Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

Ning Sujin, who had been maintaining a cold and aloof demeanor, frowned slightly the moment she heard the words "femme fatale."

"What femme fatale? Isn't it all the fault of lustful men?"

Old Ma froze instantly upon hearing this, and hurriedly bowed, "Ah... yes, yes, I was talking nonsense, talking nonsense."

"Speak! What exactly happened?"

Ning Sujin had a relatively deep impression of Xiao Wu. After all, during those five years at the Chong'an Prefecture Immortal Cultivation Institute, Xiao Wu was one of Li Ji'an's closest friends, often helping Li Ji'an deliver precious beast meat. Ning Yutan, that little b*tch, even tried to win over Xiao Wu to get closer to Li Ji'an at first.

Ning Sujin also understood Xiao Wu's character. He was upright, content, and could be considered dutiful.

"I..." Old Ma shrank his head, afraid to speak carelessly, lest trouble come from his mouth. After all, he had been demoted to guarding the city gate for speaking a fair word for Xiao Wu. He could only look at Li Ji'an pleadingly.

Li Ji'an nodded, "It doesn't matter. This is the treasured pearl of the Duke of Zhen, and also the current Princess Wenjin, personally appointed by the Emperor. She is the most eager to help others and fight for justice!"

Before he finished speaking, Ning Sujin's murderous eyes were already glaring at Li Ji'an.

In the past two years, she had become accustomed to Li Ji'an's behavior of putting a high hat on her.

This was forcing her to enter the game to help him save his Uncle Xiao.

However... knowing that she was being used, she didn't feel any resistance in her heart, but instead enjoyed it. What that guy said sounded quite enjoyable.

Li Ji'an smiled slightly. Although he couldn't sit idly by and watch his old friend suffer, it was naturally best if he didn't have to take action himself.

Most importantly, the other party was able to send the City Guard Division, and even treat Xiao Wu of the Prefecture Office so crudely, so their power would not be small. With his current status as a reserve immortal seedling, he might not be able to handle it properly.

It was even very likely that the other party knew of his status as a reserve immortal seedling before they moved against Xiao Wu.

He was no longer at the age where he wanted to prove himself, so he was naturally willing to borrow strength.

As for the idea of hiding Ning Sujin's identity and pulling her out at the last moment to pretend to be a big shot and slap faces, he didn't have it at all. That would only create unnecessary trouble.

"This humble official greets Princess Your Highness!" Old Ma's eyes lit up instantly.

There was hope, his boss was saved.

If it was only Li Ji'an, he wouldn't have much confidence, after all, the other party's power was too great.

"You may rise! Tell the truth," Ning Sujin raised her chin slightly.

"Yes, yes, half a month ago, the captain and I were patrolling the streets as usual and captured three vagrants who had sneaked into the city. After some investigation, we determined that they were not great villains, and the captain, pitying their suffering, let them go.

As a result, the next day, the City Guard Division broke into the Prefecture Office and arrested the captain, saying that the rebels had already confessed that the captain was an internal spy in the city, and the three who confessed were the vagrants who had been released the day before. This humble official guarantees with my head that they would never be rebels.

On the same day the captain was imprisoned, a man dressed as a steward went to the captain's house to coerce and lure his wife, and this humble official was demoted because of this..."

After listening, Ning Sujin's face showed a trace of contempt and disgust, "Hmph! Such a lecherous ghost, so bold as to dare to forcibly take another man's wife, simply lawless. I will take care of this matter. To the Prefecture Office!"

In less than an hour, the bruised and battered Xiao Wu walked out of the prison and was reinstated.

At the same time, the old steward who went to Xiao Wu's house to coerce and lure his wife was beaten to death in front of everyone by his master, and a captain of the City Guard Division was demoted for embezzlement and perversion of the law.

A society without the rule of law has one advantage: as long as you have power, you can do whatever you want.

After this incident, the two of them lost the mood to stay overnight in Chong'an Prefecture, and continued their journey at full speed. Two days later, they arrived at the Zixiao Temple in Shangyi County.

After seven years of separation, the Zixiao Temple was still the same in Li Ji'an's heart.

Stepping into the temple, he felt much more relaxed.

Until he saw his senior brother Liu Deshan, who was dying on the sickbed.

The chubby figure he remembered from childhood was now much thinner, with sunken eyes and wrinkles all over his face.

"Ji'an... you're back," his turbid eyes struggled to open, and he laboriously raised a hand.

Li Ji'an knelt in front of the bed, held his withered hand with both hands, and slowly poured qi and blood to warm his heart, "Master, Ji'an is back."

"Good, good, good..." Liu Deshan looked at Li Ji'an carefully, saying good repeatedly.

"I'm going down to report the good news to my junior brother immediately. What he didn't accomplish, Ji'an, you did it, an immortal seedling... If junior brother knew, he would be gratified."

Looking at his senior brother, who was almost a different person, memories of his previous life flashed through Li Ji'an's mind like a revolving lantern.

Scenes of his senior brother from childhood to adulthood to middle age flashed by.

Flowers bloom and wither, clouds gather and scatter... a lifetime in a hurry.

That night, Li Ji'an stayed by Liu Deshan's bed all night, listening to Liu Deshan sighing for half the night.

There were no entrustments, no requests, only encouragement and comfort.

At the moment of his death, his senior brother seemed very relieved, without the delusion of some people who desperately wanted to live and feared death before they died.

Li Ji'an was not sure if it was because he had no regrets or desires, or if he felt that life should be like this, or if he just didn't know that there were really immortal cultivators in the world, and that human life could really break through the limits.

Three days later, True Man Houde passed away.

At this point, the only two people closest to Li Ji'an in his previous life were gone.

Qingyun also matured in an instant and took over Liu Deshan's mantle.

At the same time, after seven years of separation and only communication through letters, Qingyun's sense of alienation towards Li Ji'an was obvious.

Reverence was more than affection.

Several times he looked at Ning Sujin's beautiful figure and wanted to ask Li Ji'an, but he didn't ask.

In the end, Li Ji'an deliberately teased him a few words before he barely regained some of his childhood closeness, but it was already far different.

After handling his senior brother's funeral, Li Ji'an once again walked out of the safe haven of his previous life.

And this time, he stared back for a long time, he should really be leaving.

On the way back to the Imperial City Immortal Palace, Li Ji'an once again returned to his usual calmness and ease. In addition to occasionally teasing Ning Sujin to relieve the boredom of the journey, he also actively discussed the experience of stimulating qi and blood with Ning Sujin.

Since seeing the "immortal" two years ago and having a clear plan for the future, he began to study external martial arts to stimulate qi and blood in his spare time from internal cultivation.

After all, since that "immortal" was a cultivator, there would naturally be strengths and weaknesses. Ordinary martial arts might not be able to pose a threat to weak cultivators.

During these two years of research, he was surprised to find that his four lifetimes of accumulated comprehension had a miraculous effect on the method of stimulating qi and blood for external martial arts.

Ning Sujin claimed to have learned the top-level movement technique "Drifting Petals Step" in a month, but he mastered it in just half a month. He not only fully understood its core and the key to qi and blood circulation, but also made three minor adjustments to further improve the technique.

Internal cultivation relies more on the root bones and meridians, especially in the first few small realms, while external martial arts have almost nothing to do with physical aptitude, but only on how to mobilize the qi and blood in the body, how to circulate it, and how to maximize the use of the qi and blood in the body, which relies most on comprehension.

This gave Li Ji'an a guarantee for his next life's plan.