The End of the Immortal Path

Chapter 296 I Need to Avoid the Edge

Jiang Man came out of the house.

My heart felt quite heavy.

The Bai family patriarch was under considerable pressure.

Moreover, there is also a secluded peak master named Bai who could do something to him at any time.

This is really troublesome.

Now that I'm in the sect, I always feel like I might be targeted.

I should take on a quest in a secret realm and lay low for a while.

We should wait until we are strong enough before engaging in direct conflict.

His current strength is extremely unstable because his mental state is too powerful.

There are three tasks to complete in three years, so we can complete one first.

The specific tasks depend on the situation.

You can ask Senior Sister Yu to help you look for it.

"Do you plan to continue your cultivation?" Ji Chenfeng asked.

Jiang Man nodded: "Yes, but I want to take on a mission recently."

"Why are you in such a hurry for the mission?" Ji Shoumo asked.

Ji Chenfeng added, "Yes, you don't need to participate in the competition for the quota three years from now, so there's no need to rush. On the contrary, we need to find a suitable time to go out on a mission."

They need to assess the situation of the Bai family before sending them out on missions at the same time.

This way, there's no need to worry about being taken advantage of when there are fewer people.

The only problem is Ji Meng's side, since they only have one woman.

It is clearly inappropriate to have a man supervise the other person's cultivation.

I'm going to avoid the Bai family patriarch. I'm afraid he'll come looking for me too soon, Jiang Man thought to himself, but he couldn't tell them.

After all, under normal circumstances, he would not know anything about the Bai family's ancestor.

Very few people actually know about this.

Of all those who came to their courtyard, probably none of them knew the inside story.

Jiang Man nodded in agreement with everything they said.

If they don't agree, it will be bad if they run out of pills.

Elixirs for the primordial spirit are indeed very expensive.

Even with 800,000, it can't withstand the losses.

I have never seen so many spiritual sources, yet I still feel poor.

Fang Yong delivered the spiritual source a few days ago.

Such a huge sum of money is something that ordinary people cannot carry on their person.

Only those who possess storage magic items can carry it.

Afterwards, they went to the courtyard to attend a lecture, which discussed the cultivation methods of Dharma practitioners.

How can the Dharma be strengthened to exert greater power?

Techniques are extremely important.

Magic cultivation usually progresses to the later stages, so most spells are weak at the beginning and strong at the end.

The body cultivator was strong initially but became slightly weaker later, but the comparison is with the sword cultivator.

Sword cultivators have always been strong.

In short, the method of cultivation is weak and inexpensive.

Jiang Man asked a question: what is the most powerful spell used by magic cultivators?

Finally, he added, "Primordial Spirit Realm."

After all, half of their small courtyard's inhabitants were primordial spirits and the other half were golden cores.

It can easily cause misunderstandings.

After pondering for a moment, the sorcerer said, "Secret techniques outside of the series of spells, and secret techniques have learning thresholds, requiring a primordial spirit level of five or above."

"Each level after the fifth has its own secret techniques."

"The strongest is the ninth level of the secret technique."

"Almost no one practices this level of secret technique; it has a high barrier to entry and is extremely difficult to obtain."

"Anyone who can cultivate to the ninth level can already travel to the Void Realm."

"There's no need to waste time, so I don't recommend anyone practice this."

"The secret techniques of the sect after the sixth level of the primordial spirit are almost all idle."

"I think it's unnecessary to go through a task in order to get it."

"It can be given to eligible people for free."

"However, I heard that the writers haven't even broken even yet and have to make money from the tasks themselves, which is why the requirements are so high."

Upon hearing the final reason, Jiang Man remained silent for a moment.

Is that what happened?

There are costs involved?
However, Jiang Man was very curious whether he could directly receive the ninth level of the technique promised by Master Taihua.

He went to inquire about it after the lecture.

The answer is no.

This technique is not authorized by the Enforcement Hall.

But the Enforcement Hall can help you get it.

The result is that the threshold can be removed, but a task is still required, although the task is easier.

The level was reduced from the Nascent Soul stage to the Golden Core stage.

It's like a free gift for the primordial spirit, but it still takes time.

Ren Qian suggested that they could use a different technique instead of going through all this trouble.

There are three more techniques that are compatible with the Nine Star Cultivation Method, and these can be used to replace them.

The future also needs it.

If you miss this opportunity, it will be very difficult to get another one.

If the threshold for the ninth level of spiritual cultivation techniques can be reached, the task will be relatively easier.

There's no need to waste your spell opportunities here.

Jiang Man wasn't in a hurry to draw a conclusion, but instead planned to focus on cultivation first.

As soon as he returned to cultivate, Ji Chenfeng became restless.

Seeing Jiang Man grow stronger through cultivation, he felt that he couldn't stop cultivating himself.

Ji Shoumo remained silent for a long time before saying, "You work on the first half of the night, and I'll work on the second half."

His cultivation level is high, but there is still room for improvement.

Now I'm starting to get restless.

Being with Jiang Man was indeed somewhat agonizing.

Especially considering that the other party cultivates tirelessly day and night, doesn't he ever feel tired?

Like a puppet being trained.

Besides, wouldn't he have any doubts about cultivation?

There should be even more problems with such a breakthrough in cultivation.

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On the other side, the three members of the Bai family sat in the courtyard discussing matters.

"Jiang Man in the rankings is at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, which is much stronger than we expected." Bai Qiufeng looked at the two of them and asked, "What do you think?"

“He should be twenty-eight years old this year. At twenty-eight, a primordial spirit is no longer just a matter of resources,” Bai Long said.

“Hmm, his talent will gradually emerge after reaching the Nascent Soul stage. He might have enough talent to soar to great heights in the Nascent Soul realm.” Bai Qiufeng pondered for a moment and said, “Let’s see if we can suppress him.”

“With three members of the Ji family present, we can’t do anything to him,” Bai Ming said.

“Not everything requires physical intervention, and we don’t necessarily have to do it ourselves,” Bai Qiufeng said calmly. “We currently have two options: either have someone else do it, or we poison it.”

After a moment's thought, Bai Long said, "If anyone else wants to take action, they'll have to bypass the three members of the Ji family, so we'll have to let them go out."

"Task?"

Bai Qiufeng nodded and said, "Since the Bai family has influence here, we don't need to do too much. Just assign tasks. And in order not to worry the Ji family too much, the task personnel cannot be too outrageous."

"But we can use some methods to hide them."

"Ideally, we should be able to completely suppress the early and even mid-stages."

"In any case, we should think more highly of the other party."

"If it were just superficial strength, why would they need us to come?"

"Then how about poisoning? How does that work?" Bai Long asked.

Upon hearing this, Bai Qiufeng smiled and said, "Poisoning doesn't necessarily require poison itself. That's too obvious. Some things you think are good can actually take half your life."

Although Bai Long and the others didn't understand, they could comprehend it.

Because they had encountered it before.

He was cultivating using an array, but inexplicably he was poisoned.

There were no problems after any investigation.

The answer was that the spells, alchemy, talismans, and formations here all have some similarities.

Some people will take advantage of this similarity.

Thus, poison was born. Those poisoned were unaware of what had happened.

"Let's start by choosing a place for him to do the mission now," Bai Qiufeng said calmly. "As long as it doesn't seem too dangerous, the Ji family won't refuse."

"It just so happens that we can also free up our hands to complete the task."

"Prepare for the competition three years from now."

"It would be best if we could get a spot in one go."

"We'll succeed, right? Which sect can compare to us?" Bai Long said confidently.

Bai Qiufeng shook his head and said, "Leaving aside the strength of the sect's top members, there are only three spots in the small courtyard alone."

"There are too few spots. It would be great if there were five," Bai Long sighed.

It's really not easy to compete for a top-three finish.

However, we can wait until next year's written test to find out the strength of the students in the small courtyard.

Let's see how many points we can get.

Then you can try to guess their cultivation level.

The written test is only part of the exam; the rest will depend on the actual test.

The ranking is based on cultivation level and spiritual energy, not on physical body, spirit, or magic.

Therefore, the current ranking is a ranking, and the combat power is combat power.

After that, they began looking for missions for Jiang Man, and also for themselves.

They need to test Jiang Man's potential and at the same time try to sow discord among him.

Some extraordinary individuals who rise from poverty all possess an invincible spirit.

If one's mind and spirit are damaged, one's path forward will be obstructed.

Of course, if he truly possesses invincible power, then they could become stepping stones.

but
Who isn't a chosen one?

Who hasn't climbed to the top by stepping over the failures of countless others?
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Three days later.

Elder Bai inquired about Jiang Man.

"He hasn't come looking for us yet?"

A man appeared behind Elder Bai and bowed respectfully, saying, "Yes, there should be some concerns."

"I think he's too confident. He thinks the poison won't affect him, so he doesn't intend to fall into the trap," Elder Bai said with a smile as he flipped through the book. "It seems we need to make him understand that this poison is not easy to cure."

He paused for a moment, then asked, "Is he cultivating normally these days?"

"I heard he's been given a mission, a mission for an inner disciple," the man said.

"So fast?" Elder Bai was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, someone must have arranged it for him, wanting to do something to him, or test him," the man guessed.

Upon hearing this, Elder Bai remained silent for a moment before asking, "How many people are involved in the mission?"

“Four,” the man replied.

"Find someone to trigger our poison and let him experience its effects firsthand," Elder Bai said.

"This mission requires four people to work separately. Should we make arrangements in advance?" the man asked.

“Go find Fang Yong. His value will be revealed then. Let him find a way to get Jiang Man found. I think he can do it.” Elder Bai said with a smile. “He may still be thinking of making a name for himself and reaching a higher level. There’s no need to deliberately discourage him, but we need to make them understand who they are and what their status is.”

"Some things are not a matter of whether he wants to or not, but who makes him do them."

"He wanted to earn spiritual resources before, but now he won't be able to avoid earning them even if he wants to."

The man said he understood.

In other words, Fang Yong, in his current state, cannot refuse their demands.

They will provide the spiritual source.

But you can't do without it.

It's even more inaccurate to say they've reformed and stopped betraying others.

The other party has no choice.

That evening.

Fang Yong left the inner gate.

We arrived at the outer gate pancake shop.

Today he met that mysterious person, and he also met Wei Ran.

He is now caught in an unseen storm.

In this storm, he was just an ordinary person, so ordinary that he could be crushed at any moment.

But as long as he can get through this, he will go even further.

However, he could not look anyone in the eye.

The feeling of powerlessness left him somewhat dazed.

"Young Master Fang?" Song Qing asked, somewhat surprised. "Would you like some sesame seed cakes? My treat."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yong sat down on a chair in front of the shop and said, "You seem quite busy."

"There's not much business, actually." Song Qing took two sesame seed cakes and a bowl of soy milk.

"Isn't it just sesame seed cakes?" Fang Yong asked curiously.

"We recently had a customer who thought our sesame seed cakes were pretty good, but he didn't like eating them plain, so we added tea and soy milk. Grinding these takes quite a bit of time," Song Qing said with a smile.

Fang Yong glanced at the shop and asked, "Are you alone?"

He remembered there was one other person.

"Tang Feng?" Song Qing said with a smile, "He went back."

Upon hearing this, Fang Yong was quite surprised: "Because Jiang Man has offended a lot of people?"

He knew Jiang Man's problem better than anyone else.

Staying here does indeed pose a constant threat to one's life.

Going back is perfectly reasonable.

“Yes, Young Master Jiang seems to be getting stronger and stronger, and he has more and more enemies. Who knows when one of our people here will die,” Song Qing said with a smile. “That’s why Tang Feng said he needs to ask for leave to go back and make arrangements for his funeral.”

Song Qing recalled the scene when he asked the other party to go back.

Tang Feng's answer was the same as Yun Qiansi's: "Tell me, who do you want to kill?"

Song Qing also prepared a portion for himself, sat down and said, "Young Master Fang, why did you come out? Didn't Miss Cheng come with you?"

"I'm stuck with your boss, so I came out to clear my head," Fang Yong said.

Afterwards, he tried the sesame seed cakes and soy milk and found them to be quite good.

"Aren't you afraid?" Fang Yong suddenly asked.

“A customer asked me the same question,” Song Qing said with a smile. “Of course I was afraid.”

Fang Yong didn't ask any more questions, and left after finishing his meal.

Watching Fang Yong leave, Song Qing sighed with emotion.

I only offered you two dishes, but you ate four and didn't pay.

After that, he went off to do his work.

Young Master Fang is a prominent figure; he certainly wouldn't actually let the other party pay.

Moreover, that was a Golden Core Ancestor.

Back then, this small courtyard had already produced two Golden Core Ancestors.

Three foundation-building major repairs have already been completed.

Just as he was tidying up, the young man in white reappeared.

"Are the guests eating sesame cakes?" Song Qing asked immediately.

The other person nodded, looked at the location, and said, "Little Song, you have good luck; you know people who are all caught up in the vortex."

"This also means you'll die quickly."

"You better pray that they only encounter people who don't treat you like human beings."

Song Qing smiled slightly: "You make it sound like the guests don't treat me like a human being."

The young man in white smiled slightly but did not speak.

"The guest seems quite free. Does he not have anything to do?" Song Qing asked curiously.

The other party came very frequently, so Song Qing was able to chat for a few minutes.

"Yes, but it's a matter of life and death, there's no need to rush. We can wait a bit longer," the man in white said with a smile. "This place is quite interesting; it wouldn't hurt to spend a few more days exploring."

"By the way, there's a medicinal herb shop on Chishui Peak, run by a chubby guy."

Do you two know each other?

“Young Master Gao?” Song Qing immediately replied, “I know him, and Young Master Gao has been very good to me.”

As he spoke, he prepared sesame seed cakes for the other person.

The man in white, eating a sesame seed cake, said, "He's got good luck too. Does he know your boss?"

“Yes,” Song Qing said with a smile, “They used to live in the same courtyard. They were the last and second-to-last in line, and they had a very good relationship.”

“No wonder,” the man in white continued. “There’s another one who delivers things on a flying sword. He’s also quite fortunate, even more so than you. He seems to be incredibly busy every day. I’ve seen him come here before.”

“Old Chang? He was one of the top five in our courtyard, and he was quite a prominent figure back then,” Song Qing said immediately.

"You all have good opportunities, but unfortunately, they are all quite dangerous," the man in white said calmly while drinking his soy milk.

(End of this chapter)