Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

At the same time, the evil skill that "hurts the enemy eight hundred while losing a thousand of your own" arose in his mind.

Li Ping immediately thought of the demonic cultivation techniques he had seen in the Wang family's secret arts pavilion. Perhaps these techniques contained secret arts that involved harming oneself before harming others.

Unfortunately, he didn't think of this at the time and failed to seize the opportunity.

Now, if he wants to find similar evil techniques and secret arts, he'll probably have to go to the black market.

Immortal City is within the territory of righteous forces, and no one dares to openly sell demonic arts.

However, Li Ping is currently unable to leave the city, so this matter has to be put on hold for the time being.

Shaking his head, Li Ping left the alchemy room and returned to the training room, where he sat cross-legged and continued to circulate the health cultivation technique to refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Based on his usual practice, he estimated that it would take him about thirty years to reach the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage.

Since there are no bottlenecks, he only needs to focus on accumulating magical power.

With the remaining 199 years of his lifespan, he has more than enough time to cultivate to the peak of Foundation Establishment and attempt to break through to Core Formation.

……

Just as Li Ping was engrossed in alchemy, the Wang family's ancestral homeland...

Under the hopeful gazes of the Wang family patriarch and many Wang family cultivators.

The spiritual energy vortex, which was more than ten feet in diameter, above the small courtyard in the distance suddenly trembled, let out a mournful cry, and then instantly dissipated.

Upon seeing this scene, they knew perfectly well what had happened.

Wang Xingwei, the genius of the Wang family, also failed his second attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Hmph, a good-for-nothing who can't be helped!" The Wang family patriarch snorted coldly and left in a huff.

Seeing their ancestor leave, the other Wang family cultivators also whispered among themselves and departed.

Only the patriarch, Wang Quyan, remained in place. He sighed and looked towards the distant courtyard, but saw no movement from within.

"Oh no, could something have happened?" Thinking this, he rushed to the courtyard, pushed open the half-closed gate, and went inside.

Because it was in the ancestral land of the Wang family, and with the patriarch in charge, the formation of this courtyard was not activated, which is why Wang Quyan was able to break in directly.

As he entered the courtyard, he immediately saw a thin figure slumped on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.

"It's good that he's alright." Wang Quyan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Wang Xingwei was safe and sound.

He called softly, "Xingwei?"

Wang Xingwei seemed not to hear him, muttering things like "Foundation Building Pill," "I can't do it," and "There's a problem."

His appearance filled Wang Quyan with endless regret.

However, he did not seriously consider Wang Xingwei's fragmented words, but assumed that the other party was unable to withstand the blow and was experiencing some kind of hysteria.

He wouldn't even consider the possibility that "there's something wrong with the Foundation Establishment Pill."

After all, the materials for these two Foundation Establishment Pills were gathered by the patriarch using the combined efforts of the entire family, and he personally watched the alchemist refine them. Moreover, after receiving the pills, they carefully inspected them to confirm that there were no problems.

"This child can no longer stay in the family."

Looking at the frail figure slumped on the ground with pity, Wang Quyan couldn't help but sigh again.

The ancestor had to nearly empty the family's coffers to obtain two Foundation Establishment Pills.

These two Foundation Establishment Pills embody the hopes of the entire Wang family. The whole family hopes to use these two Foundation Establishment Pills to cultivate another Foundation Establishment cultivator for the family before the ancestor passes away.

Its weight is unimaginable!

Then, Wang Xingwei, who had placed the hopes of the entire clan on him, failed, twice in a row.

Without a doubt, he had become a sinner against the Wang family. Although... he was unwilling to bear this burden from the beginning, he had no choice in the matter.

If Wang Xingwei continues to stay in the Wang family and faces the constant pointing fingers and gossip of the patriarch and clansmen, Wang Quyan is genuinely worried that the child might do something foolish.

Although he was worried about the future of the family, he knew that he couldn't entirely blame Wang Xingwei for this; the pressure from his ancestor was too great.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Xingwei, the spirit herb garden near the fishing village in Immortal City is short of a manager. Why don't you go there and manage the herb garden?"

Fishing Village Herb Garden is fifty or sixty miles away from the Wang family's ancestral land and is located in the outer city. It is mostly inhabited by independent cultivators, and Wang Xingwei does not know anyone there. It is an unfamiliar environment for him.

Wang Quyan believes.

Living undisturbed in an unfamiliar environment without the presence of acquaintances for a period of time helped Wang Xingwei overcome his predicament.

……

Bai Lin was carried by the family head, Bai Mingde, on his sword, and they flew swiftly through layers of thin clouds.

Soon, a majestic city shrouded in a hemispherical cyan light appeared in her field of vision, and it continued to grow larger as they approached.

As they approached the immortal city, the sound of air being torn apart continued to echo around them, as cultivators either rode flying swords or rode demonic birds past them.

Every now and then, when the eyes of these passing rogue cultivators fell on Bai Lin's face, they would unconsciously let out a surprised "Eh," seemingly astonished by her beauty.

However, upon seeing Bai Mingde's peak Qi Refining cultivation, they immediately dared not act recklessly and instead sped away.

Seeing this, Bai Mingde's expression remained unchanged, but he sighed slightly in his heart.

Soon, their escape light landed in front of the city gate of the immortal city, which was over thirty feet high, and cultivators were going in and out.

Bai Lin's cultivation level was only at the third level of Qi Refining. Before this, she had always stayed in her family to cultivate and had never been to the Immortal City. Now, seeing this magnificent Immortal City, she couldn't help but show shock in her eyes.

Compared to Xiancheng, Baijia's Gaojishan is just the countryside.

At that moment, she herself did not notice that her gaze had gradually changed.

After Bai Mingde registered Bai Lin's information and issued her an identity token, the two followed the flow of people into the Immortal City.

……

In Li Ping's cave on Xiantao Mountain.

Li Ping looked at Bai Mingde with a puzzled expression, as well as the pretty young girl standing behind him.

The girl wore a light-colored long dress, with her smooth black hair loosely tied up with a pink hairband. She looked like a secluded orchid in a valley, pure and elegant, or like a singing oriole on a branch, light and beautiful.

In reality, his position as a guest elder of the Bai family was merely a figurehead. He agreed to lend the Bai family his title as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but he was unlikely to actually do anything for them.

What did Bai Mingde want from him?

Li Ping waved for the two to sit down and said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Bai, how is your esteemed ancestor?"

Bai Mingde quickly and respectfully replied, "Thank you for your concern, Senior Li. The Ancestor is doing well. When he came down, the Ancestor asked me to convey his regards to you."

Hearing the conversation between the two, Bai Lin, who had been keeping her head down and silent, secretly glanced at the family head and that "Senior Li" out of the corner of her eye.

In her opinion, Senior Li was just an ordinary-looking young man who spoke without any airs.

The clan leader, who usually held a high position within the family, unconsciously became obsequious in front of Senior Li.