I proved immortality with thunder magic.

Unnamed Island.

After Zhou Tai killed Wang Yan'er, he began the cleanup work.

He gathered all three bodies together and then burned them all in one go, thus destroying the evidence.

Wu Chuan's background was suspicious, and Wang Yan'er suspected that he was not a rogue cultivator. Zhou Tai took it seriously and came to deal with him, not wanting to leave behind a corpse and cause trouble.

Fortunately, he wiped out all three enemies in one fell swoop, and even if Wu Chuan really had someone behind him, he wouldn't know who it was.

After burning the corpse, Zhou Tai took out the bone whistle that summoned the Black Feathered Vulture from his storage bag and blew the whistle loudly.

The black-feathered vultures rented out at Spirit Beast Mountain are all trained from a young age and are very sensitive to the whistle that calls them. They usually fly over quickly to obey after hearing the whistle.

However, the black-feathered eagle had been startled and fled, and Zhou Tai didn't know if it could still hear the whistle now.

If that beast really escapes far away, he will suffer a great loss.

Fortunately, his fears did not come true; the Black Feathered Eagle did not escape too far.

After the whistle blew for a while, the black-feathered eagle flew back and landed beside him.

"You wretched creature, you finally know how to come back!"

Seeing the black-feathered eagle lower its head and dare not look at him after landing, Zhou Tai pointed at it and cursed it angrily.

He didn't expect Black Feather Eagle to fight for him, but the guy abandoned him and ran away without a word, which really annoyed him.

If this thing weren't part of the sect's property, he would have at least plucked its fur to teach it a lesson, even if he didn't kill it.

The black-feathered vulture is also intelligent; when Zhou Tai scolded it, it dared not utter a sound and obediently lowered its head to accept the scolding.

Zhou Tai, being a man of principle, naturally wouldn't keep cursing at a bird. After cursing a few times, he let it go and put the bone whistle away again.

After thinking about it, he decided it was better to leave the scene of the murder as soon as possible.

So they mounted the back of a black-feathered eagle and flew away from the island overnight.

After flying for dozens of miles, he finally had the black-feathered vulture land on a mountain ridge by the river.

Upon landing, Zhou Tai's first action was to release the Thunder-Patterned Frog Yuanbao, tasking it with guarding and keeping watch.

Tonight, the frog has done many good deeds, and Zhou Tai hopes that it will continue to do more to protect its owner.

After arranging the sentries, Zhou Tai opened all the storage bags he had acquired that night and took out all the contents.

Although no one was injured tonight, the economic loss was considerable. A total of twenty or thirty magic talismans were used, amounting to several hundred low-grade spirit stones.

With such a huge expenditure, of course they hope to make up for it with the spoils of war.

However, the reality was quite different from what he had imagined.

The three of them had some spirit stones in their storage bags, but the total amounted to less than two hundred low-grade spirit stones.

There weren't many other magic talismans left, and not a single high-grade first-tier magic talisman remained.

As for other herbs, ores, animal hides, etc., although they may seem to be spiritual items, they can't actually be sold for more than a few low-grade spirit stones.

After searching high and low, the most valuable things the three of them had were actually the storage bags and magical artifacts they had left behind.

However, Wang Yan'er's storage bag had been burned, and the magical artifacts used by the couple had also been damaged in the battle, further diminishing their value.

If Wu Chuan's water-splitting thorn magic weapon hadn't remained intact, and if he hadn't had a relatively intact spirit beast pouch, Zhou Tai might have really lost money!

Seeing this, he couldn't help but sigh with a wry smile, "I was overthinking it. They wouldn't be carrying valuables when they come out to rob people, and if they were really wealthy, they wouldn't need to rob people, let alone be killed by me!"

After sighing, Zhou Tai gathered the useful items together and put them away, while burying all the useless junk on the spot.

After finishing all that, he looked at the sky and had no intention of resting any longer. He simply leaned against a rock, closed his eyes slightly, and began to review the previous battle.

Although he was the final victor in tonight's battle, it was actually an unfair victory and exposed many of his own problems.

Looking back now, if it weren't for the Illusionary Smoke Gourd's merit in successfully causing Wang Yan'er to become disoriented after inhaling the poisonous smoke, and being struck on the spot by his lightning talisman, it would have also led to the death of Lu Dahu, who was desperate to save his wife.

Even if he possesses a large number of magic talismans, he might not be able to win so easily, or even win at all!

After all, in that situation where he was fighting three opponents, he didn't really have much room for error.

If the three of them manage to regain their footing, he will likely be the one to lose.

Another thing is that he forgot about the "finishing blow" Yan'er.

Fortunately, today we are on the island, and Wang Yan'er, who is injured, has nowhere to escape. Otherwise, the time he wasted in Wuchuan would have been enough for this woman to escape his pursuit.

Thinking of Wu Chuan, the deceased Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator, Zhou Tai opened his eyes wide and muttered to himself with a solemn expression, "That Wu Chuan was indeed extraordinary. Not only was his cultivation remarkable, but he also possessed a giant tortoise spirit pet, and he probably knew a lot about the outer disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain."

"The reason he chose me as his target was probably because he knew about the Black Feather Vulture. He knew that the disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain who would rent Black Feather Vultures to travel were probably not from powerful backgrounds, but they were quite wealthy."

"It's fortunate that this man is dead; otherwise, if we had let him go back to the mountains today, there might have been future troubles!"

To be honest, this wasn't the first time Zhou Tai had encountered such a robbery and murder.

He had done business in the mortal world before and had experienced similar things a few times. Several times, the bandits and thieves who robbed them knew about their caravan in advance.

In the most dangerous incident, Zhou Tai was captured. He was later persuaded by his silver tongue and the lure of great rewards, and managed to save his life.

Because of his previous similar experiences, he remained relatively calm in the face of the attack today and did not panic despite the sudden night attack.

"Ultimately, it's because my cultivation level is too low!"

"If I had the cultivation level of the late stage of Qi Refining today, I wouldn't have had my Azure Cloud Shield, a first-grade high-quality defensive magic weapon, knocked away in the first encounter, leaving me with no room for error!"

Zhou Tai sighed softly and decided that after returning this time, he would never leave the mountain gate again until he had cultivated to the late stage of Qi Refining.

Moreover, the matter of training the mount can no longer be delayed.

The black-feathered eagle is a fine mount inside the mountain gate, but it's not good at all outside.

Zhou Tai didn't want to be ambushed and killed again because he was riding a Black Feathered Vulture!

After resting in the mountains for a while, dawn finally broke.

Zhou Tai didn't want to stay outside for even a moment longer. As soon as it was light, he mounted the Black Feathered Vulture and set off again.

After traveling for most of the day, he finally returned safely to the gate of Spirit Beast Mountain.

Upon returning to the mountain gate, the first thing to do was to return the Black Feathered Vulture.

As a result, because some of the black-feathered vulture's feathers were singed, the people from the Spirit Beast Hall used this as a reason to charge an extra ten low-grade spirit stones for the medicine.

This made Zhou Tai's idea of ​​cultivating a personal mount even stronger.

He was too lazy to argue with these guys who were trying to make money in various ways. After paying the so-called medicine fee, he received his deposit of five hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Upon returning to Yuanfu Peak, Zhou Tai composed himself and first went to thank his teacher, Zeng Qiming, for his help.

Although Zeng Qiming's token did not significantly help him in terms of transaction price, it provided considerable intangible assistance.

At least it made Li Hongzhi understand that he was a student valued by Zeng Qiming, so he wouldn't dare to do anything underhanded in the future.

In the days that followed, Zhou Tai diligently practiced his art of drawing talismans every day, managing to make money while cultivating his skills.

During this time, in order to reward the Thunder-Patterned Frog Yuanbao, he specially took out one hundred low-grade spirit stones to buy the corpses of demonic insects as food for it.

The corpses of those real demonic insects all contain considerable spiritual power. After the Thunder-Patterned Frog eats them, its cultivation level can increase even faster.

However, only Zhou Tai could bear to feed the frogs this way; even Zhang Yuanjing and Sun Jianghai, both Foundation Establishment cultivators, couldn't bear to do it.

After all, they raise frogs to make money, and if they raise frogs in this way, they will definitely lose everything.

In addition, Zhou Tai is also working on training personal mounts.

He entrusted the matter to Hu Qianqian, asking her to inquire about information from places like the Spirit Beast Palace.

Since he was preparing to cultivate a personal mount, Zhou Tai certainly wouldn't just choose any ordinary, common type.

He's a fairly wealthy man now, so his future ride should definitely be of a certain class.

That day, Zhou Tai suddenly received a message from Li Hongzhi. It turned out that the time for their agreed transaction had arrived, and the other party was already waiting outside the gate of Spirit Beast Mountain.

Since the transaction took place right outside the mountain gate, Zhou Tai wasn't worried about anything going wrong, so he took fifty lightning strike talismans and headed straight to the mountain gate to meet them.