, the Xianyun Sect is going to die in my hands."

Betrayed by his disciple, Chu Xiu, now much older, left with the secondhand magic weapon.

He walked with his right leg swaying and dragging, as if he couldn't muster any strength, making him look like a lame old dog.

Li Ping watched his retreating figure and couldn't help but shake his head.

Chu Xiu followed his deceased master's instructions and was determined to revive the sect; he was undoubtedly an honest man.

The Xianyun Sect couldn't find any disciples, so he painstakingly went to the mortal world to recruit a group of young people into the sect. But in the end, he and the Xianyun Sect became stepping stones for these people.

They argued vehemently: "The path of immortality values ​​personal connections. Although you have shown me kindness in guiding me on this path, you cannot stop me from striving for a better future."

Afterwards, in order to earn resources to support the two disciples who stayed behind to cultivate, he did not hesitate to delay his own cultivation, but in the end, it was all for naught.

Not only did his disciple run away, but when he went to reason with them, he was beaten up by the Zhao family cultivators.

In this world, you can't be an honest person no matter what you do.

Honest people are easily bullied.

"When you don't have enough strength, you shouldn't think about starting a business. If you really want to start a business, you should start with a family business." Li Ping walked out of Caibaixuan and pondered silently.

Chen Guang, another follower of Cai Bai Xuan, chose to establish a cultivation family. The cultivators in the family had kinship and blood ties with him, so it was unlikely that such a betrayal would occur.

But he remembered that Chu Xiu was already over ninety years old this year, and even if he wanted to establish a cultivation family, he probably wouldn't have the strength to do so.

Of course, the most reliable person is yourself.

Li Ping believed that achieving immortality himself was better than establishing a family of cultivators.

……

Back in the riverside cave.

Li Ping checked the status of the two spirit beasts, the Wildfire Sparrow and the Earth Spirit Rat.

There's not much to say about the Wildfire Sparrow. Under Meng Wanjun's care, it eats and sleeps, and is in excellent spirits. With its aptitude, it can lie around until the late-stage peak of the third tier, and transforming into a fourth-tier human shouldn't be a big problem.

The Earth Spirit Rat continued to refine the third-tier Earth Rock Python Demon Core that Li Ping fed it, and its aura was increasing almost every moment. Li Ping estimated that it should be able to break through to the third tier in less than ten years.

"By then I will have two Tier 3 spirit beasts." Li Ping was very satisfied with the cultivation progress of the two beasts.

In fact, after learning that Meng Wanjun had awakened her bloodline supernatural powers, he had already planned to raise a third dragon-born spirit beast.

However, he doesn't care about ordinary spirit beasts, and those precious spirit beasts aren't for sale, so there hasn't been much progress on this matter so far.

He remembered that the Great Elder Lu of the Western Wilderness Spirit Control Sect possessed a third-tier Crimson Dragon Spirit Beast.

The bloodline of the Flood Dragon clan is in no way inferior to that of a celestial bird like the Wildfire Sparrow. If he could obtain a Flood Dragon spirit beast, traveling with both a dragon and a sparrow would be incredibly prestigious.

Unfortunately, the Flood Dragon Clan is the royal family among the demon races of the East Sea, with a late-stage fourth-tier demon king ruling over all the demons of the East Sea. For a Core Formation cultivator like him to try and take advantage of the Flood Dragon Clan is simply courting death.

Li Ping didn't know how Old Demon Lu managed to possess the Flood Dragon Spirit Beast, but he wouldn't offend the Flood Dragon Clan for the sake of a spirit beast.

His plan was to cultivate a spirit beast with the potential to transform into a dragon, and then have Meng Wanjun use the "Dragon Pointing Technique" to refine the spirit beast's bloodline, achieving a bloodline concentration comparable to that of a dragon.

"The road ahead is long and arduous!"

Li Ping sighed and returned inside to continue his cultivation.

……

Li Ping emerged from seclusion before the year was even over.

Because the once-in-a-century grand auction in Lingxiao City is about to begin.

in the courtyard.

Meng Wanjun excitedly reported to Li Ping that Caibaixuan's business had improved a lot in the past six months, not only in the sale and purchase of goods.

To participate in the grand auction in Lingxiao City, many Core Formation cultivators from all over the Great Zhou Dynasty came to Lingxiao City, so Cai Baixuan received many more alchemy commissions.

They were just waiting for Li Ping to emerge from seclusion and refine the elixir.

In addition, there are second-hand magical artifacts. In the past six months, the number of cultivators selling second-hand magical artifacts through Cai Baixuan is more than in the past ten years, and dozens of items have already been stockpiled, just waiting for Li Ping to appraise them.

Li Ping nodded.

He knew that the Great Zhou was a vast and resource-rich land, and the number of Core Formation cultivators there was probably several thousand times greater than that of the Western Wilderness.

At this grand event, even if only a small portion of them came to Lingxiao City, Core Formation cultivators could be seen everywhere in the city at this moment.

The resulting increase in alchemy commissions and the sale of second-hand magical artifacts is a natural consequence.

"By the way, will Chao Xuan also come to Lingxiao City to participate in the auction?" While nodding, Li Ping thought of another matter of concern.

Once he thought about this, he couldn't care less about alchemy and secondhand magical artifacts.

He couldn't wait to change his appearance and fly towards the black market.