Mortal Alchemy

Madam Guo had witnessed Chen Ping's combat prowess and did not refute him.

Her understanding of Chen Ping's character deepened once more.

During his Qi Refining stage, Chen Ping was always restrained and secretive.

Now that he had entered the Foundation Establishment stage, he possessed a decisive and ruthless nature.

For Chen Ping, if you were stronger than him, he would endure you for a while, but when his strength was sufficient, would you still dare to be ignorant?

He would not be restrained. Having left the suppression within the sect and come to this remote place, would he still be suppressed by a few Foundation Establishment families?

Wouldn't he have left the sect in vain then?

With the arrival of the tide, many nearby families mobilized, and Floating Light Square City became more bustling than ever before.

The cultivators buying and selling materials were endless.

After Chen Ping adjusted his condition, he quietly left the square city with Madam Guo and headed to the third-order sea spirit vein five hundred miles away.

……

The four Foundation Establishment cultivators sat together.

"That Chen Ping has set off for the sea spirit vein. Who will make a move this time?"

"Old Han, it's your turn to take action."

"Still the same, we can't kill him directly. It's best to seriously injure him so that the Eastern Profound Sect won't suspect us."

A sinister smile appeared on Han Yu's face: "If I take action, all the good things on him will be mine."

Zhang Daosheng rolled his eyes, frowned, and remained silent.

……

Five hundred miles away.

Beneath the azure sea surface was a huge spirit vein, shaped like coral.

Approaching this area, one couldn't see any sea monsters.

This made Chen Ping frown: "Something is strange…"

Neither Eastern Moon Mountain nor this third-order sea spirit vein had a third-order existence occupying it.

Yet the Eastern Domain's cultivation world was clearly extremely scarce in resources…

Chen Ping didn't know the answer and could only attribute it to this place being outside the Eastern Barrens, where the four major sects had not explored.

Then where were the third-order demon beasts?

"Let's go, let's explore and see if there's anything good…"

Chen Ping controlled the White Jade Flying Boat, submerged into the sea, and went to explore the sea spirit vein.

Four or five hours later, Chen Ping and Madam Guo stopped in front of a maze-like spirit vein tunnel.

Madam Guo exclaimed in a low voice: "There are people here."

"Judging by their attire, they don't seem to be local cultivators."

In Chen Ping's vision, in this spirit vein tunnel, there was a group of cultivators mining veins and planting medicinal herbs.

This group of cultivators were all Qi Refining cultivators.

All sorts of doubts flooded his mind.

Chen Ping said to Madam Guo: "You guard outside here, I'll go take care of them and figure out the situation here."

Madam Guo nodded.

Chen Ping stepped into the tunnel with his sword in hand.

The aura of a Foundation Establishment cultivator immediately spread out, and the faces of the Qi Refining cultivators in the tunnel changed drastically:

"There's a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

"Run!"

"Boom!"

A Qi Refining cultivator immediately detonated a talisman, wanting to collapse the tunnel.

Chen Ping's face darkened: "How dare you."

A sword light surged out, turning the gravel into powder and killing the Qi Refining cultivator who detonated the talisman.

Chen Ping shouted coldly:

"Anyone who dares to move rashly will die!"

The group of Qi Refining cultivators turned pale and stood there, not daring to move.

Chen Ping said coldly: "I'll ask you a few questions. Answer me honestly, and I'll spare your lives and let you leave. Understand?"

They nodded like chickens pecking at rice.

"Very good." Chen Ping randomly pointed to a young man and asked: "What's your name?"

"Senior, my name is Situ Ye."

"Which force do you belong to?"

Situ Ye said: "Senior, we are from the Shattered Star Islands."

"Shattered Star Islands?" Chen Ping frowned: "Is that the Haoyu Sea region?"

"Senior is wise, the Shattered Star Islands are indeed in the Haoyu Sea region."

Chen Ping was slightly shocked: "…There are cultivation forces outside the Haoyu Sea?"

In his understanding, or in the map information given by the Eastern Profound Sect, there were no cultivation forces in the Haoyu Sea.

Has the Eastern Profound Sect not explored the Haoyu Sea in the Eastern Domain's cultivation world for thousands of years?

This inexplicably filled him with excitement and anticipation.

An undeveloped area represents resources! Represents opportunity!

Chen Ping suppressed some distracting emotions and asked Situ Ye: "What are you doing in this spirit vein tunnel?"

Situ Ye said: "Senior, we are mining spirit stones and taking care of spirit plants for someone."

"Why did you run when you saw me?"

Situ Ye said: "…We thought an enemy had come looking for us."

Chen Ping sneered: "Who hired you to work here?"

Situ Ye: "Loose Immortal Sea Worm."

Chen Ping frowned slightly: "Foundation Establishment?"

"Senior is wise!"

Chen Ping's doubts were not answered, but instead, he had more doubts.

Chen Ping asked: "There is a second-order peak sea monster here. You are mining and taking care of spirit plants here, aren't you afraid of death?"

Situ Ye answered truthfully: "That second-order peak sea monster is Loose Immortal Sea Worm's spirit beast."

This answer surprised Chen Ping: "Then what about the mountain master of this third-order sea spirit vein?"

Situ Ye said: "Loose Immortal Sea Worm lures the mountain master away, every time for three months."

Just at this time.

"Boom!"

An explosion sounded outside the tunnel, followed by Madam Guo's angry voice: "Chen Ping, that Han Yu is here!"

The aura of Foundation Establishment cultivators fighting immediately spread out.

The entire tunnel shook, as if it would collapse at any time.

A group of Qi Refining cultivators immediately ran away.

But Situ Ye was relatively close to Chen Ping and couldn't escape. His face stiffened, and he stood there, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Chen Ping looked at Situ Ye and said indifferently: "Don't leave, come with me."

Then he threw a few bottles of Body Tempering Pills and Yuan Qi Pills to him.

Situ Ye's face showed a hint of joy: "Thank you, Senior, for the reward!"

Then Chen Ping took him out of the tunnel.

In the deep sea, Madam Guo was fighting with Han Yu.

Madam Guo was at a disadvantage.

Han Yu's face was livid, and the veins on his forehead bulged: "A Foundation Establishment cultivator actually disguised herself as a maid and lurked beside Chen Ping!"

"This Chen Ping is really insidious!"

This time he had kicked a steel plate.

Chen Ping, carrying Situ Ye, threw him onto the empty White Jade Flying Boat next to him and told him to wait obediently.

Then, a strand of condensed cyan sword energy instantly burst out and slashed towards Han Yu.

Han Yu, who was suppressing Madam Guo, suddenly felt a strong sense of life-and-death crisis!

He probed with his divine sense and sensed Chen Ping slashing a sword energy behind him, which immediately made his soul fly out of his body!

He dodged.

"Chi—"

The cyan sword energy, as thick as a grain of rice, was extremely fast. His head dodged the attack, but his shoulder exploded into a bloody mist.

"What a terrifying sword energy!" Han Yu's heart thumped, and he hurriedly stopped, retreating violently, while shouting:

"Chief Chen, what do you mean by this? Why are you attacking me? It's a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding!"

Under the siege of two Foundation Establishment cultivators, he would definitely die here.

Chen Ping's face was indifferent: "Is Your Excellency taking Chen for a three-year-old child to fool?"

Han Yu shouted:

"I just came to explore this third-order sea spirit vein. As soon as I arrived near here, your maid inexplicably attacked me!"

Chen Ping sneered: "This sea spirit vein is so big, yet Your Excellency followed so closely, a misunderstanding?"

"Or should I capture Your Excellency and slowly discuss this matter."

He raised his sword and charged towards Han Yu.