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

Does the Wan family possess the Ascension Token of the Giant Sword Sect?

Whether it exists or not, I'll definitely go and take a look.

"Not at all, it was just a mutually beneficial arrangement between me and Uncle Chen; as for me, I am truly grateful to the Chen family for taking care of me over the past three years."

"Alright, it's about time. Let's not keep Junior Brother Wang from reporting to the sect leader. He still has to go and establish his cave dwelling. Junior Brother Wang, come visit the Chen family often when you have time. Fourth Brother would really like to have a private chat with you. Goodbye."

"Fifth Master, rest assured, I will definitely go to congratulate Uncle Chen when he comes out of seclusion."

Watching the two fly away, Wang Li turned and walked towards the sect leader's hall.

"Fifth Uncle, that Junior Brother Wang is truly a genius. Even after giving me a Foundation Establishment Pill, he was still able to establish his foundation so quickly. This person's future is limitless."

High in the swirling clouds, two beams of light ran parallel to each other, one on the left and one on the right.

"He is indeed a remarkable person, and his talent is quite good, but unfortunately he is a bit arrogant."

"Arrogant? No...he's very humble."

The young man blinked, puzzled.

"Do you think what you see is his true appearance?"

Fatty Chen had a playful look on his face.

"Fifth Uncle, what exactly happened?"

"Whizzing……"

"You should see, hear, and experience it for yourself."

The Sect Leader's Hall.

Wang Li stepped inside.

"...Congratulations to our three junior brothers on entering the Foundation Establishment stage. Our sect has gained three more high-level disciples..."

Zhong Lingdao was still that same energetic old man with three long strands of beard.

"Although the three of you have just entered the Foundation Establishment stage, you are all exceptionally talented and have a promising future. After establishing your cave dwellings, you must diligently cultivate to consolidate your strength. This is a map of the Yellow Maple Valley, which includes the Taiyue Mountains, which stretch for thousands of miles. When searching for your cave dwellings, the spirit beasts of the Qilin Pavilion can lend you a hand. And these are the array flags for a small-scale maze formation, which I will give to the three junior brothers."

In addition, each person will receive a one-time reward of three mid-tier spirit stones.

Furthermore, from then on, even if they no longer receive any miscellaneous items, the sect will still give them a mid-grade spirit stone for free every year.

This is the treatment of Foundation Establishment stage disciples.

Compared to the monthly salary of two low-grade spirit stones during the Qi Refining stage, it's not even in the same league.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Sect Leader."

After examining the five array flags, Wang Li curled his lip and said: "Trash."

It's incomparable to the sets he bought from Tianxingzong Market.

Next stop, Qilin Pavilion.

This time, he didn't just come to borrow a spirit beast.

"Senior Brother Wang, you... ah, you broke through again? Wang Wang Wang... I'm so sorry, so sorry..."

The girl, around fifteen or sixteen years old, who was responsible for greeting people at the door, turned pale with fright and was flustered, not knowing what to do. The more anxious she became and the more she tried to explain, the more mistakes she made, until finally she simply didn't know what to say anymore.

"It's only been a few months. Don't be nervous, you'll reach the Foundation Establishment stage eventually."

Wang Li never bullies young girls; he just likes to feed them cynical, motivational platitudes.

"Is Martial Uncle here to rent a spirit beast again?"

Ha, that's a thing of the past.

"I recommend the most intelligent two-eyed mouse that you've observed to me."

As they spoke, two low-grade spirit stones were placed into the little girl's hands.

"This……"

"Take it, just keep things the same as before. It's our little secret, just don't tell Senior Brother Liu."

"Thank you, Uncle-Master."

Two spirit stones are nothing to Xiao Chen; however, for this woman who can only receive three spirit stones a month, it is definitely not a small amount.

Next, five hundred and twenty spirit stones were thrown out, and a little creature that at first glance looked like a ground squirrel, but upon closer inspection revealed a pair of large eyes that shimmered with five-colored light, obediently snuggled into Wang Li's arms.

This is a beginner-level dual-eyed mouse that is almost ready to enter maturity and advance to the mid-level of the first tier.

Clearly, the girl understood Wang's feelings very well.

This kind of spirit beast is born with divine eyes; its pupils can easily see through obstacles such as mist, rivers, and trees that hinder the vision of ordinary cultivators. Furthermore, it has a natural inclination to burrow and nest in places with the densest spiritual energy. Therefore, with just a little training, it can become the best scout for finding places with spiritual eyes.

He was deeply loved by the disciples in the valley.

However, very few cultivators are truly willing to invest in raising such spirit beasts: firstly, they can't afford to buy them; secondly, they can't afford to keep them; and thirdly, they lack sustainable value. Who would bother to open up a second or third cave dwelling for no reason?

Therefore, despite its high value, it is not commonly seen.

It's not that expensive.

“Uncle-Master, if you want to save some energy when opening up your cave dwelling, this first-level lower-grade Iron-Armed Beast is actually quite good. Although it is a bit clumsy, it is really strong, its claws are very sharp, and it is also very hardworking.”

"How many spirit stones?"

Huh? You're buying this too? Wouldn't it be better to save spirit stones by renting it?

"Two hundred low-grade spirit stones."

"Okay, give me three."

Girl: "..."

She didn't understand the world of the rich.

Chapter 54 Connecting to the Tianxing Sect Market

Tianxingzong Market.

It is a market town with a huge pavilion that is twenty or thirty feet high at the center, surrounded by a large number of other houses that are only one-tenth the height of the pavilion, arranged in a circular radial pattern.

The streets are neatly arranged, and the roads lead in all directions. There is a gate in each of the four cardinal directions. If you look down from above, you can definitely see the mystery of the formation.

However, the no-fly zone extends within a seven or eight li radius, and this investment undoubtedly far exceeds the investments made by the seven factions of Yue Kingdom in their respective markets. The scale of this market is also three-tenths larger than that of the Huangfeng Valley market.

The central building is the Star Pavilion.

However, Wang Li's purpose in coming here was not simply to buy things from the Star Pavilion.

He first wandered around the area, searching for treasures for a while, but as expected, he found nothing.

Actually, browsing Taobao was secondary; the real purpose was twofold: to observe the market situation and to check for any potential targets. Only after confirming there was nothing amiss did he breathe a sigh of relief and enter a crafting shop that claimed to be able to forge top-tier magical artifacts.

There's not much to say, it's just that Xu's shop that keeps a Level 2, Elementary Fire Crow.

This person comes from a family with a strong tradition in weapon crafting, and his skill level is comparable to that of ordinary weapon crafters from major sects. In addition, the demonic fire of the level two fire crow is three times more powerful than the true fire of a typical Foundation Establishment stage cultivator. With the help of this person in crafting ordinary top-tier magic weapons, as long as the materials are available, the success rate for crafting exquisite top-tier magic weapons can be guaranteed to be 90%.

It was with the help of this person that Han Laomo forged top-tier magic weapons such as the "Divine Wind Boat" and the "Black Dragon Snatcher," allowing him to escape effortlessly amidst a group of Foundation Establishment cultivators during the demonic invasion.

Even Wang Chan, the young master of the Ghost Spirit Sect, almost failed to catch up with this guy.

Later, he suffered a silent loss and almost died at the hands of Han Laomo.

Although most of the credit goes to the Ink Dragon, the weapon-refining skills of the Xu family's weapon refiner are still commendable.

Of course, this guy couldn't handle the materials from level three or four monsters.

Beware of falling into this trap.

A short while later, Wang Li, having left behind the remains of several top-tier level one demonic beasts and upper-tier demonic beasts, walked out of the shop with light steps. At the same time, he also left more than a dozen upper-tier magic artifacts and three top-tier magic artifacts there.

Take a 10% cut of the profit.

This is considered a reward for the hard work of refining and storing the weapon.

Nearly three hundred spirit stones, that's quite a lot.

"Take care, senior."

A big client.

"I'll come to pick up the things in two months. Just keep an eye on things, and I won't treat you badly then."

Next stop, the talisman shop.

"Use these things as payment to help me refine fifty low-level high-grade talismans, is that alright?"

The flesh and leather of several top-tier demonic beasts. The flesh can be used to refine special cinnabar, and the leather can be used as special talismans, plus two hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Unless someone is an idiot, the shop owner won't refuse an order or skip out on the bill.

"Don't worry, senior, it will be ready in a little over a month."

"Okay, I'll come back to pick it up in about two months. By the way, does your shop still not have any intermediate-level talismans? Or even a beginner-level talisman made by a master craftsman would be fine!"

If a low-level, basic talisman is made by a cultivator in the Core Formation stage, its power is far superior to that of a high-level, basic talisman made by a cultivator in the Qi Refining or even Foundation Establishment stage.

The grade of a talisman is simply determined by the difficulty of its crafting.

The more difficult a talisman is to refine, the higher its grade.

Therefore, the rank of a talisman does not absolutely represent its power.

In general, lower-grade talismans may not be less powerful, while higher-grade talismans will definitely have better effects.

"Senior is joking. Intermediate talismans can only be crafted by senior masters in the mid-to-late stages of Foundation Establishment. My little shop could not possibly craft such treasures that could be passed down through generations."

Even if I had it, I wouldn't sell it to you.

Continuing, the third stop is the herbal medicine shop.

"Shopkeeper, have you had any success with those seeds that you helped me collect?"

Wearing a mask, a bamboo hat, and other protective gear, Wang Li took out a token and tossed it to the other party.

"Brother, you've arrived... Hey, greetings, senior. Please forgive my rudeness just now."

After not seeing him for several months, the man in black in front of him suddenly jumped from the Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment stage, which really surprised him.