Immortality and Cultivation: This old man seeks enlightenment through mere survival.

As the master of the Valley of Spirit Medicine, he had this confidence.

Lingyao Valley has been deeply rooted in the cultivation world of the Black Soil Mountains for thousands of years, and this is compounded by the incident of the pervasive cold poison.

Today, Lingyao Valley controls at least 80% of the supply of spiritual herbs and elixirs in the entire Black Soil Mountain Range.

With just a single order from him, the Fire Refining Sect's resource channels would be severely weakened, even crippled.

Then, he wanted the sect leader of the Fire Refining Sect to personally come to apologize and spread the word!

Only in this way can the anger of the Spirit Medicine Valley be quelled!

Waiting for the order to be relayed before the Valley Master looked at Lu Zaian.

All eyes in the hall turned back to him.

Lu Zaian held his breath, knowing that the moment to decide his future had arrived.

If it weren't for the threat of that Flame Seal, he would never have appeared in front of these Foundation Establishment cultivators.

He did not expect Lingyao Valley to treat him with courtesy, but rather to be grateful.

I'll be content as long as I can leave this world peacefully.

Just as Lu Zaian was pondering this,

But then he saw Elder Jin, with a full beard, looking at him with unfriendly eyes and snorting sinisterly.

"Hmph, junior, you've deliberately hidden something, haven't you?"

Since Elder Xiao's Flame Soul Imprint is on you, then the fragments of memory he preserved during the self-destruction of the Flame Spirit Pill must also be valid.

It should also be within your soul sea.

Among Elder Xiao's fragmented memories are the planting methods of my Spirit Medicine Valley and many elixir recipes.

In my opinion, to prevent leaks, we should just kill them!

As soon as he finished speaking, an overwhelming killing intent rose up, pointing directly at Lu Zaian.

Lu Zaian felt a chill run down his spine and his expression changed. He hadn't expected that Elder Jin would know about the memory fragments in the Flame Seal.

I am really afraid of what will happen.

The reason Lu Zaian deliberately concealed this was because he was afraid of being involved with the Spirit Medicine Valley, which would make them unwilling to let him leave.

But it makes sense, since Elder Xiao's contingency plan before his death must have been known to the sect's higher-ups.

However, his cleverness backfired, and his attempt to avoid trouble only made things worse.

Lu Zaian, suppressing the discomfort of being locked in by murderous intent, quickly clasped his hands in explanation:

"Senior, it's not that I'm deliberately hiding it, but this matter concerns my life and fortune, so I have to be cautious."

The younger generation can take the oath of the Great Way as their pledge.

I will never reveal a single trace of Elder Xiao's memories to the outside world, otherwise I will immediately suffer a demonic invasion and perish!

The feeling of having no control over one's own destiny is truly unbearable.

Although Lu Zaian carefully considered every word he uttered, he was cautious in his speech and actions.

But how could Lu Zaian possibly fathom the thoughts of a Foundation Establishment expert?

This is the kind of inequality that exists in the world of cultivation.

No matter how cautious one is, those at a higher level can freely command and kill those in lower positions.

It's as easy as crushing an ant...

Sure enough, Elder Jin chuckled and said sarcastically:

"Hahaha, I can tell that your bone age is over seventy, yet you've only reached the fourth level of Qi Refining. How can you talk about the Great Dao?"

Your so-called oath is, in my opinion, worth less than one ten-thousandth of the profits of the Spirit Medicine Valley.

If you leave the Valley of Spirit Medicine and then immediately leak the formula,

"Wouldn't my Spirit Medicine Valley suffer even greater losses then? Even if you died ten thousand times, it wouldn't be enough!"

After saying that, that overwhelming killing intent surged straight into Lu Zaian's acupoints.

With just a thought from Elder Jin, he could end Lu Zaian's life in an instant.

Lu Zaian couldn't care less about anything else at this moment, and hurriedly said in a cold voice:

"I disregarded offending the Fire Refining Sect and risked my life to cross most of the Black Soil Mountains to deliver this message."

Is this how Lingyao Valley treats its guests? Or is this how it treats its benefactors?

These words caused several Foundation Establishment cultivators in the hall to frown slightly.

Lingyao Valley has always acted with integrity, and since its founding, it has consistently adhered to the ancestral precepts:

"Practicing medicine to help the world and building good relationships."

It is precisely because of this admonition,

Lingyao Valley twice faced great danger, but was able to turn the crisis into safety thanks to unintentional acts of kindness in the past.

Often, good deeds done unintentionally can bring unexpected consequences.

Moreover, if the informant were killed simply because of suspicion of a leaked formula,

Then how are they different from the Fire Refining Sect?

The Foundation Establishment cultivator with flowing sleeves and a few wisps of beard continued speaking:

"Elder Jin, please accept this first. What this junior said is correct. If we act in this way, it will indeed be too arbitrary."

"How about... using the Soul Searching Technique to extract the fragments of memory from his mind, and then letting this junior leave..."

'Soul-searching technique?' Upon hearing this, Lu Zaian felt even more uneasy.

It is said that anyone subjected to the soul-searching technique will suffer a soul injury and become mentally impaired.

Moreover, if the Soul Searching Technique were used on me, my possession of an immortal body would be exposed, which is absolutely unacceptable.

Seemingly sensing Lu Zaian's unease, the bearded cultivator continued:

"Don't worry, as long as you don't actively resist, the Soul Searching Technique won't have much of an impact on you, given the Foundation Establishment cultivator's subtle control."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zaian remained expressionless, but inwardly he was screaming, "Is this what I was worried about?"

In any case, the Longevity Body is something that cannot be exposed.

Just as Lu Zaian was quickly thinking of how to break the deadlock,

However, a voice came from the throne on the right side of the main hall.

The one who spoke was a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a sorrowful expression who hadn't uttered a word since the beginning.

"This also has its drawbacks; the memories extracted by the Soul Searching Technique have too many flaws."

Incomplete or mixed-up formulations cannot form a systematic formula.

Since this junior has inherited Elder Xiao's memories of planting spiritual herbs and refining pills.

It would be better to leave him in the Valley of Spirit Medicine and make good use of him.

How about we compensate them by sending them to the medicine fields or making them alchemy apprentices, as outer disciples, with some restrictions?

Anyway, Lu Zaian's cultivation level is only at the fourth level of Qi Refining at his age, so he will die of old age in the Spirit Medicine Valley in twenty or thirty years.

That concludes the matter.

However, he did not say those two sentences.

Upon hearing this, the other Foundation Establishment cultivators' eyes lit up, and they understood his entire thought.

The middle-aged, bearded monk stroked his beard and nodded in agreement.

"Elder Zhong's idea is excellent. The outer disciples of our Spirit Medicine Valley are treated quite well."

In this way, the formula was left in the valley, and the young man's act of delivering the message was also repaid.

The Valley of Spirit Herbs not only contains second-tier top-grade spiritual veins,

As an outer disciple, one receives a considerable amount of spirit stones and pills each month, which is already a good treatment.

Seeing that the elders had reached a consensus, the Valley Master nodded and said to Lu Zaian:

"Therefore, I will give you two choices."

If you still have any ties outside the valley, then I will use the Soul Searching Technique to extract your relevant memories, compensate you with a sum of spirit stones, and then leave.

If you choose to stay in the valley, you will be sent to the herb fields and given the status of an outer disciple, receiving a considerable amount of resources each month. In return, you will never be allowed to step out of the Spirit Herb Valley again for the rest of your life.