Cultivating Immortality: I Can See the Script of Life

I've only been a beginner for half a month, but I've already earned over 4,000 contribution points!

Although part of it is a loan, it hasn't reached the repayment date yet, so it's my own money!

Ultimately, we must thank Senior Brother Qian for his generous contribution.

If it weren't for Senior Brother Qian's cultivation technique, how could Wan Yi have made such a fortune?

Leaving the room, Wan Yi pondered how to spend these contributions.

With these four thousand contributions, I can finally acquire some useful spells and buy some decent magical artifacts.

He can also buy a lot of elixirs and materials for cultivation, enough to sustain him for quite some time.

Those who have foreseen and are insightful are truly remarkable.

Wan Yi walked briskly out of the waiting room and headed straight for the counter on the second floor of the Corpse Puppet Hall.

Now that I have some spare money, I definitely need to learn some skills to protect myself.

When you're mingling with the demonic sect, survival is the top priority.

What if Qian Zhuo discovers one day that he tricked him and is trying to harm him?

Without some means to save your life, you won't be able to escape.

Moreover, they could turn the tables and kill each other.

Soon, Wan Yi arrived at the counter and immediately spotted the steward disciple sitting behind it.

It was the same disciple who had just been in charge of registering and assisting in the acquisition of his cultivation technique.

Wan Yi had already seen his panel.

Name: Xiong Bi

[Talent: Inferior Aptitude (White)]

[Cultivation Level: Mid-stage Fetal Breathing]

[Destiny: Extra]

He was just a minor character, with inferior aptitude and mediocre cultivation, only at the mid-stage of the embryonic breathing realm.

Wan Yi maintained a polite demeanor and cupped his hands in greeting to Xiong Bi: "Senior Brother Xiong, I would like to purchase an escape technique, preferably of the Earth element. Could you please introduce me to one?"

Xiong Bi glanced at Wan Yi and knew that Wan Yi had just sold the cultivation technique and earned a lot of contribution points, so he was financially well-off.

Without further ado, he took out a translucent white jade slip from behind the counter and handed it over:

"Junior brother, you're too kind. All the information on the sect's cultivation techniques and spells is in this jade slip. You can choose one or two yourself. Just tell me which one you like."

Wan Yi accepted the jade slip and quickly thanked him, saying, "Thank you, Senior Brother."

He immediately activated his spiritual sense and probed into the jade slip. A dense array of magical information flooded into his mind, leaving him dazzled.

After flipping through the pages, Wan Yi quickly locked onto his target.

"Flowing Cloud Escape Technique" is priced at 240 contribution points.

This is a mid-grade technique.

Within a sect, the price of spells is a grade lower than that of cultivation techniques; the price of a mid-grade spell is about the same as that of a low-grade cultivation technique.

After all, no matter how powerful the magic is, it can't compare to immortality or supernatural powers.

While mid-grade spells are sufficient for Foundation Establishment cultivators, their power is far inferior to the immortal foundation of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The superior-grade techniques are even more outrageous, claiming to be usable by cultivators at the Purple Mansion level.

Compared to the supernatural powers of cultivators in the Purple Mansion realm, it's worlds apart, not even worthy of carrying their shoes.

Only cultivators practicing fetal breathing and qi refining, who haven't yet established their immortal foundation, rely on magical techniques to compete with each other every day.

That is why sects keep top-tier cultivation techniques hidden away.

However, high-grade spells are different; they can be purchased directly.

However, even though spells are cheaper than cultivation techniques, high-grade spells can easily cost several thousand contribution points.

Although I currently have over four thousand contribution points, I still can't afford to spend them all, so I can only buy a mid-grade spell to make do for now.

It's not too late to switch to higher-grade spells after you've seized more opportunities and earned enough contribution points.

This "Flowing Cloud Escape Technique" is quite good. Once activated, it can transform into flowing clouds, making it extremely fast and able to ignore many other techniques.

Even though Wan Yi is only at the early stage of the embryonic breathing stage, he can still use it and no longer needs to rely on magic artifacts to fly.

However, for cultivators practicing fetal breathing, the energy expenditure is too great, and it cannot be sustained for long.

But what satisfied Wan Yi the most was that the "Flowing Cloud Escape Technique" was a technique of the Ji Earth lineage.

Although it looks completely unrelated to the Earth element, the cloud is actually an image of the Earth element.

As the saying goes, Earth of the Earth element (戊) represents the rosy clouds (霞), and Earth of the Earth element (己)

Clouds are the vapors of mountains and marshes.

The cloud and mist techniques such as "Flowing Cloud Escape Technique" naturally belong to the Jitu lineage.

Just like the Thunderclap Technique belongs to the Wood element and the Wind Technique belongs to the Wood element.

In the cultivation world, the classification of techniques cannot be based on appearances alone; one must also ponder the underlying imagery.

Without further hesitation, Wan Yi immediately decided on the "Flowing Cloud Escape Technique".

But having escape techniques alone is not enough; to survive in the demonic sects, you also need some offensive skills.

If you encounter someone who doesn't know what's good for you, you can't just run away without fighting back.

That would be so frustrating.

So Wan Yi started searching through the jade slips again, and soon he set his sights on another offensive technique.

"The Method of Opening Mountains and Cutting Off Peaks" is priced at 620 contribution points.

Looking at the price, Wan Yi's lips twitched involuntarily.

The "Flowing Cloud Escape Technique" only costs 240 contribution points, while the "Mountain-Splitting Technique" costs 620 contribution points, more than doubling the price.

Offensive techniques are indeed precious.

Fortunately, it is also of the Earth element, belonging to the same lineage as the cultivation method I am currently practicing, so I can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Wan Yi carefully examined the annotations of the spell, becoming more and more satisfied with them.

When unleashed, it can split mountains and cleave peaks.

If one masters this technique, probably few among the Nascent Soul cultivators could withstand a single blow from him; even attacking from below wouldn't be a problem.

I imagine I'll have more confidence in front of Qian Zhuo.

Although the price was high, Wan Yi felt it was worth it, since the ability to save one's life and the ability to fight back were both indispensable.

After selecting these two techniques, Wan Yi decisively stopped and did not continue choosing.

Too much to chew.

Mid-grade spells are difficult to cultivate, let alone two of them.

If you choose too many things at once, trying to learn too much too quickly, you won't master any of them and will end up losing more than you gain.

Besides, Wan Yi also needs to find time to practice the "Corpse Shaping and Body Repairing Technique".

This was his livelihood, his job in the morgue.

If you don't practice well enough and can't sew up enough corpses, you'll lose contribution points, which would be a huge loss.

Although he currently has enough contributions to sustain his cultivation, Wan Yi has no intention of leaving the Corpse-Sewing Room. On the contrary, he feels that the Corpse-Sewing Room is a treasure trove of good fortune.

Firstly, you can meet all sorts of disciples here, and who knows, you might encounter a new protagonist in a new story someday.

Then we can seize the opportunity again.

Secondly, by staying in the morgue, Qian Zhuo would be more hesitant to act against him and wouldn't dare to make a move against him easily.

The deterrent effect of the Enforcement Hall is still somewhat effective.

If he left the morgue, Qian Zhuo wouldn't be afraid of being investigated by the Enforcement Hall, and he would definitely take action against him without any scruples.

One day, after Qian Zhuo kills him, he will dismember him and throw him into a mass grave. Then, he will be used as material to sew onto several corpses and sold to disciples within the sect.

Even if the Enforcement Hall wanted to investigate, it would be difficult to find out.

But Wan Yi wasn't that naive; he wouldn't place all his hopes on Qian Zhuo's concerns.

That bastard dared to risk being searched by the Enforcement Hall by delivering the flawed "Azure Terracotta Warrior Suppressing Evil Mystic Art" to me, hoping I would refine him into his corpse puppet.

This means that Qian Zhuo definitely dares to make a move against me, it's just that the time isn't right yet.

Therefore, having magic skills alone is not enough; one must also buy some magical artifacts for self-defense.

Magical artifacts, once refined, can be directly transformed into power, making them much easier to use than spells.