Mortal Alchemy

Chen Ping immediately raised his sword with one hand, while the index and middle fingers of his other hand came together, pressing down on the sword's body.

Instantly, the majestic Azure Lotus Sword Qi began to compress.

“Buzz buzz!!!”

The sound of the sword resonated loudly!

The thick Azure Lotus Sword Qi was immediately compressed to the size of a hair!

This was the first realm of Sword Intent—Sword Qi Condensation!

In an instant!

The Sword Qi erupted, its speed doubling compared to before!

Azure light flashed instantly—

“Roar!” The demon tiger felt a chill down its spine, sensing the danger. With a roar, it unleashed a sonic attack, attempting to block Chen Ping's condensed Sword Qi!

“Hiss hiss hiss—”

A piercingly sharp sound echoed.

The Sword Qi struck the demon tiger, leaving it unable to dodge. The tiger demon gathered its demonic power to resist the Sword Qi, but its fur, flesh, and demonic bones were severed.

Soon, it was powerless to resist. Its entire demonic body was as fragile as paper. The Sword Qi swept through it, heavily injuring it.

Almost with a single strike, it was on the verge of being killed.

Demonic blood splattered as the tiger demon fell to the ground, its eyes filled with fear, anger, and confusion.

Just now, the human cultivator's Sword Qi had only severed its claws. Why was it that now, with a single sword strike, it was heavily injured and on the verge of death?

Chen Ping did not let his guard down. He pressed his fingers on the sword's body and unleashed another condensed Azure Lotus Sword Qi.

“Swoosh—”

The sound of air being torn apart rang out for an instant, and the Sword Qi arrived before the rank two demon tiger's head.

“Puchi—”

The Sword Qi pierced through the demon tiger's head, leaving behind only a rice-grain-sized wound on its skull.

With three strikes, it was instantly killed!

“Humph!” Chen Ping's face turned slightly pale as he snorted coldly.

The first realm of Sword Intent—Sword Qi Condensation!

The second realm of Sword Intent—Sword Qi Hardening!

If he had the cultivation of the second realm of Sword Intent, one Sword Qi strike would have been enough to kill this demon tiger.

Moreover, he would also be able to inherit his master, Palace Master Gong Yue's, Sword Dao legacy.

That was a Sword Dao legacy from a Sword Spiritual Root cultivator, a legacy that his master had used her own strength to surpass the other Nascent Soul cultivators of the Eastern Xuan Sect.

He had cultivated in the Dao Field for several months, barely entering the realm of Sword Qi Condensation.

Now that he had displayed it, its power was quite remarkable.

“I still need to cultivate more, to reside in the Sword Dao Intent constantly, and to be able to unleash the condensed Sword Qi at will…”

Chen Ping did not immediately approach the tiger demon's corpse, but instead called out, “Brother Diao, are there any other dangerous demon beasts nearby besides it?”

“Ying ying!”

The Treasure Hunting Sable made a sound of denial.

Chen Ping nodded slowly, then, carrying his sword, walked towards the tiger demon's corpse.

In the past, he had to go to great lengths to kill an injured and weakened rank two demon beast. To get a rank two demon core, he even had to find the Guo family's auction house.

Now, he could kill a rank two demon beast with three strikes!

This tiger demon's entire body was a treasure. Chen Ping smiled and said, “Brother Diao, how about I let you eat this tiger demon's meat?”

“Ying ying ying!” The Treasure Hunting Sable nodded like a rattle-drum, chirping happily several times. Like a cultivator, it raised its small paws and cupped its fist towards Chen Ping.

It needed this kind of nourishing item to advance and become a rank one demon beast.

Chen Ping first put away the rank two demon core.

Then, he removed the intact rank two tiger skin. Its fur could be used to make talisman brushes, its blood could be used to make talisman ink, its bones could be used to make wine and refine tools, and its tendons could also be used to refine tools.

The tiger meat was given to the Treasure Hunting Sable to eat. The tiger demon's internal organs could be kept and, after some preparation, could be used to make a rank two body tempering medicinal bath.

While dismembering the corpse, Chen Ping pondered, “There are no other demon beasts nearby. That shouldn't be possible.”

“With such a large Eastern Moon Mountain, if there was only one rank two tiger demon, then Eastern Moon Mountain would have been incorporated into the Floating Light Square City long ago and become my Dao Field.”

Putting aside everything else, Eastern Moon Mountain, with its rank three spiritual vein, was a place that many immortal cultivation families yearned for.

“There should be unknown secrets and dangers.”

Chen Ping finished dismembering the tiger demon's corpse, then came to the purple clay tea tree and smiled:

“It's not impossible to advance to a rank three spiritual plant, but I'll talk about it after I become a Golden Core cultivator. Before that, it's better to be a rank two spiritual plant and produce high-year tea.”

There were at least a hundred withered leaves on the ground, which caused Chen Ping great heartache.

If he had those hundred withered leaves, Chen Ping could have refined them into Qi Cultivation Pills, which would have been enough for him to cultivate to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Fortunately, there were still dozens of tea leaves full of medicinal liquid on the purple clay tea tree.

Chen Ping first plucked about thirty tea leaves that met the three-hundred-year mark, and then used a ripening method on the purple clay tea tree to produce more high-year tea.

After setting up the purple clay tea tree, Chen Ping withdrew from Eastern Moon Mountain without exploring it further.

If there were great dangers and secrets inside, as he had guessed, then he would easily be lost inside.

Moreover, after the Treasure Hunting Sable advanced to a rank one spiritual beast, it would have demonic power and be faster. It would be better to let it explore Eastern Moon Mountain.

Back in the Dao Field, Chen Ping began to refine Qi Cultivation Pills with the purple clay tea leaves.

Because he had mastered the legacy of a spiritual planter, he could identify the medicinal properties of spiritual herbs. In addition, with the ancestor's cultivation method, he only needed to replace some complementary auxiliary herbs to refine the Qi Cultivation Pills.

Seven days later, Chen Ping refined the three-hundred-year Qi Cultivation Pills with purple clay tea leaves as the main ingredient.

As soon as a pill entered his throat, he began to refine it. The majestic and pure liquid spiritual power melted away, causing Chen Ping's first semi-crystallized spiritual power to increase by a notch!

With Zuo Yinghong guarding the Square City, Chen Ping could cultivate in the Dao Field with peace of mind.

Half a year later.

“Huff~”

The spiritual power on Chen Ping's body suddenly soared. Chen Ping's eyes revealed a look of joy: “The first semi-crystallized spiritual power has finally succeeded.”

This meant that Chen Ping had finally made significant progress in his Foundation Establishment cultivation.

“With the support of the three-hundred-year Qi Cultivation Pills, I can refine one semi-crystallized spiritual power a year. If I refine thirty-six, I can enter the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.”

This progress was really not slow.

However, the pressure to advance to Golden Core within a hundred years was still great.

Chen Ping opened his eyes and slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air:

“Don't rush, first stabilize the basics, keep the resources for daily cultivation constant, and then seek other things.”

Right now, he needed to acquire a large number of high-year spiritual herbs and spiritual plants.

And what he could use to make money was the rank one Beauty Pill and the rank two Qi Cultivation Pill.

However, a furnace of ordinary Qi Cultivation Pills cost as much as one hundred and fifty spiritual stones. Chen Ping could only earn a few dozen spiritual stones if he sold them.

It was a thankless task. He could refine rank one Beauty Pills easily and make more money.

If he stayed in the Eastern Xuan Sect to refine pills, it would really be a dark and hopeless life.

It was also laughable to Chen Ping that rank two pills did not make as much money as rank one pills. The prices in the Eastern Region's immortal cultivation world were quite distorted.

However, this also gave Chen Ping an opportunity.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, something happened.” Zuo Yinghong's serious voice sounded outside Chen Ping's Dao Field.

Chen Ping frowned slightly, walked out of the Dao Field, and met Zuo Yinghong:

“What happened?”

Zuo Yinghong said:

“The once-in-a-decade sea tide has arrived, and many sea beasts have appeared, wanting to flood the Floating Light Square City.”

“The Foundation Establishment cultivators of the four great families have invited Fellow Daoist Chen to attend a meeting to resist the sea tide.”