The entry for cultivating immortality states that after dying a hundred times, I attained immortalit

The next day, as dawn broke.

Jiang Bai had finished packing and, clutching the token, headed towards the forbidden area behind the Jiang family mountain.

The back mountain is an isolated area shrouded in a formation.

The mountain road winds its way up, and the further in you go, the sparser the vegetation becomes.

Halfway up the mountain, a natural rock wall suddenly appeared before us.

In front of the rock wall, two guards sat on stone stools, their spiritual energy contained within them, indicating that their cultivation level was at least at the late stage of Qi Refining.

As Jiang Bai approached, an old man with a withered face on the left opened his eyes and looked at Jiang Bai.

"Token".

Jiang Bai respectfully handed over the token.

The old man took it and gently touched the array patterns on the back of the token with his fingertips.

The patterns lit up with a faint light, then dimmed.

"This is a pass to the Poisonous Miasma Cave, valid for three days."

The old man handed the token back. "You're Jiang Bai? The top performer among those who joined the group yesterday?"

"It is indeed I, the junior."

Jiang Bai bowed his head and replied.

"good."

The old man rarely spoke more than once, "To have mastered poison skills to the point of being able to defeat enemies of higher levels at such a young age shows you have good comprehension. Go in."

He stepped aside and pointed to the bottom of the rock wall.

There was a natural cave that was three zhang high and two zhang wide, from which thick, dark green mist constantly billowed out.

The mist touched the ground outside the cave entrance, causing the vegetation to wither and the rock surfaces to be stained with a dark color.

"With this token, the cave entrance formation will allow you to pass."

The old man's voice returned to its cold tone, "Remember, the area within thirty feet of the cave entrance is a safe zone. The family has set up a purification array there, so the toxicity is slightly weaker. Beyond thirty feet, the concentration of poisonous gas increases dramatically. Those who are not at the mid-stage of Qi Refining or have a special physique should not stay there for long."

He paused, then emphasized, "Don't be reckless. Ten years ago, there was a family genius at the fifth level of Qi Refining who, overconfident in his cultivation, ventured sixty feet into the ground. When he was carried out three days later, his meridians were completely destroyed and poison had seeped into his bones. He barely survived, but he would never be able to advance any further. Know your limits; only by living can you have a future."

"Thank you for your advice, Elder. I will keep it in mind."

Jiang Bai bowed respectfully.

He turned around, holding the token, and stepped into the cave.

The moment the token touched the barrier at the cave entrance, it created a ripple, allowing Jiang Bai to pass through smoothly.

The light inside the cave suddenly dimmed, with only a few glowing mosses and minerals on the rock walls providing a meager source of light.

The air was damp and stuffy, and the pungent, sweet-smelling odor of toxins was several times stronger.

Jiang Bai stood still and carefully looked around.

The cave was more spacious than I had imagined, with the main passage extending down a gentle slope and branching passages of varying sizes on both sides.

The rock face was not dry stone, but rather constantly seeped out viscous, multicolored venom, which dripped slowly and gathered into small puddles below. The ground was slippery, scattered with fragments of bones, some humanoid and some animaloid, all corroded and riddled with holes by the poisonous gas.

"It really is... a veritable den of drugs."

Jiang Bai muttered to himself.

He then deliberately inhaled a wisp of poisonous mist floating in the air.

As the poisonous mist entered the body, a familiar chilling sensation immediately spread along the meridians.

But the next moment, [Toxicity Immunity] was passively triggered!

That chilling poison was immediately broken down and transformed into spiritual energy, which flowed into the dantian!

"Um?"

Jiang Bai's eyes lit up.

This conversion efficiency is three times faster than when absorbing rotten grass and miasma!

Moreover, this spiritual energy is extremely pure, requiring almost no refining to directly enhance one's poisonous spiritual power.

He immediately increased his absorption efforts.

He actively drew more of the toxic mist into his body.

[Toxicity Immunity] operates at full speed, turning these toxins that are deadly to others into the most nourishing nutrients.

The poisonous spiritual energy within his dantian increased at a visible rate.

"This feeling..."

Jiang Bai closed his eyes and carefully contemplated the situation.

The cultivation speed is at least three times faster than normal cultivation outside!

If the concentration of the toxic fog were higher, the speed might even be increased!

He opened his eyes and looked at the increasingly dense dark green in the depths of the cave, his gaze becoming intense.

"What poisonous miasma cave? This is clearly my own private spiritual energy buffet!"

Without any hesitation, Jiang Bai strode down the main road.

In the initial thirty zhang (approximately 33 meters), although the concentration of poisonous fog was not low, it was still within a controllable range.

Occasionally, warning signs carved by the family can be seen on the rock face.

After crossing the 30-zhang "warning line", the environment suddenly changed.

The concentration of the toxic fog increased by at least 100%, and its color changed from dark green to deep green.

The visible range was reduced to less than five zhang.

The venom seeping from the rock face was also more colorful, dark purple, scarlet, and dark blue... dripping and dripping.

Some low-grade natural toxic crystals began to appear on the ground. These were products of the long-term condensation of toxic gas and shimmered with a dim luster.

Jiang Bai recognized that these were auxiliary materials for refining certain poisons or low-level magical artifacts, and they could also be sold for some spirit stones outside.

He picked up a few pieces that were of decent quality and put them away.

"Squeak~~"

A strange sound suddenly rang out from above.

Jiang Bai suddenly looked up and saw a large black shadow surging out from the crevice in the rock above!

It's a poisonous bat!

These bats are small, with a wingspan of only a foot or so, but they have sharp fangs and their saliva contains neurotoxins. They belong to the first-tier low-level demon beasts.

Individually they are weak, but they always move in groups and are very difficult to deal with.

There must be at least twenty or thirty of them in front of us!

They seemed to be startled by Jiang Bai, the intruder, their scarlet eyes locking onto him, and suddenly they swooped down!

Jiang Bai reacted extremely quickly, and the poisonous spiritual power within his body suddenly erupted!

He spread a large amount of refined poisonous mist in all directions, which immediately formed a dark green mist with a diameter of two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters), enveloping himself in it.

The venomous bat rushed into the fog and immediately let out an even more urgent scream.

The toxic mist released by Jiang Bai is far more pure than the natural toxic gas in the cave, and it is equally irritating to them.

Several bats that had rushed to the front froze, swaying and crashing into the rock wall.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Jiang Bai took out the poisoned dagger from his storage bag.

After killing Li San last time, he cleaned himself up carefully and then re-treated the poison with an even stronger one.

His figure moved nimbly through the mist, his dagger flashing with a chilling light.

"Pfft pfft pfft!"

Three disoriented bats had their skulls pierced and fell heavily to the ground.

The remaining bats seemed to sense that the poisonous fog before them was not to be trifled with, and the poisonous spiritual energy emanating from Jiang Bai, transformed by [Toxicity Immunity], made them instinctively wary.

After circling a few times, the swarm of bats let out a reluctant shriek, then disappeared back into the rock crevices.

"At least you know what's good for you."

Jiang Bai dispersed the poisonous mist and glanced at the bat corpses on the ground.

Although their saliva is poisonous, it is not of much value in itself.

He ignored it and continued forward.

After walking about twenty feet, the sound of water came from ahead.

After rounding a bend, the view suddenly opened up before us.

This is a relatively large natural cave with a pool of water in the center that is about ten feet in diameter.

The pool water had an eerie purple hue, and the surface was constantly churning, with something resembling a colored oil film floating on it.

"Venom Pool..."

Jiang Bai walked to the edge of the pool, squatted down, and observed it carefully.

The rocks along the edge of the pool are pitted and corroded, and there are even some animal bones in the pool.

This toxicity is far more potent than the poisonous fog in the air.

Jiang Bai hesitated for a moment, then extended his index finger and probed the surface of the pool.

The moment the fingertip touched the purple liquid, the [toxic immunity] was already activated.

"laugh……"

A scorching, domineering toxicity surged wildly into his fingertips!

This power is completely different from the wood-attribute spiritual energy transformed from the previous poisonous mist. It is full of violent and scorching energy, like fire poison!

[Toxicity Immunity] It accepts everything, transforming this intense toxicity into spiritual energy, albeit with a fire-oriented attribute.

Jiang Bai felt a jolt in his dantian, and the barrier of the late stage of the first level of Qi Refining, which he had just broken through not long ago, began to loosen!

"This is good stuff!"

He immediately sat cross-legged by the pool, without circulating his internal energy, and absorbed the poisonous mist in the air and the poisonous gas rising from the pool water!

Two poisons with vastly different properties entered the body, one yin and one yang, one wood and one fire.

Under the miraculous transformation of [Toxic Immunity], instead of conflicting, they formed a wonderful complement, transforming into a more abundant mixed spiritual energy that washed over Jiang Bai's limbs and bones.

The Poisonous Miasma Technique began to operate at an unprecedented speed, and the poisonous spiritual power continued to grow stronger.

Jiang Bai was completely immersed in cultivation, forgetting everything in the outside world.

About a day has passed.

With a whoosh!

Inside the cave, the air trembled slightly, centered on Jiang Bai.

A large amount of dark green, viscous impurities seeped from the pores of his skin.

These are all impurities in his body!

As soon as these impurities appeared, they were assimilated and dissolved by the surrounding dense toxic gas.

Jiang Bai opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them.

He clenched his fist, feeling the surging spiritual energy within his body, and couldn't help but smile.

"Finally reached the second level of Qi Refining!"