Longevity: From Being Pushed By The Witch

"The level is acceptable, but as for qualifications..."

Sun Qingruo shook her head slightly and said softly,

"If I'm not mistaken, he's already close to thirty years old, right? He's still at the third level of Qi Refining, and his spiritual root can be seen from this. It's hard to say whether he can achieve Foundation Building in the future."

"Of course, if he can become a second-tier alchemist, then he's worth cultivating."

"I left him a copy of the Fire Control Technique and some of my personal insights. During this time, pay close attention to his success rate and quality rate of pill refinement. If within a month, he can raise the quality rate to ninety percent, then you can write to me."

"Yes!"

Sun Qingruo nodded and continued,

"Furthermore, within three months, the Chi Yan Sect will take action. The surrounding towns of the Fulong City will undergo expansion. As for the specific expansion blueprint, I will have the assisting alchemists bring it over in a while."

"After receiving the blueprint, Uncle Sun, you can purchase some land in the central area and expand the Jichun Hall!"

"Rest assured, Miss. After receiving the blueprint, Old Sun will definitely find a good location for Jichun Hall!"

"That's great."

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As evening approached, Ji Boying habitually packed a few signature dishes from the Drunken Immortal Tower and returned to the village with other cultivators.

After a day of practice, coupled with the insights left by Sun Qingruo, Ji Boying's control of fire technique was basically at an entry level.

All eight furnaces of pills he refined today were successful, and in the last furnace, he even produced a top-quality pill!

This was Ji Boying's first time producing a top-quality pill!

Of course, Ji Boying's quick progress was mainly due to the 1000 points of spiritual power.

Previously, even with over nine hundred points of spiritual power, Ji Boying couldn't have mastered the control of fire technique so quickly. It seemed that this one thousand points was a threshold. Once crossed, he obtained a sublimation, and his mind became much sharper.

Of course, it wasn't just spiritual power; the same applied to his aptitude and physique!

Especially his aptitude, after breaking through one thousand points in his fire attribute spiritual root, the efficiency of absorbing and refining spiritual energy increased several times!

That was why Ji Boying could reduce the time needed to refine the Little Spirit Pill to half an hour.

After returning home, it was already completely dark.

Ji Boying neatly arranged the dishes from the Drunken Immortal Tower on the table. He didn't pick up his chopsticks but instead walked to the side and took out the things he had obtained from the talisman cultivator earlier that morning.

Two stacks of talismans, a book explaining talisman diagrams, and... a pile of talisman-making materials, along with over two hundred low-grade spirit stones.

These items added up to no less than two thousand low-grade spirit stones, or even more!

The harvest was not small. In the past, Ji Boying wouldn't even dare to think about such wealth.

Ji Boying glanced at the book explaining talisman diagrams. The two stacks of talismans consisted of ten high-grade Thunder Light Talismans and fifteen mid-grade Earth Trap Talismans.

One for attack and one for control, they were quite good for ambushing.

After putting away the two stacks of talismans and the spirit stones, Ji Boying's gaze fell on the book explaining talisman diagrams.

This book not only included a large number of one to three-star talismans, but most of them also described the drawing methods and precautions.

"After breaking through one thousand points in spiritual power, my mind has become much sharper than before, and my learning and acceptance abilities have far surpassed the past. Since I can learn pill refinement, can I also learn talisman-making?"

Thinking of this, Ji Boying found the simplest Dust-Cleansing Talisman in the book. The entire talisman only required a few strokes and was extremely easy to draw.

Of course, the simplest talisman's effect was not that great; it could only clean dust off the body.

With a trial mindset, Ji Boying took out a blank yellow paper and began to calm his mind, concentrate, and pray...

Then he dipped the brush in golden sand and started to draw the Dust-Cleansing Talisman according to the steps in the diagram.

As the brush touched the paper, the surrounding spiritual energy immediately gathered towards it. Spiritual lines appeared on the paper, as if they were alive.

Although the Dust-Cleansing Talisman only required a few strokes, talisman drawing not only required precise control of internal spiritual power but also needed to be completed in one go without any deviation.

Therefore, before forming specific memories, talisman makers needed to concentrate their spirits and be on high alert!

At this moment, Ji Boying was like this. When he was halfway through drawing, his hand holding the brush began to tremble slightly, and the delicate spiritual power became somewhat chaotic.

However, the Dust-cleansing Talisman is ultimately the simplest talisman, with a low error rate. After about half an incense stick's worth of time, Ji Boying finally succeeded in drawing it.

Looking at the talisman on the table emitting a faint spiritual energy fluctuation, a smile appeared on Ji Boying's face.

"I, Ji Boying, am truly a genius!"

Seeing that Nangong Wan had not returned yet, Ji Boying found another slightly more advanced talisman - the Fire-gathering Talisman.

However, this time Ji Boying did not rush to start drawing. After studying the diagram, he practiced by gesturing with his fingers in the air.

After all... these yellow papers used for drawing talismans were not cheap. The ones with better quality cost three or four dozen spirit coins for a single sheet, and a piece of lower-grade spirit stone could only buy two or three sheets.

He had to use them sparingly!

In this way, after about half an hour, just as Ji Boying was about to try drawing, Nangong Wan, dressed in a snowy white gown, suddenly walked in.

"You can make talismans too?"

She looked at the talisman paper on the table and asked with some surprise.

Ji Boying shook his head slightly and said, "I don't know how to make talismans. I just happened to come across a diagram of talismans and wanted to learn a thing or two."

"Unorthodox methods, it's better not to learn." Nangong Wan spoke indifferently, then walked over to the window. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Have you changed your Body Refining technique?"

Ji Boying was slightly stunned by her words and asked in confusion, "Why would you say that, senior?"

Nangong Wan looked at Ji Boying's puzzled expression and furrowed her brows slightly.

Does this kid really not know, or is he pretending to be ignorant?

But... that doesn't matter.

Since this kid's physique has been strengthened, she might be able to loosen up her cultivation a bit tonight.

Previously, Ji Boying's physique was too weak, and there were restrictions when communicating with him.

After all, he possessed the Heavy Yang Body, which, even if it was only in the Qi Refining stage, was of great benefit to her.

Especially...

There was still some residual cold poison in her body. Although the current Ji Boying couldn't completely resolve the hidden danger of the cold poison for her, he could suppress it and prevent it from erupting.

Thinking of this, Nangong Wan looked at Ji Boying and said coldly, "Go prepare a bucket of hot water."

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Half an hour later, the room was once again filled with billowing steam.

Nangong Wan took out several jade bottles and poured various colored liquids into the water. Then she took off her clothes and sat cross-legged in the water.

With the misty steam and the faint spiritual light, Nangong Wan, who was already cold and aloof, exuded an even more ethereal and otherworldly aura.

Her beautiful eyes slightly opened, and her fingertips moved slightly, causing five purple circles to slowly rise.

Ji Boying looked at the five circles and swallowed nervously, asking softly, "Senior, um... can we not use magical artifacts?"

"Don't worry, I promise to cooperate! Whatever you ask me to do, I'll do it! I won't move randomly!"

Nangong Wan didn't say anything, her icy gaze fixed on Ji Boying.

Originally, she had planned to retract her magical artifacts, but... after hearing Ji Boying's words, she instantly dismissed that thought.

She flipped her hand, and the five circles shot out, instantly imprisoning Ji Boying and smashing him into the water.

The next moment...

The waves surged, and the waves rolled like thunder!