Cultivation of Immortality: This is what unorthodox methods are like.

The banquet lasted for two days and two nights, and then the entire Stone City came to a standstill for one day and one night.

For three days and three nights, no one cleaned up the abnormal climate, no one refined the earth veins, and no one planted spiritual plants.

No one even cared that the spirits' excrement was secretly dried and hidden by martial artists.

These three days were the most relaxing three days in the entire Stone City.

Similarly, these three days are also a time for many beings to completely liberate themselves.

During these three days, the other Daoist cultivators either collectively studied the Daoist scriptures, went into seclusion, or practiced their methods and techniques.

Only the king, seated high in the sky, looked down upon the people below and the strange, unusual weather outside the city.

He saw the masses living in a drunken stupor.

He watched as the martial artists plastered excrement on the walls.

He saw some spirits secretly trying to amaze everyone.

He observed some new-style monks repeatedly practicing their spells.

He saw some orthodox monks plotting how to exploit sentient beings to strengthen themselves.

"If I hadn't completed the Daoist scripture in one go, I probably would have been one of them."

"I'm not even as good as them."

Wang Quan's mind was complex.

During this time, Meng Hu Dao Ren, Ma Qing Qiu, and even Ruo Jing Hong came over to chat with him for a while before everyone went back to their own business.

He alone remained seated atop the clouds.

He thought about many things over the past three days.

He pondered what he would be like now if he didn't have the Dao Seal.

Why is there such a place as the far west?

Why open up the far west?

Why clean up the second layer of the world?

Why bother with all this trouble in the underworld!

Why would beings in the underworld rebel?

Why would the reflection of the heart of a dead being produce 100,000 volumes of Taoist scriptures?

He had too many doubts in his mind.

Day 4:

The sun rises high into the sky.

Wang Quan and Yang Shen subconsciously opened their mouths to gather the purple energy.

Three thousand strands of purple energy fell into the inner landscape, then refined various magical powers, the foundation-building platform, and the inner landscape itself.

Splash! Splash! Splash!

The purple aura has been completely exhausted.

With a thought, Wang Quan got up and walked down from the clouds, directly to the Five-Colored Altar.

On the altar:

The Yang spirit inhales and exhales the essence of the sun, moon, and stars, repeatedly reciting the "Scripture of Salvation".

At this moment, the golden light emanating from the Yang God, though only covering a radius of about ten zhang, was clearly visible to Wang Quan:

Within the golden light, many inscriptions appeared and disappeared, seemingly appearing and disappearing.

These Taoist inscriptions either transformed into spears and chains, or into lotus flowers and vases.

Spears and chains roamed, blocking and strangling the enemy.

The lotus flower supports the Yang spirit, and the treasure bottle is suspended above the Yang spirit, pouring out a large amount of clear water composed of Taoist inscriptions to irrigate the Yang spirit.

In addition, there are pearls, gems, rare flowers and herbs, which continuously bless the Yang spirit.

At this moment, Wang Quan had an epiphany, and he began to recite the Taoist scripture that had been created after the "Scripture of Salvation" was performed.

A strange sound rang out.

The twelve thousand strands of magical power were instantly exhausted.

Then, the Daoist script formed and merged into the Yang God's body, transforming into something similar to a talisman seed.

At this moment, even if the Yang God no longer absorbs the essence of the sun, moon, stars, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, after its own depletion has been completely eliminated, this Daoist script, which is like a seed of a talisman, will automatically restore the lost essence.

As Wang Quan continues to gather the essence of the scriptures and cultivate the "Scripture of Salvation," the power of the scriptures will continue to increase, and the foundation of his Yang Spirit will become stronger.

Before the Daoist script could fully perceive the subtle and profound changes in the Yang Shen, the king discovered that his own inner landscape was changing first.

His thoughts raced as he examined the interior:

In the inner landscape, the Taoist text of the "Scripture of Salvation" appears.

These Daoist inscriptions spun and landed on the Foundation Building Platform.

Heavenly spirits and earthly fiends flew by and landed on the platform, thus replicating the text of the "Scripture of Salvation".

What's even more interesting is:

Previously, the dozens of drops of drowning water he had refined had been quietly hanging aside; now, these drops of drowning water rushed towards the Foundation Establishment Platform like little wolfhounds.

Glug! Glug! Glug!

Drowning, rolling on the foundation platform, left the mark of the "Salvation Sutra".

For a moment, he felt that the entire interior landscape was imprinted with the "Scripture of Salvation".

At this moment, he sensed the changes in the inner landscape.

However, nothing in the entire inner landscape changed—not a single plant, not a single tree, not a foundation platform, not a celestial or terrestrial spirit, not a drowning place, not a magical power.

"Is it because the time was too short?"

He pondered the 1001 characteristics carried by this Daoist inscription, and then smiled:

"We can observe them gradually later!"

"I have plenty of time to wait for the true power of the [Sūtra of Salvation]."

Thoughts swirled, consciousness sank, and then he entered the second level of the inner realm.

As soon as this thought entered his mind, he received a message from the inner landscape of the second level.

[You have connected the Underworld and the mortal world; your access to the second-level inner realm has been slightly enhanced.]

Current permissions: Level 2, 50%

Wang Quan paused for a moment, then shook his head, not taking it seriously.

He felt that the access to the interior scenes was not very useful for the time being.

Originally, he wanted to study the various events that occurred in the inner scenes of the second floor.

He's been busy with things in the underworld and the far west lately, so he's not paying much attention to the [Event]; or rather, he doesn't have the energy to deal with the Event, so he has to give it up for now.

If it weren't for the reminder from other Daoist cultivators, he wouldn't have come to the second level of the inner realm.

On the second floor, inside the studio, he noticed that even after many days, most of the conversations were still about him and Stone City.

[I'm begging the big shots in Stone City to open up some spots! I'm incredibly close to reaching the third rank of Dao Seal, and I want to join Stone City.]

【Second-Rank Daoist Cultivator】: If you can let me join Stone City, I can secretly participate in the Daoist Scripture recitation with you, even without my Daoist partner's knowledge.

Five out of ten messages mentioned wanting to join Stone City.

Those who wish to join must be at least second-grade Daoist cultivators, and there are even dozens of third-grade Daoist cultivators.

Aside from that, other information remains the same, such as seeking a Daoist partner, renting out cannon fodder, purchasing magical artifacts or raw materials for magical treasures, and asking for help in killing.

After hesitating, Wang Quan spoke for the first time:

Level 2. Flower-Scattering Taoist: [Just finished my seclusion. Why did you join Stone City? What's so good about this city?]

Upon hearing this, the dense stream of information abruptly paused for two breaths.

The king's information was strictly controlled for two breaths in order to allow more cultivators to see it.

After a while, a bunch of information appeared below.

The information refreshes so fast it's faster than a flowing waterfall.

Fortunately, Wang Quan had established his foundation and was also practicing spiritual vision-type magic; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to see so much information at all.

Most of the information is:

[Looking for a level 2 expert to guide me!]

How can I quickly obtain level 2 access privileges?

[What are the benefits of having level 2 access? I can't even see the old guard in the sect, so I have no idea who to ask!]

Wang Quan ignored the junk information and quickly filtered out some of it.

Finally, we obtained some answers:

The more than three thousand sect cities in the far west are already overcrowded.

Those cities are mostly inhabited by Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators; Foundation Establishment and Purple Mansion cultivators would only be cannon fodder within them.

Low-level cultivators can toil their entire lives in those cities without ever seeing the light of day.

But Stone City is different.