Mowuji was worried someone would scan him with their divine sense, so he would walk a bit, then stop and take out a cultivation technique to look at. Here, as long as a technique hadn't been exchanged for, it would have a thin thread attached to it, allowing only viewing but not taking it away. Even when viewing, one could only see the first few pages; the rest were restricted by formations.

Walking and stopping like this, Mowuji saw quite a few techniques with the word "Immortal" in their names. What made Mowuji laugh and cry was that most of these techniques were human-level. Just like the Immortal Mortal Technique, they had resounding names but were actually just for bluffing.

At first, Mowuji wasn't too anxious. Cultivation techniques from all the sects of the Five Great Empires were gathered here, and the Immortal Mortal Technique was so common. Finding a successor technique to the Immortal Mortal Technique should be easy, right?

But after half a day, Mowuji became somewhat agitated. He had seen many Immortal Mortal Techniques, mostly those brought out by Xuan-level sects. These were just the most ordinary techniques; he was already cultivating one of these. What he needed was a successor to the Immortal Mortal Technique, not that human-level ordinary Immortal Mortal Technique.

Another hour or so passed, and Mowuji still hadn't found anything.

Sighing slightly in his heart, Mowuji decided to speed up and finish the first round. If he really couldn't find what he needed, he would switch cultivation techniques. There were quite a few earth-level techniques here as well. He had previously seen an earth-level top-grade cultivation technique that only cost nine thousand contribution points. Even if he didn't want those, he had an earth-level cultivation technique on him. This technique was his spoils of war, obtained from the storage ring of that extra-territorial cultivator.

Heavenly Secrets Sect? Mowuji stopped. It wasn't because he had found the technique he needed, but because this sect seemed very warm to him.

His magic treasure was called the Heavenly Secrets Staff, and here was a sect called the Heavenly Secrets Sect. The Heavenly Secrets Sect had about a dozen or twenty cultivation techniques, but unfortunately, it was just a Xuan-level sect.

In the Five Great Empires, a Xuan-level sect was considered the lowest level. Even the status of an ordinary lord country was higher than that of a Xuan-level sect.

Mowuji casually scanned inside with his divine sense, and he immediately saw a cultivation technique sandwiched in between: Immortal Mortal Technique.

Mowuji smiled. Only these Xuan-level sects would take out the Immortal Mortal Technique to make up the numbers.

Just as Mowuji's divine sense was about to continue scanning, he saw a row of contribution point numbers and was immediately stunned. Immortal Mortal Technique, exchange required 10008 contribution points.

Could he have seen it wrong? Mowuji rubbed his eyes and looked carefully. That's right, it really did require 10008 contribution points. He hadn't seen it wrong.

Mowuji had seen too many Immortal Mortal Techniques before. The best one was from the Pínglíng Sect, which required 5 contribution points. Many sects' Immortal Mortal Techniques could even be exchanged for just 1 point. But this Heavenly Secrets Sect's Immortal Mortal Technique actually required 10008 points. Even if it was a successor technique to the Immortal Mortal Technique, this price was too high, right?

Mowuji looked at the rest of the Heavenly Secrets Sect's techniques again. The contribution point exchange prices were all normal. Apart from this one, the best one required 121 points.

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be possible to make a mistake with the techniques sent here. The only possibility was that the Heavenly Secrets Sect didn't want this technique to be exchanged. If they didn't want to, then they shouldn't have taken it out; why send it here?

Mowuji couldn't help but take out this Immortal Mortal Technique priced at 10008 contribution points and opened the first page:

"Heaven and earth were opened first, and then there was vitality; this is a great fallacy. Spiritual energy and heaven and earth were conceived at the same time, inheriting each other. Those who have not attained Dao are all mortals. We mortals condense the breath of vitality to achieve immortality..."

It was exactly the same as the beginning of the Immortal Mortal Technique he bought from the Luohai Commerce Building. The following cultivation was also basically the same. However, in the subtle parts, it was much more concise than the one bought from the Luohai Commerce Building.

After flipping to the tenth page, he couldn't flip any further. The content after that was restricted by formations. This was normal; it was impossible for any of the techniques here to let you read everything.

Mowuji was pleasantly surprised in his heart because, according to the thickness of this booklet, the ten pages he had flipped through were only about one-tenth of the entire technique.

And this one-tenth contained ninety percent of the content from the Immortal Mortal Technique he bought from the Luohai Commerce Building. If the rest were all cultivation content of the Immortal Mortal Technique, then the content of this technique would be much more comprehensive. If the Heavenly Secrets Sect wasn't deliberately harming people, then this technique was very likely what he needed. Although the technique's name didn't have the words "successor technique" added, such thick content couldn't be blank pages, could it?

Mowuji quickly determined that the Heavenly Secrets Sect couldn't have deliberately restricted some blank pages. The Heavenly Secrets Sect was at least a Xuan-level sect; it shouldn't be doing such tasteless things.

This was the one.

Mowuji took out his contribution point card and swiped it at the location where the Immortal Mortal Technique was stored. With just a "beep" sound, a circle of red text appeared after the words "12076 contribution points" on his contribution point card, indicating that 10008 points had been used. At the same time, the thin thread connected to the Immortal Mortal Technique suddenly retracted and disappeared.

Losing more than ten thousand contribution points at once, it was impossible not to feel pain. No matter how painful it was, Mowuji had to exchange it. Without a cultivation technique, how could he advance? He didn't open the Immortal Mortal Technique inside; he always felt that the old man at the door was following him with his divine sense.

With more than two thousand points left, Mowuji had originally wanted to find a technique, but he had wasted too much time looking for a cultivation technique. He was worried that the Lei family would find Yindu, so he decided to temporarily give up looking for a technique.

Lianhe Continent could help him avoid being held accountable by the Heavenly Commerce Empire, but it couldn't prevent the Lei family from looking for him.

...

Two days later, Mowuji had already left Yindu tens of thousands of miles away. He didn't plan to stop; instead, he controlled the flying car to continue speeding towards the Wentian Learning Academy.

He wanted to enter secluded cultivation, and the spirit refinement rooms of the Wentian Learning Academy were the most suitable for him. At this time, he had contribution points; he could cultivate in the spirit refinement room for as long as he wanted. Cultivating in the spirit refinement room, even Jinyu wouldn't dare to do anything to him.

As for the Extra-territorial Battlefield, his cultivation was too low right now.

...

At the Heavenly Secrets Sect's station in Yindu, an old man was anxiously staring at the door. A middle-aged man was sitting next to him. After another incense stick's worth of time passed, a young woman walked in, bowed to the old man, and said, "Master, I've found out. The one who spent more than ten thousand contribution points to exchange for our sect's Immortal Mortal Technique is Loose Cultivator 2705."

"Is that the Loose Cultivator 2705 on the Hundred Sect Alliance Contribution List?" The old man obviously knew the name of Loose Cultivator 2705.

The woman nodded and said, "That's him. A few days ago, he appeared in Yindu's Immortal Jade Pavilion. Later, Lei Chenghe of the Lei Clan chased Hou Yucheng of the Wentian Learning Academy into the Immortal Jade Pavilion. 2705 saved Hou Yucheng, incited the crowd to kill Lei Chenghe, and then went to the contribution point exchange to exchange for our sect's Immortal Mortal Technique."

"Do you have his whereabouts?" the old man asked eagerly.

The woman shook her head and said, "No. I heard that people from the Lei Clan have come to Yindu and are searching everywhere for the whereabouts of Loose Cultivator 2705. They even begged the Hundred Sect Alliance to hand over Loose Cultivator 2705, saying that Loose Cultivator 2705 casually killed disciples of major sects in Yindu, violating the laws of the Heavenly Commerce Empire. However, neither the Hundred Sect Alliance nor the Emperor of the Heavenly Commerce Empire took any action against Loose Cultivator 2705."

The middle-aged man next to the old man sighed and said, "I didn't expect anyone to really spend more than ten thousand points to exchange for the Immortal Mortal Technique. If he knew that there was nothing after that, I don't know if he would vent his anger on our Heavenly Secrets Sect."

The old man shook his head and said, "There's not nothing after our sect's Immortal Mortal Technique; it's just that only those with fate can open it. If my Heavenly Secrets Sect could open the things behind it, it wouldn't have become increasingly dilapidated, turning into a Xuan-level sect now. The greatness of the Immortal Mortal Technique, you will never understand..."

After a pause, the old man continued, "Qiū Jì, Píng'er, pay a little attention to that Loose Cultivator 2705 outside. Once you meet him, be sure to befriend him. Then, invite him to my Heavenly Secrets Sect. If he can really open the things behind the Immortal Mortal Technique, be sure to invite him to be the sect master of my Heavenly Secrets Sect."

"Ah..." The last sentence made Píng'er and the middle-aged man open their mouths in surprise, even somewhat unable to believe it.

Even though the Heavenly Secrets Sect was just a Xuan-level sect, the sect master wasn't someone anyone could be. Letting a loose cultivator be the sect master? Even if this loose cultivator was on the Hundred Sect Alliance Contribution List, he wouldn't be qualified.

...

Whether the Heavenly Secrets Sect or the Yùlín Lei Clan was looking for Loose Cultivator 2705 in Yindu had nothing to do with Mowuji. If he wasn't focused on hurrying on his way, Mowuji would have taken out the Immortal Mortal Technique to examine it carefully long ago. Because he was controlling the flying car magic treasure, Mowuji could only look at Mo Xue's *Terrestrial Spirit Herbs*. He didn't want to immerse himself in it and forget to control the flying car.

A month later, Mowuji returned to the Wentian Learning Academy again.

Compared to when he came out with Cen Shuyin, the Wentian Learning Academy seemed even more desolate. Only a few scattered disciples walked by hurriedly; most of the disciples had gone to the Extra-territorial Battlefield.

As soon as Mowuji returned to the sect, he went straight to the Immortal Refinement Pagoda. Secluded cultivation was the most important thing for him to do. He was at the first level of the Mortal Shedding Stage, which could be considered a strong person among the younger generation of disciples in the Wentian Learning Academy. This was far from enough for Mowuji; he found that the higher his realm, the more inadequate he felt.

"I want to enter secluded cultivation in the highest-level spirit refinement room for a year," Mowuji said as soon as he arrived at the payment counter of the Immortal Refinement Pagoda.

The middle-aged woman at the payment counter always seemed to have a sullen face. "For secluded cultivation lasting more than three months, we don't accept spirit stones; we only accept contribution points. You need to pay one thousand contribution points."

As she spoke, the woman threw out a point-swiping device.

Mowuji wasn't in the mood to argue with this woman. He directly took out the Hundred Sect Alliance contribution point card and swiped it on it. Cen Shuyin had told him that the Hundred Sect Alliance contribution point card could not only be used in the Hundred Sect Alliance, but could also be used when returning to the sect.

Sure enough, the middle-aged woman didn't find anything wrong and directly took back the point-swiping device, throwing a jade token to Mowuji.

Mowuji grabbed the jade token and rushed to the best spirit refinement room in the Immortal Refinement Pagoda as quickly as possible. He was going to officially enter secluded cultivation.

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