Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit

Chapter 245

NETS – Chapter 245 – Heritage Jade Scroll

Ye Bu-Qi was in charge of the islands’ defenses and intelligence work.

After listening to his report, Lu Ping said, “Hmm, so the Three Clans Alliance’s internal conflicts will be intensifying. The Wang Clan wants to get rid of the other two clans and seize the alliance all for itself, but its external support is definitely looking for more. It’s hard to say if the Wang Clan will be able to get what it wants even after the other two clans are eliminated.”

Lu Ping thought of Crystal Palace and smiled mockingly.

“Young master, the Wang Clan has already begun secret talks with the 27 mini islands. They will likely soon come here and test our stance. How should we respond?”

Ye Bu-Qi was in awe of Lu Ping’s ability to analyze the situation with such little information.

“The outcome will ultimately depend on the Enlightened Masters and supporting parties behind the three clans; the mini islands’ are insignificant. No matter who the winner is, we just have to take care of our islands.”

After that, it was Wu Yan’s turn to report. Wu Yan had seen Lu Ping’s power with his own eyes, so he was the most respectful to him amongst the three of them.

Wu Yan was in charge of the development and utilization of all resources on the islands. Under his management, the Blood Condensation Realm cultivators each led a team of Blood Refining Realm cultivators, taking charge of a specific resource, be it spirit grains, spirit herbs, or spirit minerals.

“Not bad. The resource management has been done well. In the near future, all of you will have sufficient resources and supplies to assist your cultivation.”

After listening to the report, Hong Ying and Ye Bu-Qi also revealed a hint of joy. Ever since they had joined Lu Ping, the development of the islands far exceeded the past, when the islands were under their lead. It was all thanks to this unfathomable young master.

“Wu Yan, your cultivation base is now at the peak of the Sixth Layer Blood Condensation Realm, right? What is your foundation bloodline?” Lu Ping asked casually.

“Huh?” Wu Yan didn’t realize the meaning between Lu Ping’s words and nodded, “Yes sir, my foundation bloodline is the Wind Cicada Bloodline.”

Beside him, Hong Ying and Ye Bu-Qi both looked at Wu Yan with some envy in their eyes.

“What is your cultivation method and what bloodlines did you absorb when you advanced to the Mid Blood Condensation Realm?”

It was only now that Wu Yan realized Lu Ping’s intention and was overjoyed. He quickly replied respectfully, “My cultivation method is known as the [Wind-Fire Hybrid Scripture], I received it from a senior rogue cultivator. However, this cultivation method only goes up to the Eighth Layer Blood Condensation Realm. The bloodline I absorbed is a Fire Cicada Bloodline. I used two years to merge it with my foundation bloodline so that I could become a wind-fire cultivator.”

“Wind and fire dual cultivation?” Lu Ping didn’t agree with this way of merging bloodlines and cultivating dual elements.

Generally, the foundation bloodline only had one element. Hence, cultivators should naturally maintain the purity of the foundation bloodline.

However, the majority of cultivators simply didn’t do that due to various reasons. It could be due to a lack of talent, poor cultivation foundation, eagerness to advance, lack of mental strength, or simply because the cultivator didn’t realize.

Hence, it was common to see cultivators absorb and merge bloodlines with different elements to cultivate dual elements. This would lead to an issue where the foundation bloodline might not be able to occupy a dominant position amongst the other bloodlines, which could impede a cultivators’ foundation and future progress.

Every step in the Blood Condensation Realm was an opportunity to change the composition of the foundation bloodline, for better or for worse. Hence, it was crucial that cultivators took each step carefully to ensure their cultivation potential.

After all, cultivation was a difficult and long journey; there are many hurdles to get through and a small deviation could lead to a completely different destination.

However, this was only Lu Ping’s personal opinion.

In fact, there were many cultivators like Lu Ping who tried to keep the purity of their foundation bloodlines, but most couldn’t do so in the end as there were too many factors that affect and change the purity of the foundation bloodline.

Furthermore, there were also many high-achieving cultivators that had cultivated multiple elements. Some of them were even stronger or could cultivate faster than pure elemental cultivators.

Lu Ping used this opportunity to explain the pros and cons of the two cultivation paths to them.

This was the advantage of inheritance. Lu Ping had received Zhen Ling Sect’s teaching, so he didn’t need to find out this knowledge on his own.

Over the years, Lu Ping had collected a number of cultivation methods from the spoils of battle. There were several wind-fire cultivation methods, but they were similar to Wu Yans’s [Wind-Fire Hybrid Scripture]. Hence, there was no point for him to cultivate them.

If only Lu Ping was in the Core Forging Realm, he would be able to read the cultivation method jade scrolls in Tian Ling Palace. Then, he could find suitable cultivation methods for them.

Of course, the cultivation methods wouldn’t be true heritage cultivation methods.

Lu Ping mulled for a moment. He took out two jade scrolls from his interspatial ring, and said, “Hong Ying will be following me to the Alchemy Conference. At that time, you will come as well. We will see if we can find you a Wind-Fire Cicada Bloodline for your Late Blood Condensation Realm breakthrough.

“As for the cultivation method, I don’t have any good ones right now. Here, these are two wind-fire heritage jade scrolls. Although they are also only up to Blood Condensation Realm, you can still use them as a reference to complete your own cultivation method to the Ninth Layer Blood Condensation Realm.”

These were two heritage jade scrolls which were extremely valuable to rogue cultivators.

Heritage jade scrolls were not ordinary cultivation method jade scrolls. In addition to the cultivation methods, they also contained a variety of other cultivation related information.

For example, Lu Ping’s heritage jade scroll contained the cultivation method, [North Ocean Wave Listening Scripture]; the associated arts, [North Ocean Twelve Ultimates]; a dozen different choices of nascent weapons, how to craft and upgrade them, and the inscriptions they could use.

In fact, even in the Zhen Ling Sect, only Enlightened Masters or meritorious disciples could receive a complete heritage like this. But because Lu Ping was Enlightened Master Liu Xuan-Ling’s core disciple, he was able to receive the heritage earlier.

Furthermore, only half of his heritage, the [Sea Coast Wave Listening Scripture] was from Zhen Ling Sect, the other half, the [Flying Spirit Ocean Treading Scripture], was from the annihilated Fei Ling Sect.

Wu Yan’s hands were shaking as he took the jade scrolls. Next to him, Hong Ying and Ye Bu-Qi were trying to stay as calm as possible as they stared enviously at Wu Yan and the jade scrolls.

Lu Ping came from a large sect and cultivated under the tutelage of Enlightened Master Liu Xuan-Ling, so he had naturally seen many heritages.

On top of that, he had killed many sect cultivators over the years and collected their items. Hence, he naturally had a few heritages with him, making him fail to realize that heritages were far more precious to rogue cultivators than he imagined.

The three of them left Lu Ping’s cave-dwelling. Hong Ying and Ye Bu-Qi were deep in thought and looked as if they wanted to say something, while Wu Yan was still immersed in the joy of receiving the two heritage jade scrolls.

Wu Yan touched the interspatial pouch on his waist from time to time, fearing that he would lose the jade scrolls.

After the three of them had traveled some distance, Hong Ying finally couldn’t help but ask, “Say, what kind of person is the young master really?”

Ye Bu-Qi glanced expressionlessly at him and didn’t say anything.

Wu Yan was surprised to hear the question. He looked down and didn’t say anything, but there was a hint of awe and admiration in his eyes.

Hong Ying continued to speak, as if he had expected them not to answer, “For decades, I’ve been living in the Fallen Rift and I have been through many ups and downs. To be frank, I think I’m much stronger than the elite disciples from the strong sects. They only have higher cultivation bases, but they lack real strength. Yet, despite this, my four brothers and I didn’t even stand a chance against the young master!”

Hong Ying suddenly paused for a moment.

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