Socially anxious me transmigrated to a world of cultivation.

After dealing with Hong Qi, Pingfan secretly entered the Hong family's secret vault and looted all its resources.

Then, using his spatial powers, Pingfan escaped from the Hong family and headed towards the Shi family in the northwest.

This time, Pingfan once again used his divine sense to locate the person with the highest cultivation level within the Stone Mansion.

Using spatial powers, he appeared outside the person's room.

After scanning the room with his divine sense, Pingfan waved a spiritual energy barrier to isolate the area before slowly walking inside.

At this moment, in a room within a courtyard of the Shi family mansion, Shi Potian sat cross-legged on the bed, cultivating.

Suddenly, Shi Potian frowned slightly, waking up from his cultivation, and murmured.

"What's going on? Why am I so uneasy?"

Once a cultivator enters the Nascent Soul stage, they have truly shed their mortal body and embarked on the path to immortality.

However, the Nascent Soul stage is only the beginning of the path to immortality; there is still a long way to go before one truly becomes an immortal.

However, cultivators who have shed their mortal bodies should not be restless for no reason.

Unless it's a physical instinct that foresees the impending danger.

Of course, this kind of premonition is not something that just any cultivator can have; only those who are favored by the Heavenly Dao can have it.

Just as Shi Potian was puzzled, the door was pushed open from the outside, and a masked person slowly walked in.

Looking at the masked man who walked in, Shi Potian was not alarmed, but instead frowned and stared at him.

When Pingfan entered the room, he saw a middle-aged man sitting cross-legged on the bed, staring at him with furrowed brows.

This caused Pingfan, who had just entered, to pause slightly, and then look at Shi Potian with some surprise, wondering what was going on in his mind.

"Could this person have already discovered me? Otherwise, why would he have withdrawn from cultivation beforehand!"

Suddenly, Pingfan and Shi Potian stared at each other.

After a long while, Shi Potian slowly got off the bed, walked to a chair and sat down. He then gestured for Pingfan to sit down as well before speaking.

"Fellow Daoist, what brings you to my room so late?"

Looking at Shi Potian's calm expression, Pingfan frowned, walked to a chair, sat down, and said.

"You're quite calm! Aren't you afraid I'm here to kill you?"

However, upon hearing Pingfan's words, Shi Potian smiled calmly and slowly said.

"What's there to be afraid of? The world of cultivators is a dog-eat-dog world. No matter how strong your cultivation is, you will still face death. It's just a matter of sooner or later!"

Upon hearing this, Pingfan looked at Shi Potian with considerable surprise.

Unexpectedly, I met someone here who had seen through life and death.

This made Pingfan, who originally wanted to quickly get rid of Shi Potian, waver slightly.

Seeing that Pingfan did not respond to him, Shi Potian did not care, took out a packet of tea leaves and put it into the teapot next to him.

Then he took out a jade bottle and poured the water inside into the teapot.

Then, he used his spiritual power to boil the water in the teapot before withdrawing his spiritual power.

After doing all this, Shi Potian picked up the teapot and poured two cups of spiritual tea. He used his spiritual power to send one cup to Pingfan and reached out to pick up the other cup and put it to his lips.

Pingfan looked at the spiritual tea that had stopped in front of him, reached out and took it, glanced at Shi Potian who was sipping his tea, and then put the spiritual tea into his mouth as well.

After putting down his teacup, Shi Potian looked at Pingfan with a calm expression and asked.

"Fellow Daoist, how is this tea?"

After taking a sip, Pingfan looked at Shi Potian with considerable surprise, and then sighed.

"Excellent! This tea actually contains a faint trace of the laws of nature!"

Upon receiving the ordinary praise, Shi Potian smiled faintly and said...

"This is the Enlightenment Tea that I have treasured for many years!"

Pingfan looked down at the remaining pale yellow tea in his cup, where wisps of invisible energy surged and churned.

After a moment, Pingfan withdrew his gaze, looked at Shi Potian again, and slowly said.

"Thank you for your spiritual tea!"

At this point, Pingfan paused, then changed the subject and continued.

"However, this does not change what I am about to do!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Potian merely smiled faintly and said with a wry smile.

"It's alright! I had already foreseen the outcome, so naturally I won't hold a grudge against anyone!"

"I only hope that you, fellow Daoist, will spare my family!"

After saying this, Shi Potian slowly stood up, adopting a posture of facing death.

Seeing Shi Potian like this, Pingfan raised his eyebrows slightly and stood up as well.

However, after a long time, Pingfan did not make a move, but just watched him coldly.

Seeing this, countless question marks flashed through Shi Potian's mind, and he frowned and shouted.

"Fellow?"

Despite Shi Potian's shouts, Pingfan remained silent and stared intently at him.

From our interaction just now, Pingfan had a general understanding of what kind of person Shi Potian was.

Although he and Hong Qi seem to be the same kind of people, they both choose to give up resistance when faced with an invincible enemy.

However, Shi Potian was different from Hong Qi. The former was only begging for mercy for himself, while the latter was begging for mercy for his clan.

The two completely different pleas for mercy led Pingfan to make a decision.

After a moment of contemplation, Pingfan sat down again and began to speak.

"I don't intend to kill you, but rather give you a choice!"

Seeing Shi Potian's suspicious expression, Pingfan explained the choice he had been given.

"Are you willing to submit to me?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Potian hesitated and began to think.

"I can't see through this person's aura, but the aura of the Heavenly Dao emanating from him is extremely strong."

"Perhaps submitting to this person wouldn't be a bad choice!"

Thinking of this, Shi Potian sat down again and carefully examined the person in front of him.

Seeing that Shi Potian did not give an immediate reply but instead stared at him, Pingfan did not urge him either.

Time passed slowly, and as a glimmer of light appeared on the horizon outside the room, Shi Potian still hadn't given a definite answer.

This instantly exhausted Pingfan's patience, and he asked somewhat displeasedly.

"You've been thinking about this for so long, and you still haven't made up your mind?"

Sensing the displeasure in Pingfan's words, Shi Potian finally stopped looking at him, stood up, and cupped his hands in greeting to Pingfan.

"Shi Potian is willing to submit to you!"

Having received Shi Potian's reply, Pingfan's displeasure faded, and he raised his hand to send out a divine soul imprint that flew into Shi Potian's brow.

Upon realizing that his soul had been branded with a soul mark within his sea of ​​consciousness, Shi Potian stiffened and stared at Pingfan with furrowed brows.

Looking at Shi Potian's expression, Pingfan said with a serious face.

"Although you have chosen to submit to me, we have only met you once and do not truly understand you."

"Once I see your loyalty, I will naturally remove the soul mark from you!"

Upon hearing Pingfan's explanation, Shi Potian shook his head with a wry smile, tacitly agreeing with his actions.

After meeting Shi Potian and having no further questions, Pingfan revealed the purpose of his trip.

"Give me all the cultivation resources your family currently possesses, and from now on, give me fifty percent of them every year."