Immortality and cultivation: Heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable.

Elder Li stared at Jiang Shi with great vigilance.

"If this guy utters a single word about borrowing, I'll fly away immediately!"

"Senior brother, I'm currently practicing a new technique. I've heard that the Myriad Manifestations Cave is incredibly wondrous, and I'd like to enter it to cultivate," Jiang Shi said politely, handing over a bag of spirit stones, about fifty in total.

Jiang Shi had already inquired about the Wanxiang Cave on his way here.

Entering the Myriad Manifestations Cave to cultivate techniques is not free; it requires ten spirit stones per day.

He can enter the Five Heavens by taking out fifty spirit stones.

Moreover, the fifty spirit stones are only the entrance fee; more spirit stones are needed inside the Myriad Manifestations Cave.

Therefore, only Foundation Establishment stage cultivators often come to the Myriad Manifestations Cave.

Ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivators don't have the money to get in.

"I see." Elder Li finally understood what Jiang Shi wanted to do, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Shi is notorious in Biluo Valley. He extorted so many spirit stones that no one would say a good word about him.

That's good since they're not here to cause trouble.

Elder Li pushed the bag of spirit stones back and handed it to Jiang Shi.

"Elder Li, what does this mean?" Jiang Shi asked in confusion.

"Junior Brother Jiang, ordinary disciples are charged a fee to enter this place, but you, Jiang Wu, are the Valley Master's personal disciple and are qualified to enter the Myriad Manifestations Cave without paying a spirit stone."

Elder Li was very polite to Jiang Shi, even to the point of trying to curry favor.

This is not because Jiang Shi is the Valley Master's personal disciple.

The disciples personally taught by the Flower Valley Master all met very bad ends.

Elder Li was so polite to Jiang Shi because of Jiang Shi's own strength.

Jiang Shi defeated Chen Sisi as soon as he broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage. Although Chen Sisi had been seriously injured before, defeating a seriously injured Chen Sisi was not something that an ordinary early Foundation Establishment stage cultivator could do.

Elder Li also witnessed the battle that day, and he was shocked by Jiang Shi's profound magical power, which was comparable to that of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Elder Li believed that Jiang Shi, if he did not die, would surely achieve great things.

"In that case, thank you very much, Elder Li." Jiang Shi put the spirit stone bag into his storage bag. Since he could save spirit stones, he wouldn't be polite.

He had just sold some talismans and pills to get these spirit stones.

A little over a hundred yuan, not much.

"Junior Brother Jiang, before you enter the Myriad Manifestations Cave, your senior brother has something to remind you."

"This Myriad Manifestations Cave is a place where illusions are created. If you throw spirit stones into it, they can give birth to cultivators or demonic beasts."

"Five spirit stones can be transformed into a Grand Cultivator in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, ten spirit stones can be transformed into a Grand Cultivator in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and twenty spirit stones can be transformed into a Grand Cultivator in the late stage of Foundation Establishment."

Elder Li introduced it to Jiang Shi.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shi suddenly had a thought and asked Elder Li:

"If we add more spirit stones, wouldn't it be possible to create a Golden Core stage cultivator?"

"Junior brother, this is the second point I want to remind you: never put in more than twenty spirit stones."

After Elder Li finished speaking, his expression became very serious.

Elder Li then said in a deep voice, "Although injuries in the Myriad Manifestations Cave are not considered real injuries, if you die inside the Myriad Manifestations Cave, you will truly die."

"Therefore, never invest more than twenty spirit stones!"

Jiang Shi carefully noted down what was said; it was a matter of life and death, and he wouldn't make a mistake.

"Thank you for the reminder, senior brother. I will keep it in mind."

"Alright, let's go in."

After thanking Elder Li, Jiang Shi stepped into the Wanxiang Cave.

Upon entering the cave, Jiang Shi felt a wave of drowsiness. Since he had reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he no longer needed to sleep, and this was the first time he had felt sleepy in the past two months.

Jiang Shi knew this was due to the Wanxiang Cave, so he did not resist and fell into a deep sleep.

After he fell asleep, he opened his eyes in an unfamiliar place.

It was completely dark here, yet you could see everything clearly.

Jiang Shi had already learned about the situation inside Wanxiang Cave from outside.

Without hesitation, he took out five spirit stones and threw them out.

The five spirit stones were swallowed by darkness and vanished instantly.

After the spirit stone disappeared, a cultivator emerged from the darkness.

This man was dressed in black and wore a small jade pendant at his waist. Jiang Shi had seen him before; he was Liang, the head of the outer guard hall of the Qingyun Sect.

Upon seeing this person, Jiang Shi pondered, "Could it be that the people transformed in this Myriad Manifestations Cave are all people I have seen before?"

Is it based on changes in memory?

"Outer disciple? Or a piece of trash who dares to fight this hall master! Die!" Upon seeing Jiang Shi, Hall Master Liang actually spoke in human language, and with a wave of his hands, two large fiery hands reached out to grab Jiang Shi.

Jiang Shi did not react and was firmly grasped by the fiery hand.

"It can even talk and has the ability to think!" Jiang Shi was filled with curiosity about the Myriad Manifestations Cave amidst the flames.

Liang Tangzhu's flames burned fiercely, but Jiang Shi seemed oblivious to them; the flames around him couldn't penetrate them at all.

Jiang Shixuan's mid-grade magic technique, [Wood Generates Fire], has been mastered.

Such fire magic has absolutely no effect on him.

Seeing that the flames were ineffective against Jiang Shi, Master Liang's face darkened. He began to form hand seals and chant incantations, preparing to unleash a more powerful spell.

Jiang Shi did not come here to watch Liang, the head of the Qingyun Sect, perform magic.

He came here to practice the "Yi Mu Xuan Qing Finger".

With a wave of his hand, Jiang Shi controlled all the flames around him, causing them to retreat and counterattack Liang Tangzhu.

The approaching flames interrupted Master Liang's actions, and he quickly activated his magical shield to block the flames in front of him.

"You worthless servant, how dare you insult me!" Hall Master Liang was furious. The person transformed from the Myriad Manifestations Cave was a complete replica of his own personality and abilities.

However, since the magical artifact was not replicated, Master Liang's strength was significantly reduced without it.

His magic couldn't harm Jiang Shi at all.

Jiang Shi ignored Liang Tangzhu's angry curses; he had already mobilized the essence of the Yi Wood in his liver.

Jiang Shi moved his fingers rapidly, and strands of cyan silk appeared, wrapping around Hall Master Liang.

These blue threads are formed from the essence of the Wood element. Although they appear thin and soft, they are very difficult to break free from.

Master Liang channeled all his magical power, unleashing a barrage of fire spells in an attempt to burn through the threads.

"It can actually absorb my magic power and devour my spells! What kind of ability is this?" Hall Master Liang shouted in disbelief.

These threads are not ordinary threads; they possess the characteristics of the "Devouring Wood Divine Technique" and the mutual generation of the five elements, enabling them to absorb the magical power and five elemental techniques of the user.

Jiang Shi named it "winding thread".

The enemy was firmly trapped by the silk threads.

It absorbs magical power and can also add new binding threads.

"It's time to deal with you."

Without magical artifacts, Liang, the head of the Qingyun Sect, was of average strength and could not unleash Jiang Shi's full power.

Jiang Shi was unwilling to waste any more time. He tightly wrapped the silk thread and pointed a blue light with his finger.

A flash of blue light streaked across Liang Tangzhu's body like a shooting star.