Chapter 99: Body Tempering Eighth Layer! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

"Damn it!"

"How is this person running so fast!"

"I should have left someone to watch the entrance."

Outside the mountain gate of the Immortal Sect's Outer Sect.

Several Punish Evil Alliance Cultivators received the news and ran to the Merit Hall, only to learn that the white-haired youth had left the mountain gate in a hurry right after accepting the mission.

Consequently, the group of them hurriedly unleashed their body's potential and dashed out.

By the time they flew out of the mountain gate, they still could not find a trace of the white-haired youth.

The leader, who was not, revealed an exasperated expression and began to curse in a low voice.

The panting junior brother beside him said cautiously:

"Senior Brother, is this person that important? Why don't we notify the gate-guarding disciples so that next time he comes..."

"What do you know!"

"This person defeated your Senior Brother Song in just one move; he is at least a genius among Body Cultivators!"

"Uncle-Master Dongli loves talented Body Cultivators the most; upon hearing of this matter, he will surely add this child's name to the watch list."

Saying this, the leader took out a bronze Compass.

He muttered unwillingly, his face flushing red as he spat out a mouthful of blood from the tip of his tongue.

However, after the Compass absorbed the blood, it still showed no reaction.

This caused the man's face to turn pale while revealing an undisguisable look of disappointment:

"Forget it, it was my miscalculation today. I will go to Uncle-Master to accept punishment. You all take turns guarding the mountain gate; once the other party appears, you must detain him and wait for me to arrive!"

"Yes! Senior Brother!"

The others also realized the degree of importance placed on the white-haired youth; they all felt a chill in their hearts and hurriedly cupped their hands in salute.

As for Su Ping, after successfully exchanging for the Pill, he left the place with quick strides.

During this period, he noticed someone sending him a Secret Language, presumably wanting to befriend him.

However, Su Ping pretended to be deep in thought and acted as if he hadn't heard, leaving straight away.

On the way back, while passing through the residential area for Outer Sect Disciples.

Su Ping did not see any old acquaintances, but he did spot that disciple from the City Lord Mansion who was at the Ascension Meeting.

He seemed to be doing poorly, having been assigned to plant Spirit Rice in the Spirit Field plots.

Afterwards, Su Ping left the mountain gate directly, deliberately bypassing the Yunshan Market territory, and after taking a detour through another city to restore his original identity, he returned to Jinque City.

Pot Heaven.

After obtaining the Pill, Su Ping couldn't help but prepare to try it.

After bathing, calming his mind, and eating a full meal, Su Ping took out a middle-grade Peishen Pill and swallowed it.

Hum!

It seemed the Ten Directions Annihilation Body was continuing to take effect.

Su Ping discovered that after the Pill entered his abdomen, the speed at which it turned into a hot current was much faster than what was described in the reference booklet provided by the old Cultivator!

For Su Ping, who was in the Body Refining Late Stage and could withstand this rate, this naturally had only benefits and no drawbacks.

After a night of meditation.

Su Ping felt his Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivation surge by a large margin.

And the medicinal power should still have a small portion slowly taking effect.

"One Pill every two days is worth a month of my previous hard cultivation."

"As expected, taking pills for cultivation is indeed better!"

After sighing, Su Ping recalled the contents of the reference booklet.

Ordinary Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivators, even with a Superior Pill, should ideally take one pill a month; those with exceptional talent should ideally take one every two weeks to maximize the absorption of the medicinal power.

If Su Ping took one every two days, a small portion of the medicinal power would definitely be wasted, but Su Ping valued the maximization of cultivation efficiency more.

Besides, it didn't hurt as much to use middle-grade or waste-grade pills!

As for the acquisition of subsequent pills.

This trip to the mountain gate made Su Ping realize that the level of ordinary Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivators in the Immortal Sect was very weak, and also that as long as one could legally obtain Merit.

The Merit Hall did not care about exchanging some items for those outside Cultivators.

Therefore, as long as he kept producing Superior Pills, even if they were just low-grade pills, he could exchange them for Merit and then trade for waste-grade high-grade pills.

As for the reason, with his small volume, he wouldn't even need to say anything; others would help fill in the blanks, right? For example, other Qi Refining Late Stage Cultivators in the sect who had no hope of advancing, seeing that the effect was good after a fellow disciple took the pill, would also join in to purchase?

Anyway, the Immortal Sect wouldn't lose out!

And he, Su Ping, wouldn't lose out either!

Tsk, another win-win transaction!

The only problem was the little Daoist Zhou Xuan.

Pot Heaven.

Having finished his cultivation, Su Ping looked at Zhou Xuan with much softer eyes.

After all, this alchemy disciple had already begun to provide him with support in cultivation resources.

So, with a thought from Su Ping, after the White Crane Boy brought a new batch of materials for replenishment.

He sat cross-legged in front of the little Daoist Zhou Xuan and the Psychic Civet, and after offering a few words of encouragement in a stiff tone.

He left behind a perfectly roasted Big Green Fish.

"Meow!"

The Psychic Civet sniffed, wanting to help its partner taste it first, but before its mouth could bite the fish skin, it was lifted up by the White Crane Boy by the fur on the back of its neck.

"This is a Spirit Fish bestowed by the Immortal Master; eating it greatly supplements one's vital energy."

The Crane Boy threw the Psychic Civet a great distance away, then turned his head to say to Zhou Xuan.

Young Daoist Zhou Xuan had eaten Small Green Fish before and knew that this kind of Spirit Fish was extremely delicious while also being beneficial to the body.

He looked embarrassedly in the direction where the Psychic Civet had been thrown, then, not being coy, he nodded and put even the fish bones and thorns into his mouth to crunch and swallow them.

Zhou Xuan was now practicing Qi into the body, his martial arts had reached Small Success, and with his Qi and blood abundant, he ate the Spirit Fish.

He then sat in meditation to absorb the energy in this place where the Spirit Qi of the Pot Heaven was dense.

Added to this was the portion of Qiangshen Danya that Su Ping had left for him to take, which he had refined previously.

One morning ended.

Zhou Xuan, who exhaled a stream of white Qi that took shape in the air, had impressively reached Great Success in martial arts Qi and blood, and could now be considered a first-class martial artist in the Cultivation World.

Of course, this was only in terms of physical quality; his fighting techniques and experience still needed to be accumulated.

Young Daoist Zhou Xuan, however, felt that his divine art had reached Great Success, and quite happily practiced some wild moves by the lakeside.

He even trampled several small pits into the grass.

Until he saw the Psychic Civet, tried to wrestle with it, and was flipped upside down by a civet that didn't even reach his knees.

Only then did Zhou Xuan wake up, realizing that he had just been obsessed.

How much skill did he actually have? He couldn't even beat a single civet, yet he had become complacent and arrogant!

Zhou Xuan, oh Zhou Xuan, you are supposed to be cultivating for Changsheng.

How could you become lazy just because of a tiny bit of achievement?

Zhou Xuan hurriedly got up, bowed and cupped his hands to the Psychic Civet in thanks, then began to continue farming and refining pills!

At the same time, within the Spirit Light Fish Pond, a burst of tyrannical aura erupted.

The Da Hei Yu, which had been constantly absorbing the False Dragon Blood of the Flowing Pattern False Dragon Fish to digest and cultivate, finally broke through a certain limitation by taking the opportunity of the Purification Spirit Medicine bestowed by Su Ping to remove various defects.

It actually leaped three levels at once, becoming a Black Dragon Fish beast equivalent to the Qi Refining Fourth Layer!

Splash!

After crazily absorbing Spirit Qi and swallowing massive amounts of high-energy food like fatty meat and white sugar that Su Ping had prepared from a distance.

The Da Hei Yu Chiwen successfully evolved to over five meters in length!

Combined with its broad back, it could already barely carry a person.

Coupled with the blessing of its dragon-species Bloodline.

Su Ping felt that if it were in the Dahai, it should not be inferior to a tiger shark.

"Looks alright; next time I go to Xuangui Island, I might not need a fishing boat."

"However, you must not be arrogant; I gave you so many resources."

"Next time, if you don't break through to the Qi Refining Late Stage and your body size doesn't grow another fold, you will still be served by me as a 'nine-course fish feast'!"

Su Ping said calmly, and as soon as his voice fell.

The Da Hei Yu, which had just been feeling good about itself, once again went "woo-woo-woo" and sank into the Spirit Light Fish Pond to bury its head in cultivation.

Su Ping looked at the Spirit Light Fish Pond.

As a small fish pond, it was already raising three Green Spirit Fish and one Flowing Pattern False Dragon Fish.

Only one spot remained for the exclusive fish catch of the Pot Heaven.

Fortunately, even if there were more, it just meant there would be no extra enhancement; one could still continue to stuff Spirit Fish in to raise them.

Having arranged the production and layout within the Pot Heaven.

Su Ping returned to Linyue Villa.

The Immortal Sect was beginning to fall into chaos again, but the mortal Jinque City did not seem to have been affected yet.

The refugees were settling down outside the city, and with the generous donations from wealthy families, they were already preparing for the spring plowing.

The monks from the Small Golden Light Temple had also come once, stating that the prayers were very effective and the Dharma Array was operating normally.

It should not be long before a batch of Sealed Dharma Artifacts could be recovered.

This made the high-ranking officials still remaining in the city very excited; some hoped to use this to perform meritorious service and then apply to their families for a transfer.

Su Ping listened, feeling excited in his heart as well, thinking that he could almost go back to check on those Sealed Dharma Artifacts in his hometown.

He should be able to recover a batch and exchange them for merit, right?

Hope everything goes smoothly and there are no errors or omissions!

This way, he could also slowly expand the scope of his merit fields.

After the monks from the Small Golden Light Temple left.

Su Ping also began his new week of fishing.

This time, two First Tier fishing sessions refreshed a total of 110 times, and it was rare to catch rare fish in both!

While obtaining a second Flowing Pattern False Dragon Fish at the library fishing spot.

There was also a surprise during the last fishing session at the Linyue Lake fishing spot:

【Obtained Fishing Experience 1】

【Obtained Red Blood Rainbow Carp 1】

【Current Fishing Level: Level 4 (1330/2000)】

"The third Red Blood Rainbow Carp!"

Su Ping was very pleasantly surprised; to him, this was even more important than the Flowing Pattern False Dragon Fish he had obtained earlier.

After all, although the Flowing Pattern False Dragon Fish could be used sustainably, it required time to accumulate.

The Red Blood Rainbow Carp, however, could take effect immediately and influence his Qi Refining and Body Tempering cultivation; it was an all-around improvement.

Without hesitation, Su Ping directly ate this Red Blood Rainbow Carp.

Enabling himself to possess three-tenths of the Ten Directions Annihilation Body!

He also utilized the impact of this reinforcement.

Su Ping only felt his blood surge, his Divine Sense and physique both improved, stepping into the Body Refining Eighth Layer realm!

This seemed like just a small realm within the late stage of Body Refining, yet it often traps a large number of people for a lifetime.

How many Outer Sect Deacons have spent their whole lives stuck at the late seventh layer without making an inch of progress?

Su Ping calmly accepted the fact of his breakthrough, and not in a rush to return to his hometown, he instead followed his plan to close his eyes and read the memories of the rats in the Jinque City territory.

Continuing to maintain the stability of this territory.

During this time, Su Ping had no shortage of encounters with evil cultivators or Robber Cultivators passing through.

For those passing through, Su Ping generally would not take action.

But once they intended to hide in the Jinque City territory to stir up trouble.

Then Su Ping could not be blamed for stating that this was a path to death.

One hour later.

Beside the bank of a large river.

A bewildered Hongyi Nuxiu leaned against a large tree, looking at the corpses on the riverbank in the distance in disbelief.

The worst among those dozen or so corpses were Loose Cultivators at the Qi Refining First Layer.

The three strongest were even foreign Cultivators at the Mid-stage Qi Refining.

It was also because of their presence that the Outer Sect Disciple Hongyi Nuxiu, who had come out to perform a mission, could not hold her own, was quickly defeated, and was captured while unconscious.

Yet, unexpectedly, just after waking up, she was stunned to find those Robber Cultivators... all turned into corpses lying on the riverbank.

It seemed that an expert had passed by... and saved her?

Hongyi Nuxiu figured out the cause and effect, bowed toward the distance, and only then left the scene.

In the woods, Su Ping, who had easily used his Divine Sense to cover himself from being detected, watched the female cultivator leave before turning his head to look at those Robber Cultivator corpses.

Their Storage Bags and valuable items had long since been taken away by Su Ping.

As for those corpses...

Su Ping thought for a moment and decided to send out rats carrying Incendiary Bottles to burn them clean in one fire.

As for that female cultivator, Su Ping did not intend to appear to play the hero saving the beauty.

That the other party did not die before he arrived could only count as being favored by fate.

She deserved to be helped by a great kind-hearted person like him.

Su Ping prepared to go to Water Blue Star in a moment, so he found a cave and opened the Storage Bags to check the spoils of this battle.

These Robber Cultivators were clearly not the usual Loose Cultivator organizations.

After opening the Storage Bags, Su Ping found evidence without any surprise.

Several Storage Bags contained Chuangu Jade Slip, belonging to disciples of another sect, the Water Moon Sect.

And the leader was actually an Inner Sect Elite Disciple!

However, an Elite Disciple was only at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, which fit the background of a small sect like the Water Moon Sect.

From the letters, Su Ping also learned the reason they had suddenly turned into Robber Cultivators.

It was because their sect, located in the Nanhuang region, had been directly wiped out by an enemy who had grown powerful after obtaining Immortal Fate, not long after they had come to respond to a recruitment order.

Having become rootless duckweed, they had intended to perform missions well to see if they could find a new backer.

As it turned out, the Immortal Sect side was becoming increasingly chaotic as well.

After a great battle, the strongest members of this sect had all turned into dry bones.

Terrified, they simply turned into Robber Cultivators on the spot and ran to the mortal realm to scrape together enough travel expenses before things got big, then planned to run to the Overseas Islands to observe the situation.

"These guys should have Merit, right?"

"Forget it, taking such Merit is just trouble; better to honestly exchange it for Pills."

"Besides, this harvest, aside from Spirit Stones, Demon Beast meat, Spirit Rice, and Spirit Herbs, actually had an unexpected joy."

Su Ping found a special Jade Slip emitting purple light from one of the Storage Bags.

This Jade Slip actually required Divine Sense to be read.

After reading it, he discovered it was actually the fundamental technique of the Water Moon Sect, the Water Moon Formless.

This technique pointed directly to Foundation Establishment Yuanyuan.

And it had no special requirements for Spirit Root attributes; if one had a water-type Spirit Body, it was naturally best, but one could cultivate it even without one.

The only difference was the speed of efficiency.

As long as he could take Pills to speed up cultivation, this was not a big problem for Su Ping.

For Su Ping, this technique was much stronger than his own common goods.

And, most crucially.

At least after reaching Qi Refining Great Perfection, he would not need to specifically look for a Foundation Establishment technique.

Merit could be used to exchange for more useful things.

For example—the Foundation Establishment chapter of the Big Dipper Greedy Wolf Chapter, as well as the remaining two chapters of the Big Dipper Death-Inscribing Scripture: Breaking Army and Seven Killings.

Su Ping felt that he, possessing a Saint Body and Purification Spirit Medicine, deserved to possess such an Ancient God technique as the Big Dipper Death-Inscribing Scripture!

Perhaps, in this increasingly strange Cultivation World, he was already the only Cultivator suitable for cultivating these two Ancient God techniques: the Big Dipper Death-Inscribing Scripture and the South Dipper Life-Inscribing Art!