Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 144 Being Open-minded

Several months after the Core Formation celestial phenomenon above the Immortal City dissipated.

After stabilizing his cultivation level, Gu Musheng emerged from seclusion and formally joined the Qinglong Mountain lineage at the initiation ceremony.

During the ceremony, Li Ping also specially introduced Gu Musheng to Meng Qingyi, asking her to help arrange a position for Gu Musheng, preferably one related to business.

Meng Qingyi naturally agreed with a smile.

However, Li Ping could tell that her smile was somewhat forced.

Clearly, Dai Sangyu's mastery of the Golden Elixir put considerable pressure on her.

Although she is currently in seclusion to consolidate her cultivation, once she emerges, as a Core Formation cultivator, she can make decisions on everything with a single word.

Moreover, as a Core Formation cultivator, Dai Sangyu can live for more than three hundred years. When True Person Fenglan passes away in the future, she will be the undisputed ruler of the Immortal City.

The Yuanxun family has no right to fight her... unless the Meng family patriarch also reaches the Core Formation stage.

However, the resources produced by a single immortal city cannot compare with those of cultivation kingdoms like Yue and Chi. At most, it can only support one person to form their core at the same time.

This is also why the Meng family patriarch previously tried to suppress Dai Sangyu.

The Golden Elixir Path: It's either you or me!

Now that Dai Sangyu has formed his Golden Core, he has probably exhausted most of the two hundred years of accumulated resources of the Immortal City. Without a great opportunity, he will never be able to achieve the Great Perfection of the Golden Core.

Unless he dares to directly attempt to reach the Core Formation stage without the assistance of a Core Formation artifact, gambling with that one in several tens of chance!

Li Ping believed that he probably wouldn't dare to do it.

So, all they can do now is try to make up for their relationship with Dai Sangyu, which explains why Meng Qingyi's smile was forced.

……

Just as Li Ping was thinking about the Meng family patriarch, he soon met him.

After the initiation ceremony, the patriarch of the Meng family personally visited him at Xiantao Mountain.

After exchanging pleasantries, he didn't waste any time and simply extended his palm, saying, "Fellow Daoist Li, I'll offer five hundred spirit stones as a token of my gratitude. I request that you act as matchmaker for one of my descendants and Fellow Daoist Gu."

Even the patriarch of the Meng family could answer first, so what could Li Ping say? Naturally, he readily agreed.

Next, while he was still present, Li Ping tentatively inquired about the celestial phenomenon of Core Formation a few days ago.

Unexpectedly, the Meng family patriarch did not have a forced smile like Meng Qingyi. Instead, his expression was fervent and extremely excited: "Fellow Daoist Li, you may not know, but that is a senior from my Azure Dragon Mountain who has achieved the Great Perfection of the Golden Core stage. With this senior presiding over us, the Azure Dragon Mountain lineage will become even more prosperous!"

Li Ping admired his change in mindset and echoed, "Yes, with another Core Formation stage senior in charge, at least the beast tides of previous years will not be able to affect the safety of the Immortal City."

The Meng family nodded, seemingly agreeing with Li Ping's statement.

Afterwards, the two chatted casually about other things before the Meng family patriarch got up to take his leave.

But from the sudden change in his expression when he got up, Li Ping guessed that he was not as carefree as he appeared on the surface.

Having one more Core Formation cultivator in the Immortal City is undoubtedly a great benefit for everyone there.

But that's not good enough. If the one who forms the Golden Core is myself, that would be the best.

With a jumble of thoughts flashing through his mind, Li Ping couldn't help but chuckle. Since he had already decided to wait until he reached the Core Formation stage, what did these things have to do with him? Why should a rogue cultivator like him think about so many things?

Even if he really can't stay in the Immortal City anymore, he'll just pack up and leave.

With his strength and mastery of all arts of cultivation, where can't he go?

The most important thing for a person is to be open-minded.

He summoned Bai Lin and instructed her to deliver the five hundred spirit stones left by the Meng family patriarch to Gu Musheng. Li Ping then returned to his training room and began to cultivate diligently.

……

In a mountain forest thousands of miles away from the immortal city.

A low-ranking Crimson Flame Wolf lay in ambush in the bushes, its eyes fixed on several black birds in the distance. Just as it leaped up to pounce on its prey...

"Whoosh!"

A beam of blood-red light pierced through its body, and the Crimson Flame Wolf instantly lost focus.

next moment--

puff!

Only a wolf pelt remained, falling to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust. Its entire flesh and blood had been completely devoured by the single strike of that crimson light.

Not far away, Yan Hengchuan emerged from behind the bluestone, a hint of ferocity flashing in his eyes.

Nearly a year later, he had completely transformed his main cultivation technique into the "Blood Spirit Hundred Transformations True Scripture," thoroughly resolving the hidden danger of his divine body becoming a puppet. Even the blood soul seed left behind by Yan Liming had been successfully refined into his magic power.

He has already begun practicing the "Method of Seizing the Foundation"!

With the help of the faint connection between Yan Liming's spirit and energy, he was able to roughly sense the other party's location.

Moreover, thanks to the rapid speed of his demonic cultivation, he has successfully broken through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, a progress that is much faster than his previous cultivation of the righteous path.

However, Yan Hengchuan also sensed the flaws in practicing demonic arts.

Because cultivating the "Blood Spirit Hundred Transformations True Scripture" requires the assistance of essence blood, he had to leave High Ridge Mountain to hunt demonic beasts. In the past few days, dozens of low-level demonic beasts have died at his hands.

He completely refined all the flesh and blood.

Right now, he was radiating a murderous aura from head to toe.

Those were all left behind from the slaughter of demonic beasts.

Moreover, he could clearly feel that he seemed to have become more bloodthirsty.

After devouring the demon wolf's flesh and blood, the blood-red light returned to Yan Hengchuan like a swallow returning to its nest, then plunged into his body and disappeared.

With his eyes closed, Yan Hengchuan silently sensed the effects of the demon wolf's blood essence. He shook his head slightly and said, "The blood essence of a first-stage early-level demon beast is no longer useful to me. It seems I need to start hunting first-stage mid-level demon beasts."

Having pondered this, Yan Hengchuan did not continue to venture deeper into the Cloud Mist Mountains, but instead flew towards the direction of Gaoji Mountain on his magical artifact.

Because he cannot control the energy within his body, he is currently unable to enter the Immortal City. Therefore, his master specially arranged for Ji Shuxuan to deliver some resources to him, which he needs to hand over upon returning to Gaojishan.

Soon after, Yan Hengchuan saw Gaoji Mountain in the distance. He dared not reveal his identity as a demonic cultivator, so he took out a bamboo hat and put it on before entering Gaoji Mountain with the token given to him by the Bai family.

He knew that his master would give the Bai family a lot of resources every year to allow him to cultivate in Gaojishan.

Therefore, it was only natural for him to return to Mount Gaoji to cultivate.

Several days later, Ji Shuxuan indeed followed the late-stage Qi Refining cultivator from the Bai family to Gaoji Mountain.

The two friends finally met again after two years.

"Yongchuan!" Ji Shuxuan couldn't help but shout with joy when he saw Yan Hengchuan again.

The two were friends in Jiang Kingdom, and their relationship became even closer after arriving in Immortal City. Ji Shuxuan was worried for a long time when Yan Hengchuan went missing.

It wasn't until this year, when I learned from Li Ping that Yan Hengchuan was alright, that I finally felt relieved.

Yan Hengchuan smiled upon seeing his friend, a smile he hadn't shown in a long time: "Shuxuan."

"Huh, Yokokawa, you've reached the fourth level of Qi Refining?" Ji Shuxuan only noticed the change in his cultivation level at this moment and was slightly surprised.

Because Yan Hengchuan's cultivation level has now caught up with his.

Yan Hengchuan nodded, but didn't say anything more.

It's perfectly normal for his cultivation level to catch up with Ji Shuxuan's; otherwise, wouldn't all his demonic arts have been for nothing?

After exchanging pleasantries, Ji Shuxuan took out about ten jade bottles from his storage bag and handed them to Yan Hengchuan: "Hengchuan, this is what the senior asked me to bring for you. These four bottles are Qi Gathering Pills to enhance cultivation, these four bottles are Blood Qi Pills to strengthen the body, and the rest are Mind-Clearing and Spirit-Calming Pills!"

Cultivation, blood and qi, tranquility... his master had made all the arrangements for him.

After considering this, Yan Hengchuan nodded and put all the pills into his storage bag.

Then the two boys chatted casually for a while, but after experiencing a lot in the past two years.

During the conversation, Yan Hengchuan felt that what his friend was saying was a bit childish. He could only sigh to himself, "Shuxuan, we are already from different worlds."

……

The Meng family acted swiftly.

Perhaps worried that Gu Musheng might change his mind after Dai Sangyu came out of seclusion, he quickly arranged for Gu Musheng to meet with the younger generation of women in his family after receiving definite news.

In less than a month, a wedding was held for the two, and Gu Musheng thus established a connection with the Meng family.

Shortly after the wedding, under Meng Qingyi's arrangement, Gu Musheng successfully took up the position of manager of Wanfa Tower, and had room to show his talents.

……

The ancestral home of the Wang family.

In the sacred land owned by the Grand Elder, Wang Xingwei was saying goodbye to Cheng Yao.

Although she had the right to use a Foundation Building Pill, Cheng Yao felt it was not a safe bet.

Just then, Cheng Yao managed to get back the spirit stones that had been swindled from the Wang family. She recovered nearly eight thousand spirit stones in total, and Cheng Yao held onto them tightly, leaving the Wang family with no involvement whatsoever.

I spent 3,700 spirit stones to buy Foundation Establishment Pills, and I still have more than 4,000 spirit stones left.

After much thought, she still felt that she should use the four thousand spirit stones wisely.

Moreover, she already knew how Gu Musheng had established his foundation, so under her instructions, Wang Xingwei would take these four thousand spirit stones to Jixia Immortal City to buy her a foundation-building spiritual item similar to Jade Heart Liquid.

Wang Xingwei readily accepted Cheng Yao's instructions, and said with a smile, "Sister Cheng Yao, I will be back before the New Year."

Cheng Yao nodded: "Go early and come back early, at the latest don't delay until the end of next year."

She anticipates that she should be able to reach the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining by the middle of next year, and then she can go to Qinglong Mountain to apply for the Foundation Establishment Pill to establish her foundation.

Wang Xingwei should ideally return to the Immortal City before this time.

Watching Wang Xingwei's departing figure, Cheng Yao sighed inwardly, "It's a pity that in all these years, Immortal City has only produced one Jade Heart Liquid. If only we could buy a Foundation Establishment spiritual item directly in Immortal City, it would save Xingwei the trouble of going to Jixia."

However, Jixia is the most prosperous place in the cultivation world of the Western Wilderness, so you can definitely buy similar spiritual items for Foundation Establishment there.

Cheng Yao declared confidently, "I already possess three spiritual roots, so taking a Foundation Establishment Pill to attempt Foundation Establishment gives me a 30-40% success rate. If I could use another Foundation Establishment spiritual item, the success rate would approach 50%!"

But then she thought of something else.

Because of her fraudulent activities against independent cultivators, members of the Wang family are not allowed to hold any positions in the Immortal City. After successfully establishing her foundation, she must become a disciple of True Person Fenglan.

How will she handle her relationship with Wang Xingwei then?

"Let's focus on building our foundation first, and then we'll talk about it later," Cheng Yao said, taking a very positive approach.