Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit Chapter 220 – The Sense of Familiarity

When Lu Ping arrived at the Li Clan's meeting chamber, besides Li Mao-Lin and Li Xiu-Zhu, the father and daughter pair, there was an additional female cultivator seated.

The female cultivator played with a jade ornament in her hand while scrutinizing Lu Ping from head to toe.

Li Mao-Lin pointed to the female cultivator and introduced her, "Little Brother Lu Jiu, this is Chu Ting, the daughter of a close friend of mine whom I haven't met in decades. I've always seen her as my niece. I didn't think that she would be fortunate enough to inherit an alchemist's heritage. She’s also able to concoct half-step Core Forging Realm pellets! I'm really happy for my old friend and envy him for having such an excellent daughter!"

Lu Ping was stunned for a second. He bowed slightly, and said, "Lu Jiu greets Young Lady Chu!"

Out of courtesy, Chu Ting also got up from her seat to greet Lu Ping back.

After they were all seated, Li Mao-Lin opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Chu Ting said, "It's really amazing that Brother Lu can already concoct half-step Core Forging Realm pellets when you’ve just entered the Late Blood Condensation Realm."

Whilst Chu Ting was polite, Lu Ping could hear the arrogance between her words. It seemed that she was a cultivator of noble birth.

Lu Ping calmly replied, "I'm just lucky, it's really not worth mentioning."

Chu Ting didn't care about Lu Ping's perfunctory response, and continued to inquire, "May I ask what kind of half-step Core Forging Realm medicinal pellets Brother Lu has concocted before?"

This question was already overstepping the boundary, so Lu Ping looked at her and didn’t answer.

Li Mao-Lin hurriedly interjected, "The Seven Step Striped Pellets are almost as difficult as Core Forging Realm medicinal pellets, with the required spirit herbs also being extremely hard to gather. My Li Clan has been gathering the spirit herbs for years and has only barely gathered enough for four cauldrons.

"The pellets are crucial for my daughter's breakthrough, so I have to be extremely careful. L

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