Mortal Alchemy

Fortunately, Chen Ping had enough pills and talismans on him.

He concealed himself just beneath the ground, constantly activating his Invisibility and Earth Movement Talismans.

Time passed slowly, and in the blink of an eye, three days had gone by.

Chen Ping was starting to feel the strain, but the Tier 2 demonic bird still hadn't left the Heavenly Spirit Fruit tree to forage.

This made Chen Ping anxious and worried:

"Could this beast have vaguely sensed my presence and be waiting for me to jump out?"

Tier 2 demonic beasts weren't stupid.

Chen Ping sneered, "Then let's see who can last longer."

Even if this Tier 2 demonic bird wasn't stupid, it probably only had a vague suspicion and hadn't truly detected him, otherwise it would have already started searching the area.

Time continued to pass, and Chen Ping carefully observed the ground. The demonic bird hadn't excreted any waste.

This meant that it wasn't full and was perhaps enduring hunger.

Another two days passed in a flash.

"Chirp!!!"

The sound of the demonic bird echoed from the Heavenly Spirit Fruit tree once again. A moment later, Chen Ping saw the demonic bird take flight, heading towards other parts of the medicine garden.

Chen Ping was cautious and didn't immediately get up. Instead, he waited for the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. Just as he was about to return to the surface,

His pupils constricted violently. He saw the demonic bird actually returning.

It circled above, inspecting the area. A look of doubt appeared in its intelligent eyes before it left again.

Chen Ping broke out in cold sweat. Fortunately, he had been cautious. This beast hadn't left earlier and had been guarding nearby.

"Brother Ferret, check if that beast has left," Chen Ping said to the Brocade-haired Treasure Seeking Ferret.

The Treasure Seeking Ferret climbed up a large tree, observed for a while, and chirped softly at Chen Ping twice.

Only then did Chen Ping dare to rise from beneath the ground, letting out a heavy sigh of relief, and immediately rushed towards the Heavenly Spirit Fruit tree.

With one hand, he took out a jade box. With the other, he reached out and plucked the Heavenly Spirit Fruit from the branch, placing it into the jade box.

One, two, three...

Four, five, six...

"Squeak!"

The Treasure Seeking Ferret suddenly cried out urgently to Chen Ping, then jumped down from the tree and burrowed into the hole.

Chen Ping turned his head and his expression changed drastically. He saw the demonic bird had already returned.

Their eyes met, and Chen Ping's hands and feet turned cold.

"Crap."

Chen Ping hurriedly plucked four more Heavenly Spirit Fruits.

"Chirp!!!"

The demonic bird let out an angry roar. With a flap of its wings, several golden lights shot towards Chen Ping.

This was genuine Tier 2 demonic power. If Chen Ping was hit, he would be severely injured even if he didn't die.

"Azure Lotus Sword Essence, go!!!"

Chen Ping hurriedly unleashed a burst of Azure Lotus Sword Qi to counter it.

The two attacks collided, and Chen Ping's Azure Lotus Sword Qi only managed to extinguish half of the golden light. The progress compared to when he faced the giant demonic snake was already very obvious.

"Boom!"

An explosion rang out. Even though it didn't completely extinguish the opponent's attack, it was enough to buy Chen Ping time to escape.

He put the four Heavenly Spirit Fruits into his storage bag and also grabbed a large bag of Golden Spirit Liquid. He hurriedly tore a Earth Evasion Talisman, his body sinking into the ground, heading out of the medicine garden.

"Chirp!!!"

The demonic bird let out an unprecedented angry roar, not intending to let Chen Ping leave. Its body also burrowed into the ground, its claws digging through the dirt at an extremely fast speed.

After half the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, it was almost catching up to Chen Ping, but at this moment, Chen Ping breathed a sigh of relief.

Because he had reached the gold attribute ore layer. The space here was extremely narrow, and the ore was extremely hard.

Chen Ping had already been through this once, so he twisted and turned, his figure quite slippery. The demonic bird, however, crashed into the ore. Seeing that it couldn't catch up to Chen Ping, it let out an extremely terrifying cry.

After one and a half the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Chen Ping slipped out of the medicine garden, his figure quickly disappearing into the forest. He added another Invisibility Talisman, and as for the Turtle Breath Technique, it had never stopped running.

Fortunately, his spiritual power was vast and deep, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to run it for so long in one breath.

"Squeak!"

The Treasure Seeking Ferret stood in front of Chen Ping, reaching out its small claws to him. Chen Ping smiled, "Okay, okay, here you go. Brother Ferret, when have I ever gone back on my word?"

He took out a large piece of spirit beast meat from his storage bag. The Treasure Seeking Ferret immediately began to happily munch on it.

Chen Ping took a deep breath, calmed his emotions, and looked towards the direction of the medicine garden. "I made a fortune!"

He had picked a full ten Heavenly Spirit Fruits, and a large bag of Golden Spirit Liquid.

"Combined with Body Tempering Pills and Body Tempering Powder, plus the Golden Spirit Liquid, I can barely put together a pool of medicinal bath. I can try to break through to Tier 2 body cultivator."

"Huff~"

"I've collected four of the five main ingredients for the Foundation Establishment Pill. All that's left is a Tier 2 demonic core."

After exchanging blows with the Tier 2 demonic bird, Chen Ping knew that with his current strength, he couldn't kill a Tier 2 demonic beast.

Unless he stepped into Tier 2 body cultivation and made arrangements in advance, he might have a thirty percent chance.

"However, it's better to cultivate honestly, wait to leave this place, return to the Mu family, and wait for news from Zhou Ying's side. That's more stable."

He had already achieved his goal for this trip. Next, he just needed to wait for three months to pass and leave this place.

And for the remaining two and a half months, he could cultivate and try to break through to Tier 2 body cultivation.

Chen Ping was planning to find a hidden place when he ran into Fang Xing and his group on the way.

"Senior Brother Chen!" Luo Chongzhi exclaimed in surprise.

Chen Ping: "Junior Brother Luo, are you all right?"

Fang Xing and the other four smiled. Luo Chongzhi said:

"We're fine. We even made some gains."

Fang Xing said with a smile, "We listened to you, Senior Brother Chen. We formed a formation and retreated at the first sign of battle, then waited for opportunities and picked up some cheap benefits."

All four of them were at the twelfth level of Qi Refining, and they cooperated perfectly. Ordinary twelfth level Qi Refining cultivators would have no chance of survival if they fell into their hands.

Chen Ping nodded, "How's the subsequent battle situation?"

Han Tongbao said, "It's not optimistic. The Qiu and Zhao families joined forces to attack the Mu family. Hundreds of people have been scattered, and at least two hundred people from the Mu family have died."

"But some of the Mu family's direct descendants have already broken into the palace and should be trying to seize the Golden Core inheritance."

Chen Ping nodded slowly.

Luo Chongzhi asked, "Senior Brother Chen, how were your gains?"

Chen Ping shook his head slowly, "I discovered a medicine garden in the back, but there are Tier 2 or Tier 3 restriction formations there. I can't get in."

Luo Chongzhi said, "Then Senior Brother Chen, why don't you join us? If we get any benefits, our five brothers will split them equally."

Just as Chen Ping was hesitating and thinking.

"Hmm?" They saw a figure flying over in the sky. Seeing Chen Ping and his group of five in the forest, he revealed a look of doubt, "You five are actually still alive."

Seeing the figure in the sky, Chen Ping and the other five's expressions changed drastically.

The person in the sky was Mu Hailong.

And he was standing in the sky without the aid of a flying magic tool.

This meant that Mu Hailong had already established his foundation!

This information set off a storm in the hearts of Chen Ping and the other five.

This Golden Core cave mansion doesn't allow Foundation Establishment cultivators to enter, which meant that Mu Hailong had broken through to Foundation Establishment during his time in the cave mansion!

Chen Ping reacted quickly and hurriedly cupped his hands, "Greetings, Young Master Mu!"

Fang Xing and the others also hurriedly cupped their hands.

"Mm."

Mu Hailong was still indifferent and ruthless, "I followed the aura left by the Heavenly Fragrance Insect to gather my Mu family disciples. You few happen to be alive, so come with me."

"The battle situation has already been settled. There's something I need you to do. If you do it well, a Foundation Establishment opportunity won't be a problem."