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

Jiang Bai walked out of the woods and draped a tattered black robe over his right arm.

At this moment, the bone-corroding pattern was faintly warming up and slowly wriggling under the skin.

He crouched down and pulled out several storage bags from his pocket.

Jiang Bai casually wiped his hand and dumped all the contents of the bag onto the ground.

With a clinking sound, spirit stones rolled all over the ground. Most of them were low-grade spirit stones, roughly counting more than 1,800.

There were only seven mid-grade spirit stones. Jiang Bai piled them up in one place and then went to check the bottles and jars.

There were more than twenty bottles of pills, with paper labels attached to the bottles, the handwriting of which was quite messy.

He uncorked one of the bottles and sniffed it; the smell was pungent, suggesting it was used in conjunction with the Bone Poison Technique.

The three bottles labeled "Corrupting Heart Pills" were emitting a dim green light.

"Was it made from rotten heart grass?"

Jiang Baixiang recalled the nine poisonous creatures needed for the regeneration of the Poisonous Pattern, one of which was "Corrosive Heart Grass".

He poured a pill into his palm. The pill was about the size of a soybean, and its surface was covered with fine lines, much like the veins of a dried leaf.

He activated the poisonous markings on his right arm, and the grayish-white lines glowed faintly.

The pill in his palm visibly faded, and wisps of dark green poisonous gas seeped from its surface, seeping into his body through the pores of his palm.

As soon as the poison gas entered the body, a needle-like, stabbing pain shot through the chest; this was the unique, heart-wrenching pain of the Corrosive Hearts poison.

The pain lasted only two breaths before being suppressed by the [Corpse Poison Body].

The poison seeped into the meridians, and under the guidance of the "Hundred Poisons Tempering Technique," the body began to be tempered.

When the elixir had completely turned into grayish-white powder, Jiang Bai opened his eyes, and the color of the poisonous markings on his right arm had deepened.

"They really are from the same origin."

He carefully put away the three bottles of Corrupting Heart Pills separately, and then began to examine the remaining items.

Scattered among the pile of miscellaneous items were several broken ritual implements and a domino.

The dominoes were grayish-white, with a tiny, eerie green crystal, about the size of a grain of rice, embedded in the center. Inside the crystal, mist seemed to flow slowly.

Jiang Bai picked up the dominoes and tried to infuse them with spiritual power. The runes on the surface of the dominoes lit up one by one, and the mist inside the crystals churned. Then, the wild animal skeletons that had been scattered among the rocks actually pieced themselves together, and green flames the size of beans ignited in their eye sockets. They staggered toward the crevice in the rock.

With a thought, Jiang Bai immediately cut off the transmission of spiritual energy.

The skeleton immediately fell apart and crashed back to the ground.

"Interesting, this is a Yin Bone Talisman, capable of manipulating skeletons, hehe..."

He tucked the dominoes into his pocket.

This thing can only control some low-level bone puppets, but it's better than nothing and might come in handy in a critical moment.

The forced absorption of the bone-corroding water just now also caused some damage to my meridians.

Even now, when the spiritual energy in my body circulates, I can still feel a slight pain in my chest.

"We need to heal our wounds first."

Jiang Bai picked out two porcelain bottles labeled "Nourishing Vitality" from the pile of pills, poured out four pale yellow pills, and swallowed them. The pills transformed into a warm current in his stomach, slowly nourishing his damaged meridians. He closed his eyes and began to circulate the "Hundred Poisons Tempering Body Technique."

To reach the third level of this technique, one must refine thirty kinds of deadly poisons.

He currently possesses three types of poison within his body: Black Swamp Poison, Bone Mound Corpse Poison, and Bone-Corroding Water Poison. He is still far from achieving perfection, but with each type of poison he refines, his physical strength will increase.

Three days later, Jiang Bai opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air.

The dull pain in his chest was gone, and his meridians had returned to normal, even stronger than before the injury. He stood up and stretched his arms and legs.

"Very good! Time to get down to business."

He sat cross-legged again, unleashing the toxicity left by the Corrupting Heart Pill and the Bone-Corroding Water, as well as the incompletely refined Bone Mound Corpse Poison in his body.

The poisonous markings on his right arm suddenly glowed!

Grayish-white, dark green, and black poisonous gases emerged from under the skin like small snakes, intertwining and wandering along the arm. Wherever they passed, the flesh felt as if it were being cut by a knife, and the blood vessels gradually bulged, their colors becoming strangely eerie.

Jiang Bai's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his jaw was clenched.

The pain of refining the three poisons simultaneously was several times more intense than refining any one of them individually. If it weren't for the Corpse Poison Body refining his physical body to a strength close to that of a corpse puppet, his meridians would probably have already broken by now.

He endured the excruciating pain and activated the [Symbiotic Poisonous Mist].

The pores of his body expanded, drawing in the thin, poisonous miasma from outside the rock crevices. This poisonous gas was transformed into pure life force through the incantation, continuously nourishing the meridians and flesh that had been eroded by the three toxins.

At the same time, the "Poison Essence Condensation Method" recorded in the "Black Swamp Poison Classic" operates on its own.

The spiritual energy within the dantian began to compress and purify.

When ordinary cultivators cultivate, they refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into spiritual power and store it in their dantian. However, the "Poison Essence Condensation Method" used by poison cultivators is completely different. This method requires refining the deadly poison and spiritual power together to condense into "Poison Essence," which has both toxic destructive power and spiritual power characteristics.

This method is dangerous, but it is the key to the fact that poison cultivators have combat power far exceeding that of their peers.

Time passed day by day.

Monsters occasionally passed by outside the crevice, but they avoided it by smelling the strange poison emanating from within. Several ignorant Qi Refining stage rotten wolves tried to squeeze in, but as soon as they approached the entrance of the crevice, they were burned by the drifting poison gas and fled in panic with screams.

The seventh day at dusk.

A soft sound came from Jiang Baidantian, as faint as an eggshell cracking. Then, the spiritual energy gathered around him surged like a flood bursting its banks, flowing at nearly twice the speed of before.

Qi Refining Level 5, broken through.

He didn't stop and continued to practice his exercises.

The toxicity of the Corrupting Heart Pill has been completely neutralized. A dark green line has appeared on the poisonous markings on the right arm, intertwining with the grayish-white bone-corroding markings, resembling vines entwining the bones. The regeneration process of the poisonous markings has reached 40%.

Jiang Bai grabbed a handful of spirit stones from the pile and held them in his palm.

After the spiritual power was activated, the luster of the spirit stone visibly dimmed, eventually turning into powder and slipping from the fingertips. The pure spiritual energy surged into the body and, through the "Poison Essence Condensation Method," transformed into poison essence, filling the newly expanded dantian.

On the fourteenth day, he broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

The poisonous energy within Jiang Bai's body had accumulated to an extremely terrifying scale—while the spiritual energy in the dantian of a typical Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator was like a trickle, the poisonous energy within his body was like a surging river, seemingly calm on the surface but actually containing a potent toxin capable of corroding metal and stone.

He was still not satisfied.

Take out a blood-red crystal.

This is a "blood crystal" found in the Black Wind Secret Realm. It is said to be formed by the blood energy condensed by a Golden Core cultivator and contains abundant essence.

He had been reluctant to use it, and now was the perfect opportunity.

Jiang Bai put the blood crystal in his mouth, but did not swallow it. Instead, he wrapped it in spiritual power and slowly refined it.

The blood crystals transformed into a scalding hot stream that flowed down his throat, burning the meridians wherever it passed. This essence was too powerful; if his body hadn't been repeatedly tempered by poison, it would probably have already burst.

He gritted his teeth and channeled the heat into his dantian.

The poison essence and the blood crystal essence collided and fused violently.

Within the cracks of the rocks, Jiang Baizhou's body gradually revealed a dark red light, and the blood vessels under his skin were clearly visible, as if they were about to burst. Poisonous patterns on his right arm kept flashing, and the three colors of poisonous gas seemed about to penetrate his skin and appear.

The twenty-first day.

"boom--!"

The shockwave exploded, and rubble fell from the surrounding area.

Jiang Bai suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of gray, green, and black light appearing deep in his pupils before disappearing in an instant. He took a deep breath, which condensed in the air into three thin, hair-like snakes of poisonous mist that coiled twice before slowly dissipating.

Qi Refining Level 8.

It broke through two layers in a row.

As he stood up, his bones crackled like popping beans. Looking down at his hands, his skin was a deeper color than before, with an eerie luster, like jade that had been soaked in venom for a long time.

Clench your fist and gently slam it against the rock face.

"puff."

Without mobilizing any spiritual power, relying solely on physical strength, the fist sank half a foot deep into the stone wall as if a hot knife were cutting through butter. When the arm was withdrawn, a clear fist imprint was left on the rock wall, and the surrounding stone had been corroded into powder.

"The strength of a superior-grade magical artifact..."

Jiang Bai muttered to himself.

With a slight thought, he activated the poisonous markings on his right arm. The grayish-white, bone-corroding patterns suddenly lit up, and his entire right arm was enveloped in a thin layer of grayish-white poisonous gas. He casually waved his hand towards the crevice in the rock, and the poisonous gas detached from his body, transforming into a crescent-shaped grayish-white gas blade that silently struck a millstone-sized bluestone three zhang away.

Without a sound, the bluestone surface was split in two. The cross-section was as smooth as a mirror, and the stone material was completely reduced to grayish-white powder, which fell away in a flurry.

Jiang Bai stopped, and the poisonous gas dissipated.

A rustling sound came from outside the crevice in the rock. Three "Iron-backed Mountain Boars" at the seventh level of Qi Refining were attracted by the previous commotion and were pushing aside the rubble to get closer. They had thick skin and flesh, and their backs were covered with stiff hairs like iron thorns, so ordinary magical weapons could not harm them in the slightest.

The wild boar sensed the aura emanating from Jiang Bai, and its small, scarlet eyes revealed greed—the essence left behind by a cultivator's breakthrough was a rare and nourishing delicacy for a demon beast.

Jiang Baiwei did not draw his sword.

He took a step forward and swung his right arm out again.

This time, the poison gas did not leave the body; the entire arm was enveloped in a grayish-white poisonous light, which swept horizontally like a long whip, emitting a sharp hiss as it cut through the air.

Sensing danger, the three wild boars roared angrily and charged forward with their heads down and iron backs.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three muffled thuds sounded almost simultaneously.

Jiang Bai's right arm swept across the iron back of the first wild boar—the stiff bristles, strong enough to withstand the slashing of a mid-grade magic weapon, withered and broke instantly upon contact with the grayish-white poisonous light. His arm penetrated deep into the boar's body without any resistance, like a red-hot iron bar inserted into a snowdrift.

Before the wild boar could even scream, its massive body quickly withered and decayed, turning into a grayish-white skeleton that scattered across the ground.

The second and third wild boars met the same fate.

Piles of white bones, not a trace of flesh or blood remained on them.

Jiang Bai withdrew his arm, and the poisonous light dissipated. He looked down at his right hand, his five fingers slowly clenching, the knuckles making a crisp sound.

"Haha! I've actually reached the eighth level of Qi Refining all at once..."

He looked southeast, towards Blackstone Market, which was also the border of Poison Ivy Village's territory.

"It's time to go and meet that Lady Qingluo."

At this moment, Jiang Bai felt that his life could be even tougher.