Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Li Ping only learned about it from Master Ji's description.

Two years ago, after receiving Li Ping's reply, Master Ji took two novices who were new to the path of immortality and followed a caravan to the Immortal City.

But when they were halfway there, the caravan suddenly stopped.

Only after asking did Master Ji learn that after learning of the beast tide that had broken out in the Immortal City, the Foundation Establishment cultivator leading the caravan chose to suspend their journey out of concern for the danger.

This stop lasted for more than half a year, until the beast tide subsided, and the caravan set off again.

That's why it took Master Ji and the other two so long to arrive at the Immortal City.

Li Ping nodded repeatedly as he listened.

After recounting the itinerary, Master Ji then had two boys, aged fourteen or fifteen, stand in front of him and introduce them to Li Ping.

While listening to his introduction, Li Ping's gaze also fell on the two boys.

The chubby-faced, seemingly fearless young man standing on the left is named Yan Hengchuan, the eldest grandson of the third senior brother who possesses spiritual roots.

However, he possesses the worst of the five spiritual roots. After embarking on the path of immortality at the age of 12, he was quickly brought to the Immortal City by Daoist Ji. There were no conditions for cultivation along the way, and now at the age of 15, his cultivation level is only at the first level of Qi Refining.

The boy on the right, who has delicate features and seems rather shy, is named Ji Shuxuan. He is the youngest among Ji Dao's grandsons.

He possesses four spiritual roots, is one year older than Yan Hengchuan, and has already cultivated to the second level of Qi Refining.

Li Ping rewarded the two men with two bottles of Qi-boosting pills, encouraging them to cultivate diligently.

Then, Master Ji told the two overjoyed people to go play in the courtyard, while he continued chatting with Li Ping.

Li Ping knew from their previous correspondence that the Ji family had produced a genius descendant with two spiritual roots, who had been sent to the sect by Daoist Ji for cultivation.

Moreover, the Ji family also rented a first-tier spiritual land, thus gaining a foothold.

As they chatted, the conversation soon turned to these topics.

From Master Ji's words, Li Ping learned that his genius granddaughter was named Ji Shuwen, who was 17 years old this year. She had been a disciple of the sect for three years and was doing quite well in the Immortal City. Not long after she entered the sect, she was accepted as a disciple by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Upon hearing this, Li Ping smiled and congratulated Master Ji.

Master Ji was delighted to hear Li Ping's congratulations, clearly pleased.

He then went on to talk about the first-tier spiritual land he had rented, which was a hilltop about a hundred acres in circumference.

Several cultivators from the Ji family cultivated over forty acres of spiritual fields on the outskirts of the spiritual land to grow spiritual rice, and also opened up a five-acre medicinal garden in the core of the spiritual land where spiritual energy was abundant to grow spiritual herbs.

With this sacred land, Master Ji, his two sons, and grandchildren with spiritual roots no longer need to live under someone else's roof. They can stay within the family, manage things steadily, and slowly accumulate the family's wealth.

At this point, Master Ji also sighed.

He cultivated immortality his whole life, and in his old age, with Li Ping's help, he was finally able to leave some memories for his children and grandchildren.

Li Ping naturally offered kind words of comfort after hearing this.

Then Li Ping said that if it weren't for Master Ji leading him into the path of immortality, he might still be struggling in the mortal world. Master Ji had the grace of teaching him the Dao.

Therefore, he promised to help Ji Shuwen once in the future, when she has cultivated to the ninth level of Qi Refining and is preparing to establish her foundation.

As far as Li Ping knew, although it was easier for sect cultivators to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills than for independent cultivators, they still needed to earn sect contribution points through sect missions to exchange for them. With the help of their masters, this process would undoubtedly be much easier.

And then he heard Li Ping's promise.

Master Ji immediately stood up excitedly and solemnly bowed to Li Ping, which Li Ping could not stop him from doing.

Then the two talked about the arrangements for the two little guys, Yan Hengchuan and Ji Shuxuan.

Li Ping smiled and said, "Brother Ji, as the saying goes, 'Everyone needs a skill in life,' and cultivators are no exception. Mastering one of the hundred arts of cultivation is equivalent to owning a spirit stone mine, which can earn a continuous stream of spirit stones! So I plan to arrange for each of them to be an apprentice and learn a skill. What do you think?"

This was an idea he had carefully considered.

Yan Hengchuan possesses five spiritual roots, and he would likely need more than five Foundation Establishment Pills to successfully establish his foundation. Even if Li Ping wanted to help him, he lacked the strength.

The best option for him would be to cultivate under Li Ping's guidance for twenty or thirty years, learn a skill of immortal cultivation, and after reaching the mid-stage of Qi Refining, marry, have children, expand his family, and enjoy the joys of family life.

With Li Ping, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, to take care of him, he will be able to live a very comfortable life.

As for Ji Shuxuan, his spiritual root aptitude is slightly better than Yan Hengchuan's, but since Daoist Ji has already tacitly approved of Li Ping's favor, it can be used to help Ji Shuwen, who has better spiritual root aptitude, to establish her foundation.

Li Ping could no longer arrange a Foundation Establishment opportunity for Ji Shuxuan.

Based on Ji Shuxuan's own abilities, without any great opportunities, he would basically remain in the Qi Refining stage for the rest of his life.

Therefore, the same arrangement as Yan Hengchuan is the most suitable for him.

Master Ji nodded in agreement with Li Ping's arrangement: "Brother Li is right. Once they learn a skill of cultivation, they won't have to worry about not earning cultivation resources no matter where they go in the future."

Li Ping nodded: "Brother Ji, don't worry. I have some standing in Xiancheng. As long as they are willing to learn, I will definitely arrange the best learning conditions for them."

Immediately, Master Ji summoned Yan Hengchuan and Ji Shuxuan to inquire about their thoughts.

Yan Hengchuan blinked his big eyes and said firmly, "I want to learn weapon crafting."

Ji Shuxuan hesitated for a moment: "I...I want to learn alchemy."

Upon hearing their answers, Master Ji immediately straightened his face: "Nonsense! Do you think these two skills are so easy to learn? You think you can learn alchemy and weapon crafting without talent? No way!"

After hearing Master Ji's words, Ji Shuxuan became even more hesitant about his choice.

Yan Hengchuan, however, was not afraid at all. Instead, he raised his head and said, "Grandpa Ji, how do you know that Shuxuan and I have no talent? Maybe we are geniuses in alchemy and weapon crafting, one in a hundred years!"

Li Ping was speechless upon hearing this. He saw a resemblance to his third senior brother in this little guy.

Before Master Ji could say anything more, Li Ping interrupted with a chuckle, "You're right, kid. Maybe you really are geniuses."

He turned to Master Ji and said, "Brother Ji, let them learn first. If they really can't learn it, we can find someone else."

When Li Ping spoke, Master Ji nodded helplessly.

It wasn't that he thought the two little ones were necessarily without talent; he was an honest man and knew that alchemy and weapon crafting were two extremely resource-intensive skills.

To achieve something in either of these crafts, one would have to burn through countless spirit stones. He simply didn't want Li Ping to expend too many resources for his grandson.

……

That night, Li Ping had a celestial banquet delivered from a restaurant in the Immortal City.

The spiritual food, with its perfect color, aroma, and taste, and the refreshing spiritual wine, greatly amazed Master Ji and his companions.

Master Ji was a low-level rogue cultivator in Jiang Kingdom. He had to be very careful with his spirit stones, and he would never spend them on lavish meals.

The two boys, needless to say, had never tasted such delicacies since they were born.

After a hearty meal, Yan Hengchuan and Ji Shuxuan whispered and discussed for a while. Finally, Yan Hengchuan walked up to Li Ping and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Grandmaster, Shuxuan and I don't want to learn alchemy and weapon crafting anymore."

"What's wrong?" Li Ping asked, puzzled.

Yan Hengchuan gritted his teeth before shouting, "I want to learn to be a spirit chef, and Shuxuan wants to learn to brew spirit wine!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ping and Master Ji exchanged glances and burst into laughter at the same time.

……

That night, Master Ji and his two companions were arranged to stay in the guest rooms next door.

Li Ping himself went to the alchemy room to continue cultivating the first level of the sacred text: body refinement.

He first took out a storage bag and placed hundreds of precious spiritual materials inside in front of him, a determined look flashing in his eyes.

"clang!"

An alchemy furnace also appeared before them.

"call!"

Li Ping slightly opened his mouth, and a straight line of fire shot out from his mouth, landing right below the alchemy furnace. This was the innate true fire that only Foundation Establishment cultivators could control!

Heated by the innate true fire, the temperature inside the entire alchemy room began to rise slowly, and the temperature inside the furnace even caused the surrounding air to distort.

"Now!"

"Whoosh!" "Whoosh!" "Whoosh!"...

Several kinds of spiritual materials were controlled by Li Ping's magic power and fell into the alchemy furnace. When the time was right, several more kinds of spiritual materials fell into the furnace... As Li Ping was busy, the spiritual materials in front of him gradually decreased, while a strange smell began to emanate from the furnace.

Li Ping knew that the refining process had reached a critical moment, so he carefully controlled the temperature of the alchemy furnace and also controlled the last spiritual material to fall into the furnace.

Half an hour later—

"boom!"

The alchemy furnace was directly lifted open, revealing a pool of deep red liquid inside. Li Ping quickly took out a jade bottle and put all the liquid into it!

……

Upon entering the training room, Li Ping sat cross-legged, with the jade bottle placed beside him.

Picking up the jade bottle and looking at the deep red liquid inside, Li Ping couldn't help but wonder, "Is it really safe to drink this?"

But considering that he cultivated the Nourishing Life Technique and possessed a pseudo-indestructible body, making him virtually immune to all poisons, even if these first-tier spiritual materials were poisonous, they wouldn't be able to harm him.

Li Ping then made up his mind and used his magic to extract about two qian (approximately 6 grams) of liquid from the jade bottle.

He swallowed it in one gulp, then immediately began to circulate the sacred scriptures and silently refine it.

……

In a vast and endless world, in a hidden space.

A set of exquisite blood-red armor, exuding terrifying spiritual pressure, floated in the center of the hidden space. Upon closer inspection, one could see that this blood-red armor was actually made up of pieces of blood-red armor plates that were inlaid and connected together!

It took millions of blood-red armor plates to make up this mountain-like blood-red armor.

However, upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that not every single armor plate that makes up this blood-red armor has a solid form; some plates only have a phantom image in their positions!

Just as Li Ping began cultivating the "Nine Tribulations True Spirit Holy Scripture".

At the location of one of the phantom armor plates, the characters on it, which were enough to interpret the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, suddenly blurred and changed from the two characters "Yan Kun" to "Li Ping"!

At the same time the name changed, a phantom appeared on each physical plate of the blood-red armor. Millions of phantoms appeared, including humans, monsters, and giants. These phantoms roared madly, trying to break free from the armor's restraints.

But in the end... it was all in vain.

The armor trembled slightly, and all the illusory figures that had been revealed retracted in pain.

The mysterious space gradually calmed down.

……