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

Lu Zaian bent his arm and pointed, unleashing his magic power that suspended the surrounding rain in mid-air!

Then, as if imbued with a spirit, the rainwater gathered at Lu Zaian's fingertips, transforming into a vast, gently flowing torrent.

The next moment, the water shot out, absorbing all the rainwater floating in the air along the way, growing stronger, and splitting into several streams that swirled and enveloped Shen Tu Rong!

Stillwater Prison

The water flowed into countless columnar streams, resembling a prison cage imprisoning Shen Tu Rong.

There is no such spell in the "Water Element Technique", but as long as you can control water, you can use it even if you are at the first level of Qi Refining.

This was a move that Lu Zaian came up with on a whim.

"It's no use, open it!"

Shen Tu Rong was completely unafraid. Relying on his tenacious defense, he swung his hands and broke the pillar of water. He pounced on Lu Zai'an like a tiger ready to devour its prey!

But before he could even rejoice, the water flowed back together and entangled, turning into a cage that imprisoned him once more.

Of course, these water currents were not very strong, and Shen Tu Rong waved his arms to break them apart again!

But as Lu Zaian moved around and cast spells, more and more rainwater flowed into the cage, tightly contracting and enveloping Shen Tu Rong.

"Get out of here! Get out of here!" Shen Tu Rong panicked.

He waved his hands incessantly, his fair muscles bulging, which stirred up dark red energy, attempting to break through the cage formed by the water.

Lu Zaian naturally wouldn't let him succeed. The rain relentlessly enveloped the water, gradually squeezing out the air from the water prison.

Shen Tu Rong sensed a danger. He was able to break through the water prison immediately, but the next moment countless streams of water rushed up to block the gap.

The principle of using softness to overcome hardness applies here. Even though Shen Tu Rong frantically waved his arms, he couldn't drive the water away from him; instead, it clung tightly to him.

Shen Tu Rong tensed his muscles, wanting to leap out of the water prison, but Lu Zai An had already seen through his intentions.

"go with!"

Two streams of water separated, tightly wrapping around Shen Tu Rong's legs while lifting his body upwards!

"Wah wah wah... glug glug..."

Before Shen Tu Rong could even exert any force with his feet, his legs were pulled into the air, and his entire body floated in mid-air.

'Oh no!' Shen Tu Rong's heart skipped a beat as he realized that he had nowhere to grab onto while he was in mid-air.

The enormous water sphere enveloped him tightly.

Through the flowing water, one could see that Shen Tu Rong's face had turned panicked. He struggled and turned to look at Shen Tu Xiong beside him, trying to open his mouth to say something...

Lu Zaian noticed Shen Tu Rong's movement, and in a flash, he freed one hand and flicked his finger into the rain!

In an instant, the torrential raindrops around Lu Zaian were infused with immense power, transforming into deadly weapons that shot out in all directions!

"Ahhhh!!!"

Those gang members who tried to surround him with weapons were instantly pierced through the body with a "whoosh whoosh whoosh," blooming into tragic and beautiful flowers of blood in the heavy rain!

Seeing the situation turn around suddenly, Shen Tu Xiong, who was standing at the rear, abandoned Shen Tu Rong and fled into the house without looking back.

As Shen Tu Rong watched his son's fleeing figure from inside the water dungeon, despair crept into his eyes.

He originally wanted his son and his gang to attack together, thinking that as long as they could interrupt Lu Zaian's spellcasting, they would definitely win.

Unfortunately, Shen Tu Xiong misunderstood, or was so frightened that he abandoned me and ran away alone.

How ridiculous, yet how filial.

Water poured into his mouth and nostrils. Shen Tu Rong's eyes widened, and after a moment he stopped struggling.

He hadn't even mastered the internal energy cultivation of his external martial arts before he drowned.

"The highest good is like water, which has no fixed shape. No matter how strong your defense is, it's useless..."

The prison formed by the water sphere burst open!

Shen Tu Rong's soaked body was slammed onto the ground, splashing up a large puddle of water.

He had worked hard all his life, built a slaughterhouse gang, and amassed a fortune by oppressing fishermen, but in the end, he died by drowning.

It's truly a case of karma coming back to bite you.

Lu Zaian withdrew his spell and felt that he had less than 20% of his magical power left, which made him feel a sense of lingering fear.

Fortunately, he managed to intimidate Shen Tu Xiong and his henchmen.

If they recklessly swarm to stop him, he might not necessarily win in the end.

I underestimated my opponent. I thought that dealing with a mere mortal was a piece of cake for someone at the second level of Qi Refining.

Who would have thought that Shen Tu Rong, who was over eighty years old, possessed martial arts skills comparable to those of an immortal cultivator.

'It seems I can't underestimate anyone. Despite possessing the Longevity Body, I must be much more cautious from now on… Consider this a lesson learned…'

"The old gang leader is dead! The old gang leader is dead!"

"This guy is a devil! Run! Run!"

Having witnessed Lu Zaian's miraculous abilities, the others had no desire to resist and scattered in all directions!

Lu Zaian didn't bother with it, mainly because he didn't have much magic power left and it wasn't worth chasing after those lackeys one by one.

These lackeys will naturally be dealt with by others.

The other smaller gangs, and the fishermen oppressed by the slaughter gang, will surely treat them warmly...

Lu Zaian came to Shen Tu Rong's body and examined it carefully.

'A mortal's external martial arts skills could never be this strong; there's something strange about this guy…'

Under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for an ordinary mortal to fight a cultivator to a standstill, even if Lu Zaian is just a novice cultivator.

It's more like the legendary body-refining cultivators.

However, in Lu Zaian's understanding, this body-refining technique also requires spiritual roots.

Moreover, the resources consumed in cultivation are more than those of Qi Refining at the same level.

The price difference between cultivation resources and mortal resources is like heaven and earth.

Even ten thousand taels of gold for an ordinary person cannot buy a single, most common Qi-restoring pill in the world of cultivation.

'However, since Shen Tu Rong knows of the existence of cultivators, he may have come into contact with them...'

Lu Zaian's mind raced, and he suddenly felt a fluctuation in his internal magical power, as if something was pulling him.

"Hmm... what is this?"

The unusual fluctuation was detected coming from Shen Tu Rong's waist.

Lu Zaian noticed that Shen Tu Rong had a belt tied around his waist, so he pulled it off and examined it closely.

The belt was made of the finest leather, inlaid with gold and silver, and studded with gemstones of various colors, making it look incredibly luxurious.

The fluctuations are emanating from these gems.

Lu Zaian followed the clues of each gemstone, feeling them one by one. When he touched a round, red gemstone about the size of a longan,

An extremely hot aura pierced straight into Lu Zaian's palm, penetrating his flesh and bones!

Startled, Lu Zaian quickly let go and carefully examined his palm.

But he discovered that the scorching heat from before actually had a power to strengthen his flesh and fascia.

'...Could this be the reason why Shen Tu Rong's physical body is so powerful?'

Lu Zaian picked up the belt again.

In this light, the other colorful gemstones and gold and silver inlaid in the ruby ​​are merely a means to conceal and confuse this special ruby.