Mortal Alchemy

"There are Purple Monkey Flowers nearby!"

Chen Ping suppressed the urge to roar with laughter, a smile playing on his lips.

This also solved a puzzle for him: why Mu Xingling and the others had received clues about the location of Refined Yang Purple Stone, while they had been in the Ore Mountains for a month without any sign of Purple Monkey Flowers.

It turned out that someone had mined Refined Yang Purple Stone and then sealed the mine entrance to mislead others.

Moreover, the person who sealed the path was very clever. If Chen Ping hadn't been refining pills and accidentally noticed the smoke drifting inward, he might not have detected it.

Using his Golden Light Technique, Chen Ping carefully chipped away at the Refined Yang Purple Stone on the wall, afraid of accidentally damaging the nearby Purple Monkey Flowers.

One of the five Foundation Establishment spiritual objects, Purple Monkey Flowers are worth two to three thousand spirit stones each, and they are practically priceless, as almost no one would sell such a treasure.

They are the kind of valuable item that money can't buy.

After painstakingly digging for a long time, Chen Ping shattered the last thin layer of ore, and a purple flower shaped like a monkey appeared before his eyes.

This flower wasn't rooted in soil but in Refined Yang Purple Stone, or perhaps the Purple Monkey Flower had catalyzed the soil into Refined Yang Purple Stone.

The Purple Monkey Flower emitted a faint, captivating fragrance that was intoxicating.

"Purple Monkey Flower!!!"

"And two of them!!!"

Chen Ping was both shocked and excited.

He hurriedly took out a jade box from his storage bag, specially used for holding rare spiritual objects and preserving their medicinal properties.

He carefully extracted the Purple Monkey Flowers, roots and all, and placed them in the jade box.

His heart pounded wildly.

"Phew~"

Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief and then began to clean up the traces of Refined Yang Purple Stone.

He couldn't take these Refined Yang Purple Stones either.

Afterward, Chen Ping took a deep breath and began to silently consider the subsequent matters.

How could he bring these two Purple Monkey Flowers out of the Dafeng Ore Mountains without being discovered by Mu Xingling and the others?

Offering them to Mu Xingling was out of the question.

How could he possibly allow his enemy to increase their chances of establishing their foundation?

That way, he would never be free.

Entering the mountains, no one searched them, but leaving the mountains, they would check their storage bags.

Trying to muddle through and deceive everyone was not an option.

What about secretly leaving the Dafeng Mountains?

Chen Ping retreated from the mine and observed the edge of the mountain range for a while. It was surrounded by wooden fences, seemingly weak, but actually set up with a restriction.

Although very weak, it was enough to sense anything leaving the mountain range. Once the restriction was triggered, someone would immediately rush over, exposing him.

Chen Ping fell into deep thought, eventually coming up with a plan.

Since humans couldn't do it, he could use a demon beast to carry the items out, thus avoiding suspicion.

There were quite a few demon beasts in the Dafeng Mountains, a threat to other Qi Refinement cultivators, but not to Chen Ping.

He would have to wait until the end of the month to implement this plan, preferably with Fang Xing and the others cooperating with him.

Working together from the inside and out would be more secure and reliable.

Moreover, he had to muddy the waters so that Mu Xingling wouldn't get the Purple Monkey Flowers but wouldn't be able to blame him.

"I need to make proper arrangements..."

A fierce look appeared in Chen Ping's eyes, as this concerned his path to Foundation Establishment.

He would not yield and would not back down!

Next, Chen Ping began collecting some weak demon creatures, intentionally encountering them, and only injuring them without killing them.

Then, he forced these demon creatures to run towards the outside of the mountain range.

After carefully observing for several days, he discovered that the restriction was triggered, and soon, miners from the mine drove flying artifacts to hunt down these demon creatures.

But after killing them, no one collected the corpses of these demon creatures.

Instead, nearby rogue cultivators dissected these demon beast corpses.

Demon beast corpses were not as valuable as ore. Moreover, some demon beast corpses were improperly handled, and the body would be infected, which was a greater risk.

Chen Ping took this scene into his eyes.

His inner emotions were fiery: "There's a chance!"

"As long as I put the storage bag into the body of a demon beast and let it rush out of the mountain range, not only can I take the Purple Monkey Flowers back, but I can also take my storage bag out..."

"One or two demon beasts are nothing, but if I gather dozens of demon beasts to rush out together, I can muddle through."

Chen Ping thought carefully for a while, increasingly feeling that this plan was feasible.

The first link in the plan was complete.

Next was the second link. Chen Ping needed a fuse to cooperate with him in doing this.

He didn't mine anymore, spending half the day cultivating and half the day setting up bait.

And his bait was very simple. He pretended to be mysterious, lighting fires and testing in various mines.

People who mined wanted to be as careful as possible, not wanting to be discovered.

But Chen Ping did the opposite, naturally attracting someone's attention.

"This kid has been running back and forth in different mines, what is he doing?"

Zhang Ergou spied on Chen Ping's movements in the dark, frowning:

"Could it be that he has a special way to find Refined Yang Purple Stone?"

Otherwise, he couldn't think of a reason for Chen Ping to do this.

"He must have a secret!" Zhang Ergou was sure of this.

He and Chen Ping had the same identity, born into a cultivating family's Immortal Seed, becoming the running dogs and servants of the direct descendants.

Even this job was not available to ordinary cultivators, so he naturally wanted to perform well in front of the main family.

He had been in the Dafeng Mountains for more than a month and a half, and Zhang Ergou had gained nothing.

He just spied on Chen Ping, without immediately taking action.

And Chen Ping had long noticed Zhang Ergou's existence, sneering in his heart.

"The bait is useful, a big fish is about to be hooked..."

Unable to resist his inner greed, running to his death, he, Chen Ping, could not be blamed.

In a flash, it was the end of the month again.

Everyone left the mountain range, and many people were staring at Chen Ping.

"Open your storage bag for inspection."

Chen Ping opened his storage bag expressionlessly, with nothing particularly valuable inside.

Still, no one had mined Purple Monkey Flowers, which inevitably disappointed these Immortal Clan direct descendants.

"Chen Ping, come with me." Mu Xingling ordered coldly.

Chen Ping walked into Mu Xingling's room.

Mu Xingling stared at Chen Ping with unkind eyes: "Yuehua said that you hardly mined in the mine this month."

"Chen Ping, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

Chen Ping was so negligent that she almost thought the slave seed had failed.

Checking Chen Ping's cultivation, he was still at the eleventh level of Qi Refinement, with no possibility of escaping her control.

Chen Ping's eyes were fiery, and his tone was excited:

"Palace Lord, allow me to explain, I discovered a shortcut to finding Purple Monkey Flowers..."

He told the news that the smoke floated into the mine and found the Refined Yang Purple Stone.

But he concealed the most important Purple Monkey Flower.

Mu Xingling's expression changed, her eyebrows slightly raised:

"Yuehua, you immediately go into the mountain to check if what he said is true."