Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

After checking on Meng Wanjun and the Earth Spirit Rat's cultivation progress.

Li Ping then asked about other things with a smile, and Meng Wanjun answered them one by one.

Everything is operating normally at Caibaixuan.

All the relevant secondhand ritual implements have been collected, waiting for Li Ping to deal with them when he has time.

As for alchemy commissions, Li Ping did not accept any offers in spirit stones, so there were none.

Finally, what Li Ping was curious about was where Wei Yiling had gone and why she hadn't come to receive his treatment.

Meng Wanjun pouted and told him: Wei Yiling and Feng Xishuang went out of the city on business several months ago. Before they left, they made a special trip to the riverside cave to ask her to inform Li Ping about this matter and to mention what they were going to do when they left the city. Li Ping knew.

After saying that, Meng Wanjun couldn't help but growl inwardly, "Damn it, ahhh... I didn't even know about the secret between the young master and that woman."

"Did they leave the city?" Li Ping nodded slightly.

Since Wei Yiling said that, he basically guessed that the two of them must have gone to carry out a mission for the Datong Society again.

Feng Xishuang's soul-devouring restriction has been removed, but Wei Yiling is still bound by it, so they dare not openly refuse the mission from the Great Harmony Society.

Moreover, although the Datong Society would assign them tasks, they did not use them as slaves.

Instead, after each task is completed, they will be given a certain amount of guild contribution points, which can be exchanged for various resources within the guild using the Great Harmony Token.

This way, they don't have to go through the trouble of hunting monsters in the East China Sea to earn resources.

Although there are certain dangers involved in carrying out the mission, the dangers of hunting demons in the East Sea are not much lower than those of carrying out the mission of the Great Harmony Society.

The two even considered that even if the Soul-Devouring Restriction in Wei Yiling's soul was removed, they didn't need to rush to leave the Great Harmony Society. Instead, they could use the Great Harmony Society's channels to earn the resources needed for cultivation.

Li Ping planned to persuade the two to give up this idea after removing the Soul-Devouring Restriction from Wei Yiling's soul.

After all, what legitimate organization would forcibly plant a restriction in the soul of one of its members?

It is not the right way to seek help from a tiger!

As for Li Ping setting up a restriction within Meng Wanjun's soul?

He had consulted Meng Wanjun beforehand and given her two options. If Meng Wanjun disagreed, he would not force her, which was fundamentally different from the Datong Society's approach.

……

I went to Caibaixuan to check the several second-hand magical artifacts I had received, but found nothing.

Just as Li Ping was about to return to his cave to continue his arduous cultivation, he happened to see a somewhat dazed young man peering hesitantly into Caibai Pavilion.

A short while later, Chu Xiu came out.

Upon seeing the young man, a flicker of emotion crossed his eyes, but it quickly turned into impatience.

The conversation between the two reached Li Ping's ears clearly.

"Master, I've been hunting demons in the East Sea all these years, and these are the spirit stones I've earned."

"Go away, I don't want your spirit stones, I'm not your master, and the Xianyun Sect is long gone."

"But Master..."

"I told you, don't call me 'Master' anymore!"

……

Li Ping shook his head slightly. He felt that Chu Xiu's mentality was probably similar to that of Huang Yaoshi, who was betrayed by his two disciples.

Unable to betray his master, the disciple vented his anger on the obedient disciple.

However, this matter is ultimately Chu Xiu's private affair, and Li Ping has neither reason nor interest in interfering.

Besides, Chu Xiu has lived for over a hundred years and is not far from the end of his lifespan. He knows what he is doing and no one else has the right to criticize him.

……

Back in his cave, Li Ping continued his secluded cultivation.

A year later, Wei and Feng returned safely after completing their mission. When he came out of the pass, Wei Yiling was already waiting for him in the pavilion.

Upon seeing him appear, His arm was extended directly, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Li Ping smiled and nodded, removing the Soul-Devouring Restriction from her soul.

He then inquired about the details of the mission the two had carried out.

Through Wei Yiling's description, he learned that the mission the two were to carry out this time was to go to Linshui County to kill a demonic cultivator in the Core Formation stage and bring back a thousand-year-old Jade Condensation Grass from his cave to hand over to the Datong Association.

Since the information from the Datong Society was quite detailed, and both of them were at the mid-stage of Core Formation, dealing with a mere early-stage Core Formation demonic cultivator was naturally a piece of cake.

The Datong Society only wanted the Bi Ning Grass, so the other items on the demonic cultivator's body fell into the hands of the two.

In addition, the two also received a contribution point from the Datong Society, making this mission a very profitable one.

"Azure Grass?" Li Ping couldn't help but be somewhat surprised.

He was no stranger to the Jade Condensation Grass, also known as the Demon-Attracting Grass. Every thousand years, the thousand-year-old Jade Condensation Grass would produce a third-tier bloodline fruit, which could purify the bloodline of demon beasts and emitted an aura that had a great attraction to demon beasts.

He once used Gray Island to cultivate two Tier 3 Bloodline Fruits and fed them to the Earth Spirit Rats.

"Yes, it is this spiritual herb..." Wei Yiling thought Li Ping didn't know what the Jade Condensation Grass was, so she immediately explained it to him.

Moreover, according to her, the bloodline fruit on the thousand-year-old Azure Condensation Grass possessed by the demonic cultivator will mature in just over ten years.

Because of the inherent characteristics of the Jade Condensation Grass, theoretically, once they dig up the spiritual herb, they must first pick the Bloodline Fruit.

However, using the transplanting artifacts granted by the Datong Society, they successfully transplanted the herbs and fruits together.

This surprised Li Ping quite a bit, after all, he had no choice but to pick the unripe bloodline fruit directly back then.

To be honest, he was quite interested in the transplanted spiritual herbs and magical artifacts used by the Datong Society.

Unfortunately, this magical artifact has already been returned to the Datong Society.

Li Ping shook his head, his focus returning to the mission itself: "Fellow Daoist Wei, do you know the true identity of the demonic cultivator you killed? Won't that cause you any trouble?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Yiling rolled her eyes at Li Ping: "According to the mission description, that demonic cultivator is a rogue cultivator. We're not that stupid. If the other party came from a Nascent Soul sect, we would refuse or delay the mission."

Core Formation cultivators are considered the backbone of the Nascent Soul level sects in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and each of them has a soul lamp and life tablet left in the sect.

If something goes wrong, their sect will definitely investigate to the end, and it might even attract the attention of the Immortal Alliance's Demon Slaying Division.

Even though Wei Yiling comes from a demonic sect and has always acted without restraint, she still has to think carefully about the consequences of killing a Core Formation cultivator from a Nascent Soul level demonic sect.

Li Ping nodded, agreeing with Wei Yiling's words.

Then, he smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Wei, the Soul-Devouring Restriction in your soul will be completely removed in about ten years, at which time you will be free."

Upon hearing this, a hint of joy appeared in Wei Yiling's eyes.

Cultivating immortality is about achieving carefree freedom and longevity.

No one would willingly entrust their life to another's hands.

Wei Yiling was naturally overjoyed to be free from the Soul Devouring Restriction.