My path to immortality was smooth sailing.

The last row of bookshelves contained unorthodox and unorthodox practices, including escape techniques, secret arts, beast taming techniques, and even books on cultivating intelligence and planting spiritual fields.

There are two types of escape techniques: Earth Escape Technique and Water Escape Technique.

Wei Jing naturally didn't stand on ceremony and took both escape techniques directly.

These are two trump cards in a desperate situation, excellent ways to escape; we must learn them.

But one can't always think about running away, so Wei Jing chose two more spells.

One is a wind-attribute palm technique called Cloud-Dispelling Palm, and the other is a fire-attribute technique called Fire Lotus Three Transformations.

"Alchemy?" Wei Jing hesitated. Among the various arts of cultivation, he preferred the art of cultivating spirit plants because of the cultivation methods.

But alchemy is the foremost of all arts in cultivation, and Wei Jing was somewhat tempted.

"Forget it, I can't bite off more than I can chew. My priority now is to become a true disciple within five years."

Wei Jing had inquired and found that the application threshold for the true disciples of the Qingfu Sect was not high. As long as one's cultivation reached the late stage of Qi Refining, one could register in the Transmission Hall and the Enforcement Hall.

Then the true discipleship assessment begins.

However, the true disciple assessment is quite difficult. One of the challenges is to accept the challenge from all the inner disciples of the sect within seven days.

If an inner disciple issues a challenge, you must engage in a magical duel with them; you cannot refuse.

The result of defeat is naturally failure in the true transmission assessment.

Moreover, I heard that this is the easiest part of the true mastery test.

Because among the inner disciples, there are always those who are adept at social skills and good at making friends with fellow disciples.

As long as you make arrangements with the top-ranking inner disciples before the True Disciple Assessment, and ask them not to launch any challenges within the seven days of the Assessment.

This hurdle is easily overcome.

The sect tacitly approved of this.

Sometimes luck is a form of strength, and connections are also a part of strength.

After making his selection, Wei Jing went downstairs to register with the steward of the Transmission Hall.

"Hey, Wei Jing, your cave is all set up, and you're already choosing spells?"

Wei Jing smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes!"

This old steward was none other than Steward Cui, who had led him into the cave the day before yesterday and taken him there.

"Old deacon, please register me. I need to borrow these spell manuals."

Deacon Cui nodded and said, "No problem."

After saying that, he took the yellowed book from Wei Jing's hand and suddenly frowned.

"Wei Jing, why don't you go up to the fourth floor to choose a spell? This..." He looked at the spell Wei Jing had chosen with some disdain.

Wei Jing was a little confused. Was the spell he had chosen really that bad?

Why does Steward Cui look so disgusted?

"You are an inner disciple and have the authority to go up to the fourth floor."

"Everyone's energy is limited. There isn't enough time for daily cultivation, and time must also be set aside to practice spells. So, at this time, it's natural to practice a few high-quality spells. The starting point on the fourth floor is a first-tier high-grade spell, and there are also a few second-tier spells."

Deacon Cui offered a reminder.

"Second-tier spells? Is this something that can be cultivated during the Qi Refining stage?" Wei Jing wondered.

"Logically it shouldn't be possible, but there are always exceptions in this world. There are two second-tier spells on the fourth floor. One is the Body Refining Method: Nine Secrets of Body Forging, and the other is the Sword Technique: Azure Sun Sword Art."

Upon hearing this, Wei Jing was somewhat intrigued, so he quickly asked:

"Palace Master Yang said that the first three levels are free for inner disciples, but the fourth level will incur a fee. How will the fee be calculated?"

"Hehe!" Elder Cui slowly extended a finger.

"One can enter once for every 1,000 sect contribution points, and you can't borrow books, you can only study them inside. Each time you enter, you can't stay for more than a month."

"Then forget it!" Wei Jing shook his head.

I only have a thousand sect contribution points in my waist token. If I spend them all, I won't have any cultivation resources left this month.

"Elder Cui, this fourth floor costs 1,000 sect contribution points. What about the fifth and sixth floors?"

"That's not something you should be thinking about. Wait until you become a true disciple or break through to the Foundation Establishment stage before you even think about it!" Deacon Cui shook his head and said.

Just then, a young girl came down from the fourth floor, immediately attracting the attention of several people around her.

The girl was extremely beautiful. She slowly stepped down the last wooden step, looking as if she had just stepped out of a traditional Chinese ink painting.

She wore a plain white long dress, the hem of which was embroidered with several ink bamboos that swayed gently with her steps. A narrow, dark green silk sash was tied around her waist, from which hung a jade pendant shaped like a bamboo joint.

"It's Senior Sister Lu!"

"Senior Sister Lu has gone to the fourth floor again to study the Azure Sun Sword Technique. This is the third time. She should have succeeded by now!"

"It's hard to say. Second-tier sword techniques are extremely obscure and difficult to comprehend. If one can learn a second-tier sword technique during the Qi Refining stage, one will be invincible among opponents of the same tier from the start, and it is not impossible to even defeat opponents of higher tiers."

Sparse whispers drifted from all around. Wei Jing turned his head slightly and saw a beautiful, aloof girl brush past him.

When Wei Jing heard Lu Xueqi from the Mozhu Lu family, his heart stirred. Among the five people who caused the strange phenomenon in the Suixu Secret Realm back then, three of them were from cultivation families.

Lu Xueqi from the Lu family was one of them.

As Lu Xueqi passed by, she glanced at Wei Jing briefly, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes, but she quickly regained her composure.

Clearly, she recognized Wei Jing as well.

He was one of the three disciples from cultivation families who caused the unusual phenomenon of the year's decline. His family had even conducted a special investigation into Wei Jing back then.

Therefore, Lu Xueqi was able to recognize Wei Jing at a glance.

"Lu Xueqi, second in the inner sect," Deacon Cui said calmly.

"Amazing! Amazing!"

"Who is number one, Feng Baobao?" Wei Jing asked curiously, because he knew that the young lady of the Feng family, who was engaged to Wei Long, had already become a disciple of the sect leader Yu Ji.

He became the personal disciple of Master Yu.

Although the status of a disciple personally taught by the sect leader is not as high as that of a true disciple, they are essentially considered to be destined to become a true disciple.

"No, the number one disciple in the inner sect is Jia Shangjin."

"It's him!" Wei Jing murmured to himself. He had heard of this person before; he was also the one who caused the strange phenomenon of the year's decline back then.

It seems that those who were able to cause strange phenomena back then have already begun to make their mark in the Qingfu Sect.

It should be noted that although Jia Shangjin was an inner disciple back then, he was almost at the bottom of the inner sect, ranking thirty-seventh.

In just three short years, he has become the number one disciple in the inner sect.

However, inner disciples only have five years, so it's estimated that Jia Shangjin will launch a true disciple assessment soon.

However, none of this mattered to Wei Jing. After registering, he took the magic manual back to his cave and prepared to study it carefully.

……

A month passed in the blink of an eye. For the past month, Wei Jing had been practicing magic in the training room every day.

He had already mastered both escape techniques, and thanks to his special destiny, he succeeded in using the escape technique on his first attempt.

Wei Jing muttered incantations and made hand seals. Then, he suddenly disappeared from his spot, and the ground rose as he moved.

Wei Jing's body merged into the soil without damaging its structure, as if he were one with the earth, allowing him to move and run freely within a three-meter-deep area underground.

"This earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that's too clumsy and too slow)," Wei Jing said with some dissatisfaction.

As everyone knows, the only characteristic of stealth techniques is speed.

However, the speed at which this earth-遁术 (earth-遁术) allows one to escape depends on how fast he runs.

This earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of underground escaping technique) should probably be called the Underground Running Tech

Wei Jing was quite helpless.