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

The following afternoon.

Jiang Bai swaggered out of the Jiang residence.

Today, he specially changed into an eye-catching indigo blue long gown, with a storage bag hanging from his waist and a shopping list in his hand.

The list contains seven or eight kinds of narcotics, all of them "large quantities".

"When it comes to entrapment, the bait has to be presentable."

He muttered to himself as he walked, his [Killing Intent Perception] already activated, making it impossible for any malice directed at him to escape detection.

really.

Just two streets outside the Jiang family's residence, that familiar feeling of being watched surged up.

And there was more than one.

Jiang Bai pretended not to notice anything, turned into the market, and began to purchase items according to the list.

Blue-eyed toad venom?

Give me three bottles.

Rotten bone pollen?

Weigh out half a jin.

Bewitching Vine Juice?

This is quite important; it's useful for both body tempering and poison preparation.

He wandered between several shops, deliberately leaving his storage bag wide open each time he paid with spirit stones, revealing the neatly stacked spirit stones inside.

This is in line with the wealth and status expected of a young member of a newly rewarded family.

After browsing for about half an hour, we finished our shopping.

Jiang Bai carried a bulging cloth bag and walked slowly toward the Jiang residence.

After walking two streets, he suddenly slapped his forehead: "Oh dear, I almost forgot, the bone-rotting flowers in the western suburbs should be blooming for the second time."

He was talking to himself, his voice neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for the two "passersby" squatting at the tea stall behind him to hear.

He then turned around and walked towards the western suburbs.

This path is getting further and further astray.

The hustle and bustle of the market gradually faded away, the roads changed from bluestone slabs to dirt roads, and the buildings on both sides changed from neat shops to scattered houses. Beyond that, there were wild fields overgrown with weeds.

This area in the western suburbs is gloomy during the day, and at night you can't even see a ghost.

This is the perfect place for murder and robbery.

Jiang Bai stepped onto the forest path leading to the abandoned residential area.

The road is lined with lush trees with intertwined branches, and the sunlight is cut into broken spots that scatter sparsely on the ground.

It was completely silent; even the chirping of birds was rare.

He walked for about a mile when he suddenly stopped.

Ahead, a man in black emerged from behind a crooked old locust tree.

The other person was masked, only their eyes were visible, and they were carrying a broad-bladed, thick-backed knife.

A soft thud came from behind me.

Jiang Bai turned around and saw two more people blocking his way, one tall and one short, both masked.

The tall one wielded a sword, while the short one held a pair of water-splitting daggers.

The bushes on the left rustled, and a fourth person appeared, blocking the way.

This man was burly and empty-handed, but his fingers were thick and large, clearly indicating that he practiced palm techniques.

Surrounded on all sides.

The group's positions were loose, with each person spaced five or six zhang apart. Although they seemed to have blocked all directions, they lacked the tacit understanding of formation coordination.

This is clearly a hastily assembled group of independent cultivators.

Jiang Bai made a judgment instantly.

"Hand over the cave's heritage, and I'll leave you with a whole corpse."

The man in black, who was leading the group and carrying a knife, spoke up.

Jiang Bai raised an eyebrow: "Are you... robbing me?"

"Stop talking nonsense."

The tall man wielding the sword said coldly, "Hand over what you took from the ancient cultivator's cave."

"Oh~~" Jiang Bai drawled, "Did the Li family hire you? How much did they ask for? If the price is right, I might consider switching jobs."

The four men's eyes turned cold simultaneously.

The man with the knife shouted, "Attack!"

But Jiang Bai was faster than them!

With a flick of his left hand, a large cloud of pale yellow powder scattered across the sky!

This isn't deadly poison powder, but rather the "itching powder" we played with a few days ago.

Made from a mixture of red scorpion powder and bewitching grass dregs, it causes unbearable itching when it comes into contact with the skin. Although not fatal, it is enough to drive people crazy.

"Beware, it might be poisonous!"

The four retreated simultaneously, activating their spiritual power to protect themselves and disperse the powder that was rushing towards them.

But in that moment of chaos, Jiang Baidong made a move!

[Swift Shadow Step] bursts forth suddenly!

He lunged at the short man on the left who was wielding the Water Splitter like a ghost.

Among the four, their spiritual energy fluctuations were the weakest, but they were only at the early stage of the fourth level of Qi Refining!

The shorter man was shocked and hurriedly swung his dagger to block.

But Jiang Bai didn't engage his weapon at all. While charging forward, he suddenly lowered his body and struck Jiang Bai's chest from below with his poisonous palm!

The palm strike was fierce, and the bluish-black poisonous patterns beneath the skin suddenly lit up!

"Bang!"

The poisonous palm struck the opponent's chest solidly!

"Ding!"

A clear, melodious jade chime rang out!

Inside the short man's chest, a blue jade pendant suddenly lit up, forming a light blue shield that blocked most of the poison contained in the poisonous palm!

"Hmm?" Jiang Bai frowned.

"Hahaha!" the man with the knife laughed. "If I had known you were a poison cultivator, wouldn't I have been on guard?"

Before the words were even finished, the four of them simultaneously activated their spiritual power.

The same blue halo shone from inside their clothes.

That is the Pure Heart Jade Pendant, a mid-grade Yellow Rank magical artifact, specifically designed to counteract low-level toxins and continuously purify the poisonous gas within three feet of the wearer.

"Prepared especially for me?" Jiang Bai's eyes turned cold.

"Otherwise what?" the tall man wielding the sword sneered. "Jiang Bai, you won't escape today!"

The four of them surrounded them again!

This time, they were no longer afraid of Jiang Bai's poison skills, and their attack became several times more ferocious.

Swords flashed and shadows danced, and palm strikes whistled as they arrived.

Jiang Baijiang activated his [Killing Intent Perception] to its fullest extent, dodging the four's attacks like a fish.

The Shadow Cloak activated several times, blurring his figure just before swords and blades struck, allowing him to evade several fatal attacks.

But the other side ultimately outnumbered them and had higher cultivation levels.

Especially the leader with the sword, who had the cultivation of the fourth level of Qi Refining, had a ruthless swordsmanship, and every strike blocked Jiang Bai's retreat.

"Sizzle~"

His left sleeve was slashed open by the sword, revealing a bloody gash.

Jiang Bai grunted and used the momentum to retreat, crashing into the ruins of the abandoned house.

Here, broken walls and ruins stand everywhere, and rotten wood is scattered all over the place, creating a complex and chaotic environment.

"Chase him! Don't let him escape using the terrain!"

The man with the knife shouted sternly.

The four pursued relentlessly.

Jiang Bai sprinted through the ruins, when suddenly he stepped on a threshold that collapsed!

"Boom!" The rotten wood collapsed with a loud crash, and dust suddenly flew up!

The billowing smoke and dust temporarily obscured their vision. Taking advantage of the situation, Jiang Bai took out three packets of corrosive poison powder from his storage bag, wrapped them in spiritual power, and sprinkled them on the ground around him where several enemies had landed.

The dust is extremely fine, and when mixed with the soil, it is almost impossible to distinguish with the naked eye.

"Cough cough... This kid's really slippery!"

The burly man wielding his palm cursed. "Split up and search! He can't have gone far!"

The four men then dispersed to search. Jiang Bai hid behind a half-collapsed earthen wall and held his breath.

He quickly recalled the chapter on basic trap formations in "An Introduction to Breaking Common Magic Formations".

"The array's core is the foundation, spiritual energy is the thread, and the environment is the auxiliary..." He looked at the areas on the ground where poison powder had been sprinkled.

The poison powder itself has no array-forming function, but if activated by spiritual power, it can briefly form a poisonous fog zone.

If several toxic fog zones are arranged in a specific orientation...

Jiang Bai moved silently.

Using the broken wall as cover, he scattered poison powder in three other directions.

The four points form an irregular quadrilateral that perfectly covers an area in the center of the ruins.

"Here it is!"

The tall man wielding the sword spotted him and thrust his sword straight at him!

Jiang Bai feigned panic and retreated towards the center of the ruins. The tall man pursued him closely, and the other three quickly surrounded him upon hearing the commotion.

Unbeknownst to them, the four had stepped into the "poison zone" that Jiang Bai had set up.

"Now!"

Jiang Bai suddenly channeled his spiritual power into the ground beneath his feet!

"Buzz~~"

The four packets of poison powder buried in the ground were simultaneously activated by spiritual power!

Grayish-green corrosive fumes rose from four points, quickly spreading and merging into one!

Although the Qingxin Jade Pendant can purify toxins, the physical shielding effect of the toxic mist is still present!

My vision blurred instantly!

"Watch out! Poisonous fog!"

"Where is he?!"

The four quickly stood back to back, cautiously looking around.

At this moment, Jiang Bai had already locked onto his target.

That short guy who used the water-splitting spikes.

Although the jade pendant blocked most of the poisonous palm strike, a small amount of toxin still managed to enter the short man's body.

In the poisonous fog, the shorter man was clearly breathing rapidly and his movements were somewhat sluggish.

[Swift Step] is now off cooldown!

Jiang Bai moved suddenly, pouncing out like a cheetah!

The poisonous fog obscured vision, but it couldn't stop the [Killing Intent Perception] from locking on!

The short man felt a gust of evil wind hit his face and hurriedly swung his dagger to block.

But Jiang Bai didn't use his poison palm this time.

Holding the poisoned dagger in his hand, he infused it with spiritual power and thrust it straight at the Pure Heart Jade Pendant in the opponent's chest.

"Snap!"

The jade pendant shattered instantly!

The blue light then dissipated.

The shorter man tried to retreat, but it was too late; the dagger was already piercing his throat.

"Well……"

He stared wide-eyed at Jiang Bai in disbelief, his body slowly going limp.

The moment he slew the enemy, a system notification suddenly sounded in Jiang Bai's mind:

[Killing Intent Perception (White)] has reached its maximum experience level. You can consume one white attribute synthesis opportunity to advance to [Killing Intent Perception (Green)] - the warning range is expanded, and you can immediately perceive the direction of the source of malice.

Jiang Bai's heart stirred, but now was clearly not the time to deal with this matter.

"The third son is dead!"

"asshole!"

The remaining three were both shocked and furious.

Jiang Bai withdrew and retreated, casually pulling a dark, round object from his storage bag, as if to throw it: "Want to try this?"

The sphere was actually a clump of residue from his failed attempt to concoct poison a few days ago; it had no power whatsoever, but its appearance was intimidating enough.

Upon seeing this, the three instinctively retreated!

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Jiang Bai turned around and unleashed his [Swift Shadow Step] once more, disappearing into the depths of the ruins in a few leaps.

"Should we pursue them or not?"

The tall man wielding the sword asked through gritted teeth.

The leader, sword in hand, looked at his companion's corpse on the ground, then gazed in the direction where Jiang Bai had disappeared, his face ashen.

"withdraw."

He gritted his teeth and said, "The intelligence was wrong; this kid is incredibly difficult to deal with. Go back and report to Miss Li that she demands more money!"

The three quickly cleaned up the scene and hurriedly left with their companion's body.

Half an hour later, in a secluded tree hollow two miles away from the abandoned residential area, Jiang Bai sat down, panting heavily.

The sword wound on his left arm was not deep, and the bleeding had stopped.

"Four guys at the third level of Qi Refining, the Li family has really invested a lot this time."

"I need to break through to the fourth level of Qi Refining as soon as possible and learn a few ranged spells. The attack range of Poison Mist Palm is still too short."

He pondered this, then turned his gaze to the system interface.

[Killing Intent Perception (White)] now has an "Upgradeable" icon.

"Chance of synthesizing white-label entries..."

"Give it a try."

With a thought, he chose to advance.

In his mind, the white light representing [Killing Intent Perception] suddenly contracted, and then burst out with emerald green light!

[Killing Intent Perception (Green)]: The warning range is expanded to fifty feet, and the direction of the source of malice can be perceived, increasing the lead time for deadly crises.

Jiang Bai closed his eyes and sensed the surroundings, his divine sense spreading out like ripples, allowing him to grasp every movement within a fifty-foot radius.

Even more strangely, when he recalled the malice of the four men in black, a direction vaguely appeared in his mind: east.

This is the location of the Li family's ancestral home in Ping'an County.

"good."

Jiang Bai opened his eyes and smiled. This entry upgrade was just in time.

He got up, dusted himself off, and walked towards the Jiang residence.

On the way, he began to plan his next move.

I need to raise my cultivation level to the fourth level of Qi Refining as soon as possible.

After this battle, he understood even more clearly how crucial realm suppression was in actual combat.

I also need to go to the library to find suitable mid-range attack spells for poison cultivators.

The Zhejing Society should get things running as soon as possible.

Today, we cannot rely on him alone to detect situations where we are being monitored and ambushed.

Jiang Bai touched the bronze ring in his pocket.

Where exactly does the heritage of karst caves lie?

The Li family's relentless pursuit of him was probably not just for the sake of venting their anger.

This ring must still hold a secret that no one knows.

When they returned to the Jiang residence, it was nearly dusk.

Xiao Cui was startled when she saw the injury on his arm: "Young Master, what happened to you...?"

"It's nothing, I just scratched myself while gathering herbs," Jiang Bai said casually. "Go boil some water, I'll wash it off."

"Yes."

As night fell, Jiang Baijing sat in a quiet room with a book titled "An Introduction to Breaking Common Magic Arrays" open in front of him.

Although today's impromptu attempt to simulate a trap using poison powder was somewhat crude, the results were surprisingly good.

"If it were done in advance with real array flag materials..."

He seemed to be deep in thought.

Meanwhile, deep within the Li family estate in the southeast of Ping'an County, in a secret room.

Li Yueyao stared at the corpse of the man in black on the ground, her face grim.

"Four Qi Refining stage cultivators, all wearing the Pure Heart Jade Pendant, yet one of them was killed, and that kid got away?"

The leader, kneeling on the ground with his sword, was already drenched in cold sweat: "Young Miss, not only is Jiang Bai's poison skills unpredictable and bizarre, but his movement is also incredibly fast. Moreover... he seems to know a little about basic formations, using poisonous mist to create obstacles. We were caught off guard..."

"waste."

Li Yueyao coldly uttered two words.

"The cave's inheritance must be on him. That skeleton was originally a traitorous elder of the Ten Thousand Poisons Valley in Zhongzhou, and his jade slip contained at least one Xuan-level poison technique... It absolutely cannot fall into the hands of the Jiang family."

Having said that, she turned to look at the three kneeling figures:

"Go contact the people in 'Black Fiend Valley.' Tell them the price is doubled. I want Jiang Bai's head, and everything he owns."

"yes!"

The three men, feeling as if they had been granted a pardon, hurriedly retreated.

Silence returned to the sealed room.

"Jiang Bai... what secrets are you still hiding?"

She muttered to herself, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

Meanwhile, in the quiet room of Jiang Bai's courtyard.

Jiang Bai, who was immersed in studying the formation, suddenly felt a slight tremor in his [Killing Intent Perception].

He raised his head and looked eastward.

There, a chilling malice was locking onto his location from afar.

"here we go again?"

Jiang Bai raised an eyebrow and casually put down the book in his hand.

"Alright, let's see how many lives you've prepared to fill the gap next time."