Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Inside the simple and unadorned blue marble palace.

The gray-robed female cultivator sat cross-legged, a three-foot-long hiltless flying sword lying across her knees, its blade occasionally flashing with a ghostly light.

"Boom!"

The palace doors were pushed open, and a beautiful figure walked in. It was Meng Qingyi. She looked at the gray-robed female cultivator and respectfully said, "Thirteenth Senior Sister, I have done as you instructed and let Fellow Daoist Li leave."

"Hmm." Dai Sangyu spoke slowly, her calm voice resonating like the sound of a sword striking the soul: "Next, spread the news of Li Ping's rejection by my Immortal City, and the reasons behind it, through other channels."

Meng Qing hesitated for a moment before agreeing, "Yes."

"Alright, if there's nothing else, you can leave now!" Dai Sangyu said calmly.

Meng Qingyi nodded and was about to turn and leave, but she stopped halfway. After hesitating, she finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering her: "Thirteenth Senior Sister, we all know that Fellow Daoist Li is indeed unrelated to Junior Nephew Lin's matter, and he doesn't even know the villain who harmed Junior Nephew Lin. He was only involved by chance. Why do you think that Fellow Daoist Li can lure out that villain?"

Upon hearing this, Dai Sangyu's previously calm voice became somewhat agitated. She coldly asked, "Besides Li Ping, are there any other clues?"

Meng Qingyi moved her lips slightly, seemingly wanting to say something but ultimately said nothing, and silently turned and left.

She realized that her thirteenth senior sister was already over 170 years old. As a sword cultivator, she had often fought with others when she was young and had suffered many injuries, even damaging her very essence. Now, she probably didn't have much lifespan left.

Now, this incident has caused damage to the Thirteenth Senior Sister's mental state, preventing her from breaking through to the Core Formation stage.

It's understandable that she was anxious as her time was running out.

Although Meng Qing didn't believe that she could lure out the villain through Li Ping, she could understand her thirteenth senior sister's feelings and hoped that her thirteenth senior sister could really kill the villain.

With a state of perfect mind, I broke through the barrier in one fell swoop!

……

Meng Qing also left, leaving only Dai Sangyu, dressed in a gray robe, sitting cross-legged in the simple blue palace.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes, but her gaze was not as sharp and aggressive as when she was with her junior brothers and sisters.

Instead, it resembles a clear spring in the mountains and forests, calm and peaceful.

"Sword cultivator... Heh, everyone thinks I'm a sword cultivator... Heh... You can rest assured now that I've ruined the sword cultivator's mental state and made her unable to suppress her inner demons!" she murmured softly.

"Moon, it's my fault for dragging you into this!"

"Once I reach the Core Formation stage, I will definitely seek justice for you!"

……

Li Ping strolled slowly towards the outer city, suppressing the joy in his heart.

Not long ago, after Meng Qingyi presented him with the brush, he personally escorted him to the outside of Qinglong Mountain before leaving gracefully.

In this way, today's inexplicable encounter can finally be considered completely over.

As he paced back and forth, Li Ping pondered the gains and losses of the day and his plans for the future.

First of all, his original plan to join the Azure Dragon Mountain lineage and become a guest elder of the Immortal City has completely fallen through.

This means that the free cultivation techniques and free cultivation cave he was hoping for are gone, and he will have to find a way to obtain both cultivation techniques and a cave himself.

Secondly, because of the Foundation Establishment Pill, he suspected he had offended the sword cultivator named Dai Sangyu, and she might hold a grudge against him. Previously on the mountain, everything was out in the open, and perhaps out of consideration for the reputation of the Immortal City's officials, she didn't attack him.

However, it's hard to guarantee that she won't secretly take action and teach Li Ping a lesson to vent her anger.

In other words, Li Ping has a certain probability of having an enemy who is a Foundation Establishment Perfection sword cultivator.

These are all bad things, but today's trip also has its benefits.

Thinking of the second-tier mid-grade talisman brush "Purple Phoenix" in his storage bag, Li Ping's smile almost overflowed.

With this talisman pen in hand, he can become a mid-grade second-tier talisman maker!

Once he becomes a mid-grade second-tier talisman maker, given the "100% success rate in drawing talismans of the same tier" attributed to him by the "Tree of Inheritance," the speed at which he can earn spirit stones is unimaginable.

Buying cultivation techniques and renting cave dwellings are no problem at all.

"However, besides the talisman brush, there are other resources needed to nourish the Tree of Inheritance. I'm still far from meeting the requirements, and I don't know when I'll be able to gather enough." Thinking of this, Li Ping couldn't help but come back to his senses from his joy, and a sigh came to his heart.

[A talisman brush imbued with the skills of a mid-tier second-level talisman maker, 1000 low-grade spirit stones, three liters of mid-tier second-level talisman ink, and three feet of mid-tier second-level spirit wood. Used as nourishment, it allows one to master mid-tier second-level talisman-making skills.]

He can't come up with a thousand spirit stones right now.

Three liters of mid-grade second-tier talisman ink should not be difficult to buy in the Immortal City. However, one liter of mid-grade second-tier talisman ink costs at least a hundred spirit stones, so three liters would cost at least three hundred spirit stones.

Three feet of mid-grade second-tier spirit wood—Li Ping had never seen such a quality of spiritual material before, and he didn't know exactly how many spirit stones it would cost. But he estimated it wouldn't be less than the value of the talisman ink, another three hundred spirit stones.

I don't know, I was taken aback.

If Li Ping wanted to become a mid-grade second-tier talisman maker, he would have to pay a price of over 1500 spirit stones, which is equivalent to half a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Of course, if other cultivators knew that they could instantly become mid-grade second-tier talisman makers for just 1500 spirit stones, they would go crazy.

After all, even Meng Qingyi, with a Core Formation Realm expert as her background, possesses exceptional talent in talisman making.

It took him nearly a hundred years to finally become a mid-grade second-tier talisman maker. During that time, he wasted countless talisman inks and talisman papers, the value of which far exceeded 1500 spirit stones.

This is still a talisman maker who doesn't consume many resources.

If one were to train a mid-grade second-tier alchemist or weapon refiner, the cost would be painful even for a force with a Core Formation cultivator in charge.

Not to mention, once Li Ping breaks through, he will also have the special effects of "one certificate for life" and "100% success rate".

"Ultimately, everything depends on spirit stones. I need to get enough spirit stones!"

……

Outer city, Yanxia Lane.

Li Ping stopped at a rather tidy-looking general store, glanced at the "Green Bamboo" shop sign for a moment, and then walked straight inside.

The general store was small, only about three zhang in diameter inside. Deep inside the store, there was a shelf with all sorts of low-level materials, magical artifacts, pills, talismans, and so on.

In front of the shelves, a four-foot-high counter separates customers from the shelves.

Behind the counter, a dark-skinned young man dressed in a blue robe was sitting there, tidying something up with his head down.

Li Ping entered the shop, and the sound of his footsteps startled the dark-skinned young man.

Upon looking up and seeing Li Ping's appearance clearly, the dark-skinned young man quickly came out from behind the counter and respectfully greeted Li Ping, "Big Brother."