Mortal Alchemy

Seeing him ascend, Chen Ping knew he wouldn't engage in close combat.

He realized the opportunity to scheme against Lu Kangning had passed.

Without hesitation, Chen Ping turned and fled.

"You want to create distance, prevent me from ambushing you in close combat, and then use spells to kite me to death, huh..." Chen Ping sneered, a second-tier Swift Steps Talisman affixed to his body, combined with his body cultivator's physique, his speed exploded.

He grabbed the raggedly dressed Zhou Ying, holding her in his arms as he fled.

This woman had an excellent figure and feel, but in Chen Ping's hands, she was as light as cotton, carrying her while fleeing was no effort at all.

Taking this opportunity, Chen Ping held Zhou Ying in one arm, using her as a shield, while his other hand secretly took out that second-tier disc-shaped offensive magic weapon.

While fleeing, he poured spiritual power into the magic weapon, preparing it!

"Four Seasons!!!"

Chen Ping heard Lu Kangning shout, as four sword energies of red, blue, green, and white condensed on his finger!

"Dart!!!"

The four sword energies immediately shot towards Chen Ping.

"Sword energy of the Four Seasons Swordplay!" Chen Ping's expression changed slightly, his brow furrowed. What relationship did this person have with the Mu family?

Or was Lu Kangning related to the Eastern Xuan Sect?

Regardless, Chen Ping immediately stopped, turned his body, and raised the disc-shaped offensive magic weapon in his hand, aiming at Lu Kangning.

"Boom!!!"

Vast spiritual power erupted, transforming into a golden light, attacking Lu Kangning.

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

Chen Ping dodged the sword energy attacks, but the large amount of spiritual power released made him a little slow to react.

Three sword energies struck him, and the Daoist robe, worth over a hundred spiritual stones, was instantly torn to shreds, revealing his well-proportioned, muscular upper body.

Immediately afterwards, the three sword energies exploded, causing hundreds of fine sword marks to appear on Chen Ping's upper body.

Chen Ping's gaze did not waver, but stared at Lu Kangning.

"Boom!!!"

Chen Ping's attack directly hit Lu Kangning in the sky. Even though Lu Kangning had a second-tier defensive magic weapon protecting him, his situation was the same as Chen Ping's; after releasing a large amount of spiritual power, he was somewhat powerless.

The shield-shaped magic weapon immediately burst into red light, muffled sounds rang out continuously, and finally turned into an explosion, the light instantly disappearing, and the remaining spiritual power hit Lu Kangning.

Lu Kangning's figure immediately fell from the sky, spitting out blood: "Cough cough..."

He crashed into a tree, his figure disheveled, coughing violently.

This little devil actually had a second-tier magic weapon. Without being prepared, he was lightly injured.

Was this really the wealth, strength, and calculation that an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator should have?

"Could this little devil be possessed by some old monster..."

"Or is he a disciple of some great immortal clan?"

Lu Kangning's expression was gloomy, his expression changing drastically, dismissing these two thoughts.

He extended his divine sense thirty feet, but could not find the whereabouts of Chen Ping and Zhou Ying. Searching with his naked eyes also yielded nothing:

"Did he use Earth Escape to run away?"

"But, can he escape?"

Lu Kangning sneered, seemingly sensing something, and chased after the direction Chen Ping escaped using Earth Escape.

Underground, Chen Ping's face was a little pale. He took out a handful of Qi Recovery Pills and swallowed them, quickly refining them to restore his spiritual power.

The Brocade-haired Treasure Seeking Ferret voluntarily crawled out of Chen Ping's sleeve, sniffed Zhou Ying's body, and then cried out to Chen Ping:

"Ying ying ying!"

Chen Ping's expression suddenly changed drastically:

"Ferret brother, do you mean she still has that Gu worm on her, and our whereabouts are still being sensed by the other party?"

"Ying ying!" The Treasure Seeking Ferret nodded.

"Damn it!" Chen Ping's eyes darkened. He couldn't blame Zhou Ying either.

It was impossible for a Qi Refining cultivator to defend against a Foundation Establishment cultivator's underhanded methods.

Even Madam Guo, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, had not noticed such methods in the past month.

Chen Ping looked at the beauty in his arms, her hot figure making his heart race: "Fellow Daoist Zhou, forgive me."

He took off Zhou Ying's Daoist robe and threw it away, leaving Zhou Ying with only that thin, transparent defensive magic garment, her spring scenery fully exposed to Chen Ping, but he had no heart to enjoy it.

He looked at the Brocade-haired Treasure Seeking Ferret: "Ferret brother, is that smell still there?"

"Ying!" The Treasure Seeking Ferret affirmed.

Chen Ping gritted his teeth, feeling a bit troubled: "Ferret brother, where is the worm's aura in her body?"

The Treasure Seeking Ferret climbed onto Zhou Ying's fair and tender body, sniffing, and then pointed its little paw at her belly.

Chen Ping frowned: "The Gu worm was swallowed by her?"

Such deep scheming.

When the two Foundation Establishment cultivators appeared, a very small Gu worm flew out from Zhou Ying's hair.

Who would have thought that another Gu worm was swallowed by Zhou Ying? If Chen Ping didn't have the Treasure Seeking Ferret, who would have thought that Zhou Ying's whereabouts were still being tracked.

"The two Foundation Establishment cultivators made their move either at the auction or in the Guo family's residence..."

Chen Ping only wanted to take Zhou Ying and escape, returning to the jurisdiction of the Eastern Xuan Sect.

At that time, as long as he found the Eastern Xuan Sect's patrolling envoy, they would be safe.

But with the current situation, if Chen Ping wanted to return to the Eastern Xuan Sect's territory safely, he would have to abandon Zhou Ying.

Confusion and difficulty immediately surged into Chen Ping's heart.

Should he abandon Zhou Ying and escape alone?

Logically and emotionally, Zhou Ying's relationship with him wasn't that deep. Chen Ping had cultivated for over twenty years, and was at a critical juncture before Foundation Establishment. For a woman, should he put himself in an extremely dangerous situation?

Reason told Chen Ping that he should abandon Zhou Ying, and at worst, return here after he established his foundation and find Lu Kangning to avenge her.

Emotion told Chen Ping that Zhou Ying's appearance and figure were not bad, her probability of establishing a foundation was not small, he had seen her body and had to take responsibility, and she had helped him a lot to get to where he was today, so he couldn't abandon her.

Chen Ping took a deep breath, his eyes becoming fierce, changed direction, and then emerged from the ground, returning to the surface.

Chen Ping took out a Daoist robe from his storage bag and put it on her, stayed for a while, and then looked at Zhou Ying:

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, whether you can survive depends on your luck..."

Then, Chen Ping's figure shot away, heading towards the distance.

A moment later, Lu Kangning arrived in the sky by flying. In his divine sense, he sensed Chen Ping fleeing quickly, but the little girl with the Gu worm's perception was left behind.

This also made Lu Kangning hesitate whether to chase Chen Ping. After thinking for a moment, he snorted:

"Consider yourself smart and sensible, I'll spare your life!"

This Qi Refining cultivator had too many trump cards and methods. He was more inclined to believe that Chen Ping was an old monster possessed by a great power, or that Chen Ping possessed some powerful spiritual body, or had an inheritance.

But in any case, for Lu Kangning, continuing to chase Chen Ping was not the best choice. What if he capsized in the gutter?

He might as well take Zhou Ying, this little girl, and enjoy her, and then use Zhou Ying to threaten Madam Guo to submit.

He slowly landed, extending a finger and uncovering the Daoist robe covering Zhou Ying, taking her storage bag.

At this moment, a silver light flashed before Lu Kangning's eyes: "What is it? My divine sense didn't even sense it!"

He fixed his eyes and saw a ferret burrowing past him. He was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became greedy:

"Brocade-haired Treasure Seeking Ferret! It's actually this good thing..."

"Today is really my..."

"Boom!!!"

Lu Kangning didn't notice that the Treasure Seeking Ferret had stuck a second-tier talisman on him.

It wasn't until the talisman's spiritual power surged that he realized:

"No!!!!!"