Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

Chapter 60: Chapter 26: A Great Merit

Just entering the Cultivation Realm, after five years of understanding, Li Ji’an has gained a general recognition of this world.

The so-called Eight Great Clans on the Fallen Dragon Ridge Desert are at the bottom layer of the entire Cultivation Realm, just a very low starting point compared to his Eternal Life Path.

However, he is also clearly aware of his talent and identity in this life.

Being able to enter such a clan in this lifetime is already the limit of what he can achieve.

Perhaps if, in the next life, he starts at the age of eight nourishing the spirit root with the Second Tier Spirit Vein here, he could grow to the best level of his own spirit root.

But whether the next life can start here is still unknown.

Even whether he can stay here as he wishes is unknown.

The current Yan Clan eldest daughter is key to whether his plans can go smoothly.

If Yan Qingwan were to perish at this moment, his plans might go up in smoke.

Moreover, in the past three years, Yan Qingwan has given him many favors, and he has a favorable impression of her.

At this moment, both parties are in the late stage of Qi Cultivation and unable to attend to other matters. The opponent is merely a Wood Element Cultivator at the Qi Cultivation 5th Layer, and he does not need to expose his true body refining cultivation.

”Swish~” Li Ji’an flashed by, carrying Yan Qingwan away before the wooden spike could hit her.

”Hmm?” The Wei Family cultivator was momentarily dumbfounded, looking quite surprised at the fleeing Li Ji’an, forgetting to pursue for a moment.

He never thought the Yan Family’s little fish in the early stage of Qi Cultivation would actually dare to rescue someone!

What is it but snatching food from the tiger’s mouth?

”Old Li!” Yan Tong and his son were even more stunned.

In that kind of situation, they also wanted to save her, but they didn’t dare!

Facing someone in the middle stage of Qi Cultivation when in the early stage, they have no power to resist.

”Courting death!” The Wei Family cultivator recovered, instantly cold-faced, and chased after them.

But how could he be faster than Li Ji’an?

Seeing Li Ji’an carrying Yan Qingwan across the valley and into a dense forest, the Wei Family cultivator was forced to summon a staff and leapt forward.

The speed of a Qi Cultivation 5th Layer magical power flights is not slow, and he is about to catch up soon without Li Ji’an bursting his mid-stage body cultivator blood energy.

However, although mid-stage Qi Cultivation can fly with magical artifacts, the magical power consumption is enormous, making it difficult to sustain, and almost impossible to spare extra magical power for magic.

After chasing for a while, he finally cornered Li Ji’an at a ravine.

”Run again?” The Wei Family cultivator snorted coldly, preparing to retract the staff.

However, unexpectedly, a magical power fluctuation burst from Li Ji’an, and a human head-sized fireball appeared in his palm.

”Hmph! Still dare to attack me...” He felt no concern for the weak magical power fluctuation of Li Ji’an at Qi Cultivation 3rd Layer.

”Boom!” But before he could finish his sentence, the fireball shot out at a speed beyond his understanding.

The powerful impact, combined with the instantaneous explosion of the fireball, shattered his magical shield, leaving no time to react.

”Whoosh~” Another fireball followed at the same speed.

Looking at the Wei Family cultivator whose entire head exploded, Li Ji’an frowned slightly.

In such a life-or-death crisis, the opponent actually had so much nonsense?

It seems these clans haven’t engaged in lethal magical combat for quite some time.

Quickly scavenging the body, he picked up a storage pouch and turned towards the dense forest above the valley.

This place overlooks the valley below.

To his surprise, as soon as he arrived, he saw the Wei Family cultivator below rapidly retreating.

Soon, two other figures rushed to attack.

When the three late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators of the Yan Clan returned, there were no more suspense, and Li Ji’an carried the barely breathing Yan Qingwan back to the valley.

”Girl!” The Third Elder flashed over from afar, checked Yan Qingwan’s injuries upon receiving her.

”Wei Huai Ren! I will tear you to pieces!” Yan Hongsheng also arrived, looking fierce.

Li Ji’an put down Yan Qingwan and took the initiative to retreat to the side, quietly waiting.

Only when the team set out again, did he sit on the cart with Yan Tong and others.

”Why didn’t you fight with your Qi Cultivation 7th Layer cultivation? If you had teamed up with Wan girl, how could Wei Huai Ren have succeeded? Even one more block for three breaths would be enough!” On the way, Yan Hongsheng couldn’t hold back his outburst at Alchemist Mo.

Even the usually steady Third Elder Yan Talai did not stop him this time.

Alchemist Mo remained silent throughout.

”Old Li, you made a great contribution this time!”

”You saved the eldest daughter, and this merit is enough for you to stay in the clan.”

”You might even be granted the surname Yan like us! You’ve hit it big!”

On the cart, some of the bottom tier clan members were envious of Li Ji’an.

”Ah, if I weren’t too far away, I would certainly have rushed to rescue too.”

”I didn’t have the fortune to see, just blocked by the cart at the time.”

Some were speaking after the fact.

But more people were concerned about where the mid-stage Qi Cultivation cultivator from the Wei Family chasing Li Ji’an went.

”He should have received the retreat order and fled far away.” Li Ji’an replied.

This suddenly made several people pound their chests regretfully, as if missing a great opportunity.

Less than an hour later, the team finally arrived at the Yan Clan Territory.

From afar, a not so large mountain stood, its top coinciding with the sunset’s afterglow, resembling a golden pearl embedded on the mountain peak at first glance.

”Brother Li, this is our Spirit Pearl Mountain. The ancestral vein is right at the foot of the mountain!” After witnessing Li Ji’an rescuing Yan Qingwan, Yan Tong’s attitude improved by three points.

Even Yan Spring, who had always looked down on Li Ji’an, started to compliment him, guessing he might really have luck this time.

However, Li Ji’an did not think so.

After all, his main identity is a servant of Alchemist Mo, who serves as a middleman between the Yan Family and Alchemist Mo.

If he were now openly accepted by the Yan Family, how could Alchemist Mo still use him with trust?

Sure enough, that night Li Ji’an was arranged to stay next to Alchemist Mo’s small courtyard.

Furthermore, no Yan Family member sought out Li Ji’an in the following three months, nor was there any mention of him saving the eldest daughter in clan gossip, as if he hadn’t saved her at all.

On the contrary, whether because of a task from the Clan Leader or taking advantage of Yan Qingwan being gravely injured, Alchemist Mo activated the furnace for alchemy almost every five days for three months.

As a result, sometimes Alchemist Mo was somewhat exhausted, and besides letting Li Ji’an participate, he occasionally taught him crucial techniques, letting him stand in temporarily.

Until three months later, when Yan Qingwan’s injuries improved, the frequency of Alchemist Mo’s alchemy decreased again.

During these three months of full engagement, Li Ji’an gained further insight into Alchemist Mo’s alchemy skill heritage, and naturally memorized three mid-stage Qi Cultivation elixir pill formulas.

Moreover, as a tributor of the Yan Family, Alchemist Mo resided right outside the core spirit vein, on a Tier One Upper Grade scale, incomparable to the spiritual energy richness of Yan Qingwan’s alchemy room at the United Marketplace.

This made Li Ji’an quite satisfied.

That day, after Li Ji’an finished his daily cultivation, a message came from Yan Qingwan.

Upon seeing Yan Qingwan again, she appeared a bit thinner, but her complexion looked well-recovered.

”Li Chang’an, I owe you a favor, you can express what you want, and I’ll fulfill it to the best of my ability.” Yan Qingwan’s courtyard was at the core area of the Yan Clan’s ancestral vein, with pavilions, towered buildings, artificial mountains, flowing water, serene elegance, and the most abundant spiritual energy Li Ji’an has sensed since arriving in this world.