Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

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a few days later.

The dark silver flying boat plunged into the misty mountains.

Xu Guike was no longer on the flying boat; only Li Ping remained.

Not long ago, after confirming Xu Guike's past life identity at the Sword Forging Manor, the two parted ways.

Xu Guike returned to Donghua Mountain to help his senior sister achieve the Golden Core stage.

Li Ping, on the other hand, headed to the Cloud and Mist Mountains as planned.

Standing on the flying boat, Li Ping pondered his conversation with Xu Guike.

He sensed a resolute severance from his past life in Xu Guike's tone.

Clearly, he had no intention of returning to the Yan family to reveal his identity and acknowledge a bunch of unrelated descendants.

However, based on Li Ping's understanding of his personality...

Normally, he might not interfere with the Yan family's development, but if the Yan family is threatened, he will likely take action.

It is very difficult to change a person's character, even after reincarnation.

In any case, this trip to the Sword Forging Manor has finally resolved a knot in his heart.

Shaking his head, Li Ping pulled himself out of his reverie and began to think about his next move.

He came to the Cloud and Mist Mountains for two main purposes.

One is the inheritance of the third-order array method.

He has already prepared the three necessities needed to inherit the third-order array path: the inheritance jade slip, spirit stones, and spirit materials. As long as he obtains another third-order spirit vein, he will be able to successfully awaken his unparalleled talent in the array path.

However, all the third-tier spiritual veins in the Western Wilderness are owned, and Li Ping did not want to do anything that would offend people, so he could only turn his attention to the Cloud Mist Mountains.

The Cloud Mist Mountains are much larger than the Western Wilderness, and there are quite a few third-order spiritual veins within them, so finding one wouldn't be difficult for him.

The only thing to consider is that the Cloud Mist Mountains are the territory of demonic beasts, and demonic beasts also prefer to live in places with abundant spiritual energy.

Most third-tier spiritual veins are inhabited by third-tier demonic beasts, and he must kill or drive away those beasts in order to use them as nourishment.

With his strength, dealing with a third-tier early-stage demonic beast wouldn't be difficult.

However, one must also be careful not to alert other third-tier monsters, lest they be surrounded and attacked.

The second objective was to attempt to rebuild the teleportation array and travel to the Great Zhou Dynasty via it.

He had prepared all the materials needed to rebuild the teleportation array. As long as he successfully inherited the third-order array method, he could rebuild the teleportation array by following the same method.

Therefore, the order of inheriting the third-order array method and rebuilding the teleportation array cannot be reversed; they must be done one by one.

……

Recalling the information he had gathered about the third-tier spiritual veins of the Cloud Mist Mountains over the past period, Li Ping fell into deep thought.

Since this trip will most likely involve a battle with a third-tier monster, the commotion it will cause will be considerable.

Therefore, for his own safety, he should not venture too deep into the Cloud Mist Mountains unless necessary, lest he be besieged by high-level demonic beasts.

Although he had easily killed two Core Formation cultivators during this period, he did not become arrogant or complacent because of it.

Not to mention that he was invincible in the battle, relying purely on the power of the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine magic weapon, the two cultivators he killed were only early-stage Core Formation cultivators.

The cultivation world is vast, and he is not the only one with fortuitous encounters and powerful magical treasures. There are countless demonic beasts with strange talents and bloodlines.

He might encounter something that isn't afraid of the Dragon-Slaying Cleaver and can counter his escape techniques, or even a monster with innate supernatural abilities that could instantly kill him.

He didn't want to be caught off guard and end up losing his job.

With constant reminders to himself to be cautious, Li Ping carefully selected his target after much deliberation.

Nearly 20,000 miles from Fenglan Immortal City lies a third-tier spiritual vein called "Sky-Piercing Cliff"!

Whoosh!

The airship, hidden high in the sky, sped towards the Sky-Piercing Cliff.

As Li Ping piloted the airship, he recalled the information in his mind.

Although the monsters are not very intelligent, they are subconsciously aware of the benefits that places like Sky Cliff, which are rich in spiritual energy, will bring to their cultivation, so they naturally gather there.

According to the records, the people living on Motian Cliff are a group of Shadowless Apes numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Among the apes, there are not only hundreds of second-tier demon beasts, but their leader is a demon king who has reached the early stage of the third tier!

Li Ping didn't take those first and second-tier demonic beasts seriously.

Compared to Foundation Establishment, Core Formation is on a completely different level in terms of strength and speed. As long as he has enough mana, no matter how many second-tier demonic beasts there are, they will only be able to be slaughtered by him.

What he really cared about was the early-stage third-tier Shadowless Ape King, the only opponent who could pose a threat to him. Moreover, as long as he killed the Shadowless Ape King, his ape offspring would scatter.

In fact, the Shadowless Ape King was the easiest monster he could choose to deal with.

Initial stage of the third tier.

They don't possess disgusting innate supernatural abilities like Earth Release or Wind Release.

Their habitat is not a large river or lake, an environment unsuitable for human cultivators to fight in.

Li Ping's battle plan for dealing with this kind of monster that doesn't have much intelligence was also very simple.

Xuan Yi and I charged straight into the Sky-Piercing Cliff. Xuan Yi distracted the Shadowless Ape King, while I used the Dragon-Slaying Guillotine to launch a sneak attack and instantly chopped off the Shadowless Ape King's head.

After all, when doing things in this cloud-shrouded mountain range teeming with monsters, the simpler the plan, the better.

A brilliant plan with too little room for error can easily backfire.

……

Just as Li Ping ventured deep into the Cloud Mist Mountains to cause trouble for the group of Shadowless Apes at Sky-Piercing Cliff.

In a canyon nearly 100,000 miles from Fenglan Immortal City, a figure in cyan concealed its aura and stealthily made its way into the depths of the canyon.

Ahead of him, a blank-faced black puppet held a shield, cautiously paving the way for him.

"This should be it." Bai Qing recalled the map he had obtained not long ago, a hint of excitement in his eyes.

At this moment, the aura emanating from him had clearly reached the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Clearly, after his last meeting with Li Ping, he devoted a lot of effort to his cultivation and was finally able to break through successfully.

"If what's described on the map is true, let alone the late Foundation Establishment stage, it's not impossible for me to even reach the Core Formation stage like my elder brother." Bai Qing forced himself to calm down, concealed himself, and focused on controlling the puppet to explore the way.

About half a day later.

A look of joy flashed in his eyes, because the puppet that had been scouting ahead had successfully found the location marked on the map. Once activated with a special spell, he could be teleported into the secret realm described on the map.

However, when he saw the image transmitted back through the puppet's line of sight, he couldn't help but frown.

There was a late-stage second-tier demonic beast blocking his way. If he wanted to enter the secret realm, he either had to wait for the beast to leave on its own or take action to eliminate it.

"I've ventured so deep into the Cloud Mist Mountains, I can't wait. To avoid any unforeseen complications, I'll kill this monster directly." Bai Qing quickly made his decision.

He possessed a late-stage second-tier puppet, as well as several high-grade second-tier spirit talismans bestowed upon him by his elder brother. Furthermore, he himself was at the mid-stage Foundation Establishment level, making it not difficult for him to kill a late-stage second-tier demonic beast.

……

Li Ping approached Sky Cliff silently, and the vast divine consciousness hidden in his sea of ​​consciousness instantly spread out, enveloping half of Sky Cliff.

In no time, he found the Shadow Ape King resting in the third-tier spiritual vein and spiritual eye.

"I've found you."

Li Ping smiled and with a flick of his sleeve, Xuan Yi, who was holding the Lotus Mirror, and the Earth Spirit Rat, whose small eyes looked slightly confused, appeared on his side.

"Use Earth Escape to lead us into that cave!" Li Ping commanded the Earth Spirit Rat through his consciousness.

"Squeak~"

After squeaking twice, the Earth Spirit Rat exhaled a yellow light that enveloped Li Ping and Xuan Yi before instantly merging into the ground and disappearing.

A man, a puppet, and a beast moved swiftly underground, and a satisfied smile appeared in Li Ping's eyes.

Although the Earth Spirit Rat is far inferior to the Wildfire Sparrow in terms of bloodline and combat power, it can play a greater role than the Wildfire Sparrow in certain special situations.

For example, right now, the Earth Spirit Rat used Earth Escape to bring them directly to the cave where the Shadow Ape King was entrenched, which could completely catch them off guard.

If the team works well together, they can take it down in an instant.

As for the suspicion that such actions might be considered "unethical," Li Ping didn't care.

Even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit; who knows what trump cards the Shadowless Ape King might have?

This is a life-or-death struggle, not a martial arts contest. The goal is to win, not to make the fight exciting and entertaining.

Therefore, he naturally had to do everything in his power and use all available means to kill the Shadow Ape King before he could unleash his trump card.

After all, only the living have the right to talk about morality.

Besides, he's dealing with a mindless ape demon, so there's no need to consider any martial ethics.

"A little to the left."

Li Ping used his divine sense to command the Earth Spirit Rat to sneak underground, while simultaneously using his vast divine sense to conceal his presence in order to prevent the Shadowless Ape King from discovering his movements in advance.

……

A massive black ape, several meters tall, lay resting deep inside a cave, its ferocious fangs exposed and its bulging, muscular body beneath its black fur... its menacing appearance inspired awe.

"Chirp~"

Low-ranking ape demons kept entering the cave in droves, bringing all sorts of rare and precious fruits for their king to enjoy.

But suddenly—

A yellowish-brown light flickered on one side of the cave, where two figures appeared.

"Roar~"

Sensing something was wrong, the Shadowless Ape King suddenly sat up, grasping a thick, upright spirit tree in his hand.

But its actions came too late.

Suddenly, a mirror shrouded in pink mist appeared above its head, and beams of precious light poured down upon it, freezing it in place.

The Shadow Ape King's eyes flashed with bloodlust, and its muscles trembled violently as it struggled frantically in the precious light.

The Lotus Mirror only held it still for a moment, and the tangible light shattered like ice.

"cut!"

Li Ping made a hand seal and looked at the tall ape demon who had broken free of the precious light.

call out!

In the dimly lit cave, accompanied by a faint, chilling sound, a golden thread flashed by.

"roar-"

The Shadow Ape King's roar abruptly stopped halfway through.

The next moment, its head and neck separated, and its huge, ferocious head crashed heavily to the ground, with blood gushing out like a fountain from its neck!