Mortal Alchemy

Chen Ping waited for a few days.

“Senior Brother, I've kept you waiting.” Zhou Ying arrived before Chen Ping, riding a white jade flying boat.

During these few days, Chen Ping had been maintaining the Sword Lotus Formation, and the spiritual power in his body was almost exhausted. Fortunately, he had many spiritual herbs and pills on him, so Chen Ping could barely maintain it.

Chen Ping: “Junior Sister, your timing is perfect. If it had been delayed any longer, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to hold on.”

Zhou Ying gave a graceful salute before handing over several Tier 2 spirit pet contracts.

Only Beast Tamers could create these spirit pet contracts; Rune Masters could not.

Chen Ping: “Junior Sister, please take Brother Diao a thousand feet away from here, to prevent the Heavenly Fox King from causing any more trouble.”

“Yes.” Zhou Ying controlled the white jade flying boat, retreating to a distance of a thousand feet.

Then, Chen Ping opened a gap in the sword formation, revealing the dying Heavenly Fox King inside. In the past few days, its vitality had recovered slightly, and Chen Ping would give it a few sword strikes to deepen its injuries.

Chen Ping passed a Tier 2 spirit pet contract inside: “Sign it, and then I'll let you out and help you heal.”

A cunning glint flashed in the Heavenly Fox King's eyes: “Damn human race!”

In Chen Ping's sight, the Heavenly Fox King obediently signed the spirit pet contract and then passed it out: “Quickly let me out and heal me!”

“Not so fast.” Chen Ping took the spirit pet contract, just as he was about to use his blood essence to sign it.

“Buzz buzz!”

The grayish-white bead around Chen Ping's neck suddenly became scalding hot and red, burning Chen Ping enough to react.

“Hmm?” Chen Ping realized something was wrong, and immediately split off a strand of his divine soul into the grayish-white bead.

Then, he saw that the spirit pet contract was clearly blank. This Heavenly Fox King had not signed it with blood essence at all.

Chen Ping's face darkened: “Recovering so quickly, it still has the strength to use illusions to try and deceive me!” This Heavenly Fox King is indeed one of the top demon clans, with a truly deep foundation.

A moment of carelessness, and he would be harmed by it.

“咻——”

Within the sword formation, dozens of sword energies erupted immediately, causing the Heavenly Fox King to cry out in pain:

“You dog of a master, I've already signed the spirit pet contract, why are you still hurting me!”

Chen Ping sneered: “Heavenly Fox King, do you think your illusions are invincible and can deceive me?”

“There's no mark of yours on this spirit pet contract at all.”

“I'll give you one last chance. If you don't sign the spirit pet contract, I'll send you on your way!”

After speaking, he passed the spirit pet contract into the sword formation again.

Chen Ping stared intently at the Heavenly Fox King. These top-tier demon beasts are extremely cunning.

The Heavenly Fox King reluctantly dripped a drop of blood essence onto the spirit pet contract with gritted teeth.

“Rumble!”

The moment the blood essence dripped onto it, the spirit pet contract's paper seemed unable to withstand the Heavenly Fox King's Tier 3 demon blood, and it immediately ignited and burned.

Chen Ping's face darkened: “Grade too high?”

“Heavenly Fox King, your grade is too high, you can't sign a spirit pet contract. It seems you and I are destined to be apart. Sorry, I should send you on your way.”

As the voice fell, the Dharma Body Sword Appearance above Chen Ping's head flew out, seeming to merge with the Aurora Sword to transform into Sword Qi, completely killing the Heavenly Fox King.

The Heavenly Fox King completely relented: “Dog master, take another spirit pet contract and try again.” It was truly afraid of death.

“This Heavenly Fox King has so many tricks.” Chen Ping said with a grim face, and once again handed over a Tier 2 spirit pet contract.

The Heavenly Fox King painfully dripped a drop of blood essence, and a strand of its divine soul was also cut off and fell into the contract, causing its fox body to twitch, and it couldn't help but groan miserably.

Then, Chen Ping picked up this spirit pet contract and checked it. After confirming that there were no mistakes, he dripped his own blood essence.

The contract was established, and a strand of the Heavenly Fox King's divine soul instantly appeared in Chen Ping's mind, allowing him to control the Heavenly Fox King's life and death with just a thought.

This feeling was the same as when he contracted the Crimson Eyed Tiger King.

Only then did Chen Ping disperse the sword formation with satisfaction, revealing the Heavenly Fox King's tattered body that looked like a rag.

His face was also pale, and he took several deep breaths to calm his mind.

“Dog master, I'm going to die!” The Heavenly Fox King said weakly and unwillingly: “Quickly give me good spiritual herbs.”

Chen Ping frowned slightly and flicked out two drops of his blood essence.

“唰唰唰!”

The Heavenly Fox King's injuries visibly improved rapidly. The original rag-like body immediately shed dead skin and matted fur, the wounds began to heal, and the snow-white and soft fur grew vigorously, becoming elegant and mysterious again.

The Heavenly Fox King was somewhat shocked: “Dog master, your blood essence…”

Chen Ping's face darkened: “Heavenly Fox King, you should call me master properly!”

Being called a dog master by his own spirit pet, who exactly is the spirit pet?

This Tier 3 Heavenly Fox King is truly unrestrained!

The Heavenly Fox King's tail trembled slightly, and its voice was delicate, with the sweetness of a young girl: “Yes, master!”

Chen Ping's expression softened slightly, and he nodded slightly: “Since you have become my spirit pet, I should give you a name. From now on, you will be called Little White.”

The Heavenly Fox King shook its tail and said, “Master, I still want to eat a few drops of your blood essence to heal my injuries.”

Chen Ping shook his head: “None left. After continuous consumption, I also need to recover my own condition. As for the injuries you haven't healed yet, return to the clan lands and replenish them with spiritual herbs.”

Chen Ping sent a signal to Zhou Ying a thousand feet away, and then Zhou Ying drove the white jade flying boat over.

Zhou Ying felt the aura of a Tier 3 demon king emanating from the Heavenly Fox King, and her delicate body couldn't help but tremble: “Senior Brother…”

Because Chen Ping's own divine soul was strong, and his divine sense had already reached nine hundred and ninety-nine feet, he was not afraid of ordinary demon king auras at all.

Chen Ping said, “Junior Sister, don't panic. Little White has already been taken by me as a spirit pet, so don't worry about it hurting you.”

Zhou Ying looked at the palm-sized Little White, and her beautiful eyes were filled with fear. Such a small demon beast was actually a Tier 3 demon king, and had played dozens of cultivators from various sects in circles.

The Treasure Hunting Ferret crawled out of Zhou Ying's sleeve. In terms of size, the Tier 2 Treasure Hunting Ferret was actually larger than the Heavenly Fox King.

The two spirit pets sized each other up, and the Heavenly Fox King was instead afraid of this Treasure Hunting Ferret.

One thing subdues another.

The Heavenly Fox King's greatest power was its illusionary divine ability, but this had no effect on the Treasure Hunting Ferret. How could the Heavenly Fox King not be frightened?

The Heavenly Fox King jumped up and landed on Chen Ping's shoulder.

Chen Ping said, “Little White, can't you fly?”

The Heavenly Fox King said, “I need to grow a fifth tail before I have the ability to fly.”

Chen Ping nodded: “Let's go, let's first find Little Hu back, and then go to Little White's territory to collect some spiritual herbs and adjust our condition.”

With the Heavenly Fox King and the Crimson Eyed Tiger King, plus his own combat power, with the few months remaining in this Long Heaven Secret Realm, Chen Ping wanted to try his luck with the second Tier 4 spiritual herb.

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On the other side, fifty cultivators from the Demon Subduing Sect and the Heaven Born Sect, tracking the Tier 2 Pangolin, accidentally broke into the territory of the Gold Devouring Ants...