Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

The Mo family's protective formation is of the third-tier, low-grade level.

With Li Ping's expertise in formations, modifying them would be a piece of cake.

Generally speaking, protective formations like this, whether they have their own attack methods or energy shields to resist attacks, are mainly for defending against external forces.

Ultimately, if the enemy has already entered the formation, what's the point of defending? It's better to escape as soon as possible.

Li Ping planned to trap the Four Fiends of the East Sea inside the Mo family's protective formation, so his current modification of the formation mainly involves moving the attack methods of the third-tier formation inside.

With the power of a third-tier grand formation, once a battle breaks out, it's essentially equivalent to them gaining several Core Formation stage helpers.

Finally, just to be on the safe side, Li Ping also forcibly set up a self-destruct function for the formation.

In a truly critical moment, he could directly control the third-tier array to self-destruct, forcibly breaking the deadlock.

Of course, he guessed that given the difference in strength between the two sides, they probably wouldn't need to use the final move, "Heaven and Earth Live Together".

He was just buying insurance.

After modifying the great formation, he calmly controlled Xuan Yi to arrive at the cave dwelling where Wei and Feng lived.

He calmly recounted how he had inadvertently stumbled upon the fact that "the Mo family's patriarch had sent people to collude with the Four Fiends of the East Sea, intending to capture them from within and without."

He then explained his plan to use a counter-strategy to lure the Four Fiends of the East Sea over.

Upon hearing this, both Wei Yiling and Feng Xishuang were shocked, especially Wei Yiling, who never expected that the Mo family matriarch, with whom she had a relationship, would have such a true nature behind her back.

They almost fell into the other party's trap.

She immediately said coldly, "I'll go kill that old bastard Mo Gui right now!"

Li Ping shook his head calmly: "There's no need for you to take action, Fellow Daoist Wei. The moment I uncovered his plot, I already killed him. You should prepare yourselves and wait for the Four Fiends of the East Sea to arrive."

……

After explaining his plan to deal with the Four Fiends of the East Sea, Li Ping turned and left, leaving only the cave guards and Feng looking at each other in bewilderment.

They had no questions about the death of the Mo family patriarch, because Li Ping had already shown them the Mo family patriarch's natal magic weapon.

What truly amazed them was how Li Ping managed to do that.

"Sister Yiling, I don't seem to have sensed any fighting outside," Feng Xishuang couldn't help but say softly.

With the power of a Core Formation cultivator wielding a magic weapon, even a mountain could be shattered into pieces. If two Core Formation cultivators were fighting on the island, it would be impossible for them not to sense the commotion.

"It's not just the fighting; didn't you notice that the Mo family cultivators outside are all completely unperturbed? They have no idea that their ancestor has been killed." Wei Yiling's expression was equally grave. "That old fellow was probably killed instantly by Li Ping."

Feng Xishuang frowned: "Sister Yiling, can you do that?"

"I can't do that; after all, he's a Core Formation cultivator." Wei Yiling frankly admitted that she didn't have that ability.

The two exchanged a glance, both understanding each other's thoughts.

Li Ping's strength is much greater than they imagined.

"By the way, Sister Yiling, if Fellow Daoist Li finds out about that matter, what will he do?" Feng Xishuang hesitated, her eyes revealing worry.

"I had no choice. After all, with our combined strength, we're not strong enough to deal with the Four Fiends of the East Sea," Wei Yiling sighed, then shook her head and said, "As long as we keep this a secret, Fellow Daoist Li shouldn't know about it. Anyway, killing the Four Fiends of the East Sea..."

This is also a good thing for him; he will not only get the remaining half of the Golden Dew, but also a considerable amount of resources.

"But... sigh!" Feng Xishuang finished speaking but ultimately only sighed.

"Even if he really found out, let him blame me. This has nothing to do with you, Shuangmei." Wei Yiling shook her head again as she said this: "Who told him to be so cowardly? If he had agreed to join forces to deal with the Four Fiends of the East Sea, none of this would have happened."

Seeing that Feng Xishuang seemed to have more to say, Wei Yiling interrupted her: "Alright, Shuangmei, according to what Fellow Daoist Li said, the Four Fiends of the East Sea should arrive at Xianfeng Island soon. Let's hurry up and adjust our state to deal with the Four Fiends."

"Um!"

Their conversation gradually faded until it was inaudible.

Unbeknownst to them, while they were chatting, below their cave, the Earth Spirit Rat was quietly listening with Li Ping.

Wei Yiling first said that the lair of the Four Fiends of the East Sea was in the mirage, and then she took him to the Mo family, who were in cahoots with the Four Fiends of the East Sea.

Li Ping didn't know if she was genuinely brainless or doing it on purpose.

He even suspected that this might be a trap set by Wei Yiling for him.

So after he left, he deliberately sneaked underground to listen to the two of them, and the news he heard was mixed.

The good news is that they did not collude with the Mo family elder or the Four Fiends of the East Sea to set a trap for themselves. They did not know the true nature of the Mo family elder and genuinely wanted to kill the Four Fiends of the East Sea.

The bad news is that during their conversation, Li Ping vaguely realized that he seemed to have been deceived by Wei Yiling in some matter.

"What exactly is it...? It's that jade slip!"

After some thought, he quickly guessed what Wei Yiling had done. Thinking of the contents of the jade slip, his expression turned slightly ugly: "As expected, she is a demonic witch from the Blood Shadow Sect. Her nature is hard to change."

Although he guessed that he might have been deceived by Wei Yiling, and considering that this was the second time Wei Yiling had deceived him, including the time when they first met.

But with the die already cast, he couldn't simply abandon his plan to kill the Four Fiends of the East Sea and leave.

No matter what, he's already here, and he's determined to get his hands on that half of the Golden Dew from the Four Fiends of the East Sea.

"snort!"

Sensing that the conversation above had ceased and that the two women had entered into meditation, Li Ping snorted and ordered the Earth Spirit Rat to take him away.

He needs the help of the two of them to deal with the Four Fiends of the East Sea; it's not time to turn against them yet.

Moreover, Wei and Feng are both mid-stage Core Formation cultivators, and even if they joined forces, he would not be their match.

"Let's deal with the Four Fiends of the East Sea first." Li Pingqiang suppressed his anger, returned to the cave of the Mo family patriarch, sat cross-legged, and waited quietly.

……

Amidst the mirage, a hundred thousand miles away from Fairy Phoenix Island, a sky-blue flying boat suddenly burst through the mist and flew out.

Four burly figures stood at the bow of the flying boat, while the Foundation Establishment cultivator sent by the Mo family's Supreme Elder stood obediently behind them.

All four of them looked ahead with excitement; they had originally planned to rest for a while.

Unexpectedly, that old fellow Mo Gui suddenly sent someone to inform them that Wei Yiling and Wei Yiling, who had a grudge against them, had gone out to sea to hunt demons and were now resting on Xianfeng Island.

With that old fellow working in the inside, taking down Wei and Feng should be a piece of cake for them.

The treasures on the three Core Formation cultivators... good fortune comes to those who are at home.

What is a surprise?

This is called a surprise.