Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

The information Li Ping saw was about that descendant of the Alchemist Saint.

The Pill Saint was skilled in health preservation and had taken longevity-extending pills, so his lifespan surpassed that of ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators, living for over 1,300 years.

Over such a long period of time, one can only imagine how large the Xu family he founded had become.

With this fourth-tier alchemist at the mid-Nascent Soul stage as their backer, the Xu family cultivators were able to obtain extremely considerable resources, and even more than ten Core Formation cultivators were born.

However, since the lifespan of a Core Formation cultivator is only five hundred years, less than half the lifespan of a Pill Saint, most of them died before the Pill Saint passed away. Only five Core Formation cultivators remained in the Xu family.

This document also highlights that one of Xu Dansheng's outstanding descendants possessed unique spiritual roots and was favored by Xu Dansheng, who nurtured him as a potential Nascent Soul cultivator. Unfortunately, while traveling during his Foundation Establishment stage, this young man was bewitched by a demonic witch and inadvertently became involved in a demonic conspiracy.

After the demonic conspiracy was exposed, Xu Dansheng was furious and expelled this descendant from the Xu family. Later, this descendant became a rogue cultivator and disappeared without a trace in the Great Zhou Dynasty, his fate unknown.

What made Li Ping fall into deep thought was Xu Dansheng, this outstanding descendant.

After hesitating for a moment, he flipped his hand and pulled out an ancient purple token from his storage bag. The token was covered with luxurious and mysterious patterns, and there were words engraved on both sides.

The inscription on the front reads "Xu" and the inscription on the back reads "Heavenly Thunder".

He compared the token in his hand with the token of the core disciple of the Xu family recorded in this document and found that the token in his hand was the token symbolizing the identity of the core disciple of the Xu family - the Heavenly Thunder Token!

This token was personally crafted by Xu Dansheng using a secret method, containing a trace of his magical power, making it impossible for outsiders to forge.

The Heavenly Thunder Token in Li Ping's hand was found in the storage bag of the Crimson Thunder Monster after he killed him.

Because he felt that this token was somewhat strange and might come in handy someday, Li Ping had kept it in his storage bag until today when he finally figured out its origin.

"Could it be that Old Monster Crimson Thunder is Xu Dansheng's outstanding descendant with the unique spiritual root aptitude?" Li Ping silently wondered. "When Xu Dansheng expelled him from the family, he didn't take back the Heavenly Thunder Token. Perhaps he didn't care, or perhaps he hoped that he would return to the Xu family one day?"

"But Old Monster Crimson Thunder joined the Joyful Union Sect and went into seclusion in the Western Wilderness, never to return to the Xu family?"

"Or is it that he still maintains connections with the Xu family, but outsiders are simply unaware of it?"

"No, even with Shadow Assassin's Tower's all-pervasive intelligence network, they can only conclude that his fate is unknown. Perhaps he really has never contacted the Xu family again?"

"If he still cared about the Xu family, he wouldn't have spent the rest of his life at Wulei Mountain instead of returning to his roots before his death."

……

Many guesses flashed through Li Ping's mind.

The cultivation world of the Great Zhou Dynasty was far more prosperous and vast than that of the Western Wilderness. When the Crimson Thunder Old Monster was expelled from the Xu family, he was just a Foundation Establishment cultivator. The Shadow Killing Tower did not pay special attention to him, but simply made a note of it.

As for Old Monster Chi Lei, he was probably holding a grudge after being expelled by the Ancestor, so he went into hiding and went far away to the Western Wilderness.

Even within the Hehuan Sect, it's estimated that only a handful of people know his true identity.

As for the Great Zhou Dynasty, after so many years, even the Xu family probably wouldn't remember him anymore. Those who do remember him would likely think he was long dead.

In fact, Old Monster Chi Lei had indeed died long ago, killed by Li Ping's guillotine.

Of course, even if Li Ping didn't kill him, given his lifespan, he was not far from death even if he wasn't dead yet.

"Perhaps I can use the identity of Old Monster Crimson Thunder to return to the Thunder God Sect?" Li Pingmosuo held the Thunder God Token in his palm, his eyes filled with contemplation.

Old Monster Chi Lei was also a descendant of the Xu family. After Xu Dansheng passed away, he returned to the Xu family to attend the funeral of his ancestor, which was perfectly legitimate.

The only thing to note is that Old Monster Chi Lei's identity is not a secret in the Western Wilderness, and the cultivation world of the Western Wilderness knows that he died at the hands of Li Jingyu.

In the past, no one paid attention to him, including the Shadow Killing Tower, in the Great Zhou.

If someone wanted to investigate his experiences over the past few centuries after his appearance, it wouldn't take much effort to find out everything.

At that time, Li Ping will be in a very awkward situation and may find himself in danger of being hunted down by Nascent Soul cultivators.

"With the Heavenly Thunder Token in hand, no one can question my identity for a short time. After all, so much time has passed since Chi Lei was expelled from the Xu family, and the Western Wilderness is separated from the Great Zhou by the Vast Sea. Even if someone wants to investigate thoroughly, it would be difficult to do so in less than ten years."

Li Ping's eyes gleamed with a sinister light: "I will return to the Xu family as the dying Crimson Thunder Old Monster to pay respects to the ancestor, obtain the alchemy furnace, and leave immediately, without giving them any time to investigate. Although I do not know about the Crimson Thunder Old Monster's past, almost all of the Xu family members of the same generation as the Crimson Thunder Old Monster are dead. As long as I am 'overwhelmed with grief and remain silent,' it will be difficult for others to discern the truth of my identity."

"The only problem is that I don't have a lightning spiritual root, nor do I cultivate lightning-based techniques. If a fight breaks out, I might be exposed. However, this trip to the Heavenly Thunder Sect is to pay respects to the highly respected senior, the Pill Saint. No one should fight in front of the deceased's spirit, so my chances of making a move are extremely low!"

"Most importantly, my lifespan is short, and I'm not far from death. I've returned this time simply to see the ancestor one last time, not to fight for the family fortune." Li Ping smiled. "On the contrary, I've spent my life as a rogue cultivator, accumulating a considerable fortune. If I take a liking to any of the Xu family's descendants, I might leave my entire life's savings to them."

"Who wouldn't like Uncle Chi Lei, who possesses a vast fortune and is on his deathbed?"

"Young generation of the Xu family, your Uncle Chi Lei is back!"

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Jingning County is located in the north-central part of the Great Zhou Dynasty, separated from Lingxiao City by dozens of large counties. Even for a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation, it would take at least half a year to cross it.

Li Ping certainly couldn't wait that long. By the time he leisurely spent half a year getting there, it would be too late.

Therefore, he did not hesitate to use the Bloodwing Escape Technique to travel, and forcibly arrived near the Cangyun Mountain Range where the Heavenly Thunder Sect was located in less than a month.

He is a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, a bigwig in the Immortal Alliance, and a fourth-tier alchemist.

After the death of the Pill Saint, a large number of cultivators who had received his kindness, people from various forces who came to pay their respects, and his friends from his lifetime all traveled from afar to see him off.

The closer they got to the Cangyun Mountains, the denser the escape lights in the sky became, most of which were the auras of Core Formation stage cultivators.

An old man in a purple robe with red hair stood on a light purple flying boat, completely inconspicuous within it.

Not long after, the red-haired old man looked at the majestic mountain range stretching for tens of thousands of miles in front of him, a trace of sorrow flashing in his eyes: "Ancestor, your unworthy descendant Xu Zhuochen has returned."

Xu Zhuochen is the name of the Xu family prodigy who was expelled from the family, as recorded in the Shadow Killing Sect's records.

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