Mortal Alchemy

Cultivation knows no time.

Chen Ping's seclusion lasted for four years.

He sat cross-legged, having condensed one hundred and eight semi-crystallized units of spiritual power within his body.

His aura was vast and profound, his cultivation having reached the peak of Foundation Establishment!

One more step and it would be the Golden Core stage.

Currently, Chen Ping could trigger the Golden Core breakthrough and attract the heavenly tribulation with a single thought.

"I only need those three spiritual herbs from the nascent soul seed competition to refine the Golden Spirit Guidance Pill and overcome the Golden Core tribulation."

A 10% chance from the Tier 3 body refinement, 30% from the cultivation technique, 30% from the Three Lights Divine Water, and 30% from the Golden Spirit Guidance Pill, totaling 100%.

It can be said that Chen Ping's Golden Core tribulation is a sure thing.

"There are still six years until the nascent soul seed competition."

Chen Ping is only sixty-seven years old, and in six years, he will only be seventy-three.

For ordinary mortals, sixty-seven is already old age, waiting for death.

But for Foundation Establishment cultivators, it is the prime of life.

Advancing to the Golden Core stage in one's seventies is excessively young.

Chen Ping's senior sister, Bai Jianjia, possessed a special spiritual body, was a disciple of Punishment Peak, and had abundant resources, yet she only advanced to the Golden Core stage at the age of one hundred and twenty.

As for Zuo Yinghong, who is at the peak of Foundation Establishment, she is already one hundred and sixty-five years old, having passed the Golden Core limit by fifteen years. Under such circumstances, the probability of successfully overcoming the Golden Core tribulation is terrifyingly low.

Success means Golden Core, doubling one's lifespan to four or five hundred years, while failure means the dissipation of the Dao and death.

It is this difficult for ordinary rogue cultivators to reach the Golden Core stage.

Chen Ping put away the alchemy furnace and used the skills of a spiritual herb husbandman to arrange for all thirty-plus Tier 2 spiritual herbs he was cultivating to advance to Tier 3.

"There are also dozens of spiritual herbs on another island."

These two medicine gardens are Chen Ping's most secret trump cards.

Chen Ping walked out of the cave.

"Ying Ying."

The Treasure Seeking Ferret dashed over.

Chen Ping was in a good mood and asked with a smile, "Where are the others?"

Treasure Seeking Ferret: "Ying Ying Ying."

Chen Ping said, "Sculpture, are you saying that the three of them were taken out by Little White to cause trouble several years ago and only occasionally come back to see you?"

"Ying!" The Treasure Seeking Ferret cried out in dissatisfaction.

Although it is a Tier 2 spirit pet, it has little combat power. The Heavenly Fox King taking Little Tiger and the Golden Eagle out to cause trouble naturally wouldn't include it.

Chen Ping smiled and stroked its head:

"It doesn't matter, we're going to find them."

The Heavenly Fox King, Little White, going out to cause trouble was arranged by Chen Ping.

Chen Ping took out the mother-child communication device and saw that the Heavenly Fox King, Little White, was six thousand miles away.

"What's six thousand miles away?" Within this ten-thousand-mile sea area, there is only Shattered Star Market.

Otherwise, there are only some small spirit islands and small families.

Chen Ping summoned the White Jade Flying Boat and left.

...

Six thousand miles away, the Immortal Merchant Association, one of the four Golden Core forces in the Hao Jade Sea, has a branch stronghold here.

Hengluo Island is a huge island. Shattered Star Market relies on the Loose Cultivator Alliance to establish a huge market.

Hengluo Island is a bit inferior, without a Tier 3 Golden Core cultivator guarding it. Foundation Establishment is the peak. Starting from Hengluo Island, there are many small families stationed within a few thousand miles, honestly cultivating spiritual fields.

At this moment, inside the Immortal Merchant Association branch.

A luxuriously dressed young male cultivator was lying on the ground like a dead dog, with blood flowing all over the place.

A pot-bellied middle-aged man was constantly wiping the cold sweat from his forehead and said:

"Minister, this person is the son of a Golden Core elder in the association. If you kill him like this, there will be big trouble."

The minister he spoke of was an extremely enchanting and hot young female cultivator, behind whom stood two guardians, both with cold auras and Foundation Establishment cultivation.

But if Chen Ping were here, he would discover that this was not a young female cultivator at all, but a palm-sized Heavenly Fox with snow-white fur and four tails.

The Heavenly Fox King's illusion technique is superb, directly disguising herself as a human cultivator and infiltrating this place.

Let alone Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators, even Golden Core cultivators might not be able to see through her illusion here. Behind her, the two guardians are the Golden Eagle and the Tiger King.

Her voice was delicate and sweet as she sneered, "This person wanted to drug this minister, wanting this minister to be his plaything. Am I not allowed to kill him?"

"It doesn't matter, just do your jobs properly."

"Has the supply of materials been collected completely this time? This minister wants to take it to Shattered Star Market to sell. The front line is tight, and they have been urging for a long time."

The pot-bellied middle-aged man's face was pale, and the fat on his face trembled:

"Soon, soon, the materials needed by the minister will be collected within three days."

What is the background of this Minister Bai? She is not even afraid of killing the son of a Golden Core cultivator and still wants him to collect materials. He has a bad premonition.

The Heavenly Fox King nodded slightly and said, "Go down and collect resources. If the things are not complete in three days, this queen will skin you alive."

"Yes, Minister."

The middle-aged man retreated.

The Red-Eyed Tiger King behind the Heavenly Fox King said, "Big Sister, killing the son of a Golden Core cultivator will be very troublesome. Are we still going to stay here?"

"Are you stupid? Of course, we'll grab a batch of resources and run away to the next place."

The Heavenly Fox King said.

It's a lie to say that she isn't flustered after doing such a big thing on someone else's territory.

Suddenly, Chen Ping's voice sounded: "Little White, you're here, doing quite well, it seems."

In the next moment, Chen Ping's figure appeared out of thin air.

Chen Ping looked at the three of them with a smile that was not a smile. If it weren't for the spiritual pet contract in his mind to identify their auras, Chen Ping wouldn't dare to believe that the three people in front of him were his spirit pets.

This Heavenly Fox King really knows how to play tricks, actually impersonating a human and eating and drinking well in the Immortal Merchant Association branch every day.

The Heavenly Fox King licked her paw and said, "Dog owner, why are you here?"

Chen Ping grabbed the back of her neck and said with a dark face:

"What did you say?"

The Heavenly Fox King immediately cried out for mercy:

"Master, Master, I was wrong!"

"Hmph!" Chen Ping said coldly:

"I told you to gather demon beasts and form a force to be used by me, but you're using Little Tiger and Little Gold to do evil!"

The Heavenly Fox King immediately cried out, "Master, I'm wronged."

"To conquer territory and recruit subordinates, you need money and food!"

"Although the Hao Jade Sea is big, human cultivators wantonly hunt and kill demon beasts. Slightly smarter demon beasts hide in places rarely seen by humans. If you don't give some benefits, how can you recruit subordinates?"

Chen Ping said, "Have there been any gains or progress in the past few years?"

The Heavenly Fox King said:

"I have contacted some demon beasts. Isn't the idea to gather some resources to recruit them for my use?"

"Hmph!" Chen Ping said coldly:

"Little White, you better make some achievements for me, or I'll skin you and make a scarf!"

The Heavenly Fox King trembled:

"I will definitely make achievements for my master!"

If Chen Ping wants to deal with the forces of the Hao Jade Sea, he definitely can't do it alone. He is too weak.

How to gather a force that can work for him without leaking secrets? Using spirit pets as a breakthrough point and gathering a large number of demon beasts is the best choice.