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

Jiang Shi and Liu Yue talked a lot about escaping the Canglin territory and heading to the next big city.

Both parties agreed that the evacuation would begin a week later.

Jiang Shi agreed because he also wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.

The threat of the demonic path is too great. Even with his current cultivation level, it would be difficult for him to overcome it, even if he used a second-grade spirit talisman.

Liu Yue left satisfied with Jiang Shi's reply.

After Liu Yue left, Jiang Shi first circled the room and began to cast the isolation formation he had just learned.

The success rate of beginner-level formations is not very high. Jiang Shi failed several times before finally succeeding once.

Jiang Shi can master this isolation formation when he has time.

After setting up the isolation array, Jiang Shi began to make talismans.

With the existence of second-grade cinnabar, he planned to use this week to make several second-grade superior spirit talismans.

Jiang Shi diligently practiced making talismans in his room.

After persuading the three Qingyun Sect disciples to leave, Liu Yue began packing his belongings, preparing to move.

Seven days later, Liu Yue and others waited at the entrance of Jiangshi.

He waited anxiously, worried that Jiang Shi, this ascetic monk, might lose track of time during his seclusion and not emerge for several months.

If something happens to them during such a long period of time, wouldn't they be doomed?

It wasn't until the next day, when Liu Yue was getting impatient, that Jiang Shi finally emerged from seclusion.

"Master Li, you've finally emerged from seclusion," Liu Yue said as he stepped forward.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Liu, don't be anxious. Look what this is." Jiang Shi took out two spirit talismans and handed them to Liu Yue.

"You actually made a second-grade intermediate water lock talisman!" Liu Yue took it, looking at the talisman in his hand with great surprise.

This was the first time he had ever seen a mid-grade second-rank spirit talisman; normally, he could only buy low-grade second-rank spirit talismans at most.

The difference between each level of this talisman is like night and day.

Liu Yue never expected that Jiang Shi could actually make a mid-grade second-level spirit talisman.

Even with a second-grade spirit brush and second-grade cinnabar, it's not guaranteed that it can actually be made.

These two talismans further enhanced Jiang Shi's standing in Liu Yue's eyes.

"I must make sure my daughter marries Master Li," Liu Yue thought to himself.

Jiang Shi never expected that just two spirit talismans would bring him trouble.

Liu Yue instructed his maid, Liu Yujing, to help Jiang Shi into the carriage.

Jiang Shi entered the carriage and frowned; there was another person inside.

"Liu Xueyao, daughter of the Liu family, greets Master Li," Liu Xueyao said respectfully, bowing.

The carriage started moving, and Jiang Shi couldn't very well urge her to get off.

He had no choice but to close his eyes and rest, and then begin his cultivation.

Cultivation is more important; women will only hinder my cultivation speed.

When Liu Xueyao saw Jiang Shi begin meditating as soon as he entered the carriage, she was completely dumbfounded.

Her father's orders forced her to get closer to Jiang Shi.

But her plan failed before it even began.

"He's truly an ascetic," Liu Xueyao thought to herself.

Not daring to disturb Jiang Shi's rest, she sat quietly to the side without making a sound.

The convoy traveled very fast on the main road, and nothing happened for several hours.

Just then, three cultivators descended from the sky, smashing several giant trees onto the road. The coachman quickly stopped the carriage, otherwise they would have almost crashed into them.

Jiang Shi was forced to stop cultivating and send his spiritual sense out of his body to investigate what was happening outside.

"What do you mean, fellow Daoists?" Zhou Ping asked as he rode over on his horse.

The leader of the three cultivators exuded the cultivation level of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

"This road is under our protection. Leave your toll, and we'll spare your lives," said the leading monk.

"This is just a small token of our appreciation. We hope you will accept it and not make things difficult for us again." Zhou Ping handed over a small bag containing one thousand spirit crystals.

"Who are you trying to fool with this little bit of spirit crystals? There should be at least two thousand spirit crystals."

After the leading cultivator finished speaking, the two behind him also exuded the cultivation level of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

With one Qi Refining Stage 9 cultivator and two Qi Refining Stage 8 cultivators, no wonder they can come out and collect tolls.

But today they've met their match.

"Fellow Daoists, it's time to stop while you're ahead." Liu Yue jumped out of the carriage.

He unleashed the aura of the tenth level of Qi Refining, pressing down on the three of them.

"What?! He's actually at the Great Perfection level!" The leading cultivator stared at the person in front of him in disbelief.

Normally, people with this level of cultivation are considered big shots in the world of independent cultivators.

I never expected to see it in a small convoy today.

They really messed up.

However, although Liu Yue was not afraid of fighting, he was also unwilling to start a war easily.

This kind of pointless battle is better resolved by spending some money.

That 1,000 spirit crystals was his bottom line; if it exceeded that number, Liu Yue might as well take action and defeat the other party.

However, this did not happen; the leading monk quickly moved the tree in the middle of the road.

Then he said respectfully, "Senior, please leave."

Liu Yue signaled the convoy to begin its operation.

But at that moment, the horses began to move strangely, as if they were frightened.

Upon seeing this, Liu Yue noticed the problem and quickly shouted, "Danger is approaching! Protect the carriage!"

The guards quickly became cautious and on alert.

Liu Yue whispered to Jiang Shi, signaling him to be careful.

Upon receiving the message, Jiang Shi stepped down from the carriage.

"Master Li, what's wrong?" Liu Yujing walked over and asked quietly.

"Get in the car quickly, it's dangerous!"

Jiang Shi also sensed something was wrong and had a bad feeling. He held two high-grade second-rank spirit talismans in his hands and looked around warily.

"Brother, what's wrong with them?" The cultivators who had been robbing them earlier became wary upon seeing this scene.

"There's definitely something wrong, let's be careful!" the leading monk said.

But no sooner had he finished speaking than a demonic wolf leaped out of the woods and lunged at the leader of the cultivators' neck.

"It's a demonic wolf!" Liu Yue was horrified. He had been attacked by demonic wolves before in the market of rogue cultivators.

Now that they've escaped, the fact that they're still being attacked by wolves in the wild suggests there's something fishy going on.

Someone is targeting the Liu family, Liu Yue thought to himself.

But time was running out for him to think any further.

Two more wolves suddenly appeared and charged towards the convoy.

The guards cast spells repeatedly to stop the wolf's attack.

However, the effect was minimal; the spells cast by these mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators couldn't even break through the demonic wolf's defenses!

Just as the demon wolf was about to attack the guard, two talismans flew out, turning into two huge fireballs that smashed into the demon wolf and sent it flying.

It was Jiang Shi who made the move!

"Zhou Ping, you may step back." Jiang Shi stepped forward and dismissed the guards.

These guards aren't much help, and keeping them in front is just a hindrance.

The demon wolf got up from the ground; the two first-grade high-level fireball talismans hadn't caused much damage.

Then several green arrows flew over and pierced the wolf's body, pinning it to the ground.

Liu Yue walked over, holding a mid-grade magic weapon, a longbow.

Lin Yanyi had already returned this mid-grade magic artifact to its rightful owner.