At The Beginning, I Counted The Immortal To Death

"Sir, your handling of matters is extraordinary, your words are direct and resolute. We admire you. Tonight, I will host a banquet for you at the Ascending Immortal Tower. I hope you won't refuse. May I ask if you would honor us with your presence?"

Dugu Qing is a very practical person.

When an immortal arrives, he can bow and submit, willingly being at their service.

Now that the immortal is dead, he will not dwell on this matter.

His attitude towards things has always been based on whether the other party can bring him benefits.

Everything is based on self-interest.

It is precisely because of this character that he can stand firm in Ascending Immortal City and hold the position of city lord.

In essence, the relationship between him and the immortal was also just a matter of mutual benefit.

He served the immortal in the hope of gaining enough benefits from him.

Therefore, he could stand by and cheer when the immortal casually bullied the people of Ascending Immortal City, including Jiang Bai.

However, he never expected that a mere mortal like Jiang Bai would actually calculate the immortal's time of death.

What's even more unexpected is that an even more formidable Immortal King emerged and directly killed the immortal, who he had considered to be high and mighty.

From the Immortal King's attitude towards Jiang Bai, it is clear that he favors this young fortune-teller.

Moreover, Jiang Bai's incredibly accurate divination also greatly intrigued him.

Since the immortal's lifespan could be accurately calculated, could other things also be similarly determined?

Therefore, he quickly changed his approach, intending to befriend Jiang Bai.

Setting aside Jiang Bai's divination skills, even the unknown Immortal King was worth him extending an olive branch to the still mortal Jiang Bai.

As for the grievances between Jiang Bai and the deceased immortal, he considered it insignificant.

After all, no one would seek justice for the dead.

He also did not think that offending an ordinary immortal who had offended the Immortal King would have any friends or relatives who would risk angering the Immortal King by causing trouble for Jiang Bai in the mortal realm.

The people present were all astute and immediately understood Dugu Qing's intentions.

"Lord Dugu is right, we all share this sentiment!"

"Sir, you must not refuse. When I first met you, I could tell that you are extraordinary!"

"Sir, please visit my Qin family. We have a collection of 100,000 books and the number one stargazing tower in Ascending Immortal City, which will surely advance your divination skills!"

Just moments ago, they were all cooperating with the unfortunate immortal to bully Jiang Bai in Ascending Immortal City. Now, they all changed their tune as if nothing had happened.

Jiang Bai looked at their sincere smiles and felt somewhat dazed.

Were these the same great cultivators who had wanted to attack and kill him?

Jiang Bai felt a chill running through his body.

He felt as if he could see behind these people, each one a ferocious beast ready to devour others without leaving a trace!

Perhaps the immortal was the same, just with exceptionally bad luck.

Strength, all fear stems from insufficient strength.

Although he seemed to have the support of a system, he was still fragile until he grew stronger.

They had sharp eyes and immediately saw Jiang Bai's precise divination.

They all saw Jiang Bai as a golden opportunity, each wanting to claim him for themselves.

But they also feared the Immortal King Lin Xiao and hesitated to make a move.

So they put on a mask of hypocrisy, attempting to deceive him with sweet words.

Strength is still strength!

At this moment, the novelty and excitement brought about by transmigration and binding to the system had all turned to nothing.

All that remained was a longing for strength and a fear of the cultivators in the Immortal Cultivation World.

He now desperately longed for enough strength to protect himself.

At the very least, he wanted the strength to protect himself in the Heavenly Spirit World.

"Esteemed seniors, I am truly humbled by your attention. I am unworthy of it."

Jiang Bai struggled to steady his mind.

"Sir, you jest. You are truly an extraordinary person, a rare sight in my lifetime. It is our good fortune to know you."

This was spoken by Qin Xiaofeng, the head of the Qin family, who had the second highest cultivation level among the group, just below Dugu Qing.

As a Late Stage Soul Formation cultivator, this elder of the Qin family shamelessly flattered without a hint of embarrassment.

"Qin Lao is right!"

"That's correct, getting to know you is our good fortune!"

After the death of Long Tao, the people present seemed to split into two factions. One led by Dugu Qing and the other by Qin Xiaofeng.

Dugu Qing smiled meaningfully and glanced at Qin Xiaofeng, then said to Jiang Bai, "You need not be modest. It's getting late. Let's continue our conversation over dinner at the Ascending Immortal Tower."

He did not give Jiang Bai a chance to refuse, and directly ordered his subordinates, "Hurry and prepare the divination tools for our guest."

Two Soul Formation Stage cultivators immediately stepped forward to tidy up Jiang Bai's divination tools.

In fact, there wasn't much to tidy up.

He only had a small table, a divination tube, six copper coins, and a divination flag behind him.

Jiang Bai, feeling unable to refuse, reluctantly put away the divination tools into the storage ring Long Tao had given him.

With no choice, Jiang Bai followed Dugu Qing to the Ascending Immortal Tower, with Qin Xiaofeng and the others following suit.

The residents and cultivators of Ascending Immortal City, seeing Jiang Bai walking alongside Dugu Qing and Qin Xiaofeng, looked at him with incredulity.

Everyone was guessing his identity.

In Ascending Immortal City, Dugu Qing and Qin Xiaofeng represented absolute authority.

So, who could Jiang Bai be, walking side by side with these two?

Some speculated that he might be the rumored exiled immortal who had arrived in Ascending Immortal City.

There had been rumors that an immortal had come to Ascending Immortal City.

Others guessed that Jiang Bai might be a Saint Child from one of the top forces in the Heavenly Spirit World, considering how young he looked.

In short, there were all kinds of speculations.

But as the news spread, a piece of information quickly emerged and caught the attention of the people.

The young diviner accurately predicted the immortal's time of death.

As the immortal's death approached, an Immortal King appeared in the sky and personally killed the immortal.

The Immortal King held a high regard for the young diviner.

An immortal, an Immortal King, and a diviner who predicted the immortal's death.

These keywords undoubtedly stirred the curiosity of the people in Ascending Immortal City.

The entire city began to fervently discuss the young diviner who had predicted the immortal's death.

Many people started to think.

Smart people were not limited to just Dugu Qing and Qin Xiaofeng.

Everyone understood what a diviner who could predict an immortal's death represented.

Secret realm strategies, the locations of immortal herbs, the movements of spirit beasts, the traces of enemies...

There were too many things that could be divined.

As long as Jiang Bai was present, it meant that nothing would remain a secret.

They even wondered if martial arts techniques could be directly divined.

The entire Ascending Immortal City went crazy.

However, when people heard that Jiang Bai had already been taken under the wing of City Lord Dugu Qing and Qin Xiaofeng, they all lamented and regretted not being the first to discover him.

As for the price of divination, people selectively chose not to pay too much attention to it.

If they knew that the immortal had paid a direct fee of 150,000 spirit stones for the divination, perhaps they would have been more level-headed.