Mortal Alchemy

Chen Ping stood before the giant ancient tree.

He gazed once more at the countless golden leaves shimmering on the ancient tree.

Ancient, mysterious.

Chen Ping stepped onto the first level, and spiritual pressure assailed him.

Chen Ping's expression remained unchanged, feeling only a slight pressure.

He quickly stepped onto the second level, and the pressure of spiritual force, physical body, and divine soul came crashing down.

Chen Ping immediately felt the pressure, but this time he could completely withstand it.

"I can ascend to the third level." Enduring the immense pressure, Chen Ping slowly raised his leg and stepped onto the third level.

"Rumble!!!"

A terrifying sense of life-and-death crisis instantly surged into his heart.

Chen Ping immediately summoned the Aurora Sword, used Sword Qi Embodiment, and the Dharma Body Sword Aspect emerged above his head.

Then, a branch slowly flew over and stabbed towards him.

Chen Ping's eyes blurred with golden stars, and he felt as if the sky was collapsing.

Fortunately, the branch did not actually stab him.

Even so, it almost caused Chen Ping's mind to collapse.

This was something far beyond the third order, was it fourth order? Or fifth order?

After a moment, Chen Ping seemed to have successfully ascended to the third step.

Chen Ping persisted for a while, then his vision went black, and his body flew backward, exiting the steps.

The emotionless voice of the artifact spirit sounded:

"Upper-middle aptitude, can be ranked as a true disciple of the Holy Sect."

"Reward: one true inheritance magic artifact."

Not a cultivation technique, nor enlightenment, this time the reward was a true inheritance magic artifact?

He was a little disappointed, why wasn't it a sword dao insight…

Then, a leaf-shaped piece of glazed jade flew from the tree.

"This magic artifact looks unremarkable…"

Chen Ping examined it, using his magic power and divine sense to perceive it, a look of disappointment on his face:

"This magic artifact was created too long ago and has lost its spirituality, it's basically a useless ornament."

Losing its spirituality was equivalent to being useless, and he didn't even know how to use this magic artifact.

In addition, he had a third-order demonic artifact treasure in his spatial ring.

Chen Ping's eyes darted around: "I wonder if Senior Sister Luo Fei has comprehended the second-order artifact refining inheritance, I'll have her take a look for me."

Thinking of this, Chen Ping prepared to leave the ancient tree assessment.

This time he was very disappointed, but if he wanted to go further in the inheritance assessment, Chen Ping's strength must advance to another level.

"…I still need to go to the Azure Jade Sea to search for Purple Qi Essence and refine Enlightenment Pills."

"I'll have to accumulate enough to reach the third sword dao intent."

Chen Ping looked at the Treasure-Seeking Mink behind him, who was eating spirit beast meat: "Mink brother, is Senior Sister Luo Fei nearby?"

The Treasure-Seeking Mink paused its little paw holding the spirit beast meat, raised its nose and sniffed, then shook its head: "Ying."

Chen Ping's face lit up with joy: "It seems that Senior Sister has already completed the second-order artifact refiner inheritance."

Chen Ping left the inner part of East Moon Mountain with the Treasure-Seeking Mink.

Chen Ping found Mu Luofei.

Mu Luofei looked at him with surprise in her beautiful eyes, her tone gentle: "Why does Junior Brother have time to come here today."

As soon as Chen Ping heard her words, he knew she was still angry.

Her temper was really big.

Chen Ping walked up to her with a smile: "Has Senior Sister comprehended the second-order artifact refining inheritance?"

Mu Luofei nodded slightly: "Although I have comprehended it, I don't have a second-order spirit fire, so I have no way to try refining second-order artifacts."

Chen Ping said: "I have second-order spirit fire, I can give Senior Sister a wisp."

Mu Luofei suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled, saying with a smile:

"Is Junior Brother so eager to please me?"

Chen Ping said with a thick face: "Isn't that what I should do?"

Since he accepted Mu Xingling, Mu Luofei had never taken the initiative to go to his dojo.

It seemed that she was angry and had been waiting for Chen Ping to find her.

But for the past few years, Chen Ping had been busy.

When dealing with serious matters, Mu Luofei would not be angry and act petty, prioritizing serious matters.

"Hmph!" Mu Luofei snorted softly, but it sounded like heavenly music to Chen Ping's ears.

"Then I'll accept it." She stretched out her fair wrist to ask Chen Ping for it.

Chen Ping took out the second-order alchemy furnace, enlarged it, and took out a wisp of second-order spirit fire from it:

"Senior Sister, this spirit fire needs to be nourished and fed for a period of time before it can be used."

"I know." Mu Luofei took out a jade hairpin from her head, and this second-order spirit fire was absorbed into the jade hairpin.

Is this an artifact refiner's item?

Chen Ping said: "Senior Sister, I have two things here, I would like you to take a look at them."

"Oh?" Mu Luofei became interested.

He took out the jade leaf magic artifact and the third-order demonic artifact treasure.

"This jade leaf magic artifact has lost its spirituality, Senior Sister, do you think it can be repaired?"

The things produced by the Heavenly Venerate Sect are mostly not bad, if it can be repaired and reused, Chen Ping wanted to know what the jade leaf magic artifact was for.

Mu Luofei took the jade leaf magic artifact, and white light threads flew out from her ten fingers to investigate.

This was the first time Chen Ping had seen the methods of an artifact refiner, and he immediately felt it was novel and magical.

After investigating for a while, Mu Luofei said:

"Junior Brother, the core of this jade leaf magic artifact is intact, if it is repaired and the external materials are replaced, it can be reused."

"It's just that the materials are not easy to collect, Junior Brother, you may have to wait a few years."

Chen Ping said: "Then I'll have to trouble Senior Sister."

Before the start of the Long Sky Secret Realm, Chen Ping had no urgent matters, and a few years would pass in the blink of an eye.

Chen Ping then brought the third-order demonic artifact treasure to Mu Luofei's eyes:

"Senior Sister, this is the spoils I obtained from killing a demonic cultivator protector last time."

Mu Luofei exclaimed, her beautiful eyes trembled: "A third-order magic treasure!"

Chen Ping said: "Senior Sister, this third-order magic treasure seems to be contaminated by demonic energy, do you have any means to improve this third-order magic treasure, and then you can take it and use it yourself."

Mu Luofei's expression was shocked, her breathing was a little rapid: "Junior Brother, you want to give it to me? No, this is too expensive!"

A third-order magic treasure was worth at least hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, and depending on the materials and functions, it could cost up to millions.

Chen Ping said with a smile: "How about I use this as a token of my love for Senior Sister?"

Using a third-order magic treasure as a token of love showed Chen Ping's sincerity.

Even if it was a demonic artifact, it could be auctioned off for hundreds of thousands, or even millions of spirit stones.

This amount of resources was enough for Mu Luofei to cultivate safely to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, waiting for the Golden Core stage.

And Chen Ping would also prepare a copy of the items for her to advance to the Golden Core stage.

Mu Luofei's snow-white pretty face, neck, and earlobes were immediately covered with red blush, her beautiful eyes trembled slightly, her tone was gentle, and she was extremely satisfied:

"I was still wondering, how long would Junior Brother make me wait."

Chen Ping laughed: "I have made Senior Sister wait for a long time."

The last time the two of them touched on this topic was when the Mu family forced Chen Ping to marry Mu Xingling, and Mu Luofei gave Chen Ping a copy of the token of the dojo in the sect, tacitly covering up this matter.

But now, Chen Ping had already accepted Mu Xingling and Meng Huang'er, but there was still no movement on her side.

How could she not be angry?

Mu Luofei looked at the third-order magic treasure in front of her, smiling:

"Then I'll accept it."