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

"Now that the spirit stones have been collected, please make your move as soon as possible!" a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator said.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it!" Jiang Shi said, and with a wave of his hand, a bright blue bead appeared in his palm and floated up.

The superior-grade water-stabilizing bead is a ritual implement with the ability to stabilize and control water.

A group of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators watched Jiang Shi's actions intently.

Jiang Shi wasted no more time, and the five drops of magical liquid within his body exploded.

And all of it was converted into water elemental power, flowing into the water-stabilizing bead.

The water-fixing bead emitted a dazzling light and exuded a mysterious aura.

All the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators present were full of praise. Even though it was just a replica, it had such power. It was indeed a replica of the superior spiritual artifact, the Water-Stabilizing Pearl.

Wei Wushang's mouth watered as he looked at it, as if he had seen some delicious food.

Jiang Shi's spiritual sense penetrated into the Water-Stabilizing Pearl, which contained a deep blue rune that flowed like living water.

He quickly used his spiritual sense to examine the dark blue rune.

A mantra appeared in Jiang Shi's mind.

"A single pearl hangs in the vast ocean, where all sounds are silent."

"The imperial edict divides the Yangtze and Han rivers; how could I dare disobey?"

The water-fixing pearl shone even brighter and shot towards the pool below.

"Divide!" Jiang Shi's words were like an imperial edict.

As if by imperial decree, the pool water silently split from its center, revealing a channel of wet, black silt, with smooth, mirror-like walls on either side. The division and stabilization of the water occurred in the blink of an eye.

As the water parted, three monster statues appeared at the bottom of the pool.

"That's right, those are the three statues!" a high-ranking cultivator exclaimed.

To everyone's surprise, the three python statues beneath the pool were actually alive.

Furthermore, each of them possesses the cultivation level of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"It seems that the bodies of those great cultivators who died earlier fell into the pool and were devoured by these python statues, which is why they all came back to life," said Feng Shui master Yun Sheng, glancing at Jiang Shi as he spoke.

This means that Jiang Shi's actions led to the resurrection of the python statue.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shi looked in the direction of the voice.

A great cultivator dressed in a black and white Taoist robe came into Jiang Shi's view.

Jiang Shi remembered this person. This person had targeted him many times before, but he had let him go because he was busy killing those five water spirit root cultivators.

I never expected this person to dare to speak against him. It seems I can't let him off the hook today.

Jiang Shi began to memorize this person and took out a small black notebook to write down the person's appearance.

After dealing with these python statues, we'll send that Foundation Establishment stage cultivator to ascend to immortality.

"Gentlemen, now that I have separated the pool and found these monster statues, it is your turn to take action," Jiang Shi said to Zhou Yuan, Wei Wushang, and Xuan Yuan Yi.

The three python statues have come to life and are now scurrying around underneath, trying to push open the water walls and re-enter the pool.

This had a significant impact on Jiang Shi, since dividing the sea was very taxing on his mana and mental energy. Adding a three-headed python puppet with late Foundation Establishment stage cultivation made the burden even heavier.

Xuanyuan Yi gave Jiang Shi a meaningful look, then leaped into the pool below.

Zhou Yuan followed closely behind and fell into the bottom of the pool.

Wei Wushang, however, made no move, as if he didn't care about the python statue below at all.

He wasn't interested in the Blood Moon Demon Seal inside the statue.

"Brother, sell me this Water-Stabilizing Pearl!" Wei Wushang shouted eagerly, his eyes fixed on the radiant Water-Stabilizing Pearl in the pool.

As he watched, Wei Wushang couldn't stop drooling.

"Not for sale," Jiang Shi said.

The superior-grade magic artifact, the Water-Stabilizing Pearl, possesses extraordinary abilities that cannot be replaced by other superior-grade magic artifacts.

As long as this water droplet is present, ordinary water-based spells will have no effect on him.

If he encounters a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator with a water-elemental root again, he will be able to remain invincible with this Water-Stabilizing Pearl.

Those five water-elemental foundation-building cultivators could have easily escaped by jumping into the pool if they hadn't been so overconfident and greedy.

They will not end up dying or perishing.

Now that the Water-Stabilizing Pearl has fallen into Jiang Shi's hands, there's naturally no reason for him to hand it over.

"Alright, alright. What a pity, what a pity." Wei Wushang looked dejected, like a sad little dog.

Jiang Shi thought to himself, although this person is from a prestigious family, and a top-tier one at that, he is indeed unlike the people he has met before.

This person seems a bit silly.

"Could this be the price of immortality?" Jiang Shi wondered to himself.

Just then, below the pool, Xuanyuan Yi and Zhou Yuan had already dealt with all three python statues.

They flew up, and Xuan Yuan Yi flew to Jiang Shi's side and threw a blood-red spirit stone over.

Jiang Shi took it in his hand and instantly realized that this was the Blood Moon Demon Seal inside the python statue.

It's better than the Blood Moon Demon Seal on the first level.

Jiang Shi was puzzled as to why Xuan Yuan Yi would give him this item.

He had originally planned that if Xuan Yuan Yi and the others left behind a python statue, he would use the Water-Stabilizing Pearl to retain one.

Jiang Shi was only wary of these fifty-odd Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, as they were disciples of top-tier forces.

They showed no fear whatsoever towards ordinary Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

The reason I collected a mid-grade spirit stone before and then used the Water-Stabilizing Pearl to divide the pool was simply because I didn't want to completely break ties with Xuan Yuan Yi and the others.

For these scions of top-tier forces, a mid-grade spirit stone is certainly not important, but if I were to rob their treasures, then it might truly be a fight to the death.

"Xuanyuan Yi actually gave him the Blood Moon Demon Seal!"

"It's not surprising. This person possesses profound magical power and numerous methods, perhaps he is a disciple of some hidden force. Moreover, even if he doesn't come from a major force, his own strength is sufficient to qualify him."

The Foundation Establishment stage cultivators were discussing amongst themselves, some of them jealous and envious.

However, many Foundation Establishment stage cultivators approved of Jiang Shi's act of taking the treasure, believing that he was qualified to do so.

"Cousin, are we going to give it to him again this time?" In the corner, the three brocade-clad cultivators were watching this scene.

"Don't be impulsive. Although the first and second layers of the Blood Moon Demon Seal are treasures, they are quite useless. If we make a move now, we will only expose our strength, which would be a loss."

"For now, let's wait and see; what we need to fight for is what comes next!"

"Then Wei Wushang of the Wei family probably didn't take the Blood Moon Demon Seal for the same reason!"

The leading cultivator looked at Jiang Shi, then at Wei Wushang.

At that moment, Jiang Shi sensed that someone was watching him.

He secretly glanced over there and saw the three brocade-clad cultivators.

"These three people are definitely not ordinary people either," Jiang Shi thought to himself.