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I heard that Yan Jing is going to Ziyun Valley to pay respects to Huang Yunzi.

Li Ping casually inquired about the situation at Ziyun Valley.

Originally, the Defenders Alliance had four late-stage Core Formation cultivators, which led to the formation of four major factions: the Yan and Liang kingdoms that ruled the Northern Region, the Yun kingdom and other kingdoms that ruled the Central and Southern Regions, the Yue kingdom and other kingdoms that ruled the Western Regions, and the kingdoms in the Eastern Regions centered around the Qi kingdom.

The Yan and Liang kingdoms are constantly threatened by the strange people on the grasslands, and apart from being unable to withstand requests for help, they basically do not care about the internal affairs of the Defenders Alliance.

Of course, in order to maintain good relations and receive support when the Turks invade, they will not arbitrarily interfere in the conflicts of other countries.

Apart from the states of Yan and Liang, the Weidao Alliance is actually a three-way power struggle.

In the Central and Southern Regions and the Western Regions, the Crimson Flame Sect and the Purple Cloud Valley, respectively, are the leading sects, each with a late-stage Core Formation cultivator in charge.

After Xiao Changkong's death and the destruction of the Qingyun Secret Realm.

In order to counter the pressure from the academy, the two weaker parties implicitly maintained a stance of mutual support.

For example, Huang Yan and Ji Shuwen became Daoist partners, and this was one of the considerations behind it.

Prior to this, the academy supported Fenglan Zhenren in establishing a celestial city in the Cloud and Mist Mountains, which was also intended to plant spies to counterbalance the various kingdoms of the Western Regions.

Later, Huang Yunzi killed Fenglan Zhenren and his disciples to seize the Immortal City. Besides seeking revenge, perhaps another purpose was to remove this thorn in his side.

But now that Huang Yunzi is dead, the three-way power struggle within the Weidao Alliance has naturally ceased to exist. Chi Xiaozi of the Chiyan Sect is unable to hold the line alone, and the Academy may be able to regain control of the Weidao Alliance.

From top to bottom, everyone in the academy, whether they were Core Formation cultivators or Qi Refining disciples, was determined to reclaim Donghua Mountain and expel the demonic forces... Li Ping had a premonition that the Western Wilderness might soon be plunged into another great war.

However, Li Ping is different from a hundred years ago. Back then, he could only go with the flow and save his life.

Right now... he's not really worried about the changing situation.

Of course, he had no intention of getting involved.

He has now earned the right to remain unmoved and sit back and watch the tigers fight.

……

Yan Hengchuan and his family stayed in Donghuashan Market for several days before choosing to leave.

Before leaving, they came to say goodbye to Li Ping.

After thinking for a moment, Li Ping asked Yan Jing to deliver two more letters to Fenglan Immortal City.

One letter was addressed to Zhang Tie, Gu Musheng, and others, primarily informing them of his current residence and also reminding them to take precautions to protect themselves in the event of potential upheavals.

The other letter was written by Meng Wanjun to the Meng family. In it, she mainly informed them about her handling of her master's funeral arrangements and her current situation.

However, Li Ping had instructed her to keep her awakened bloodline a secret, so she did not mention this in the letter.

Yan Jing assured the ancestor that he would definitely deliver the letter.

Li Ping smiled and nodded, watching the three leave.

……

In the courtyard of the Crimson Thunder Old Monster.

He frowned at the person who came to report: "You said there are people in the market looking to buy Void Crystals?"

Upon hearing his question, the person reporting quickly replied, "Yes, but that person wore a cloak when he came in and out, so I couldn't see his face clearly. I only know that he is a Core Formation cultivator."

Old Monster Crimson Thunder nodded and waved his hand: "Hmm, I understand. You may leave!"

After his subordinates left, a ruthless glint flashed in his eyes: "Junior Sister Zhou, you are still too young. You don't know that the Grand Elder has used methods to make the jade slips in the Secret Arts Pavilion so that anyone who reads them will leave a trace. You specifically copied the inheritance related to the teleportation array, as well as your experiences and anecdotes related to the Great Zhou. Now you've even come to the market to buy Void Crystals. It seems that you have indeed discovered that legendary teleportation array."

After Yin Jiumu found the place where Shao Guang had fallen, he searched the surrounding area for thousands of miles, but found no trace of another battle.

At that moment, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

Although Zhou Lingyan was not good at fighting, she was still a Core Formation cultivator. Even if he wanted to kill her, it would take a lot of effort. How could she have died quietly?

Besides, there were no traces of Zhou Lingyan's actions at the place where Shao Guang fell.

When Yin Jiumu finally made contact with Old Monster Chi Lei and learned that Zhou Lingyan had tricked him and Old Demon Wu, he immediately realized that it must have been Zhou Lingyan and Li Jingyu who killed Shao Guang!

The truth of the matter should be: that night she went to deal with Li Jingyu alone, trying to poison and control him in order to obtain the Yin-Yang Star Flame on his body, but unexpectedly learned about the teleportation array that existed in the legends of the Four Sects.

Therefore, she no longer cared about exploring the ancient cultivation cave with Old Monster Chi Lei and the others. Instead, she hooked up with Li Jingyu and returned to the sect to check the teleportation array inheritance.

As a result, when she left the sect, that fool Shao Guang chased after her and stumbled upon their secret. Li Jingyu then killed Shao Guang and used a secret technique to fake Zhou Lingyan's death.

After Yin Jiumu told Old Monster Chi Lei his guess, Old Monster Chi Lei suddenly realized the truth.

With a teleportation array leading to the Great Zhou Dynasty at his disposal, it's no wonder that lowly maid didn't care about exploring the ancient cultivator's cave.

Back then, Lord Xiping was exiled to the Western Wilderness along with the four major sects of the Demonic Path. The reason why the four sects were willing to accept their fate and obediently cross the vast sea to this barren land of the Western Wilderness was that...

This is because Lord Xiping told the leaders of the four sects that he possessed a teleportation array connecting the Western Wilderness and the Great Zhou. Even if they were exiled to the Western Wilderness, it wouldn't matter; they could return to the Great Zhou at any time.

But to their surprise, after arriving in the Western Wilderness, they waited patiently for decades, but there was still no news of Lord Xiping. In order to compete for living space, the four sects had no choice but to fight against the native sects of the Western Wilderness.

Afterwards, the four leaders unanimously speculated that Lord Xiping must have met with an accident.

They had also searched for the teleportation array mentioned by Marquis Xiping in the Western Wilderness, but the Western Wilderness was so vast that finding a teleportation array whose location was unknown was like finding a needle in a haystack.

All four attempts ultimately failed.

But unexpectedly, after hundreds of years, when they had given up hope, the matter of the teleportation array actually made progress.

Yin Jiumu told Old Monster Chi Lei: "Li Jingyu suddenly appeared in the Western Wilderness as if he had sprung out of a stone. I think he was very likely to have been teleported from the Great Zhou via a teleportation array. However, the teleportation array broke during the teleportation process and needs to be repaired before it can be used again."

Because he came from the Great Zhou Dynasty, his skills were astonishingly superior to those of his peers. He could kill Junior Brother Shao in a short time and even use a secret technique to fake Zhou Lingyan's death.

"Keep a close eye on the market in Donghua Mountain to see if anyone is collecting materials to repair the teleportation array."

"Don't alert that person. I will personally take action to capture Li Jingyu and Zhou Lingyan, and pry the details of the teleportation array from them!"

Old Monster Chi Lei recalled Yin Jiu Mu's instructions, his expression shifting for a moment before he finally made up his mind: "That person has appeared, let's inform Senior Brother Yin now."

If he could deal with Li Jingyu and that vile servant Zhou Lingyan by himself, he wouldn't give anyone else a chance.

Unfortunately, even with Li Jingyu's astonishing abilities, he couldn't accomplish this.

Therefore, they have no choice but to cooperate with the rest of the sect.

To ensure absolute success, all seven Core Formation cultivators from the Hehuan Sect, including him, will be mobilized to swiftly capture Li Jingyu and Zhou Lingyan.

……

Having received no news about the Void Crystal, Li Ping knew that it would be difficult for him to obtain it through ordinary transactions.

Therefore, in the days that followed, he became too lazy to go to the market to inquire about information. Instead, he focused on cultivation and alchemy, and refined the thousand-year-old spiritual herbs he had obtained from the three Core Formation cultivators into third-grade pills that were useful to Core Formation cultivators.

After all, the cultivation technique he mainly practiced required the innate spiritual energy of third-tier pills.

Moreover, the second Golden Core can be enhanced by taking pills. Although he does not plan to cultivate the second Golden Core for the time being, it is still necessary to prepare in advance.

Furthermore, after refining the pills, he can exchange them for other treasures at the exchange fair five years later.

As Li Ping continued his arduous cultivation, another year quietly passed.

At the end of the year, news came again from Fenglan Immortal City that another Core Formation cultivator had fallen. This time, the Core Formation cultivator who fell was an elder of the Qingmu Sect.

He only took over the post of overseeing Fenglan Immortal City after Huang Yunzi passed away.

Unexpectedly, he passed away in less than a year!

In the past few years, the Western Regions Alliance, led by Ziyun Valley, has suffered heavy losses.

After all, the Western Regions Alliance only has a dozen or so Core Formation cultivators in total.

Three people have fallen in a short period of time, including Huang Yunzi, a Grand Elder in the late Core Formation stage, causing panic within the Western Regions Alliance.

Since the murderer has not yet been caught, no Core Formation cultivator dares to go to Fenglan Immortal City to oversee things.

In an effort to capture the mysterious killer, the Western Region Alliance mobilized all its Core Formation cultivators, but to no avail. All they knew was that the killer's methods suggested he was a sword cultivator!

Li Jingyu, a mysterious sword cultivator!

These two are currently the most prominent figures in the Western Wilderness.

……

Sitting cross-legged in the training room, Li Ping drew his divine sense from the jade slip in his hand.

"Was it a sword cultivator who committed the murder?" He couldn't help but frown and mutter to himself.

After being mistakenly teleported to the far north, he met Xu Guike and others in Flying Snow City. Xu Guike frankly told him that he would return to the Western Wilderness to avenge his master after he formed his Golden Core!

And coincidentally, he was a sword cultivator.

Based on Xu Guike's cultivation speed, Li Ping once speculated that his spiritual root aptitude should be the same as Xiao Yunzhi's Heavenly Spiritual Root.

"A Heavenly Spiritual Root taking over a hundred years to form a Core is a normal speed. Could it be that Xu Guike returned to the Western Wilderness? Was he the one who killed Qu Youkong and the other two Core Formation cultivators?" Li Ping couldn't help but speculate silently.

With the unparalleled strength of a sword cultivator of the same level, killing a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation in a one-on-one situation is indeed not a difficult task.

Li Ping sighed, "Even if it's about revenge, this is far too reckless!"

As far as he knew, besides the three who had died, the Western Region Alliance still had a total of thirteen Core Formation cultivators!

On the day of the wedding banquet, eight Core Formation cultivators from Ziyun Valley, Qingmu Sect, and Xijianchi also participated.

Could it be that Xu Guike intends to kill all eight Core Formation cultivators single-handedly?