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

"Junior Brother Liang, don't rush. Take another look," Lu Chuanxing said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Master Liang sent his spiritual consciousness out of his body and rushed straight to Jiang Shi.

Jiang Shi felt a chill run down his spine. He also possessed spiritual awareness, and when Hall Master Liang used his spiritual awareness to probe his body, he naturally discovered it as well.

However, Jiang Shi remained calm, shrinking his spiritual sense deep into his sea of ​​consciousness, not daring to move at all.

"This child's body is filled with the dryness of medicine, which has penetrated to the bone marrow; he is beyond saving."

Before Hall Master Liang could speak, Hall Master Lu of the Transmission Hall spoke first.

"Hmph, relying on consuming large amounts of pills to break through, his future is sealed, his path to immortality is severed, this boy will definitely not be able to break through to the seventh level of Qi Refining!" Hall Master Liang withdrew his spiritual sense and asserted.

"However, it's better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free. Just kill this mere servant disciple." Hall Master Liang looked at Jiang Shi as if he were an ant.

Ants that can be crushed at will.

"He is Lin Feiyu's disciple," Lu Chuanxing said.

"So he was his disciple. I see."

Only then did Master Liang understand why Lu Chuan had let Jiang Shi go.

Otherwise, given the Lu family's disregard for disciples with five spiritual roots, they would have eradicated them long ago.

Manager Lin, also known as Lin Feiyu.

They are descendants of the Lin family who co-founded the Qingyun Sect with the Lu family.

The Lin family is now in decline, with only Steward Lin and Lin Yanyi remaining.

However, many of the inner sect elders had connections with the Lin family back then and shared some kinship ties.

In this generation, no one in the inner sect leadership wanted to see the Lin family produce another Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The three major families cut off the Lin family's chance of obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill.

But the Baolin family can still live peacefully for generations.

As Lin Guanshi's disciple, Jiang Shi was also a sickly person with no chance of breaking through, so naturally the Lu family stopped paying attention to him.

Jiang Shi continued to secretly learn magic, but he wasn't as active as before.

He kept a low profile and only learned some techniques he hadn't learned before.

As the competition progressed, his proficiency in magic increased rapidly.

In just one day, he learned eight different techniques.

They are: "Burning Fire Palm", "Clear Water Seal", "Fire Feather Technique", "Earth-Splitting Palm", "Iron Armor Technique", "Earth-Trapping Technique", "Fire Spear Technique", and "Azure Lotus Seal".

They are all low-grade Xuan-level techniques, and their power is extraordinary.

At this moment, he could defeat even a cultivator of the same realm who possessed a low-grade magic weapon.

Cultivators at the same level generally only focus on one technique, and even if their cultivation method includes several techniques, they will not cultivate more than one.

During the Qi Refining stage, it is most taboo to be distracted by practicing multiple techniques or exercises.

Only veteran Qi Refining cultivators who have no hope of breaking through to the next level have the time to learn other techniques.

Jiang Shi's situation of simultaneously cultivating five spiritual techniques, two Yellow-level techniques, and eight low-grade Profound-level techniques is unique within the entire sect; there is no one else like him.

Moreover, only someone like Jiang Shi, with his five spiritual roots and naturally possessing several times more magical power than others, could unleash the full potential of multiple spells.

Now, as long as Jiang Shi breaks through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, he will be basically safe and sound.

The sect competition has concluded today.

Jiang Shi went to Zhou Yuan and Li Ze's place, preparing to return home.

Li Ze sat there dejectedly.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Shi's heart sank.

Having acquired spiritual awareness, he had already noticed something was wrong with Li Ze. His sea of ​​consciousness was in complete chaos, indicating that his Dao heart had been shattered.

"Senior Brother Li...!" Jiang Shi wanted to say something to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say.

"Junior Brother Jiang, there's no need to disturb him," Zhou Yuan said to Jiang Shi.

Zhou Yuan's eyes were the most complex.

He was the one who introduced Li Ze to the profession, and he was also the one with the best relationship with Li Ze on a daily basis.

I never expected that something like this would happen so soon.

"Junior Brother Zhou, take Junior Brother Li back with you," Senior Brother Hu said as he approached Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan sighed and pulled the dazed Li Ze away.

"Junior Brother Jiang, you must take this as a warning. The path to immortality is fraught with peril. One wrong step, and you're doomed!"

Senior Brother Hu earnestly entrusted Jiang Shi with these words.

"Yes, Senior Brother Hu. I've got it." Jiang Shi nodded.

Then Jiang Shi asked:

"Senior Brother Hu, what should we do about Senior Brother Li now?"

After all, Li Ze had known him for a long time, and if there was anything he could do to help, as long as it wasn't a big deal, he would lend a hand.

"Sigh, we can only wait a couple of days and see if we can send Junior Brother Li back to the common courtyard," Senior Brother Hu said.

"I'll go and beg my master to see if he can accept Junior Brother Li."

Senior Brother Hu was somewhat worried. Manager Lin was ruthless, and he was afraid that if Li Ze went back, Manager Lin would treat him as a useless person and beat him to death in the courtyard.

However, Li Ze cannot be allowed to stay in the outer sect. Outer sect disciples must complete contribution point tasks, and other disciples cannot simply support Li Ze.

We absolutely cannot let Li Ze drag Lin Yanyi down!

"That's what Senior Brother Hu thought to himself."

He hardened his heart and said:

"Send him to the tenement!"

After saying that, Senior Brother Hu left. Senior Brother Hu would do anything for Lin Yanyi.

Lin Yanyi saved his life back then; if it weren't for her, he would have been beaten to death by the scions of powerful families long ago.

Jiang Shi knew that Li Ze's fate might not be good after returning to the courtyard, but he had no good solutions.

If Li Ze were only a menial disciple, he could leave Qingyun Sect and try his luck elsewhere.

But Li Ze was an outer disciple. Once he entered the outer sect, he became a formal disciple of the Qingyun Sect. He was a member of the Qingyun Sect in life and in death.

Leaving Qingyun Sect is treason, and Qingyun Sect will kill anyone who betrays the sect!

What happened to Li Ze made Jiang Shi's desire to seek the Dao even stronger.

He returned home and began to diligently cultivate himself without stopping for a moment.

Early the next morning.

Jiang Shi finished his practice and headed to the arena with his fellow disciples.

Li Ze stayed at home and did not go with them.

"Junior Brother Jiang, I've been waiting for you for so long." As soon as he entered the arena, Lu Wenyi walked over quickly.

Lu Wenyi wanted to talk to Jiang Shi last night, but Jiang Shi went into seclusion as soon as he returned, so he didn't want to disturb him.

Lu Wenyi pulled Jiang Shi aside, pointed to a young man from a prominent family, and asked:

"Junior Brother Jiang, this is my next opponent. Watch how I can win."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Shi thought to himself, "You, Lu Wenyi, I already helped you yesterday, and you still come to me this time."

He can no longer help Lu Wenyi, otherwise it will definitely attract attention.

Moreover, it's understandable to give Lu Wenyi guidance once, but if you help Lu Wenyi win every time, even a fool like Lu Wenyi would realize that Jiang Shi is different from others.

Helping someone once is enough to build up goodwill; helping too much will turn them into enemies.

"Senior Brother Lu, I'm so sorry. I just happened to overhear him talking to someone yesterday, and that's how I found out that the other person specializes in magic."

"Today, I really don't know what kind of magic this person you're referring to practices."

Jiang Shi explained to Lu Wenyi.

Upon hearing this, Lu Wenyi finally realized what was going on.

How could Jiang Shi, a menial disciple, know what kind of magic the scions of noble families practice?

It was just a coincidence.