Mortal Alchemy

The banquet lasted for three days and three nights.

Various exotic fruits and extravagant spirit beast meat were served, filling the entire palace with enchanting aromas.

If Chen Ping had organized his Golden Core Ceremony himself, he definitely couldn't have done it this well.

His foundation was insufficient, and he lacked manpower.

Chen Ping didn't immediately take his seat but stood beside Superior Gong Yue, listening to her instructions:

"Ping'er, I sent someone to the Demon Subduing Sect to inquire, but there are no records of anyone cultivating the Sword Lotus Spirit Body."

"I don't know how to cultivate the power of your spirit body to comprehend the 'laws' of the sword."

"You want to condense a Dao Seed, so next, you must expend great effort to create a fourth-order sword technique."

Chen Ping's heart felt heavy: "Me, a Golden Core cultivator, creating a fourth-order sword technique..."

This was too difficult for him.

However, if Chen Ping wanted to improve his combat power and advance to the Golden Core stage next year with dual Dao Seeds, this fourth-order sword 'technique' was indispensable.

Superior Gong Yue continued, "I know the difficulty of creating a fourth-order sword technique, so you must focus on the Immortal City matter even more."

"If Ping'er can successfully establish an Immortal City, it will alarm the Immortal Sect in the Central Domain and accumulate merit. At that time, there might be an opportunity to go to the Immortal Sect in the Central Domain and directly exchange for cultivation insights on the Sword Lotus Spirit Body."

According to the Immortal Sect in the Central Domain's plan, the reason they sent the four major sects to the Eastern Domain's cultivation world back then was for land reclamation.

Now, thousands of years have passed, and in order to ensure their long-term and sustainable development, the four major sects have not engaged in large-scale land reclamation. Most people are pursuing their own self-interests, disregarding the Immortal Sect's orders.

Chen Ping nodded:

"I will work hard."

Superior Gong Yue nodded slightly:

"Most of those who came to attend Ping'er's Golden Core Ceremony have received my favor or have been friends with the Gong family for many years, so they will be of some help to Ping'er in establishing the Immortal City."

Superior Gong Yue took out a Sword Crystal:

"This is a Sword Crystal I condensed, containing three moves of my power. If Ping'er encounters trouble while traveling, you can activate this Sword Crystal to save your life."

At this stage, Superior Gong Yue had passed on her sword dao mantle to Chen Ping, and he was not lacking in third-order magic treasures, so she had no choice but to take out a Sword Crystal as a gift to congratulate Chen Ping on his advancement to the Golden Core stage.

This was the second time Chen Ping had seen a Sword Crystal. Previously, he had consumed a third-order Sword Crystal in the Demon Subduing Market. Now, this was a fourth-order Sword Crystal.

Chen Ping accepted the Sword Crystal and then took his seat.

"Senior Brother, congratulations on your advancement to the Golden Core stage, looking forward to the immortal path of longevity!" Luo Chongzhi was the first to raise his wine cup and congratulate him loudly, then took out a second-order spirit plant and gave it to Chen Ping:

"This is a congratulatory gift for Senior Brother!"

Those close to Chen Ping knew that although Chen Ping was a second-order alchemist, he had always been in need of second-order spiritual herbs and plants, but for decades, Chen Ping had been unable to find any outside.

Chen Ping accepted the second-order spirit plant: "Junior Brother Luo is very thoughtful."

A second-order spirit plant was worth tens of thousands of spirit stones, which was not a small sum for any Foundation Establishment cultivator.

However, Luo Chongzhi and others had made a lot of money through smuggling trade over the years, and their daily cultivation was already satisfied.

As a return gift, Chen Ping said:

"I can refine a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills later. I think several junior brothers should have descendants who are about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, right?"

Luo Chongzhi scratched his head and said with a smile, "Senior Brother has sharp eyes. My boy is indeed about to reach the Foundation Establishment stage."

At Chen Ping's level, he could also exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills with sect contribution points.

Luo Chongzhi, Fang Xing, and Han Tongbao's faces flushed with excitement: "Thank you, Senior Brother!"

The three of them had many descendants, but they had never met Chen Ping in a formal setting.

This also meant that their descendants had not entered the core circle and could not come into contact with matters of the Hao Jade Sea.

Now that Chen Ping had advanced to the Golden Core stage and spoken to them, it meant that as long as their descendants passed Chen Ping's test, they could participate in the affairs of the Hao Jade Sea.

Fang Xing and Han Tongbao also took out second-order spirit plants worth tens of thousands of spirit stones and gave them to Chen Ping as gifts.

Chen Ping was indeed very short of second-order spirit plants.

At present, Chen Ping didn't want to use the sect's Crystal Essence Pills too much and still had to rely on himself to solve the resource problem, but there was no prospect yet.

Chen Ping said, "Huang'er can actually refine Foundation Establishment Pills. You might as well spread the word and build a regular auction in Floating Light Square City.

Sell Foundation Establishment Pills and Breakthrough Pills, second-order Youth Preservation Pills..."

Building an Immortal City was already on the agenda. Initially, it was too slow to recruit other families. Wealth sways people's hearts. Directly use Foundation Establishment Pills, Breakthrough Pills, and second-order Youth Preservation Pills to make Floating Light Square City famous, quickly gather a large number of people, and then slowly screen them to supplement their manpower.

Everyone took note of it.

Sitting on Chen Ping's left, Mu Luofei's spatial ring flashed: "Junior Brother, this is a gift for you."

It was a third-order flying treasure ship.

Now that Chen Ping had advanced to the Golden Core stage, how could he still use the White Jade Flying Boat that traveled two thousand miles a day? A flying treasure ship that traveled five thousand miles a day was more suitable for Chen Ping's current status.

Chen Ping gently held Mu Luofei's soft hand and smiled gently: "Senior Sister is very thoughtful."

This flying treasure ship cost hundreds of thousands of low-grade spirit stones, which translated to hundreds of high-grade spirit stones. Chen Ping was very poor at the moment.

For Foundation Establishment cultivators, this was an astronomical figure.

Chen Ping did not immediately return the gift, after all, the Three Lights Divine Water had already been promised, and the Golden Spirit Guiding Divine Pill would be given as the final gift.

Meng Huang'er sat on Chen Ping's right: "Junior Brother, I can only play a tune for you."

Chen Ping's eyes lit up slightly. Did Meng Huang'er have results in the way of music?

He said with a smile, "I look forward to it very much."

Below Meng Huang'er was Zhou Ying.

Zhou Ying took out three second-order spirit plants: "Ping-ge, this is a gift that this concubine has prepared for you."

Chen Ping nodded slowly: "Ying'er is also very thoughtful."

Many guests below saw Chen Ping sitting in the main seat with beauties on both sides, their eyes flickering, and they were sure of the identities of the people at that table.

As for the several peerless beauties sitting beside Chen Ping, their identities were self-evident.

Today was Chen Ping's Golden Core Ceremony, and these people naturally prepared gifts.

After three rounds of wine, people began to come forward to give gifts one after another.

Of course, it had to be real people at the Golden Core level who came to give gifts in person, and Chen Ping received them.

Chen Ping received more than a dozen Golden Core real people in one breath, including cultivators from the Eastern Xuan Sect's Punishment Peak and nearby Golden Core Immortal Clans.

Of course, the gifts they gave were not necessities for Chen Ping, mostly some third-order pills and hundreds of high-grade spirit stones.

After these dozen Golden Core real people finished giving gifts, it was the remaining Foundation Establishment families who came to give gifts.

After the statistics, Chen Ping received nearly five thousand high-grade spirit stones in gifts for holding this Golden Core Ceremony, which translated to five million low-grade spirit stones.

This was the weight of Superior Gong Yue's face.