Immortality: Starting with Plundering the Talents of Monsters

One morning.

The sky was clear and the sun hung high in the sky.

As news of the upcoming auction at Liuyun Market spread, the number of visitors gradually increased.

As usual, Xu Mo found a good spot and set up a stall to sell talismans.

In the past few days, he has successfully established and solidified his reputation.

Many cultivators who used talismans made by Xu Mo were converted into regular customers.

Every now and then, he would come back to buy a few of Xu Mo's talismans.

Seeing his stall business becoming increasingly successful, Xu Mo increased the amount of talismans he made each day.

The original plan of taking three to four sheets a day for health purposes has been changed to taking at least five sheets a day.

All of this was in preparation for the upcoming auction.

"The batch of talismans I had stockpiled before has all been sold out... Now, all the talismans being sold are newly made."

Xu Mo tended his talisman stall, greeting customers with a smile whenever they came to buy.

When no cultivators came to buy, he secretly planned how to make spirit stones and the talismans he would make next.

  

"There's less than a week until the auction, and I've already saved up more than 3,500 spirit stones."

"With the foot traffic gradually increasing these next few days, we might be able to sell even more..."

Xu Mo lowered his head and looked at the dwindling number of talismans on the stall, secretly pleased.

"Very good, it has exceeded my original expectations. Let's try to break through the four thousand spirit stones mark."

Just when no one came to buy the talisman for a while.

A person dressed in a cyan-colored robe walked out of a newly built medicine shop opposite Xu Mo's stall.

"Master Xu, it's been a long time. Your cultivation and talisman-making skills have improved greatly."

With a slight lift of his eyes, Xu Mo recognized the person who had just arrived.

It was Master Du, who frequently sold pills at his stall before the Luo family conquered Liuyun Market.

Xu Mo remembers.

When he broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining, the breakthrough pill he used, the Azure Condensation Pill, was purchased from Alchemist Du.

"Master Du, you flatter me. If it weren't for your Jade Condensation Pill, I would still be stuck at the third level of Qi Refining."

My current achievements are nothing but luck.

"Besides, Master Du, you're doing quite well these days, having even opened a pill shop in Liuyun Market... It must have cost you a considerable amount of money and spirit stones, right?"

The two exchanged compliments and pleasantries, and during their conversation, Du Danshi inadvertently mentioned the Hundred Arts Alliance.

"Master Xu, you don't know this... I opened this medicine shop in the market to join the Hundred Arts Alliance."

Xu Mo's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly pressed for an answer:

"Joining the Hundred Arts Alliance isn't simply a matter of reaching a certain level in cultivation techniques, is it?"

"Do we still need to open a shop in the market?"

Seeing that Xu Mo had become interested, Du Danshi didn't hide anything and told the truth:

"No, the Hundred Arts Alliance is full of masters, so the requirements for joining are naturally more stringent."

Master Du paused slightly, then gathered his painted sleeves and began to speak in a gentle, detailed manner:

"To join the Hundred Arts Alliance, in addition to having a cultivation skill that is at least at the first-level mid-grade, one must also have their cultivation skill verified."

Gaining the approval of all practitioners involves two steps.

"One is to have opened a shop in a certain market area where you have practiced your skills for more than a year."

Secondly, on-site assessments will be conducted in front of masters of the corresponding skills within the Hundred Arts Alliance.

"Only by passing through numerous tests can one join the Hundred Arts Alliance."

Xu Mo listened carefully, not missing a single detail.

Afterwards, he digested the information and felt puzzled.

"Is this Hundred Arts Alliance really that attractive? Is it really worth going to such lengths and going to such lengths to join?"

Xu Mo recalled the identity token he had obtained from the thief at the market stall, which was engraved with the names of the "Hundred Arts Alliance" and "Zhou Wei".

"Even the genius alchemist of the Liuyun Zhou family has joined the Hundred Arts Alliance... Now, Alchemist Du has even opened a pill shop."

"Perhaps it's just to join the Hundred Arts Alliance; there's something they're really after."

As Master Du continued speaking, five low-grade spirit stones quietly slipped into Xu Mo's palm.

"I wonder... what are the benefits of joining this Hundred Arts Alliance?"

Du Danshi was initially hesitant, seemingly unwilling to tell Xu Mo.

He laughed it off and gave a vague, evasive answer:

"No... It's just that after joining the Hundred Arts Alliance, I can get guidance from masters and gain some insights into skills."

Clearly, Master Du was hiding something.

The next moment, Xu Mo opened his palm and stuffed all five low-grade spirit stones into Master Du's arms.

"Haha... Master Xu is too kind..."

Master Du accepted the spirit stones given by Xu Mo and understood his meaning.

I just wanted him to talk more.

Anyway, this Master Xu has no lineage, and even if he knew, he probably wouldn't be able to reach his level.

"It's fine if Master Xu wants to know more information."

Du Danshi's attitude underwent a subtle change, and she began to explain in more detail:

"Actually, the most attractive thing about the Hundred Arts Alliance is that... there is one spot to join the Five Elements Sect every five years."

A spot to join the Five Elements School!

When Xu Mo heard these words, he immediately understood.

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder the Zhou family's alchemy genius also joined the Hundred Arts Alliance.

It turns out they were all competing for one of the five-year quota spots in the Five Elements Sect.

"I never expected the Hundred Arts Alliance to have such power... they even managed to get a spot in the Five Elements Sect."

The Five Elements Sect is a major sect with a Core Formation Realm expert presiding over it.

Only the most outstanding seedlings are selected every five years and brought under their wing.

Those with low-grade spiritual roots don't even have the chance to participate in the assessment.

He couldn't even do menial tasks for the Five Elements Sect.

However, the Hundred Arts Alliance has such a precious spot.

"But how easy is it to get this spot?"

Having received the spirit stones, Master Du Dan felt embarrassed to continue giving evasive answers and continued to reveal information.

"This spot is only available for selection within the Hundred Arts Alliance."

The condition is that one must reach the second level of a cultivation technique, and one's cultivation level must be at least at the Qi Refining Perfection stage.

Upon hearing the conditions for obtaining a spot in the Five Elements Sect of the Hundred Arts Alliance, Xu Mo temporarily extinguished the burning passion in his heart.

The cultivation level required alone would take Xu Mo several years, or even decades, to reach.

Not to mention reaching the second level of cultivation skills, which is an even more demanding condition.

Looking across the entire Liuyun Mountain area, there are very few cultivators whose cultivation skills have reached the second level.

"Before obtaining a spot in the Five Elements Sect, you must first join the Hundred Arts Alliance."

Xu Mo shook his head slightly, thinking to himself how difficult it was to join a prestigious sect.

"As expected, either one must have exceptional spiritual root aptitude, or they must excel in other areas..."

"It's difficult!"

However, Xu Mo did not lose confidence.

He believed that by using his ability to plunder the talents of demonic beasts, he would eventually be able to join the Five Elements Sect.

"By the way, the purpose of my trip is to buy a few talismans for self-defense."

Du Danshi selected three high-quality, mid-grade first-tier golden light talismans from the stall, smiling without saying a word.

She just stared at Xu Mo like that.

But having exhausted all the information he could gather, Master Du was no longer of any value.

Xu Mo is no longer on the right track.

"Thank you, Master Du, for patronizing my business. A total of eighteen low-grade spirit stones."

The fact that the game didn't follow the expected script caused Du Danshi's smile to vanish.

Master Du paused for a moment, then slowly uttered a single word:

"OK……"

He then had no choice but to obediently hand over the spirit stones.