Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit Chapter 163 – Seventh Layer

After He Li-Xin and the others left, a mound of earth suddenly formed near the Shui Yan Pavilion disciples and Lu Ping emerged from the ground atop a fat mouse.

Lu Ping cast a [Dust Swing Spell] to clean the dirt from his body, then patted Dabao, who had run out of arcane energy and was now lying flat on its belly. "Dabao, is this [Earth Spirit Escape] the talent spell you awakened from your lineage after entering the Blood Condensation Realm? Not bad, you’ve been of great help this time. When we get back, I’ll concoct a special cauldron of medicinal pellets for you as a reward."

Dabao was now so exhausted it couldn’t even shrink itself down. If not for Lu Ping’s arcane energy, Dabao wouldn’t have been able to use the [Earth Spirit Escape] to bring them underground.

Lu Ping fed Dabao a medicinal pellet to help restore its spiritual energy, then put the little mouse back in the spirit pet pouch.

After that, he turned around to choose a direction to leave.

Ten miles away, he arrived at a small and inconspicuous hill, and used the Verdant Dawn Sword to open up a secret cave in the middle of the hill. After covering the cave’s entrance and setting up protective measures, he placed Lu Dagui out on guard and promptly started healing his injuries.

The encounter with the young gentleman was a real blow to Lu Ping.

Ever since his advancement to the Mid Blood Condensation Realm, he had almost never lost a fight anymore even against Late Blood Condensation cultivators. In most cases, even if he couldn’t win, he could easily retreat without injuries.

Lu Ping knew that those opponents weren’t skilled fighters among cultivators of the same rank, like Liu Zi-Yuan, a North Ocean 18 Warrior.

However, as someone who was used to winning, he had gradually adopted the mentality of achieving absolute victory when fighting against any Blood Condensation cultivators.

Therefore, Lu Ping never thought he would end up defeated, let alone in a single move!

When the young gentleman’s sword had turned into a sea of blades, Lu Ping's inflated ar

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