Nine Lives: Unbeatable Dragon Blood

Chapter 28 The Ninth Level

Lu Ping, who returned from the trade fair, threw himself into the intense cultivation again.

Although Lu Ping didn't spend many spiritual stones at the trade fair, he exchanged a lot of other items and naturally gained a lot.

In particular, the two bottles of thick blood elixirs were equivalent to forty fine blood elixirs. He could use up the twenty thick blood elixirs in only twenty days, while it would take him forty days to use up fine blood elixirs that had the same potency. That was to say, if Lu Ping took thick blood elixirs, his cultivation efficiency would be doubled, and their effect would also improve greatly.

In the twinkling of an eye, six months had passed. Lu Ping was almost eighteen-year-old. With the help of sufficient spiritual stones and elixirs, Lu Ping finally reached the peak of the eighth level of Blood Refining and reached the barrier of the ninth level of Blood Refining.

In the past six months, the biggest thing was that True Spirit Sect and Xuan Spirit Sect finally reached reconciliation under the mediation of many sects in Northern Sea Alliance.

After investigation, Xuan Spirit Sect finally figured out the "truth" of the espionage case. Because some cultivators at the Blood Dissolving stage of the Xuan Spirit Sect were short of cultivation resources, they supported some organizations of individual cultivators to obtain cultivation resources through "improper" channels. Therefore, Xuan Spirit Sect expressed deep regret for the losses they caused to True Spirit Sect and the other four sects due to its poor management. Xuan Spirit Sect had restrained the cultivation of the several "masterminds", and punished them by requiring them to work as factotums for thirty years, and revoked their identities as inner disciples.

True Spirit Sect approved of the result of Xuan Spirit Sect's investigation but stated that the fifteen islands it occupied should be a compensation for True Spirit Sect and the other four sects, and True Spirit Sect wanted to legalize it.

However, Xuan Spirit Sect, relying on its traditional forces and its connections that had been maintained by it for many years, united with most sects in Northern Sea Alliance to force True Spirit Sect to agree to "seizing the islands by fighting".

The so-called "seizing the islands by fighting" meant that the two sides each sent fifteen disciples at the Blood Dissolving stage to draw lots before the fights. Each island was a bet for each fight, and the winning party would get the ownership of the island.

Under strong diplomatic pressure, True Spirit Sect and the other four sects were forced to agree to "seizing the islands by fighting". However, True Spirit Sect strongly demanded that Xuanqi Island should be left out from those fifteen islands because Xuanqi Island had a special geographical location and was the direct connection between the sphere of influence of Xuan Spirit Sect and True Spirit Sect. True Spirit Sect was far weaker than Xuan Spirit Sect and needed to strengthen its in-depth defense.

Then, many sects began to support True Spirit Sect and help it check and balance Xuan Spirit Sect to maintain the stability within the alliance.

When the news came, all the disciples of True Spirit Sect were filled with indignation, especially the disciples of True Spirit Academy who participated in the travel. A dozen of their disciples sacrificed to occupy those islands, but they had to compete for them again. They thought it was due to the weakness of the sect and the injustice of the alliance.

Soon, a leading Immortal Senior said regretfully and "inadvertently", "Our sect is weak. So, we have no say in the alliance. If we are backward, we will be bullied!"

After these words got out, under the instigation of some people who had ulterior motives, the disciples of True Spirit Sect shared a bitter hatred of Xuan Spirit Sect and directed their spearhead against the several sects headed by Xuan Spirit Sect. Their enthusiasm for cultivation was high and their cultivation was improved significantly. In the past half a year, another four disciples reached the seventh level of Blood Refining and another two disciples reached the eighth level of Blood Refining. Shi Lingling reached the ninth level of Blood Refining. Yao Yong and Du Feng were about to reach the peak of the ninth level of Blood Refining. They had blood dissolving elixirs and had begun to prepare for the Blood Dissolving stage.

For Lu Ping, the turmoil outside was like a play that arranged by the two sides. While everyone thought that True Spirit Sect had failed to challenge Xuan Spirit Sect's authority in Northern Sea Alliance, Lu Ping thought that True Spirit Sect had conducted a successful test to shake Xuan Spirit Sect's position.

Although Xuan Spirit Sect had forced True Spirit Sect to make a concession and accept "seizing the islands by fighting" and seemed to have won diplomatically, what True Spirit Sect compromised on was Xuan Spirit Sect's islands that it had occupied! Moreover, Xuan Spirit Sect might not get too much benefit from this concession, because Xuanqi Island with a small-scale mine vein had been left out from the fifteen islands and legally occupied by True Spirit Sect.

Other sects in the alliance were still willing to see Xuan Spirit Sect being checked and balanced rather than being dominant.

Sure enough, another month later, the result of "seizing the islands by fighting" came out under the supervision of many sects in Northern Sea Alliance. In the fourteen fights, True Spirit Sect won nine of them. With Xuanqi Island, True Spirit Sect actually gained ten islands in this conflict.

In Lu Ping's opinion, although their fights were small-scale, it reflected a problem from the side, which was, the strength of cultivators at Blood Dissolving stage of True Spirit Sect was generally higher than that of cultivators at the Blood Dissolving stage of Xuan Spirit Sect. Although only more than a dozen people participated in the competition, others couldn't help drawing such a conclusion.

Perhaps this was also a reason why True Spirit Sect dared to challenge Xuan Spirit Sect!

Lu Ping finally drew his conclusion from the dazzling game between the two sides in Northern Sea Alliance, but it was just his own view. Lu Ping laughed at himself. Grandmasters would deal with these things. At the time, he should concentrate on improving his cultivation.

In the cultivation room, Lu Ping sat there quietly with a muddy blood elixir.

He had reached the peak of the eighth level for more than a month. Although the ninth level of blood refining was right in front of him, Lu Ping just couldn't reach it.

Lu Ping decided to use a muddy blood elixir.

For a long time, Lu Ping didn't want to cultivate with muddy blood elixirs. Although his cultivation was much deeper than that of cultivators at the same level, it was wasteful and unnecessary to use muddy blood elixirs. But to reach the ninth level, he had to disregard that.

Lu Ping put the muddy blood elixir into his mouth. The elixir melted instantly and turned into a powerful spiritual strength in his abdomen. Then it was absorbed by his Bloodline. Lu Ping kept operating "Dissolving Blood and Transforming Spirit", and then it was completely integrated into his Bloodline. His original bright red blood suddenly became a little shining, and his heartbeat became slower but stronger. Being affected by the heartbeat and spiritual strength, his surging blood slowly widened his Bloodline. At the same time, many places in his body where were not connected by Bloodline were also connected. Driven by the blood, the strong spiritual strength went deep into all parts of his body, making Lu Ping's body stronger and healthier, and some impurities that could not be excreted in his body were eliminated.

The ninth level of Blood Refining!

Lu Ping finally reached the ninth level of Blood Refining. At the time, he was only one step away from the Blood Dissolving stage. Lu Ping looked at the True Spirit Sect's station, Sky Spirit Mountain Range, pondering. It seemed that he needed to make a plan to speed up his preparation for entering the Blood Dissolving stage.