Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 331 Killer Token

Li Ji'an never considered confronting a wealthy and talented man like Tong Liang head-on.

As it turned out, even if he and Guagua joined forces, and with the many treasures on Tong Liang's body protecting him, he still couldn't kill him.

They must even possess some kind of anti-poison treasure.

Therefore, from the very beginning, he chose the most secretive poison he had prepared in his previous life, "Bauhinia Immortal".

This poison was refined by him when he was a pseudo-core cultivator in his previous life. Its toxicity was not as great as that of ordinary third-tier poisons, but it was extremely well-hidden and blended into the surrounding spiritual energy, perfectly natural. Even when he tested it with the most advanced anti-poison jade of the Biyun Sect at that time, it failed to trigger a reaction.

The only drawback is that the onset time is too long.

It has even more advantages; it can kill people invisibly, without even triggering the soul jade on their bodies.

Once it was confirmed that it had lost all its life force, another bolt of lightning and fire annihilated its overflowing soul before Li Ji'an allowed Guagua to go forward and investigate.

The Soul Jade on his body was not activated, and there was a gleaming silver mirror in his chest that passively protected him; it was actually an eighth-grade protective magic treasure.

Most magical treasures in the world are primarily for offense and control, or at most a combination of offense and defense. This is the first time Li Ji'an has ever seen a purely passive defensive magical treasure like this.

Its scarcity and value are even greater than those of offensive magical artifacts.

After a brief test, Li Ji'an was overjoyed to discover that another feature of this magic weapon was that it did not require active activation.

Whenever it encounters an attack that threatens the safety of its physical body, it will proactively unleash the full protective power of an early-stage True Core corresponding to an eighth-grade magic weapon.

Even with Li Ji'an's current magical power, he can only unleash 30% of the power of the Dark Light Umbrella.

"This is truly a lifesaver!"

Li Ji'an then had no time to waste. He had the little fire spirit clean up all the spoils of war and then burn away the aura at the scene. Afterward, he did not hesitate to activate a third-tier escape talisman and, with Guagua, sped away at twice the speed of a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Half a month later, the Golden Radiance Immortal City came into view.

Li Ji'an then slowed down, moving at the normal speed of a Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator, while simultaneously sending a message to Wu Yehua.

Upon arriving at Golden Radiance Immortal City, Wu Yehua immediately came to greet them.

"Brother Liu, come and tell me quickly, what's it like to be that bitch Bai Cailing? And how did you manage to win her over?"

"Liu has already said that it's a rumor. I don't know which busybody spread it, and I have nothing to do with it," Li Ji'an said coldly.

"Is it really just a rumor? That's a real shame." Wu Yehua was deeply disappointed.

At the same time, Li Ji'an breathed a sigh of relief when he sensed Wu Chengzhi hiding in a restaurant in the distance.

"Brother Liu, did you find any old friends during your trip to Tiger Roar Immortal City? Has the matter been resolved?" Wu Yehua asked tentatively on the way back to the young master's residence.

This trip to Tiger Roar Immortal City to help Guagua form its core took half a year. Li Ji'an gave the Jinhua Chamber of Commerce the reason that he had received news from an old friend in the Tiancang Domain and was going to visit him.

Li Ji'an shook his head slightly: "The matter of the old friend is over, there is no more attachment."

"That's good. Brother Liu, you can then focus on preparing for the Flying Goose Forum. A few old guys in the Chamber of Commerce have been complaining a lot lately." Wu Yehua's seemingly casual remark actually conveyed the Chamber of Commerce's will.

“That’s natural.” Li Ji’an nodded and immediately returned to his dojo.

Once the three-layered formation was activated, Li Ji'an crawled into the mouth of the croaking frog and disappeared into the underground cave.

Only then did he take out Tong Liang's storage bag and carefully count the spoils of war.

Besides the three magical treasures that had already been revealed, there were also three mid-stage third-tier spirit talismans inside, one of which, a Great Teleportation Talisman, caught Li Ji'an's attention.

The Great Teleportation Talisman can instantly travel thousands of miles away. Except for the primordial spirit of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, it can instantly break free from the divine sense lock of a peak late-stage Core Formation cultivator.

In his previous life, he had also thought of leaving such an escape method for himself in this life. Unfortunately, the Great Teleportation Talisman has truly involved the laws of space, and the required materials are very demanding, requiring third-tier spatial treasures.

Moreover, the requirement for a talisman master is at least the late stage of Core Formation in terms of magical power.

After carefully storing the Great Teleportation Talisman in his own inventory, Li Ji'an then checked each of the several bottles of pills.

All of them are second-tier high-grade pills, none of which are of lower quality than top-grade pills.

There was also a bottle of high-grade antidote pills.

In addition, there was a seemingly ordinary sandalwood box that did not exude any spiritual energy.

Having previously acquired the rattle-drum, Li Ji'an quickly determined its function after a few simple tests.

"A Dao artifact that can store magical energy!"

Upon contact with it using his magic, his entire aura was instantly absorbed. "So that's how it is." After several attempts, Li Ji'an confirmed that Tong Liang had previously concealed his aura in this way.

At the same time, the cost of this artifact was also determined.

Each time it is used to store energy, one's own energy becomes mixed, as if the energy stored by previous users has been mixed into one's body.

"Will changing only the aura alter the origin?" Each cultivator's magical aura is basically fixed once they cultivate their first strand of magical power; it is their own magical power origin.

All the spirit contracts here are based on the source of magical power, so even if one changes appearance or form, as long as the source of magical power remains unchanged, the effectiveness of the spirit contract will not be affected.

Li Ji'an tried briefly but failed to fully understand the cost of the sandalwood box.

Moreover, he was still somewhat wary of the potential cost of altering the very essence of his magical power.

After tossing the sandalwood box into the Guagua's mouth, Li Ji'an's attention fell on the last item, a black and gold token.

The token was entirely black, with the character "杀" (kill) engraved on it.

Immediately afterwards, Li Ji'an pulled out another almost identical token from a corner of the croaking frog's mouth.

This item was obtained after killing that Yellow Springs Hell level assassin last time.

After observing for a moment, Li Ji'an also slowly injected his magic power.

Immediately, the token emitted a halo of light, revealing the same handwriting as the previous one.

"Congratulations, fellow Daoist, for killing my Yellow Springs Hell Earth-level assassin. With this token, you can accept missions below the Yellow Springs Hell Earth-level."

Li Ji'an was unsure whether Tong Liang obtained the token by volunteering as an assassin, or by killing a high-ranking assassin like Li Ji'an.

There are basically only two ways for assassins in the Underworld to advance. The first way is to find a contact, start with the lowest-level mission, and automatically advance to the next assassin level after completing the mission.

The latter automatically gains the assassin rank of holding the token.

In summary, the organization Huangquanyu itself is not large; what is large is its group of assassins.

Their relationship with the assassin remained one of complete estrangement, with no employer-employee or control relationship whatsoever.

Therefore, the failure or death of an assassin has no impact on the Underworld.

As long as the employer does not cancel the mission, Huangquanyu will continue to issue missions for other assassins to accept, and there is no possibility of revenge for the assassins.

After a moment of contemplation, Li Ji'an once again probed the black gold token with his divine sense.

Inside, on a light screen resembling a water curtain, missions rotated in turn.

“Earth-level mission: Zhao Shusheng, owner of Fuyuan Trading Company, with pseudo-core cultivation, possesses a ninth-grade natal magic treasure, and will travel to Feihong Immortal City with a caravan within a year... Reward: 100,000 spirit stones.”

"Level-1 mission: An unnamed cultivator active on the border of Bailuzhou, who calls himself the Cloud Peak True Man, has a pseudo-core cultivation level and possesses a near-third-tier white bone puppet... Reward: 70,000 spirit stones."

"Earth-level mission: Qin Haomin, a true disciple of the Xuantian Sect in the Xuanxiao Domain, has the cultivation of the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage and may be protected by the sect master's natal third-tier spirit talisman... Reward: 50,000 spirit stones."

……

It contains all the local-level tasks corresponding to the Black Gold Token.

Most of them are at the level of fake immortals.

A small number of Foundation Establishment cultivators are those with profound backgrounds and rich resources.

The internal rewards are not only measured by cultivation level, but also by background and resources, as well as whether there are protectors to support them.

In addition to the Wanshang Domain, there are also missions in the surrounding cultivation domains.

However, the surrounding quests have been hanging for years without anyone taking them.

After examining it for a moment, Li Ji'an, like the black gold token from last time, threw it into a corner to gather dust.

It's not worth risking your life for a few spirit stones.

Subsequently, Li Ji'an instructed Little Fire Spirit to destroy all other items of low value or suspicious nature.

Several days later, a message reached Golden Radiance Immortal City.

At the same time, a major earthquake struck the entire Wanshang region.

The immortal seed of the Jiuding Chamber of Commerce, Tong Liang, had his soul lamp extinguished two decades ago, and his body and soul vanished.

(End of this chapter)