First Step Complete, Elder Huang's Assistance

Five Senses Soul-Fixing Art (Art, Foundation Establishment)

Cultivation Method: Take the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and tongue of five people, combine them with your own heart blood, and transcribe the Five Senses Incantation to refine the five sensory channels, obtaining Five Senses Essence Qi.

Innate Spell: Five Senses Divine Connection; eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and tongue are a hundred times sharper than an ordinary person's.

Cost: Cannot see colors, cannot smell fragrances, cannot taste fishy flavors, cannot listen to music, cannot eat meat.

Green Blood Blue Sky Art (Art, Foundation Establishment)

Cultivation Method: Using your own heart blood mixed with Green Blood Grass and Blue Sky Fruit, transcribe the Green Blood Blue Sky Incantation onto your heart to refine your heart and blood, obtaining Green Blood Essence Qi.

Innate Spell: Green Blood Righteous Qi; once unleashed, it repels all forces of evil and heterodoxy.

Cost: Must walk the righteous path; cannot engage in evil ways.

Metal Baleful Body Refining Art (Art, Foundation Establishment)

Cultivation Method: Collect the five metals—gold, silver, copper, iron, and tin—grind them into powder, fuse them with essence blood, and transcribe the Metal Baleful Incantation under the sun to refine the body, obtaining Metal Body Essence Qi.

Innate Spell: Metal Baleful Weapon Body; impervious to blades and spears, resistant to water and fire, and capable of blocking all manner of spells.

Cost: Must carry weapons and armor for life and never let them leave the body, otherwise the essence qi will backfire and cause mutation.

Yin Yang Water Fire Art (Art, Foundation Establishment)

Cultivation Method: Collect morning dew and midnight dew, decoct them using both gentle and intense heat, cool the mixture, drip in essence blood, and transcribe the Yin Yang Water Fire Essence Refining Incantation near a Red Dragon or White Tiger, obtaining Yin Yang Essence Qi.

Innate Spell: Yin Yang Soul-Bewildering Smoke; no living being can escape its bewilderment, falling into desires from which they cannot extricate themselves.

Cost: Must indulge in nightly revelry without ceasing.

Five Qi Five Viscera Art...

Humanity's Overview Technique (Art, Foundation Establishment)

Cultivation Method:

Step One: Decoct nine types of century-old spiritual herbs, nine types of spiritual jade, nine types of metal essences, nine types of water sources, and nine types of fire intensities to form a broth. Incorporate the number of the five elements, infuse it with your own essence blood, and transcribe the complete <Humanity's Fleshly Body Incantation of Ten Thousand Laws>. Temper the five viscera and six bowels, tendons, bones, skin, membranes, flesh, skull, and marrow to form Ten Thousand Laws Essence Qi. This technique encompasses all laws, can dissolve all laws, and achieves a perfect state.

Step Two: Heavenly Cycle Circulation Diagram (Imperfect)

(Note: Once the first step of the fleshly body incantation of the Ten Thousand Laws path is completed, the second step is the Heavenly Cycle Circulation Method. The union of the two constitutes the ultimate realm of Foundation Establishment.)

Innate Spells:

1. Life-Death Calamity Fire: Once contaminated, calamity descends, and life or death is decided instantly.

2. Five Elements Yin Yang Escape Technique: One may escape through all things in heaven and earth.

3. True Body of Ten Thousand Laws: Resists all spells, resists all blades and weapons; capable of a thousand transformations, essence qi is inexhaustible, and the true body remains unbroken.

4. Gods and Devils Heaven-Earth Observation Heart: The heart transforms into gods and devils to observe heaven and earth; external demons cannot invade, and heart demons cannot arise.

5. Heart Demon Profound Qi: This qi stirs all seven emotions and six desires, ultimately leading to mental collapse and death.

Cost: None

Looking at the brand-new information, a trace of surprise appeared in Li Qing's eyes.

"This transformation actually requires nine types of century-old spiritual herbs, nine types of spiritual jade, nine types of metal essences, nine types of water sources, and nine types of fire intensities to decoct."

"This means gathering the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth."

"It seems this world also holds the theory of the five elements, which appear to represent the composition of all things in heaven and earth."

"There were originally many auxiliary cultivation items; does this mean these five characteristics are intended to supersede other cultivation materials?"

He took a deep breath, a look of contemplation appearing in his eyes.

"Spiritual herbs, metals, water sources, spiritual jade—spiritual herbs are the most difficult, while the others are relatively simple."

"There are also corresponding production methods for the nine types of fire intensities, enough for me to complete all the cultivation."

"This technique is actually marked as being divided into two steps."

"I can practice the first step now, and then proceed to the second."

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of Wang Kuohai of the All-Under-Heaven Escort Agency.

Having exhausted his family's wealth to purchase a secret cultivation manual, he hadn't even begun to practice before being swept into this turmoil; his entire family had likely been wiped out.

A look of heaviness appeared on his face, and he sighed slightly.

"This world is truly too dangerous."

"The slightest mistake leads to destruction."

He took a deep breath, his eyes filled with gravity.

After obtaining the technique, Li Qing arrived at Elder Huang's Archives Hall.

Elder Huang saw him and a smile appeared on his face, though he quickly noticed the worry on Li Qing's brow.

"Have you encountered something?"

Li Qing nodded. "Indeed, I have encountered some matters."

"You know that I am staying at the All-Under-Heaven Escort Agency, right?"

"I know, the All-Under-Heaven Escort Agency is quite famous, even though the Jade City branch is just one of many."

"But the profits are substantial, and it is a rather well-known place here in Jade City."

Li Qing nodded. "Wasn't there a siege on the Blood Demon Sect at the South Gate last night?"

Elder Huang nodded. "Does that have anything to do with anything?"

"I was startled at the time, so I came to the Demon Extermination Hall. However, on my way here, I saw countless wisps of blood essence rising from the All-Under-Heaven Escort Agency."

"They were attacked, and I feel this matter might be related to me."

"Because I was the first to discover the information about the Blood Demon Sect in the Refugee Camp."

"Then I told Wen Taiquan, and he reported the news upward, which led to the events of last night."

Hearing this, Elder Huang's eyes narrowed instantly, as if he had realized something.

"You are saying there is a ghost among us."

"I didn't say that," Li Qing denied flatly.

Elder Huang chuckled. "Then what do you intend to do now?"

"I don't dare to go out anymore; who knows if someone is watching me."

"I am also suspicious of one thing: why come to kill me?"

"If they already knew about the situation, why did last night end the way it did?"

"They could have easily avoided it."

"Unless they did it on purpose."

Elder Huang's expression turned grave, and a look of deep thought flashed through his eyes.

After a moment of reflection, he said, "I will go to the Mission Hall and post a mission, requesting a hand to help me organize the files."

"I will set it as a Grade C mission, with a payout every seven days."

"When the time comes, you can take it directly, and you will be able to live in the Demon Extermination Hall."

"No one will be able to touch you."

Li Qing's expression turned solemn upon hearing this. "Many thanks for your assistance, Elder Huang."

Elder Huang waved his hand. "It is but a small favor; the Pear Blossom Brew I drink every day is not for nothing."

"Moreover, I hope you can continue to investigate this matter."

"If you discover anything, you can tell me directly."

"Don't look at me as just a clerk; I know quite a few people."

Li Qing understood, and a smile appeared on his face. "Very well!"

Soon, Elder Huang quietly went to post the mission, and no sooner had he posted it than Li Qing accepted it.

The entire process went unnoticed by everyone except the staff at the Mission Hall.

From that day on, Li Qing became a member of the Clerk Hall, working alongside Elder Huang to organize various case clues and files, eventually consolidating them into missions.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

The previous incident seemed to have subsided, and the bloody massacre at the All-Under-Heaven Escort Agency had broken out the very next day.

Not a single one of the over a hundred people at the All-Under-Heaven Escort Agency had escaped.

It was only rumored that Wang Kuohai had gone missing, which might have been related to the Blood Demon Sect.

Upon hearing this news, Li Qing felt quite surprised.

Wang Kuohai didn't actually die? It seems he has a tough life.

But it is also possible he was captured?