Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

Just before the words were finished, Li Ji’an showed no emotion on the surface, but internally he was completely on guard, ready to activate a talisman at any moment and summon Gugu to be on standby at any time.

The Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, due to its characteristics, has little use in the cultivation realm.

It’s just because his body before the age of eight was not nourished by spiritual energy, so he needs to prepare for it every lifetime.

Others in this realm who refine the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, and furthermore are ”adept” at refining it, inevitably make Li Ji’an think more.

The first Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill of the Immortal Dynasty was bestowed by an ”Immortal Master.”

At this moment, thinking again about Granny You’s origin from one of the Five Great Clans, the Array Formation Liu Family, increased his suspicion.

He even felt that it might be a deliberate test.

”I just chose an unremarkable pill formula to practice when I was first studying alchemy,” Li Ji’an responded with a smile.

Granny You nodded: ”Yes, that kind of pill medicine has no market, mostly practice work.”

”I won’t disturb Alchemist Li anymore, farewell.”

”Xiaoqiao, say goodbye to Uncle Li.”

Xiaoqiao shrank back and didn’t move.

Watching the grandmother and grandson leave, Li Ji’an regained his composure, perhaps overthinking it, having already experienced a life of ”Rejuvenation,” it shouldn’t be a test.

However, regarding the Array Formation Liu Family she mentioned, Li Ji’an remained vigilant.

After contemplating quietly for a long time, he still decided to inform the other three.

Zhao Shuyao is now eighty-four years old, Zhang Tiezhu seventy-four, and Dong Jiangling seventy, all have reached old age, and practically have no further hope for progress.

Having an attainable goal in life can enhance life force.

Moreover, this matter is also their common long-held desire!

Shortly after transmitting the message, Dong Jiangling was the first to reply. His gathering place was not far from the Array Formation Liu Family, compared to the other Four Great Clans, closer to the southern desert, and his daughter’s married family was a vassal to the Liu Family. He expressed he would pay more attention in the future but advised Li Ji’an not to be distracted, prioritize cultivation, and strengthen his power.

Zhang Tiezhu, because of staying with the Yan Family, was closed off from information and had no knowledge, just reminded Li Ji’an to be extremely cautious and wait until after Foundation Establishment to discuss further.

Zhao Shuyao did not reply until later, coming over together with Shopkeeper Wu.

Shopkeeper Wu was generous with his praise throughout, and Zhao Shuyao was also delighted by his display of alchemy skill.

After sending off Shopkeeper Wu, Zhao Shuyao then became serious.

”Xiaofan, listen to Aunt Yao, you’re still young, with little experience, sometimes it’s hard to grasp, don’t pursue this matter further, focus on cultivation, after you establish your foundation, everything can be discussed, leave the rest to us old folks.”

Li Ji’an was slightly taken aback, previously when Dong Jiangling and Zhang Tiezhu advised him, he didn’t think much.

Now Zhao Shuyao was also advising the same.

He was seen as the sole hope then.

Only, he was not so young.

”Xiaofan, be honest with Aunt Yao, is your father... secretly investigating this matter?” Without waiting for Li Ji’an to answer, Zhao Shuyao concentrated her energy and used secret transmission.

Li Ji’an’s eyebrows twitched, he never expected she would think this far.

”No news at all!”

Zhao Shuyao slightly furrowed her brow, ultimately not pressing further: ”Okay, if your father knew of your current accomplishments, he would surely be very pleased, you’re amazing!”

After seeing Zhao Shuyao off, Li Ji’an no longer contemplated over it, they were right, without even Foundation Establishment strength, there was really no need to consider such things.

And now he had a foothold in the Immortal City, here, as long as there are spirit stones, many resources that in the desert could only be used by core family members can be freely purchased.

Moreover, he possessed a skill for wealth creation.

In the coming year, with ample top-quality pill medicine assistance, plentiful spirit rice, spirit noodles, demon beast meat supplements, and a first-tier upper grade Spirit Vein Dao Field providing stable spiritual energy, finally, a month ago, without relying on late stage Breaking Rank Pill, he made a breakthrough to Qi Cultivation 6th Layer, becoming a cultivator in the late Qi Cultivation stage.

A cultivator in the late Qi Cultivation stage, in a desert family, could be a reserve elder! It is also a family’s top combat strength.

With a middle grade spirit root, it took only a year and a half to break through this bottleneck, besides early realization of the transition from gaseous magical power to liquid magical power, resources played a large part.

”Steady!” On this day, having stabilized at Qi Cultivation 7th Layer realm, Li Ji’an’s pill fire condensed in his hand, previously dark red pill fire had now become deep red, and showed signs of shifting towards orange red.

The color of pill fire represents potency, Yan Qingwan’s pill fire during the late Qi Cultivation stage was merely deep red, only after Foundation Establishment did it turn orange red.

”It should be sufficient to refine late-stage top-quality pill medicine!”

Late-stage pill medicine yields relatively higher profits compared to mid-stage elixirs, given that difficulty has increased, and the market demand ratio is relatively smaller.

”With the current strength of my divine sense, it should soon be on par with mid-stage Foundation Establishment?”

A month ago, upon breaking through the middle stage of Qi Cultivation, his divine sense improved further, originally able to extend only ten zhang the divine sense, now can extend fifteen zhang, with more meticulous perception.

Commonly, a cultivator’s divine soul growth is passive growth by refining spiritual qi, comparable to the amplification of magical power realm, the strength of Li Ji’an’s divine soul, due to the basis of ”Rejuvenation,” is already much higher.

”With the current strength of my divine sense, if able to have pill fire comparable to the Foundation Establishment stage, refining second-tier pill medicines won’t be an issue.”

Therefore, he now needs a strategic plan for Foundation Establishment, and the most critical aspect is the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Only, Foundation Establishment Pill is not like ordinary pill medicine, being a true strategic resource capable of altering the situation in a region.

Its main refined material ’Nine-Star Fushen’ is exceedingly rare, and mostly tightly controlled by the sects, almost monopolized.

Every time one appears on the market, it is immediately scrambled for.

It is said, over three thousand years ago, when Foundation Establishment Pill’s main materials were not monopolized by the sects, one could be bought for just around a thousand spirit stones, whereas now, almost every time it gets bid up to over five thousand, sometimes even reaching six thousand spirit stones.

The key issue is, the usual quality you find on the market is not very good, a genuine pill (lower grade) is nearly the upper limit.

A genuine Foundation Establishment Pill merely enhances the success rate by twenty percent, for Li Ji’an, it is too low!

Besides purchasing refined pill medicines, there is another way, if one can gather the medicinal materials independently, some notable Second Tier experienced pill masters are also willing to charge a fee to assist in refining, but without guaranteeing the success rate and the quality of the refined pill, most are using this opportunity to enhance pill techniques, after all, Foundation Establishment Pill’s medicinal materials are expensive and difficult to procure, many Second Tier pill masters may not have the chance to practice.

In this regard, Li Ji’an is also unwilling to choose this method, too risky, being a pill master himself, when it comes to alchemy, he prefers to trust himself.

That leaves the sect.

Only, it also depends on the sect’s foundation, through connection with Xiao Changfeng, even Biyun Sect’s Foundation Establishment Pill is not so abundant, and he broke through to late Qi Cultivation stage three years earlier than Li Ji’an, these years besides cultivation, he has been repeatedly undertaking sect missions, all to accumulate contribution points for the exchange of Foundation Establishment Pills.

For this reason, he has greatly reduced resources for daily cultivation.

He also frequently lamented having no time to return to the sect, otherwise, he would definitely visit Immortal City to find Li Ji’an.

Previously during communications, it still seemed far out of reach, he already had thoughts of attempting without using Foundation Establishment Pill.

An upper grade spirit root indeed has this confidence, as upper grade spirit root inherently provides a twenty percent Foundation Establishment success rate, as long as magical power is carefully refined, physical body energy is abundant, free of hidden wounds, and divine soul is stronger, these three critical aspects each providing a twenty percent success rate, none need to be fully met, there would still be a seventy to eighty percent success rate.

Ultimately Li Ji’an still doesn’t have a good solution for the time being, seemingly left to compete when they appear on the market.

This requires spirit stones, lots of spirit stones.

Given his current income and expenses, though having advanced to Qi Cultivation late stage, and able to refine late-stage pill medicines, increasing profits, however likewise Qi Cultivation late stage resources for cultivation would also increase.

He still needs to expand sources for it to work!

On this same day, Li Ji’an received a transmission from Zhang Tiezhu, there was another internal war within the clan, this time on an unprecedented scale, eight families were all drawn into it.