I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

After bidding farewell to Immortal Chang, Wei Tu returned to the fourth-grade, superior cave he had just rented.

Although the spiritual energy in this cave is far from enough for a Jindan cultivator like him, after using huge amounts of spirit crystals to set up a "Spirit Gathering Array", it can barely reach the fifth level, which is enough for his temporary needs.

"Even if this place is not enough, then Senior Chen's cave should be enough."

Wei Tu smiled slightly, opened his "Hun'e Evil Eyes", sat on the peak of his own cave, and spied on Lingri Peak, the highest peak among the mountains of Ailao Cliff Taoist Temple.

Unlike Jiang Huanchen, who was also a self-cultivating spirit cultivator from Qingzhou, "Senior Chen" did not accept many disciples during his lifetime and seemed like an ascetic cultivator. Therefore, in the cave on Lingri Peak, there were only some cleaning maids living at the foot of the mountain and no one else.

The entire cave was empty and seemed a bit cold and desolate.

However, this was exactly what Wei Tu wanted.

He spied on Lingri Peak for more than ten days and saw that there was indeed no one "disturb" on it. So he restrained his breath, took out some formation plates he got from the storage bags of the uncle and nephew of the Chen family, and after testing them, he quietly moved into this fifth-level cave, "occupying the magpie's nest".

Once you enter this cave.

He was not in a hurry to practice meditation, but first set up the "Four Yin Soul Nourishing Formation" deep in the spiritual veins of "Lingri Peak" to heal the injuries of the Sky-Splitting Eagle.

This "Four Yin Soul-Nourishing Array" has the effect of gathering spiritual energy and nourishing the spirituality of magical instruments, magic pills, talisman paper and other spiritual objects. Naturally, it also has a certain effect on "activating" the physical body of a cultivator.

It is just right for healing the Sky-Splitting Eagle.

Then, Wei Tu searched Senior Chen’s cave again, looking for more information about the “Qiao family treasure”.

But unfortunately, nothing was found.

Like most cultivators, the uncle and nephew of the Chen family carried important tomes and books with them. After all, with their wealth, they would not be short of storage tools.

This Lingri Peak is just a place for meditation and cultivation, and does not contain many "secrets".

Of course, it is not accurate to say "nothing was gained". The clues he left in the cave at Lingri Peak indirectly confirmed Wei Tu's guess that he was at Wangyou Mountain.

——His guess was completely confirmed.

This means that when Wei Tu later attempts to seize the "Qiao family treasure", he will at least not work in the opposite direction.

"If we want to find more clues, it's best to start with this Master Chen. He is the same as the big man with the pockmarked face. He is the nephew of Mr. Chen. However, Master Chen is more visible and has received more care from Mr. Chen..."

Wei Tu looked dimly at another small mountain adjacent to Lingri Peak.

This small mountain is part of the Lingri Peak and is also a fifth-level spiritual place.

The person living there was none other than Chen Fangzhu, the owner of the Ailao Cliff Market, whom Chang Xianweng had brought him to visit when he came to the Ailao Cliff Taoist temple.

Chen Fangzhu, who lived in the aftermath of Lingri Peak, naturally found it difficult to feel this cold gaze.

But at this moment, a hint of worry was visibly evident on his face.

It was because it had been two months since the Xiaogushan exchange meeting ended, but until now, his uncle had not returned.

This situation had happened before, but his uncle was usually a "lone ranger" and had no one around him to help him...

However, this time it was different. In order to make the plan successful, his uncle specially brought his brother out with him.

If there was something, he could have asked his brother to come back and report it, so that the two of them wouldn't have been without any news until now.

"It should be fine. The monk who traveled with us said that my uncle was delayed because of something urgent."

Master Chen comforted himself and suppressed the worries in his heart.

After all, his uncle was already a well-known independent cultivator in the nearby states. Apart from the "refined void cultivators" from major sects such as the Jiuyou Sect and the Qingling Sect, he had almost no rivals.

……

Two months after staying at the Ailao Cliff Dojo.

Wei Tu started his plan to build his reputation.

He began to accept commissioned tasks of making talismans from monks in a small area within a radius of thousands of miles.

Because his prices were reasonable and fair, and the failure rate of making talismans was extremely low, in a short period of time, he became an instant hit and became famous, just like when he was in Xiaogushan.

His reputation also changed from "genius talisman master" to "master of talismans", and he was well-known in the Qingzhou immortal cultivation world.

Then, Wei Tu released another message, saying that he was preparing to collect "things to replenish infant spirits" to use in order to impact the Divine Transformation realm.

As soon as this news came out, under the watchful eyes of everyone - a few months later, an immortal cultivation family presented a "Jingxiao Pill" and begged Wei Tu, the master of talismans, to make a talisman.

This immortal cultivation family proposed two different exchange conditions.

First, they provided talisman paper and spiritual ink, and Wei Tu helped them make five quasi-fifth-level talismans.

The second one was that they provided the "Jingxiao Pill" to Wei Tu free of charge, and in return, Wei Tu had to help them draw a fifth-order talisman free of charge after breaking through the God Transformation Realm.

The former is a transaction.

The latter is investment.

The cultivators understood at a glance that this was because this cultivation family saw that Wei Tu had a strong foundation and possessed such immortal skills, so he had a high chance of breaking through to the divine realm. That’s why they placed their bets on Wei Tu in advance, hoping to get a high return in the future.

Wei Tu at the scene hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed to the second condition and accepted the "Jingxiao Pill".

This result was within the expectations of all the practitioners.

——Although there are differences between quasi-fifth-level talismans and fifth-level talismans, in the eyes of Wei Tu, the talisman master, they will all be "equivalent labor" in the future, and he will naturally choose the conditions that are more favorable to him.

However, this scene made some people excited and they began to follow suit.

Yes, I learned Yangwang from Wei Tu.

Yes, they learned the “investment” of this immortal cultivation family.

A month later, word spread in the Ailao Cliff Market that another cultivator had gone up the mountain under the cover of night to seek an audience with Master Wei Fu, offering his ancestral "spiritual item to replenish infant spirits" in exchange for a promise from Master Wei Fu.

It stands to reason that without the protection of the family, no one in the world of immortal cultivation would easily hand over treasures in exchange for a light promise from an outsider - but when the cultivators learned that this person harbored a deep hatred for the extermination of his clan, they immediately felt relieved.

One after another, rumors that had a beginning and an end but seemed to be groundless gradually spread in Qingzhou and the surrounding states.

In less than half a year, from the minor cultivators in the market town to the Nascent Soul ancestors and the God Transformation Venerables, everyone believed that Wei Tu, who was practicing in the Ailao Cliff Taoist temple, had a chance to achieve God Transformation!
It won’t be long before you can achieve success and become a god.

Just as Wei Tu expected.

After his reputation of "raising one's esteem" spread, the Qingling Sect, the number one immortal sect in Qingzhou, actually sent an envoy to invite him to the Qingling Sect to serve as a guest elder of the Fu Hall.

The envoy who came this time has a very special status.

He is the eldest direct disciple of the Qingling Sect's Sect Master, with the Taoist name "Nan Hengzi". His realm is the same as Wei Tu's at the moment, both are at the "quasi-God Transformation Realm". He is only one step away from reaching the God Transformation Realm.

Came here with Nan Hengzi.

There are also two old friends of Wei Tu - Qiao Menghan and Kaiyang Shanren.

These two also acted as lobbyists to persuade Wei Tu to join the Qingling Sect.

However, Wei Tu firmly rejected this.

"To be honest with you, fellow Taoists, I now have all the spiritual items needed to replenish my infant. In ten years at most, I can try to reach the Spiritual Transformation Realm..."

"Although I am still treated with courtesy when I go to your sect now, I think this courtesy... is definitely not as good as the courtesy I will receive after becoming a god."

As soon as these words came out.

The three Qingling Sect monks present immediately looked at each other in bewilderment.

They knew that Wei Tu had the hope of becoming a god, but they had never imagined that this man would be so arrogant and determined that he would become a god within ten years.

However, at this moment, Wei Tu's attitude was more like "waiting for a price" and asking for more courtesies. He did not say this deliberately in order to reject Qingling Sect's recruitment.

So, after much thought, Nan Hengzi could only bid farewell to Wei Tu with kind words, and agreed that ten years later, after Wei Tu achieved the state of incarnation, he would come to the Ailao Cliff Taoist Temple again and induce Wei Tu to join the Qingling Sect.

"This cultivator is very arrogant. In my opinion, it will be difficult for him to achieve divine transformation in ten years." As soon as he left Wei Tu's cave, Nan Hengzi's expression suddenly changed. He swung his sleeves angrily, and his face showed some displeasure.

He is the direct disciple of the sect master and the eldest disciple of the sect. He had come to invite Wei Tu in person, which had given Wei Tu enough face. Now, although Wei Tu acted in this way for certain reasons, in his opinion, it was suspected of not giving him face.

The words fell.

Qiao Menghan and Kaiyang Shanren remained silent and did not agree with this.

On the contrary, the two of them looked at each other and became secretly frightened - they had previously thought that the rumor that Wei Tu would be able to achieve the state of godhood was just a rumor, but now it seems to be basically true.

Otherwise, given Nan Hengzi's temper, he would not have been kind to Wei Tu when he was rejected, and he would not have lost his temper after leaving the mountain gate.

"Fellow Daoist Nan, there is another Immortal Chang in this Ailao Cliff Daoist Temple. This cultivator is about to become a god. If possible, you can also invite him to join our sect."

Kaiyang Shanren was thinking about his old friend, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke to Nan Hengzi.

But Nan Hengzi was not happy when he heard this, but frowned slightly.

"Chang Xian Weng?"

"No! No need."

"This cultivator is just an ordinary cultivator. Although he has the immortal skill of brewing spiritual wine, this immortal skill is not lacking in our Qingling Sect. There is no point in recruiting this casual cultivator who has reached the stage of transformation into a spirit..."

Nan Hengzi refused bluntly.

There are countless independent cultivators in the world. Although their numbers drop sharply when they reach the Nascent Soul and God Transformation stages, the Qingling Sect, as a major sect of refining the void, does not recruit any God Transformation cultivator.

After all, if you want to recruit monks, you have to give them certain standards of treatment.

The same principle applies to soldiers who are paid.

With the foundation of Qingling Sect, they could recruit "Master of Talismans" like Wei Tu who had great strategic value, give him high salary, and make a lot of money at the same time.

But on the contrary, recruiting Chang Xianweng would only result in losses and it would be difficult to make considerable income.

……

Wait until Nan Hengzi and the other two leave.

Wei Tu resumed his previous daily life at the Ailao Cliff Dojo.

Every day, apart from accepting missions and making and refining talismans, the rest of the time is spent secretly sneaking into "Lingri Peak" to nourish the soul of the Sky-Splitting Eagle with life force, waiting for its revival.

It lasted for two years.

In the third year, he hung a "retreat sign" outside his cave, announcing that he would no longer accept talisman-making missions, and began to practice silently.

In the fourth year, a calamity from heaven suddenly struck, and a dark mass covered the entire Taoist temple in Ailao Mountain.

"Is it Master Wei Fu? Or is it Master Chang Xian Weng?"

"Now, in the Ailao Cliff Dojo, only these two Quasi-Gods have the ability to survive the God Transformation Tribulation..."

Thunder suddenly sounded, and the cultivators looked at the thunder in the sky with envy on their faces, while also discussing this matter in whispers.

"It's the Guardian Talisman Master!"

There were cultivators with profound cultivation and far-sightedness who saw the thunder coming. Immortal Chang, who was in seclusion in the cave, hurried out to avoid the disaster and to avoid being implicated by the heavenly calamity.

"Is it him? He really achieved a breakthrough to the Spiritual Transformation stage within ten years? Isn't this time a little too hasty?"

"In a hurry? According to gossip, this Master Wei Fu came to our Divine Fire Immortal Realm from another immortal realm by mistake. In other immortal realms, Master Wei Fu is also a disciple of a big sect with an amazing inheritance. With his foundation, how could he be in a hurry!"

The cultivators discussed it a lot.

……

In the remnant of Lingri Peak, in a cave adjacent to Master Chen.

Wei Tu, who was undergoing the tribulation in this fifth-level spiritual land, was not as anxious or solemn as the casual cultivators outside thought. He looked at the tribulation thunders that were gradually condensing in the clouds with a very relaxed expression.

This heavenly tribulation was not the "divine tribulation" that all the cultivators believed he was about to endure, but rather his "life tribulation"!
Today was the first time he killed someone after becoming a life cultivator!
And the first time he beheaded someone, the "life span" that was cut off was only sixty years of life.

In contrast, the power of this life-threatening tribulation is not worth mentioning for him, who is in the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm. It is only at the level of "Spirit Transformation Tribulation".

This was also one of the reasons why he rejected Nan Hengzi and refused to join Qingling Sect three years ago.

——In the Ailao Mountain Taoist temple, he was able to deceive these low-level cultivators and make them mistakenly believe that this heavenly tribulation was a "divine transformation heavenly tribulation."

But in Qingling Sect...

He didn't have the confidence that he could deceive the Void Refining cultivators of this sect.

"After killing six times, you can enter the "Hidden Life Realm"."

"The first life tribulation is easy to overcome. The more you go through it, the more difficult it becomes. You have to overcome it once every thousand years, and once every time you break through a major realm..."

Wei Tu looked up at the sky and muttered to himself.

At this time, he was only a few decades away from becoming a "life cultivator", and rashly "cutting off his life" seemed to be a dangerous matter.

This means that if he fails to break through from the Spiritualization Stage to the Void Refining Stage, or fails to break through from the Void Refining Stage to the Integration Stage within the next thousand years...

You must go through the tribulation once more in the Spirit Transformation stage, or twice in the Void Refining stage.

But this is not the case.

The lower the realm when you "cut your life", the easier it will be to overcome future disasters. Once you really wait for the realm to break through, and then think about "cutting your life" and overcoming the "life disaster", the life disaster at this time will be difficult to overcome, as its power will be greatly increased.

The reason is very simple. The key to the "Hidden Life Realm" is to cut off one's "name" in the world. Every time you cut off your life, your connection with the world is cut off.

Once it has grown into a lush tree, it will become difficult to kill it.

"cut!"

When the heavenly tribulation was completely condensed, Wei Tu no longer hesitated. A ruthless look appeared on his face, and gray-white life force emerged from his fingertips, which he shaped into a sword and slashed at his own soul.

next moment.

He cut away Jiazi's life span.

In an instant, he felt that the energy in his body was depleted and a few strands of white hair appeared on his temples.

However, these changes returned to normal in the next moment when his magic power flowed.

But the killing is not over yet.

The "life calamity" similar to the "divine transformation calamity" also quickly struck down from the air and went straight into his cave. (End of this chapter)