Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 75 Return to the Market
Before deciding to change his appearance, Ji Chang thought carefully about how his changed appearance should be shaped.

He knew clearly that a mediocre or even ugly appearance was the most undesirable in the world of immortal cultivation.

Most of the immortal cultivators have outstanding temperament and handsome appearance. This is because most of the immortal cultivation techniques tend to have a certain bonus effect on temperament and appearance.

In addition, beauty-enhancing elixirs are not very precious in the world of immortal cultivation, which makes cultivators with mediocre or ugly looks become eye-catching and easily arouse the curiosity and attention of others.

However, Ji Chang also understood that an overly handsome appearance would also bring unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, he finally chose his current appearance: kind and gentle, which makes people feel not hostile but favorable. Although such appearance is not stunning, it makes people feel comfortable and friendly.

In the world of immortal cultivation, which is full of intrigue and deception, such an appearance can help him better integrate into it and avoid unnecessary trouble.

The reason why Ji Chang chose to change his appearance now instead of waiting until he returned to Cangyu Market was because he knew it would take time to adapt to the new appearance.

A brand new face will bring many changes, not only a change in external image, but also an adjustment in mentality and habits.

He knew in his heart that it is better to be safe than sorry.

Therefore, he decided to change his appearance in advance and use this year to gradually adapt to his new face.

After changing his appearance, Ji Chang devoted himself to cultivation.

Of course, every few days he would use his spying ability to see if there were any new developments at the Chen family so that he could adjust his plans.

If you want to maintain a normal cultivation speed when practicing in the mortal world, you will need to consume spirit stones.

Ji Chang has now reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. The spirit stones he consumes every day for his practice have reached as many as three or four pieces. In a year, he will have to consume more than a thousand spirit stones alone.

Fortunately, Master Mo Dan left him enough spirit stones, so he didn't have to rush too much for resources for cultivation.

After purchasing the Black Water Armor and Wind-resistant Boots, there were still three or four thousand spirit stones left.

The consumption of spirit stones in one year's cultivation is not a big problem at all.

In addition to practicing, Ji Chang would also take time to refine some mid-grade elixirs.

These pills can not only assist him in his cultivation, but can also be converted into spirit stones after returning to Cangyu Market.

It can be said that for Ji Chang now, there is no need to rush too much for cultivation resources.

Of course, this is also because his aptitude is good enough. If he only had low-grade spiritual roots, or even pseudo spiritual roots, the amount of elixirs and spiritual stones consumed in cultivation alone would be an astronomical figure.

Even if one has mastered an alchemy skill, it is not an easy task to cultivate to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

On this day, Ji Chang opened his eyes and recovered from his cultivation.

Ji Chang could sense that the magic power in his body had increased significantly.

At this rate, it would probably take another two years for him to attempt to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

This speed is considered fast. It took him more than three years to cultivate from the fifth level of Qi Refining to the sixth level of Qi Refining.

I am 31 years old now. When I break through to the late stage of Qi Refining, I should be 33 years old. In less than ten years, I will be able to cultivate to the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

When you are around 43 years old, you can try to build your foundation.

In Jiaozhou's immortal cultivation world, foundation-building cultivators are absolutely great cultivators. Even in the entire Zheng State's immortal cultivation world, foundation-building cultivators are middle and high-level cultivators.

By then, he would be able to get rid of his status as a pawn, and even plan for a second-level spiritual vein and build his own power.

There is no need to survive in the gap between the Chen and Wang families like now, fearing that you might be crushed to death by accident.

"It's time to return to Cangyu Market."

Ji Chang stood up and looked in the direction of Cangyufang City.

During this year, the world of immortal cultivation in Jiaozhou has undergone considerable changes.

The Wang family, which was once so prosperous, has now completely retreated, like a turtle in its shell, hiding in the family protection formation of Qinggang Mountain, not daring to show its head easily.

At the same time, the Chen family took advantage of the Wang family's decline to digest the results of the war and consolidate and expand their own power.

Zhuya Mountain, the once prosperous Zhuya market, has now become the Chen family's residence.

The Chen family did not rebuild the market town on the old site like the Wang family did, but instead transformed it into a brand new clan land.

The main reason why the Chen family did this was because they only had this one second-level spiritual vein, so naturally they had to satisfy their own family's cultivation needs first.

After all, in the world of cultivating immortals, the rarity of spirit veins is self-evident, and relying on the rich spiritual environment of the second-level spirit veins can greatly increase the cultivation speed of the family cultivators.

Moreover, there is no need for the help of spirit gathering formations. The environment of the second-level spirit vein alone is enough to meet the spiritual environment when building the foundation.

The Chen family's former clan home, Cangling Mountain, became their ancestral land, where some clan members stayed to practice cultivation. Compared with the Chen family's new family residence, it was much inferior in both scale and momentum.

However, for the Chen family, Cangling Mountain still has important significance and value.

The Wang family originally had several affiliated families, but only the Xuanhe Bai family turned around and submitted to the Han family because it was adjacent to the Taizhou Han family in the north. Relying on the power of the Han family, it preserved itself under the threat of the Chen family and avoided the fate of being annexed by the Chen family.

However, the other several affiliated families of the Wang family were not so lucky at this time. They either chose to submit to the Chen family and accept the rule and exploitation of the Chen family, or they were destroyed by the Chen family with thundering means.

During this process, the power of independent cultivators is quietly rising.

Some of them were cultivators who had been enslaved and recruited by these immortal cultivation families, and some were originally members of the immortal cultivation families. After the destruction of their families, in order to survive and practice, they had to hide their real names and mingle among the many independent cultivators.

With the influx of a large number of independent cultivators, Cangyu Market, as the only market for cultivating immortals in Jiaozhou after the destruction of Zhuya Market, also ushered in unprecedented prosperity.

Moreover, with the demise of these immortal cultivation families, many immortal cultivation techniques will be lost in the mortal world, and the number of independent cultivators from the mortal world will increase within a period of time.

Naturally, the Chen family also noticed these changes. Relying on the spiritual veins owned by the destroyed immortal cultivation family, the Chen family established several new markets to further consolidate and expand their sphere of influence.

These newly established markets not only brought more resources and wealth to the Chen family, but also provided more choices and opportunities for independent practitioners.

For Ji Chang, the current situation is more conducive to him concealing his true identity and returning to Cangyu Market.

(End of this chapter)