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

Jiang Shi accepted the Xuan-level token and put it into his storage bag along with the cultivation pills.

He once had a yellow-level token, and this time it's been upgraded.

Jiang Shi left Canglin Pavilion with a warm farewell from Manager Chen.

Then he quickly found a secluded spot, changed his form, and altered his appearance.

This time, he transformed into a middle-aged man with a cultivation level of the seventh level of Qi Refining.

When he mastered the "Hundred Illusions and Thousand Faces Technique" to perfection, he could even change his clothes, so he didn't need to buy clothes, saving him a lot of trouble.

Jiang Shi wandered around and entered a spirit talisman shop.

"Fellow Daoist, what do you need? We have a batch of water curtain talismans that a master just made today. Would you like to take a look?" the shopkeeper introduced to Jiang Shi.

"I'm here to sell talismans," Jiang Shi said.

Then he took out three thousand low-grade first-rank spirit talismans and handed them over.

The shopkeeper's expression changed instantly when he heard that they weren't there to buy anything.

However, when he saw Jiang Shi take out three thousand first-grade low-level spirit talismans, he returned to his polite demeanor.

Recently, due to the threat of demonic influence, protective items such as talismans have become extremely scarce.

Especially the lower-grade spirit talismans, which sell very well.

Because of their low price, everyone can afford them. Those independent cultivators who are usually reluctant to spend money have started to buy a lot of spirit talismans this time for protection.

Jiang Shi's three thousand low-grade first-rank spirit talismans will allow the shopkeeper to make a good profit.

With a greedy smile on his face, the shopkeeper accepted all the talismans and paid Jiang Shiling.

After Jiang Shi left, the shopkeeper immediately instructed his guards to secretly follow him.

He needed to find out whether Jiang Shi was a rogue cultivator or belonged to a certain force. If he was a rogue cultivator or belonged to a small force, he would take action to detain the person who made the talisman.

If they obediently make talismans for them, he might spare them; otherwise, Biluo Valley has its own methods.

This Lingfu Hall was opened by Biluo Valley, so it often commits evil deeds in Canglin City.

Jiang Shi was unfamiliar with the shops in Canglin City, which is why he was targeted.

Jiang Shi walked down the street and secretly entered the alley.

Just as he transformed, he sensed someone entering the alley and slowly approaching him.

"Someone's targeting me? It's the Spirit Talisman Pavilion!" Jiang Shi instantly understood what was going on. Unlike the Canglin Pavilion, the Spirit Talisman Pavilion was actually trying to play dirty tricks.

Jiang Shi sneered inwardly; he wasn't made of clay either.

He didn't dodge, but approached the three people.

"You!" The two guards saw Jiang Shi approaching and were about to speak.

Jiang Shi didn't give them a chance to speak at all, and three flames shot towards the three of them respectively.

The three guards were all cultivators from Biluo Valley, and all of them were at the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage. They reacted very quickly and dodged the attack immediately.

But Jiang Shi had already anticipated that his first attack was just a feint, and the real attack was yet to come.

Second-grade lower-level water lock talisman!

"disease!"

Jiang Shi threw out the water-locking talisman, which turned into shackles and locked onto the three guards.

Before they could react, they were firmly locked to the ground. The talisman, possessing the power of an early Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, made it impossible for them to break free.

"A low-grade second-rank spirit talisman! Who are you?"

"You dare lay a hand on us! We are outer disciples of the three great sects, Biluo Valley!"

"This is Canglin City! Foundation Establishment stage cultivators are on their way!"

Although the three guards were locked up, they were not afraid. Instead, they reprimanded Jiang Shi.

Jiang Shi didn't waste any words with them. He channeled his magic power and first cast the spell "Water Nourishes Wood," causing a large amount of wood-based magic power to surge out.

Then he cast the spell "Wood Generates Fire," converting all the wood-based magic power into raging flames.

"You!" The three guards were all horrified when they saw him, and they were about to say something.

But Jiang Shi didn't give them a chance to speak. The raging fire quickly burned the three guards to ashes.

After killing the three guards, Jiang Shi quickly cleaned up the traces and then turned and left.

He changed his appearance several times along the way, and finally disappeared into the crowd.

Not long after Jiang Shi left, a group of cultivators rushed over with murderous intent.

Upon seeing the three charred corpses in the alley, unrecognizable as human bodies, the leading cultivator was filled with rage.

"Who is it?! How dare you make a move in Canglin City!" The leading cultivator was the captain of the Canglin City guard squad.

He was in charge of patrolling on a regular basis.

Now that such a big thing has happened, he cannot escape blame.

Regardless of whether the person who committed the act is caught in the end, he will be punished.

"We have to find out who did this! Go after them!!!"

The guard squad leader roared.

But just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by a cultivator next to him.

This is Li Wu, the deputy captain of the guard team, and they have a very good relationship.

Li Wu pulled Xu San, the captain of the guard team, into a corner.

"Why did you drag me here? We have to hurry and chase after him. That guy can't have gone far. We can still catch him. We can't let him get away!" Xu San said fiercely. He hated the perpetrator to the bone. As he spoke, Xu San wanted to hurry out and catch him.

"No, no!" Li Wu quickly stopped Xu San.

"Judging from their cultivation levels, these three corpses were all late-stage Qi Refining cultivators in life, but they were killed by the perpetrator at the same time not long after they died."

"The murderers killed them like killing chickens! No! Even easier than killing chickens, which at least hop around a bit."

Li Wu's words instantly calmed Xu San down.

Yes, the murderer killed those three cultivators as easily as killing chickens; killing them wouldn't have taken much effort at all.

Even if they outnumbered each other, casualties were inevitable.

Such a vicious person is not someone they can afford to provoke.

"If that's the case, what should we do?" Having calmed down, Xu San no longer brought up the matter of arresting people; he also valued his life.

"Report this to the higher authorities. It's better to die than to die. Let them worry about this life-or-death matter. At most, we'll be punished. But only if we survive will we have a chance to pursue immortality."

Li Wu's words made Xu San nod in agreement, and then he and the others stopped mentioning the search for people.

They ran towards the city lord's mansion. If the sky were to fall, there would be tall people to hold it up. Why should they risk their lives?

Jiang Shi didn't know what had happened there, but even if he did, he wouldn't care.

With the "Hundred Illusions and Thousand Faces Technique," he had no fear of being investigated.

Let alone these Qi Refining stage guards, even if a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator came, they wouldn't be able to find him among so many cultivators on the street.

Jiang Shi changed his appearance and moved to a new place, where he rented for three months.

He entered the room, set up an isolation array, and placed a high-grade second-rank spirit talisman.

Then he began his secluded cultivation.

He first took a low-grade second-rank pill.

[Proficiency +200]

Jiang Shi was delighted by the astonishing increase in his proficiency.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation since he began cultivating.