Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Announcement: Update coming soon, please stay tuned!

Inside the pavilion.

After stating his conditions, Li Ping remained silent, simply watching the two of them quietly.

Unlike Feng Xishuang, who remained in shock, Wei Yiling's eyes quickly lit up with excitement after her initial shock.

Even with her Spirit Gathering Body, she wasn't really sure if she could successfully form her Nascent Soul as a rogue cultivator.

If one could learn the fourth-order puppetry technique and possess a fourth-order puppet, wouldn't that be equivalent to another form of Nascent Soul formation?

Of course, she also knew that learning fourth-order puppetry would definitely not be easy.

But her thinking was also very simple.

Since Li Ping possesses a third-tier puppet, he has most likely reached the third tier in the art of puppetry and is expected to become a fourth-tier puppeteer in the future.

If she became a member of the Tianqiao Sect, she would be busy working to rebuild it for him. Moreover, according to the agreement, she would have to give him her virginity.

Given the relationship between the two parties, it shouldn't be difficult to ask him to craft a fourth-tier puppet once all the materials are collected.

Anyway, there are no restrictions on joining the Tianqiao Sect, it just takes up some of their cultivation time.

With that thought in mind, Wei Yiling no longer hesitated. After exchanging glances with Feng Xishuang, she immediately said, "Fellow Daoist Li, we are willing to join the Tianqiao Sect and take on the task of rebuilding the Tianqiao Sect's lineage."

Li Ping smiled and nodded. He knew that with Wei Yiling's personality, she would definitely not be able to resist the temptation of a fourth-tier puppet. However, based on his previous experience of refining a late-stage second-tier puppet and an early-stage third-tier puppet, he could already imagine how outrageous the materials required for a fourth-tier puppet would be.

If Wei Yiling knew about this, she probably wouldn't be so excited.

"We'll talk about rebuilding the Tianqiao Sect's lineage later." Li Ping waved his hand. He was the kind of person who wouldn't act until he saw a tangible benefit. Gaoji Daoist hadn't yet taught him the method for crafting fourth-order puppets, so there was no need for him to rush to fulfill his promise.

He looked at the two women in front of him and said, "I will first teach you the first level of the 'Myriad Spirits Divine Technique'. Try to see if you can successfully enter the field."

The "Myriad Spirits Divine Technique" is not something anyone can cultivate. If Wei and Feng are unable to cultivate this secret method for strengthening divine consciousness, Li Ping will have to find other ways to break the restriction.

As he spoke, he casually grabbed Feng Xishuang's wrist and, in the same manner, severed a small piece of her soul.

Looking at the two women, whose faces were pale and whose foreheads were covered in cold sweat, Li Ping smiled and said, "You two can cultivate in my cave for now. If you can successfully master the 'Myriad Spirits Divine Technique' and repair the missing part of your soul, I will then use magic to remove the restrictions on you."

If a cultivator loses too much of their soul at once, they will lose their memory and become an idiot; in more serious cases, they may even die.

Therefore, Li Ping could only sever a small portion of the two women's souls at a time. After their souls recovered, he would sever another small portion of their souls... This cycle continued until all the Soul Devouring Restrictions were removed.

This process, depending on the two women's progress in cultivating the "Myriad Spirits Divine Technique," may take thirty or forty years.

This practice is almost equivalent to the torture of the soul, and the pain the two people would have to endure is unimaginable.

However, there's a saying that goes something like that.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!

Having undergone such a brutal tempering of their souls, if they are fortunate enough to reach the day of Nascent Soul formation, it will undoubtedly be of great help in resisting the inner demons that arise during the process.

……

After arranging everything, Li Ping got up and left the riverside cave, heading towards the outer edge of the Fifth Ring Road.

Despite being disturbed by Wei Yiling and the other person for half a day, he had not forgotten his true purpose for leaving seclusion: to find the alchemy furnace of that fourth-level alchemist elder of the Thunderclap Sect.

The fourth-tier alchemy inheritance is crucial to his advancement, so he naturally has to do everything in his power to obtain it.

He had already inquired with Chu Xiu and the other two that the black market in Lingxiao City was supposedly operated by a demonic sect, and that the Nascent Soul level experts in the demonic sect had reached an agreement with the three elders of Lingxiao.

Apart from offering some tribute to the three elders of Lingxiao, the two sides kept to themselves and did not interfere with each other's affairs.

The black market is located in a remote area of ​​Jiuhuan.

Li Ping's purpose in this trip was to go to the Shadow Killing Tower in the black market to gather information about the Thunderclap Sect and see if there was any chance to acquire the alchemy furnace left behind by that fourth-level alchemist.

The light flew into a secluded place, and when it flew out again, it had transformed into the elegant Yan Buping.

At the same time, Li Ping took out a robe and cloak that could isolate divine sense from his storage bag and put them on before flying directly to the area where the black market was located.

During the flight, he also saw many other cultivators dressed similarly to himself, flying in the same direction.

However, apart from a few people, everyone else, upon sensing the Core Formation stage aura emanating from him, wisely kept their distance to avoid angering the old Core Formation monster.

About half an hour later, Li Ping landed on the ground, his gaze fixed intently on the dark array gate in front of him. Inside the gate, however, was a dense, dark mist, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

Cultivators were coming and going from the gate from time to time.

After pondering for a moment, Li Ping took a step forward and, like the others, entered the array gate.

……

The scene before him changed rapidly. When Li Ping could see his surroundings again, he found himself on an empty street lined with various shops. Occasionally, cultivators who had concealed their identities would hurry by.

Besides the regular shops, Li Ping's divine sense detected a small square several miles in circumference not far away, where many cultivators had set up stalls.

This extremely mysterious black market, apart from the fact that the cultivators entering and leaving deliberately conceal their identities, appears on the surface to be no different from an ordinary market.

However, Li Ping knew that the black market was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. Many shady goods and forbidden items from the demonic path were openly traded in this small market.

Things that cannot be bought through legitimate channels sometimes appear on the black market.

Li Ping had not come here to buy those prohibited items, so he ignored the shops on both sides of the street and walked directly to a four-story black building with a unique design.

After a brief look around, he stepped inside.

He released the pressure of a Core Formation stage cultivator and was quickly led by the servants to a private room on the third floor. A moment later, a Core Formation cultivator wearing a snake mask entered the room.

"Since you've come to this building, you should know what it's for. State your needs." The person wearing the snake-face mask asked Li Ping coldly and directly about his purpose.

Li Ping deliberately concealed his identity on this trip, not needing to worry about attracting trouble by inquiring about the Heavenly Thunder Sect. Therefore, he did not beat around the bush, but went straight to the point, lowering his voice and saying, "I need to buy the Heavenly Thunder Sect's deceased fourth-level alchemist, as well as information about the Heavenly Thunder Sect."

In explaining his needs, Li Ping deliberately placed the deceased fourth-level alchemist before the Heavenly Thunder Sect, indicating his focus.

The person wearing the snake-face mask couldn't reveal any change in expression, but Li Ping sensed his surprise from the pause in his movements.