Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

The rising sun painted the sky with golden light.

Li Ji'an transformed into a fire dragon, engulfing everything in scorching waves, instantly causing the water in the pool where Guagua was hiding to evaporate into steam.

"Gua~" Guagua once again used earth遁 and disappeared.

"Hoo~" Li Ji'an landed, unable to maintain the 《Fire Dragon遁》.

His mana was too thin.

In recent years, he had specifically studied his dantian's mana situation, comparing it with the mana of many other Qi training fourth level cultivators, and his mana was at the bottom.

This was inseparable from the low-grade cultivation technique he practiced. In addition, in the early stages of Qi training, especially in the first three years after entering the Dan shop, he accompanied Yan Qingwan in alchemy, and thought he had taken advantage of getting a lot of her practice low-grade pills. In addition to containing Dan poison, those low-grade pills were often impure when assisting in replenishing Qi and refining mana, resulting in his mana having quantity but lacking quality in this life.

Seemingly, the mana in his dantian had reached the level of the fourth level of Qi training, but the power and endurance of his actual mana were insufficient.

This was also something he had to pay attention to in his next life. He should avoid relying on external forces if possible. If he really needed to take pills, he had to take at least high-grade ones.

Just as he finished his morning exercise, the communication talisman in his arms vibrated.

"Guest Elder Li, someone is looking for you at the Dan shop, urgent," the old shopkeeper sent a message.

Putting away the communication talisman, Li Ji'an was not in a hurry. He methodically fed Guagua the beast pill first, then activated a Clean Water Talisman to purify the water in Guagua's small pond, and finally, before going out, a Dust Removal Talisman made the entire courtyard spotless.

He was very skilled and liked activating talismans.

He had actually been interested in talismans for a long time, even before he met Chen Zhaohu and didn't know the cultivation situation of this world, his first choice of skill was talismans.

Because of the assassination in the Storm Desert, he had personally witnessed the protective ability and attack power of talismans.

It was no exaggeration to say that among the hundreds of immortal cultivation skills, talismans were the skill that could maximize the means of saving one's life and attacking, and was also the most likely to be used as one's trump card.

However, after arriving at the market and understanding the situation, there was almost no threshold for entry-level talismans, and it was difficult to master them without the guidance of a master or elder.

In the end, he chose the Dan Dao, which had a slightly higher threshold due to his fire spirit root.

After that, his energy was limited. Over the years, he had devoted himself to studying elixirs, body refining, and cultivating Guagua, and he really couldn't spare any extra energy to study talismans.

"Brother Li." Just as he went out, he happened to meet Yan Qingwan who was also going to the Dan shop.

It had to be said that the most satisfying thing about the cultivation world for Li Ji'an was that if one really wanted to, one could avoid the situation of beauty turning into bone.

Even if the other party had not yet attained longevity!

Just like Yan Qingwan in front of him, who was only ten years younger than Li Ji'an, but at this moment, her skin looked tender and smooth, as if it could be broken by a puff of air, her eyes were bright and her teeth were white, and her eyes sparkled. There was almost no change from thirty years ago, except that there was a mature temperament that had been precipitated by time, which made her even more unique.

If calculated according to her age, with nine levels of Qi training and a lifespan of one hundred and fifty years, she should be a middle-aged woman in her forties, however, her appearance and figure were still like a teenage girl.

There was nothing else, just because of the best-selling product for female cultivators in this cultivation world - the Youth Preservation Pill.

A high-grade Youth Preservation Pill could permanently preserve youth for twenty years.

And above the Youth Preservation Pill, there was also the top-level medical beauty pill that female cultivators loved the most - the Eternal Youth Pill!

With just one pill, one could permanently preserve youth. It was said that even at the moment before life was about to dissipate, one could still maintain youth, truly achieving - not allowing white hair in the world.

However, this thing was not cheap, and they were all second-order pills, which were not sold in the Joint Market.

Compared to Yan Qingwan, who had taken the Youth Preservation Pill, Li Ji'an's face was now that of a middle-aged uncle.

In addition, Yan Qingwan and Li Ji'an both had very delicate and three-dimensional features, the two walking together looked like father and daughter.

"Qingwan, the shop's reserve of pills should be enough for a while. Xiao Hua and Wen Xin are also able to refine some beginner pills. You can take a proper rest, and then settle down. Mentality is very important." After so many years of contact, Li Ji'an now treated Yan Qingwan like a teacher and a father, sincerely hoping that she could go one step further.

Of course, this was also because he knew Yan Qingwan well enough and recognized her character and temperament.

In addition, Yan Qingwan had started taking apprentices eight years ago.

She had selected two relatively intelligent juniors from the clan with the highest fire spirit root induction and the hope of being promoted to the late stage of Qi training to learn the art of alchemy.

"Yes, Brother Li, I was just about to tell you that I may need to return to the clan for a period of seclusion recently to strive to lay a solid foundation for the Qi training stage. During the seclusion, I will settle down as you said.

In addition, I will have to trouble you to watch over those two guys in the Dan shop." Yan Qingwan nodded gently, smiling very sincerely.

"Oh? Good thing, congratulations, you can rest assured in seclusion." Hearing this, Li Ji'an was genuinely happy.

Her ability to make such arrangements indicated that the clan really wanted to support her in foundation establishment.

Thinking that he might have a foundation establishment ancestor to protect him in his next life, his sense of security greatly increased.

"Thank you, Brother Li!"

While talking and laughing, the two arrived at the Dan shop before long.

"Brother, good news, we met yesterday." Chen Zhaohu seemed very excited, and rushed out before Li Ji'an entered the shop.

Li Ji'an remained calm and took Chen Zhaohu back to his small courtyard before formally inquiring.

Over the years, he had also written letters to ask Chen Zhaohu several times, for fear that he would think it had been too long and he didn't need it anymore.

He never thought that he would really bring definite news today.

Yesterday, he led a team to hunt, and accidentally discovered several Soul-Attaching Ants that were out foraging in the Fallen Dragon Ridge, and found the location of their nest through the traces.

However, the Soul-Attaching Ant nest was notoriously deep and winding. Chen Zhaohu and the others dug nearly five zhang deep, but they did not dig to the real nest, and had to give up.

Looking at Chen Zhaohu, whose temples were already showing gray, handing a map to himself, Li Ji'an nodded heavily.

Chen Zhaohu was more than ten years older than him, and he had not even entered Qi training. Relying only on the late stage of first-order body refining, his lifespan was at most one hundred and twenty years. Now, at more than seventy years old, his vitality had begun to decline.

Afterwards, Li Ji'an directly asked for leave from the Dan shop and took Chen Zhaohu to the Heavenly Immortal Restaurant for a treat.

In the sound of silk and bamboo, the two chatted for a long time.

Chen Zhaohu even talked about the first meeting thirty years ago, lamenting that time waits for no one.

Also, after getting drunk, he revealed his worries about his younger brother Chen Qingling.

According to him, Chen Qingling had not been seen twice in more than ten years since following the Red Stone Hermit.

Moreover, he spent almost the whole day either drilling into the deep mountains and old forests, or searching for dragons and dividing gold, looking for ancient tombs, which was really worrying.

He said that he really regretted it, and knew that he should have sent him to the Yan family in the first place.

Li Ji'an nodded in appreciation after hearing about the actions of the number one loose cultivator in the wasteland.

If he had traveled to this cultivation world and did not have a cheat, then his first choice would actually be grave robbing.

Instead of begging for food from the mouths of those living people who monopolized resources, it was better to ask the dead for alms.

Anyway, there were risks.

Moreover, in this era that had undergone great changes in the world, and had once been countless times more glorious than today, once an ancient tomb was found, it might be possible to change one's fate against the heavens.

After saying goodbye to Chen Zhaohu, Li Ji'an did not dare to delay. Soul-Attaching Ants were rare and difficult to find. Now that he finally had a clue, he naturally could not give up.

The next day, he put Guagua into the spirit pet bag, and packed everything he could take away, and came to the Dan shop to prepare for a long leave.

To his surprise, the old shopkeeper had just received a message that the patriarch asked Li Ji'an to return to the clan as soon as possible, saying that there was something important to discuss.

"Well, it's on the way anyway, I'll go back to see Tie Zhu's child, and then go south all the way!"