Lu Ping slowly withdrew his power and let out a light red breath which was the poison residue of the blood purifying elixir. He threw the discarded spiritual stone aside. Feeling the power of Bloodline that was about to reach the late stage of the seventh level, Lu Ping was slightly excited.
In yesterday's competition with Li Cheng, Lu Ping found Li Cheng’s flaw at the 22nd move, then counterattacked in one fell swoop, gained the upper hand, attacked Li Cheng with eight moves in a row. He locked Li Cheng's spear at the 30th move and cut his wrist with a stroke, forcing him to drop his spear and admit defeat.
Li Cheng, who looked invincible, was defeated in an instant. The disciples who were applauding Li Cheng were dumbfounded. Even the top-ranked disciples and Immortal Senior Liu's deputies were also surprised. A few disciples who were at the same level as Lu Ping looked at Lu Ping even more vigilantly.
Lu Ping couldn't help smiling bitterly. He was probably showing off in their eyes.
If it was before, Lu Ping would have made Li Cheng suffer a bit and injured him slightly. However, Lu Ping had seen Immortal Senior Liu's worried look that Li Cheng didn't see when Li Cheng challenged him. Therefore, he didn't give Li Cheng a fatal blow.
Sure enough, neither Lu Ping nor Li Cheng was badly injured, so the seventh team's strength would not be affected in the Grand Competition. Immortal Senior Liu, who was looking at Lu Ping, suddenly looked softer and kinder. According to past practice, Immortal Senior Liu needed to keep Lu Ping and stayed with him alone for personal coaching after the morning cultivation was over.
Even the first disciple and the second disciple showed envious expressions. Personal coaching, a special favor! Several seniors got such a special favor after they reached the eighth level. When the first disciple and the second disciple reached the ninth level, Immortal Senior Liu was overjoyed and gave them another personal coaching separately. The fourth disciple also got two such special favors because of her family friendship with Immortal Senior Liu.
Lu Ping quietly meditated on the content that Immortal Senior Liu had told to him.
The purpose of cultivation, in the eyes of most cultivators, was naturally to prolong lifespan and even reach longevity. However, having a long life did not mean that a cultivator could live peacefully until the end of his life. To protect the cultivator from accidents in the pursuit of longevity, various magic methods had come into being.
After cultivators' long practice and development, these skills of gaining longevity were divided into four realms, Fa, Shu, Shi, and Yi.
Beginners learned all kinds of magic methods in accordance with the requirements of the instructors, and they only roughly understood what they learned, which was called Fa Realm.
After that, the cultivators would practice magic methods diligently, gradually mastered them, and made them suitable for themselves, which was called Shu Realm. Immortal Senior Liu's cultivation at the Blood Dissolving stage was only at Shu Realm.
Then, the cultivators found the principles of using magic methods. Magic methods would combine with Cultivation Methods they practiced. They mutually supported each other. When the cultivators launched their attacks, they could maximize the power of Cultivation Methods they had cultivated through magic methods, and even made the power of Cultivation Methods surpass that of magic methods. The cultivators at this stage were invincible and unstoppable, and this was Shi Realm.
As for the strongest Yi Realm, Immortal Senior Liu only heard about it and didn't know what it exactly was.
Immortal Senior Liu told Lu Ping about the four realms and patiently explained to him about his experience of reaching Shu Realm, and then answered some cultivation questions.
Two hours later, Lu Ping returned to his house under envy gazes, and it was the same for the next two days.
Lu Ping concentrated on cultivation, so time went by very quickly. In a blink of an eye, it was the end of the month. The advanced assessment for the third level disciples was on the next day, and the year-end Grand Competition for the second level disciples would begin in three days.
Lu Ping sold out the Magic Figures he made this month in the market as usual. He weighed the bag that contained the spiritual stones with a satisfied smile.
The assessment was just to check their cultivation development. Three days were enough, but the Grand Competition was different. It was a five-year Promotion Grand Competition. Not only did the disciples roused their enthusiasm to contend for first place, but Immortal Seniors also participated in it overtly and secretly for their own interests. Moreover, it was said that True Spirit Sect would increase its rewards to the winners in this competition.
That was why Lu Ping's Magic Figures business became more prosperous. He immediately raised his Magic Figures' price, but the supply was still behind the requirement.
Looking at a dozen more spiritual stones in his hand, Lu Ping fell into thought. After deducting the spiritual stones that he needed for his cultivation, he could buy another magic weapon with the remaining spiritual stones!
Another reason for this idea was that Lu Ping's cultivation had reached the late stage of the seventh level. He owed to Immortal Senior Liu's personal coaching, and of course it was also related to Lu Ping's extravagant cultivation for more than three months.
As usual, Lu Ping prepared all he needed for his next month's cultivation at the market and bought five strength restoring elixirs and five wound healing elixirs.
When he was about to walk towards Treasure Attic, he suddenly heard a chattering sound ahead. After a few quick steps, he saw a dozen people gathering there and talking.
Out of curiosity, Lu Ping stepped forward and saw that it was a third-level female disciple from the academy who was selling a magic weapon.
This magic weapon was a bronze mirror with an insignia of True Spirit Sect on its edge. It was obviously produced by True Spirit Sect, and this often meant that this magic weapon was not weak even if it was not top-grade.
Lu Ping stepped forward and asked, "Excuse me, how much is it?"
When the female disciple heard this, she glanced at Lu Ping. Seeing that Lu Ping was wearing the mask from the market, she couldn't help but curl her lips, as if she didn't approve of Lu Ping's caution, "Fifty-five spiritual stones!"
Most defensive weapons were expensive, but Lu Ping still thought he needed to bargain with her. After all, this was not a top-grade magic weapon.
"It's too expensive. This magic weapon is just the sect's products in batches. It's not that good. Besides, you have used it for a long time, right? Forty spiritual stones. What do you say?"
The female cultivator glared at Lu Ping and said, "Forty spiritual stones? Why don't I sell it directly to Treasure Attic? Fifty spiritual stones. Don't haggle over the price. If I'm not in urgent need of spiritual stones, how could I sell it at such a low price? I saved up my allowance for a year to get it!"
Lu Ping smiled and said, "Then how about forty-five spiritual stones?"
The female disciple hesitated for a while and said, "Forty-eight spiritual stones. That's the lowest price, otherwise I will sell it to others."
Lu Ping turned his head and saw a few people in the distance rushing here. They probably had heard that there was a senior female disciple selling a magic weapon in the market. Most of them were the second level disciples and the sixth disciple of the seventh team was also among them. Lu Ping said, "Okay, deal."
The female cultivator took Lu Ping's spiritual stones and said fiercely, "If I'm not afraid someone would buy the medium-grade magic weapon that I want, and I'm in urgent need of spiritual stones, I wouldn't sell it to you at such a low price!" After saying that, she ran in the direction of Treasure Attic in the center of the market without looking back.
Lu Ping put away the magic weapon, looked back at the several people who came behind him, hurriedly jostled his way through the crowd, and left the market.
The promotion assessment was soon over, and Lu Ping passed it easily.In the last month, three more people in the seventh team reached the sixth level of Blood Refining. There were already thirty-four disciples who reached the sixth level of Blood Refining in the seventh team. However, looking at Immortal Senior Liu’s silent look, Lu Ping strongly doubted whether any of these three people made the breakthrough by forcibly taking a lot of elixirs and using spiritual stones despite the poison residue and the Bloodline's endurance.Although the sect would still train and foster them as usual, such an overly radical method would leave the cultivators with internal injuries. In the future, it would be much more difficult for them to reach the late stage of Blood Refining than for ordinary people.There were still twelve people who were at the seventh level of Blood Refining, and they did not bring surprises to Immortal Senior Liu anymore, but
The old man was in a cyan priest frock, and he was the dean of True Spirit Academy, Zhenren Xuan Yong who was at the Alchemy stage.He looked amiable and approachable and was highly respected by the disciples and Immortal Seniors of the academy. He was standing on the ring with two middle-aged cultivators who were dressed like Taoists on his left and right.Taoist Xuan Yong said with a smile, "Our disciples have been cultivating hard. All the Immortal Seniors, you all did a good job!"The Immortal Seniors quickly said they were flattered.Taoist Xuan Yong pointed at the two people beside him and said, "I guess you know these two people, but the disciples probably don't. So, let me introduce them."After that, pointing to the thin and tall cultivator on his left side, he said, "This is Zhenren Xuan Su." Then he pointed to the red-faced cultivator on his right and said, "This is Zhenren Xuan Ce."All
Lu Ping blamed himself for jinxing it secretly while taking out a high-grade Blood Magic Figure "Vajra Magic Figure" from the pocket of his cuff and pasting it on his body. Then he was enveloped by a golden light which was mixed with red lines, as if he was wearing a set of golden armor.The three crystal ice blades hit the protective golden light one after another. After a piercing sound was heard, the three ice blades turned into pieces of ice all over the ground. Although the golden light on Lu Ping was dimmed, it still covered him all over and protected him firmly.Li Sheng thought Lu Ping would try his best to defend and would even get injured if attacked by his high-grade Magic Figure, so that he could gain the absolute upper hand. Unexpectedly, Lu Ping also took out a high-grade Magic Figure to offset his attack, which made the moves he had prepared become useless. He was speechless. It was like hitting on the cotton with an all-out punch.
Lu Ping did not give Li Sheng any more opportunities to gain the upper hand again, and his attack became more and more fierce. Li Sheng had no chance to use his high-grade Magic Figures, let alone the magic weapon in his hand. He only attacked Lu Ping with a few low-grade and medium-grade Magic Figures but didn't even shatter the golden light on him.In the end, Li Sheng recognized that Lu Ping's high-grade Magic Figure was a Blood Magic Figure. To his surprise, Lu Ping didn't begrudge spiritual stones spent on Magic Figures. It seemed that he was not short of spiritual stones.Li Sheng was stabbed in the shoulder by Lu Ping. The Immortal Senior who presided over the match had already put his magic power on Li Sheng and blocked Lu Ping’s magic steel. Lu Ping withdrew his sword and stood in situ. The Immortal Senior announced that Lu Ping was the winner and could enter the next round.In the second round in the afternoon, Lu Ping's oppone
Lu Ping attacked Yuan Zhan with three Blood Magic Figures. Yuan Zhan inwardly cursed him for being wasteful. The disciples below the ring were surprised. Lu Ping used four Blood Magic Figures in such a short time. What a generous man!Yuan Zhan's "Earth Wall" was just a common Magic Figure, which could not resist the attack of Blood Magic Figures. He quickly pasted another "Earth Shield" Magic Figure on himself and took out the last high-grade Blood Magic Figure he had. The Blood Magic Figure turned into a fire dragon, swallowed the "Fire Crow" Magic Figure and then exploded.At the same time, Yuan Zhan sent out several streaks of Sword Qi to break another "Water Binding" Magic Figure. Therefore, he had no time to resist the "Falling Stone" Magic Figure. Three huge stones weighing more than a thousand pounds hit Yuan Zhan's two protective Magic Figures and smashed them into pieces. Yuan Zhan was also beaten and forced to retreat by this powerful forc
As soon as the Immortal Senior announced that Lu Ping's opponent was Leng Qian, the other disciples of the seventh team sighed and looked at Lu Ping regretfully. They were like saying, "Lu Ping, your luck has run out". Lu Ping saw their expressions clearly. People like Li Cheng directly looked at him with a gloating look.Shi Lingling, who was dressed in a red gauzy gown, came to Lu Ping, and said with a chuckle, "Lu Ping, come on. You got this. I believe you will win!"Hearing this, Lu Ping flushed, and his ears turned red. All the disciples except him burst into laughter.The first senior disciple Yao Yong also came to him and said, "Do your best. You are already quite strong. Even if you lose, others won't judge you."Du Feng, the second senior disciple, kept silent as usual and nodded to Lu Ping as he passed by.These three people were the most powerful in the seventh team, forming a small group. Had it not
Lu Ping was not in the mood to exclaim about Leng Qian's magic weapon. At the time, he only felt great pressure and danger. He even noticed that the presiding Immortal Senior on the edge of the ring was already prepared to rescue him.In a hurry, Lu Ping took out his bronze mirror and injected his spiritual strength into it as if he was going to drain his spiritual strength. He threw out two top-grade Blood Magic Figures to attack Leng Qian, trying to pose obstacles to her."Clang.""Puff."After several loud noises, Lu Ping's bronze mirror was almost struck to fly by the hammer, and he seemed to be hit by a heavy object in his chest, retreating to the edge of the ring.Fortunately, Lu Ping's several Magic Figures attracted Leng Qian's attention. Leng Qian failed to launch her second attack after she launched the first one. Otherwise, even if Lu Ping could withstand her attacks, he would be beaten down the ring.
At the place where the second level disciples of the seventh team lived, in a darkroom, Lu Ping suddenly opened his eyes. He reached out his finger, and a tongue of flame appeared above it. He flicked it to a lamp, and then the dark, humble room was lit instantly.The room was not big and was about three meters by three meters. Its furnishings were very simple, and there were only a few essential items for daily life. This shows that Lu Ping's daily activities were mainly cultivating hard.Half a month had passed since the Grand Competition was over, and Lu Ping's cultivation at the eighth level of Blood Refining had been completely consolidated. Looking back on what happened in the Grand Competition, Lu Ping still had a lingering fear.On that day, Lu Ping was lucky enough to make a cultivation breakthrough at the last moment and resist Leng Qian's attack. Then he quickly took out his magic weapon "Landslide", and finally defeated Leng