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

Manager Lin has made too many mistakes over the years in order to help Lin Yanyi establish her foundation.

She knew there must be a conspiracy involved.

This is definitely not good for Jiang Shi!

Even if it's a stranger, Lin Yanyi is unwilling to sacrifice others to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

How would that be any different from the people of the Demonic Sect?

She wasn't ruthless enough, and her heart wasn't strong enough.

"Senior Sister Lin..." Jiang Shi felt a little uneasy under Lin Yanyi's gaze.

No matter how beautiful Lin Yanyi was, he didn't actually have a good impression of her.

After all, she was the daughter of Manager Lin.

Lin Yanyi did not answer; she turned and left.

Jiang Shi breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his room.

I got another big fright!

Another familiar figure appeared in the stone house.

"Master, you've arrived." Jiang Shi cursed inwardly, thinking that this father and son were simply insane.

It's almost dark, why are you here instead of going home to cultivate?

Of course, though he thought this in his heart, he dared not show it on his face at all.

"I heard you met Lu Chuanxing in the Hall of Affairs," Steward Lin said, addressing Lu Chuanxing by his full name.

This is a serious taboo; those with low cultivation levels would directly call out the other person's name unless they are an enemy.

"Yes, Master."

"Repeat what he said to you that day, don't omit a single word," Steward Lin said in a deep voice.

Jiang Shi dared not disobey and recounted the events of that time to Steward Lin, bit by bit.

When discussing the dryness and heat inherent in medicinal herbs, and the inability to overcome this limitation in the future...

Manager Lin laughed, a very mocking laugh.

Jiang Shi lowered his head, thinking to himself:

"What exactly does this guy mean?"

"Aren't you worried about the dryness of this medicine?" Manager Lin asked Jiang Shi, his tone flat and devoid of any emotion.

Manager Lin gave Jiang Shi the Dingyang Pill in order to prevent Jiang Shi from entering the outer sect and being investigated.

If a person with five spiritual roots breaks through too quickly, it will attract the attention of the higher-ups in the Qingyun Sect.

This is related to the secret of the Five Elements Master back then.

"I was born with the aptitude of five spiritual roots, which makes it difficult for me to break through. If I can manage to break through to the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage in this lifetime, that will be enough."

"The Foundation Establishment process is extremely difficult; I wouldn't even dare to dream of it," Jiang Shi replied, feigning sincerity.

When Lu Chuanxing mentioned the dryness of the medicine, he was initially startled.

However, he is destined to succeed because of his diligence.

He was able to examine himself and found nothing unusual.

Moreover, he didn't encounter any bottlenecks in his breakthrough.

How can it be said that it is difficult to break through?

"You're not greedy at all," Steward Lin sneered.

He saw a lot of resemblance between Jiang Shi and himself when he was young; both were steadfast in their pursuit of the Dao and ruthless, willing to do anything.

It's uncertain how much truth is in what we're saying now.

"But what if I told you I have a way to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage?" Manager Lin probed.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shi immediately knelt down and bowed deeply.

"Master, if you can help me establish my foundation, I will repay you with all my heart and soul, even unto death, once I have successfully established my foundation."

Jiang Shi's voice was loud and clear, and his words were sincere.

"As long as you believe in your master, your master will never let you down." Steward Lin helped Jiang Shi up.

He patted Jiang Shi on the shoulder and said.

"Yes, Master, I will certainly not let you down."

After the two finished their performance, Steward Lin threw down a stone tablet and then left.

As he walked out, he subtly moved his fingers, dispelling the formation.

When Manager Lin entered Jiang Shi's room just now, he set up an isolation array.

They shielded themselves from the people around them, otherwise, their commotion would inevitably be noticed by others.

"Little fox." Manager Lin naturally knew that Jiang Shi did not trust him, but he had more confidence in his own methods, which were enough to control a handyman disciple with no background.

"Old fox." Jiang Shi certainly didn't believe him; there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Even if a windfall were to fall from the sky, it would be a disaster; he wouldn't be able to handle it.

Manager Lin must have ulterior motives. If he really had a method or secret to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, why wouldn't he use it himself?

He forbade his daughter, Lin Yanyi, from using it.

He's never going to get any good opportunities.

Jiang Shi raised the stone tablet in his hand and examined it.

"The Earth Spirit Technique!"

This is a low-grade Yellow-level cultivation technique, one of the five spiritual manuals.

Just then, his "Fire Spirit Technique" was about to reach perfection.

The next step is to cultivate this "Earth Spirit Technique".

[Learned the Yellow-Rank Low-Grade Cultivation Technique, "Earth Spirit Technique".]

[Earth Spirit Technique: Beginner (0/500)]

Jiang Shi accepted the instruction, but did not practice tonight.

He needs to increase his talisman-making proficiency first.

Two months later.

[Proficiency +1]

[First-grade talisman crafting: Perfect (3000/3000)]

"The first-grade talisman-making is finally complete." Jiang Shi practiced day and night and finally succeeded.

Nearly a thousand talismans were used.

His room was filled with a pile of talismans.

Among them are: (three first-grade superior water shield talismans, fifty first-grade intermediate water shield talismans, and two hundred first-grade inferior water shield talismans.)

If others saw this, they would be absolutely astonished.

In just two months, Jiang Shi was able to go from the beginner level to the perfect level.

His ability to refine first-grade spirit talismans is even higher than Master Li's.

However, Master Li possesses a second-grade spirit talisman inheritance, which he cannot match. This is a resource that Master Li obtained after marrying into the Lu family.

Unless one has a fortuitous encounter, it is virtually impossible for an ordinary cultivator to obtain a second-grade or higher inheritance.

Such inheritances have always been priceless and unavailable.

It was controlled by various sects and aristocratic families.

However, for him, even a first-grade spirit talisman was enough.

This first-grade superior spirit talisman is not much worse than a second-grade inferior spirit talisman.

Quantity can compensate for this.

"I'll wait until I accumulate some contribution points before exchanging them for a Grade 1 attack talisman."

Inside the Qingyun Sect's Talisman Crafting Hall, you can exchange for Grade 1 Fireball Talismans, Grade 1 Wooden Spike Talismans, and Grade 1 Golden Light Talismans.

These are all very useful talismans.

He can redeem it by spending his contribution points.

Or you could try to learn it by stealing the opportunity.

He can immediately master the skill if someone demonstrates it completely in front of him just once.

Whether it's talisman making, martial arts techniques, alchemy, or other skills, it's all acceptable.

Such opportunities are not usually available.

He couldn't possibly be spying on others like a thief.

That way, the problem would be discovered immediately.

You should also exchange for one of those storage bags when you have the chance.

Even the cheapest storage bag.

With so many talismans in the room, they'll be discovered sooner or later.

There was no place to sell spirit talismans within the Qingyun Sect.

If I have the chance, I might go down the mountain and check out the market in Canglin City.

However, you can't go now. Once you learn the first-grade attack talisman and master it, you'll have a certain ability to protect yourself.

With that thought in mind, Jiang Shi got up and headed to the talisman-making hall.

I received this month's materials: five hundred talisman papers.

I happened to run into Lu Wenyi when I went out.

"This is a good opportunity; perhaps I can learn how to use attack talismans from him," Jiang Shi thought to himself.

"Senior Brother Lu," he called out enthusiastically as he walked over.

"Junior Brother Jiang, it's been a long time." Lu Wenyi had a deep impression of Jiang Shi.