Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

The situation in the Wasteland had already shown signs of instability.

After more than five hundred years of barbaric development, the Wasteland families have now been stable for over two hundred years. They are bound to move towards unification, ultimately with only one overlord in charge of the Wasteland.

The eight Foundation Establishment families are vying for supremacy in the Wasteland, but who will ultimately emerge victorious remains unknown.

This is the general trend of the times, and it cannot be changed by individual will.

Li Ji'an did not feel any different because the Yan family was involved; he was only curious about how the war had been ignited.

After all, after decades in the Wasteland, he understood that the various families were not ordinary people to be able to establish themselves there.

However, Zhang Tiezhu, as an elderly cultivator in the clan, his already low Qi Refining middle stage combat power was declining with his twilight years, and he obviously did not know the specific situation, only that there was a war.

Li Ji'an guessed that there might be external forces involved, otherwise it would not have been ignited so quickly.

Calming his mind, he went to the Pill Cauldron Pavilion to deliver the pills first.

In the past six months, in order to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining, his expenses on monster meat and high-quality pills had increased. Now, it was only the middle of the month, but he had no extra spirit stones left, and he needed to pay the rent for the new year, so he had to come to cash out in advance.

"Congratulations, Guest Elder Li."

"Congratulations, congratulations."

…

"What is there to congratulate?" As soon as he entered the Pill Cauldron Pavilion, all the attendants he met greeted him with cupped hands, and Li Ji'an felt a little puzzled.

"Hahaha, Guest Elder Li, congratulations, congratulations! In last year's first-order alchemist evaluation in Immortal City, you ranked third, and are now a top-notch first-order alchemist among the loose cultivators in the entire Immortal City." Shopkeeper Wu came out upon hearing the sound, welcoming him from afar.

"First-order alchemist evaluation? Third place?" Li Ji'an was stunned; he had not known about this beforehand.

"Yes, according to the Immortal City's requirements, all chambers of commerce and shops nominated their guest elders from various industries, and you unexpectedly topped the list as the third-ranked first-order alchemist based on a comprehensive evaluation of the quantity and quality of deliveries throughout the year." Shopkeeper Wu explained excitedly.

"Why haven't I heard of this before?" Li Ji'an had not learned of this item in his previous understanding of the living conditions of technicians in Immortal City.

"This is a suggestion from the new commander of the Bi Yun Sect this year, and it is also to promote trade in Immortal City. It is a good thing for you personally and for our Pill Cauldron Pavilion. The owner is also very happy, and the repurchase price of Guest Elder Li's pills will increase by 20% in the future.

In a few days, Immortal City will also award you honors and rewards."

"…"

After pondering for a moment, Li Ji'an nodded.

As a stable source of income for the Bi Yun Sect, the Bi Yun Sect attaches great importance to the Golden Brilliance Immortal City, and it is reasonable to take this action.

It can not only enhance the competitiveness among technicians, but also expand the influence of Immortal City.

In Immortal City, he did not have the worry of being afraid of fame like a pig being afraid of getting fat.

Moreover, he is now only a first-order alchemist. In the eyes of the big forces, he only has some potential at most.

With this official certification, his income will also increase.

As for the third place, he didn't feel that there was too much trickery.

After all, he had contacted many alchemists during the year and had a deeper understanding of the alchemist group in Immortal City.

Except for those enshrined by the major forces, most of the alchemists who come to Immortal City are loose cultivators. Many of them were alchemist boys from small places since childhood, and after spending most of their lives, they have achieved a little success and want to come to Immortal City to make a breakthrough, eventually becoming bottom-level alchemists, barely making a living.

There are also some who are family enshrined in small places. After reaching the late stage of Qi Refining, they seek to establish a foundation and come here to try their luck, eventually spending their lives here.

In fact, most of them do not have very good alchemy talent.

Those who are truly talented are taken in by the major forces when they are young.

However, the major forces in Cangyun Prefecture, except for the Bi Yun Sect, basically cannot cultivate second-order enshrined alchemists; they cannot afford to cultivate them.

After further inquiries, he learned that the first-ranked first-order alchemist was the closed-door disciple of the Immortal City's first second-order alchemist, who was now in his seventies and had been studying alchemy for fifty or sixty years.

The second-ranked person was also not young.

Basically, it was about the same as the time that Li Ji'an had spent studying alchemy in both his lives.

Afterwards, Shopkeeper Wu repurchased the pills that Li Ji'an brought this time at a price 20% higher.

The total repurchase price was 480 spirit stones, which was nearly 100 spirit stones more than expected, which happened to cover the rent for the next year.

The reason why he delivered less this half month was to stabilize his realm, reduce the number of furnaces opened, and increase his own consumption, so there was less left over.

"Guest Elder Li, next month you need to refine more Spirit Replenishing Pills, at least 30 high-grade ones." When purchasing medicinal materials, Shopkeeper Wu specifically instructed.

"Oh?" Li Ji'an was slightly stunned. In the past year, the Pill Cauldron Pavilion had never made any requirements. As long as the pills were not extremely unpopular, they would basically be repurchased at market prices and had never been customized.

"Guest Elder Li, don't misunderstand. This is also a requirement of Immortal City," Shopkeeper Wu explained.

Immortal City needs Spirit Replenishing Pills? No, it is the Bi Yun Sect that needs Spirit Replenishing Pills!

Spirit Replenishing Pills are pills for replenishing spiritual energy in the late stage of Qi Refining, mainly used when the spiritual energy in the cultivation dojo is insufficient, or when one needs to stay in a spiritually barren or spiritually depleted place for a long time to supplement spiritual energy.

Moreover, the fact that it can issue this request to the Pill Cauldron Pavilion indicates that the demand is extremely large.

After all, the Bi Yun Sect has its own sect pill peak, which not only meets the needs of the sect's disciples for exchange, but also sells them in Immortal City.

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"May I ask, Shopkeeper, about this matter…" Li Ji'an lowered his voice and tentatively asked.

Originally, if it was just a technician evaluation, he wouldn't have thought much about it, but now with this added, he couldn't help but think more about it.

Shopkeeper Wu shook his head with a wry smile and pointed upwards: "How much can we know with our limited vision? We just do what the superiors tell us to do."

"Oh, okay, Li has remembered it," Li Ji'an nodded and stopped embarrassing Shopkeeper Wu.

On the way to the Immortal City Management Office, Li Ji'an's thoughts were racing.

"From this point of view, the so-called technician evaluation is probably just a disguised form of census and statistics. The Bi Yun Sect is making a big move."

"I am still lacking information and completely clueless. I must spend spirit stones to subscribe to the gazette."

Thinking all the way, deducing any situation that might affect him, to no avail.

Until he paid the rent, a word from the administrator made Li Ji'an feel strange again.

"Now Immortal City has preferential treatment. If you pay ten years' rent in one go, you can get an 80% discount. If you pay thirty years in one go, you can get a 70% discount…"

If the Bi Yun Sect's mountain gate wasn't there and the spiritual veins couldn't be moved, he would suspect that the Bi Yun Sect was about to run away.

Being short of money, Li Ji'an paid the original price for one year's rent and decisively went to Wantong Tower in the inner city.

This workshop claims to be connected to all realms and specializes in information and intelligence services.

In addition to the public gazette, there is also a deeper level of intelligence trading.

Many forces engage in intelligence services, including the Nine Cauldrons Chamber of Commerce, but only Wantong Tower publishes the gazette.

Depending on the covered area, timeliness, frequency, etc., the gazette subscription prices also vary.

Li Ji'an now has less than 200 spirit stones left after purchasing medicinal materials and paying the rent, so he can only choose the lowest grade monthly magazine for 120 spirit stones a year.

He obtained a communication jade talisman and would receive a copy of the news from the major forces within ten thousand miles of the Bi Yun Sect and some anecdotes from the region every month. Li Ji'an was no stranger to this.

Returning to his residence, he gave priority to browsing the free gazette from last month.

The first item made him feel surprised.

《A Chance Not to Be Missed! Bi Yun Sect Plans to Expand Enrollment of Disciples This Year for the Sect's Development Plan.》

Xiao Changfeng has clearly stated in recent exchanges that the exchange of contribution points within the sect has increased, making it difficult to exchange, and that sect missions and trials have also increased, indicating that resources are obviously insufficient. Yet, they are still expanding enrollment?

Adding to the statistics on the various technician situations in Immortal City, the demand for Spirit Replenishing Pills, and the inducement to prepay rent, are they going to fight a war? And are they going to fight in a place with insufficient spiritual energy?