Chapter 349: Dryad Seed, your first love was beaten!
Inside a stone cave within the Violet Abyss Secret Realm.
Lu Ping’an and Lu Quanzhen had been consuming pills and herbs these past few days.
They stuffed handfuls of valuable spiritual herbs, medicines, and fruits into their mouths, chewing and swallowing them raw.
Although this method of directly consuming spiritual herbs was far more wasteful compared to refining pills,
and the medicinal power was aggressive, filling their entire bodies and making it difficult to digest and refine,
it also had an advantage over pills.
That is, if your body could withstand it and was able to consume and refine it, there would be no pill toxins or side effects.
Lu Quanzhen was aware of his condition, so he ate very steadily throughout the process, slowly refining the herbs to solidify his foundation.
Lu Ping’an was initially reluctant to eat them, feeling very distressed.
But as he ate, he began to get a feel for it.
On the one hand, his younger brother said that there were too many spiritual herbs, and if they didn’t eat more, handing them over later would easily cause trouble, and they would have to be thrown away.
On the other hand, this method of directly consuming spiritual herbs was very suitable for him.
This was because the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art was originally cultivated through natural treasures.
These natural treasures were not limited to metal and spiritual ores.
They also included spiritual herbs, flowers, and fruits.
Therefore, for ordinary cultivators, spiritual herbs were refined into pills through the monarch-minister-assistant-guide method, which made the medicinal effects better and easier to absorb and refine.
But it was different for the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art.
The Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art was about using the most primitive and aggressive characteristics, energy, and medicinal properties of natural treasures to temper the physical body.
After spiritual herbs were refined into pills, although they became easier to absorb and refine,
the most primitive and aggressive medicinal effects were almost lost.
Therefore, in the process of constantly consuming and refining spiritual herbs, Lu Ping’an could clearly perceive that his physical body was constantly improving as the aggressive medicinal power impacted his limbs, bones, and internal organs.
Even as his muscles and bones became stronger, his bone density increased, and his bone marrow boiled, some mysterious changes occurred in his physical body.
A layer of keratin-like film gradually condensed between his skin and bones.
Some ordinary spell attacks could be absorbed by this film.
This effect was very amazing.
Lu Ping’an felt that the current Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art had already exceeded his understanding.
He had to consult his father later and ask what was going on with his Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art.
“Quanzhen, the secret realm should be over in ten days. Let’s go out and take a look again. Maybe we can still gain something.”
Lu Ping’an said while chewing on a spiritual herb.
He now felt that his whole body was full of power, with inexhaustible strength, and he wanted to vent it in a few hearty battles.
“Okay.”
Lu Quanzhen looked at his elder brother and nodded upon hearing this.
Immediately, he put away the formation, and the two walked out of the cave to continue searching for spiritual herbs.
Perhaps they had lived in the stone cave for more than ten days, and many of the nearby demon beasts had been killed, resulting in less frequent encounters than before.
The two went straight towards the summit of Violet Abyss Mountain.
Under normal circumstances, the closer to the center, the more numerous and rarer the spiritual herbs would be.
Of course, the demon beasts would also be more powerful.
However, even if second-order demon beasts appeared now, it would be difficult to threaten the two of them.
Amidst the rolling mist, a demon beast would occasionally rush out, but it would basically be killed by Lu Ping’an with a few punches.
In this way, three days passed.
“Boom!”
Lu Ping’an digested almost all the spiritual herbs accumulated in his body through battle, and his entire cultivation directly broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.
Although not all of the spiritual herbs he consumed could improve his cultivation, most of them had this effect.
Therefore, even though he had not deliberately cultivated, with the digestion and accumulation of spiritual herbs, his cultivation at this moment broke through naturally.
“Congratulations, Big Brother, on breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.”
Lu Quanzhen showed a smile on his face when he saw this and congratulated him.
“It’s all thanks to piling up spiritual herbs.”
Lu Ping’an showed a wry smile on his face.
If others knew that he had eaten spiritual herbs worth tens of thousands and only improved this little, they would definitely scold him for being wasteful.
“Haha, natural treasures are for the virtuous. So what if they are piled up with spiritual herbs?”
“However, Big Brother, after you return home, you need to refine your spiritual power more and solidify your foundation. Prepare for Foundation Establishment only when your spiritual power foundation is impossible to improve further.”
Lu Quanzhen said to Lu Ping’an.
Previously, his uncle, Qu Changge, had come and told him a lot of knowledge about cultivation.
Among them, he said that the foundation was the most important thing!
If the foundation in the early stages was not laid well, it would take dozens or even hundreds of times the price to make up for it.
For example, the Dao Foundation in the Foundation Establishment stage, the Golden Core in the Golden Core stage, and the Nascent Soul in the Nascent Soul stage.
“Yes, I know.”
Lu Ping’an nodded.
Although he was far ahead in body refinement, he knew that cultivation foundation was the key to how far he could go in the future.
“There are still many top-level cultivation methods at home. Big Brother, you can try a few more. Maybe there is a cultivation method that is more suitable for you than the Ziyang True Art.”
Lu Quanzhen continued.
The cultivation method he cultivated in the beginning was also the Ziyang True Art.
In the past, the Ziyang True Art, this exquisite-level cultivation method, was indeed good.
But from his current perspective, it was a bit lacking.
When it came to Foundation Establishment and Golden Core, this cultivation method would seriously hold Lu Ping’an back.
“Okay, I’ll ask my father for advice when I get back.”
Lu Ping’an felt a warmth in his heart and nodded with a smile.
When he cultivated the Ziyang True Art, he also started by cultivating the Sword Art, but the effect was unsatisfactory and a mess, so he chose this cultivation method.
Now, hearing Lu Quanzhen say this, he planned to ask his father for advice when asking about the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Art and ask if he had any suggestions.
Between the words of the two brothers, Lu Ping’an picked the spiritual herbs next to him, simply bled and dissected the demon beast’s corpse, put the valuable materials into the storage bag, and then continued to walk towards the top of the mountain.
A day later, the two were about to reach the top of the mountain when they saw a cave in front of them.
Caves like this usually contain rare natural treasures.
Of course, there are also dangers, and fierce demon beasts will occupy them.
“Quanzhen, stay behind me and be careful.”
Lu Ping’an said to his younger brother and walked straight towards the cave.
“Okay.”
Lu Quanzhen nodded, not trying to be brave.
The two had been walking like this all the way.
After they entered the cave, they hadn’t walked far when they heard a burst of fierce fighting.
“Someone’s already here.”
Lu Ping’an shook his head when he heard the movement, signaling Lu Quanzhen to leave.
“Big Brother, this sound seems a bit strange.”
Lu Quanzhen’s expression was slightly condensed as he spoke.
“It seems to be a melee, very fierce.”
Lu Ping’an listened carefully when he heard this and spoke.
He felt that at least a dozen people were fighting, rather than a battle between two or three people.
“It’s so lively. It seems unusual. It should be some immortal sect doing something here in concentration.”
Lu Quanzhen narrowed his eyes when he heard this.
He had briefly observed outside the secret realm before.
Apart from the twenty or thirty disciples from the four major immortal sects, at most ten others had come.
Therefore, the battle at this time must be a collective battle of the immortal sects.
“Since we’re here, we might as well see what’s going on. It won’t affect anything.”
“Besides, when the Violet Abyss Secret Realm opens again in the future, we can record the various situations inside and hand them over to the family.”
Lu Quanzhen narrowed his eyes when he heard such a fierce battle and said this.
Lu Ping’an nodded helplessly upon hearing this.
“This is… a Tree Demon?”
The two walked to the end of the cave and immediately saw that the front was a basin.
This basin was very strange, surrounded by jagged rocks on all sides.
In the center of the basin, there was a purple giant tree about three or four zhang thick.
The tree body was covered with cracks, filled with a vast and ancient aura, as if it were a giant pillar supporting the sky, connecting heaven and earth, and was more than ten zhang high.
The huge canopy was similar in color to the mist in the Violet Abyss Secret Realm, hazy and obscuring the sky, making it difficult to see clearly.
At this moment, eight sword cultivators wearing the disciple uniforms of the Heavenly Sword Sect were fighting with this Tree Demon.
On the ground, thick tree roots like earth dragons were constantly attacking these sword cultivators.
In addition, there were also strange-looking demon beasts.
These demon beasts were not like living creatures, as if they were being controlled by this Tree Demon. Plant roots constantly emerged from their bodies, fearlessly attacking the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples. The battle scene was very fierce.
“So this is a tree becoming a demon…”
Lu Ping’an and Lu Quanzhen were both very shocked when they saw this Tree Demon.
Not only was it the first time they had seen a plant become a demon,
but it was also the first time they had seen such a large tree demon, making them feel small.
However, although the scene was shocking, they could see that the weaknesses of this kind of Tree Demon were too obvious and fatal compared to other demon beasts!
It could not move, was afraid of flames, and could only sit and wait for death!
Even though this plant demon was very powerful and had second-order strength,
it would only die in the face of the Heavenly Sword Sect cultivators’ attacks and the burning flames.
“A second-order plant becoming a demon…”
“Being able to become a demon shows that this tree is not simple and should belong to the level of a heaven and earth spiritual plant!”
Lu Quanzhen looked at the giant Tree Demon in the basin, his eyes thoughtful.
He had heard his mother mention the Heaven and Earth Longevity Method before.
He knew that under his father’s arrangement, his mother had already begun to cultivate this cultivation method.
But he also wanted to get a third-order heaven and earth spiritual plant to use as a future guarantee for his younger sister, Lu Caizhen.
Because this younger sister was different from him and did not care much about cultivation on weekdays.
Even after taking the Heaven Mending Pill, her spiritual root was promoted to the fifth rank, she only started to work hard for a while before slacking off and becoming playful again.
Regarding this situation, as an older brother, he wanted to say something.
But he understood that his younger sister’s personality was indeed not suitable for the world of cultivation.
Even if she worked hard to cultivate, her future would be limited.
So, he thought about preparing a spiritual plant of heaven and earth for her as a future fallback.
Seeing this tree demon at this moment, he couldn’t help but have an idea.
But seeing such a large tree demon, Lu Quanzhen knew that it was completely impossible to take it out.
He continued to look beside the tree demon, wanting to see if there were any seedlings.
But after looking around, he didn’t see any seedlings.
“Huff.”
Lu Quanzhen lightly exhaled and prepared to turn around and leave.
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But he noticed that his elder brother was looking at a Sky Sword Sect woman in front of him, with narrow eyes, vermilion lips, a clear face, and a high ponytail, full of heroic spirit.
Lu Quanzhen naturally remembered this female cultivator.
She was his elder brother Lu Ping’an’s first love.
Although this woman’s strength was good, with a cultivation of the ninth level of Qi Refining.
But under the attacks of the tree demon’s roots and a demon beast, she seemed somewhat struggling.
“Brother, why don’t you go up and be a hero to save the beauty?”
Lu Quanzhen said with a bit of teasing tone.
“This tree demon is already showing signs of defeat.”
Lu Ping’an shook his head and said in a low voice.
In this kind of battle situation, it didn’t matter whether he went up to help or not.
Moreover, it would be a bit difficult to explain if he went to help for no reason.
“Hmm?”
Just then, Lu Quanzhen suddenly noticed that after a Sky Sword Sect disciple killed a demon beast, he burned the corpse to ashes with flames, and a purple, crystalline seed flew out of the ashes and fell into the hands of this Sky Sword Sect cultivator.
“What is this… a seed of the tree demon?”
Lu Quanzhen’s eyes narrowed, as if he was thinking.
He said to Lu Ping’an in a low voice, “Brother, did you see the seed that appeared after the demon beast was burned to ashes just now?”
“Seed, you mean that purple, crystalline thing?”
Lu Ping’an asked in surprise.
“Yes, I suspect that it is the seed of the tree demon.”
“Father has a cultivation method called the Evergreen Technique of Heaven and Earth, which can refine the spiritual plants of heaven and earth into ‘Natal Spiritual Roots’.”
Lu Quanzhen’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he spoke softly.
“Quanzhen, you mean…”
Lu Ping’an instantly understood what his younger brother meant.
After hearing the introduction of the effects of this Evergreen Technique of Heaven and Earth, he also felt a burst of surprise and felt that this cultivation method was very magical.
“Regardless of whether it is the seed of the tree demon or not, I think we can get a few back to take a look.”
“Didn’t Father instruct us before, that if we encounter any rare spiritual medicines or spiritual plants of heaven and earth, we can bring them back?”
“If that purple seed is really the seed of the tree demon, it will definitely be a great harvest.”
Lu Quanzhen looked at the situation in front and said in a low voice.
“Okay.”
Lu Ping’an looked at the few strange demon beasts in the battle ahead, preparing to take action.
With his current combat power, it was not difficult to snatch a few demon beasts from here.
But perhaps because his former first love was on the battlefield, he felt a little embarrassed to take action.
“Swish swish swish!!!”
The purple tree demon suddenly shook, its canopy rustling, mist rolling, and countless purple leaves fluttered and fell, killing towards the Sky Sword Sect and others.
“Shoo shoo shoo!”
The chaotic leaves fluttered, and the killing intent was awe-inspiring.
The trunk of this tree demon had already been completely burned, and at this time, it looked like it was struggling to its death.
Facing these fluttering purple leaves, Qin Yi danced the flying sword in her hand, forming a sword qi net.
But the body of the demon beast fighting with her suddenly exploded, and countless roots appeared, whipping towards her, knocking her whole person away, coughing blood from her mouth.
“Brother, stop hesitating.”
Lu Quanzhen urged, telling him not to hesitate any longer, your first love has been beaten!
Hearing his younger brother’s urging, Lu Ping’an no longer hesitated, took a step, and his whole person shot out like a golden light, appearing in front of Qin Yi in an instant.
Then, his blood surged, his right arm raised, and he punched the strange demon beast, completely blasting its body.
“Hmm!?”
“Who is this person!?”
This scene shocked the expressions of Qin Yi and several other Sky Sword Sect disciples.
They had noticed Lu Ping’an and Lu Quanzhen long ago.
But in this situation, they had no time to spare and couldn’t take care of others.
Moreover, they were confident that the two of them could not interfere or affect them.
But now, seeing Lu Ping’an blasting a demon beast with one punch, they couldn’t help but be dumbfounded.
They wondered where this rogue cultivator came from, his combat power was so amazing!
“I’m just a little interested in the seeds in this demon beast’s body, I won’t snatch your other gains.”
Lu Ping’an said to the crowd.
Saying that, he seemed to feel that this was not very good, worried that they would not believe him, and continued, “As a reward, I can help you solve this tree demon.”
“Thank you!”
At this time, Qin Yi stood up from the ground, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and thanked Lu Ping’an.
“It’s just a small effort, no need to thank me.”
Lu Ping’an said somewhat awkwardly.
Then, he searched from the shattered body of the demon beast in front of him, and saw an oval seed the size of a thumb, with a purple, crystalline luster.
He put away the seed, and then took a step, his whole person like a cannonball out of the chamber, bombarding towards another demon beast, blasting its body to pieces with one punch, making the sword cultivators in the field dumbfounded.
You must know that their sword cultivators are famous for their attack power, known as the number one in attack!
But at this time, the demon beast that they had been entangled with, the demon beast that was difficult to kill, was blasted to pieces by Lu Ping’an with one punch.
After Lu Ping’an killed all the demon beasts, he directly killed the tree demon.
“Boom boom boom!”
His fists were like a god and demon drumming, bombarding the tree demon, rumbling, causing sawdust to explode.
Faced with this situation, the tree demon swayed, the ground trembled, and thick roots like earth dragons appeared, whipping the air and smashing towards Lu Ping’an.
But facing this attack, Lu Ping’an did not dodge or avoid, but faced it head-on, waving his fists and blasting all these roots to pieces.
The tree demon, which was already showing signs of defeat, quickly fell silent under Lu Ping’an’s attack.
Qin Yi, with a cold expression, looked at Lu Ping’an’s back, this kind of fighting style, her brows furrowed, and she felt more and more familiar.
She once had an old friend who also fought in this way.
Moreover, some of the two people’s moves, movements, and backs gave her a sense of familiarity and similarity.
“Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist.”
At this time, the Sky Sword Sect cultivator in the field cupped his hands and thanked Lu Ping’an.
Although the disciples of the Immortal Sect were arrogant and looked down on rogue cultivators.
But the main reason was still strength!
Like Lu Ping’an, blasting a demon beast with one punch and blasting a tree demon with both fists, did not belong to the range they looked down on.
Even in their eyes, there was a bit of respect looking at Lu Ping’an!
“You are all welcome.”
Lu Ping’an cupped his hands in return.
“May I ask for your name, fellow Daoist, and where are you from?”
A Sky Sword Sect disciple asked Lu Ping’an curiously, wanting to know his identity and origin.
“An Ping, a rogue cultivator.”
Lu Ping’an reported the pseudonym he was using this time.
Hearing this, Qin Yi’s brows furrowed slightly, and she looked at Lu Ping’an with a somewhat strange expression.
Because this name was somewhat similar to that of her old friend.
She stepped forward and thanked Lu Ping’an again, “Thank you for your help just now.”
“You are too polite, miss.”
Lu Ping’an smiled.
Seeing that her complexion was not very good, he took out a bottle of pills from his storage bag and handed it to her, “I have healing pills here.”
“Miss?”
Hearing Lu Ping’an’s address and this behavior, Qin Yi did not reach out to take the pills, but frowned and looked at him, and said, “I think you are a little familiar.”
“Could it be that we have met before?”
Lu Ping’an’s heart paused, not expecting Qin Yi to be so sensitive.
He immediately said that he had been practicing in the mountains all the time, fighting with demon beasts all day long, and rarely went out.
“I just feel that you are familiar, as if I have seen you before.”
Qin Yi looked straight at Lu Ping’an and said, as if she wanted to see something from his face.
“So that’s how it is.”
Lu Ping’an was slightly startled, then smiled and nodded, and cupped his hands towards the people in the field, “Since the matter is resolved, everyone, goodbye.”
“Lu Ping’an.”
Looking at Lu Ping’an’s Jianghu-like behavior, Qin Yi became more and more familiar, and directly called out.
“Hmm?”
The Sky Sword Sect cultivators next to him were all a little surprised to see this scene, as if they had seen a different flavor.
Lu Ping’an was as if struck by lightning, his body stiffened.
Then he turned his head and said, “My name is An Ping, you have mistaken me, miss.”
Hearing this, Qin Yi raised her long eyebrows, her eyes clear, looked at Lu Ping’an’s back, and directly said, “Whether you are Lu Ping’an or not, if you meet him in the future, you can tell him that Qin Yi has joined the Sky Sword Sect, and if he has anything, he can write a letter to her.”
Although Lu Ping’an had no spiritual roots and could not cultivate immortality.
But her intuition told her that the other party was Lu Ping’an.
“Sigh…”
Hearing this, Lu Ping’an sighed in his heart, not knowing how to reply for a while.
But thinking of the matter of his spiritual roots, he finally took a step, and his whole person leaped up and returned to Lu Quanzhen’s side at the entrance of the cave, and said softly, “Let’s go.”