A few days later, inside the Jiang Mansion's training room.
Jiang Ping was meditating and cultivating.
Now, he had successfully formed a golden core.
After a few days of cultivation, his realm was now more and more stable.
He was only one step away from completing the origin core realm.
At this moment, five colored mystic lights were slowly flowing through the spirit lake in Jiang Ping's internal Qi field.
The five mystic lights were green liver wood, red heart fire, white lung gold, black kidney water, and yellow spleen earth, the five great sources of Qi.
The five sources of Qi were like vortexes, tightly surrounding the golden origin core in his body.
As time slowly passed, wisps of smoke began to rise from Jiang Ping's body in spirals.
Jiang Ping's body also became more and more transparent.
The golden core in his body was clearly visible, as if it had wrapped his entire body in golden light.
The golden core was originally only the size of a bead.
But after one night of meditation, the size of the golden core also began to expand.
Countless streams of light flowed from Jiang Ping's limbs and bones into the golden core.
Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, the golden core slowly expanded.
Only when it expanded by a full circle did it show signs of stopping.
At the same time, the color of the golden core also became more solid.
The light it emitted also became more resplendent.
Jiang Ping's entire body was bathed in its brilliant golden light.
He let out a long breath and slowly opened his eyes. It looked like there were stars flickering within his pupils.
Jiang Ping lightly sighed and said slowly, "With my current rate of cultivation, it's only a matter of time before I reach the peak of the origin core realm."
"My current strength is enough to deal with all kinds of troubles within the boundary of Fusheng City."
"However, I have to break through to the nascent soul realm as soon as possible."
The origin core realm was already extremely rare.
But in some larger sects, such as Lei Jingyun's Chuanyun Sect, there might be several origin core experts.
That night, Lei Jingyun left the Jiang family.
As for where he went, Jiang Ping didn't care.
If it wasn't because he didn't want Wan'er to feel sad, Jiang Ping wouldn't have let Lei Jingyun leave alive, because he could expose Wan'er's existence at any time.
"Sigh, I hope he won't do such a stupid thing. Otherwise, he can't blame me."
Jiang Ping clenched his fists.
A warm feeling instantly gushed out from the golden core in his body.
Like a hot spring, it nourished his limbs, bones, and the major acupoints all over his body.
In an instant, his whole body was full of strength, and he felt like he only needed one punch to destroy this training room.
Of course, this was only a small interlude.
Jiang Ping's mind was now focused on how to improve his strength.
Only by improving his strength could he protect the three girls better.
"That reminds me, I haven't signed in yet."
He had been meditating since last night, so he hadn't had time to sign in yet.
"I hope the reward is something useful today." Jiang Ping murmured as a thought appeared in his mind.
A transparent virtual interface popped out.
Jiang Ping pointed his finger in the air, and the entire interface suddenly burst out with a blue light.
The sudden change made Jiang Ping instantly nervous.
Usually, the light was much less bright when he signed in.
It seemed that today's reward would be something good, but what would it be?
For a moment, Jiang Ping's heart beat faster.
He stared at the blue light with anticipation.
After a moment, the light gradually dissipated.
Then, a treasure plate quietly floated in mid-air.
With a gentle wave of his hand, the treasure plate steadily landed in Jiang Ping's hand.
Jiang Ping held the treasure plate and carefully examined it for a while.
The treasure plate was octagonal in shape, representing eight different directions.
There was a transparent circle in the middle of the treasure plate. If one looked carefully, it looked like there was a galaxy flowing within it.
Just as Jiang Ping was feeling puzzled, the system interface refreshed once again.
Without a doubt, it was the description of this treasure plate.
[Heavenly treasure concealment plate: a top-grade spiritual artifact. When one infuses true Qi into it, one can cast a formation. The divine concealment formation can block heavenly secrets, prevent spying, conceal one's aura, and also has a defensive effect.]
Jiang Ping looked at the description on the panel and could not help but be stunned for a moment.
He had some understanding of artifacts.
Artifacts were divided into four classes.
From low to high, they were magical artifacts, spiritual artifacts, immortal artifacts, and divine artifacts.
Each class was divided into four sub-classes: low, medium, high, and top-grade.
Artifacts were extremely rare. They were at least as rare as those pills that could forcibly upgrade the user's strength.
Ordinary magical artifacts were already very rare. As for spiritual artifacts, that was something that nascent soul realm experts yearned for,
Furthermore, this heavenly treasure concealment plate was a top-grade spiritual artifact!
But what made Jiang Ping the most excited was the function of this spiritual artifact.
It blocked heavenly secrets, concealed one's aura, and also had a defensive function.
This was simply a perfect artifact that was tailor-made for him!
As long as he activated the artifact in the Jiang Mansion, he could avoid being spied on by those who had evil intentions.
In this way, it would save him a lot of trouble.
Most importantly, the three girls would also be much safer.
Jiang Ping became very excited when he thought of it.
In his heart, nothing was more important than the safety of his daughters.
"Dong dong dong!"
Just as Jiang Ping was about to try out the heavenly treasure concealment plate's divine ability...
A series of hurried knocks sounded on the door.
Jiang Ping couldn't help but frown.
He had already instructed that no one was allowed to go near the training room without his permission.
Of course, the three girls were the exception.
Therefore, unless there was an urgent matter, no one would knock on the door of the training room.
"Could it be that something urgent has happened?"
Jiang Ping's heart sank. He flipped his palm and put away the heavenly treasure concealment plate.
Then, he hurriedly stood up and opened the door.
"Greetings, Patriarch!"
The moment the door opened, a woman in a pink dress came into view.
Jiang Ping's heart suddenly panicked.
This maid was Wan'er's personal maid, Cai Rou.
"Why are you here? What happened to Wan'er?"
"Master, something happened to Miss Wan'er!"
Cai Rou's face was very anxious as she replied nervously.
"Something happened? Did she fight with someone again?"
"No, Miss Wan'er is missing!"
"Missing? What happened? Tell me clearly."
Jiang Ping immediately became nervous.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
Could it be that Lei Jingyun abducted Wan'er?
At the thought of this, Jiang Ping's expression became even uglier.
Cai Rou was so frightened that she quickly spilled the beans.
"Miss Wan'er has run away from home!"
"Just now, Cai Die and I went to help the young ladies get out of bed and ready for the day."
"But when we entered the room, we discovered that Miss Wan'er had already disappeared."
"We also found a letter with Miss Wan'er's name written on it."
"Where is the letter?"
Jiang Ping scared Cai Rou when he suddenly shouted.
"I have given the letter to Butler Li."
"Butler Li and the two young ladies are in the backyard."
When he heard that, Jiang Ping didn't delay any further.
He rushed to the backyard.
Cai Rou also quickly followed.