Mortal Alchemy

A disciple behind Real Person Ning Guang stepped forward:

"I am willing to follow Martial Uncle Chen Ping to the Demon Subduing Sect to eliminate demons."

Real Person Ning Guang glanced at him:

"Lei Jun? Oh, you are all disciples of the Eastern Xuan Sect, not bad."

"Then you can go with Junior Brother Chen Ping."

Five Eastern Xuan Sect disciples came to Chen Ping's side, cupped their hands in greeting, and addressed him as Martial Uncle.

Real Person Changkong said, "Alright, it's almost time, we should set off too."

Chen Ping instructed Mu Luofei, "Senior Sister, be careful and don't be greedy for merit."

Mu Luofei's small face was calm, she nodded slightly, and her tone was gentle, "Junior Brother, I know."

Following others, they may not care about your life or death, so not being greedy for merit and preserving yourself is the most important thing.

Mu Luofei's calm nature still put Chen Ping at ease.

Then, Real Person Changkong summoned a treasure ship and left with dozens of people.

Only Chen Ping and a few others were left at the scene. He looked at Lei Jun, "Martial Nephew Lei, let's go to the Demon Subduing Market."

This actually made Chen Ping a little puzzled as to why Lei Jun and the others were willing to risk following him to the Demon Subduing Market to eliminate demons.

After all, they didn't know each other, but being disciples of the same Eastern Xuan Sect created a kind of invisible trust.

The six of them headed to the Demon Subduing Market together.

Chen Ping asked, "Martial Nephew Lei Jun, eliminating demons is much more dangerous than killing monsters. Why are you willing to follow me?"

Lei Jun showed a bitter smile and said, "Martial Uncle Chen, I don't want to waste my life."

"Although this monster tide war can accumulate merit by killing monsters, prices are soaring, and ordinary disciples like us can hardly gain any advantage."

"Most of the merit accumulated from killing monsters has to be used to meet daily cultivation expenses."

"Now that there is an opportunity to hope for the Golden Core and accumulate a lot of merit, we naturally don't want to miss it."

Chen Ping sighed. He could really empathize with Lei Jun and the others.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment disciples are just tools in the Eastern Xuan Sect. It is really not easy to obtain some cultivation resources.

The 400,000 spirit stones worth of materials that Chen Ping and the girls had hoarded had now risen to 1.2 million, a three-fold increase in price.

As a result, some Foundation Establishment disciples worked hard to kill monsters, but they could not accumulate merit.

It's really dark, really a pit.

Currently, the Eastern Xuan Sect has also increased the price of second-order materials accordingly due to increased costs.

Only the price of third-order materials has not fluctuated much yet.

Just as the few of them were heading to the Demon Subduing Market.

A shrill scream of a fierce ghost suddenly sounded behind Chen Ping.

Chen Ping subconsciously turned his head to look.

He saw that the four disciples besides Lei Jun were rapidly retreating, widening the distance from him.

Chen Ping's coldness erupted, and he immediately understood that the danger came from beside him!

It was Lei Jun!

In that instant, a surge of spiritual power erupted from Lei Jun, rushing towards Chen Ping.

"Damn it!"

Chen Ping didn't have time to dodge at all, and only instinctively used 'Sword Qi Protection'!

Then—

An attack containing great erosive power struck him.

"Bang—"

Chen Ping was hit, and the whole person was smashed into the ground from the air like a cannonball, dust billowing!

The other four Eastern Xuan Sect disciples looked at Lei Jun with astonishment and horror!

Why did Senior Brother Lei suddenly assassinate Martial Uncle Chen Ping?

And when they took a closer look, they exclaimed in unison, "Senior Brother Lei, you actually defected to the Demonic Path!!!"

They saw that Lei Jun was surrounded by demonic energy, his eyes were red, like a demon, and there were even some demonic signs on his body.

This made the four Eastern Xuan Sect disciples horrified and fearful. Their senior brother, who they had been with day and night, was actually a demonic cultivator!

Lei Jun's eyes were red, his round pupils gradually turned into demonic vertical pupils, and his voice was cold:

"Several junior brothers, the four sects of the Eastern Region's cultivation world have been monopolizing for thousands of years, treating ordinary disciples like us as pigs and dogs, arranging everything for us from birth to death."

"They opened the Merit List, but secretly raised prices, we risked our lives to fight, but could only exchange it for the same things as before."

"In just five years of the monster tide war, the Eastern Xuan Sect has lost thousands of Foundation Establishment disciples."

"Hehe, haven't you seen it yet?"

"They think there are too many tools, they want us to die, to clear some positions, they took the benefits, to arrange those direct descendants of the great immortal clans to take over."

"They don't want to give anything, they just want us to die, and then expand their territory for them, exploit us to the bone, calculating everything clearly."

"Several junior brothers, have you seen it? We are being schemed to death by the sect!"

"In that case, it is better to defect to the demonic cultivators and strive for a future, so that we will not have lived in this world in vain!"

"Are you willing to join me in defecting to the demonic cultivators?"

The four Eastern Xuan Sect disciples had stiff and hesitant expressions.

In the end, they shook their heads.

Lei Jun showed a look of regret: "Then I have no choice but to send you on your way together."

Just as he was stirring up his spiritual power, preparing to attack the four Eastern Xuan Sect disciples, his expression suddenly stiffened, his brows furrowed, and he looked at the ground in disbelief.

"Junior Brother Lei Jun, most people think like you, but more of us can stick to our bottom line and move forward with perseverance."

The smoke and dust dissipated, and Chen Ping slowly stood up from the pit on the ground. At this moment, his figure was a little embarrassed.

What was surprising was that Chen Ping's figure was embarrassed, but he was not injured at all, as if he was unscathed?

If you observe carefully, there is a faint layer of sword light glazed on Chen Ping's body.

Chen Ping did not expect that the defensive power of Sword Qi Protection combined with a second-order body cultivator's physical body would be so good.

It is even better than ordinary second-order defensive magic weapons.

Lei Jun looked at Chen Ping with a shocked expression and roared angrily:

"How could you be completely fine?! That was my full blow!"

Chen Ping said, "As a demonic cultivator, you don't need to know this."

Chen Ping's heart was filled with killing intent. He had cultivated for decades, and today was the first time he had suffered such a big loss from a sneak attack by someone close to him!

If he hadn't comprehended Sword Qi Protection, Lei Jun's sneak attack just now would have either killed him or crippled him. Even with essence blood to heal his injuries, he would have no combat power in a short time and would have become Lei Jun's fish on the chopping board.

This demonic cultivator was a disciple of the Eastern Xuan Sect. Seeing that he was a direct disciple, he had murderous intentions, so he took the initiative to follow, just to kill him.

Chen Ping's hand flashed, the Aurora Sword appeared, and then his figure suddenly slashed towards Lei Jun!

How fast was Chen Ping's speed? In just an instant, he crossed dozens of feet and came to Lei Jun!

"Clang!!!"

This Lei Jun, as a demonic cultivator, was indeed extraordinary. He blocked with both hands, using his physical body to block Chen Ping's sword!

Lei Jun's expression was gloomy, his vertical pupils were cold: "As expected of a Nascent Soul direct disciple! How many years have you been a disciple? Being in the Foundation Establishment stage, your combat power is simply the difference between heaven and earth compared to others!"

"If you are allowed to continue growing, the Eastern Region's cultivation world may have a second Palace Moon Immortal!"

"However, since that move didn't kill you, I won't let you live!"

As soon as this sentence fell, Lei Jun's expression changed drastically, as if he had seen a ghost.

"Bang—"

Chen Ping's Aurora Sword burst out with sword energy, blasting his hands holding the sword into countless pieces:

"With a Foundation Establishment body, daring to take a third-order magic weapon with your bare hands, did becoming a demonic cultivator make you stupid?"