Five Layers of Qi Training!
Before descending the mountain, this was the cultivation Realm Su Ping craved but could not attain.
He had actually entered it so smoothly.
Recalling his memories of bitter cultivation and then experiencing the wonder of his current Realm, Su Ping felt a touch of unreality.
However, this sense of unreality could not suppress the excitement surging in his heart, causing Su Ping to stand up and open the door to his cultivation room.
He wanted to announce his Breakthrough to the outside world.
So that everyone, especially his Outer Sect Senior Brothers and those high-and-mighty deacons, would look at him with new eyes!
But as soon as this thought emerged, the night wind blew in through the open door.
Su Ping's body trembled as he recalled those high-flying Foundation Establishment Grand Cultivators.
He remembered the rumored demonic evil Cultivators who killed without batting an eye.
Su Ping's rationality, which had temporarily gone offline due to the Breakthrough, reasserted itself.
"Heh, it's just Five Layers of Qi Training, yet it's made me a bit carried away?"
"Twenty years of arduous cultivation have indeed worn down my ambition. To be so satisfied and joyful at just Five Layers of Qi Training!"
"Announce what? If I broke through, I broke through. I haven't slept in a long time; tonight, I should get a good night's sleep!"
After Su Ping cleared his thoughts, sleepiness washed over him, and he quickly returned to his bedroom and fell into a deep sleep.
Meditation during cultivation could also replace sleep.
But without sleeping, one always felt like something was missing when awake.
After his cultivation Breakthrough and a good night's rest.
Su Ping summoned Ling Rat White and Little Gray.
He left Little Gray to command the other elite Spirit Rats and had these controlled rats, who had adapted to the local environment, spread out as his secret agents throughout Jinque City to collect information.
Su Ping had not promoted these elite Spirit Rats brought from Water Blue Star to Ling Rats.
On one hand, they were, in a sense, reserve extraordinary self-detonating rats, and promoting them to Ling Rats prematurely might lead to self-awareness and unforeseen variables.
On the other hand, as scouts, they communicated telepathically directly with White and Little Gray through a subtle connection.
The spiritual fluctuations generated during this process were imperceptible.
When the targets of investigation were possessors of extraordinary power, their status as mere Mortal rats allowed for more concealed reconnaissance.
After all, those high-and-mighty Cultivators looked down on even Mortals, so why would they pay attention to the ubiquitous Mortal rats?
Su Ping left some enhanced food for Little Gray to help him control these rats.
Then, carrying White, he headed towards a more distant market depicted on his map.
Su Ping could not fly with a sword. While he could appear to ride a wooden sword in the air using the Object Manipulation Art, in reality, disregarding the subsequent magical power consumption, his speed was not faster than running.
So Su Ping chose the most unpretentious method of travel… long-distance running.
Su Ping changed into a tight-fitting swordsman suit, carrying a scabbard on his back, and wearing Cloud-Treading Boots, he sped along the official road.
Initially, his body felt a bit awkward, but the more he ran, the more coordinated he became.
And gradually, Su Ping found that his running speed was getting faster and faster, yet he seemed to consume little stamina.
The stamina consumed in dozens of seconds recovered in a single breath.
This delighted Su Ping even more, and he secretly guessed that this should also be the effect of the third layer of Body Tempering under the one-tenth Saint Body.
It seemed that by relying on the Crimson Blood Rainbow Carp, it might be more promising for him to become a Body Cultivator?
He galloped for half a day, passing several relay stations.
He even left the Jinque City territory and arrived in the jurisdiction of another large city, Jin Quan City.
When he was close to his destination, Su Ping suddenly paused and looked at the village to his front left.
It was a village beside an official road, near a small stream, with about thirty to forty tiled houses.
It was already noon, which usually meant it was time to finish work and rest.
As for cooking at noon, that wasn't done; three meals a day were the standard for wealthy families.
Ordinary landlords and self-sufficient farmers only ate two meals a day, morning and evening.
However… even so, this village was too quiet!
Su Ping did not intend to enter the village but instead leaped directly fifty to sixty meters into the air.
Then, using Ling Rat White's vision, he clearly saw the layout and specific situation of the distant village.
Through White, Su Ping saw mottled bloodstains everywhere in the village.
Strangely, apart from the bloodstains, there was not a single corpse or living creature.
The entire village seemed to have become a dead thing…
"This feeling, either it's evil spirits causing trouble or I've encountered an evil Cultivator."
"If it were a demon, the village should already be flattened."
Su Ping slowly landed, took out a candle from his Storage Pouch, lit it, and stuck it into the ground.
After the candle was lit, it emitted a puff of red smoke that hovered in the air.
This candle was an early warning candle distributed by the Immortal Sect to various city lord's mansions, capable of producing a red cloud for a long time to issue warnings.
Su Ping had naturally carried some with him before coming, just in case.
If the visibility was good, both relay stations and nearby towns would be able to see this red cloud.
Thereby understanding that something had happened here! And that it was related to Cultivators!
According to normal procedures, if it was quick, a Loose Cultivator would come to investigate within an hour.
Then, they would notify the local city lord's mansion and the Inspector to handle it.
If the Inspector was lazy enough, and coupled with the recent Immortal Sect reminder, they would likely send people to cordon off the area and wait for Immortal Sect personnel to arrive.
After Su Ping finished, he turned and moved away from the village.
Just as he was about to leave, Su Ping suddenly felt as if some rare treasure had appeared in the village.
He turned back and saw a faint, sacred and grand glow emanating from the village.
Seeing this, Su Ping gasped and ran even faster!
Regardless of whether it was a genuine emergence of a rare treasure or evil spirits at work.
He, Su Ping, did not need these external things to disturb his Dao Heart!
It wasn't until he could no longer see the red smoke he had released that Su Ping slowly adjusted his pace and let out a long sigh of relief.
Straightening his appearance, Su Ping pulled out a silver-white mask and placed it on his face.
At the same time, his body subtly shifted, and using the bone-shrinking technique from Mortal martial arts, he slightly altered his physique.
Only then did Su Ping enter the large market, Bǎibǎo Fāng, located in a large canyon outside Jin Quan City!
The scale of Bǎibǎo Fāng was slightly inferior to official markets like Cloud Mountain Market, which Su Ping and other Outer Sect Disciples frequently visited.
Its Spiritual Veins and magical formations were also of a lower grade.
However, many Cultivation Families conducted business in this market.
And rumors even spoke of a black market, selling inconvenient items.
This made the number of Cultivators coming and going here not much less than at Cloud Mountain Market.
Su Ping traveled a long distance to come here this time precisely because he valued this place where all sorts of people mingled, and where they did not question the identities of passing Cultivators.
The layout of Bǎibǎo Fāng looked more like a Mortal town.
After Su Ping paid the entrance fee, worth one Qi and Blood Pill, he entered the market and immediately saw a row of shops at the city gate, all decorated with lanterns and streamers, with beautiful female Cultivators sitting at the entrance smiling at him.