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

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He took a liking to the object that radiated a golden glow.

In addition, in order to help Old Master Chen win the bet, he should, both morally and practically, try his best to keep the two members of Qingxu Sect alive.

Let's rewind to fifteen minutes ago.

"Fellow Daoists of Qingxu Sect, I think you should give up. My fellow disciples and I are determined to obtain these two Fire Dragon Grasses. If you continue to pester us like this, don't blame us for getting serious."

As the one-eyed giant of Huadaowu spoke, he remotely controlled a short shuttle glowing with blue light to attack a powerful longsword unleashed by the opponent; on the other hand, he took out a broadsword, wielded it with both hands, imbued the blade with a deep luster, and then raised a shield of spiritual light, ready to pounce.

The longsword is of the most extraordinary quality, belonging to the top-tier magical artifacts.

The short shuttle and the broadsword are slightly inferior, but they should still possess the power of a high-level magic weapon.

"Give up? You wish. It took my brother and me a lot of effort to kill that three-eyed fire wolf guarding the spirit herbs. The two fire dragon herbs should belong to my brother and me. You two did nothing and came here to take our spoils. Dream on."

It took a lot of effort to finally kill the three-eyed fire wolf, a first-level high-grade demonic beast, which was already dead on the ground. The Taoists of Qingxu Sect were certainly not willing to have worked for nothing.

"Third brother, that's enough."

The older Taoist priest said in a low voice, actually trying to hide the unfavorable information that he had consumed a lot of energy: "Gentlemen, there's a share for everyone. How about we each take one of these two Fire Dragon Grasses?"

As he spoke, he slowly withdrew the attack of his three-tenths magical sword, showing his sincerity.

"Two spiritual herbs, one on each side?"

It's impossible to say that the two from Huadaowu weren't tempted.

They essentially got a free spiritual herb, and no longer needed to fight to the death with the other side.

However, the young Taoist priest did not understand his elder brother's predicament at all: "Brother, the little bit of magic power we just lost is nothing; besides, you have the talisman treasure bestowed by Father. If you provoke us, we can just kill these two! Why give up the spiritual herbs we have already obtained?"

'idiot!'

The older Taoist priest cursed under his breath.

Not only did it expose its own status information, but it also revealed its true colors. How did the family end up with such a burden? And to make matters worse, it happened to happen to me. What a mess.

His retreat was not out of cowardice, but clearly to preserve his strength and prepare to deal with the old fox who might be lurking in the corner, trying to catch him in the act.

Why are the forbidden zone trials always so bloody?

Fighting for spiritual herbs is only one aspect; murder and plunder are another; and there's yet another type: hunting for pleasure! Especially this third type—ruthless characters who find joy in hunting cultivators from other sects, who love to play the role of the hunter who waits in the dark. And almost every sect has one or two of them.

Although they were trying their best to control the noise, this place wasn't too far from the southwest entrance of the central area, at most ten miles away. It was perfectly normal for powerful figures to sense the fluctuations of magical power. Under these circumstances, who knows how many opportunists were already lurking nearby. Once the two of them engaged in a death battle with the two opposite them, even if they won by using their talismanic treasures, they would definitely not fare well afterward.

There's absolutely no need to put yourself in danger for the sake of a mere peripheral spiritual herb.

Then go to the central area and get a few more plants.

"Hmph, trying to trick my fellow disciples into picking the fruit before launching a surprise attack? What a scheme, but too bad we're not stupid."

The tall, strong, and highly skilled man from Huadaowu grinned.

Is that so?

Oh dear, it seems I've ruined my brother's plan?

The younger Taoist priests were secretly annoyed.

"Senior brother, they have talismanic treasures on them? Did I hear that right?"

"You heard me right, so we can't let these two go either."

"But that's a talisman! We probably can't stop it."

"Don't worry, it takes time to activate. Just kill them before they're activated. Besides, activating the talisman requires a lot of mana, and you can't move, so he'll be a sitting duck."

The above is a secret telepathic communication technique between the two people of Huadaowu, which is unknown to outsiders.

But the older Taoist priest wasn't stupid. Through the subtle changes in their eyes, he had already guessed seven or eight tenths of what the two were thinking, and thus felt so frustrated he wanted to vomit blood. His gaze towards his third brother gradually became devoid of any emotion.

Then, the great battle began.

At first, the two sides fought evenly, especially the Qingxu Sect Taoists, who relied on the sharpness of their top-tier magic weapon, the longsword, to hold off three of the opponent's high-tier magic weapons with just one weapon, and were not at a disadvantage at all.

However, as time went on, the situation began to become delicate.

The battle gradually devolved into a stalemate of attrition.

When Wang Li arrived, it was just as the older Qingxu Sect Taoist priests were trying to break the deadlock.

This person was decisive, disregarding the depletion of their magical power, and seized the opportunity to use two other high-grade magical artifacts to force the two opponents to use their respective defensive methods together. Just then, a low-grade high-level Earth Prison Talisman suddenly fell, forcibly trapping the two from Huadaowu who were desperately defending within it:

"Your defenses aren't strong enough, I'll add some more for you two!"

Then, he signaled his third brother to throw out three mid-level Vajra Talismans, which formed a multi-layered defense to protect the two of them.

This is to guard against hunters in the shadows.

He also had his younger brother inside the three-layered Vajra Shield continue to control the two high-grade magic artifacts to restrain the magic artifacts of the two trapped people on the other side as much as possible, while he sat cross-legged on the ground and activated the talisman treasure bestowed by his family.

After being infused with the Taoist's immense magical power, this talisman manifested as a magical golden mace, a rare model of a magical artifact, yet its power moved even Wang Li.

not good!

The two men from Huadaowu felt their hair stand on end.

"Fellow Daoist, let's talk this out. Peace is the most important thing. I don't think you'd want someone else to take advantage of you, would you?"

means something.

The older Taoist priest, however, remained unmoved, as if weighed down by a weight. A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes, and he directly activated his golden mace talisman, striking the two men.

"die!"

It has to be said that the clever use of high-level defensive talismans combined with powerful magical artifacts is really cheating.

The two unlucky fellows from Huadaowu, trapped in the cage formed by the defensive talisman and unable to break through its shell, could only watch helplessly as the Taoist made his moves, even having to endure the power of the Taoist's talisman treasures.

If this talisman hits you, even ten lives wouldn't be enough.

The moment the earthen prison talisman was removed, the golden mace fell directly onto the heads of the two people in Huadaowu.

"It's at this moment."

Many people responded to Wang Li's call.

Sure enough, from the bushes thirty feet away from the battlefield, a powerful surge of magical energy erupted instantly. Three beams of light shot rapidly towards the three layers of the Vajra Shield, attempting to break through and kill. From the grove next to the battlefield, a cold glint also shot towards the two Taoists, its purpose self-evident.

Those who launched the sneak attack used golden maces and talismans to kill the two men from Huadaowu, and then they dealt with the older Taoist priest who possessed the talisman, killing two birds with one stone.

They were confident that they could break through the three-layered Vajra Shield at the beginner and intermediate levels in one fell swoop.

Wang Li, on the other hand, patiently refrained from making a move.

He wasn't in a hurry; being the oriole that stalks the prey isn't so easy. Rather than showing himself now, he'd rather wait for some orioles to reveal their hand first; once those orioles were locked in a stalemate, it wouldn't be too late for him to make his move.

Moreover, he had a vague feeling that the Qingxu Sect Taoist who used the talisman was not so simple, because he had written this person down in his notebook before entering the Blood Forbidden Trial.

Among the seven sects, there were eight young men who were not attracted to Aunt Ni Chang of the Hidden Moon Sect, and this person was one of them.

Wang Li's intuition told him that this guy had a backup plan.

Sure enough, the two who made the move regretted their rashness and were annoyed by their carelessness.

Because outside the three-layered mid-level Vajra Shield, an additional layer of earth-attribute earth prison light curtain was suddenly added.

It turned out that after the older Taoist priest retrieved the earthen prison talisman that had trapped the two people in Huadaowu, he used this high-level talisman, which, although it consumed a lot of energy, still had most of its power remaining, to trap the two of his own people in the earthen prison.

In other words, the tortoise shell is no longer a three-layered Vajra shield, but an earthen prison light curtain plus three layers of Vajra light curtains of varying sizes.

Meanwhile, the younger Taoist priests also used their two high-grade magical artifacts to block another sneak attack.

"You lot dare to dream of being the fisherman?"

With his right hand touching the storage bag at his waist, and his left hand holding a gleaming earth prison talisman and an unused talisman between his five fingers, the elderly Taoist priest, who was controlling the golden mace talisman treasure with most of his mind, coldly glanced in the direction of the bushes and dense forest.

After taking the lives of the two men from Huadaowu, the golden mace changed direction and headed straight for the person in the forest who was using a top-tier magic weapon to ambush him.

"Fellow Daoist, please stop! I was confused for a moment..."

It's right to realize something's wrong and quickly admit your mistake.

"Humph."

But the Taoist priest was already in a bloodthirsty rage.

Furthermore, instead of taking advantage of the talisman's power to eliminate potential enemies who covet the treasure, why wait until the talisman fades away before being preyed upon?

His earlier clash with the magical artifacts of the two from Huadaowu had depleted a significant amount of his magical power; later, in order to activate the talisman, he expended even more energy.

If these two are left behind, once the threat of the talisman is gone, he, whose internal magic power is less than four levels, will definitely not have a good time.

The burden of talismans is still a bit too heavy for those in the Qi Refining stage. Otherwise, how could it be said that only those in the Foundation Establishment stage can fully unleash the power of talismans, while those in the Qi Refining stage can only unleash one or two tenths of it?

"Om..."

The Taoist priest gave no way out, so the attacker could only try to defend himself or escape.

But no matter how fast you run, how can you outrun a talisman?

So he brazenly unleashed two high-grade magic artifacts.

One is a small shield, and the other is a silver ring.

However, the difference in strength was too great. The silver ring, which had just been placed on the golden mace, exploded into countless fragments in less than two breaths. The small shield shone brightly in the wind, momentarily blocking the golden mace, but it was also smashed to pieces by the mace, which had transformed into a small sun.

However, this person was quite agile, and subsequently used the trees and rocks to dodge more than a dozen rounds of attacks from the golden mace, which surprised and alarmed the elders of the Qingxu Sect.

This was something he hadn't expected.

Generally speaking, only the poor would put in extra effort to practice lightness skills and agility.

This is also the tragedy of the poor.

Without spirit stones or a powerful background, this is the only way to improve their strength and increase their survival ability. Yet, this person can produce a top-tier magical artifact, clearly indicating they are not poor.

"Third brother."

"Understood, brother."

Suddenly, the cultivator who was fleeing into the distance, about to escape the golden mace's range, found the ground beneath his feet suddenly caved in, creating a crater. This unexpected turn of events caught him completely off guard, and he lost his footing. A sprained ankle wasn't fatal, but the delay meant the golden mace struck him squarely.

"Ah...why, why me?"

Before he died, the man roared out in despair.