Born with immortal seed

Chapter 265 Money moves people’s hearts

Fly to a tiger-shaped mountain peak a thousand miles away from Danxia Mountain and land the Seeking Truth Boat.

Bai Zichen circled around, found a high place, and after confirming that no one was around, took out the Enchanting Veil and draped it over his body.

Fifteen minutes later, a kite flew by, and a person jumped down from it.

With a large head and sparse hair, he was none other than Huang Ping, the recluse.

Bai Zichen removed the Enchanting Veil and revealed himself only after confirming from the shadows that the other party had come alone and had no helpers.

"So young friend Bai has already arrived! You gave me quite a fright!"

Huang Ping was clearly taken aback, as if a cultivator had inexplicably appeared within his divine sense range without any warning.

"It's just some minor concealment technique, not worth mentioning."

Bai Zichen waved his hand and spoke.

"Since Fellow Daoist Huang is here, he must be willing to fulfill the deal... Let's proceed with the transaction. As we agreed, I will add another high-grade spirit stone for you."

At the Dan King Conference, he wanted to acquire another bottle of Guangling Dan. He noticed that Huang Ping Sanren didn't seem inclined to bid, which gave him an idea.

He contacted Huang Ping, asking him to help him bid for the Guangling Pill, offering to add an extra high-grade spirit stone as payment regardless of the price.

Anyway, I'll give it a try; it would be best if it worked.

If the other party is unwilling, or regrets their decision after placing the order, you won't lose anything.

There were only two cultivators left who hadn't made a bid: a female cultivator in white robes and a hermit named Huang Ping.

Huang Ping, a hermit, has been in Liang for over a century. He has no known bad deeds and is considered a reasonably well-regarded Core Formation cultivator.

Of course, he still took precautions. After all, if he were on someone else's turf and the other party gathered their helpers, and he foolishly waited at the agreed location, wouldn't he be walking into a trap?

“Indeed, it’s time to complete the transaction… but I think the numbers should be adjusted.”

Huang Ping Sanren touched his few remaining strands of dry, yellow hair and said with a grin.

Bai Zichen's voice turned cold as he said, "It seems Fellow Daoist Huang is not prepared to keep his promise."

Having stayed in the sect for so long, I've almost forgotten the true atmosphere of the cultivation world.

The Tianhe Sword Sect, which he has been dealing with recently, is a sect that is quite disciplined and has a chivalrous spirit, which gave him a false impression.

Expecting a complete stranger, a Core Formation cultivator, to keep a verbal agreement is indeed a pipe dream.

"What agreement? This is me reselling the Guangling Pill to you... I won't take more than the original price, just give me an extra twenty high-grade spirit stones!"

Huang Ping Sanren revealed a hint of greed, as if he were eyeing a piece of fat meat.

"You're very bold, knowing who I am, yet you still dare to make such a request."

The Moonlit Sword light fell into his hand, and Bai Zichen looked at Huang Ping Sanren as if he were looking at a dead man.

They said it was twenty high-grade spirit stones, but if he backed down or showed weakness, they would press him harder and make increasingly outrageous demands.

In the end, it evolved into murder and robbery.

"It is precisely because I know who you are that I am giving you face. If it were any other newly promoted Core Formation cultivator, I would have stripped them naked, searched them thoroughly, and burned them to ashes long ago... It is only in Liangguo that you are being touted as an invincible sword cultivator with the potential of a Nascent Soul. Anyone who has been to the Central Region and met the disciples of the Five Phoenix Sword Sect would not utter such boastful words!"

Huang Ping Sanren's face contorted with rage, no longer bothering to conceal anything.

"I am an inner disciple of the Heavenly Star Sect. If I hadn't offended that little wench from the Five Phoenix Sword Sect, how could I have fallen to this state... How dare a mere early Core Formation stage brat order me around like that! Send me your fourth-tier flying sword, and I will present it to my master. I will surely be pardoned and allowed to return to the sect!"

As he spoke, Huang Ping Sanren had already generated two giant cloud hands, one above and one below, slamming down with immense force.

"Such arrogance... You're a disciple of the Heavenly Star Sect, huh? Let me see where your confidence comes from!"

Feeling slighted by the impatience with which he drew his sword, Bai Zichen let out a long roar, neither dodging nor avoiding, and split his sword in two.

Of the five regions in the cultivation world, the Central Region was developed earliest. Even before the other four regions existed, it had already extensively cultivated spiritual veins and expanded its territory.

Strictly speaking, the emergence of the four domains was due to the Central Domain's inability to accommodate so many cultivators, leading to their gradual expansion in all directions.

The earliest pioneers of the Four Domains were all defeated sects in the competition of the Central Domain. They had no choice but to leave their hometowns and brave hardships to forge ahead.

Therefore, cultivators from the Central Region generally hold a condescending attitude towards cultivators from other regions.

The two giant cloud-like hands in front of him were not as simple as grasping hands formed from true essence. With a simple grab, he felt that no matter how he dodged, he could not escape.

One palm covered the sky, and the other covered the earth, sealing off this entire world.

Bai Zichen recalled the earth-shattering sword intent that existed in his sea of ​​consciousness. After comprehending it in front of the sword-marked jade wall, he gradually immersed himself in the way of the sword as he practiced the Wuzhen Sword Technique.

He is still far from truly understanding the essence of swordsmanship, which requires using a flying sword to draw upon the true meaning of the Great Dao.

Even just looking at its shape, it already possesses a unique charm.

The moonlight sword light spread like water, slowly and steadily slicing through the two giant cloud-like hands.

With a sound like tearing silk, the giant hand split in two.

Moreover, one can see the clouds gathering, trying desperately to merge into one, but an invisible force blocks the way, causing it to fail several times in a row.

"How can it be!"

Huang Ping was shocked. The Heavenly Star Sect was a super sect that had produced two Nascent Soul cultivators in the past three thousand years. Even in the Central Region, it was a top sect.

As an inner disciple, he developed the theory of alchemy that allowed him to come and go at will and gather and disperse at will when he reached the Foundation Establishment Perfection realm. He also comprehended the Cloud Escape technique and was exceptionally accepted into the sect by a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Once they reach the Core Formation stage, they will be granted the status of a core disciple, and their future will be bright.

However, at a crucial moment, he became complacent and, when a Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Five Phoenix Sword Sect came to visit his master, he casually flirted with one of the girls the monk brought with him.

Unexpectedly, the girl was no ordinary disciple, but rather the direct blood relative of this Nascent Soul True Monarch, and his most favored descendant.

His master was furious and expelled him from the sect, but fortunately, his cultivation was not destroyed.

Huang Ping knew that without the protection of his status as a disciple of the Tianxing Sect, he would eventually be sought out by the cultivators of the Wuhuang Sword Sect, and his only fate would be death.

They fled in a sorry state, crossing more than ten countries before finally stopping in the Liang Kingdom in the far north.

With the resources he brought from the Tianxing Sect, Huang Ping Sanren quickly achieved the Core Formation stage and lived a very successful life in the cultivation world of Liang Kingdom.

He looked down on all Liang Kingdom cultivators except for the disciples of the Holy Lotus Sect.

In terms of skills and supernatural abilities, as well as perspective and knowledge, they are not on the same level.

Especially since he had escaped from Wan Qi, the Supreme Elder of the Hidden Sun Sword Sect, by using his Cloud Escape technique when he was still in the early stage of Core Formation, his ambitions grew even stronger.

He felt that with his current mid-stage Core Formation cultivation, he could walk around freely in the Liang Kingdom's cultivation world, and he might not even be defeated by those few Core Formation Perfection cultivators.

He had been hiding his true strength, originally intending to gain Master Zhu's trust by inviting him out under the pretext of discovering a ruin and exploring it together.

Then kill Master Zhu, believing that with the wealth of a master alchemist, he could cultivate to the late stage of Core Formation.

But Bai Zichen's appearance changed his mind, and he discovered an opportunity to return directly to the sect.

This lucky kid got a fourth-tier flying sword to recognize him as its master.

As long as I kill him and obtain the fourth-tier flying sword, even though I certainly won't be able to make the flying sword recognize me as its master, it will be a great achievement as long as I bring it back to the Tianxing Sect.

The Master will definitely forgive him for that little thing from a hundred years ago and take him back into his sect.

Super sects like the Heavenly Star Sect have quite a few fourth-tier spiritual treasures, but they don't have a single fourth-tier flying sword.

At least that's how it appears on the surface.

But as soon as they started fighting, Huang Ping realized that things were not going as he had expected.

This Cloud Dragon and Mist Tiger Great Capture Hand is a derivative technique of his cultivation method, and its power increases with the depth of his cultivation.

Moreover, the giant cloud palm contains high-grade spiritual materials, enough to refine several sets of magic weapons. No matter how badly it is damaged, it can gather and disperse at will, so it has no need for ordinary magic weapons.

However, it encountered a sword strike inspired by the sword intent of creation, which directly rendered the giant cloud palm unable to take shape again, rendering it useless.

"It would be impolite not to reciprocate. Please, Fellow Daoist Huang, enlighten me on this sword technique!"

As the moonlight fell, Bai Zichen discovered that wielding the Moon Whirlwind Sword offered even more possibilities for variations in swordsmanship.

Under the bright moonlight, the characteristics of the fourth-tier flying sword allowed him to strike anywhere he wanted, without any constraints.

The existence of the Supreme Pure Sword Box provided support for his various ideas on sword control.

If the sword box hadn't reduced the damage of the flying sword to 11%, he would have had his true essence drained by the fourth-tier flying sword after just a few strikes, and wouldn't have been able to unleash his full power.

This is also a major reason why Huang Ping Sanren dared to come to him. He thought that He Daoren must have underestimated the power of a fourth-order flying sword to be killed by a single sword.

However, with his Cloud Escape ability, he could leave or stay as he pleased, making it easy for him to dodge several sword strikes from a fourth-tier flying sword.

Once Bai Zichen is no longer able to wield the Moon Spinning Sword, he will become an ordinary early-stage Core Formation cultivator, which will be easy to deal with.

However, Huang Ping soon discovered that every estimate he had made about Bai Zichen was completely wrong.

The moonlight sword light was continuous and unrestrained, like a celestial horse galloping across the sky, like a gazelle hanging its horns, bombarding from all sorts of unexpected angles.

This forced him to continuously use Cloud Escape, nimbly moving through the clouds to dodge the sword lights.

"How many swords have he swung already? Why isn't he stopping yet!"

Cloud Escape is no ordinary escape technique. As a powerful escape technique similar to Lightning Escape and Star Escape, it is extremely difficult to cultivate and consumes an astonishing amount of true energy.

Coupled with Huang Ping's free-flowing talent in alchemy, even fourth-order flying swords were a step behind him and could not catch his figure.

But Huang Ping was shocked to find that even he was struggling with his insufficient true energy, while Bai Zichen remained calm and controlled the fourth-order flying sword, flipping it up and down.

Moreover, the moonlight grew increasingly intense, and the speed of his sword strikes increased with each strike.

"Damn it, something's wrong with this kid... Let's get out of here first, otherwise he might get hurt by a fourth-tier enemy."

Huang Ping felt a sense of fear; he dared not take a hit from a fourth-tier flying sword.

With a thought, his body transformed into a cloud of light and scattered, passing through the obstruction of the Moonlight Sword.

When it reappeared, it was already a hundred feet away, emerging from a cloud, but its face was much paler.

(End of this chapter)