Mortal Alchemy

Li Erniu hesitated for a moment and asked:

"Uncle Chen, how has Senior Sister Mu been these years?"

Mu Luofei hadn't arrived yet.

Chen Ping smiled and said, "Senior Sister Luofei is doing well."

Is this Li Erniu still hung up on Mu Luofei?

Just as he finished speaking, Mu Luofei's slender figure stepped in.

Mu Luofei wore a green dress, her delicate body was slender and exquisite, her temperament was gentle and elegant, and her appearance was the same as it was twenty years ago, without any change.

Her skin was as white as frost, and her beautiful eyes were bright and radiant.

Seeing Mu Luofei arrive, Li Erniu stood up abruptly: "Senior Sister Mu!"

Mu Luofei smiled faintly: "So it's Junior Brother Li."

Mu Luofei naturally and smoothly sat down beside Chen Ping: "It's been a long time since we last met."

Li Erniu calculated the time: "It must have been more than ten years."

The last time the two met was at Chen Ping's Foundation Establishment banquet, when Mu Luofei invited him over.

Now Li Erniu is still in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, looking down and out, with no future.

Mu Luofei is in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, still as beautiful as a maiden, without any change.

Chen Ping and Mu Luofei had long since let go of the grudges from back then.

Chen Ping said with a faint smile, "It's indeed been many years since we last met."

The few of them chatted on and off for a long time before dispersing.

Li Erniu then returned to the patrol team to take up his post.

Mu Luofei stood beside Chen Ping, smiling meaningfully: "I thought Junior Brother wanted to give him a hand."

Chen Ping smiled: "Just catching up and having a cup of tea."

"Hmph." Mu Luofei snorted softly: "I still remember what happened back then."

Chen Ping didn't say anything and was about to take her back when.

Mo Douguang appeared with a solemn expression.

Chen Ping was puzzled: "Nephew Mo, what's wrong?"

Mo Douguang looked at Li Erniu's departing figure and cupped his hands towards Chen Ping: "Uncle Chen, this Li Erniu is under surveillance by our Punishment Peak."

"Why are you monitoring him?" Chen Ping asked in confusion.

Mo Douguang lowered his voice and said, "Li Erniu's grandfather may be related to demonic cultivators."

Chen Ping and Mu Luofei's expressions changed, and they suddenly remembered the rumor about the Li family.

The Golden Core family, with a dwindling population, was cursed, which led to Li Erniu, the direct descendant of the Golden Core, being given a humble name and sent to the Mu family to be a seedling.

Chen Ping frowned: "But wasn't Li Erniu's grandfather already deceased?"

Li Erniu's grandfather was still a Golden Core disciple of the Eastern Xuan Sect.

Mo Douguang shook his head and said, "Li Erniu's grandfather claimed to have passed away, but the Punishment Peak did not see his body."

This matter was serious.

Chen Ping suddenly thought, could it be that the Eastern Xuan Sect first noticed that there were demonic cultivators lurking, and then changed the rules for accepting disciples, and then launched the development of the Eastern Wasteland, using this to find the demonic cultivators?

This was a grand scheme.

Chen Ping: "Are you suspecting that Li Erniu is also related to demonic cultivators?"

Mo Douguang said: "I'm not sure, so we are secretly monitoring him and transferred him to the patrol team."

"Uncle Chen, it's best to keep your distance from him to avoid being implicated."

Chen Ping nodded: "Thank you for the reminder, Nephew."

Then Mo Douguang cupped his hands and left.

Chen Ping and Mu Luofei returned to the Guo family courtyard, Mu Luofei with a heavy heart: "...If Li Erniu's grandfather is really related to demonic cultivators, then why did he send Li Erniu to the Mu family back then..."

You must know that under the Eastern Xuan Sect, there are many Golden Core families like the Mu family.

Chen Ping was silent for a long time before saying, "Senior Sister, your guess is correct. The Mu family may indeed be related to demonic cultivators..."

He told Mu Luofei about the fight for inheritance in the Golden Core cave back then.

Mu Luofei's face turned pale: "The family is really involved..."

Chen Ping comforted her: "It's just a guess, after all, the sect hasn't even obtained solid evidence about Li Erniu."

Chen Ping began to ponder, would Mu Xingling, as a core direct descendant of the family, know about this?

If things were true, one could see how fierce the internal strife among the Golden Core True Persons within the Eastern Xuan Sect was, forcing the orthodox disciples of the Xuan Sect to become demonic cultivators.

Chen Ping said: "Senior Sister, finish processing the supplies as soon as possible, let's return to Floating Light Workshop and not get involved in these matters."

Mu Luofei nodded.

...

The next day.

On the bed.

Mu Xingling lay on Chen Ping's chest, enjoying the afterglow.

Chen Ping hugged her waist and asked, "Xingling, do you know about the demonic cultivator inheritance within the Mu family?"

Mu Xingling blinked her beautiful eyes: "Demonic cultivator inheritance?"

"This, this concubine does not know."

"Since leaving the Mu family and coming to Floating Light Workshop, this concubine has hardly had any contact with the family."

Chen Ping: "That's good."

A guess faintly涌ed in Chen Ping's heart, how did the Mu family know that there was an inheritance in that Golden Core cave back then?

Could it be that they knew there was a demonic cultivator inheritance first, and then deliberately sent someone to retrieve it?

Too many people died in that Golden Core cave back then, which indeed made people suspicious.

Chen Ping suppressed this thought. Groundlessly guessing about this matter would not benefit him.

Chen Ping got up and put on his clothes, took out the alchemy furnace, and began to refine pills.

He still had some materials on him, and it would be good to refine some pills to earn more spirit stones.

Whether the 700,000 spirit stones on him were enough for him to cultivate to the peak of Foundation Establishment was still a question.

A few more days passed.

When the time came.

Chen Ping came to the Exchange Pavilion.

That Golden Core Elder handed the Earth Treasury Immortal Orchid to Chen Ping.

However, at this time, a Foundation Establishment disciple hurriedly walked into the Exchange Pavilion: "Is there an Earth Treasury Immortal Orchid?"

Judging from the token hanging from his waist, he seemed to be the captain of a certain team, and then four Eastern Xuan Sect disciples walked in, surrounding him.

That Golden Core Elder said lightly: "There was indeed one just now, but it has already been exchanged by this Junior Brother."

These Foundation Establishment disciples immediately looked at Chen Ping, their pupils shrinking slightly.

A direct disciple of a Nascent Soul!

However, their captain was not bad either.

"Uncle Chengping, my name is Yan Xiuyang." That captain came to Chen Ping, with a smile on his face, cupping his hands.

Chen Ping frowned slightly and said indifferently:

"Nephew Yan, what's the matter?"

Yan Xiuyang said: "Uncle Chengping, I have been trapped at the peak of Foundation Establishment for many years, lacking an Earth Treasury Immortal Orchid to cultivate a secret technique to break through to the Golden Core realm."

"But the Earth Treasury Immortal Orchid is rare, and only battle merits can be exchanged for it. This nephew has accumulated them for many years, but has not been able to gather enough."

"This nephew wants to ask for the Earth Treasury Immortal Orchid in Uncle's hand, I wonder if Uncle Chengping can bear to part with it?"

Chen Ping's face turned cold, and he said indifferently: "Nephew Yan, this Earth Treasury Immortal Orchid is of great use to me, I'm afraid I can't bear to part with it."

The smile on Yan Xiuyang's face faded a bit, and he said: "Uncle Chengping, my age is approaching its limit, and I really can't delay any longer. Uncle, you are still young, you can completely accumulate more merits and exchange for another Earth Treasury Immortal Orchid, so please bear to part with the one in your hand and give it to this nephew."

Chen Ping still said indifferently: "Your age is approaching its limit, what does that have to do with me?"

"If you have the ability, exchange it yourself with battle merits."

As soon as these words came out, a Foundation Establishment disciple behind Yan Xiuyang coldly shouted: "Chen Ping, you are only in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, we are giving you face by calling you Uncle, do you really think you are an Uncle?"

"You are a direct disciple of a Nascent Soul, and my Captain Yan is even a direct son of a Nascent Soul."

"You, a direct disciple, are at most half a son, my Captain Yan is a biological son, you better think about it again!"