No hope for eternal life

Mu Changsheng read the oath carefully several times and did not find any loopholes. He nodded and agreed and said, "Let's follow this oath."

Seeing that Mu Changsheng had no objection, the shop owner carefully took out the golden elixir from his dantian, which also meant that he had reached the golden elixir realm.

Afterwards, the boss directly merged the blood oath into the golden elixir until the two became one. The golden elixir was still the same golden elixir, as if nothing had changed.

Mu Changsheng on the side knew that the Great Oath to Demon Inner Heart had been completed. The methods of making the Great Oath to Demon Inner Heart for cultivators in each realm were slightly different. The Qi Refining Realm integrated the oath into the Dantian, the Foundation Establishment Realm integrated the oath into the spiritual foundation, and the Golden Core Realm integrated it into the Golden Core. Once the Great Oath to Demon Inner Heart backfired, the first thing to be backfired would be the cultivator's cultivation.

The inner demon's oath had been fulfilled, and Mu Changsheng directly paid 150,000 low-grade spirit stones. Before he came, he had already found a place to exchange 10,000 medium-grade spirit stones for 1,010,000 low-grade spirit stones. Otherwise, he would have felt a bit of a loss if he had been paying with medium-grade spirit stones.

After the boss checked that the number of low-grade spirit stones was correct, he finally took out the inheritance talisman and said, "It's yours."

Mu Changsheng took the inheritance talisman and checked the introduction. This talisman was called the Golden Arrow Talisman. As the name suggests, when attacking, a golden arrow would be formed. Its speed and power far exceeded the Mountain-Breaking Talisman that Mu Changsheng already had in his hand, and was comparable to the full-strength attack of a cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Not bad." Mu Changsheng nodded with satisfaction, and then said to the boss: "Please give me another thousand copies of the talisman liquid and talisman paper needed to make the golden arrow talisman. I want the best talisman paper."

"No problem." The boss answered excitedly, and he was already very happy: "This is really a big customer, he asked for a thousand copies."

After a while, the boss brought the talisman liquid and talisman paper that Mu Changsheng wanted, and said with a smile on his face: "The original price is 164,535 low-grade spirit stones, I will give you a small amount, 164,500 low-grade spirit stones will be enough."

"It's so expensive." Even though Mu Changsheng was wealthy now, he still felt a little distressed. He couldn't afford the talisman without spirit stones.

Mu Changsheng then paid the spirit stone, got the talisman paper and talisman liquid, and rushed back to the inn, starting to retreat and refine the golden arrow talisman.

The first time, Mu Changsheng failed unsurprisingly.

Mu Changsheng meditated to calm himself, then picked up the Efeng talisman brush again and began to draw the talisman for the second time.

Failure, failure, failure...

After ten consecutive failures, Mu Changsheng couldn't help but sigh: "It turns out that the higher the grade of the talisman, the more difficult it is."

However, after Mu Changsheng failed thirty-one times in a row in summoning the talisman, he did not become impatient. He just needed to be careful and sum up his experience.

Failure, failure, failure...

After ten consecutive failures, Mu Changsheng remained calm and continued to write.

Failed the twenty-first time, failed the twenty-second time, succeeded the twenty-third time!

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng smiled slightly: "Go on, go on."

Since it was successful, it means there is indeed no problem with the inheritance of the talisman. The next step is just a matter of practice makes perfect.

Mu Changsheng succeeded eight times in the first 100 samples of materials.

For the second hundred materials, Mu Changsheng succeeded thirteen times.

Of the third hundred materials, Mu Changsheng succeeded eighteen times.

……

Mu Changsheng worked non-stop for two days and two nights, and finally on the morning of the third day he had used up all the talisman paper and talisman liquid for the one thousand golden arrow talismans, obtaining a total of 202 finished golden arrow talismans. In the later stages of refining, Mu Changsheng's success rate had been maintained at more than 20%.

"It's time to go to the martial arts arena." Mu Changsheng put away the golden arrow talisman. Although he was very tired, he still had to go to the martial arts arena in case the first round of the martial arts test ended early.

Entering the martial arts arena, Mu Changsheng saw that the demon-slaying competition on the stage was still going on. He breathed a sigh of relief, walked to Mu Xun again, and sat down in the spectator seats.

Mu Xun glanced at Mu Changsheng, who looked exhausted, and asked casually, "You haven't rested for the past two days?"

"I've been drawing the talisman." Mu Changsheng told the truth. The golden arrow talisman would be exposed sooner or later, so there was no need to hide it.

"I have been watching the performance of these people. Seven of them solved the monsters with one move. You need to pay more attention." Mu Xun said.

"Oh, tell me about it." Mu Changsheng suddenly became excited. It is very likely that a considerable number of the seven people mentioned by Mu Xun will become his strong competitors for advancing to the top ten. It will definitely not be a wrong thing to know more about them.

"The first one is called Wang Yuanlong. He is at the peak of the foundation building stage and uses two swords. The level of the secret technique he has cultivated is probably not low either. He was able to kill the monster with just two sword energies."

"The second one is called Qiu Du, and his cultivation is in the late stage of foundation building. Although his cultivation has not reached the peak of foundation building, he is the only one among the seven who is a body cultivator like you. He killed the monster with one punch. As for which of you two has a stronger physical body, I can't tell."

"The third person is named Situ Hong, and his cultivation is at the peak of foundation building..."

Mu Xun explained everything to Mu Changsheng in detail, and Mu Changsheng listened carefully. After remembering the information, Mu Changsheng thanked him and said, "Thank you very much."

Everything was unspoken. Mu Changsheng had not been present before. It was up to Mu Xun to tell him or not. Mu Changsheng would not notice anything. Since Mu Xun chose to tell him, it was a gesture of goodwill. Both of them were from Qingliu Town and were neighbors. Naturally, Mu Changsheng would not reject this goodwill.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng sat in the spectator seat to meditate and rest. Before closing his eyes, he said to Mu Xun: "If I don't wake up before the second round of competition, don't forget to remind me."

"Yeah." Mu Xun nodded slightly and agreed.

Afterwards, Mu Xun glanced at Mu Changsheng who was meditating and resting, and his mind was a little distracted. He had always been jealous of Mu Changsheng for having a happy family and being valued by Yang Wuque. It was not until now that he completely understood that his adoptive father Mu Qunxian was the real hidden talent, and he had been in the dark for so many years.

This made Mu Xun's jealousy towards Mu Changsheng disappear completely, and he even felt a little ashamed, ashamed towards Mu Changsheng and Mu Qunxian.

"What kind of person are you?" Mu Xun couldn't help but think of Mu Qunxian's figure.

After the first round of the martial arts test lasted for another three hours, a loud bell rang and the ceremonial officer announced loudly: "The first round of the martial arts test is over."

Mu Changsheng opened his eyes upon hearing this, his eyes were bright and sharp. His cultivation had reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, and three hours of rest would be enough for him to recover his energy.

Mu Changsheng looked around and found that there were indeed a lot fewer people compared to the first day of the martial arts test.

"Not bad." County Lord Gao Xuan on the main seat praised and began to speak: "There are 7,354 cultivators who have passed the first round of the martial arts test this time. This is the highest record in the past 300 years. I am proud of you."

"Next is the second round of the martial arts test. Here are the rules for the second round."

After saying that, County Lady Gao Xuan waved her hand, and densely packed words suddenly appeared in the sky, allowing all the cultivators present to see them clearly.

Mu Changsheng immediately looked up upon seeing this. The second round of competition was to test the cultivators' cultivation base. The participating cultivators would go up to the arena and withstand the pressure of the spiritual power released by the Nascent Soul cultivators. Only those who did not fall to the ground after thirty breaths would be considered to have passed.

Behind the rules was a list of a hundred people. After Mu Changsheng looked through them one by one, he did not find his own name. Instead, he saw Mu Xun's name, ranking first.

The county lieutenant beside the county master Gao Xuan announced: "In order to save time, the second round of the martial arts test will screen a hundred people at a time. The cultivators listed in the air list must go on stage within ten breaths. If they fail to do so, they will be considered to have given up."

"I'm leaving first." Mu Xun said hello to Mu Changsheng, then went on stage.

After the hundred people came on stage, County Lord Gao Xuan spoke again and reminded everyone: "I remind you again, don't be clever and think that no one can find out if you use tricks in secret. Once a cheater is found, he will be paraded through the streets and imprisoned for a hundred years."

"Yes." Everyone on and off the stage said yes.