The cultivation level of the male cultivator in front of him is very obscure. If he doesn't perceive it carefully, he might be subconsciously ignored.

In this situation, one can tell at a glance that it is concealed by a breath-concealing spell.

For most independent cultivators, the best way to protect themselves is to hide themselves.

Therefore, concealing one's breath, changing one's appearance, and disguising oneself are the three typical skills of a casual cultivator.

However, since they do not have a fixed and complete inheritance, the spells they usually use are just patchwork, and they just work as long as they can.

The spells obtained in this way are usually not of very high quality, and it is easy to find flaws in them.

Just like the one in front of him, although he concealed his cultivation, the traces were very obvious. If someone discovered that he had used the Breath-Retaining Technique, it would easily arouse people's vigilance, and it would be difficult for people to despise him and play the pig to eat the tiger.

Even the breath-retaining spell that Jiang Li had casually learned was more effective than his. Jiang Li could even confuse the enemy by showing off his inner martial arts skills.

At least deceiving a Foundation Establishment cultivator would be easy. The ghost girl Qin Shuman could testify for him.

"Greetings, sir. It is a great honor for me, Wu Shi, to be able to compete with sir Jiang Li on the same stage."

This man's name seems to be Wu Shi.

Jiang Li had some impression of this name. While waiting for the opening, his fellow disciples had been introducing those powerful Qi-cultivating monks to him.

I should have explained Wu Shi's information to Jiang Li, but the amount of information was too much and Jiang Li didn't listen very carefully, so now he can't remember his information clearly.

Seeing Jiang Li coming up the stairs, Wu Shi bowed to him immediately, looking very respectful.

The way he was dressed was somewhat different from the impression Jiang Li had of a casual cultivator. His attire was not bulging with stuff everywhere, but rather, he was dressed lightly and looked rather elegant.

The other party was not a sect disciple, so naturally he had no qualifications to address Jiang Li as his fellow disciples like the disciples from the four major sects. Instead, he was very polite and courteous and addressed Jiang Li as "Mr. Number One".

It was also the first time that Jiang Li heard someone call him the top master. He had to say that all the independent cultivators were talented and spoke well. If they were not generally doing poorly, Jiang Li would have had a dream of being a free independent cultivator.

Jiang Li also noticed that this section of stairs was obviously much cleaner than the previous one, and next to Wu Shi, there was actually a broom made of palm leaves lying upside down.

He actually swept the floor in advance to welcome Jiang Li's arrival... It was incredible.

The corners of Jiang Li's mouth twitched, somewhat surprised by this magical start, but he still walked steadily to the other party.

The casual cultivator Wu Shi finally straightened his back, but he continued to speak incessantly about his respect and admiration for Jiang Li.

He said that the sect he most wanted to join was Sutra Valley, but he had no one to recommend him, so he could only waste his time as a casual cultivator.

He also said that he had never thought about winning this challenge, he just wanted to show himself in front of Jiang Li. His biggest hope was to get the opportunity to join Sutra Valley in the future.

What Wu Shi said was heartfelt and well-reasoned, and it seemed that there was no flaw in it.

But this kind of commercial enthusiasm made Jiang Li inexplicably recall the experience of being sold a card in his previous life.

If he were an ordinary boy of thirteen or fourteen, he would have been so flattered that he would not have realized it.

However, the overwhelming fraud and sales pitches in his previous life had honed Jiang Li's questioning mind.

This kind of situation and words made him alert.

As a random cultivator whom I have never met before, his words may not be very credible.

This kind of behavior of being respectful and obedient in front of others but doing evil things behind their backs has always been the style of casual cultivators.

When you are in the Sutra Hall in Sutra Repository Valley, the elders who teach you the skills will warn you again and again that you must not act like a casual practitioner easily, as they will stab you in the back at any time.

Of course, Jiang Li is not saying that what they did was wrong. On the road to cultivating immortals, independent cultivators have no resources, no background, no backing, and it is even difficult to find a cave suitable for cultivation.

In order to go further on this path, they naturally developed various profit-seeking habits.

"Mr. Wu Shi is too polite. Just call me Jiang Li. Whether I'm at the top of the list or not is just a matter of luck."

"In addition, Sutra Valley is a united and stable big family. We welcome all people with lofty ideals to join us. You can rest assured."

The Sutra Valley was originally an alliance of independent cultivators, so the conditions for joining for independent cultivators from outside are relatively relaxed.

Elder Lin Fengying, who taught Jiang Li many things, joined the Sutra Valley halfway through after offering his own inheritance.

"Thank you for your help, sir. Please come in. I am taking the liberty of asking for your advice. I hope you will show some mercy."

After saying a lot of things, the many monks who were watching the show outside were getting impatient.

The casual cultivator Wu Shicai bowed again to lead the way.

Those attentive actions and words can easily make people let down their guard.

However, the casual cultivator fell behind by two steps, but a hint of pride flashed in his eyes.

These arrogant monks from the sects are so easy to deceive. As long as you praise them, they will even forget their own last names.

And they would often die in Wu Shi's hands because of this arrogance! Jiang Li had just stepped into the ring when a pitch-black sharp blade silently pierced his waist.

It was a pitch-black dagger with a strange green sheen on its surface.

The two men were standing very close to each other, and Wu Shi's attack speed was extremely fast, so the sword stabbed directly into Jiang Li's lower back.

The elder of the Transmission Hall was not lying to me. He said that the loose cultivators would stab me in the back, and he did stab me in the back. Although this guy was holding a dagger this time.

Judging from the color, the blade of the dagger was obviously coated with poison. For a weapon held by a casual cultivator, this was not surprising at all.

The cost of applying poison is not high and the effect is good. Just apply a few drops on the sword and the threat of the weapon in your hand will be greatly increased.

It is inexpensive and of good quality, a must-have for home and travel.

However, Jiang Li seemed to have not seen this sword at all. He did not dodge at all and allowed the opponent's trick to succeed.

Ding! The pitch-black dagger pierced through the outer layer of the lake spirit aura shield, and was then blocked by the metallic magic-breaking golden skin. After making a slight sound, it stopped.

Huh? Jiang Li was a little surprised when he felt the slight coolness touching his skin.

This sword, although it did not even force out Jiang Li's Armored Hard Skin and Tyrant Body Technique, was far from being able to pose a threat to him.

But surprisingly, it pierced through the outer layer of defense protecting the center of the lake very easily.

You have to know that this state is a spiritual defense that cannot be easily broken even by attacks at the late stage of foundation building. It also has the characteristic of being able to disperse damage, which is quite restraining against sharp blade weapons that break through the surface with a single point.

Although for Jiang Li today, this level of defense is only barely usable.

But for a normal Qi Refining cultivator, this layer of defense should be an insurmountable chasm.

But this natural barrier that made Jiang Li so confident was broken directly by a short sword. Even the short sword did not have any spiritual energy fluctuations from beginning to end?

That's a bit exaggerated.

His first reaction was that one should not underestimate the heroes of the world.

The second reaction was that there must be something wrong with this dagger!

Jiang Li looked back with surprise, then grabbed it with one hand.

The opponent, on the other hand, had a look of horror on his face. Ever since he had survived a life-and-death experience and obtained this dagger, he had become almost invincible in breaking defenses and killing with poison.

Who would have thought that he would actually encounter a monster in this competition, and his confident sword could not even pierce Jiang Li's skin.

Facing Jiang Li's outstretched hand, Wu Shi was horrified and quickly begged for mercy.

“Mercy!”

The fatal attack failed, and the casual cultivator was already panicking.

Seeing Jiang Li reaching out to grab him, he dared not resist head-on. After yelling, he quickly dodged to the side of the ring.

But one second, two seconds, and three seconds passed, and Jiang Li's attack still did not come.

The casual cultivator Wu Shi looked at Jiang Li in confusion, but found that Jiang Li did not pay any attention to him at all. Instead, he was holding a familiar dagger in his hand and studying it with great interest.

The eyes of the casual cultivator Wu Shi suddenly turned red. Everyone knows their own business, and he himself is not too special among the casual cultivators.

Only by relying on this short sword that can destroy the structure of spiritual energy, he was able to gradually become successful and made a name for himself in this grand event.

Without this dagger, let alone winning a place to be admitted into a famous sect, it is hard to say whether he can maintain his previous status among the group of independent cultivators after the competition is over.

"Give it back to me! Lord Jiang Li, that dagger is a relic of my father, and it is not a magic weapon. It is just an earthly thing, please give it back to me."

The casual cultivator Wu Shi was obviously very excited, but his thoughts were obviously a bit naive. Once something came into Jiang Li's hands, it was basically destined for him.

How could this reason, which was obviously made up on the spot, possibly affect him?

Point to the monster, throw beans to make soldiers! He casually threw out a handful of beans, using a large amount of spiritual energy to turn them into two-meter-tall green wooden soldiers.

These wooden soldiers held swords and shields, formed a battle formation and charged towards the enemy.

A cultivator with good eyesight can see that the spiritual energy fluctuations of these wooden soldiers are quite strong. A rough estimate shows that the strength of each one is no less than that of the late stage of Qi training.

This was the result of Jiang Li's self-control. With his current Nine Spirit Qi, it was very easy to send out twenty foundation-building wood monsters.

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In this regard, the low-level monks at the foot of the mountain were just watching the fun, but a group of sect elders in the sky could see the trick.

"Brother He... I thought your disciple... was a physical practitioner."

The two heads of Huichun Hall and Foreign Affairs Hall both had strange expressions on their faces.

Jiang Li, who is known as the "Newcomer King of Sutra Valley" in the sect, has a physical training strength that shocked the world in the sect's martial arts competition.

Building a foundation through Qi training and fighting is unprecedented, but he is definitely an astonishing super genius.

Now, due to the serious injuries he suffered before, his physical training strength is generally believed to have been greatly reduced. When he encountered the monks guarding the precepts of Cihang Temple in the last round, many people broke out in a cold sweat.

Although Jiang Li won, he changed his usual aggressive fighting style and instead used his speed and agility to gain victory by using the opponent's force.

In the eyes of those who are concerned, this naturally further confirms that his body was indeed greatly affected by the previous attack.

If we encounter a strong enemy again in the future, this weakness will probably be exposed quickly.

But unexpectedly, at this moment, the new Iron Fist King of Zangjing Valley showed an equally exaggerated level of Taoism.

He could turn beans into soldiers with just his bare hands. Few monks present could match him.

"Uncle He, you are not the only one who doesn't know about Junior Brother Jiang's Taoist technique, right?"

Chu Yunxuan looked at Elder He's equally confused expression and had already guessed the answer, but he still couldn't help but ask.

"This... I never taught him to practice Qi..."

Elder He scratched his bald head, feeling somewhat embarrassed but also delighted.

As expected of my disciple! So amazing!

Everyone was speechless...

In the arena, twenty wooden soldiers formed an array and surrounded and killed each other.

After losing that special soul-breaking dagger, the strength of the casual cultivator Wu Shi was greatly reduced.

He couldn't even defeat one ordinary wooden soldier, and now there were twenty of them. That would be like killing him!

He was chased around in the ring and fled everywhere. Not to mention fighting back against Jiang Li, it was already an extraordinary performance for him to not be thrown off the ring.

Looking at Jiang Li again, he was studying the dagger without paying attention to others.

[Name: Poisoned Black Dagger]

【Type: Weapon】

[Rank: None]

[Status: Damaged, poisoned]

【Material: Unknown】

[Note: It seems to be very old]

Jiang Li stroked the bumps on the sword and felt amazed.

This dagger must have been badly rusted in the past, and it became what it is today after being re-polished.

The rune carvings that may have once existed on it have long since disappeared completely, and now even the slightest bit of spiritual energy cannot be felt on it.

But this is what makes Jiang Li even more curious.

A short sword that can't even sense a bit of spiritual energy cannot be called a magic weapon according to the judgment standards of the immortal cultivation world. It can only be regarded as an ordinary weapon.

But such an ordinary weapon could easily pierce the shield of the foundation-building stage! If the trick here is not the low-quality poison coated on the surface of the sword, then it should be the material used to forge the dagger.

This guy is really lucky to have picked up such a treasure.

This is the same as Jiang Li's original intention of opening the Manjianghong Inn. Don't look down on the little people, because they may also have the power to change the world.

Of course, such good things should be obtained by virtuous people like Jiang Li.

Jiang Li silently put the dagger into his arms, his expression calm.

In the eyes of outsiders, they have no way of judging how strong the defense of the shield formed by the external plug-in is.

In their opinion, the casual cultivator was stupid enough to attack Jiang Li with an earthly weapon, and naturally failed to break through his defense, and was then hunted down by Jiang Li's magic.

Naturally, he would not notice the dagger that he had snatched from his hand.

The cultivators were more concerned about the stupidity of the independent cultivator and the wastefulness when Jiang Li performed the spells.

Judging from the normal fighting mentality, five wooden soldiers of this level are enough to deal with such a guy. There is no need to waste spiritual energy when facing a round-the-clock battle.

If the spiritual energy is exhausted, won't you be at the mercy of others in the future?

The wandering cultivator over there was still fleeing for his life as he was chased by twenty wooden soldiers.

But he seemed to have run out of tricks, and his injuries continued to increase as he was chased by the sword-and-shield wooden soldiers.

Jiang Li's eyes flashed slightly, and he noticed that the other person was wearing a bracelet on his wrist that was the same color and texture as the dagger.

He then had an idea and ordered twenty wooden soldiers to rush forward, knock him unconscious and then throw him out of the arena.

On the other person's wrist, the bracelet had disappeared.

Jiang Li naturally didn't believe the nonsense about the other party's father's relics.

Such ancient products made of the same material are most likely to come from some ancient ruins.

After the emergence of large-scale ruins such as the Medicine Garden Secret Realm, this kind of chance-based encounter has become extremely popular in the world of immortal cultivation.

What if I really find a relic? From then on, I will be extremely successful and richer than a sect!

Such a chance to find relics can almost satisfy all the monks' daydreams.

Even Jiang Li is not immune to this.

Don’t you see how much help a branch of spiritual root brought him?

If he could get lucky again, it would be in line with the temperament of Jiang Li, the cheater.

Comrades! Brothers! Family!

(End of this chapter)