Mortal Alchemy

After Chen Ping selected the location, the five of them began to act.

They hired nearby Qi Refining families to start construction, and in less than a month, they had built a Daoist temple. Each of them contributed two thousand spirit stones to set up a second-order high-quality Five Elements Defense Array.

A second-order spirit vein was enough for Mu Lu妃, Zhou Ying, and Mu Xingling to cultivate.

Chen Ping's spiritual root was poor, so he could only rely on pills to improve his cultivation. Meng Huang'er was a second-order Body Refinement Qi Refining cultivator, so it was of no use to her. She was now focused on improving her Body Refinement.

Chen Ping released the Treasure Hunting Mink, allowing it to freely search for natural treasures within the Eastern Wilderness Mountains.

The group then settled down in this Little South Mountain Daoist temple.

Along the way, they also met the patrol team cultivators responsible for this area, exchanging pleasantries and becoming familiar with each other.

The patrol team cultivator was the market owner of a market town two hundred miles away, with half-step Golden Core cultivation and extremely powerful combat strength, and had a great background in the Demon Subduing Sect.

There were many small teams like Chen Ping's.

There was almost a three-hundred-mile gap between each team.

At the same time, all the spirit stones on the five of them were spent on transforming them into talismans, pills, and spiritual herbs.

Chen Ping only kept ten thousand spirit stones on him for emergencies.

The resources accumulated by the five of them exceeded 400,000 spirit stones, which was a terrifying number for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The demon tide had not yet begun, and the group had only received their inheritances for a short time, so they did not actively enter the Eastern Wilderness to hunt and kill demons. Instead, they accumulated resources, worked hard to comprehend their inheritances, and improved their combat power and foundation.

As compensation, Chen Ping handed over all the hundreds of bottles of hundred-year-old pills to Mu Lu妃, and she could decide how to deal with them.

As for Mu Xingling, Chen Ping gave her some two-hundred-year-old Essence Nurturing Pills.

"This battle will last for about twenty years. The resources we have accumulated should not be used until at least ten years after the start of the war, so as to ensure maximum profit," Mu Xingling said.

Everyone nodded, agreeing with Mu Xingling's words.

Chen Ping found that the Myriad Manifestations Torrential Sword was really difficult to comprehend. Unfortunately, he had already consumed all his Enlightenment Pills.

"I can only take my time and wait for news from Junior Brother Fang and the others..."

...

One day, three months later.

The half-step Golden Core market owner two hundred miles away personally led a team to the Little South Mountain market town.

"What? A stronghold was destroyed overnight? There were four Foundation Establishment cultivators inside!" Chen Ping thought for a moment:

"...Senior Gao, are you inviting our Little South Mountain to join in the search and suppression of that demon beast?"

Senior Gao also had four Foundation Establishment cultivators behind him. He had a beard, a weathered appearance, and eyes that were sharper than Chen Ping's.

For him, the sharp sword aura on Chen Ping made him somewhat fond of Chen Ping: "That's right."

"The demon tide should be coming soon. Now the demon race has sent out elite vanguards."

"Judging from the injuries at the destroyed stronghold, all four died at the hands of the same demon beast. If we can surround and capture it, we can obtain a lot of information, and then we can ambush the demon beasts in advance and accumulate a lot of merit."

Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators were doing well if they could solve their cultivation resources and cultivate smoothly. Foundation Establishment cultivators who had a certain amount of combat power on this basis were all elites.

The four women behind Chen Ping were all wearing veils, not revealing their true faces. With such a major event at hand, they did not speak, but listened to Chen Ping's arrangements.

Chen Ping pondered for a moment, then agreed: "Okay, then I will go with Senior Gao today to see what's going on."

Ten second-order cultivators, plus two or three sword cultivators with outstanding combat power, Chen Ping felt that the risk of going out this time was within a controllable range.

If he encountered that ferocious demon beast, he would also like to try the power of the Myriad Manifestations Torrential Sword.

It was a pity that Chen Ping had refined the Aurora Sword for several months, but he still could not fully exert its power, otherwise his combat power could be further improved.

Soon, ten people stepped into the Eastern Wilderness Mountains. After flying for a hundred miles, they stopped in front of a river.

Here, there were also five second-order elites, all with solemn expressions and dignified faces.

Senior Gao briefly introduced them: "This is Daoist Lan Ting from the Heaven Born Sect, this is Daoist Chen Ping from the Eastern Xuan Sect. Daoist Lan, please tell us about the situation."

Lan Ting said: "We have already sent out spirit pets and roughly determined the location of that ferocious crocodile."

"The opponent is very cunning. It leaves quickly after a fatal blow and is currently hiding in a stone crevice in the lower reaches of this river."

"If we let it escape today, it may sneak attack our three strongholds in the future."

"Senior Gao, what do you think should be done?"

Senior Gao frowned:

"Our three teams should divide into three groups to encircle the crocodile from the front and back."

"If your combat power is not as good as it, then kite it, keep your distance, and wait for me to come over."

After a simple assignment of tasks and locations, the three teams dispersed.

Chen Ping and the others were assigned to the waterway.

...

In the lower reaches of the river, in a hidden stone crevice underwater, a pitch-black crocodile several feet long was feasting, enjoying the taste of human cultivators.

Its green vertical pupils appeared ferocious and indifferent.

Its crocodile claws were extremely sharp, and human bones were cut open like tofu.

Suddenly, its eating movements stopped. It seemed to smell something and immediately became alert.

It immediately threw away the food in its hand. The huge crocodile body swam in the water, and soon saw a Sword Bird spirit beast peeping at it!

"Human cultivator's lackey, die!"

The crocodile opened its bloody mouth, and a sharp crocodile tooth shot towards the petite Sword Bird with a bloody wind, while its huge body pounced towards it.

"Chirp!" The Sword Bird immediately showed fear, cried out in panic, and hurried towards the surface of the water.

"Splash!!!"

The surface of the water exploded, and the Sword Bird screamed.

Lan Ting and others from the Heaven Born Sect were immediately shocked: "Found it!"

"Attack!!!"

The crocodile's vertical pupils turned: "These stupid cultivators, still want to surround and kill me? If they come up empty-handed, see how I sneak attack and strangle you in the future!"

Underwater, it remembered the appearances and auras of Lan Ting and the others. Then, the crocodile's tail swung, creating multiple waves of water, but its body quickly disappeared here, hiding in the lowest part of the water, slowly rushing upstream.

Lan Ting and others were quickly thrown behind it.

And upstream was where Chen Ping and the other five were guarding.

When the crocodile's body swept past a pebble.

"Boom!!!"

An explosion sounded immediately, and a second-order talisman was placed under the pebble.

As soon as the explosion sounded, it immediately alarmed Chen Ping and others.

The huge power caused the crocodile to leap from the water to the land.

Then, several dense spells bombarded it. It reacted quickly, and its body speed surged, dodging the attacks of the four women at once.

The four young and beautiful female cultivators immediately looked solemn.

Its gaze did not linger, but stopped on the only male cultivator.

Just one glance at this male cultivator gave it a sense of danger that made its heart skip a beat!

"Surrounded?"

The crocodile's vertical pupils suddenly became even more terrifying and indifferent, and its body surged, pouncing towards the five cultivators in front of it!