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

The spirit stone bag felt slightly heavy upon handling.

When Jiang Bai opened it, he found twenty low-grade, grayish-white spirit stones inside.

The cultivation resources distributed to ordinary disciples each month are naturally not that much.

However, the third elder of the clan had said a few days ago that he would compensate Jiang Bai with double the amount of supplies. Now, this would naturally be converted into twenty spirit stones, which is a huge sum of money!

"Thank you for your advice, elder. I'll take my leave now."

Jiang Bai didn't say much, took the spirit stones, turned around and left the cultivation hall.

Cultivating martial arts techniques requires various resources.

The Poisonous Mist Technique is related to poison, allowing cultivators to develop a powerful poison attack ability. Therefore, it naturally requires various venoms as consumable resources during cultivation.

And now.

Jiang Bai was very anxious.

He needs to test whether the term "toxic immunity" can truly complement the "poisonous miasma" technique, thereby greatly increasing his cultivation speed!

If possible, then everything will be fine.

If that doesn't work, he can at least come back to the clan elders as soon as possible and shamelessly beg them to see if they can let him switch to the Moon Shadow Technique. It's better than accidentally losing his life!

……

Pingan County.

The area is occupied by three powerful families: the Jiang family, the Li family, and the Chen family. They occupy the southeast, west, and north regions respectively, while the north is controlled by the county magistrate.

The central area is a market.

This area does not belong to any of the three families; it is entirely controlled by the government.

Anyone is allowed to come and go freely inside. Trade, intelligence buying, and resource exchanging take place here, making it a buffer zone between the three forces.

Jiang Bai walked very quickly and arrived smoothly in about 15 minutes.

I paid half a spirit stone as an entrance fee.

He successfully entered the market.

"Because the three schools have different martial arts techniques and strengths, the supplies they sell on the market will also be different."

"The Jiang family is good at hiding, so they can more easily harvest rare and precious herbs from the depths of Tianhen Mountain. They are famous for their herbs and even have a good reputation in the neighboring town."

"As for the Li family and the Chen family, they are skilled in animal taming and planting, respectively."

"I want to buy different types of venom. I should go to the Li family's territory. They should have some surplus stock to sell."

Once Jiang Bai had identified his target, he set off in that direction.

Not long after.

He arrived safely.

The Li family's shop has its own unique style. It is built using the huge skeleton of some kind of monster as a material, which looks ferocious and terrifying, but it attracts a lot of customers.

Jiang Bai walked around the neighborhood and randomly entered a snake bone shop.

"What do you need?"

The shopkeeper did not show any disrespect to him because he had no cultivation level, and his tone remained the same as usual.

Jiang Bai went deep into the shop and walked around inside. He found a lot of venom on the shelves, most of which was snake venom. Just looking at it made him feel a little scared.

"Give me five bottles of Qi Refining level demonic snake venom."

"How toxic is it?"

"The toxicity gradually increases from weak to highly toxic."

"A total of four spirit stones."

Jiang Bai frowned slightly, took out spirit stones to pay the bill.

Snake venom is relatively inexpensive on the market, compared to snake meat and snake fangs, mainly because snake venom is regenerable; it can be continuously obtained as long as venomous snakes are domesticated.

But even so.

The total price of these five bottles of snake venom exceeded Jiang Bai's expectations. This single round of procurement consumed one-fifth of his available funds, which was not good news.

If it were other cultivators, they would probably be even more strapped for cash.

"The number of spirit stones given by the family each month is actually very small, serving only a symbolic purpose."

"After all, I am a cultivator with four spiritual roots. My aptitude and potential are far inferior to others, so my family will naturally invest spirit stones in other cultivators, and I will receive less."

"However, on the path of cultivation, it is absolutely impossible to improve one's strength quickly without enough spirit stones."

"It seems I'll have to find ways to acquire as many spirit stones as possible in my spare time."

Jiang Bai wanted to earn spirit stones, but he didn't have a good way to do it.

He hasn't even mastered the basics of cultivation yet, and he has absolutely no cultivation level. He can't even do the simplest thing like accepting a family mission and obtaining the corresponding spirit stones after completing it.

Everything will have to wait until I officially become a monk.

"My combat strength is too low right now, and I have too few tricks up my sleeve. Even if I face a life-or-death crisis, I can't protect myself. This is not good news."

"The person who attacked me three days ago has still not been found."

"Perhaps feeling the pressure from the elders, he hasn't made any further moves these past few days. Maybe he's given up on killing me, or maybe he's quietly accumulating power."

"But no matter what, I'd better be careful."

Jiang Bai retrieved the snake venom and, without wasting any time, immediately headed home.

He urgently needs to learn the art of poisonous miasma to feel a sense of security.

Boom!

Halfway there, a sudden change occurred!

The sounds of a chaotic fight broke out.

Jiang Bai turned his head and saw a monster covered in scales emerge from the ground, launching a fierce attack on pedestrians and shops on the roadside.

The flesh and blood of demonic beasts are highly nourishing for cultivators.

The reverse is also true.

It is not impossible for demonic beasts to improve the cultivation level of cultivators by devouring them, and even break through the barriers.

Compared to other regions.

The market area has relatively weak defenses and is crowded with cultivators, so monsters often burrow underground to launch surprise attacks before quickly leaving.

"Although I've heard of it, incidents of monsters attacking markets are still very rare."

"After all, there are risks involved, and most monsters wouldn't be so reckless."

"I never thought I'd run into something with such a low probability of happening. I'd better leave quickly to avoid getting into trouble and wasting my life."

Without a second thought, Jiang Bai quickly headed away from the direction where the monsters were far away.

But the next moment!

call out!

A soft sound.

A thin needle flew from afar and pierced straight into Jiang Bai's body. He felt a chill run through his body and was unable to move for a short time, as if he had been imprisoned!

Followed by.

The scaly beast not far away seemed to sense something.

It suddenly turned its head, its scarlet eyes fixed on Jiang Bai, flashing with undisguised ferocity and excitement. It rushed over and swallowed him whole!

The pain of being corroded by stomach acid spread throughout my body.

Jiang Bai hissed and struggled, but soon lost all his strength and died tragically inside the monster's belly.

in front of you.

The translucent light curtain lit up again.

[A chaotic battle broke out in the market. You were ambushed and devoured by a monster, losing one life. You currently have 99 lives remaining.]

Please select from the following terms!

[Hardening (white): Your skin has hardened and will not be easily corroded!]

[Killing Intent Perception (White): You will sense danger before it strikes!]

[Swift as the Wind (White): Your speed will be significantly increased when you choose to escape!]

"My death wasn't an accident, but a deliberate act of sabotage?"

"It seems the killer hasn't given up on me, but what benefit would he get from doing this? And which keyword should I choose to survive this crisis?"