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

Grandma Zhu stood in front of them, while Chen Sisi lay on the ground, wailing incessantly.

Jiang Shi understood that he could no longer kill her today. It was one thing for the Qi Refining stage to fight, but Biluo Valley would never allow him to kill a Foundation Establishment stage elder in public.

Even if Jiang Shi stops today, Chen Sisi will still be tormented for a long time because the demonic energy in her body has been detonated.

She won't be able to cause him any more trouble for the next three to five years.

Just then, Elder Xu and the others flew down as well.

"Congratulations, Junior Brother Jiang, on reaching the Foundation Establishment stage! We would like to hold a Foundation Establishment ceremony for you another day. Please forgive any misunderstandings from before," Elder Xu said, his attitude changing from cold to very warm.

This Foundation Establishment Ceremony is not something to be done for nothing; it requires a huge amount of spirit stones.

"There's no need for the Foundation Establishment Ceremony. Let's exchange it for some tangible items instead," Jiang Shi said frankly. For him, those empty titles were irrelevant; he was focused on pursuing the Dao and needed resources and cultivation techniques.

"Haha, junior brother is so generous! Whatever you need, senior brother will never be stingy."

The absence of a Foundation Establishment Ceremony saved the three elders a lot of spirit stones.

It's just some resources; as long as it's not too much, they can accept it.

"I need some Five Elements spiritual items, grade two or above, any type," Jiang Shi said. He had just broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage and still needed a lot of resources, so he was willing to extract as much as he could now.

Of course, there needs to be a limit to this. If it goes too far, these three Foundation Establishment stage elders might turn against each other again.

The two sides have only reached a temporary settlement.

"A spiritual object of the five elements?" Elder Xu thought for a moment and then agreed. He took out a pearl from his storage bag and floated it towards Jiang Shi.

Jiang Shi held the pearl in his hand, and a chill immediately entered his body.

With his Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, he possesses a body impervious to heat and cold. The fact that this pearl has such an effect indicates that its level is at least a mid-grade second-rank spiritual object.

"This is a mermaid's tear, a mid-grade second-level water-type spiritual item," Elder Xu introduced.

Merfolk are long-lived spiritual beings from the South China Sea. They are born with the cultivation level of the Qi Refining stage and reach the Foundation Establishment stage upon adulthood, making them incredibly powerful.

Elder Xu's act of taking out this item shows his sincerity.

Jiang Shi put the item into his storage bag.

Seeing that Elder Xu was bleeding, Elder Zhang and Elder Hu no longer hesitated. Elder Zhang took out a withered leaf, and Elder Hu took out a black stone.

"This is a leaf from a withered locust tree, a mid-grade second-level wood-type spiritual item."

"This is the Earth Flame Stone, a second-grade low-level spiritual object, possessing both fire and earth elemental spiritual properties."

The leaves of this withered locust tree grow in extremely shady places. Jiang Shi had only heard of the withered locust tree, and he needed to find out its specific uses himself.

Although this Earth Flame Stone is only a second-grade low-level spiritual item, its value is no less than that of the Mermaid's Tears and the withered locust leaf.

This is especially true for Jiang Shi.

A spiritual creature possessing both earth and fire elements, which conveniently facilitated his understanding of the Five Elements' mutual generation technique [fire generates earth].

He must learn the complete meaning of the mutual generation of the five elements.

"Thank you, three senior brothers." Jiang Shi was very satisfied with the three spiritual items. As the saying goes, one cannot hit a smiling face.

Since the other party is so sincere, there is no need for him to be aggressive.

Jiang Shi withdrew the magical restrictions he had left in the cave.

Those Qi Refining stage cultivators, no longer bound, stepped out.

"Han Luo and Liu Xiu are still inside," Xu Yue secretly whispered to Elder Xu after emerging from the cave.

It turned out that Jiang Shi had detained Han Luo and Liu Xiu, but released the others.

Elder Xu's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, but he quickly regained his composure.

"Don't say anything more," Elder Xu secretly transmitted to Xu Yue.

Since his grandson Xu Yue is alright, what does it matter to him who else is involved?

It's his business if he wants to offend Chen Sisi; it has nothing to do with me.

Thinking of this, Elder Xu didn't linger any longer and quickly led Xu Yue away.

After the other cultivators left, only Granny Zhu, Jiang Shi, and Chen Sisi remained at the scene.

Grandma Bamboo stood to the side like a wooden sculpture.

Jiang Shi looked at Chen Sisi, who was wailing on the ground, but he ignored her and walked around them, intending to return to his cave.

Just then, he suddenly felt someone touch his face. The person's hand was a little cold, but unusually soft, as if boneless.

He looked back, but there was no one there.

Jiang Shi knew immediately who was playing the prank. Even his spiritual sense, which was comparable to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, hadn't detected it, indicating that the other party's cultivation was extremely high.

There was only one person he knew who was both extremely powerful and incredibly boring.

"Hua Luoyu, stop joking around," Jiang Shi said irritably.

"Oh dear, you won't even call me Master." Hua Luoyu's tearful voice came from the side.

Jiang Shi looked over upon hearing the sound and saw Hua Luoyu shedding tears, like pear blossoms glistening with dew, delicate and poignant.

If an ordinary person saw this, they would surely feel sorry for the girl in front of them and rush forward to comfort her.

But Jiang Shi felt neither moved nor heartbroken.

The person in front of me who looks like a young girl might actually be an old monster of many years.

However, we can't let her run wild.

Jiang Shi could only clasp his hands together and offer a perfunctory greeting: "Disciple greets Master."

Upon hearing Jiang Shi's words, Hua Luoyu chuckled, showing no trace of the tears that had welled up in her eyes just moments before.

"No need for such formalities, my disciple," Hua Luoyu said with a smug smile, hands on her hips.

Jiang Shi felt helpless towards her, but he couldn't fight her and couldn't beat her, so he could only endure it for the time being.

"You've done well. With five elemental spiritual roots, you've reached the Foundation Establishment stage. You're the only one in the Canglin region with such talent."

"Since you have accepted me as your master, I will not be stingy." Hua Luoyu stretched out her hand, and three stone slips appeared out of thin air, hovering and flying towards Jiang Shi.

Jiang Shi accepted the order and checked it with his spiritual sense.

It turned out to be three volumes of "The True Scripture of the Universal Transformation of the Demonic Source".

These three parts are the Demon Eagle Chapter, the Demon Python Chapter, and the Demon Turtle Chapter.

The three scriptures correspond to three types of demonic puppets.

"Thank you for the reward, Master," Jiang Shi said.

With these three true scriptures, his "True Scripture of Universal Transformation of the Demonic Source" has now been completed in five parts.

Once the other four parts are collected, this cultivation technique may be complete.

"Since you're so grateful, then explain these three scriptures to me, and I'll reluctantly listen," Hua Luoyu said with a sly grin.

"Master, I have only just obtained these three true scriptures, and it will take me more time to master them." Jiang Shi naturally would not reveal his destiny.

Only Lin Feiyu and Lin Yanyi know about his comprehension.

Hua Luoyu is a hundred times more dangerous than Lin Feiyu; he needs to be wary of him.

"I'll only give you one month," Hua Luoyu gave the order directly.

Then she turned around and walked to Chen Sisi. With a gentle wave of her jade hand, the demonic energy in Chen Sisi's body was drawn out and fell into Hua Luoyu's hand.

With the demonic energy gone, her internal injuries were no longer a problem, given her constitution. She quickly stood up and knelt down before Hua Luoyu.

"I, Chen Sisi, am begging for forgiveness from the Valley Master and requesting your punishment."