Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

After closing the shop door, Li Ping couldn't help but wonder about Gu Musheng's cultivation level.

He remembered that not long ago, this third brother was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining. How could he have broken through in just over a month?

With his four spiritual roots, it shouldn't be that easy for him to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

Faced with Li Ping's curiosity, Gu Musheng did not hide anything from him. He frankly said, "Brother, I was lucky enough to buy a 'Qi Condensation Pill' from Master Hu's disciple, which enabled me to break through the bottleneck of the late stage of Qi Refining in one fell swoop."

Li Ping nodded slightly. He also knew about the Qi Condensation Pill, which was a pill with similar effects to the Foundation Establishment Pill, helping to break through bottlenecks.

However, Foundation Establishment Pills can be used to assist in breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm, while Qi Condensation Pills can only be used to assist cultivators in breaking through to the late Qi Refining realm.

Nevertheless, pills that can help break through bottlenecks have always been sought after by cultivators and are very expensive, second only to longevity pills.

Although the Qi Condensation Pill is only a first-grade high-quality pill, its value is more than ten times that of an ordinary first-grade high-quality pill, and it costs at least a hundred spirit stones.

With such a high price, it is generally only cultivator families or Foundation Establishment cultivators who are willing to buy it for their younger generations.

The fact that Gu Musheng could produce such a large sum of spirit stones shows that he was quite wealthy.

Furthermore, as far as Li Ping knew, the Qi Condensation Pill, as a pill that could improve a cultivator's realm, was more popular in the Immortal City than a second-tier spirit talisman.

In addition, the spiritual materials needed to refine Qi Condensation Pills are hard to find, and it may take a long time to refine a batch. Therefore, a batch of Qi Condensation Pills is often divided up by various connected people before it is even finished.

His third brother is quite capable of getting a share of the profits.

Of course, Li Ping was aware of this as well.

Unlike him and his other siblings, who are all craftsmen and make a living through their skills.

Gu Musheng is a businessman, and the most important thing for a businessman is to manage relationships with people from all walks of life and stay informed.

Gu Musheng said he was able to buy the Qi Condensation Pill because he was lucky.

However, Li Ping believes that he must have deliberately cultivated a good relationship with Master Hu's disciple long in advance and planned for a long time before he was able to make a decisive move at the crucial moment and take the Qi Condensation Pill into his possession.

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And now, he has gotten another connection from a fellow monk he knows well.

This would allow Li Ping to purchase high-level cultivation techniques needed for Foundation Establishment stage cultivation at a very low price.

Gu Musheng unconsciously lowered his voice: "Brother, Senior Wang, who is in charge of guarding the Secret Technique Pavilion in Immortal City, failed to break through to the late Foundation Establishment stage some time ago and suffered severe damage to his vital energy. He only had forty or fifty years left to live, and this injury further damaged his essence. We don't know when he will pass away. So, before he passes away, he intends to leave more spirit stones for his descendants so that they will not be without protection after he is gone."

Li Ping nodded, signaling him to continue.

"Therefore, he secretly spread the word to reliable cultivators outside that as long as they were willing to pay a certain amount of spirit stones, they could sneak into the secret technique pavilion he was guarding and choose cultivation techniques and secret methods." Gu Musheng continued, "I happened to have done a business deal with a descendant of Senior Wang, and he considered me reliable, so I learned about this from him."

Gu Musheng chuckled, as if seeking credit, "Hehe... Because he's about to pass away, this Senior Wang is very easy to talk to. According to the price his descendant told me, it only costs one hundred spirit stones to enter the Secret Technique Pavilion and choose a high-level cultivation technique to take away."

"One hundred spirit stones for a high-level cultivation technique?" Li Ping was genuinely surprised this time.

You should know that he had previously inquired about the prices of high-level cultivation techniques from several major merchant guilds in the inner city. The cheapest price they quoted started at a thousand spirit stones, while the most expensive ones cost several thousand spirit stones.

As for the black market, since it's located outside the city, Li Ping hasn't been there since he reached the Foundation Establishment stage, but he imagines the prices are roughly the same.

Here, it only costs one hundred spirit stones!

Li Ping couldn't help but sigh, this Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Wang really has the power to not use it, otherwise it will expire!

However, for him, this was a good thing.

Originally, it would have taken him quite some time to gather enough spirit stones to buy the cultivation technique, but now... it seems like he can get it right away?

Thinking about this, Li Ping was tempted, but at the same time, he had some doubts: "If he acts so recklessly and something comes out, won't he implicate me?"

Although the price of the cultivation technique was very tempting, the risk of poaching a Core Formation cultivator still made Li Ping uneasy.

Gu Musheng saw Li Ping's doubts and analyzed, "Brother, there are risks involved, but they're not too great. The Wang family certainly wouldn't dare to tell anyone. After all, if True Person Fenglan finds out about what they've done, and if he doesn't show any mercy, he might cripple their entire clan's cultivation and expel them from the Immortal City."

"The people who go to choose cultivation techniques are all reliable, and Senior Wang also required them to swear an oath of Dao heart, so the possibility of them leaking information is not high," Gu Musheng continued. "Moreover, if my elder brother really goes to the Secret Technique Pavilion to choose a cultivation technique, he will definitely go incognito."

He smiled and said, "The Wang family cultivators themselves don't know exactly who picked up the cultivation technique. In this way, even if the Wang family really suffers, it won't affect you, elder brother."

Li Ping nodded. According to Gu Musheng's analysis, the risk wasn't actually that great.

Even if the Wang family's affair is exposed, there is no evidence in Immortal City to prove that Li Ping was involved.

The problem is, this isn't Earth, but the cultivation world. With a Core Formation cultivator like Master Fenglan in charge, does the Immortal City need evidence to do its work?

After much hesitation, Li Ping finally decided to follow Gu Musheng's path and go to the Immortal City Secret Technique Pavilion to select a cultivation method.

He believes that although there are risks involved, they are within control.

First of all, no Foundation Establishment cultivator is stupid. That Wang family Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Immortal City has lived for over 150 years. He wouldn't do something so foolish if he wasn't confident.

He dared to do it because he wasn't worried about being discovered by Master Fenglan.

Secondly, as Gu Musheng said, he went there incognito, so the probability of him being implicated should the Wang family really suffer.

Finally, because of the scheme set up by Dai Sangyu, Li Ping didn't even dare to return to Jiang Kingdom to see his master one last time. Therefore, he not only deeply hated this woman, but also felt very unhappy with the officials of the Immortal City.

The opportunity to undermine the Immortal City filled him with a strange sense of satisfaction.

After repeatedly and carefully inquiring about Gu Musheng's information, Li Ping handed over six second-grade low-level spirit talismans from his storage bag to the overjoyed Gu Musheng, and then took 300 spirit stones from him before leaving.

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That night, Li Ping's figure quietly appeared in a residence near the inner city of the Immortal City.

At this moment, he was dressed in a gray Taoist robe, wearing a mask that blocked divine sense, and a black bamboo hat on his head. Even his aura was concealed by a secret technique to the level of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

This outfit was something he had specially prepared for his business dealings with the black market; he never expected it would come in handy now.