Chapter 233
NETS – Chapter 233 – Land of Hundred Flowers
Lu Ping hid behind an outcrop of boulders a thousand feet away from them. He watched with a gloomy expression as they scouted the area.
There were five of them, three of whom Lu Ping recognized.
Three Clans City’s Wang Yi-Shan and Crystal Palace’s Alchemist Qi Shi-Min—he’d previously t them in the city’s mortal marketplace before. It seed like after being kicked out of the city, they didn’t return to Crystal Palace as promised but ca here instead.
The third cultivator was one of the emissaries collecting the island’s offering. He must also be soone from the Wang Clan.
The other two cultivators wore silver uniforms and followed behind Alchemist Qi, both in the Peak Blood Condensation Realm.
Lu Ping listened to the conversation and learned that an Enlightened Master might be joining them later. A chill ran down his spine at the thought!
To make matters worse, it seed that Enlightened Master Wang Hua was most likely the father of Participant 58 who he’d killed.
This put Lu Ping in a dilemma.
Should he go to the secret place or not?
If he went ahead, he would most likely face an Enlightened Master. But if he gave it up just like that, he might regret it in the future.
Lu Ping thought of all the treasure to be found in the secret place, the treasure that he was really here for.
If he missed this opportunity, he may never co across it again!
But other than the Wang Clan’s Enlightened Master Wang Hua, there was also the possible arrival of another Enlightened Master, this ti from the Crystal Palace.
From the conversation, this Enlightened Master was a Master Alchemist. Lu Ping was now almost certain that he would co!
As a Master Alchemist, it was impossible not to understand the significance of a high-concentration of Hundred Flowers Ominous Essence.
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On the southeast side of the island was a rocky slope several miles long, sparsely grown with vines.
Lu Ping carefully looked around, occasionally sweeping the area for traces with his divine sense but found nothing.
Suddenly, two naturally bulging boulders attracted his attention. He swept his divine sense across them but found nothing noteworthy.
However, he trusted his instincts and walked over, picking off so vines which revealed a crack in between the boulders. It turned out that the boulders were made of an unknown material which could prevent the divine sense from detecting the crack.
The crack was slightly slanted to one side, and it was so narrow that one had to turn their body and lean against the wall to move through the crack.
Since Lu Ping was in a hurry, he didn’t have ti to inspect the boulders and imdiately slipped into the crack. Inside, he thought for a second and decided not to use the vines to cover the entrance, instead deliberately leaving it as is, so other cultivators would notice the crack at a glance.
The crack continued dozens of feet down the stony slope, with several tight turns in between. Lu Ping sincerely wondered how Participant 58 had discovered this hidden path.
He patiently moved through the dark and narrow path and reached a cavernous, bright space which exuded a rich flower fragrance.
It was a sea of flowers of different varieties and hues. A pink fog filled the space, and occasionally he could see hints of darkness coiling within the fog.
This was the secret place where the Hundred Flowers Ominous Essence was nurtured, and the darkness was the Hundred Flowers Malodor Essence.
But Lu Ping didn’t have the ti to stop and appreciate the astonishing scenery before him. He was only a step ahead of the rest because of the map’s guidance—it wouldn’t take long until they caught up to him.
Furthermore, he even left the entrance exposed, so they wouldn’t be hindered by the boulders’ strange effect.
The Hundred Flowers Ominous Essence and Hundred Flowers Malodor Essence always appeared together; they were counterparts to each other.
The Hundred Flowers Ominous Essence was a heaven-and-earth peculiar item used to cultivate one’s wood-elent aegis energy.
Whereas the Hundred Flowers Malodor Essence had to be refined first before cultivators could use them in their cultivation.
Lu Ping had already cultivated his Million Poisons Aegis Energy, so he didn’t need the Hundred Flowers Ominous Essence anymore. On the other hand, not only was the corrosive Hundred Flowers Malodor Essence unable to stop him, it was actually a great tonic for his aegis energy.
Lu Ping cast up his aegis energy, which imdiately absorbed the pink fog, while quickly walking deeper into the flower sea.
As he went further into the Hundred Flowers Land, the pink fog beca thicker, and the Hundred Flowers Malodor Essence appeared more abundantly.
But whenever the Hundred Flowers Malodor Essence ca in contact with Lu Ping’s Million Poisons Aegis Energy, the golden aegis energy would suck the darkness into it, causing it to glow even brighter.
Suddenly, Lu Ping thought of sothing and took out the To of Thousand Millets from his interspatial ring. He opened it up and brought out the lapis jar containing the golden Million Poisons Pulp.
The Million Poisons Pulp suddenly quivered and a fist-sized colorless liquid flew up from the golden pulp.
As the colorless liquid made a turn in the jar, the Hundred Flowers Malodor Essence detached itself away from the pink fog and ford a dark cloud above the lapis jar.
The dark cloud was thickening, as though rain would pour down from it at any mont.
Lu Ping excitedly took out a mid-grade mystic instrunt. It was a bottle which he used to store spiritual spring water, to water the spirit herbs in the To of Thousand Millets.
The bottle had been with him during his ti in the Blood Refining Realm. Using the Void Stone Dust that he’d requested from Second Senior Sister Li Xuan-Ru, he had Chen Lian upgrade it into a mid-grade mystic instrunt.
Since the colorless liquid had extracted all the surrounding Hundred Flowers Malodor Essence, what remained behind was the pink fog which purely consisted of just the Hundred Flowers Ominous Essence.
Lu Ping naturally wouldn’t let this chance slip from his hands. He quickly cast a few spells and sucked the Hundred Flowers Ominous Essence into the bottle mystic instrunt.
Although he could collect the Hundred Flowers Ominous Essence on his own, he would have to manually separate the Hundred Flowers Malodor Essence, which would inevitably be slow and inefficient.
If he had the ans, he could slowly manage the task, but Lu Ping was running out of ti.
Lu Ping cast the To of Thousand Millets and the jade bottle mystic instrunt above him, letting them extract and collect the Hundred Flowers Malodor Essence and Hundred Flowers Ominous Essence.
anwhile, he continued to move around in search of sothing.
Suddenly, he heard a buzzing noise from the To of Thousand Millets. He paused for a mont and laughed at himself. “How could I forget them!”
He pointed a finger towards the To of Thousand Millets, and more than two hundred Athyst Bees flew out and scrambled towards the sea of flowers.
These were the hundreds of Athyst Bees that Lu Ping had obtained from Ai Shu-Tao in the Heaven of Seven Stars; he had hatched them from their eggs a while back.
Normally, Lu Ping would let them out to collect honey whenever he reached a new place, but because his attention had been so focused today, he had actually forgotten them.
While the Athyst Bees were not yet mature, they looked no different from ordinary bee monsters, other than being slightly larger in size. Hence, he was not worried that anyone would recognize them.
However, Athyst Bee Honey required a lot of nectar from flowers that were at least a hundred years old. At the sa ti, harvesting and producing honey was also the Athyst Bees’ way of cultivation.
But because Lu Ping had been running around for the past two years and rarely settled down in one place for too long, the Athyst Bees never had the chance to cultivate properly, so they had yet to advance to the First Layer Blood Refining Realm.
By now, Lu Ping had ventured deep into the Hundred Flowers Land. He was surrounded by the fragrance of flowers, with many 100-year flowers and spirit herbs close at hand, yet Lu Ping didn’t have the ti to harvest them. He was still searching for a certain item, his true objective in coming here.
anwhile, this was a great opportunity for the Athyst Bees to harvest nectar from the 100-year flowers, make Athyst Bee Honey, and improve their cultivation base.
As bee monsters, they were naturally not afraid of the Hundred Flowers Ominous Essence and Hundred Flowers Malodor Essence.
Every ti the Athyst Bees shuttled between the flower sea and To of Thousand Millets, Lu Ping noticed their cultivation base was progressing quickly. If given enough ti, this swarm of more than two hundred Athyst Bees would soon be in the First Layer Blood Condensation Realm.
At this mont, the vague silhouette of a towering tree could be seen in the midst of the pink fog ahead. Its incredible height was exceptionally outstanding among the sea of flowers.
This must be it! Lu Ping thought happily!
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