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

Back in his small courtyard, Jiang Baipan sat on the bed in his room, holding the jade slip in his hand.

As dawn broke outside the window, he felt no fatigue at all after returning from three days of cultivation.

I have to try the fragment of the "Hundred Poisons Tempering Technique" that I brought back from the Poisonous Miasma Cave, no matter what.

"Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons... Central Continent..."

He murmured the two place names, then shook his head. "Too far. There's no use thinking about that now. Let's see what benefits this Body Tempering Technique can bring me."

As he spoke, he placed the jade slip on his forehead and focused his mind on channeling spiritual energy into it.

Before long, the detailed contents of the first three levels of the "Hundred Poisons Tempering Body Technique" slowly unfolded in my mind.

The principle behind the exercise is quite straightforward.

The body is gradually tempered with hundreds of different types of toxins, allowing it to adapt to and absorb the toxins, ultimately achieving a state of "immunity to all poisons and strength as great as an ox".

This incomplete manual only contains the first three levels. The first level requires tempering the body with ten different low-level poisons. After achieving minor mastery, one can withstand ordinary iron swords and blades without injury. The second level requires thirty kinds of poisons. After achieving major mastery, the physical strength is comparable to low-level magical artifacts.

The third level requires a hundred kinds of toxins. Once completed, the physical strength can reach the level of the early stage of Foundation Establishment!

"The physical strength of a Foundation Establishment stage body cultivator..."

Jiang Bai's eyes lit up.

Poison cultivators have always had a fatal weakness: their physical bodies are weak. Once they are caught in close combat or their poison skills are countered, they are basically lambs to the slaughter.

If this body tempering technique can be mastered, it will perfectly compensate for this deficiency.

However, as you look further down, this technique also carries risks.

Each body tempering requires enduring excruciating pain akin to being cut into a thousand pieces. Furthermore, if the toxins are not properly prepared or the body's tolerance is insufficient, the meridians may be completely destroyed, or even lead to immediate death.

"No wonder the elder in that stone chamber hid this thing."

Jiang Bai put down the jade slip and fell into deep thought. "The risk is indeed great for ordinary people... However, I have [toxicity immunity]."

[Toxicity Immunity] can ensure that toxins do not invade internal organs and are not fatal, but the body still has to endure excruciating pain, which is probably unavoidable.

"So what if it hurts? I've died so many times already, what's a little pain compared to that?"

Jiang Bai chuckled self-deprecatingly and immediately made a decision, "Let's try the first level first!"

He took out paper and pen and listed the ten basic toxins required for the first layer according to the fragmentary record: Black-striped snake venom (wood element, paralysis), Red-tailed scorpion venom (fire element, burning pain), Ghost-faced spider venom (metal element, corrosion), Rotten grass miasma venom (wood element, erosion), Cold iron ore venom (water element, cold and damp), Red copper ore venom (metal element, hot and dry), Blood vine sap venom (wood element, hallucinogenic), Rotten heart mushroom venom (earth element, ulceration), Green toad saliva (water element, paralysis), Poison fly egg powder (earth element, itching and severe pain).

"We only have black-striped snake venom and rotten grass miasma on hand; we'll have to find the other eight types ourselves."

Jiang Baiqing counted the spirit stones in his storage bag. He had used a few of the spirit stones he received as a reward from the last martial arts competition to buy daily necessities, leaving him with fifteen. He also had five spirit stones from his monthly allowance, for a total of twenty low-grade spirit stones.

"That should be enough."

Jiang Bai immediately changed his clothes, tucked the spirit stones into his pocket, and went out.

The market in Ping'an County was still bustling. Jiang Bai moved with practiced ease among the stalls, searching for the poison he needed.

I bought the Red-tailed Scorpion venom from a stall that specializes in insect materials for three low-grade spirit stones.

Ghost-faced Spider venom is a bit more expensive, costing five spirit stones.

The stall owner even boasted that it was extracted from a soon-to-be-advanced ghost spider, and that its venom was extremely potent.

Jiang Bai thought he was just bragging.

As for the poisons from cold iron ore and red copper ore, they are common in the mining area and can be dealt with for just two spirit stones each.

Blood vine juice and rotten heart mushroom are medicinal materials, and also common items in pharmacies. They cost a total of four spirit stones.

However, the saliva of the jade toad was hard to find. Jiang Bai went to three shops before finally buying it from an old hunter.

It is said that the old hunter's grandson was sprayed by a green toad on the mountain and was unconscious for two days. The saliva was collected when cleaning the wound.

The old hunter only asked for one spirit stone, and repeatedly warned, "Never use it yourself."

Finally, there is fly egg powder.

This thing is quite obscure; Jiang Bai searched for half an hour but couldn't find it.

Just as he was about to give up and consider using other materials with similar toxicity, a scruffy old man called out to him: "Young man, are you looking for fly powder?"

The old man was dressed in rags, and his stall had a few withered herbs on display. He didn't look like a proper stall owner at all.

But Jiang Bai still asked politely.

"Do you have any, senior?"

"Yes, of course."

The old man pulled a bamboo tube from his pocket, uncorked it, and inside was a grayish-white fine powder. "Genuine West Mountain poisonous fly eggs dried and ground. If you adulterate even a little bit, my whole family will die."

Jiang Bai took the bamboo tube and sniffed it.

A pungent, fishy stench assaulted my senses, mixed with a faint, unpleasant smell.

"This taste..."

"Hehe, poison flies excrete before laying eggs, so it's normal for the egg powder to have a slightly odor."

The old man grinned, revealing his gums with two missing front teeth. "Want some? It's the last bit of stock. I'll give you a discount; two spirit stones will do."

Jiang Bai hesitated for a moment.

The fragment explicitly requires the use of poison fly egg powder; if a substitute is used, the effect will likely be greatly reduced.

"Okay, I'll take it."

After paying, Jiang Bai turned and left.

As he passed Li's blacksmith shop, he subconsciously slowed his pace.

The shop's doors were tightly shut, and a red paper with the words "The owner is celebrating a happy occasion, so we will be closed for three days" was pasted on the door panel.

"Li San has only been dead for a few days, and there's already good news?"

Jiang Bai sneered inwardly, but did not stop walking.

The Li family's reaction was exactly what he expected, especially in a small place like Ping'an County.

The death of a beast tamer at the third level of Qi Refining is a big deal.

However, since he was killed for trespassing on a foreign territory, he was in the wrong and could not retaliate.

But this feud is definitely now in the making.

Jiang Bai gripped the package full of poison tightly in his hand and strode quickly toward the Jiang family mansion.

The purchase cost a total of eighteen spirit stones, which was a reasonable expenditure.

After returning to his room, Jiang Bai first closed the doors and windows.

Then he took out three small flags from his storage bag. These were "isolation array flags" that the clan elder had casually bestowed upon him when he last went to the Cultivation Hall. They could barely isolate sound and smell, and were considered a basic concealment array.

He placed the array flags in a triangular formation in the corner of the room and then infused them with spiritual power.

With a hum, a layer of white light membrane appeared out of thin air, enveloping the entire room.

"Alright, now even if I scream in the room, no one outside can hear me."

Jiang Bai took off his shirt and, following the instructions in the fragmented text, took out the ten poisonous substances one by one and placed them in ten earthenware bowls.

Then he took a copper basin and began to mix the ingredients.

"Three drops of black-striped snake venom... two drops of red-tailed scorpion venom... one and a half drops of ghost-faced spider venom..."

Each time a poison is added, the liquid in the copper basin changes color.

Dark green, dark red, deep blue, grayish white... eventually mixed into a liquid that was almost black.

Bubbles kept rising from the surface of the liquid, emitting an indescribable pungent odor, like the smell of fermented feces.

"This smell... can my [toxic immunity] handle it?"

Jiang Bai covered his nose and said.

He patted his face with both hands, then picked up the brush he had prepared beforehand.

He dipped the brush in, soaked it in the toxic body-tempering fluid, and then began applying it from his chest.

The instant the brush bristles touch the skin.

"hiss!"

Jiang Bai gasped sharply!

A stinging sensation spread through my body.

It felt like several steel needles piercing the skin, followed by a violent stirring!

The pain was so intense it seemed to seep into the very bones.

He gritted his teeth and continued applying the body-quenching fluid.

Arms, back, abdomen, legs... the pain intensifies with each inch of skin that is coated.

After most of his body was covered by the body-tempering liquid, Jiang Bai was trembling all over, veins bulging on his forehead, and cold sweat rolling down his face like rain.

"This is fucking worse than death..."

Almost instinctively, he finished applying the ointment to the last part of his calves, then sat cross-legged and began to circulate the first level of the "Hundred Poisons Tempering Body Technique": "Hundred poisons enter the body, tempering my muscles and bones; pain is the ladder to reach the other shore..."

As the spiritual energy circulated, the intense pain on the body surface suddenly intensified. At the same time, a scorching stream of energy was generated from the skin's surface and penetrated inward along the muscle texture.

That should be a sign that the toxins are being guided by the cultivation technique and are beginning to temper the physical body.

Jiang Bai gritted his teeth and continued to guide the flow of spiritual energy.

Half an hour later, the intense physical pain began to subside.

Although it hasn't completely disappeared, the body has gradually adapted to this level of stimulation.