Mortal Alchemy

"Whoosh—"

Chen Ping swung his sword, instantly killing a blood-horned red bull.

His eyes remained vigilant.

A hundred meters away, many cultivators were eyeing him covetously. Seeing Chen Ping's combat strength, their eyes were filled with apprehension, and they dared not step forward.

Mu Luofei, drenched in sweat, was busy collecting and disassembling the spoils. It was true that men and women working together made the job easier.

Mu Luofei reminded him, "Junior Brother Chen, hurry up and restore your spiritual power."

Chen Ping nodded and took a Qi Recovery Pill.

After reaching the tenth level of Qi Refining, he needed about five Qi Recovery Pills to replenish his spiritual power.

Chen Ping was busy all day and could only kill seven or eight blood-horned red bulls.

Fortunately, he had many pills, and his spiritual power had never been depleted, always maintaining a peak state.

In the evening, Mu Luofei summoned the White Jade Flying Boat, and the two of them soared into the air and returned to the inn in the gathering place.

Those cultivators who had been eyeing them covetously followed their example, preparing to lure solitary blood-horned red bulls to kill them.

Late at night.

The two returned to their room, and Mu Luofei set up the array flags.

Mu Luofei said, "Junior Brother Chen, tomorrow we'll change direction and avoid those people."

Chen Ping nodded, "Okay."

If Mu Luofei didn't live in the same room as him, he would want to take out the Azure Phoenix Furnace and try to refine Body Tempering Pills now.

But Mu Luofei wouldn't be staying long, so he would have to endure it for now.

Chen Ping returned to the tea table by the window, preparing to meditate and rest, but Mu Luofei smiled gently and said:

"Junior Brother Chen, you can sleep in the bed tonight."

Chen Ping's eyes showed a hint of surprise, "Then where will Senior Sister Luofei sleep?"

She couldn't possibly sleep in the same bed as him, could she?

Mu Luofei sat down at the tea table opposite Chen Ping, "I'll meditate and rest tonight. We'll take turns sleeping in the bed."

Chen Ping hesitated for a moment and agreed. It had been more than half a month since he left the Mu family with Mu Luofei, and he hadn't had a good night's sleep.

Chen Ping dragged his tired body onto the cloud bed. When his head fell on the pillow, he could still smell the fragrance left behind by Mu Luofei.

This made his heart ripple, but he was too tired, and he closed his eyes and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

...

Twelve days later.

Chen Ping had killed a total of more than one hundred bull demons and had a general understanding of his combat strength.

He had collected more than three hundred bull horns, enough to refine Body Tempering Pills for him to use for a long time.

It was also time for Mu Luofei to prepare to return to the Mu family.

In the evening, the two did not return to the inn in the gathering place.

In the past half month, there had been quite a few cultivators staring at them.

Chen Ping gave Mu Luofei a few Swift Travel Charms, "Senior Sister Luofei, it's easy to be caught up if you leave here on your flying boat. Let's use the Swift Travel Charms to leave this place for hundreds of miles, and then it will be better to say goodbye on the flying boat."

Mu Luofei smiled faintly, "That's exactly what I was thinking."

Her White Jade Flying Boat was a kind of symbol.

The two tore open the Swift Travel Charms, and their speed soared as they left the area.

After running for a hundred miles, they were stopped by several cultivators.

The men were all middle-aged and burly. The leader was wearing animal skin clothing, and his eyes looked at the two greedily:

"Fellow Daoists, you want to leave after making money in this Red Bull Swamp?"

Chen Ping swept over them with the Qi Observation Technique and sneered:

"What? Can't we leave? Is this Red Bull Swamp your territory?"

The outside environment was really harsh. They were willing to rob for a mere hundred spirit stones.

Chen Ping held a sword in one hand and a second-order talisman given to him by Mu Xingling in the other.

A greedy smile appeared on the face of the animal skin man:

"Of course you can leave, but you can't take this money for nothing. Leave behind one hundred spirit stones, and you can leave."

Chen Ping sneered, "One hundred spirit stones, what a big appetite. If you have the ability, kill the blood-horned red bulls yourself."

The other party didn't even pretend and directly robbed them.

One hundred spirit stones was a large sum for Chen Ping. The other party casually asked him to pay, so if he didn't fight, wouldn't he have wasted his years of hard work?

"If you don't drink a toast, you'll be forced to drink a forfeit! Attack! Kill the male cultivator, cripple the female cultivator and take her back as a slave!" The animal skin man pinched his fingers, and his mana surged, ready to cast a spell.

But in reality, someone had already taken the opportunity to complete their accumulation of power, and a wave of fire magic instantly surged towards Chen Ping.

Mu Luofei exclaimed, "Junior Brother Chen, be careful!"

A white jade hairpin on her head suddenly burst out, and a burst of spiritual mist surged out, covering her and protecting her from harm.

Seeing this, Chen Ping slashed out several swords, and the sword energy annihilated the fire wave. At this time, the animal skin man's spell accumulation was complete.

"Boom!"

A sharp golden light shot towards Chen Ping's brow.

Mu Luofei's face changed slightly, "Late stage of Qi Refining!"

Chen Ping immediately inserted the bamboo sword in his hand into the ground, and golden light also surged from his palm. He hurriedly protected the front of his brow, blocking the golden light technique.

No matter how the animal skin man stirred up his mana, the golden light technique could not hurt Chen Ping in the slightest.

"What deep mana!" The animal skin man's face changed drastically.

His own golden light technique was actually blocked by the other party's raised hand.

Mu Luofei was also stunned, "Junior Brother Chen, what pure mana! Could it be that Junior Brother Chen doesn't cultivate by swallowing pills?"

To face a spell head-on, he actually protected himself with his bare hands.

This could only be done by a cultivator who cultivates through hard work and doesn't swallow pills.

The spiritual power of cultivators who take pills for a long time will not be too pure and thick, but rather mixed and weak.

Mu Luofei and Chen Ping were both cultivators at the tenth level of Qi Refining, but their combat strength was far inferior to Chen Ping.

Chen Ping released the talisman in his sleeve, pulled out the Green Bamboo Jade Sword with his other hand, leaped up, and actively attacked the animal skin man.

Several sharp golden sword energies slashed out.

"Poof—"

The cultivator responsible for protecting the animal skin man and casting the spiritual shield was immediately pierced through the head and died on the spot.

"So strong!" The animal skin man was shocked. This pretty boy's combat strength was more terrifying than he had imagined.

"Run!"

The animal skin man also tore open a Swift Travel Charm, and his speed soared as he turned around to run.

Among sword energies, gold is the fastest. The speed of this Swift Travel Charm is no match for Chen Ping's sword energy.

"Poof—"

The animal skin man was immediately hit by a sword, spitting out blood, and staggering.

Chen Ping took out a few Qi Recovery Pills and swallowed them, and once again sent out several sharp golden sword energies.

"No!!!" The animal skin man's eyes were filled with despair, followed by several sword energies attacking, piercing through his head and chest.

He died on the spot and could not die any more.

"Hiss!!!" The remaining Qi Refining cultivators nearby were horrified, gasped, and their eyes were filled with fear as they looked at Chen Ping.

They couldn't help but retreat and flee from here at the fastest speed.

They originally wanted to be the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, but if they stayed any longer, they would all die in Chen Ping's hands.

It wasn't that Chen Ping was too strong, but that these people had swallowed too many pills, had heavy pill toxins, mixed spiritual power, and a weak foundation.

"Good! So powerful!" Mu Luofei was stunned.

In fact, Chen Ping's swordsmanship was not so sharp at first. Killing demon beasts for half a month had made his swordsmanship more honed and powerful.

Chen Ping immediately collected the storage bags of the two men and grabbed Mu Luofei and ran:

"Senior Sister Luofei, let's go!"