Chapter 36: Breaking Through to the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering!

"Avian-type Spirit Beasts can be considered one of the most valuable species among Spirit Beasts."

"Just the point of providing high-altitude vision alone is enough to look down upon other Spirit Beasts."

After playing for a while and familiarizing himself with the various operations of the Wen Bird, Su Ping let the bird, tired from flying, return to rest.

Afterwards, Su Ping remembered that he still had Spirit Rice and Demon Beast meat in his Storage Bag that he hadn't tasted yet.

Taking advantage of his good mood today, Su Ping prepared to cook a good meal to celebrate.

He took out a Big Green Fish and chose to steam it.

Su Ping began to light the fire to cook, and processed the Demon Beast meat into several stir-fried dishes.

Hum! Lifting the pot lid, a large pot of cooked Spirit Rice appeared before Su Ping's eyes.

Each grain of this Spirit Rice was as crystal clear and dazzling as a small crystal bead, and the fragrance wafted over, making Su Ping's mouth water and his appetite grow accordingly.

"The quality of this Spirit Rice is much better than what I used to buy in the Outer Sect!"

"It seems those Robber Cultivators were really willing to spend when it came to eating!"

Su Ping took out bowls and chopsticks, and under the gaze of the big, watery eyes of his contracted Spirit Beasts, he began to eat first.

Wolfing it down, the large pot of Spirit Rice cooked with five catties of Spirit Rice soon hit the bottom.

The Demon Beast meat and the Big Green Fish were also left with only bone scraps.

Only then did Su Ping stop his chopsticks.

Immediately, the Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui occupied the remains of the Big Green Fish, the Wen Bird pounced on the rice basin to peck at the broken rice, while the puppy and the black cat chose to struggle with the Demon Beast bones.

"Hoo!"

"With the improvement in cultivation, especially after reaching Body Refining Small Success, my appetite has also increased."

"This is a good thing, allowing me to absorb more nutrients in a certain amount of time to accelerate my cultivation!"

"It's just that the consumption of resources has intensified even more. Fortunately, I will soon have the Pot Heaven. Once I have this Cave Heaven Secret Realm, I can be a bit bolder."

Taking advantage of his full stomach, Su Ping began to sit cross-legged and practice.

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Su Ping spent three days eating twenty catties of Demon Beast meat and nearly one hundred catties of Spirit Rice.

Plus the blood-energy Waste Pill he had every night.

Then, during a Body Tempering bath, after taking a Purification Spirit Medicine to purify the pill toxins, his body gave a jolt and he broke through to the fourth layer of Body Tempering!

He became a Cultivator at the middle stage of both Qi Refining and Body Refining! Placed in the Outer Sect, a Cultivator who is dual-cultivating Qi and body to the middle stage is enough to have a certain degree of fame within the Immortal Sect's Outer Sect, and would be valued by the Outer Sect Deacon and given certain care.

Naturally, Su Ping would not expose his strength to those above just for that bit of care.

He chose to continue to keep a low profile and celebrate a bit.

It's just that there is always someone coming to disturb his cultivation.

On the second day after breaking through to the fourth layer of Body Tempering.

A Loose Cultivator came to visit Su Ping with a post from the City Lord Mansion.

Su Ping received the other party and found that the person was a Fomen monk about thirty years old.

His cultivation was at the second layer of Qi Refining, which is not bad among Loose Cultivators.

"Amitabha, this poor monk Huineng, greets the Inspector."

The monk bowed, and after looking at Su Ping's appearance, his heart stirred.

He immediately realized that the intelligence was wrong; the aura of this Inspector was unfathomable to him, his bearing was extraordinary, and his eyes were bright.

He didn't look like those old Cultivators who had lost hope in cultivation and given up.

He couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for this mission, but still had to bite the bullet and say: "Inspector, this poor monk comes from the Small Golden Light Temple. This time, I am here to invite you on behalf of the temple's abbot." "The abbot hopes to invite the Inspector to gather at the Small Golden Light Temple."

"The abbot attaches great importance to this small gathering and is willing to take out one-hundred-year-old bitter tea to share with the fellow Cultivators."

"Hmm?"

Su Ping was slightly startled upon hearing this, and then recalled the information about this Small Golden Light Temple.

The Small Golden Light Temple is dominated by Fomen Cultivators. It is rumored that the previous abbot was a True Disciple of the Great Golden Light Temple, another righteous sect not inferior to the Chiyuan Immortal Sect.

It's just that I don't know what happened, but later he returned to his hometown, which is the territory of the Chiyuan Immortal Sect, and then with the tacit approval of the Immortal Sect, he bought a Second Tier low-grade Spirit Vein from a cultivation family and built the Small Golden Light Temple.

The people accepted by this Small Golden Light Temple are mainly Loose Cultivators, and the few who have better Spirit Roots are mainly those adopted from outside or raised by the temple itself since childhood.

Although Immortal Sect Cultivators occasionally feel dissatisfied that this Small Golden Light Temple runs banks in the mortal world and purchases large amounts of land, having an increasing influence on mortals.

But because of this, they did not really ban the Small Golden Light Temple.

In general, this Small Golden Light Temple is considered a sensible and law-abiding force.

It's just that, at this point in time, running to someone else's place is still too dangerous!

Su Ping shook his head and refused the other party's invitation on the grounds of being busy with official business.

The monk was stunned for a moment.

Such a firm refusal, did he really resist the temptation of the hundred-year-old bitter tea? That is a Spirit Object that is also beneficial to Cultivators in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining! "See the guest out!"

Su Ping waved his hand, intending to let the maid invite this monk to leave.

"Wait... please wait a moment!"

Seeing this, the monk hurriedly took out a Jade Slip from his Storage Bag:

"I ask the Inspector to read the contents of this Jade Slip before making a decision."

"This was specifically instructed by the abbot when I came. Even if I encountered someone who was unwilling to come, they could take a look before making a decision."

Su Ping activated the vision of the Spirit Mouse Xiaobai, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual about the Jade Slip, he reached out his right hand and took the Jade Slip into his palm.

"Your Small Golden Light Temple really has the heart of a Bodhisattva."

"Go back and tell the abbot that since it concerns fighting against Evil Spirits, Jinque City agrees to this matter."

Su Ping read the Jade Slip and learned the thoughts of the abbot of the Small Golden Light Temple.

It is just that with the recent Evil Qi Tide, Evil Spirits have been appearing, and the abbot of Small Golden Light Temple feels for the suffering of the common people.

He hopes to set up government-supported water and land altars in the suburbs of various major cities, so as to borrow the thoughts of faith from the masses.

To wear down those Evil Spirits sealed within the Dharma Artifacts provided by the temples, thereby allowing this batch of Dharma Artifacts to be liberated, so that righteous Cultivators can take them to seal more Evil Spirits.

"Dharma Artifacts that seal Evil Spirits?"

"Such Dharma Artifacts are likely not something Small Golden Light Temple could produce; the one behind this is in all probability Great Golden Light Temple, right?"

"For Small Golden Light Temple to dare to do this, the upper echelons of the Immortal Sect must have at least tacitly approved; is this one of the compromises reached with Great Golden Light Temple?"

"It is rumored that Evil Spirits are difficult to destroy and can only be slowly worn down by divine sense; the Immortal Sect side also seems to focus primarily on sealing, and this Fomen method of using faith to replace divine sense does not seem unfeasible."

"It is just that they are acting so proactively."

"Perhaps wearing down the Evil Spirits themselves can yield quite a few benefits?"

Su Ping is still quite interested in this aspect.

After all, regarding the faith of the masses, one can tell from how Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui on Water Blue Star can contract and control large and small mice.

There is still room for the power of faith to exist on Water Blue Star, it is just that because there is no spiritual power, this force often cannot become a major trend and dissipates.

Therefore, if he could learn the method to wear down Evil Spirits.

Perhaps he could try to use the ownerless power of faith in his hometown to wear down one or two Evil Spirits and see what kind of benefits might be inside? (End of chapter)