A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Starting as a Rogue Cultivator

It's better not to say anything.

The reason for choosing Madam Liu first was because she was the easiest of the three women to win over and the one with the lowest risk.

Whether it was a work requirement or a woman's own desire, this anti-aging pill was extremely attractive to her.

It will grant you eternal youth;

What she couldn't have was taken by another woman in the market, which became a thorn in her heart.

"There was once a cheap elixir of youth placed before me, but I did not cherish it. Only after I lost it did I regret it. There is nothing more painful in this world than this."

Adapting a classic line from a powerful figure from a past life, Wang Li spoke with deep emotion.

"and many more……"

This was the sound he had been waiting for.

But outwardly, he still pretended to reluctantly listen to what was to come.

"I'm going all out! Five mid-level low-grade talismans + five beginner high-grade talismans!"

Ok……

Ok?

That's all?

"Why are you looking at me like that? I added five extra beginner-level high-grade talismans. Those are beginner-level high-grade talismans, not cabbages!"

More than a hundred spirit stones.

"Goodbye."

He smiled, bowed again, and then turned and left.

"and many more……"

Behind them, Madam Liu's voice rang out again.

This time, however, Wang Li, who had previously been all sweet talk, showed no sign of stopping. Clearly, his patience was running out.

Seeing this, Madam Liu became extremely anxious and dared not bargain any longer:

"Sold! Sold!"

Beginner talismans are alright, you can't earn much money, even advanced ones are the same.

Intermediate-level talismans are the kind that are priceless and unavailable. If they hadn't just been put into storage a few hours ago, this kid wouldn't have had a chance at all. Especially that Earth Explosion Talisman, which was the work of a talisman-making master from the Giant Sword Sect!

There is also the Heavenly Silkworm Armor, which is even rarer. Although it is made from the silk spun by the first-level top-tier demon beast Cloud Silkworm, its flexibility, close fit, and stretchability make it an important life-saving tool for cultivators.

But those five packets of Thunderbolt Pearls...

These are just low-level magic artifacts that are only disposable. One of them is equivalent to a condensed fireball. Once a disciple in the late stage of Qi Refining learns his exclusive lightning technique, he can produce at least five of them per day.

Therefore, the three hundred or so stones in these five packs can only be used to set off fireworks, and their value is only twenty or thirty spirit stones.

In any case, it poses no threat to those in the late stage of Qi Refining.

"Sister Liu is wise. You will be proud of the right choice you made today for the rest of your life!"

Wang Lizhen said this because he didn't intend to linger here any longer. Selling one Youth-Preserving Pill had already met his expectations.

To reduce the risk, he did not consider selling one or two more to the other two female cultivators.

The two alternatives mentioned earlier were based on the premise that the deal with Madam Liu had not yet been made: Wang Li could simply put the Youth-Preserving Pill up for auction.

In that case, the beautiful auctioneer had no choice but to meet with Wang Li before the auction started in order to obtain the Youth Preservation Pill and complete a relatively fair transaction with him using a sufficient amount of good items.

In this way, as long as Wang Li's demands are not excessive, this woman, who has not yet developed the greed to kill and plunder, will most likely choose to have a happy ending.

The same applies to the young alchemist.

If you simply trade openly with them when they openly start production, you can definitely get a lot.

Nowadays, people tend to keep their wealth hidden and be content with what they have.

However, even though he doesn't seek out trouble, trouble sometimes finds him on its own.

Leaving the Giant Sword Sect market, Wang Li was preparing to follow the proper procedure when, just as he was undressing, a sharp rebuke came from behind a large rock several meters wide to his side:

"Dirty!"

Although the soft rebuke was very low, as if it was a subconscious, suppressed murmur, Wang Li, who was constantly using his divine sense to carefully observe the surroundings, still managed to catch it.

No way, you peek at someone taking off their pants, and then turn around and accuse them of being vulgar? Have some shame!

He was immediately terrified:

"Who's there? Show yourself!"

At first, he scanned the area with his divine sense several times, but found nothing.

Otherwise, they wouldn't dare to stay here.

"Humph."

Alright, no need for him to urge them anymore. With a flash of light, three figures—one woman and two men—emerged from the large rock to the side.

That's right, they walked out of the stone.

The so-called large stone is actually a manifestation of an illusion array.

When Wang Li clearly saw the three people's clothing and figures, especially the girl among them who wore a mask, had changed her usual clothes, but had not altered her cultivation level, height, or body proportions, his heart skipped a beat. However, he did not show it on his face and clasped his hands in apology.

"Oh dear, fellow Daoists, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. I was just passing by this precious place and wanted to change my clothes. Sorry to bother you, please continue. I'll go change somewhere else."

Chapter 20 Ambush

Without a doubt, the group of people crouching there were definitely planning to ambush someone, and might even be intent on murder and robbery. I was incredibly unlucky to have run into them, and to make matters worse, they left their mark and revealed themselves.

The matter can be big or small.

Therefore, he decided to slip away first.

"Little sister, is that him?"

A man on the left asked.

"Hey, there must be some misunderstanding between us, it's definitely not me."

It felt like the story of two brothers-in-law settling scores with their sister for being unfaithful.

The girl didn't say much, but simply patted a small pouch at her waist—a low-level spirit beast pouch, which Wang Li already possessed. A flash of spiritual light appeared on it, and two small squirrels, one gray and one white, materialized in the girl's right hand. The white squirrel, after leaving the pouch, inexplicably began to stare intently at Wang Li.

"It's him!"

what's going on?

Looking for me?

Without saying a word, he mounted his sword and ran away.

He recognized both squirrels; one of them was called the Scent Beast!

Resembling a squirrel with a keen sense of smell, it is often used by the seven sects of Yue Kingdom to check disciples coming out of the Blood Forbidden Land to determine whether they have any spiritual herbs that are over a hundred years old hidden on them.

The basic storage pouches held by Qi Refining stage disciples are insufficient to completely isolate the faint, unique scent of spiritual herbs aged over a hundred years. And this squirrel, with its exceptionally keen sense of smell, can detect the medicinal fragrance that human cultivators and even other demonic beasts cannot detect.

Within a range of three zhang (approximately 10 meters), there will be absolutely no mistakes.

However, the Spirit-Sniffing Beast wasn't looking at Wang Li at the moment; instead, another low-level rat spirit called the Tracking Rat had its eyes on him.

"Hmph, do you think you can escape? Hand over the spirit herb obediently, and we might spare your life."

"No, stop him! He's not running towards where the third and seventh brothers are lying in ambush; he's retreating towards the market!"

"Chase!"

Running away was a must. Although the three opponents were only at the eleventh or twelfth level of Qi Refining, Wang Li had no idea how many people were lying in ambush here.

What if there are more than just these three people?

The safest escape route is not any other direction, but the market town, because he just came from there. Even if the other group wanted to close the encirclement and trap him, it wouldn't be something they could do in just a few breaths.

As for why they were targeted by the other party?

It must have been the thousand-year-old medicinal herb in his storage bag that caused the trouble.

During his previous trip to the Spirit Beast Mountain Market, he had noticed this: so initially, he put the spirit herb, sealed in a jade box and with a talisman, along with the Youth-Preserving Pill he carried, into a storage bag and placed it in a desolate mountain pool far from the Spirit Beast Mountain Market. He retrieved it after he finished exploring the market.

Anyway, it won't take more than a few hours.

This was to prevent the dogs on Spirit Beast Mountain from having too many noses.

But he never expected that the young female alchemist at the pill shop in the Giant Sword Gate Market also kept such a spirit-smelling beast.

You should know that spirit-smelling beasts are very picky and difficult to raise, and they are also very precious and rare. Not to mention a Qi Refining cultivator, even Foundation Establishment experts should not have such a thing.

Furthermore, since the Spirit-Smelling Beast can only determine whether there are special spiritual herbs within a three-zhang radius, it is truly useless. Therefore, apart from the seven sects of Yue Kingdom raising some for the Blood Forbidden Trial, few cultivators would bother to raise such a weakling.

"So the clown was me all along!"

The thought of those times he went to people's pharmacies to gather information and danced around in the minefield made Wang Li blush with embarrassment, and at the same time, he felt a surge of anger for no reason.

What did he do to deserve this?

He just wanted to cultivate immortality in peace, so why are they trying to stop his path?

And this brat, she's so patient. Watching him pretend, watching him act, watching him do all sorts of stupid things and keep jumping around, I guess she's been holding back her laughter for so long!

"Just you wait."

With incredible speed, as soon as he entered the no-fly zone within five miles of the market, Wang Li used a low-level high-grade Divine Wind Talisman and his lightness skill at its maximum to rush straight into the market, and soon stepped onto the main street.

Only then did the alchemist girl and her two brothers hurriedly arrive at the no-fly zone of the market. A few moments later, another figure flew in close behind them.

There is a clear gap in terms of flying magical artifacts.

"Ninth Sister, what should we do? You know that we can't fight in the market. Otherwise, our Foundation Establishment stage uncles and aunts will definitely cause trouble for us, and it might even affect your future cultivation. I think we should just give up."

Some people tried to dissuade him.

"Fourth Brother, this person definitely has some incredibly old immortal herbs on him. I suspect they are at least seven or eight hundred years old, otherwise Little Gray's reactions wouldn't have been so strong the last few times!"

"Hiss, seven or eight hundred years?"