Living a peaceful life in the world of cultivation

This peaceful and tranquil period lasted only seven days before the serenity was shattered.

This day.

Lu Ping had just finished tending to the three spiritual plants in the spiritual soil using the Spirit Rain Technique, and was watching the Wind Chaser Hound puppies wobbling and learning to walk in the courtyard.

[Spiritual Plant Master, there are so many insects.]

That's terrifying.

Fellow clansmen, do not panic. I will vanquish all the invading enemies.

In the second spiritual soil area, the spring grass was lush and green, but its body was swaying due to fear and panic. In the first spiritual soil area, the iron sword orchid, which had been sharpening its sword for a long time, slowly pulled its drooping orchid leaves out of the soil, as if it wanted to draw its sword to kill the enemy. In the third spiritual soil area, the blood ginseng was still fast asleep, oblivious to the rustling of the wind and the rustling of the wind.

As for Lü Ping, he looked bewildered and somewhat lost.

Insects? There? The demonic insects have appeared again?

How come he didn't notice?

buzzing.

A faint buzzing sound arose, and this time, even Lü Ping heard it.

hum.

The buzzing sound suddenly intensified, like waves crashing against a cliff.

This time, not only Lü Ping heard it, but all the cultivators in the market heard it.

Panic, like an unstoppable torrent, spread throughout the Class C Immortal Abode.

"Yes, an insect plague!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise, triggering the painful memories of the insect infestation that had recently occurred to the cultivators.

Insect plagues pose a greater danger to spiritual farmers and plant practitioners than insect infestations in terms of their affected area.

Yunzhu Market is located near the Snow Toad Mountains. In the nearly one hundred years since its establishment, there have been several incidents of beast tides attacking the market. Each time, the cultivators in the market paid a heavy price to repel the beast tides.

However, insect infestations have never occurred in Yunzhufang City.

Because the city is close to the Snow Toad Mountain Range, there is a dominant demon beast in the range called the Cold Snow Toad. Other demon beasts with the same bloodline, or with some bloodline, live in the Snow Toad Mountain Range and feed on various demon insects and poisonous insects. They are the natural enemies of the demon insects in the vicinity.

Logically speaking, the probability of an animal tide occurring in Yunzhufang City is far greater than the probability of an insect plague.

In the distance, the mountain mists were thick with insects, breaking through the thin, cool white fog.

Countless demonic insects flapped their wings, their tiny buzzing sounds blending together to create a feeling of tightness in the chest and shortness of breath.

The black cloud formed by the insect plague devoured the sunlight and rushed towards Yunzhu Mountain. There seemed to be something there that exerted a strong attraction on the insect swarm.

Before the dark clouds even reached Yunzhu Mountain, the entire mountain was shimmering with light, and the spiritual energy was rising as white mist.

As the bamboo leaves rubbed together, a tough, thin film covered the entire Yunzhu Mountain.

Above the thin film, amidst the flowing halo, streaks of emerald light surged towards the dark clouds, instantly blasting more than a dozen holes into them.

One after another, the corpses of insects fell like raindrops onto the thin membrane of the array covering the entire Cloud Bamboo Mountain, only to suddenly explode, causing ripples to spread across the entire membrane formed by the array.

The main force of the black cloud formation attacked Yunzhu Mountain, and Yunzhu Market was also affected.

Inside the courtyard, Lü Ping frowned slightly as he activated his perfected Sword Yuan Finger technique. White sword light flashed, slaying one earth beetle after another, as well as other unfamiliar demonic insects.

A demonic insect leaped past the white sword light and landed in the spirit soil of Area One. Just as it was about to devour the Iron Sword Orchid, it unexpectedly saw the orchid leaf hanging down into the soil, and in a flash, the gray-green orchid leaf cut the earth beetle in half. Drops of foul-smelling blood dripped from the edge of the orchid leaf.

Upon discovering that the Iron Sword Orchid in Zone One was not to be trifled with, the demonic insects rushed towards Zone Two, intending to devour the Rejuvenating Grass.

The verdant spring grass trembled violently, its leaves fluttering, whether out of fear or an attempt to swat away the flying insects, it was unclear.

"court death."

A sharp white light flashed in Lü Ping's eyes as he looked at these ignorant and reckless demonic insects.

The perfected Sword Yuan Finger technique, unleashed at full power, caused insect corpses to fall one by one, their red and green blood soaking into the spiritual soil.

The stench of blood permeated the entire courtyard, and the other demonic insects fluttered their wings and flew away, wanting to get as far away from the tomb as possible.

In Zhao Dashan's courtyard, streaks of white light and fireballs flew out, driving away the invading demonic insects.

The entire Class C Immortal Abode was thrown into panic, with shouts rising and falling. The Spirit Plant Master Mutual Aid Association, which had not yet disbanded, was led by several deacons of the Li family to the spirit fields outside the market.

"Deacon Li Ren, please wait and save us from this dire situation."

"Fellow Daoist Zhou Yang, just a few days ago, we were enjoying drinks and conversation at Xiangyun Tower..."

"I am willing to offer ten low-grade spirit stones. I also request that my fellow members of the Spirit Plant Master Mutual Aid Association help me get rid of the pests."

"Help......"

"The Vegetarian Mutual Aid Association of the Trench..."

In the alley, many cultivators spoke up, hoping to get help from the Spirit Plant Master Mutual Aid Association. When they saw that the association was unmoved, they changed their tune and offered a high price in exchange for Zhou Yang and the others' help.

The stewards of the Yunzhu Li family and the cultivators of the Spirit Plant Master Mutual Aid Association remained unmoved and headed towards the spirit fields outside the market.

How can the wealth, and even the lives, of a rogue cultivator compare to the green corn of the upper sect?

Seeing this, Lü Ping's eyes flickered slightly, and he deliberately lured a few demonic insects to gnaw on the Rejuvenating Grass in the spiritual soil.

With the inner city protected by an array, the demonic insects could only target the outer areas and the spirit fields outside the market.

"Doesn't the Yunzhu Li family have a Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

"Why haven't you made a move yet, instead of letting the demonic insects attack the cultivators in the outer areas...?"

Lu Ping killed several more blind demonic insects, then grasped a spirit stone in his right hand and began to replenish the spiritual power in his dantian.

Both Yunzhu Mountain and the inner city are protected by array formations; the spirit fields outside the market are also guarded by Li family stewards who lead Li family cultivators and spirit plant masters to remove pests before the mutual aid meeting; but it is the rogue cultivators in the outer area who do not care.

"That beast has a lot of guts."

A deep and steady voice, like a resounding bell, echoed from within Yunzhu Mountain, reverberating throughout the entire Yunzhu Market.

Lu Ping felt a powerful spiritual pressure and looked up towards the direction of Yunzhu Mountain.

Then a burly cultivator appeared, dressed in a crimson Taoist robe. Two streams of light flew out from between his sleeves, revealing their shapes as two rings.

The burly cultivator channeled his spiritual energy into the circular ring.

From within the crimson-gold ring, a ball of blazing crimson flames erupted. The cyan ring shifted, stirring the crimson flames, which then spread into a cloud of fire.

The fiery clouds seemed to possess a spirit, surging towards the insect plague. Amidst the piercing squeaking, the fiery clouds rapidly spread, as if they were about to burn through the sky.

Sparks fell from the sky.

"A cultivator at the Qi Refining stage should not possess such methods."

"So, this is a Foundation Establishment cultivator? Terrifying indeed."

The power of the Foundation Establishment cultivator diluted the fear in the hearts of the cultivators in Yunzhufang City.

This also made Lü Ping more vigilant. In front of such cultivators, he was nothing more than an insect that could be burned at will.

"It's Ancestor Crimson Wind!"

A cultivator from the Li family exclaimed in surprise, so that the cultivators in the market would know that it was the Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Li family who had made the move.

boom.

The courtyard gate was pushed open, and Zhao Dashan and his family of three rushed in.

"Ah Ping, how are you...?"