Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit - Chapter 371

Chapter 371 – Back On Huang Li Island

After leaving Qu Xuan-Cheng’s place, Lu Ping didn’t go straight to meet up with his friends but left the island instead. He arrived at a remote location and sat down on some coral.

A few moments later, a wave pounced up from the calm sea and three cute little children treaded the waves towards Lu Ping.

After that, Lu Ping returned back to Xuan Qi Island.

On Xuan Qi Island, in Chen Lian’s cave-dwelling.

Yao Yong, Du Feng, Shi Lingling, Ji Xuan-Xuan, Yin Xuan-Chu, Zhong Jian, Ma Yu, Zhang Zicheng, Zheng Jie, Hu Lili, and Lu Ping all gathered together. Amongst the twelve friends, only Zheng Jie and Zhang Zicheng were in the Peak Blood Condensation Realm.

Besides thr group of friends, Hu Lili also brought a few junior martial sisters who practiced under the same teacher as her. She had invited them to help set up the array formation for the upcoming plan.

When Lu Ping reunited with the friends, the impatient Yao Yong said straight away, “Junior Brother Lu, have you heard? Ouyang Wei-Jian, that bastard, has broken through to the Mid Core Forging Realm!”

Lu Ping was surprised, but he didn’t take it seriously, and replied casually, “Is that so? That’s some progress.”

Yao Yong couldn’t comprehend Lu Ping’s unconcerned response, so he quickly added, “Aren’t you nervous? He’s already overtaken your position in the North Ocean Prodigies.”

Lu Ping smiled and waved his hand, “Now that his cultivation base is higher than mine, it’s only natural that he surpasses me.”

Shi Lingling looked at Yao Yong helplessly. She sighed and then helped him elucidate his point, “Ouyang Wei-Jian’s breakthrough helped him master a great sword divine ability, which he recently used to kill a monster Enlightened Master. It was also rumored that he used a low-grade Earth-class wonder wind that was specially prepared for him by the Xuan Ling Sect for his cultivation stage breakthrough.”

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Lu Ping turned slightly serious, “It looks like he really is our biggest enemy. It’s only been three years since teacher’s Avatar Forum and he’s already reached the Mid Core Forging Realm. Given his status in the Xuan Ling Sect, he should be in closed-door cultivation to consolidate his breakthrough. Yet, he left the sect and became famous. It seems like Xuan Ling Sect is really trying to spread his name and make him the most prominent talent in the North Ocean, overshadowing the rest of us.”

Chen Lian smiled, “Perhaps we’re overthinking. It could just be out of Ouyang Wei-Jian’s own personal will. After all, it doesn’t feel like Ouyang Wei-Jian is doing it to compete with others, just you.”

Before Lu Ping could say anything, Zhong Jian and Ma Yu quickly concurred, “That’s right. Ouyang Wei-Jian had never been defeated by anyone in the same generation apart from you. He must be looking to retaliate which is why he chose to use a great sword divine ability to kill that monster Enlightened Master. He’s challenging you in another round of sword fighting.”

Lu Ping was about to say something, but he suddenly turned to look in the direction of the teleportation formation. A few moments later, Chen Lian and the others noticed his reaction, and asked, “Is this part of the Great Ancestor’s plan?”

Lu Ping was puzzled and shook his head, “Teacher knows about the plan, but she never told me she would be sending little junior sister here.”

At this time, a clear and crisp voice sounded outside of Chen Lian’s cave-dwelling, “Ninth Senior Brother, Ninth Senior Brother!”

Lu Ping walked out of the cave-dwelling to welcome Jiang Xuan-Xuan, who was holding hands with her best buddy, Lu Qin.

Lu Ping saw her, and asked curiously, “Little junior sister, why are you here? Does teacher know about this?”

Jiang Xuan-Xuan smiled proudly, “Father and mother both know. In fact, it was father who helped me to convince mother!”

After hearing this, the group’s faces all lit up. Lu Ping’s plan naturally couldn’t be hidden from the sect’s higher-ups. The two Great Ancestors were showing their support by allowing their daughter to be involved in the operation.

But at the same time, this added additional pressure, as they now also had to look after Jiang Xuan-Xuan’s safety.

“There’s a Mid Core Forging Realm monster Enlightened Master on Huang Li Island, with six other monster Enlightened Masters nearby that can arrive quickly. The only Late Core Forging Realm monster, Enlightened Master Mo Wei, will be held off by Senior Uncle Qu.”

“With our combined strength, taking down the island won’t be difficult. However, Senior Sister Hi has to get the island’s protective array formation up as soon as possible to secure the island. The longer we take to do this, more monster reinforcements will arrive. Even though the sect will dispatch sufficient people, they also won’t hesitate to give up the island and ask us to retreat if we fail to take back the island.

“Senior Brother Lu, where did you get your information from? Is it truly reliable? Senior Uncle Qu has been around for many years, but even he doesn’t know as much as you do.”

Ji Xuan-Xuan briefed the group about the situation and his analysis, then he asked the question that everyone has been wondering.

Lu Ping smiled and said, “I have a few spirit pets, they have been undercovering in the monster race for the past three years. That’s how I know about the information.”

It was at this time, the friends finally realized that this wasn’t a random plan Lu Ping has come up all of a sudden. He has, in fact, had planned this years ago. After realizing this, they couldn’t help but be amazed by his calculations.

However, despite being amazed by Lu Ping’s calculated arrangement, Ji Xuan-Xuan who was a master in puppetry still frowned a little and asked in surprise, “You didn’t plant your divine revelation branding in the pets? How brave, aren’t you afraid at all?”

Ji Xuan-Xuan obviously didn’t trust any monsters, but he worded his concerns nicely. He didn’t want Lu Ping to feel uncomfortable, and he also didn’t want to offend the little girl Lu Qin.

Lu Qin was smart, she immediately understood Ji Xuan-Xuan’s meaning and she sneered coldly, raising her brows and glared at him sternly, while Ji Xuan-Xuan only smiled back at her awkwardly.

Lu Ping naturally knew Ji Xuan-Xuan meant to do no harm and was only concern about him, so he smiled and said, “I raised them, I know them and I trust them.”

…

Huang Li Island was at the forward operating base for the monster race. Many monster cultivators were here on the island and Enlightened Master Yu Hua was the strongest cultivator in charge of the island.

For the past years, the monster race had focused on the southern sea region, hitting the region the hardest and reaped the most benefits out of the region. This forced the human sects in the southern region to fight back violently, which in turn, forced the monster race to focus more in the region.

As a result, Zhen Ling Sect in the northern region was able to take this opportunity to quietly grow itself stronger and hone its disciples in the less intensive battles as compared to the southern region.

In the past few years, Enlightened Master Mo Wei began to recognize the hidden threat from Zhen Ling Sect, so he has been trying to get the monster race to shift their focus here. Eventually, he was able to convince the monster race to try to foil Great Ancestor Liu Tian-Ling’s Avatar Forum.

Even though the plan failed and impacted his reputation in the monster race, he still successfully made monster race see the threat from Zhen Ling Sect. The monster race started to focus more on Zhen Ling Sect, but Enlightened Master Mo Wei didn’t get to be appointed as the commander of the northern region as he wanted.

In turn, Enlightened Master Yu Hua never wanted to get involved in the war at all, but as an Enlightened Master, he has to do his part and contribute to the race. Hence, he specially requested to be in charge of Huang Li Island in the northern region where the war was least intensive.

However, Enlightened Master Mo Wei’s plan just ruined Enlightened Master Yu Hua’s plan to stay out of the war. As the one who has exchanged a few bouts with Zhen Ling Sect here, Enlightened Master Yu Hua knew very well that Zhen Ling Sect’s overall prowess was not any weaker than Xuan Ling Sect’s. At the very least, Zhen Ling Sect’s Enlightened Masters were equally strong and powerful.

At this day, Enlightened Master Yu Hua just finished patrolling Huang Li Island and returned to his cave-dwelling, when suddenly, something didn’t feel quite right to him. So, he covered every inch of the island with his divine revelation, but still sensed nothing.

At this time, a ripple of spiritual energy suddenly appeared just a dozen feet behind him, shocking him to his core – How could someone get so close to him without him noticing!? Not to mention the island was full of monsters, it was impossible to sneak in without getting noticed!

But it was not the time to think now, Enlightened Master Yu Hua instinctively cast an ice wall at his back, stepped to the side while turning around, and cast up a yellow cloth in front of him.

Just as he was heaving a long breath of relief to get his defenses up in time, he was shocked to his core again to see a bright golden light flashing in his eyes.