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Chapter 204 Core Formation Spiritual Object
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Just after Li Ping led the Wildfire Sparrow out of the palace.
Jia Er finally walked to the table under Li Ping's control.
The table was about a hand's length and two feet wide. Three jade boxes, each over a foot long, were placed in the center of the table. They looked ordinary, as if they were gifts specially left by the master of the hall for later generations.
The puppet paused slightly, then reached out and opened the leftmost jade box.
"Clatter!"
After a crisp sound, the jade box was opened, revealing the contents inside.
The first jade box contained a small, palm-sized, blue-green bottle.
The puppet held the clean bottle and shook it slightly. It could feel liquid rippling inside, but it couldn't tell what kind of liquid it contained just by feeling it.
He pulled out the stopper and looked at the pale golden liquid inside, but he still couldn't recognize what it was.
"Perhaps it's some kind of spiritual liquid," Li Ping guessed to himself from outside the hall.
After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the items inside the jade box, the second puppet reached out and opened the middle jade box.
The contents of this jade box were once again beyond Li Ping's expectations; it was a vermilion-purple spiritual fruit. He wondered what kind of method the person who placed the jade box had used.
At this moment, the spiritual fruit still looked vibrant and full of life, as if it had just been picked from the branch.
Using the puppet's vision, Li Ping observed for a while and quickly recognized the origin of the Crimson Purple Spirit Fruit.
Upon recognizing his origins, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise and delight.
If he recognized it correctly, this spiritual fruit was clearly the legendary "Purple Qi Fruit," which was one of the main ingredients for refining the "Condensing Essence Pill."
Ningyuan Pill is a renowned spiritual object for forming a core, also known as the "Golden Core" in the cultivation world.
When a cultivator is breaking through the bottleneck of Core Formation, having a Condensation Pill as an aid can increase the success rate by about 15%.
Such a high success rate is among the top-tier even for Core Formation spiritual objects.
"Aside from the Purple Qi Fruit, the other materials for refining the Qi Condensation Pill are not rare, and I myself possess the skill to refine the Qi Condensation Pill. Once I reach the late Foundation Establishment stage, I can refine the Qi Condensation Pill first, and then attempt to break through to the Core Formation stage." Li Ping, standing outside the main hall, smiled.
He cultivates the "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue" (a method of nourishing life through the marshland), which gives him a 50% chance of successfully breaking through to the Core Formation stage.
Although this success rate is already very high, who would complain about having a high success rate when trying to break through to the Core Formation stage?
The Qi Condensation Pill is not essential for him, but it can enhance his abilities.
With the aid of Ningyuan Pill, his success rate in forming his core can be increased to 65%.
With such a high success rate, as long as luck isn't too bad, achieving Core Formation is practically a sure thing.
Satisfied, Li Ping manipulated the puppet to open the last jade box.
To Li Ping's surprise, the last jade box contained a grayish-white jade plaque that emitted a faint blue light. The plaque was engraved with a large number of exquisite patterns, and one could vaguely make out that they seemed to be various ancient monster patterns.
This jade pendant seems to be closely related to the demon race.
After careful consideration, Li Ping could not detect the origin of this object from his memory.
Of the three jade boxes, Li Ping couldn't recognize the origin of two of the items, but the only one he recognized, the Purple Qi Fruit, already greatly satisfied him.
With the addition of the Tier 3 Spirit Eye Jade, it can be said to be a great harvest.
The puppet walked out of the main hall carrying three jade boxes, which Li Ping then put into his storage bag with a wave of his hand.
He nodded, then circled the hall to make sure nothing was missed, before preparing to return to his place of cultivation.
Suddenly, he stopped, seemingly lost in thought.
He used his divine sense to carefully search the core of the secret realm, pulled out a flag, and then flew to the top of the main hall, where he found the array plate of the third-order array.
This third-tier grand formation has a relatively small coverage area, only a hundred feet, so its value cannot be compared with a normal third-tier grand formation.
But a third-tier item is still a third-tier item, and its value is in no way inferior to that of a magic weapon.
After looting everything, Li Ping returned to his place of cultivation.
He took out the Jade of the Spirit Eye and placed it in front of him. A surge of pure spiritual energy immediately filled the surrounding void, and he couldn't wait to sit down and begin his meditation.
With the Jade of the Spiritual Eye in hand, he essentially had exclusive access to a third-tier spiritual vein, allowing him to cultivate at a much faster pace than before.
After all, other Foundation Establishment cultivators are not qualified to cultivate within a third-tier spiritual vein.
However, to Li Ping's dismay, the Spirit Eye Jade was too small. Although it released a high concentration of spiritual energy, its coverage area could not compare with that of a true third-order spiritual vein.
Daily cultivation is fine, but when breaking through the bottleneck of Core Formation, one needs to absorb a massive amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth in that instant.
The Jade of the Spirit Eye alone is far from enough; only a true third-tier spiritual vein can provide sufficient spiritual energy.
So his plan remained unchanged: he would cultivate in the secret cave until he reached the late Foundation Establishment stage, and then leave to borrow the spiritual land of Qinglong Mountain or go to the underground spiritual vein of Xiaomei Mountain in Jiang Kingdom.
Breaking through to the Core Formation stage!
However, the Jade of the Spirit Eye can greatly enhance Li Ping's cultivation speed. He originally expected to reach the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage when he was around 160 years old.
But now it seems that this timeframe might be brought forward to around 130 years old.
"Practice, practice!"
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Time flies when you're practicing spiritual cultivation; ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
During these ten years, Li Ping remained aloof from worldly affairs and devoted himself to cultivation, while the cultivation world of the Western Wilderness was in turmoil and constant upheaval.
Although the four demonic sects successfully conquered Donghua Mountain and brought this number one immortal mountain in the Western Wilderness under their control by taking advantage of the opportunity to kill Xiao Changkong and seize the Seal of All Living Beings.
Prior to this, Xiao Changkong had already assisted the Yan and Liang kingdoms in completely defeating the six tribes of the Turo people and liberating the Defenders Alliance cultivators on these two battlefields.
Not long after the four major demonic sects occupied Donghua Mountain, the armies of cultivators from the other countries of the Defender Alliance marched south and stationed themselves in the western part of Qi Kingdom.
Even without the Turks' restraint, Xiao Changkong's death meant that the overall strength of the Defenders Alliance was still above that of the four demonic sects.
Qiu Changfeng, Yan Changqiu, and other Qi Kingdom cultivators wanted to reclaim Donghua Mountain and rebuild the academy.
Although cultivators from other countries, such as Huang Yunzi and Chixiaozi, did not care about the feelings of the Qi Kingdom cultivators, they could not accept that the Qingyun Secret Realm had fallen into the control of the demonic path.
After all, the Azure Cloud Secret Realm produces the vast majority of Foundation Establishment Pills and high-grade spiritual materials in the Western Wilderness.
Without this secret realm, there might not be any noticeable changes in the short term, but the lack of Foundation Establishment Pills in the long term will definitely affect the development of their sect.
This is tantamount to digging up their roots.
Therefore, the Allied Forces of the Defenders of the Way were united in their hatred of the enemy and fought a ten-year war that almost never stopped.
Both sides were in a bloodthirsty frenzy, resulting in countless deaths and injuries among low-level cultivators.
Even several Core Formation cultivators have perished!
Moreover, it is obvious that as the opening time of the Azure Cloud Secret Realm draws closer, the cultivators of the Defenders Alliance are becoming increasingly frenzied.
Such losses would be unbearable for the four major sects of the demonic path.
Ultimately, Old Demon Lu personally intervened to negotiate with the Weidao Alliance and discuss the issues of Donghua Mountain and Qingyun Secret Realm.
In his proposal, Donghua Mountain would be transformed into a public market, jointly governed by the Weidao Alliance and the four major sects of the Demonic Path.
As for the Azure Cloud Secret Realm, it is also jointly owned by both sides, with each sect having a certain number of slots for entering the secret realm.
After he raised these two points, most of the forces within the Defenders Alliance were already considering compromise.
Unable to defeat the four demonic sects in one fell swoop, resulting in the current tug-of-war, they cannot withstand the casualties if the fighting continues.
However, considering the heavy losses suffered by the academy and the fact that Alliance Leader Xiao had unfortunately perished while trying to rescue the Yan and Liang kingdoms, high-level cultivators such as Huang Yunzi and Chi Xiaozi were rather hesitant.
After all, no one wants to be branded as someone who "cedes territory for peace talks".
However, when Old Demon Lu mentioned that he had used a secret technique to reinforce the Qingyun Secret Realm, and that Foundation Establishment cultivators could safely enter the Qingyun Secret Realm the next time it opened, without affecting the stability of the secret realm.
Everyone was getting restless.
The dangers within the Qingyun Secret Realm are so great that Qi Refining cultivators face a near-death experience, but for Foundation Establishment cultivators, except for a few specific areas, the Secret Realm is like flat ground, allowing them to easily harvest large quantities of precious spiritual materials.
As a result, the benefits of entering the Azure Cloud Secret Realm are now completely incomparable to those before.
After confirming that Lu Laomo had indeed reinforced the secret realm, the atmosphere within the Defenders Alliance became strange.
The academy cultivators, led by Qiu Changfeng and Yan Changqiu, naturally did not want to compromise and strongly advocated taking back Donghua Mountain and driving the cultivators of the four demonic sects out of Qi Kingdom.
However, the foreign cultivators such as Huang Yunzi and Chixiaozi did not want to continue fighting. They only wanted to seize enough benefits during their trip to the Qingyun Secret Realm.
Moreover, building a public market on Donghua Mountain is in their interest.
Prior to this, Donghua Mountain was solely controlled by the Academy, and the Qingyun Secret Realm was also completely controlled by the Academy. In order to gain access to the Secret Realm, they had no choice but to acknowledge the Academy as their leader.
Although the academy and Alliance Leader Xiao acted fairly and did not bully them at will just because they controlled the Qingyun Secret Realm, who would be willing to be subordinate to others?
The way the four major demonic sects handled Donghua Mountain and Qingyun Secret Realm was more advantageous to them.
Moreover, high-level Core Formation cultivators like Huang Yunzi and Chi Xiaozi could have crossed the vast ocean to travel to the Great Zhou Dynasty to pursue further immortal opportunities.
However, due to the invasion of the four demonic sects, they were forced to remain in the Western Wilderness, watching helplessly as their lifespans ran out.
If a peace agreement can be reached with the four major sects of the demonic path, then can they temporarily leave their sects and head to the Great Zhou?
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With various thoughts in mind, the high-ranking cultivators of the Defenders Alliance held a meeting.
Huang Yunzi and Chixiaozi took the lead in proposing to accept Lu Laomo's peace talks proposal, which Qiu Changfeng naturally opposed.
Huang Yunzi and Chixiaozi took the lead in proposing to accept Lu Laomo's peace talks proposal, which Qiu Changfeng naturally opposed.
But with the loss of Donghua Mountain and Qingyun Secret Realm, the absence of Alliance Leader Xiao, the number one cultivator in the Western Wilderness, and the loss of the Seal of All Living Beings... the Academy can no longer guide the direction of the Defender Alliance.
Finally, amidst the opposition of the academy's monks, the Defenders Alliance agreed to peace talks.
Next, the Defenders Alliance and the four Demonic Sects engaged in a heated debate over how many slots each faction should be allocated to enter the Azure Cloud Secret Realm.
Amid their debate, the number of spots was gradually determined.
Time passed unnoticed, and the day of the opening of the Qingyun Secret Realm arrived.