Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Upon reaching the second floor, Li Ping noticed that the space was significantly smaller than that on the first floor.

The entire second floor was empty except for a single wooden table in the middle. The eleven people who had come up first were gathered around the wooden table, which clearly contained high-level cultivation techniques.

But the next moment, before Li Ping could even get close, he saw one of the eleven cultivators who had come up first slam his palm heavily onto the wooden table.

Clearly, he was trying his best to suppress his anger.

If he weren't still in the Wang family's ancestral land, and if the Wang family's patriarch, who was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, weren't below him, he probably would have already started cursing.

Li Ping felt a sense of foreboding. He quickly stepped forward and scanned the dozen or so jade slips on the table with his divine sense. The descriptions of the cultivation techniques on these jade slips immediately appeared in his mind.

Upon seeing it, he was momentarily stunned.

Then he laughed, a laugh born of anger; the antics of the Wang family patriarch had amused him.

Without a doubt, he had fallen into their trap again.

There were indeed more than ten high-level cultivation manuals on the wooden table, one of which even claimed to be able to cultivate to the legendary Nascent Soul stage.

However, most of these cultivation techniques are recognized as useless techniques in the cultivation world!

What constitutes a useless cultivation technique? Either the vast majority of cultivators do not meet the requirements for cultivation, or the technique contains huge hidden dangers, making it impossible for anyone to cultivate.

What are they going to do with these useless techniques?

First, they lured them in with the secrets of the Immortal City, then brought them to this pavilion, making them think they had been tricked and thus become angry.

At a critical moment, the Wang family patriarch stepped forward and frankly told them.

They definitely can't go to the Immortal City's Secret Techniques Pavilion, but it's still worthwhile for them to come to the Wang Family's Secret Techniques Pavilion.

There are more than a dozen high-level cultivation techniques on the second floor of the Secret Techniques Pavilion. They can go upstairs and choose one to take with them.

Then, taking the opportunity, they made an agreement with them that once they went up to the second floor to see the cultivation technique, they could not return the spirit stones.

These schemes are all interconnected, and their ultimate goal is to swindle them out of their spirit stones!

Li Ping thought to himself, "What a beast! What a beast! He's so good at deceiving people, even the biggest con artists can't fool him!"

He knew that among the twelve cultivators present, besides himself, there was more than one Foundation Establishment cultivator.

If it weren't for the fact that everyone was in the Immortal City and dared not make a move, given the actions of the Wang family patriarch, he would have died eight times over.

……

Since he knew he was unlikely to get his spirit stones back, Li Ping had no choice but to look at the cultivation techniques on the table to see if he could recoup his losses.

Most of the dozen or so cultivation manuals on the table were useless and uncultivable, while the remaining few were even more frightening.

"Blood Floating," "Blood Sea Great Technique"... just by looking at these names, you can tell they are demonic cultivation techniques. I wonder where the Wang family got them from.

The surrounding countries of the Immortal City are all righteous sects. Anyone who cultivates demonic techniques will inevitably become an enemy of all cultivators and be jointly exterminated by the sects, the Immortal City, and the cultivation families.

Of course, being surrounded by enemies, constantly escaping, breaking through, and fighting back while being hunted by high-level cultivators is also very exciting.

However, this path to enlightenment is too dangerous; a slight misstep can lead to an untimely death, and it is not accessible to those without great fortune.

Li Ping believes that the "survival" route of development is more suitable for him.

Moreover, the demonic cultivation techniques of the Wang family are severely incomplete, mostly only covering the first few levels, allowing cultivation up to the late Foundation Establishment stage. They lack even the methods for Core Formation, thus failing to meet Li Ping's criteria for selecting cultivation techniques.

……

After reviewing the demonic cultivation techniques and feeling a sense of warning, Li Ping turned his attention to the useless ones.

Among the discarded cultivation techniques, the first one Li Ping looked at was the one that could be cultivated to the legendary Nascent Soul stage, the "Burning Heaven Technique".

But after reading it carefully, he shook his head slightly.

This technique has very strict cultivation conditions. Only mortals with a 'fire-type' celestial spiritual root can cultivate it, and when they first start cultivating, the magical power they produce is about 50% weaker than that of cultivators of the same level.

Moreover, each time he faces a bottleneck in a major realm, he must devour a spiritual fire nurtured by heaven and earth in order to break through!

After breaking through by absorbing spiritual fire, a cultivator's magical power will also increase, and in the later stages, they may even be much stronger than other cultivators of the same level.

A cultivator with a Heavenly Spiritual Root can smoothly cultivate all the way to the Perfection of Core Formation, only encountering a bottleneck when forming the Nascent Soul stage.

If one cultivates this "Burning Heaven Technique," one will artificially create bottlenecks for oneself, and each breakthrough requires consuming a wisp of heaven and earth spiritual fire.

According to the description in the cultivation method, this Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire is extremely rare and precious. Even Nascent Soul cultivators may not be able to possess it. Moreover, cultivators must endure great pain and risks during the process of absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Fire. If they are not careful, they will be burned to ashes by the spiritual fire.

This is even more dangerous than cultivating demonic arts within the sphere of influence of righteous forces.

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Skipping over the "Burning Heaven Technique," Li Ping continued reading the introductions to other useless cultivation methods.

The more he looked, the more he shook his head in disbelief.

According to "An Introduction to the Celestial Spheres," cultivators must possess a unique spiritual root from a galaxy and have an indestructible body in order to cultivate.

Li Ping shook his head: "Is there really anyone in the cultivation world who meets these cultivation requirements?"

The Great Freedom Mind Technique requires practitioners to have great perseverance, constantly eliminating inner demons and maintaining inner peace; otherwise, there is a risk of being possessed by a celestial demon. It is not recommended to practice this technique if one does not possess the "Ten Thousand Year Cold Jade" and the "Ten Thousand Year Soul Nourishing Wood".

These were two more spiritual items that Li Ping had never even heard of before.

He hesitated, saying, "Even if I had ten-thousand-year-old cold jade or ten-thousand-year-old soul-nourishing wood, I wouldn't dare to cultivate."

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As he read through the books, Li Ping's gaze fell on the third to last one, "Useless Cultivation Techniques".

This cultivation technique is called "Zeshui Nourishing Life Technique". The name seems ordinary, but in fact, it is a high-level technique that can be cultivated up to the Nascent Soul stage.

The requirements for the physical constitution of the cultivator in the "Water Nourishing Life Technique" are very simple. One only needs to have a water-based spiritual root to cultivate it, and Li Ping also meets the cultivation requirements.

Of course, the fact that the Wang family placed the "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue" here, despite its simple cultivation requirements, must have been a huge hidden danger.

But as Li Ping looked at this potential danger, a thoughtful expression gradually appeared on his face.

The *Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue* states: "Water nourishes wood; water is the foundation for the growth of spiritual wood materials. This deity, observing the workings of heaven and earth, reversed this principle, using wood to nourish water, thus creating this cultivation method. Practitioners must simultaneously cultivate alchemy, drawing upon the 'innate qi' of the elixir's formation as nourishment."

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After reading the long introduction, Li Ping was fully aware of the hidden dangers of the "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue" exercise.

First, cultivators must study alchemy techniques, because the "Ze Shui Yang Sheng Jue" requires the "innate Qi mechanism" at the time of pill formation from pills of the same grade as nourishment; otherwise, there will be no progress.

He cannot watch others refine pills, even if they are just observing and waiting for the pills to be finished, because the pills will be tainted by other people's auras, and he will not be able to absorb the 'innate qi'. He must refine the pills himself.

In other words, if one's alchemy skills do not improve, one's cultivation level cannot be improved either.

Second, because he absorbed the "innate energy" of the pill when it was made, all pills that enhance cultivation are useless to him. If he wants to improve his cultivation, he can only rely on his own hard work.

Of course, healing pills and pills for breaking through bottlenecks are still useful.