Cultivating To Immortality

The tasks in the jade slip varied greatly in type and nature.

There were urgent tasks, for instance, an Elder urgently needed a certain Immortal Pill to be refined, requiring several disciples to assist, with a reward significantly higher than regular tasks.

There were also long-term tasks that didn't need to be completed in a hurry; these tasks usually had no strict time limit, allowing disciples to complete them at their own pace.

The rewards for tasks varied even more widely; some tasks only offered a few hundred Immortal Stones, while others could offer tens of thousands of Immortal Stones.

Regardless of the reward, the vast majority of task rewards were primarily Immortal Stones.

Fang Hong's Divine Sense browsed carefully through the jade slip, skipping tasks he wasn't interested in and lingering a moment longer on those that piqued his curiosity.

After a while, Fang Hong selected three long-term tasks from the many available.

The content of these three tasks was largely similar.

"Go to the Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range to collect materials from three types of Demon Beasts."

As they were long-term tasks, the sect did not specify a concrete completion time; disciples could go to the Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range and complete them whenever they had time.

As long as they ultimately brought back the required amount of materials, they would receive the reward.

Fang Hong calculated that the combined reward for these three tasks was only fifteen thousand Immortal Stones.

This amount wasn't particularly high among the many tasks, merely average, and for Fang Hong currently, he didn't care much for this amount of Immortal Stones.

However, the content of these three tasks happened to align perfectly with his intentions, as he had already planned to go to the Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range for some experience soon, and this was a good opportunity to combine it with completing tasks.

Speaking of the Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range, it was a renowned dangerous place throughout the entire Eastern Luo Immortal Territory.

It was one of the most ancient mountain forests on the True Immortal Continent, teeming with countless Vicious Beasts.

Most of these Vicious Beasts were powerful, aggressive, and brutal, filled with hostility towards any Cultivator who trespassed into the mountain range.

Many Cultivators with insufficient cultivation rashly entered, only to become food for the Vicious Beasts.

This also led to many Cultivators, even knowing the Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range had resources, not daring to easily set foot in that area.

Although the Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range was fraught with danger, it also harbored extremely rich resources.

Besides the Demon Beast materials required for tasks, the depths of the mountain range also grew many ancient Immortal Plants, some of which were even key materials for refining high-grade Immortal Pills.

Furthermore, scattered throughout the mountain range were the ruins of Immortal Caves left by ancient Cultivators; with good luck, one might even find an opportunity within the ruins.

It was these abundant resources that motivated some daring Cultivators to risk their lives and venture into the Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range for adventure and experience.

Fang Hong had long heard of the Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range's reputation and had already made up his mind to go there this time.

For him, the Vicious Beasts in the mountain range were the best Immortal Pill materials, and his demon gourd was already thirsting for them.

Therefore, this trip to the Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range would allow him to kill Demon Beasts for alchemy and complete three sect tasks, killing two birds with one stone.

Having made up his mind, Fang Hong reported his chosen three tasks to the attendant disciple behind the counter.

The attendant disciple nodded, took out a task registration book, and recorded Fang Hong's name, cultivation realm, and task names.

Then he took out three small tokens, carved the task information onto them, and handed them to Fang Hong.

"Senior Brother, these are the task tokens. After you complete the tasks, bring the tokens and materials back, and you can claim your reward."

Fang Hong took the tokens, nodded to the attendant disciple, said thank you, and then turned to leave the Hall of Merit.

After leaving the Hall of Merit, Fang Hong still didn't return directly to his Immortal Cave but instead went to Goldstone Peak.

Goldstone Peak was not a place for sect disciples to cultivate or reside, but rather a trading market specially established by the sect.

The peak was dotted with shops of all sizes, some operated by the sect, others rented by disciples themselves.

Here, Cultivators could buy and sell various cultivation resources, talismans, Immortal Plants, Demon Beast materials, and so on.

Fang Hong came to Goldstone Peak this time to browse and see if he could buy the three Medicinal materials he was still missing for refining the Crimson Fire Pill.

The Crimson Fire Pill was a fourth-grade Immortal Pill, playing an extremely important role in a Cultivator's advancement to Golden Immortal.

When a Cultivator advanced to Golden Immortal, they would encounter the Yin Wind Tribulation. The Yin Wind was chilling and bone-piercing, blowing through the Immortal Apertures, and the Crimson Fire Pill was specifically designed to counter the Yin Wind Tribulation.

After a Cultivator consumed it, a powerful blazing flame would instantly ignite within their body, resisting the chilling Qi of the Yin Wind Tribulation and greatly increasing the Cultivator's chance of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation.

Therefore, the Crimson Fire Pill was also known as the essential Immortal Pill for advancing to Golden Immortal, and many Cultivators aiming to break through to the Golden Immortal realm would prepare this type of medicinal pill in advance.

However, refining the Crimson Fire Pill was quite difficult, and the materials required were even more complex.

According to the pill formula, refining a batch of Crimson Fire Pills required ten rare Immortal Plants as main ingredients, plus five fire-attribute Demon Beast inner cores from True Immortal Perfection realm Demon Beasts as auxiliary ingredients, to ensure the quality of the medicinal pill.

Fang Hong had been collecting Immortal Plants for years and had already gathered seven of them, still missing three: Blazing Flame Flower, Fire Spirit Grass, and Heart-Burning Fruit.

These three Immortal Plants were rarely seen in ordinary markets, so he decided to try his luck at Goldstone Peak to see if he could find them.

As for the five fire-attribute Demon Beast inner cores, Fang Hong wasn't in a hurry.

He planned to hunt Vicious Beasts directly for their inner cores once he went to the Eastern Wasteland Mountain Range, where there would surely be many fire-attribute Vicious Beasts.

While Fang Hong was browsing the market, on the other side, Zhang Zhuang had already fled back to Wang Ba's Immortal Cave in a sorry state.

Wang Ba was both shocked and enraged to see his subordinate's meridians severed. He immediately took out some healing Immortal Pills and used Immortal Arts to treat Zhang Zhuang's injuries.

Under Wang Ba's treatment, Zhang Zhuang's injuries quickly improved, and his damaged meridians began to slowly heal, at least he wouldn't have to worry about becoming a cripple.

Feeling the pain in his body lessen considerably, Zhang Zhuang dared to raise his head and look at Wang Ba.

Wang Ba sat back in his chair, his face grim, and asked, "What exactly is that kid's strength? Even you were defeated and injured like this."

Upon hearing Wang Ba's question, a trace of fear involuntarily appeared on Zhang Zhuang's face.

He instinctively recoiled, recalling the scene on the battle arena earlier, and stammered, "Big Brother, that kid's strength is exceptionally powerful."

Then, Zhang Zhuang recounted everything that had happened on the battle arena in detail.

From his active provocation Fang Hong, proposing a duel for Immortal Stones, to Fang Hong severing his meridians with just one sword strike after the duel began.

He also didn't hide anything about the one hundred thousand Immortal Stone wager, and even described Fang Hong's sword-drawing speed as meticulously as possible.