Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

Ever since Guagua accidentally developed the ability to shield its divine soul twenty-eight years ago, when it devoured tens of thousands of parasitic ants and advanced to the late stage of the first order, his spiritual consciousness had been unable to sense it.

Once divine soul-related entities touched its body, they would naturally bypass it as if it were a part of the world.

In addition, over the years, especially during the early years of its second life when it had just entered the Yan family, it took the ant queen to hunt in the depths of the wilderness. During the period when it raised the ant queen according to the method taught by Li Ji'an, the countless parasitic ants born by the ant queen every year became its food, which made this ability increasingly stronger.

Even with his divine consciousness comparable to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, it was difficult to sense even a trace of it, even if it was right behind him.

Moreover, at this moment, that guy was hiding thirty feet underground!

"A favored one of the gods? Or some other unknown divine ability?"

"Was Granny You's adoption an unintentional act, or was it because of this divine ability?"

"Is its unwillingness to bring Xiao Qiao to follow the sect because it foresees that it will not be able to retreat completely, or is it worried that its divine ability will be discovered by the sect?"

In an instant, countless distracting thoughts filled Li Ji'an's mind.

"Xiao Qiao, you... can you see it?" Calming his mind, Li Ji'an came to the courtyard and asked tentatively.

Xiao Qiao raised her head slightly, then nodded.

"Where is it now?" Li Ji'an used the spirit pet contract to make Guagua move to the yard next door.

Xiao Qiao's gaze instantly shifted.

"What about now?"

...

Several tests, completely confirmed.

During this process, Li Ji'an's divine consciousness was fully open, not letting go of any trace of aura, but he did not feel a trace of divine soul power on Xiao Qiao.

Nor did he find any abnormality in her not-fully-grown dantian.

"Then..."

However, just as he wanted to continue exploring, a look of horror suddenly flashed in Xiao Qiao's eyes, and she subconsciously moved away.

"Hoo~ Xiao Qiao, don't be afraid, Uncle is a good person." Then he stopped testing.

"Guagua~" He summoned Guagua out.

"Gua~" The moment Guagua emerged from the ground, a rare smile finally appeared on Xiao Qiao's face.

"Big toad." Then she wanted to reach out and touch Guagua.

"Gua~" Guagua turned around directly, facing away from her, and even rolled its eyes in a very human-like manner.

Li Ji'an smiled and patted Guagua's head, and said to Xiao Qiao, "It's not a big toad, it's a big frog, it's called Guagua."

"Guagua." Xiao Qiao called softly again.

"Gua~" This time Guagua reluctantly turned around.

Li Ji'an stopped disturbing them and turned to enter his alchemy room.

Today, when Granny You came to say goodbye, he had just stabilized his ninth level of Qi training, and was preparing to try to draw a late-stage first-order teleportation talisman with more pure and profound mana.

The reason why he gave priority to trying the teleportation talisman was because of its unparalleled ability to escape.

Back then, in the Yan family's herb garden, Yan Kongyi's self-drawn first-order elementary teleportation talisman, which could travel tens of miles in an instant, had long made Li Ji'an envious.

However, in the world of cultivation, there are various escape techniques, qi control, flying magical instruments, etc., as well as divine consciousness locking and spiritual consciousness sensing, so a distance of tens of miles is far from enough.

And the late-stage teleportation talisman that Li Ji'an wanted to try at this moment was enough for him to escape from the hands of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Even a low-grade one could travel three hundred miles in an instant.

It's just that this talisman material, used a top-grade Lixuan branch, and the price of the talisman material alone cost ninety spirit stones, which was a bit too expensive.

If he hadn't thoroughly studied the talisman inheritance given by Yan Kongyi in the past six years, and improved it on this basis, he would really be reluctant to use this for practice.

However, at this moment, because Xiao Qiao made his state of mind fluctuate, he was not prepared to continue. State of mind not only affects cultivation, but also has a great impact on all kinds of skills.

He carefully put away the talisman materials and calmed his mind.

After a long time.

"Hoo~" Slowly exhaling a breath, Li Ji'an's state of mind gradually recovered.

Feeling the stable ninth level of Qi training mana in his body at this moment, he felt comfortable in his heart, and at the same time he secretly sighed.

From stepping into cultivation in his previous life to stabilizing the ninth level of Qi training today, he had a deeper feeling for the difficulty of cultivation here.

Especially according to some ancient legends he had heard over the years, he yearned for the ancient times.

It is said that some relics unearthed in these years show that the heaven and earth laws were natural and the laws were perfect at that time. Even if human cultivators were not super-talented and blessed by the heavens, just like now, absorbing spiritual energy and refining mana, they would also have the blessing of Taoism. Even the attributes of spiritual energy between heaven and earth were different. There was no need for many external objects at all. Just relying on oneself to absorb spiritual energy and refine mana, both the progress and the effect of mana were very good.

But now, let alone the two bottlenecks in the Qi training period, just talking about cultivators with the same spiritual root, the same situation, and the same exercises, whether or not they have the assistance of pills during the cultivation process, the outcome is very different.

If he hadn't had enough pills to supplement him in the past six years, he would probably have barely broken through to the eighth level of Qi training now.

The most important thing is that the quality of the pills also affects mana and potential.

If he only took genuine pills or medium-grade pills, the drug resistance and pill poison would probably make it difficult to reach the current level.

Fortunately, his divine soul was strong, his comprehension was extraordinary, and his alchemy skills could barely afford it.

It's just that he has hardly saved any spirit stones in the past six years.

Fortunately, now that he is at the ninth level of Qi training, he needs to further consolidate his mana and stabilize his realm, so he doesn't need to consume a large number of high-quality pills anymore, and he should be able to save some spirit stones later.

Accumulate materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill bit by bit.

After a while, he spread out the talismans he had drawn in the storage bag over the years again.

The seven mid-stage talismans when he left the Yan family had already been sold by him in other workshops, and now only five are left.

A late-stage top-grade Golden Blade Talisman, with the power of a full blow from a Qi training peak golden-type mana, if based on a family Qi training peak like Yan Hongsheng as a reference, it can almost instantly break his magic shield and injure his body.

A mid-stage top-grade Teleportation Talisman, which can teleport a hundred miles away in an instant. He plans to replace this talisman after drawing a late-stage Teleportation Talisman.

A late-stage high-quality Freezing Talisman, which is also the only late-stage high-quality talisman in the past six years. This talisman is relatively simple on the one hand, and it is also because Li Ji'an had drawn a lot of its basic Cold Wind Talismans before. Once activated, it can form a freezing effect on the target range of ten feet, depending on the strength of the opponent's body protection magic shield. If you also use Yan Hongsheng as a reference, he should be able to be frozen for three breaths, after which it will continue to slow down his speed.

A late-stage top-grade Golden Bell Talisman, which is difficult to break with a single blow from the first Golden Blade Talisman.

The last one is a late-stage top-grade Water Curtain Talisman, which can defend a range and can also trap enemies. He mainly wants to compare this talisman with the one activated by the family cultivator who brought them to the world of cultivation back then. Comparing the two, the Water Curtain Talisman back then should be a late-stage low-grade.

These five talismans replaced the previous seven trump cards, and he is almost worry-free in the Qi training period.

"Now my mana should be enough to draw second-order talismans, but unfortunately I don't have a second-order inheritance." Putting away the talismans, Li Ji'an was slightly disappointed.

The higher the order of the talisman, the greater the power and the more precious it is. Even second-order talismans are regarded as strategic materials between forces because they are good at attacking and fighting, and are easy to carry and hide, so they are difficult to obtain.

Until the sky was dark, Li Ji'an went out and saw that Xiao Qiao was actually having a great time playing with Guagua.

It can be said that after knowing each other for seven years, today is the first time he has seen Xiao Qiao smile so happily.

Li Ji'an simply let Guagua accompany Xiao Qiao back next door, which can also be regarded as a personal guard.

A month passed in a blink of an eye, and Granny You did not return.

This day, Li Ji'an received a message from Yan Qingwan again. In the past six years, after several messages, Yan Qingwan took the initiative to talk about the situation in the wilderness, affirming Li Ji'an's decision to leave in time, and also said the reason for the chaos in the wilderness.

The Zheng family obtained strong support from the Liu family that year before finally deciding to start the war.

Initially, the Zheng family almost fought against seven families alone, after all, the seven families had been on guard for a long time. After they attacked the weakest family, the remaining six families immediately joined in.

The first battle almost caused the Zheng family to suffer a big loss, but at the critical moment, a second-order Illusion Formation saved the Zheng family.

After that, they used a second-order Killing Formation to kill two Foundation Establishment ancestors.

Now the Zheng family has occupied three second-order spiritual veins, and with the help of the formations provided by the Liu family, they have come and gone with the other five families.

Yan Qingwan said that the situation is now tending to stabilize again.

Li Ji'an frowned slightly after reading the message.

The Liu family's move with the formation is probably to eventually take charge of the wilderness.

Otherwise, with the family's background, helping the Zheng family to take down the other seven families in the wilderness would not be a problem.

Now they should be deliberately letting the Zheng family and other families consume each other.

Shaking his head, Li Ji'an stopped thinking about it.

What he can think of, the other families in the wilderness can definitely think of, and even the Zheng family themselves can think of it.

It is hard to say how it will eventually develop.

However, the Liu family's move made Li Ji'an even more suspicious that they were the family that raised blood slaves back then.

The Immortal Bestowment Dynasty is north of the Sandstorm Zone, which is the wilderness. If the Liu family occupies the wilderness, it will undoubtedly be closer to the Immortal Bestowment Dynasty.

Three months later.

Granny You still did not return.

This day, Li Ji'an took Xiao Qiao out to buy daily necessities.

"Alchemist Li is going out."

"Alchemist Li."

"Greetings, Alchemist Li."

...

For several consecutive years, Li Ji'an has been on the list of alchemists, and now he is quite famous in Immortal City.

Along the way, he met many people who greeted him.

Of course, he is only a little famous in the Qi training period.

There are still some benefits. Two years ago, a commercial firm that specializes in holding auctions commissioned him to customize special pills for the auction, and he was also invited to participate in several auctions.

While expanding his horizons, he also completely extinguished the idea of ​​building a foundation by purchasing Foundation Establishment Pills through the market.

Through that commercial firm, he learned that better Foundation Establishment Pills would not be put on auction, and even if they were, the price would be ridiculously high.

Genuine Foundation Establishment Pills increase the success rate of Foundation Establishment by 20%, while medium-grade pills increase it by 30%. Even this 10% chance is nearly doubled in price. It really responds to the cultivation world's pursuit of immortality and fighting for that line of opportunity.

Therefore, his Foundation Establishment plans in recent years have only two paths left. The preferred one is naturally to rely on his own refining, but the biggest problem is the lack of pill fire.

The other is to find a second-order alchemist to help refine it.

But both paths involve the issue of medicinal materials. Through that auction house, he learned that although Foundation Establishment Pill medicinal materials are scarce, to a greater extent, they are for low-level cultivators, and to a certain extent, they are not difficult to obtain.

After that, Li Ji'an inquired about Zhao Shuyun and got a definite answer.

However, the price is also not cheap.

And she comforted him, don't worry about the Foundation Establishment Pill medicinal materials, concentrate on cultivation, and wait until Tong Yaoyao returns from the trial at the Chamber of Commerce headquarters.

It was also at that time that Li Ji'an learned that Tong Yaoyao's family Chamber of Commerce is not a Chamber of Commerce in the Sky Cang Region, but in the more northwestern part, another cultivation domain isolated by the Misty Forest Abandoned Land.

After buying everything with Xiao Qiao, they also went to the Taiping Inn along the way.

Sitting in the same corner.

The difference is that people come to make friends from time to time.

After staying for half a day, he still did not see the cultivator who talked about the heaven and earth spirit flame near the Flame Mountain Jedi in the east more than two years ago.

"In this way, I should be able to rule out the possibility of deliberately luring me." Li Ji'an was slightly relieved.

Although that person just mentioned it casually, Li Ji'an almost turned over all the ancient books and records about the heaven and earth spirit flame in the entire Immortal City afterwards.

He even spent a hundred spirit stones to purchase information about the spirit flame from the intelligence agency.

Spirit flames have not only existed since ancient times, but have always existed. It is said that the third-order Pill King of the Ten Thousand Dharma Palace in Tianyuan Prefecture today is a pill field that has fused a spirit flame.

Moreover, according to ancient books, spirit flames are also the spirits of heaven and earth.

To be precise, it is the transformation of the fire-attribute sacred spirit nurtured between heaven and earth after it has transformed.

It has the characteristics of a sacred spirit that has transformed into a fire attribute, but it has lost the wisdom of the sacred spirit. It is an immortal and indestructible thing.

In ancient times, it was accidentally discovered by alchemists that it could be nurtured in the pill field. When refining pills, the spirit flame's divine power is closer to the heaven and earth's spiritual mechanism than the pill fire condensed by one's own fire-attribute exercises. It is really a divine object that alchemists can meet but not seek when refining pills.

However, although the spirit flame has lost its wisdom, it still has the nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages. In addition, it belongs to the spirits of heaven and earth, and travels in mountains and rivers, so it is difficult to encounter.

The good thing is that ancient alchemists have found a special method to capture the spirit flame after countless attempts. It is not difficult, just a spirit-trapping talisman that can isolate spiritual energy is enough, and a mid-stage talisman is enough.

For this reason, Li Ji'an has also specially practiced the spirit-trapping talisman in the past few years, and successfully drawn some to store.

On the day of returning to his residence, the message talisman vibrated.

Xiao Changfeng finally replied.

Two years ago, when he accidentally heard about the heaven and earth spirit flame, Li Ji'an had a strange feeling.

However, one is worried about being set up by someone, deliberately luring him to go.

Second, he is not familiar with that place and has concerns.

Once, when he was communicating with Xiao Changfeng, he learned that Xiao Changfeng's hometown was nearby, so he mentioned it to him. If he wanted to go back there someday, he could go together.

With a Biyun Sect inner disciple following, there will be a lot less unnecessary trouble.

Xiao Changfeng finally returned from the training in the Great Ze Mountain Range in the north this time, and happened to be going back to his hometown in the near future, and invited Li Ji'an to go together.

In these years of mutual communication with Xiao Changfeng, he was promoted to the late stage of Qi training three years earlier than Li Ji'an. As a result, in order to accumulate contribution points for exchanging Foundation Establishment Pills, he reduced his daily cultivation resources, which led to his promotion to the ninth level of Qi training only last year.

His top-grade spiritual root, and he often fights to hone his mana, but his cultivation progress is almost leveled by Li Ji'an.

However, his fighting experience is twice that of Li Ji'an.

If Li Ji'an does not use his trump cards, he may not be able to defeat him.

Of course, this is said in the case that Xiao Changfeng does not have any external objects. If he has magic weapons or secret techniques, then it is another matter.

"Uncle Li, dinner is ready." In the evening, Xiao Qiao brought Guagua to make a hearty supper.

It was the monster beast meat bought in Immortal City today, and Li Ji'an taught her the braising technique.

Since he had Xiao Qiao, Guagua also had his fill of good food. When Xiao Qiao cooked, he could even help out on the side, which was extraordinarily harmonious.

Two months passed, and Granny You still hadn't returned.

That day, after eighteen years of separation, Xiao Changfeng finally stood before Li Ji'an once more.